"Jacob was very proud to have his American cousin visiting from the States and the fact that his American cousin was a young writer whose long dreadlocks and mellow disposition was sure to rile up his elitist Mexi-Jew friends got him to thinking about possible social scenes that would cause unexpected friction between the unprepared actors in what would be his private theater-happening. So on New Year's Eve, he invited me to join him and his friends to help celebrate the new year which, it ends up, was on the Sabbath."