It's like having a kid sister, but the same age. Weird, but cool. We somewhat drifted apart around sixteen and I didn't see her till I got out of the ...rmy, an eager wide-eyed twenty-three-year-old boy, still mostly clueless with more balls than brains and perpetually horny. I was a mess. What the hell, it's Lush Stories, I was more fucked up than a football bat.In short, I gave a fuck about nothing; total punk rock anarchist who'd greet you with a smile and a hearty "FUCK YOU" then flip you off. "Really, darling, the world is absolutely chock-a-block with fools and scoundrels. The trick is just not to share that with them. As it is, he'll stay happily on board the Gardener and spend his time dreaming up all sorts of scenarios in which he rides bravely to our rescue to save us from our own folly. And isn't that what we want? I certainly can't imagine letting him down on Eden any time in the near future, he'd be a bull in a china shop." As I recall you said that once of me," the colonel. A DAY IN THE LIFE OF WHAT MAY BE THE MOST DEGENERATE ROCK BAND OF ALL TIME."The most degenerate rock band of all time?" Jake asked."Isn't it beautiful?" Greg said. "I just read the article. I couldn't have written it better myself. You boys performed splendidly for her, just splendidly. The publicity you'll get from this will be better than any advertising we could have taken out. In fact, there is already an article in the Portland newspaper's entertainment session about it. They're outraged. "I was thinking," he continued, "that we'll drop you off at home after we eat. Is that okay?" Yes," I said. "Thank you for everything." Oh," Sheila asked impishly. "Does that mean you liked it, too?"I just stuck out my tongue at her."If that's an offer," she said, spreading her thighs, "I'm more than willing to accept."I'm not likely to win any verbal sparring matches with her. Choosing the high road, I decided to let it go rather than continue any childish behavior that would lead to further.