So, I have to tell you about the magenta-haired
art student, Nancy—although that’s not her real name, turns out.
My summer class hadn’t started yet, but I was settled into my garret
apartment, such as it was; I just had my bed and a side table, and a few milk
crates, as I mentioned. I had a big empty space in the corner of the small studio
next to my bed, directly when you walked in the door. It was too small for a
sofa, and I was going to need a desk or something to set my portable typewriter
on and do homework—the fifties kitchen table wasn’t going to cut it. I’d left
my desk in Ann Arbor—but there was time to find something else. First, I needed
to find a job.