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Chapters (21)
  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Bright Young Things campus of Clarkwell College, graduation in the town of Clarksville, somewhere upstate, 1990
  6. Cool Days open mike night at Kafka-fe, after band "2 Much" plays, 1991
  7. New on the Scene utside in front of Club Hush, for a film screening party of Kill Fee, 1993 o
  8. Single in the City at a French bistro, 1995
  9. Hangover brunch, the morning after, 1995
  10. Natural Health a chance meeting at Jasper’s Yoga Studio, 1996
  11. The Fat Flush ’90s in the foyer of a friend’s renovated brownstone, 1997
  12. Art Stars at Bonwyck Gallery, 1998
  13. Inner Odyssey the Burning Man festival in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert, 1999
  14. Life After Death facedown in the dirt of the desert, next morning, 1999
  15. Loyal Companions catching up at the dog run, 2000 catching up at the dog run, 2000
  16. In the Real World a run-in at the ShopShape magazine launch party sponsored by Senor Strawberry Liqueur, early 2001
  17. Wartime spotted at Kinko's, late 2001
  18. Office Job in the cafeteria of the Conde Nast building, 2003
  19. Settling a yard sale on an obscure block in the outer borough, 2003
  20. Starting Over in a remote village tavern on the farmlands of New Zealand, 2004
  21. Epilogue a gathering of friends

And I can't talk about the details of the deal, but if you could just do me a huge, huge favor and just don't mention it to anyone? I know how you kind of have a problem keeping secrets! No just joking I'm joking I'm joking. You do though. I'm joking, I'm joking. You do though. I'm joking I'm joking I'm joking but you do! Bonjour, monsieur. Nous sommes pretes a commander. Non, pas de vin pour moi! Mais peut-etre pour mon petit copain!

You're having a Bloody Mary? No. I'm not drinking anymore. I'll just have a simple peppermint tea.

Une tisane a la menthe, s'il vous plait.

No, go ahead and go for it. Don't let me stop you. I've just realized there's a little more to life. But go ahead, have fun. You're so crazy!

So what's up with you? Have you seen Sam or Tyler? No? Yeah. Yeah. I don't know what the deal is with you guys, or what your scene is with those guys, I just don't want to get involved in that whole "war" between you guys. Hm? No, nothing. They haven't said anything about you. And if they did of course I wouldn't even listen so I wouldn't know.

Oh my God, when was the last time I saw you? This is weird but I am totally hanging out with the guys who invented Yahoo. We jokingly call it the Millionaire's Club. It started out as a joke, but now it's becoming important, you know? Kind of like what you tried to do with your band, "Not Much."

What? Oh, sorry: "2 Much."

We have a little dumb weird Investors' Club . . . just to kind of play around with some money. For instance there's this one that is just dumb that we are putting money in, just for fun. It's this weird Seattle-based coffee company. I can't remember the name. But the coffee is SO GOOD. But you know, since you're just starting, if you were thinking of putting away some money just for something solid, you should go for utilities. Something safe, concrete. Like Enron. You should invest in Enron!

The tea here tastes weird. Wow, where did you read about this place again?

OK, I'll tell you. You know that children's book that I wrote just really fast for no reason, It's a Funny Sunny Day? Well, apparently, who knew, it's selling like crazy and can barely stay on the shelves. So the publisher is begging for a three-book series.

And I just got another voiceover gig! It's so funny. They just like my voice so I don't even leave my house, I just call it in. I don't know how it happened, I just sort of fell into it. You should try it. But it's really hard to get into. But you should try it!