Chapters (21)
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Table of Contents
- Bright Young Things campus of Clarkwell College, graduation in the town of Clarksville, somewhere upstate, 1990
- Cool Days open mike night at Kafka-fe, after band "2 Much" plays, 1991
- New on the Scene utside in front of Club Hush, for a film screening party of Kill Fee, 1993 o
- Single in the City at a French bistro, 1995
- Hangover brunch, the morning after, 1995
- Natural Health a chance meeting at Jasper’s Yoga Studio, 1996
- The Fat Flush ’90s in the foyer of a friend’s renovated brownstone, 1997
- Art Stars at Bonwyck Gallery, 1998
- Inner Odyssey the Burning Man festival in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert, 1999
- Life After Death facedown in the dirt of the desert, next morning, 1999
- Loyal Companions catching up at the dog run, 2000 catching up at the dog run, 2000
- In the Real World a run-in at the ShopShape magazine launch party sponsored by Senor Strawberry Liqueur, early 2001
- Wartime spotted at Kinko's, late 2001
- Office Job in the cafeteria of the Conde Nast building, 2003
- Settling a yard sale on an obscure block in the outer borough, 2003
- Starting Over in a remote village tavern on the farmlands of New Zealand, 2004
- Epilogue a gathering of friends
To tell you the truth, they are a little boring! They never go out, never want to make plans, they just want to spend all their time all over each other. And they just bought a huge beautiful place upstate and they're fixing it up together. Actually Tyler is up there right now. They commissioned him to paint a mural on the wall. Of course, with what's going on with Tyler's career it'll probably be worth more than the house! Did you see that amazing cover article about him in Artforum? Jeez!
Actually you didn't come up in conversation that much, weirdly. But Carl did mention how happy they are for you and your things and projects and efforts you have been working on. And they are both really glad that you aren't upset, and they wanted me to be sure you got help if you needed it. They were worried about you last spring when all the shit hit the fan, so to speak, and you got kind of . . . erratic on the phone and everything. Greta really wants to talk to you, you know, make contact. Take your time, take your time. But any time you want to talk, call her. She's at their country house upstate most weekends, working on her memoir.
I know you think Greta is narcissistic, but she's been through a lot. I mean the kind of childhood she had . . . Yeah, she sort of came to terms with it recently. It's weird how things are at a positive confluence for her—Greta may have been the stereotypical gorgeous beautiful "bitch" when we were in college, and I know during the breakup, you screamed to Greta how she always manipulated people to get what she wants, but it makes sense. Not that I am condoning her actions, per se. But she had to protect herself growing up, and put herself through school. She's overcome a lot of obstacles, which kind of demands respect, right? Even though I can totally see how it might be hard from your perspective. I don't know. Greta's just been through a lot. Some people try to gain the nobility of hardship, you know? They move to the city with dreams of being rock stars or filmmakers or whatever trying to grasp at authenticity. And for some other people, it just shines through, naturally.