The door opens. Without notice, caught on the threshold, speaking into his cellular (not just a phone) device. "...Did you send the Frank Gehry vase to the Forlani-Scott nuptials?"

(Small. Hand-blown Venetian glass. 12" high. Size may vary slightly as each piece is unique."Along with my sincere regrets that I could not attend their reception in ( Read more... )

Parker is pacing inside, his strides angry.

Breaking point happens when he finishes his beer and goes outside, pitching it at the nearest tree.

[In Milliways: Patrick Bateman only manages to sleep for fifteen minutes, before he wakes up again.]From the booth to the bar with a laugh, a hysterical chuckle that ends as quickly as it comes ( Read more... )

He has shunned a table in favor of an encompassing booth, it remains well-lit because he is reading from a book that he received in the mail today from (his ex-fiancé Evelyn whom has gone on to marry one skeevy Eurotrash husband after another up until the dot-com bust where she had supposedly invested a significant amount of money into Pets.com) ( Read more... )

[Before Milliways: There are two Patrick Batemans that take the bus and talk about it.]

He steps into the bar, beating the overriding smell of (smoke, dirt, vomit, exhaust fumes and a hint of disinfectant) from his coat with a more than slightly disturbed expression on his (slightly older, as evidenced by haircut but not by his features) face. No ( Read more... )

Parker's at a booth, hand hidden under the table, carefully.

He's drinking icewater and looks like company wouldn't be a bad thing.

With an extremely (eyebrows drawn, a creased line between them. Lips thin, eyes sharp) introspective look on his face, Patrick sits at an empty booth, making a list on a paper napkin with his Cross pen. A glass with an inch of J&B left in it is keeping him company.

TO DO LIST:
- Go outside. There's a squid in the lake, and it does not like ( Read more... )

Slouching in a booth.

Coffee with three sugars don't help--

With massive hangover.

"It doesn't matter if the glass is empty or full when it's At-lan-te-an," sing-songs Patrick.

In his booth, sipping the wine from (a Bordeaux Grand Cru from the Ridel Glas Sommelier collection) a drinking vessel (it's just a glass).

From the unwritten Tourist's Guide to Milliways, by P. Bateman. pg 137:

Welcome to Milliways. If you find yourself Bound for an indeterminate length of time, and believe that staying inside is a sure way to go insane; one of the first things that you will learn to appreciate is the great outdoors. Opening out into Scotland, it's the perfect ( Read more... )