Very Specific Interviews: Tiny Napkins

Transcript<br/><br/>We recommend listening. But if you prefer to read, here is this. It is pretty good but not dead perfect.<br/><br/>CONTENT NOTE: This story describes a relationship between a teenage girl and an adult man. It is very explicit. If this is triggering for you, don&#8217;t listen. Children should not listen. If you&#8217;re still with me, welcome.<br/><br/>Sarah: Hello. This is Sarah Miller and welcome to Very Specific Interviews where we ask people about very specific things. And today we are here with my friend and colleague Amy Westervelt. Amy and I both live in Nevada County, which is, like &#8230; not that many people here ... like if you meet someone here who's like in like the media world. Yeah. You're like, &#8220;Oh my God. Yeah. You're like, really excited. <br/><br/>Amy: We can talk shop.<br/><br/>Sarah: We can yeah we can like gossip. Yeah. No one will ever gossip with me ever. Like I try to gossip with my boyfriend and he's like &#8230;<br/><br/>Amy: &#8220;I don't care about that Sarah!&#8221; <br/><br/>Sarah: &#8220;I don&#8217;t care!&#8221; But Amy cares. <br/><br/>Amy: I do. Yeah. <br/><br/>Sarah: And I care about everything Amy says and I especially really care about the story that we're going to get into today, which Amy had told me once, like two years ago. And then I forgot. And then she told me again. And I got to admit that I'm a terrible person. And I laughed my ass off. <br/><br/>Amy: You know, you're not terrible. I think it's a funny story. &#160;But most people are like (GASPS.)<br/><br/>Sarah: Yeah, but I think it's funny. Um, so, you know, there's things about it that are not funny, but those are not the things that I think about when I think about this story. OK, so let's begin at the beginning. It's 1994, 1995 ish. You are in high school. You are like fifteen, sixteen. And you are living in Ojai, is that correct? <br/><br/>Amy: Yeah, &#160;yes, I was living in Ojai. <br/><br/>Sarah: You're living in Ojai. And tell me, what's Ojai like in 1995 and like what's your li