A girl with insomnia who works in a coffee house Ione Skye has impossibly high standards for her love and fears she will never meet a worthy man Then in walks a new employee Mackenzie Astin and they click until she discovers he has a girlfriend Undaunted, she moves to LA with a friend Jennifer Aniston sure that he will dump the girlfriend and follow her She puts all her faith in fate and hopes for the best
Summary written by Ed Lorusso
Several of the quotes used throughout the story are quot;There is no chance at all We are all trapped by a singular fate No one ever finds the onequot; Charles Bukowski quot;In order to win, you must expect to winquot; Dan Fouts quot;Every action and pursuit is thought to aim at some good The good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aimquot; Aristotle quot;Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingersquot; Lord Tennyson quot;I am now a central part of your mind's landscape whether you care or do notquot; Steven Morrissey quot;I am troubled immeasurably by your eye I am struck by the feather of your soft reply The sound of glass speaks quick disdain and conceals what your eyes fight to explainquot; Jim Morrison quot;The lady will have the linguini with clam sauce and a Coke, no ice Remember, wherever you are, that's the place to be Isn't this great,quot; Mike Damone, Fast Times at Ridgemont High quot;I'll be taking these Huggies and whatever cash you got in the registerquot; HI McDonnough, Raising Arizona quot;Worship the music, not the musiciansquot; Eddie Vedder quot;The reasonable man adapts himself to the world The unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable manquot; George Bernard Shaw quot;Life can only be understood backwardsquot; Kierkegaard quot;I wish I was like you, easily amusedquot; Kurt Cobain quot;Love is all you needquot; John Lennon
The accents that Allison demonstrates are French, Irish, Southern, snottyrich, New York, Canadian, and subcontinental Indian
David Mackenzie Astin says that 'cazique' is the highest scoring word in Scrabble 'Quartzy' is the highest scoring word 162 points, with 'cazique' and 'bezique' running in second at a 161 points
