On those rare occasions I allow myself the indulgence of listening to it, it unfolds in my imagination like Jean-Gabriel Albicocco's film version of Alain-Fournier's Le Grand Meaulnes.
Before Drew I was too afraid to allow myself the indulgence of dreaming about a guy loving me as much as I loved him.
If I could treat myself to this indulgence every day I would.
It can be argued that such simplifying lists are lame and insulting, but just this once I allowed myself this High Fidelity-inspired indulgence.
In London, where my indulgence to myself was splurging on a lovely hotel, One Aldwych, my first glimpse of the boys came late in the morning, when they would meet me for a workout in the hotel gym.
On the one hand, we might think: "How thoughtful, this is a great way to save myself from over-indulgence".
"It's an indulgence I allow myself," Mr. Sughrue said on a recent Saturday.
It's really just indulgence or illusion, I tell myself, a failure to be realistic; we all know that a shaky mind makes it as hard to reach one's target as a shaking hand can.
I make trade-offs with myself so that I feel like I can indulge a little here and there, and occasionally treat myself to even larger indulgences.
Biggest self-indulgence: Making myself the center of attention.
