December 2009
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Things I Don't Understand And Definitely Am Not...
Let’s not make plans and say we did.
Things I Don't Understand And Definitely Am Not...
Something about sitting in the dressing room and sending e-mails.
Something about putting your feet on my seat.
Something about nonrefundable swimming lessons.
Something about your mistress, your seamstress.
Something about scabs.
Something about writing what you do not know.
Things I Don't Understand And Definitely Am Not...
Of course, I had made the joke before.
Many times.
Things I Don't Understand And Definitely Am Not...
What he said: “I do not care.”
What he meant: “I need you to make it seem like you care even less.”
Things I Don't Understand And Definitely Am Not...
Bone marrow biopsy.
Why the word “aspiration” is involved. This is the opposite of ambition.
“We just need a small sample,” she says. “To test. A few drops, really. A small piece.”
But that doesn’t make it better for anyone involved, “really,” because, do you know how they get those few drops, that small piece?
“With a needle that...
Things I Don't Understand And Definitely Am Not...
The Permanent Press cycle.
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Things I Don't Understand And Definitely Am Not...
You can’t cancel a crush.
Things I Don't Understand And Definitely Am Not...
Something about the way she told me to put the pills away.
Something about cinematic sleeping.
Something about riding around.
Something about running around.
Something about how often he says “synchronizing.”
Something about paving a parking lot to put up a tennis court.
Something about blaming you for the time.
Things I Don't Understand And Definitely Am Not...
When I said, “I think we can be friends,” what I meant was, “I think we are particularly capable of having a spectacular and possibly catastrophic fight at some point in the future.”
Maybe tomorrow.
Or later today.