She laughs at the thought of online dating sites.

He refuses to let his brother set him up on a blind date.

She volunteers for an LSD medical study.

He reads Borges in the bath of his SoHo flat.

He models for an NYU sketching class once a quarter.

She ices down her hands after boxing Thursday evenings.

She raises milkweed on her roof in Tribeca.

He spends hours watching the mandarinfish in his aquarium.

He cooks jambalaya for Thanksgiving.

She snowboards Holiday Mountain every year on her birthday.

She wears a man's tuxedo to work on Halloween.

He mimics Patrick Stewart's voice when leaving voicemail.

He visits Robert Johnson's crossroads.

She keeps her father's ashes in a Jack-in-the-Box toy.

She writes down her dreams.

He once saw a ghost.

He has no sports heroes.

She comes home from Mardi Gras with no beads.

She sits behind him during dinner at John's on 12th.

He stands beside her on the subway.

He is absorbed in the Times crossword on the subway.

She phones her sister while she waits for her linguini

with clams at John's on 12th.

She gives in to melancholia walking home in the snow.

He falls asleep to the BBC World News.