Also, mistakenly believing that hindsight improved the clarity of my vision, I couldn't resist going back and screwing up the spontaneity of the first writing.Also, mistakenly believing that hindsight improved the clarity of my vision, I couldn't resist going back and screwing up the spontaneity of the first writing. If I tell you it's a true story, you'll think, "Yeah, sure, right. Where have I heard that before." But it is. So there. If I tell you my top "made" me write it, you'll say, "that's how they all start," but he did. It was kind of a bargain that we made, J and I, before I even knew the news net existed. Before I knew a lot of things. The List Column One Item 1 He's at work now, but he told me to start writing this while he is gone. So here I sit, not knowing where to begin. So I made the big "H" at the beginning just for something to do. I want you to under- stand that I am doing this because J told me to, not because I think anyone should know what happened last night. He says I am to write it in the first person, just like I were telling it to a stranger, rather than to him. It is, ultimately, part of the bargain we made. |