But the confluence conspires to give it a REALITY and a PRESENCE which grounds the experience as being in the same universe as boring, ordinary realit.... Ordinary reality like standing next to a telephone pole with rusty staples in it while waiting for the light to change so you can cross the street, looking at an old car in the parking lot and noticing that the windshield is dirty and the wax is faded, or looking at the grease they've spilled on the parking lot in front of the recycling barrel. BETH: Funny.aroslav: We're two hours different. It six here.BETH: So what did you want to know?aroslav: Well, I'm interviewing the people who are important to Tony and just trying to get to know them better. We could start with your full name.BETH: Elizabeth Ann Carpenter. Tony calls me Dumpling, but absolutely nobody else does.aroslav: Birthday?BETH: Veterans Day. I'll be 20 this year.aroslav: Ever get confused about that? I understand that Veterans Day is still a pretty big deal in. Daniel threw down his duffle bag to be caught by one. Then he harnessed up, and slid down the rope to be caught by a few soldiers, and then to duck down as the helicopter sped away into the night. The soldiers were saying something, but he couldn't hear it because the noise from the chopper was still too much. The hooded figures led him through a door into the dress room of the Virginia. They took his bag and then began taking off their boots and gloves.One of them pulled down a hood and a. There was still concern about his health in Holly and me. We ran upstairs to put on something a little more appropriate for the hospital. I pulled my gown over my head as I kicked my shoes off, grabbed a summer dress lying on the bed that I had on earlier and pulled it over my naked body, never thinking about what I would look like wearing it. It was one of my summer dresses that I wear around the house, not something that I would wear out to the mall or public. It is just about mid-thigh.