But as soon as I placed the order, I felt duped.
In Katz's Dance Party USA he turns up as a prematurely middle-aged hipster, imposing a "shoes-off" rule indoors and singing the praises of "chair coasters" and side orders: "I feel coleslaw is not something our generation really appreciates as its own thing …" Swanberg looks back on those years with a qualified fondness.
He swam under orders: "I felt brambles, trees, and wild animals all urging me on.
Lying on his hotel bed in an Italian town, waiting for room service, he feels himself becoming colder and stiffer, "so that when at length the waiter arrived with the red wine and sandwiches I had ordered, I felt as if I had already been interred or laid out for burial, silently grateful for the proffered libation, but no longer capable of consuming it".
I don't order because I feel it's a plant that's going to be looked at more closely".
But, in the meantime, I'm getting 'my ducks in order.' I feel more excited than scared, as long as I keep my eye on what matters to me".
"Restrictions may be in order, but I feel as if a total ban is taking it one step too far.
I've not only begun to memorize the "lyrics," or what might be better described as mouth noises on certain tracks such as "Fitzpleasure," but I've even begun to memorize the track order which I feel like I haven't done since approximately 2006 when I still purchased music in compact disc form and listened to albums in their entirety while reading the liner notes with each song.
Day after day, I went to 29 Stockwell Green where, as I put each letter into chronological order, I could feel the power of a gradually building narrative.
When he crept up next to me to pick up his order, I could feel his eyes on me.
When I did order cake, I felt like I was giving in.
