They said they wanted to know what happened. I asked what version of the account they wished to hear; the truth, they replied. The truth, I said, is a combination of reality and a bunch of details that make the story far more interesting- it's just not worth hearing what happens in reality alone.


Long hair in your eyes makes a great sleep cover when the lights are on.

A cold for two.

We should make love in the rain so that we will both catch cold, and when people see us both sick and ask, "you are both sick? were you two making love in the rain or something?" and we can respond quite calmly and matter-of-factly, "yes, we were actually".