Overheard—September 2009
OVERHEARD
edited by Jod Kaftan
“Actually, it’s intentionally distressed.”
Reply to, “Is this piece of furniture damaged?” at Urban Home in Sherman Oaks
“Life is mostly about accepting change—and diseases.”
Two yoga students waiting for class in Hollywood
“Don’t make me release the flying monkeys.”
Street performer to a heckler at Venice Beach
“You two look like you’d be great together in bed.”
Passerby to a couple at Cabo Cantina in West L.A.
“What—2012?! Why should I care about the Mayan calendar?”
Woman getting her hair done at Christophe in Beverly Hills
“The voices told me to stay home and clean the guns.”
Reply to, “Why weren’t you at the meeting yesterday?” in a downtown elevator
“You know, you never see vampire babies.”
Two women sitting on a bench at Huntington Gardens
“I don’t like the Apple store...it’s like walking into a party and not knowing anybody!”
Girl talking to her friend at Manhattan Village
“Well, I don’t just lie there!”
Patient’s reply to the question, "Are you sexually active?" at City of Hope
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