I think we were lying in the middle of it

Saturday afternoon - Chelsea Pier. I'm lying on a towel baking with Brad and Rob and trying not to die in the overwhelming heat.

Directly to my left are a guy and girl sitting in lawn chairs. The guy is older than her - maybe in his early 30s. She's probably about 27 and hasn't shut the fuck up since we got there. They're reading trivia questions to each other.

Brad turns to me, rolls his eyes, and says, "Sometimes I wish I could just stop hearing things."

"Like old people who can just turn off their hearing aids," I agree. "And to make it worse, this bitch is really dumb."

He gives me a questioning look.

"The question he just asked her was, 'In which state is Boys Town located?'" I explained. "She guessed Philadelphia."