It would be nice to get some work that took me out of the house. Writing is nice, but I’m not going to meet anyone new on my bedroom floor, you know.

People have suggested going for bartender or bouncer and that would probably be well suited to both me and Portland, but when I was 14 or so and angry at institutional adultness and adult institutions I pledged to myself that I would never take on the duty of rejecting people for being too young, and I think of myself as someone who keeps the promises my younger self made

I made it a somewhat similar, minor but still ridiculous point of pride that I never have or will read Catcher In The Rye, though I’ve composed (and received good marks on) essays about it on secondhand exposure alone.