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A Girl Affair HD ( Drama, Romance )
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00:00:00She's upstairs with my wife.
00:00:01Okay, someone will be there right away.
00:00:05Hey, hey!
00:00:06Hey, hey!
00:00:08All right!
00:00:10Nice, sis.
00:00:12Nice, girls. Nice.
00:00:14I don't know, I just feel like when these so-called skeptics of any and all religious faiths,
00:00:19spirituality, metaphysics, whatever you want to call it,
00:00:25are tempted to shut the idea out completely.
00:00:27Obviously, I think that it's important that the question be asked,
00:00:31what is the difference between the material that they talk about and study and meditate upon
00:00:38and the spirit which we talk about and study and meditate upon?
00:00:44Is there actually a difference or is it really just a different way of thinking or of seeing?
00:00:52And I'm not so sure that there is a difference.
00:00:55Anyway, these are just, they're some of the ideas that I hope come across in the novel.
00:01:03All right, I'm out of words.
00:01:05I'm sure that's not true.
00:01:07But that does bring us to a close.
00:01:10So I want to thank you all for being here
00:01:11and a very special thanks to Miranda Ruth for making time for us.
00:01:14I need to take this.
00:01:38Excuse me.
00:01:38I just think getting away would be good for her, good for both of us, actually.
00:01:48We've been going at each other a lot lately.
00:01:50And she's interested in Chicago for college, so, you know.
00:01:53Well, I'm not sure how exciting I'd be, but of course I would love to have her.
00:01:59Um, how long?
00:02:01I don't know.
00:02:02A couple of weeks.
00:02:06That would be fine.
00:02:07Um, when were you thinking?
00:02:10Soon as possible.
00:02:14Okay, yeah.
00:02:15Um, yeah, we can make that work.
00:02:17Sure.
00:02:17Opportunity for some literary monopologies.
00:02:22Family.
00:02:24Are you okay?
00:02:25Yes.
00:02:26No.
00:02:27I aim to please, but I don't know how to get there.
00:02:56So I guess that's how I end up here.
00:02:59Pumping poison through my veins.
00:03:03I aim to leave.
00:03:05Find a way out of my own hell.
00:03:08I push and pull and then I tell myself to remember the names.
00:03:14Of the people you met in December.
00:03:19It's surreal.
00:03:22It's true.
00:03:23It's hard to remember.
00:03:25It's just, it's really weird to find your eyes.
00:03:27It's so, it's so.
00:03:30It's so much fun.
00:03:30It's so much fun.
00:03:30It's so much fun.
00:03:31It's so much fun.
00:03:32I feel it's so much fun.
00:03:32It's so much fun.
00:03:34It's so much fun.
00:03:41Oh my God.
00:03:44You grew up.
00:03:46Hey.
00:03:47Hi.
00:03:51Oh, welcome, sweetheart.
00:03:55Thanks.
00:03:56Come on in.
00:03:58How's your flight?
00:03:59Oh, a little bumpy.
00:04:00Yeah.
00:04:01Oh, can I get that?
00:04:02Oh, no, no, no, thanks.
00:04:03I got it.
00:04:04You were very little when you were last here.
00:04:06You probably don't even remember this place.
00:04:08I don't do.
00:04:09Yeah.
00:04:10Uh, you're upstairs.
00:04:13So why don't you come on in?
00:04:14We'll get you settled.
00:04:25And here it is.
00:04:27Oh.
00:04:28It's small.
00:04:29It's cozy.
00:04:31The light is brilliant in the morning.
00:04:33And, uh, a chair in the corner makes for a really nice reading nook.
00:04:37Oh, I don't really read.
00:04:40Well, there's some real gems on the bookshelf if you do decide to give it a go.
00:04:49Do you have Wi-Fi?
00:04:51I do.
00:04:52Uh, Ralph Waldo is the name of it.
00:04:54Okay.
00:04:55And the password is, uh, all caps, uh, Hawthorne, uh, with an E.
00:05:011850.
00:05:03Um, that's the year that the, the scarlet letter, you know.
00:05:07Got it.
00:05:09That's the year the scarlet letter was published.
