cott, was, of course, at this point, the only one unattached to a significant other. He was going through a monkish, near-celibate phase in which he was writing lots, including Americinferno and plotting his move from Cincinnati to Chicago. This would all change as the novel progressed. The hypertext novel, and then the real novel and all the other duties, things would change. Time would pass. He liked Chicago, once he was no longer a temp.