Oofy

I wrote the word "oof" to the Woman With the Red Earrings and she wrote back, “ 'Oof' is my friend’s favorite words.” Well, I thought, okay.

Then she sent me this:

Which was exactly after I told her I felt like the stupid not-smiling smiley face, the ambivalent face on gchat—the one that lets the face fall down the flat line of the mouth. Slanty.