00:05:12Yeah.
00:05:13Cool.
00:05:14Are you hungry?
00:05:15Uh, yeah, a little.
00:05:16Um, well, just get settled and whenever you're ready, come down and read.
00:05:21Thanks.
00:05:22This was your mom's room, by the way.
00:05:28Hey, I'm just about ready.
00:05:29Um, you can go take a peek out back if you like.
00:05:30I think that's where we're gonna eat lunch.
00:05:31Do you eat potato salad?
00:05:32Oh shit.
00:05:33What?
00:05:34Hey, I'm just about ready.
00:05:52You can go take a peek out back if you like.
00:05:54I think that's where we're going to eat lunch.
00:05:57Do you eat potato salad?
00:05:58Oh, shit.
00:05:59What?
00:06:00Are you vegetarian?
00:06:03I'm sorry.
00:06:04No, I have.
00:06:05I've got more.
00:06:07You're not?
00:06:08No, I'm good.
00:06:09You're so bad.
00:06:09I'm good.
00:06:10I'm sorry.
00:06:11I'm good.
00:06:12I'm good.
00:06:13I'm good.
00:06:13Oh, my God.
00:06:43Your dad told me that you're thinking about coming up here for college.
00:07:09That's exciting.
00:07:10Yeah.
00:07:11Maybe.
00:07:12It depends on where I can get a scholarship.
00:07:15Well, my mom went to DePaul, of course, and that's a good one, and I'm at U of C at University
00:07:22of Chicago, which is where I teach occasionally, although they're a little nuts there, so I
00:07:29might want to avoid that one.
00:07:31Okay.
00:07:32Will do.
00:07:35What about you?
00:07:37How's books?
00:07:40How's books and stuff?
00:07:43Books and stuff are good.
00:07:45I've been doing, actually, a lot of press for this new thing, this novel.
00:07:50What's it called?
00:07:52In the Dawn.
00:07:53What's it about?
00:07:55Oh, really?
00:07:57Well, it's about this woman named Jacqueline, and on her 50th birthday...
00:08:03You sure you want to hear this?
00:08:06Sure.
00:08:07Well, what else are we going to talk about?
00:08:10Good point.
00:08:12So, on her 50th birthday, she starts to become extra sensitive to the sun and starts to
00:08:19affect her relationships, her friendships, her work.
00:08:25Well, I'm not sure how much you really want me to tell you, but...
00:08:30Well, you can tell me all of it.
00:08:33That was no fun.
00:08:35Well, isn't that, like, what you're supposed to do with stories?
00:08:39Well, yeah, but, I mean, when you've worked for two years on the heart of it...
00:08:46Oh, yeah, but I'm not going to read it.
00:08:49Fair enough.
00:08:51Well, come to find out, she's been doing a lot of research on this condition called
00:09:00photophobia.
00:09:01Is that real?
00:09:02It is, but in my version, it's a little heightened.
00:09:06Anyway, so she's doing this research, and then she realizes that it dates back centuries
00:09:13into her own family, and that its original name, Aether amesthesia, actually comes from
00:09:21a great god.
00:09:22So...
00:09:23Oh, you write fantasy.
00:09:24So...
00:09:25Oh, you write fantasy.
00:09:26No, no, I don't write fantasy.
00:09:27A lot of my work has some metaphysical themes and some spiritual themes, but it's basically
00:09:32realism.
00:09:33It's true.
00:09:34Sounds like fantasy.
00:09:35No, no, it's not.
00:09:37It's...
00:09:38So, she decides, then, that she's going to go to Greece to get to the bottom of this.
00:09:44And then when she gets there, she gets into this awful...
00:09:45And then when she gets there, she gets into this awful...
00:09:51It'd be good to see where your mom came from, huh?
00:11:24She must have been eight.
00:11:26It was right after the funeral.
00:11:27She was there when it happened.
00:11:29She was fast asleep, but...
00:11:31Yeah, she was in the house.
00:11:33Jesus.
00:11:36She plays soccer.
00:11:38Whatever will you talk about?
00:11:41That's the thing.
