When Jobsite Theater put on its 2004-05 season finale, The March of the Kitefliers, it sold out for the play's run and held over, breaking box office records for the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center's theater company in residence.

Now, under the direction of Kari Goetz, the play's back with some technical and script updates - the costumes and sets are different, and so is the music.

The breezy romantic comedy offers the kind of adult humor people generally get from TV shows like HBO's Entourage or CBS' How I Met Your Mother.

Its script, by Tampa playwrights Shawn Paonessa and Neil Gobioff, deals with growing up without growing old.

In the play, Sam (Paonessa) forgoes career ambition to shill coffee in a Starbucks-type cafe. When he falls for Julia (Meg Heimstead), he starts to feel adult pressures and thinks he must decide between settling down or following in the footsteps of his best friend, Jack (David M. Jenkins).

Jack is a slacker, the obnoxious bachelor, the comic relief and smart-aleck sidekick. He's a crucial character, and we really can't say more without spoiling the play.

To try to get inside Jack's head, we got him to sound off on some random stuff. Here are excerpts of an e-mail interview with "Jack."

When you're not with your friend Sam, just what are you doing?

"Drawing my comic strip, eating pizza, drinking beer, playing video games and trying to check out boobies without anyone catching me."

There's this guy David Jenkins who bears a remarkable resemblance to you? What do you guys have in common?

"Wow, you're right. That's a good-looking dude. I'd do him. According to his MySpace page he shares an interest in comics, indie movies, beer, coffee. And he's a snappy dresser."

Do you watch TV, movies and listen to music when you're not harassing your friend Sam? Anything strike your fancy?

"Heroes kicks ass. Adult Swim. Daily Show. South Park. Chappelle's Show reruns (I just can't get enough of Tron). Iron Chef America. I mainly watch that for the moment when Bobby Flay has a tragic accident with the ice-cream machine. I hate that guy. I don't get out and see movies as much as I'd like because I've been kicked out of most of them. Ever watch Mystery Science Theater 3000? I'm like those guys at the movies. Though apparently that behavior is more tolerated when you have a theater on your own spaceship."

Saw you on MySpace (myspace.com/kitefliers). Have you become an addict like everyone else?

"Yeah, I just wish all those losers with crappy bands would stop trying to friend me. It's a good place to see skanky girls. However, and I may be reaching, but I'm starting to question how many of those girls are real. If they were half as slutty as they say, they'd be responding to all of my comments. Those stupid questionnaires that people post are fun to answer if you totally lie."

What do you think about the working stiffs out there?

"Hey, not everyone can be a cartoonist, but everyone can't be as cool as I am either. That aside, there's a line between working hard for yourself, and working hard for status and stuff. If your idea of accomplishment is earning enough to buy the fancy underwear, y'know the kind with some french dude's name embroidered in it, it's time to walk away from the cube. Get some fresh air. Go somewhere and make fun of people. Lay in the grass. Here's a crazy idea - come see The March of the Kitefliers. Your soul will feel better afterwards, and you might just get some afterwards if you bring a date."