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Events or moments from a seemingly-remote past, almost beyond the reach of memory.
He tried to explain to his four-year-old, but the images felt retroscopic - the world healthy and sane, no one afraid to leave their homes, Obama in the White House.
A tip so small it is in fact something to sneeze at.
He figured their server - "My name is Jason and I'll be taking care of you this evening" - having spilled water all over the table, and their laps, having left chunks of cork in their wine, having believed that 'medium-well' and 'medium rare' were indistinguishable and trying to persuade them of same, and having asked, "You two really a couple? ... Hot chick like this actually went out with you???" before turning to her and asking what she was doing next weekend, and lastly, sneezing on their desserts... deserved an appropriate tip, he calculated Jason's gratchooity, rounding it down to the closest dime.
The challenge, going forward, of creating drama in a world stripped of actual human interaction.
He'd need to set his story in the past. Or in the distant future. How could he tell a 2020 love story of a couple wearing masks? Home alone, staring at screens? Storytelling required contact. For the next while, this would be the writer's dilemma.
Your X - or ex - with a nod to the convolutions of Twitter.
"Check out the babe."
"No need. ... She's my formerly-known-as"
"Sorry."
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A comprehensive state of suspension, with the world in the grip of coronavirus.
He accepted that he would go nowhere and see nobody till further notice. There was only uncertainty, and nothing to do but wait.
Acronym for - why am I not surprised?
Yeah yeah, Jenna and Stephanie hooked up after the party. WAINS