00:11:42I'm scared.
00:11:43She's funny.
00:11:44She seems smart, but...
00:11:46I don't know.
00:11:48Hopefully she likes me.
00:11:50Rest assured.
00:11:50So, okay, where did we leave off?
00:11:56Part two, chapter one, but we can backtrack if you've got any, like, structural...
00:12:02How is our timing?
00:12:03When are you showing this to Jeff?
00:12:04I told him late summer.
00:12:06Oh.
00:12:07Yeah.
00:12:07Right?
00:12:08Well, that'll be fine, because I really think the second half is just more about what can
00:12:11come out than...
00:12:12Right, than any, like, drastic...
00:12:13Right, any drastic changes.
00:12:17But I will say, if we can back it up...
00:12:19I thought we might want to zero in...
00:12:20Well, if we can back it up to the end of part one, I just think it's sort of...
00:12:27You know, it's these two opposing problems that are dividing the book of the way in.
00:12:32The end of part one's characterizations, they're beautiful.
00:12:35I mean, they really are.
00:12:36I mean, but I mentioned it last week.
00:12:38I just think that the information is just being kind of clunkily laid out.
00:12:41Right, which I partially disagree with.
00:12:44Right, but that's why you have come to your brilliant writer friend, Miranda, for her ideas.
00:12:49I have, indeed.
00:12:50Just so we're clear.
00:12:52And we are.
00:12:54So you're starting with this beautiful, steady momentum at the top of part two, with DeAndre
00:13:01on the trail, the journalist.
00:13:03This is the smoothest, most energized passage in this book.
00:13:06And then you do earn, in chapter 12, this breathing space.
00:13:10There's this nice, patient lull that relaxes and speaks to us.
00:13:17But once the journalist...
00:13:18I don't know what his name is.
00:13:19Ernest.
00:13:19Right, right.
00:13:20Once Ernest throws himself off the bridge, leaving DeAndre alone, I think, I think that's
00:13:25when the book is just telling you you need to move.
00:13:27Just move, move, move.
00:13:29So the philosophical tangents in parts two and part three, they probably just need to go.
00:13:35That's my biggest note.
00:13:36I know.
00:13:37I can't, I can't believe that I'm saying that.
00:13:39Who are you and what have you done with Miranda?
00:13:41Right?
00:13:42Wait!
00:13:42Hi, hi, uh, I think I'm lost, where are you trying to be Ravens, Ravenswood, yes,
00:14:12uh, but there's, there's something else. Gardens. Uh, yeah, yeah, that, that's it. East of the bridge,
00:14:19you're actually on the right road, just head straight west a few blocks, you should start to
00:14:24look familiar. Okay, thanks. Thanks. No, I didn't say that the ending wasn't justified, I just said
00:14:40it doesn't currently work. Because of the tangents. Possibly, but it's also possible that it doesn't
00:14:45work despite the tangents. Good Lord. I, hey, hi, sorry, I can go back outside. No, no, no, no,
00:14:53we were, we were just having discourse. Sid, this is my friend Anthony. Hi. Hi, Sid. Anthony is an old
00:15:01writer friend of mine. Old writer friend, how flattering. Old Pulitzer Prize nominated writer
00:15:08friend of mine, how is that? Anthony's a very well-respected journalist, writer of non-fiction,
00:15:14and now he's writing a novel, that's what we were discussing. Now he has to go talk about the
00:15:19election on television. Cool. I'd rather be doing anything else, believe me. Um, I'm gonna go take
00:15:25a shower, smell bad. Okay, there are towels that are right outside the door on the shelf. Nice to meet
00:15:30you, Sid. Nice to meet you, too. See you Friday? Uh, oh, uh, the soiree. I haven't even told you
00:15:38about that yet. All in good time. Yeah. I'm out. Thanks for this. It's really good, Anthony.
00:15:48And you know, my thoughts are, they're my thoughts. It's your book. I know. How's Brandon? Oh, he's
00:16:01fine. He's fine. He's, uh, with his mom this week. Taking him to his first Cubs game for
00:16:06his 15th birthday, but he doesn't know it yet. Oh, he'll love that. I think so. See you Friday. Bye.
