Status Updates From Me Talk Pretty One Day

finished: City of Angels (pages 125-131)

Page 127 - New York
"Visiting Americans will find more warmth in Tehran than they will in New York, a city founded on the principle of Us versus Them. I don't speak Latin but have always assumed that the city motto translates to either Go Home or We Don't Like You, Either."

“My mugs weighed in close to 5 pounds each. The color was muddy and the lips rough and uninviting. I gave my mother a matching set for Christmas and she accepted them as graciously as possible, announcing that they would make perfect pet bowls. The mugs were set on the kitchen floor and remained there until the cat chipped a tooth and went on a hunger strike.” Page 43

exorcism
facial swelling
death penalty

Quote from The Great Leap Forward (pages 100-119)

Page 110 - about Richie, co-worker (moving company)
In an effort to impress his latest parole officer, Richie was trying to improve his vocabulary. "I can't promise I'll never kill anyone again," he once said, strapping a refrigerator to his back. "It's unrealistic to live your life within such strict parameters."

Quotes from The Great Leap Forward (pages 100-119)

P106- About Valencia, his (rich!) boss
"Somewhere along the way, she'd got the idea that broke people led richer lives than everybody else, that they were nobler or more intelligent. In an effort to keep me noble, she was paying me less than she'd paid her previous assistant."

P109 - Patrick about Valencia
"She wants to be artsy but has settled for being cheap."

Quote from The Great Leap Forward (pages 100-119)

Page 101
"Across town, over in the East Village, the graffiti was calling for the rich to be eaten, imprisoned, or taxed out of existence. Though it sometimes seemed like a nice idea, I hoped that revolution would not take place during my lifetime. I didn't want the rich to go away until I could at least briefly join their ranks."

finished: Big Boy (pages 97-99)
friend whom I gifted this book... pls just skip that one...
finished: The Great Leap Forward (pages 100-119)
finished: Today's Special (pages 120-124)