Part 1, Fledgling: Chapter 11, Lather, Rinse, Repent and Chapter 12, Fashionably Doomed Summary

Tommy returns to work and to the ragging of his co-workers, who all know about the Chinese men's proposals. Simon is no longer mad at Tommy for getting a date with Jody, claiming to have gotten blowjobs from two choirgirls. Tommy takes some of the women's magazines into the office to research women, since he's about to move in with one. He is disappointed at the manipulative picture of women that the magazines paint. He reads a quiz to find out whether you can tell your lover he's bad in bed.

Jody calls, telling Tommy that she's booked him a room at her motel, the Van Ness and that she's left the paperwork for her car there for him. Tommy hangs up the phone to...