From an email from Brendan:
reading ‘being and nothingness’ by sartre. what a load of horse doadies. hey, jean-paul, pick up a shovel. do something.
From an email from Siobhan:
ben and i go to BAM tongiht to see sam mendes’ direction of “a winter’s tale”. i’ve never seen a production of a winter’s tale so i’m excited. it has the funniest stage direction ever (“exuent, persued by bear”), which i can’t wait to see.
From a conversation with Jean last night:
Me: So what books are you bringing on your vacation?
Jean: A fantasy baseball book and Sound and the Fury.
Silence. Then huge laughter.
A Fantasy Baseball Book???
Brilliant.
I know!! Two other funny things about that:
— Jean is very pregnant and will be on vacation, lying by a pool, in a maternity tankini alternating between her fantasy baseball book and Sound and the Fury.
— I talked to her a couple weeks ago and she asked for a number of book recommendations for her trip. I gave her many titles – NONE of which were a fantasy baseball book or Sound and the Fury. so that was part of our laughter, too.
Like – I give you all these recommendations and then you just go and do your own thing?? Who the hell do you think you are??