To compensate, here are some throw-away tidbits:
(1) Go see Juno. It's seriously amazing. I am concerned that Michael Cera is pigeonholing himself as goofy, sort-of-awkward-yet-sympathetic boy, but it's seriously amazing.
(2) More adventures in online dating: a guy who chose the ScreenName of "shagz4u" has just contacted me. I feel this can only be matched by my friend's encounter with a guy whose email was "kasanovasex@[domain].com"*
*Full address redacted, as I wouldn't want any of you to be tempted to contact this fool. Someone has to protect you from your self-destructive tendencies.
(3) Busting into a blood orange, when you were expecting a regular orange, leads to all kinds of concerns in the "WTF happened to this orange?!" vein.
(4) I was reading The Master and Margarita on the tube this weekend, and some girl walked up and stood next to me. Just as the doors opened at her stop, she said to me, "That's the [mumble mumble] book ever." I smiled and said "Thanks!" because I assumed she was complimenting the book. She did not smile, and reiterated: "Seriously. It really is," and left. Now I'm dying to know what [mumble mumble] is. She clearly didn't want to get into a conversation about it, since she waited until 2 seconds before departing to say it.
Note to all Random Commenters: if you intend to make some sort of pithy, out-of-the-blue comment to someone, make sure you enunciate and speak loudly.
(5) Valentine's Day is nearly here. Have you purchased your loved one some heart-shaped cheese yet?
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This is rather making me want to do some driveby commentating with intriguing bits of [mumble mumble]:
~"I can't believe you would read that unless you hate [mumble]. I mean, the ending is SO [mumble]ist!"
~"That book got SO depressing when [mumble] died halfway through."
Etc.
On the up side, you can ponder on potential insightful comments. Unlike the time this guy virtually accosted me on the subway when I was reading Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas, so tell me how Tom Robbins had changed his life and he wished he was me, reading him for the first time, etc. He was one of those annoyingly overly enthusiastic dudes. And I don't love Tom Robbins at all.
PS--For the record it was "kazanovasex" which is even better.
Are you sure that guy wasn't just trying to get into your pants? "Oh, how I wish I was you, reading Tom Robbins for the first time... and by that, I mean, I wish I was you, experiencing my mad lovin' for the first time."
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