“I had a hard time sleeping. I wonder if the alcohol kept me up. I felt like shit, though, so yeah. Last night was fun, but I’m just a bit too tired to stay out that late. Great house, though. Shit.”
“It would be a little claustrophobic if you’re living there.”
“. . . could I actually live in this? I don’t know. It’s like, too much.”
“Makes me sad. . . ugly, sarcastic stuff. Too much… it’s, like, ironic or something.”
“It makes him sad. It’s, like, the irony of everything.”
“Some of the areas- like that wall from the back wall to the back room- needlepoint pictures-”

Their english and french are flawless. They describe a house they went to with an unliveable basement and every single thing you’ve ever gotten in your life- books, VHS- laid out. Their conversation switches languages, goes back and forth, accentless like in a dream. I don’t like it when strangers sit at my table, despite all my speeches about community.
He’s handsome, in a rugged, ugly sort of way. They seem like housemates. The woman behind me says, “douchebag university” and “gaudy designs- so obnoxious- the most douchebaggy stack of clothing I had ever seen.” It blends and rises, the sound, gets louder and builds. “I feel so judgey when I say that, but honestly, the clothes are ugly and only douchebags wear them.”
“It kind of disgusts me, in a way. There’s something really gross about it.”
Now they’re talking about children. Jon & Kate? Nadya Suleman?
“If you’ve got a bunch of them at the same age, it’s very difficult. I think it’s irresponsible. It’s just, like, their lives.”
“She is clearly messed up. I mean, she had six kids when she was on welfare.”
“It’s, like, a shock value show.”
“Someone was going to snap that up.”
“Well, because, it made the news just because it’s very high profile, and the scrutiny brought about, wait, there’s no father…”
“Because my thing with reproductive choice has always been, it’s with your doctor, there shouldn’t be any laws or judgement from society about who should be allowed to be pregnant.”
“So, wait, how did she end up having all these children then?”
“Through fertilization. Six is highly irresponsible.”