Dignity is everything, and pitfalls lie everywhere: you could have a had hair day; your skin could break out in vicious red blemishes, like a leper; your outfit that was so
cool yesterday could feel
totally wrong today; you could be called on in class to solve a math problem or discuss the Gadsden Purchase or tell the
name of Hester's boyfriend and draw a blank; you could be caught in a lie; you could flirt with someone and be brutally put down.
Dinner parties, ladies» luncheons, social climbing, networking, cocktail parties, second homes, community involvement, political activisim, PTA, Soccer Mom» ing, complicated love affairs that go nowhere, unsuitable daillances, social intrigues, obsessive gossiping, cooking classes, yoga classes, pottery classes, creative writing classes, tennis lessons, tango lessons, poker games, theatre, symphonies, art openings, magazine launch parties, opera, epicurian delights, horse breeding, ethnic restaurants, wife swapping, cult joining, celebrity worshipping,
name - dropping, online forums, online rants, online dating, Instagramming, Twittering, Facebooking, blogging,
cool hunting, culture - vulturing, Summers in Tuscany, Autumns in New York, Winters in Colorado, weekends in San Francisco... a
totally full schedule, jam - packed with «Stuff», all day long.