Day 15 of Nanowrimo (challenge: use the phrase “It was the first time I have met someone who could oscillate so quickly between insecurity and magalomania….”):<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153So,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Mazo asked me, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153what exactly is wrong?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d
The label began to come off in one long peel. I was wondering if I could get the whole thing. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153What makes you think something\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s wrong?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d
After another puff on the cigarette, he said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Bukowski. You only quote Bukowski when something\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s wrong. If you want to keep it to yourself, then don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t quote Bukowski around someone who knows all his work.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
I smiled. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153\u00e2\u20ac\u2122He made some mistakes but when He created you lying in bed
He came all over His Blessed Universe.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d like to think so.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d He picked up a glass of amber liquid\u00e2\u20ac\u201da tequila on the rocks. <\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153How can you drink that stuff?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I like it. But what I really like is to pretend its scotch. Now that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s something I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t stomach.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d He took another slug. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153So now that you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve unsuccessfully changed the subject\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
I picked up the Red Stripe and brought to my mouth, but put it down without taking a swallow. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153How do you know who you are?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Are you looking for a little Descartes here?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153No.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d This time I did take a swallow of the beer. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I mean what makes you you?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Me. I make me me.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
I drank some more.<\/p>\n
Mazo looked at me curiously. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Who do you think you are?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s just it. I have no fucking idea. I mean, I know who I am. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m Lisa Friedman, 31 years old, script supervisor extraordinaire. I am the daughter of Helen and Robert Friedman, sister to Jocelyn Friedman. Girlfriend of Gary Smerling. I have fabulous tits, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m the most organized person I ever met, and if you gave me enough Post-It notes and an Excel spreadsheet, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m could rule the world with finesse.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Mazo laughed. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I have never met someone who could oscillate so quickly between insecurity and magalomania like you do.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153You mean megalomania,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d I pointed out.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153No. I mean magalomania. Megalomania is for small potato folks, like Napoleon. You take it to the next magnitude. Hence magalomania.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Very fucking clever,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d I said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Did you know that there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s an actual syndrome called Adopted Child\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Syndrome? People with it have issues with authority, an excessive fantasy life, difficulty learning. They are often pathological liars or steal. Running away from home, fire setting, and acting out, often sexually, are also symptoms.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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