on the way back to her apartment, but itâs only eight blocks away and the Cristal/piece have eliminated any desire.
Josie meets Nadine for a New Yearâs Day champagne brunch on the East Side. Hayes begged me to let him come , Nadine says with a guilty laugh. But I hear someone else is smitten with you as well. I donât know, Nadine , Josie says. I donât think Iâm smart enough for him . Nadine rolls her eyes and says, Please! Hymanâs a dear friend but someone needs to shove those SAT scores up his ass already. You canât be taking that intellectual nonsense seriously . Josie admits that she is and explains about the piece and says, There isnât enough champagne on the entire West Side to make that tolerable . Nadine groans and says, Well weâre on the East Side now, darling , and orders another round of mimosas. Iâm going to call that bonehead up and tell him to move to the back of the line! Josie says, Itâs a short line , and in dispute Nadine points out a cluster of cute waiters looking her way and tells Josie sheâs as bright as anyone she knows and that if Hyman doesnât see that heâs a fool . Josie always feels a little stronger after champagne with Nadine in the morning.
Josie goes on a job interview for a network news station and, fairly certain that she will get the job, goes to visit Hyman for the weekend in Boston, where he teaches music. Josie asks how cold it is there and he tells her not to worry about it, that if he can help it theyâll be spending the weekend indoors. Josie and Hyman still havenât had sex, but they have been doing a lot of other stuff. Josie and Hyman do spend some time out of doors, and it is cold, and Josie eventually decides that they should spend the rest of the weekend indoors, even if it means consenting to the sex, because Hyman wears a terrible navy blue polyester knit hat, a hat that Josie thinks does not reflect any sense of style , a hat that he left in the last taxi and which hat, a hat seen on the seat after Hymanâs exit from the taxi, a blue polyester knit hat that Josie thought better of retrieving, to no avail because it was replaced the following day with a red polyester knit hat for $3.99 in front of Tower Records. Hyman says, I lose a lot of hats . Josie thinks, Not enough .
Josie and Hyman have sex. Hyman refers to sex as fucking . Josie, who would not refer to sex as anything but sex, would not call it making love even if she were madly in love, due to what she sees as an utter lack of meaning (Josie feels strongly that if youâre going to use the word make in this scenario you should also use the word baby , because that is the only possible thing that could be made from that particular act besides maybe a mess, and even Josie would have to agree that neither letâs make a mess nor letâs make a baby , in this particular case, would be a turn-on). Shortly after Josie and Hyman have sex, postsex, mid-Hyman talking about sex, That was a great fuck or some such, Josie lies in Hymanâs bed wondering if this is supposed to be arousing, if this sort of talk is arousing to people, if this sort of talk is expected in return. Josie says the word fuck often enough, but prefers it followed by off or up , or as an adverb, or even isolated by itself in moments of frustration. Josie is listening to the postsex wrap-up, to Hymanâs allegedly seductive description of her body parts, trying to think of anything at all to contribute, when her mother calls . Josieâs mother is upset. Josie has gotten a call from the network regarding her social security number and Josieâs mother says, People have no business going out of town when theyâre supposed to be trying to get a job , and then she says, Are you having a good time? What have you been doing? in a completely sweet tone of voice that bears no resemblance to her initial comment and Josie says, Iâll call you back later , and
Josie meets Nadine for a New Yearâs Day champagne brunch on the East Side. Hayes begged me to let him come , Nadine says with a guilty laugh. But I hear someone else is smitten with you as well. I donât know, Nadine , Josie says. I donât think Iâm smart enough for him . Nadine rolls her eyes and says, Please! Hymanâs a dear friend but someone needs to shove those SAT scores up his ass already. You canât be taking that intellectual nonsense seriously . Josie admits that she is and explains about the piece and says, There isnât enough champagne on the entire West Side to make that tolerable . Nadine groans and says, Well weâre on the East Side now, darling , and orders another round of mimosas. Iâm going to call that bonehead up and tell him to move to the back of the line! Josie says, Itâs a short line , and in dispute Nadine points out a cluster of cute waiters looking her way and tells Josie sheâs as bright as anyone she knows and that if Hyman doesnât see that heâs a fool . Josie always feels a little stronger after champagne with Nadine in the morning.
Josie goes on a job interview for a network news station and, fairly certain that she will get the job, goes to visit Hyman for the weekend in Boston, where he teaches music. Josie asks how cold it is there and he tells her not to worry about it, that if he can help it theyâll be spending the weekend indoors. Josie and Hyman still havenât had sex, but they have been doing a lot of other stuff. Josie and Hyman do spend some time out of doors, and it is cold, and Josie eventually decides that they should spend the rest of the weekend indoors, even if it means consenting to the sex, because Hyman wears a terrible navy blue polyester knit hat, a hat that Josie thinks does not reflect any sense of style , a hat that he left in the last taxi and which hat, a hat seen on the seat after Hymanâs exit from the taxi, a blue polyester knit hat that Josie thought better of retrieving, to no avail because it was replaced the following day with a red polyester knit hat for $3.99 in front of Tower Records. Hyman says, I lose a lot of hats . Josie thinks, Not enough .
Josie and Hyman have sex. Hyman refers to sex as fucking . Josie, who would not refer to sex as anything but sex, would not call it making love even if she were madly in love, due to what she sees as an utter lack of meaning (Josie feels strongly that if youâre going to use the word make in this scenario you should also use the word baby , because that is the only possible thing that could be made from that particular act besides maybe a mess, and even Josie would have to agree that neither letâs make a mess nor letâs make a baby , in this particular case, would be a turn-on). Shortly after Josie and Hyman have sex, postsex, mid-Hyman talking about sex, That was a great fuck or some such, Josie lies in Hymanâs bed wondering if this is supposed to be arousing, if this sort of talk is arousing to people, if this sort of talk is expected in return. Josie says the word fuck often enough, but prefers it followed by off or up , or as an adverb, or even isolated by itself in moments of frustration. Josie is listening to the postsex wrap-up, to Hymanâs allegedly seductive description of her body parts, trying to think of anything at all to contribute, when her mother calls . Josieâs mother is upset. Josie has gotten a call from the network regarding her social security number and Josieâs mother says, People have no business going out of town when theyâre supposed to be trying to get a job , and then she says, Are you having a good time? What have you been doing? in a completely sweet tone of voice that bears no resemblance to her initial comment and Josie says, Iâll call you back later , and
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