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December 14, 2005

Overheard in Passing, Part II

"You can’t go into an interview letting him think you’re a peon -- and enjoy the job!"
--11/30/05, Tribeca

“Since everyone’s on a diet I can’t do lasagna anymore.�
--(overheard in restaurant on 13th Street, 12/05)

“That’s what happens when you start to chill out. You feel worse than before.�
--12/05, Washington Square

"Yesterday, after I left you, I sat on the train and cried three times.�
--girl at NYU reading an email over the phone to a friend, 12/6/05

"S_ _ t wasn't originally a curse word. It was a perfectly fine Anglo Saxon word referring to defecation."
-- 12/05, young man to young woman, Washington Square

“There was a bidding war – 6 studios wanted it. I settled on Paramount.�
--12/10/05, a 20-something guy talking to similar at the counter of a Mexican restaurant on 8th St.

“You know what I believe? I believe I can’t share anything. That’s what I believe.�
--guy shouting on cell phone on W. 3rd Street, 12/14/05

Posted by Jane on December 14, 2005 7:16 PM

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