"Gentlemen prefer blondes" : $b The illuminating diary of a professional ladyLoos, Anita
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"Gentlemen prefer blondes" : $b The illuminating diary of a professional lady
Loos, Anita
Diary fiction; Humorous stories; Man-woman relationships -- Fiction; Millionaires -- Fiction; Young women -- Fiction
Well finaly I broke down and Mr. Spoffard said that he thought a little
girl like I, who was trying to reform the whole world was trying to do
to much, especially beginning on a girl like Dorothy. So he said there
was a famous doctor in Vienna called Dr. Froyd who could stop all of my
worrying because he does not give a girl medicine but he talks you out
of it by psychoanalysis. So yesterday he took me to Dr. Froyd. So Dr.
Froyd and I had quite a long talk in the english landguage. So it seems
that everybody seems to have a thing called inhibitions, which is when
you want to do a thing and you do not do it. So then you dream about it
instead. So Dr. Froyd asked me, what I seemed to dream about. So I told
him that I never really dream about anything. I mean I use my brains so
much in the day time that at night they do not seem to do anything else
but rest. So Dr. Froyd was very very surprized at a girl who did not
dream about anything. So then he asked me all about my life. I mean he
is very very sympathetic, and he seems to know how to draw a girl out
quite a lot. I mean I told him things that I really would not even put
in my diary. So then he seemed very very intreeged at a girl who always
seemed to do everything she wanted to do. So he asked me if I really
never wanted to do a thing that I did not do. For instance did I ever
want to do a thing that was really vialent, for instance, did I ever
want to shoot someone for instance. So then I said I had, but the
bullet only went in Mr. Jennings lung and came right out again. So then
Dr. Froyd looked at me and looked at me and he said he did not really
think it was possible. So then he called in his assistance and he
pointed at me and talked to his assistance quite a lot in the Viennese
landguage. So then his assistance looked at me and looked at me and it
really seems as if I was quite a famous case. So then Dr. Froyd said
that all I needed was to cultivate a few inhibitions and get some
sleep.
May 29th:
Things are really getting to be quite a strain. Because yesterday Mr.
Spoffard and Mr. Eisman were both in the lobby of the Bristol hotel and
I had to pretend not to see both of them. I mean it is quite an easy
thing to pretend not to see one gentleman, but it is a quite hard thing
to pretend not to see two gentlemen. So something has really got to
happen soon, or I will have to admit that things seem to be happening
that are not for the best.
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