Being Hamish

Hamish Jones had a problem. His problem was that being Hamish just wasn't getting the job done. For somebody who was considered to be completely average, he was noticing a distinct inability to reach the expected average levels of girlfriends and acceptable weekly beatings from the local bullies. Clearly for him, something had to change.

He had tried many schemes and plans to improve his image around the schoolyard, but to date none of them had even seemed close to working. Even a brief period of just being true to himself had ended in especially spectacular failure.

What he needed was a new start to his life. Being together with the girl of his dreams was a solid enough goal to achieve, but that would only be the beginning. From there he could really turn things around and achieve the fame and fortune that his years of persistence meant he truly deserved.

But to do that he needed a plan and planning things out just wasn't his thing. Hamish knew all he needed was one great idea. One idea that was so brilliant that he was the first person to ever conceive of it and follow it through to the end.

When one day he finally found that idea, it was one that would take him and his friends on a grand adventure and lead them to face the truths about the world and the wider universe above. It also got him into a lot of trouble. But that was ok; Hamish was more than used to that as well.