Middlesex Book 3, Chapter 8

Tiresias in Love

• Calliope goes to visit the Object at her house and meets the Object's brother, Jerome, for the first time. What, no nickname for him?
• Jerome is an aspiring filmmaker, working on a film titled Vampires in Prep School. He is decades ahead of Stephenie Meyer.
• During a conversation in which the Object is basically making fun of Calliope for being a Never Nude, the Object tells Cal, "You're my best friend" (3.8.150). Aww…
• Meanwhile, Calliope prays at church to receive her period.
• Since God ain't answering that prayer though, Calliope decides to just fake her period instead.
• On the day she fakes her first period, a new war breaks out in Greece, canceling the family's vacation plans to travel there.