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Absolutely. There's a bathroom on the right...

Also, AAAAHHHHH!!!! So many fingers crossed for you!!!!

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You stole my 'kids get off my lawn' line. My lawyers will be in touch. :-)

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Thats a fantastic story!!! I remember seeing Lauren's sister on Seinfeld- my husband graduated her year and recognized her! Larry fucking David :)

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Well I’m good with all of this - except that as someone who can’t always 100% carry a tune and sometimes inadvertently introduces my own variations I also feel a bit unseen here. I think you’re going to say this is a step too far. But if the words, why not the music?

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Ha! Well, I think it depends on the tolerance of the people around you. In my case, hearing someone sing very off-key is like nails on a chalkboard. But I'm A-OK with slight tonal slips and creative variations. (Personally, I love singing harmonies, which I'm sure dirves some people crazy.) And, of course, when you're alone, you should do whatever you damned well please!

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Effing hilarious, and every rule true as gold. Do artists stand by their paintings and demand of the viewer, "No you can't see that, I want you to see this!"? or, "That isn't that I meant it to look like!"?

Four sets of corsets for all, and all glory to douches in the middle of the night! Thank you for the spot of joy.

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I'm with you on turning the fuck off that holiday song. Worst EVER.

AND WOOHOOO on the option! Sending you all the lucky {{{{vibes}}}} I have that it goes beyond the option!

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You can add another talent to the many you have, Jane. I just erased a gazillion messages as Microsoft told me I was maxed out on my Outlook account. I was blocking unsolicited political stuff, interesting, but....

and I was having your EXACT SAME THOUGHTS!! But you are, I assume, in MA and I am waiting for a delayed flight in Taipei. So, your mind reading abilities are extraordinary. When I first met Allistair and you were pregnant with the twins, I hardly knew how to log on to the computer, let alone manage the overload. I am NOT unsubscribing from you! I need your compass....

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JANE: I do hope the AH reads this and, YES,

you deserve an apology. Insensitive dick!

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thank you!

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Cold Comfort Farm - the movie - is also quite delicious.

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No, but I love it!!! I now know that Taylor Swift isn't actually singing, "Gonna miss those Starbucks Lovers" in Blank Space. (My Glory Days and Tenth Avenue Freeze Out lyrics are not the site, so I must add them!)

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Years ago I learned, to my shock, that The Police were not singing about a Metro station in Paris. "Austerlitz," I would sing along to "Spirits in the Material World". . . until someone noticed and laughed at me (I mean gently corrected me).

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That P.S. is making my heart go all chickity china the chinese chicken you have a option and my brain starts cheering we're watching Shamey Shame with no lights on we're dans your maison I hope the this doesn't do shit chick's in this one!

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It's "dans your maison"!! Thank you!! I always thought it was "with Donna Mason" :-D (And thank you!!)

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Technically it's dans le maison, but I changed it because your book your viewing party your house. :)

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My father trained me in the fine art of singing badly to the music on our furniture-sized "hifi" record player. He did also it in the car incessantly, often in a silly voice that was endearing in the early years, but aggravating to my "don't stick out, must fit in" teen self. Now I'm fine being a weirdo, and pass on this family tradition to my annoyed teens...

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