Hillel shot me a “that is not funny” look. Later on, Hillel told me I had fucked up. For a different friend’s birthday in the recent past, a guy whom I didn’t even care about like I did Jack, I’d stolen an armful of records from Music Plus on the way to the party, and given him twenty albums. I hadn’t even thought about it. Hillel said, “You give that dude a bunch of great records and you give Jack your disgusting smelly SHIT???” Of course, Hillel was right. I felt like an asshole. The weird thing was, in a way I was right too. I was foolishly excited about Jack’s poop gift. I really wanted it
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