00:16:16Bye.
00:16:37Wow.
00:16:39so what's the deal with your friend the deal well Anthony and I went to the
00:16:55University of Chicago together years ago we were grad students we became fast
00:17:00friends so no romance what oh my god no why do you ask just curious you seem nice
00:17:13he is a brilliant mind he's handsome he is we should see his son this beautiful boy
00:17:26he's gonna swoop up all the ladies one day or the man or both anyway he's married
00:17:36technically what about you what do you do do we have a boyfriend yeah kind of kind
00:17:43of hmm wonderful anything else I can get you ladies no I think this is fine thank
00:17:52you Sarah my pleasure miss Ruth enjoy she's wonderful she's so sweet so much
00:18:00food no are you sure that you don't want something other than just water oh yeah
00:18:06I'm fine thanks good for you so did you come here a lot growing up oh yeah we
00:18:14came at least once a week your mom and I would get pretty sick of it but now I
00:18:21love it cool so uh so the boy what oh yeah I don't know I mean we've been
00:18:34hanging out for a while his name's Josh Josh he's fine cute yeah he's pretty hot he's a
00:18:47good time well that's great but I'm so sorry to interrupt oh I see you just got
00:18:54your food would you mind signing your book I ran all the way home to get it oh we love you
00:19:00sure what is your name Jennifer and you live in the neighborhood yeah this is one
00:19:05of our favorite places you know I don't want to take much of your time but I just
00:19:09want you to know how much I admire your work oh thank you that that means so much to me thank you
00:19:15here you go thank you have a great night you too thank you so much
00:19:21it's never not weird it's pretty cool
00:19:51so I finished two-thirds of the essays and by finished uh for some of them I mean I've just
00:19:58revised because they were in magazines or whatever but to be honest I already miss fiction
00:20:05it's just it's so different you know on the one hand you're just trying to lay out the material as
00:20:13elegantly as possible but then on the other hand you're actually you're making the thing and I
00:20:18I suppose that's not actually accurate but I just
00:20:21said
00:20:28said
00:20:36hey I found one of your books
00:20:40which one
00:20:43valley of their shadows
00:20:47borrow it
00:20:51good night Sid
00:21:05night
00:21:06I'm really glad you're here
00:21:09yeah me too
00:21:11I'm not boring you am I
00:21:14no no it's fun
00:21:16okay good night
00:21:19night
00:21:20night
00:21:20Helen.
00:21:50Cassandra.
00:21:57Margaret.
00:22:06Alice.
00:22:15Cassandra.
00:22:26Hey.
00:22:27Hi, love.
00:22:29There's some juice and some muffins downstairs if you want.
00:22:32And some coffee, too.
00:22:34Thanks.
00:22:35I was actually going to lay out in the backyard, if that's okay.
00:22:39Um, yeah, absolutely.
00:22:42Cool.
00:22:43Oh, could you put some sunscreen on me?
00:22:46Sure, of course.
00:22:48Thanks.
00:22:49Do you sleep well?
00:22:53Yeah, the bed's super comfy.
00:22:55It is, isn't it?
00:22:56That was mine growing up.
00:22:57Really?
00:22:58Uh-huh.
00:22:59Your mom's wasn't quite as comfy, but she wanted to take it with her anyway.
00:23:06I think it ended up in your old house.
00:23:12So is this where you write all your books?
00:23:18It is, yeah.
00:23:19Mm-hmm.
00:23:20Okay.
00:23:21I think I got you.
00:23:22Is that good?
00:23:23Yep.
00:23:24Thanks.
00:23:25Do you ever wish you moved away, tried other cities?
00:23:41No.
00:23:43Uh-huh.
00:23:46Thanks.
00:24:11Once upon a time.
00:24:41You don't have to stop listening.
00:24:58I was, I'm just getting some fresh air.
00:25:00You mind?
00:25:01No.
00:25:02You wanna lay out with me?
00:25:03Oh, no, thank you.
00:25:04I, um, I don't even think I own a bathing suit.
00:25:07For real?
00:25:08Yeah.
