J: I like women more than men because my mom raised me to.
S: I like men more than woman because my mom is an idiot.
J will be posting his top six albums of 2006 in the coming days, leading up to the NUMBER ONE album on December 31st, 2006. His resolutions for 2007 will be to like seven albums and to become a pet owner.
He couldn't understand my reaction to the news at all. He asked me what it had all beenabout and I had no answer for him.
"It was just how I felt in the moment, I guess," I said. "That's not me. You know me."
"Sure I do," he replied, pausing. "But..I still don't believe you. I undestand you pretty well and I think that for a moment, your true self came out and now you've managed to hide it once again but it's still there."
"No," I said firmly. "No, you're wrong. I'm a good person. I am. I care about people. I'm not in this for myself, I'm genuinely concerned about the well-being of others. The same goes for this case. It was a slip up. A momentary lapse of character."
He paused for a moment and stared at his empty wine glass.
"Either way, something is wrong with you."
He looked up at me.
"So what are we going to do?"
We looked across each other at the table for an uncomfortably long period of time. His gaze broke first and I silently registered my small victory in making him look away. He motioned
for the waitress, who had been conversing quietly with the manager at the back of the room, to come to our table.
