she said ," that was a lonely invitation ," she said ." how could a girl say no ?"
" good ," i said .
she laughed . " where are you staying ? what aprt of town ? or have you decided to commute from the valley ?"
i appreciated her hummor . but replying that i was staying at " the holiday inn express on saanta monica bouleard " sounded particulrly lame . i said ,"i'm staying at a friend 's palce - it's off beverly in west la ." THAT WOULD BE MERIDETH 'S FLAT ." CAN YOU RECOMMEND A PALCE TO EAT THAT'S NOT , I DON'T KNOW ...."
"IN THE VALLEY she said .
"yes ."
" perfect ," she said . i thought her reply sound like NON SEQUITURE , OR MAYBE SOME SOCAL SYNONYM FOR THE UBIQUITOUS BRItish "brilliant ." kanyn is the host at -"
amy completed her thought with the name of a rstaurant . to my ear , the sounds - i thought i had counted three syllables - tumbled together in a melodic riff that ended uo not seeming like any recognizable word or series of words . i thught the first sound was a vowel , but said quickly , as amy had done , the name was so foriegn that the combined syllables failed to register anywhere in my language corext . i ouldn't have repeated the notes if someone had out a gun to my temple .
she went on ." it's not far from your riend 's place . it's always impossible there , but kanyn 'll get us in . we may have to sit at the bar . meet you at eight o'clock ?"
" great . where is it ? cross streets ?"
"melrose ? third ? sorry . i'm good with script . but not so much with streets . i'll text you a map ."
i hesitated a split second before i said ." okay ."
amy tried to keep the condescension out of her voice ." your phone can handle it ?"
" i have a brand new phone . it's working on an algorithm for world peace ." even though the manual for the phone was in boulder .
" good ," i said .
she laughed . " where are you staying ? what aprt of town ? or have you decided to commute from the valley ?"
i appreciated her hummor . but replying that i was staying at " the holiday inn express on saanta monica bouleard " sounded particulrly lame . i said ,"i'm staying at a friend 's palce - it's off beverly in west la ." THAT WOULD BE MERIDETH 'S FLAT ." CAN YOU RECOMMEND A PALCE TO EAT THAT'S NOT , I DON'T KNOW ...."
"IN THE VALLEY she said .
"yes ."
" perfect ," she said . i thought her reply sound like NON SEQUITURE , OR MAYBE SOME SOCAL SYNONYM FOR THE UBIQUITOUS BRItish "brilliant ." kanyn is the host at -"
amy completed her thought with the name of a rstaurant . to my ear , the sounds - i thought i had counted three syllables - tumbled together in a melodic riff that ended uo not seeming like any recognizable word or series of words . i thught the first sound was a vowel , but said quickly , as amy had done , the name was so foriegn that the combined syllables failed to register anywhere in my language corext . i ouldn't have repeated the notes if someone had out a gun to my temple .
she went on ." it's not far from your riend 's place . it's always impossible there , but kanyn 'll get us in . we may have to sit at the bar . meet you at eight o'clock ?"
" great . where is it ? cross streets ?"
"melrose ? third ? sorry . i'm good with script . but not so much with streets . i'll text you a map ."
i hesitated a split second before i said ." okay ."
amy tried to keep the condescension out of her voice ." your phone can handle it ?"
" i have a brand new phone . it's working on an algorithm for world peace ." even though the manual for the phone was in boulder .
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