2009/09/04 New York
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While waiting in line for coffee at the Angelika Film Center a woman overheard a conversation I was having with a friend.
“You're going to Paris?” the woman said to my friend. “I just got back from Paris. I had a date with a pop star. It was intense, you know how pop stars are.”

“Actually I don’t,” my friend said.

“We share a love for literature,” the woman said, “we both adore David Sedaris, the pop star and I, but at the end he was too British. You know, very polite but quiet.”

Later I asked my friend: “Do you really believe this woman had a date with a pop star?”

“Yes,” my friend said.

“I don’t. Tomorrow she will stand in line and she will say to a stranger: 'You're going to Berlin? I just got back from Berlin. I had a date with a tennis player. It was so intense. You know how tennis players are.'”


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arnon
That woman must be very happy.
said vera m 04/09/2009 22:34 • x
it has always
been the perversity of my country men to fixate on the sex lives of the exotic breeds of far off capitals when the real romance is right here in the hearland (like the ruby slippers )
where once marcet and emanuel haldeman julius boxed the lore of a civilisation and sent it out to the common folk in the mails
the bonnie and clyde of literature
said hip hop waltz 04/09/2009 23:15 • x
arnon
would you like to date a pop star?
said ANDREA jarosova 05/09/2009 01:04 • x
...or a tennis player?
said Sasja Mirskikh 05/09/2009 01:39 • x
I just got back from The Hague. I had a date with a politician. It was so intense. You know how politicians are.
said Coen van Dam 05/09/2009 04:06 • x
I just came back from Beijing. Had a date with Mao. It was very intense, you know how intense it is with Mao's
said M J 05/09/2009 06:07 • x

'The popstar' on the office: "I just got back from Paris. I had a date with a model. It was intense, you know how models are. "
said Hanny Verheezen 05/09/2009 08:52 • x
I saw the Belgian minister of justice. I didn't have a date with him, I just met him in a stairway. Spontaneously I wanted to tell him that l knew him from somewhere. My intuition said not to do this and a few seconds later I realized it was the minister of justice Stefaan De Clerck. He seems such a friendly and soft man.
said Lila L. 05/09/2009 09:09 • x
Ah, too british. That's a good quality. She must have masturbated all night long.
said Dens Powells 05/09/2009 11:26 • x
How about going to Leidsche Rijn?
Is anyone going to Café Kiev next saturday? I'm trying to convince a friend of mine to join the dating show. Is it still possible to join it?
said Jan Allemagne 05/09/2009 12:22 • x
I just had a dream about Arnon. We had a date, quite intense, you know how Arnon is.
said Mieke Dutoit 05/09/2009 13:07 • x
Jan
See you in Utrecht next week :)
said Sasja Mirskikh 05/09/2009 13:44 • x
Jan
I intend to propose to the ladies. I'll be there.
said Mieke Dutoit 05/09/2009 13:45 • x
Jan A
Yes, we are still looking for decent who are interested in marriage or a serious love affair.
See: http://www.arnongrunberg.com/announcement/286
said Arnon Grunberg 06/09/2009 20:01 • x
Andrea
No I don't think so, but at the same time I don't like to discriminate pop stars.
said Arnon Grunberg 06/09/2009 20:02 • x
I just got back. I spend a week with a girl friend. It was so devastating. You know how girl friends are.
said Bernard f 07/09/2009 19:21 • x
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