overheard conversation at the Carleton Theatre, Toronto, March 4 2006, waiting to see Why We Fight

-What's your girlfriend doing these days?
-Still writing poetry. Waitressing.
-Is she still working on that book?
-It's published.
-I didn't know that.
-It's in the top 15 across Canada.
-I didn't know that.

[pause]

-What number?
-I don't know. Maybe 13?
-Is she making alot of money then?
-I don't know. I haven't asked her something like that.