081013 #dog HIM: Okay. Now that time you HAD to have heard it! ME: Hey—are you feeling okay? [magazine falls open on ME's lap, showing a lipstick ad. The enormous woman's insane mouth is coppery and luminous. What goes in must come out!] HIM: Uh. Nah, yeah, I don't know. Look I'm going to go outside for some air. ME: Sure. Bring me back some when you come in, okay? *HIM stares as though ME has just said something. I mean really.*