WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.910 align:middle line:84% OK, now for something completely different-- as they say. 00:00:05.910 --> 00:00:10.500 align:middle line:84% I've been also writing for many years 00:00:10.500 --> 00:00:12.720 align:middle line:90% a book called "100 Histories." 00:00:12.720 --> 00:00:16.530 align:middle line:84% And I'm just now, pretty much, at the end of that manuscript. 00:00:16.530 --> 00:00:20.310 align:middle line:90% And I started it when I was-- 00:00:20.310 --> 00:00:23.700 align:middle line:90% my baby was just newborn. 00:00:23.700 --> 00:00:26.910 align:middle line:84% And I had a full time job and no time. 00:00:26.910 --> 00:00:32.168 align:middle line:84% And I wanted to do something that I could complete. 00:00:32.168 --> 00:00:34.500 align:middle line:84% That I could-- I wanted to keep writing, 00:00:34.500 --> 00:00:37.410 align:middle line:84% but I didn't have time to really enter into a novel. 00:00:37.410 --> 00:00:40.470 align:middle line:90% I had just finished a novel. 00:00:40.470 --> 00:00:42.840 align:middle line:84% But then, I don't know if that's really the truth, 00:00:42.840 --> 00:00:46.500 align:middle line:84% or if the truth is also some aesthetic considerations I 00:00:46.500 --> 00:00:49.890 align:middle line:90% began to drum up. 00:00:49.890 --> 00:00:54.780 align:middle line:84% Which were a preoccupation with objects and their histories, 00:00:54.780 --> 00:01:03.120 align:middle line:84% and how everything in this room has a multitude of histories. 00:01:03.120 --> 00:01:05.190 align:middle line:90% Every little object. 00:01:05.190 --> 00:01:10.140 align:middle line:84% And it's a little crazy-making, but it also gave me this 00:01:10.140 --> 00:01:14.280 align:middle line:84% feeling that I'd like to create these small personal histories 00:01:14.280 --> 00:01:17.790 align:middle line:90% or definitions-- 00:01:17.790 --> 00:01:21.960 align:middle line:84% as Beth put it earlier today, which I appreciated. 00:01:21.960 --> 00:01:25.620 align:middle line:84% So this one is number 19, "Mascara." 00:01:25.620 --> 00:01:29.190 align:middle line:90% 00:01:29.190 --> 00:01:31.800 align:middle line:90% "She showered." 00:01:31.800 --> 00:01:35.400 align:middle line:84% I'm going to read three of these, just so you know. 00:01:35.400 --> 00:01:36.690 align:middle line:90% "She showered. 00:01:36.690 --> 00:01:39.600 align:middle line:84% She used the shampoo that smelled like bubble gum, 00:01:39.600 --> 00:01:42.930 align:middle line:84% but was really an exotic combination of rosemary 00:01:42.930 --> 00:01:43.800 align:middle line:90% and mint. 00:01:43.800 --> 00:01:46.650 align:middle line:84% And she used the conditioner that went with it. 00:01:46.650 --> 00:01:48.810 align:middle line:90% She used nectarine soap. 00:01:48.810 --> 00:01:51.930 align:middle line:84% She lathered her body with it carefully. 00:01:51.930 --> 00:01:56.010 align:middle line:84% And then she scrubbed herself with a puff of plastic. 00:01:56.010 --> 00:01:59.610 align:middle line:84% And then she shaved her legs, all the way up the leg 00:01:59.610 --> 00:02:00.780 align:middle line:90% back and front. 00:02:00.780 --> 00:02:02.700 align:middle line:90% And her armpits. 00:02:02.700 --> 00:02:05.290 align:middle line:90% And then she dried off. 00:02:05.290 --> 00:02:08.370 align:middle line:84% And then she sprayed some other conditioner detangler 00:02:08.370 --> 00:02:09.960 align:middle line:90% on her hair. 00:02:09.960 --> 00:02:12.420 align:middle line:84% And then she clipped her toenails. 00:02:12.420 --> 00:02:15.600 align:middle line:84% And then she spread face moisturizer on her face. 00:02:15.600 --> 00:02:17.550 align:middle line:84% And then she rubbed body moisturizer 00:02:17.550 --> 00:02:18.990 align:middle line:90% over the rest of her body. 00:02:18.990 --> 00:02:21.390 align:middle line:90% And then she combed her hair. 00:02:21.390 --> 00:02:24.030 align:middle line:84% And then she sat down and cut her toenails. 00:02:24.030 --> 00:02:27.750 align:middle line:84% And then she put special moisturizing cream on her feet. 00:02:27.750 --> 00:02:29.670 align:middle line:84% And then she tweezed her eyebrows, 00:02:29.670 --> 00:02:32.340 align:middle line:84% and the one stray hair under her chin. 00:02:32.340 --> 00:02:34.680 align:middle line:84% And then she cleaned her eye-- her ears." 00:02:34.680 --> 00:02:38.220 align:middle line:84% Her eyes, yeah "Her ears with a q-tip. 00:02:38.220 --> 00:02:39.990 align:middle line:90% And then she brushed her teeth. 