Jeffrey Eugenides

1999-2003

. . . In Berlin. By the Wall. You were five feet ten inches tall. It was very nice. It was paradise . . . You here on a DAAD, too? . . . Heinrich . . . Frau Richter . . . Is that a pipe in your pocket, Herr Podewils, or are you just happy to see me? . . . milchreis at KaDaWe . . . slow König at the Pinguin . . . the widows of Wilmersdorf . . . "Your baby's cry is an angry cry. I am a doctor of psychology!". . . "Tell me, Frau Mengel, when did you drop the e?" . . . Wir kommen aus die U.S.A. . . . Meet the Americans, the new Nazis . . . First Wohnung on Helmstedter Strasse . . . The shelf . . . "What is that for, anyway?" . . . Party at Canada Dry's . . . Who's the bloke in the pinstripes? . . . Mathew . . . Piggy . . . Piggy One More . . . Schweinchen noch ein . . . Tissue? I don't even know you . . . "Do I sound posh?". . . "Don't be horrid." . . . You say tomayto and I say tomahto . . . Lentz . . . Prater . . . the Felsenkeller . . . Engelbecken . . . Alles Klar . . . "It's for your health. So you can examine your Scheisse." "I don't want to examine my Scheisse." "You should force yourself to face it." "That is so German!". . . Mark . . .Toby. . . Toby Juggs . . . Juggsy . . . "Good, good". . . Isambard Kingdom Brunel . . . "You're not going to convince me, mate.". . . Filming the bonobos at the zoo . . . "And then they drop the food, see, and the monkeys, the monkeys. Good Christ!" . . . "I don't say 'way'.". . . "You do, you do." . . ."Jeffrey, your friend Mark, where is he from? Is he speaking English?". . . You say potayto and I say potahto . . . Stanley Cup . . . One toke turned him blue . . . "Is there any MSG in this currywurst?". . . Friedrich . . . Andre . . . Hi, Barbara, how's Kaspar?. . . . It must be Christmas. Rudolf's here . . . Jacko eating the cake . . . Tacita . . . T.C.D. . . . Terrific cunt, darling . . . Travels without a Bra . . . "Total crap." . . . doing the Queen nice and squeaky . . . Zanhk Heaven, for Formidable! . . . Boxing Day with mum and dad . . . "But he must be a hermaphrodite, dear. I've read his book.". . . Boxing Day? . . . Tomayto, Tomahto . . . Anna . . . Anna B. . . . Little Cyst . . . the face that launched a golf cart . . . Roll one up, Little Cyst, I like your technique . . . summer solstice by the Schlachtensee . . . the ladies are not moving very swiftly, are they? . . . Stir it up, Little Cyst . . . Arse . . . Tommy . . . Tommy Binns . . . Shanghai Buns . . . To the Mission Impossible theme: "Bump-bum
bump-bump-bump-bum, bump-bump Tommy Binns, Tommy Binns, in the Jag--Fahren!" . . . "I was thinking maybe we have a Schnitzel tonight . . . "With my new diet I can eat all the chocolate I want." . . . The trees of Venice . . . Unertl . . . a little boy on a boat looked down at the water and his glasses fell off . . . the daily swim . . . Hauptstrasse . . . David Bowie used to live next door . . . Iggy Pop around the corner, where the brothel used to be . . . dodging rockets on New Year's Eve . . . We will counterattack the Young Turks next year, sir . . . Die Centrum für Sexual Wissenschaft, unser Genervte Nachbar . . . is that a woman on the stairs? . . . Herr Kroger appears to be into FKK . . . Smyrna . . . Nemesis . . . Oz Gida . . . Aspendos . . . the Zen-Master baker from the old home town . . .
Karen . . . Yama . . . Baby . . . HiBHiC . . . Nicknameless . . . Can I see your passport? . . ."How is it you speak such good English?". . . Potayto, Potahto . . . "That's it. We're leaving Germany." . . . Zweite Hand . . . Humana . . . Edd's . . . "The Turkish market is incredible. Taste this peanut." . . . the endless sinus infection . . . "I am prescribing for you some fenchel tea." . . . Family photos . . . CCS . . . Marta, Barbara, Tessie, Jane, Franciska . . . Antje and the lunch of lung . . . ."I just don't like mothers." . . . "I miss sushi and bagels, that's it. Let's stay." . . . Hickey . . . Hicky Che . . Faggy Watch . . . Faggy . . . the BRT . . . the Rottweiler . . . the caniche . . . dropping my new Brille down the Klo . . . "Now I understand the shelf!". . . FAGGY WATCH duh-duh dee-duh-duh, FAGGY WATCH! . . . Cowboy pool . . . Ok, mate . . . the Bülow Kneipe . . . "Fruhstuck?" . . . "Wir haben Frauen!" . . . well, almost . . . I think she likes you, Piggy . . . A little Schlager on the jukebox . . . or is it Deep Purple? . . . and why am I crying? . . . You say Tomayto and I say Bonobo . . . Tomayto, Bonobo, Bonobo, Tomayto . . . Lou Reed hadn't even been here when he wrote that song . . . It was very nice. It was paradise . . . let's call the whole thing . . . "It was over before it started, really, the bonobos" . . . "Oh, come on. One more!". . .