The Racket Friday FAQ: Volume 4, Special Monday Edition
My people, once again I have to bounce out of here for a week. This time, it's for work, and based on the staff schedule I just got? It's not looking so good for a midweek update, even. So I'm leaving you with this hastily written Special Semi-Multilingual Monday Edition of the Racket Friday FAQ. Don't hate—appreciate. Grazie, i miei lettori bei. Siete tutti gioielli preziosi! To the mailbox!
Q: Y don't U just break up with Vikter [sic]? He sounds like a loser!
Q: Why are you wasting your time with Victor? He sounds like a loser.
Q: Victor sounds like a loser—you should break up with him.
A: Ah, gentle reader. The follies of youth are many and varied, are they not? While doing the research for the Matthew/Victor stories (i.e., re-reading my old journals), I asked myself that very same question many, many times. But if I'd simply broken up with him, there wouldn't be a story, right?
Q: Matthew creeps me out.
Q: Matthew is soooooo cheezy [sic]! Ew!
Q: Matthew is the kind of guy whose ass I would have kicked in college. What a tool.
A: Wow. You cats really have no love for Matthew. Tough crowd. Listen, remember what I said about the follies of youth being many and varied? That's all I got for you. The only other thing I can say is that I was 20. Twenty-year-olds are not exactly paragons of virtue and wisdom. Think of yourself now. Got a good picture? Okay, now think of yourself at 20. Would Today's You get along with Twenty's You?
This is a cautionary tale. Or maybe it's more like a bildungsroman. Don't worry—the schadenfreude is about to pick up speed. Just keep reading, bitte. Danke.
Q: Was Victor working for Bill Clinton? The timeline seems to work for that.
A: Look at you, Nancy Drew! Close-ish, but no cigar (HAW!). Though I did meet President Clinton—along with VP Gore and Tipper, and the aforementioned Congressman Kennedy—during that time.
Q: This story, while often good, is hard to follow since none of titles tell you what part of the story you're reading. Can you list the order of the stories somewhere? Thanks.
A: Oui. Voila:
Jane's Addiction
Beastie Boys
Everything But The Girl
Tel Aviv
The Smiths
Kristin Hersh
Cocteau Twins
Steely Dan
Tricky
New Order
Frank Sinatra
Atlantic Starr
Luscious Jackson
Elvis Costello
So, mes petits lapins, we must part ways, for now. If I can post the next part from the road, I will. If not, I will do my best to re-curry your favor next week. Bisous.
Q: Y don't U just break up with Vikter [sic]? He sounds like a loser!
Q: Why are you wasting your time with Victor? He sounds like a loser.
Q: Victor sounds like a loser—you should break up with him.
A: Ah, gentle reader. The follies of youth are many and varied, are they not? While doing the research for the Matthew/Victor stories (i.e., re-reading my old journals), I asked myself that very same question many, many times. But if I'd simply broken up with him, there wouldn't be a story, right?
Q: Matthew creeps me out.
Q: Matthew is soooooo cheezy [sic]! Ew!
Q: Matthew is the kind of guy whose ass I would have kicked in college. What a tool.
A: Wow. You cats really have no love for Matthew. Tough crowd. Listen, remember what I said about the follies of youth being many and varied? That's all I got for you. The only other thing I can say is that I was 20. Twenty-year-olds are not exactly paragons of virtue and wisdom. Think of yourself now. Got a good picture? Okay, now think of yourself at 20. Would Today's You get along with Twenty's You?
This is a cautionary tale. Or maybe it's more like a bildungsroman. Don't worry—the schadenfreude is about to pick up speed. Just keep reading, bitte. Danke.
Q: Was Victor working for Bill Clinton? The timeline seems to work for that.
A: Look at you, Nancy Drew! Close-ish, but no cigar (HAW!). Though I did meet President Clinton—along with VP Gore and Tipper, and the aforementioned Congressman Kennedy—during that time.
Q: This story, while often good, is hard to follow since none of titles tell you what part of the story you're reading. Can you list the order of the stories somewhere? Thanks.
A: Oui. Voila:
Jane's Addiction
Beastie Boys
Everything But The Girl
Tel Aviv
The Smiths
Kristin Hersh
Cocteau Twins
Steely Dan
Tricky
New Order
Frank Sinatra
Atlantic Starr
Luscious Jackson
Elvis Costello
So, mes petits lapins, we must part ways, for now. If I can post the next part from the road, I will. If not, I will do my best to re-curry your favor next week. Bisous.
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