Шаг 8, Глава 14

After our hour was up, Britney left the room to change for an MTV interview.
She returned ten minutes later with her publicist.
As she sat down in front of the cameras, her publicist looked at me
strangely.
"You know, she's never done that with a writer before," she said.
"Really?" I asked.
"She said it was like the two of you were ( Read more... )

Шаг 8, Глава 13

- Was there a lot of pressure on you while making this album?
- What, now?
-Was there a lot of pressure from yourself or the label to have a major
hit this time around?
-I have no idea.
-You have no idea?
-I have no idea.
-I heard you did a track with the DFA that wasn't included on your new
CD. Why was that?
-What's the DFA?
-They're two ( Read more... )

Шаг 8, Часть 12

"This one's for the gallbladder," Courtney Love said as she slammed an acupuncture
needle into my leg.
"Um, shouldn't this be done by a licensed professional?"
"I've been doing this since I was young," she replied, "but you're the
first person I've done it to in a while." She wiggled the needle around. "Tell
me when you feel it."
There. An ( Read more... )

Шаг 8, Глава 11

"I can't just tell students not to come to your workshop."
Mystery and Papa were arguing again.
"You booked too many students," Mystery said, throwing his hands up,
exasperated. "It's not fun for me. And it's not fair to them."
"And you're making my business look bad." Papa's voice was stuffy
with pent-up frustration.
"Fine," Mystery ( Read more... )

Шаг 8, Глава 10

MSN GROUP: Mystery's Lounge
SUBJECT: Are You A Social Robot?
AUTHOR: Style

Have you ever noticed that there's something strange about a lot of guys in the
community?
It's as if just by looking at them, you can tell that something is missing. They
don't seem entirely human.
Some of these guys even do well in the field. They get great ( Read more... )

Шаг 8, Глава 9

MSN GROUP: Mystery's Lounge
SUBJECT: My Approach Schedule
AUTHOR: Adonis

After getting fired from my job (too much time in the lounge, lol), I moved to
L.A. last week to devote myself full-time to getting this game handled. I've always
felt like the odd guy out here because I'm still a virgin and kind of a keyboard
jockey, so I have locked ( Read more... )

Шаг 8, Глава 8

On the last day of the summit, Mystery had a brainstorm: He was going to
raise the price of his workshop from six hundred dollars to fifteen hundred.
He wanted Papa to change the website to reflect the increase.
"That doesn't make sense," Papa protested. "The market won't support
that." Papa rarely went out anymore. Instead, he spent his ( Read more... )

Шаг 8, Глава 7

My father died when I was forty
And I couldn't find a way to cry
Not because I didn't love him
Not because he didn't try
I'd cried for every lesser thing
Whiskey, pain, and beauty
But he deserved a better tear
And I was not quite ready

Мой отец умер, когда мне было 40
И я не смог заплакать
Не потому, что я не любил его
Не потому, что он не ( Read more... )

Шаг 8, Глава 6

The point was women; the result was men.
Instead of models in bikinis lounging by the Project Hollywood pool
all day, we had pimply teenagers, bespectacled businessmen, tubby students,
lonely millionaires, struggling actors, frustrated taxi drivers, and
computer programmers-lots of computer programmers. They walked in
our door AFCs; they ( Read more... )

Шаг 8, Глава 5

Mystery and Tyler Durden weren't leaving Vegas until the evening, so they
stayed with the girls and I took a cab to the airport alone. On the flight
home, I had a dream:
I pick up a woman and go back to her house. She takes me to her room,
and I struggle with last minute resistance for hours. All night long, it's pushpull,
submit-resist. ( Read more... )