00:25:09No, I don't.
00:25:11Yeah, no.
00:25:12I read some of your stories.
00:25:15You did?
00:25:17The short ones.
00:25:18Oh, God.
00:25:19That was forever ago.
00:25:21What'd you think?
00:25:22I liked them.
00:25:23They didn't seem that old.
00:25:24Well, good.
00:25:25That's the idea.
00:25:26All the characters kinda seem stuck in their own heads.
00:25:29Well, that's part of the interior nature of the form, but I can...
00:25:33And they're either single or divorced or drifting away.
00:25:38Well, Des is happily married.
00:25:40And Joan is dating...
00:25:41I mean, most of them.
00:25:44Huh.
00:25:46You write a lot about religion, like religious people.
00:25:50Yeah, yeah, I guess I do.
00:25:52Like there's that one woman who is a nun or whatever.
00:25:55And then there's the one about the preacher's wife.
00:25:59And then...
00:26:00Don't forget the witch.
00:26:01Yeah, yeah.
00:26:02I was gonna say the one about the witch.
00:26:03Claire's an athlete.
00:26:04I didn't get to Claire.
00:26:05Yeah, she's a tennis player.
00:26:06And, and Des is a scientist.
00:26:09Does the, um, does the religious thing, does it seem like a, um, like a hindrance to you?
00:26:18I mean, I, I don't know if you and your dad...
00:26:20Oh, we don't go to church.
00:26:21No, but it didn't bother me.
00:26:23I mean, I, I think it's interesting that there are people like that.
00:26:26Religious people?
00:26:27Yeah.
00:26:28Yeah.
00:26:29There, there are a lot of them.
00:26:32Are you?
00:26:33I am, yeah.
00:26:35We weren't growing up.
00:26:37Like what kind?
00:26:39Um, well, I go to the Lutheran church over in Andersonville.
00:26:46So you, you really believe in like a heaven and hell and all that?
00:26:51I, I, you know, I don't know.
00:26:53I, um, I believe in grace.
00:26:56I believe in some sort of a, a complete meaning somewhere.
00:27:03I don't really know anything else.
00:27:05So what's the difference then between you and like an agnostic?
00:27:08I just think I, I just believe so very strongly in, in a great unknown somewhere and to deny the, it's complex.
00:27:23Yeah, like a great unknown or whatever, but you really think we're going to see my mom again?
00:27:28You really, really think that?
00:27:35She didn't believe that.
00:27:38Did she?
00:27:58Hey.
00:28:09Hey.
00:28:11You new to town?
00:28:12Hm?
00:28:13Oh, yeah.
00:28:14No, um, I'm visiting my aunt.
00:28:18Where from?
00:28:19South Carolina.
00:28:20Where's your accent?
00:28:22I don't have one.
00:28:24My dad is from New York and I was born in Maryland.
00:28:27We moved down a little.
00:28:29I can hear it in there a little bit.
00:28:31No, you can't.
00:28:32I can. I totally can.
00:28:34But I'm not going to fight with you.
00:28:37I'm Katie.
00:28:39Sit.
00:28:45Hey.
00:28:49I get off in about ten minutes if you want to...
00:28:52I don't know, go for a walk or something?
00:28:55Okay.
00:29:06Hey.
00:29:08Oh, hey.
00:29:10Um...
00:29:12Hi.
00:29:14Uh, nice to see you again.
00:29:16You too.
00:29:18So what have you been doing with yourself?
00:29:21Um, I've just been chilling at my aunt's house.
00:29:25Uh, trying to explore a little bit.
00:29:27I went for a run.
00:29:29Your aunt cool?
00:29:30Yeah!
00:29:31She is.
00:29:32She is a writer.
00:29:33What's your name?
00:29:35Miranda Ruth.
00:29:36No way.
00:29:38You've heard of her?
00:29:39Yeah, she's a big deal.
00:29:41Oh, weird.
00:29:42Cool.
00:29:43Cool.
00:29:44Yeah.
00:29:45Um...
00:29:46She lives in the same house she grew up in.
00:29:49Which is kind of strange.
