in my cd player... Yo La Tengo And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out   on the page... Ethan Canin Carry Me Across the Water Bookstore turned Publisher Michael strikes again by sharing his wealth of advance reader's editions. I'll give this one a try while I wait for Adam Gopnik's Paris to the Moon to be returned to the Georgetown Public Library.   around my neck... The hand-painted beaded choker that Barrie gave me for my 23rd birthday. The best thing about moving was finding all of my lost treasures.   into... folding my laundry during a company-wide conference call; red toes and red lips; pink tulips; flared jeans   pointless passion... Last week he wrote to tell me that he could see the passion in whirlygirl, but didn't understand "what it all means or what your point is." And since then I've been buried in the conundrum of which is worse, a passionless point or pointless passion.   headlines... When they aren't chronicling the ups and downs of Senator Clinton's hair, the Post loves to ridicule Bush's reckless abandonment of the rules of English grammar. My favorite display was in their transcript of his first press conference last week. Tonight's State of the Union will probably cause a special double issue tomorrow.