N – Nudity
L – Strong language
MAWSGGMTS – Middle-aged Wall Street go-getters making out and thinking they’re sexy
BGDSP – Bum getting drunk and stealing a car, using coarse language, laughing and simulating a sex act once surrounded by police
GISW – Girl inviting herself back to hotel then stealing wallet
LWS – Leaving Washington state, ashamed to face friends after being grifted in a Westin
SWSS – Sleeping at Westerberg’s and stealing something
TCSM – Things changing so much and not being able to put a finger on what the years are adding up to
BTM – Buying the myth
TGHA – Things going horribly awry
BFANCPF – Bum from act one having nude cameo, pretty funny
AHBL – All hell breaking loose
IACSNO – Idea of adulthood being challenged, suicide not an option
HBBF – Heart being briefly forsaken
LLICC – Lame little identity crisis continuing
HLICWH/NF – Havin lunch in the city with her and not having the nerve to start fling
RRBTSFH – Rock & Roll boots feeling too small for her
HFFA – Hopeful families fading and aging
WAOL – Waiting; all our lives, waiting
MAWSP – Meetings about writing screenplays
BHINLAFS – Bum in Los Angeles holding funny sign that says, “Why lie? I need money for pot and I’m too high to mug you.”
BBMP – Bum being maced by police
YAD/LT – Year of airport dining next to lonely travelers
TPWCI – Time passing by with cruel indifference