How Can You Like That

Defend something you love that most people find embarrassing. Push off from this if it helps: a chair nobody sits in.

The Wicker Chair. It’s in the corner of my living room. It’s perfect. It’s just… waiting. Most people see junk. I see potential. It’s not for sitting. Sitting is for butts. This is for dignity. You sit on a couch to…

Defend something you love that most people find embarrassing. Push off from this if it helps: the last page of a notebook.

You're late again, Pia. I've been sitting here watching the light move across the floor. Don't even start the look. It doesn't matter. Anyway, about the last page of a notebook—it's the only honest part of the whole…

Defend something you love that most people find embarrassing. Push off from this if it helps: salt.

You’re still doing that salt thing, Rafe? It’s pathetic. You pretend it’s some delicate mineral when you’re just afraid of actual flavor. Salt is the only thing that makes food worth eating. Without it, you're just…