00:02:39.990 --> 00:02:42.510 align:middle line:90% And then she used mouthwash. 00:02:42.510 --> 00:02:44.370 align:middle line:90% And then she flossed. 00:02:44.370 --> 00:02:47.640 align:middle line:84% And then she put on her underpants and bra. 00:02:47.640 --> 00:02:50.940 align:middle line:84% And then she rubbed a cream of some kind into her hair, 00:02:50.940 --> 00:02:53.070 align:middle line:90% and started drying it. 00:02:53.070 --> 00:02:56.430 align:middle line:84% It took a long time to dry, as she dried it thoroughly. 00:02:56.430 --> 00:02:58.240 align:middle line:84% And as she had two different brushes 00:02:58.240 --> 00:03:01.950 align:middle line:84% she used, a round one and a flat one. 00:03:01.950 --> 00:03:05.560 align:middle line:84% And when it was dry, she combed a part in her hair. 00:03:05.560 --> 00:03:08.530 align:middle line:84% And then she sprayed something else in her hair. 00:03:08.530 --> 00:03:11.370 align:middle line:84% And then she put on a blouse and shorts. 00:03:11.370 --> 00:03:13.170 align:middle line:84% And then she stood by the mirror. 00:03:13.170 --> 00:03:17.580 align:middle line:84% And placed her makeup bag on the sink behind the faucets. 00:03:17.580 --> 00:03:21.030 align:middle line:84% And then she sloughed her skin with something. 00:03:21.030 --> 00:03:24.480 align:middle line:84% And then she applied foundation to her skin. 00:03:24.480 --> 00:03:27.630 align:middle line:84% And then she applied eye shadow to her eyes. 00:03:27.630 --> 00:03:30.510 align:middle line:84% And then she applied eyeliner to her eyes. 00:03:30.510 --> 00:03:33.660 align:middle line:84% And then she applied mascara to her eyes. 00:03:33.660 --> 00:03:36.510 align:middle line:84% And then she applied blush to her cheeks. 00:03:36.510 --> 00:03:39.570 align:middle line:84% And then she applied concealer under her eyes. 00:03:39.570 --> 00:03:43.050 align:middle line:84% And then she applied sparkly gel around her eyes. 00:03:43.050 --> 00:03:45.870 align:middle line:90% And then she applied lip pencil. 00:03:45.870 --> 00:03:48.120 align:middle line:90% And then she applied lipstick. 00:03:48.120 --> 00:03:50.790 align:middle line:90% And then she applied perfume. 00:03:50.790 --> 00:03:53.370 align:middle line:84% And then she brushed her hair a little more. 00:03:53.370 --> 00:03:56.640 align:middle line:84% And then she smoothed her hand over her leg. 00:03:56.640 --> 00:03:59.940 align:middle line:84% And then she applied a little more moisturizing cream 00:03:59.940 --> 00:04:03.960 align:middle line:84% to her elbows, knees, and her feet again. 00:04:03.960 --> 00:04:06.180 align:middle line:90% And then she inspected her toes. 00:04:06.180 --> 00:04:10.050 align:middle line:84% And then she noted that her toenail polish had chipped. 00:04:10.050 --> 00:04:14.430 align:middle line:84% And then she applied a dab of toenail polish on two toes. 00:04:14.430 --> 00:04:16.410 align:middle line:90% And then she put on her sandals. 00:04:16.410 --> 00:04:19.200 align:middle line:84% And then she looked in the full length mirror. 00:04:19.200 --> 00:04:22.930 align:middle line:84% And then she turned to the side to look from a different angle. 00:04:22.930 --> 00:04:26.040 align:middle line:84% And then she realized she had forgotten to weigh herself, 00:04:26.040 --> 00:04:30.390 align:middle line:84% so she took her sandals off and weighed herself. 00:04:30.390 --> 00:04:32.430 align:middle line:84% And then she put her sandals back on, 00:04:32.430 --> 00:04:34.020 align:middle line:90% and looked back in the mirror. 00:04:34.020 --> 00:04:37.080 align:middle line:90% One side, other side, front. 00:04:37.080 --> 00:04:39.480 align:middle line:84% And then she picked up her sunglasses. 00:04:39.480 --> 00:04:42.750 align:middle line:84% And then she put them on, and looked in the mirror. 00:04:42.750 --> 00:04:45.375 align:middle line:84% And then she put them up on her head, and looked in the mirror. 00:04:45.375 --> 00:04:46.800 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:04:46.800 --> 00:04:48.270 align:middle line:90% And then she shrugged. 00:04:48.270 --> 00:04:51.210 align:middle line:84% And then she picked up her car keys and her purse. 00:04:51.210 --> 00:04:53.880 align:middle line:90% And then she went to him." 00:04:53.880 --> 00:04:55.080 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:04:55.080 --> 00:04:56.500 align:middle line:90% [APPLAUSE] 00:04:56.500 --> 00:04:57.000 align:middle line:90%