00:29:51It's a nice house, though.
00:29:53Rad?
00:29:56So, you have your own apartment?
00:29:58That's pretty sweet.
00:29:59Yeah.
00:30:00Right when I hit eighteen, I was out.
00:30:02I live with my brother.
00:30:04Cool.
00:30:05So, South Carolina, huh?
00:30:06Mm-hmm.
00:30:07You shell shot?
00:30:08What?
00:30:09Come on, that's pretty lame.
00:30:10Okay, you're right.
00:30:11It is.
00:30:12Sorry.
00:30:13Um...
00:30:14My dad actually got a job there once my mom died, so...
00:30:16Sorry.
00:30:17How old were you?
00:30:18Like eight.
00:30:19What does your dad do?
00:30:20I don't really know.
00:30:21I don't really know.
00:30:22I don't really know.
00:30:23Financial stuff.
00:30:24You get along?
00:30:25Um...
00:30:26Um...
00:30:27Not really.
00:30:28It's part of the reason why I wanted to get away, honestly.
00:30:29He is, like, always home and he's super depressed, so...
00:30:32Yeah.
00:30:33I hear that.
00:30:34Um...
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00:30:55I thought you were working.
00:31:00They sent me home.
00:31:01What's up, Katie?
00:31:02What's that, Tab?
00:31:04What's going on?
00:31:05It's, like, a Thursday.
00:31:06Hanging out.
00:31:07Hi.
00:31:08No!
00:31:09Put me down!
00:31:10No!
00:31:11Dude!
00:31:12Put my sister down!
00:31:13What's up?
00:31:14Hey.
00:31:15Um...
00:31:16This is Sid.
00:31:17She's visiting from South Carolina.
00:31:18South Carolina.
00:31:19Isn't that...
00:31:21It's...
00:31:22I'm just gonna go change.
00:31:24We might go up to the roof.
00:31:25My room is back here.
00:31:26It's good.
00:31:29Nice pants, Kate.
00:31:30Fuck off!
00:31:36You can sit on the bed if you want.
00:31:39Sorry, I don't...
00:31:40Have, like...
00:31:41A chair.
00:31:47Sorry about those guys.
00:31:48They're pretty... lame.
00:31:49It's okay.
00:31:50Don't look.
00:31:51Help.
00:31:52Help.
00:31:53Just kidding.
00:31:55You can look if you want to.
00:31:57Take a look if you want to.
00:32:27Wait a minute.
00:32:58Oh, yep.
00:33:20This is nice.
00:33:28Come on!
00:33:31Are they making a movie?
00:33:33I guess so.
00:33:38So, are you in college?
00:33:40Or is the, like, coffee shop thing what you want to do?
00:33:44Hell no.
00:33:45That is not what I want to do.
00:33:47I'm not in college yet.
00:33:49I'm taking a break to figure shit out.
00:33:51So what do you want to do?
00:33:52I don't have a fucking clue.
00:33:57I want to not rush things.
00:33:59That's what I want to do.
00:34:01Cool.
00:34:04So what about you?
00:34:05What's your deal?
00:34:07Um, I play soccer.
00:34:11I hang out with my friends.
00:34:12You play soccer?
00:34:13That's about it.
00:34:14Yeah.
00:34:14That's fucking hot.
00:34:23Hey!
00:34:24Oh, we'll get out of your way.
00:34:26Oh, no, don't.
00:34:27Uh, this is going to seem really weird, but we actually need a boy and a girl slow dancing
00:34:31in the background.
00:34:32Would you guys be willing to do that for us?
00:34:35Actually?
00:34:36No, wait.
00:34:36Uh, yeah, what do you want us to do?
00:34:38Oh, wow, thank you.
00:34:40So, yeah, if you can kind of just get yourselves over at the center of the roof.
00:34:45Yeah, that's perfect.
00:34:48Now, I'm going to shout action, and when I do, just, like, be in love.
00:34:52You got it.
00:34:52Yeah.
00:35:02Action!
00:35:06Action!
00:35:34Action!
