 I know you're a very, very funny writer, but even more specific than that, I guess I would say this feels like a playful story. Do you feel playful when you're beginning something? I really do. You know, I think with short stories especially, maybe a little bit more than novels, I think that they're a chance to have a lot of fun and play around and to explore what I'm thinking about. I start a story, I don't know where it's going, and I think part of the fun of it for me is