INTRODUCTION: Jeremy Smith

Here's a riddle:

I really used to like the feeling of escapism, the thrill of make-believe.
I used to love watching a good movie, or devouring a really cool comic book and floating away from the experience inspired and ready to try it myself.
I used to wear knickers and bow ties and pin-striped suit jackets and prance around town with a croquet mallet on my shoulder.
I used to have all the time in the world, so why not have fun, right?

But there are things that have to get done.

Now all those fun things always feel like a waste of precious time.
Now I still stubbornly love bright colors, but almost all my art is black-n-white.
Now I work all night, AND most of the day.
Now I try to get the dishes done and the kitty litter changed and the trash taken out.
Now I am a janitor.

But I constantly wear a pencil behind my right ear to remind me I am not.

What am I?

(I'll have the answer next time...stay tuned.)

--Jeremy