12.02.09

brief interview with a glamorous x-ray technician ruling out pneumonia


(with apologies to david foster wallace)

A. i asked for you specially.

Q.
A. that's how it is in the busy places, with all of the scratching of the doors.

Q.
A. no one hears me the first time.

Q.
A. i don't think, baby. i just take pictures.

2 comments:

tanthalas said...

Hmm, a walking phlegmy.

And clearly if one is well enough to work, she must be well enough to drink! How else would work get done?

lauren said...

i know i've been pulling for a return to old-school magazine journalism for years. then again, fear and loathing in las vegas made my skin crawl. but maybe that was a bad circus reaction?