New York, New York

The reading assignment for this post was The Great Leap Forward, and Todays Special. Both of these essays were about Sedaris living in New York City. In the Great Leap Forward, Sedaris talks about his first job in New York City as a secretary for a crazy bitch, and his second job as a mover with commie co workers. Today’s Special was about the fine dining experience that Sedaris hates in New York City

The crazy bitch who runs a publishing company out of her 4th floor study is probably one of the most hated characters of mine through out this book. Everything about her annoys me. What did you guys think? Why do you think Sedaris keeps his job there for so long even when he hates it?

Probably the funniest section of this essay in my opinion was his time with the communist moving crew. What did you guys think about the murderer that worked with them? Would you be able to work with a crew like that? I also found the part where New Yorkers went crazy when an apartment was vacated and would ask emergency crews about recently deceased occupants, and the conditions of their apartment to be pretty funny. The other good part was when they would move out half an apartment and have to hear the stories of why the occupants were breaking up. "SHE FUCKED HER EX BOYFRIEND ON THIS SOFA ID BOUGHT FOR OUR ANNIVERSARY" yelling over the noise of the engine. What do you guys think about the imagery that Sedaris creates with this unusual sequence of dialogue?

Today’s Special in my opinion was a lame but descriptive essay about the fancy food that no one likes that is served in New York City. I think I would have to agree with Sedaris that I would rather just have a hot dog rather than messing around with delicate cuisine. The bit about what hot dogs are made of and Sedaris actually being more accustom to those ingredients than the stuff the fancy New York Restaurant uses on its food was pretty ironic.