there's two choices for me right now. i'm either pregnant or feeling a false pregnancy. the first one is impossible. incredible weather we're having. in maine, it's been frozen for two months. to take care of you. i thought that giving it all up and taking care of my old mother would be the simplest life possible. what you're telling me about my cousin allen is upsetting. damn right! i didn't come here to get drawn into slum-lording. what did you get into mom? you always said that. look mom, i came out here because i needed to. i've went through a time with so many regrets. i got ostentatious and solemn and i hated myself, and anyone who behaved the same way. independence works better alone. i'm a girl shane, you know the gunfighter who hung up his guns. too many people in my past have been hurt, and all of them named tony. fato profungus. i believe they're called. probably never. i like walking. god i have a headache. do you know the best thing for headaches? most people go to the vegetable section, i come here because i believe in headaches. men who are worth anything always have headaches. i thought so. everything's ok here as long as you're name isn't tony. it's a challenge life put before me overcoming my tony karma. men want blonds and good breasts. women with breasts always do well. they also like tomboys. they trust tomboys. they consider them honorable and would never have sex with them unless the tomboy asked? a nice young man pulled me out and then went back in to save someone. and then there was this explosion then the store blew up. i thought you were dead? we have to start meeting like this. someone's fallen in the floor upstairs.