time together before, so we're past that point. but the breaking the ice thing? the single bestjob interview i ever got, i ever had, was for leading a very fancy tour group that sent rich american kids on fancy trips through europe, and they hired recent college graduates to lead them. i went to new york city. so, i use this in my writing life. get an interview with the head of the tour company. his name is robbie brown. and i get there and he goes, "oh, my god, iforgot you were coming for an interview. "i'm so sorry. we're moving the furniture "from this office down to this office. "i'll talk to you another time. "could you just help me move the furniture?" so we move desks, we move cabinets, all the rest. and then he says, "i'll call you in for the interview "when i need to." instead, he called and said, "you got thejob." flash forward three months, i'm in a bed in, like,