Julio Torres

Navy blue is the color of law and order.

Navy blue is the color of having to create an account.

Navy blue is the color of people that demand that you RSVP through the website, even though verbally you already told them that you're coming.

It's like, well, are you coming?

Yeah, I told you I'm coming.

Well, you know, you have to create an account and do it through the website.

Okay, well, this no longer feels like a party, right?

This is a census.

Navy blue is the color of airports, often literally.

Because that is the airport's way of saying, whatever your deal is, not here.

I'm sorry, but that's just not the amount I should have.

According to my calculations, that is not the amount I should have in my account.

Well, I don't know.

Zero would be great.

Just get me to zero.

Thank you so much for having me.

Yeah, I mean, it just happens to be the way that I am –

comfortable and feel able to explain feeling and just sort of get to the truth of my experience.

I don't sit down and think, oh, I want to write something that's fantastical.

In fact, I tend to want to write something that's very grounded in reality.