00:35:34so we did we danced and you never knew that that he was a she no i guess not
00:35:47well maybe maybe she is a he yeah maybe so
00:35:53guess what i did today
00:35:57wrote an essay shut up no i laid out oh my god you did i did i i did also write an essay actually but i
00:36:08laid out you did have a swimsuit you knew you did i didn't i had no idea i didn't even remember i
00:36:15had to dig it out it was it was purple and it fit and that is a real deal miracle miss atheist it is
00:36:21impossible that exists i want to see it um maybe tomorrow we can get a little tan before the
00:36:29soiree oh god i have to remember to call a caterer tomorrow morning yeah so wait what is this thing
00:36:33oh right uh so second fridays of every month i have a soiree academics writers church friends
00:36:42normal people and we we eat we get drunk we read we we tell stories i didn't bring anything to wear
00:36:50to something like that well that's okay it's totally casual um i i could take you shopping
00:36:56tomorrow if you want we could get something cool no that's okay thanks i'll go to the thrift store
00:37:02ask katie or something can she come uh sure cool
00:37:08i hate my feet i think you have nice feet oh god look at mine let me see
00:37:21yeah but yours are prettier
00:37:24oh yeah you're right they are
00:37:29whatever
00:37:32you're right
00:37:46you're right
00:37:48you're right
00:37:53So what time does this thing start tonight?
00:38:16Um, people usually start showing up around 6.
00:38:20It doesn't really get going until about 7.
00:38:23Will Anthony be there?
00:38:25Always.
00:38:33Do you ever have sex?
00:38:37What?
00:38:39Do you ever have sex?
00:38:41Oh, I'm sorry. Is that...
00:38:43No, no, no. It's okay. It's just...
00:38:45Wow.
00:38:47Um, sure I do.
00:38:49Really? Yeah.
00:38:51When? With who?
00:38:53I... I've had sex.
00:38:55Yeah, I know. We've established that.
00:38:57I'm just trying to think.
00:38:59Aunt Miranda.
00:39:01What? I'm trying to think.
00:39:03Isn't it?
00:39:05Uh...
00:39:07Well, there was this...
00:39:13Uh...
00:39:14Well, there was a guy at, um...
00:39:17At a hotel.
00:39:19At a lit convention.
00:39:21In 1992.
00:39:23No!
00:39:24Ow!
00:39:25Sorry.
00:39:26Sorry.
00:39:27Um...
00:39:29Yeah, but, um...
00:39:31No, it's...
00:39:33It's been about 5 years.
00:39:35What?
00:39:37Yeah.
00:39:38Shit.
00:39:39I was 11.
00:39:41Damn it!
00:39:43God!
00:39:45Well, I did...
00:39:47I had...
00:39:48I had a very...
00:39:49I had a very long-term boyfriend,
00:39:51so...
00:39:52I wanna...
00:39:53I wanna put that out there, but...
00:39:55That didn't work out.
00:39:57Mm.
00:39:58That was that.
00:39:59So...
00:40:00And there have been some other...
00:40:02There were some other chaps...
00:40:04Here and there, but otherwise...
00:40:06So...
00:40:07You have no interest in doing it again?
00:40:09Do what?
00:40:10I don't know.
00:40:11Like...
00:40:12Date?
00:40:15No, not really.
00:40:18What?
00:40:19Sex?
00:40:21I don't know.
00:40:22Um...
00:40:25I...
00:40:26I...
00:40:27I really haven't thought about it.
00:40:29To be honest.
00:40:31Hmm.
00:40:37Can I tell you a secret?
00:40:38Yes, you may.
00:40:42I...
00:40:43Kinda wanna have sex with Katie.
00:40:49What? Is that weird?
00:40:52Not at all.
00:40:56How do I do it?
00:40:59How do you...
00:41:00Uh...
00:41:01Don't ask me.
00:41:02You're gonna have to Google that.
00:41:05Okay.
00:41:06Will do.
00:41:07Yeah, your mom...
00:41:08Your mom had a...
00:41:09A little fling with a girl once.
00:41:11Really?
00:41:12She did?
00:41:13Yeah.
00:41:16It was lovely.
00:41:17Hello.
00:41:18Hello.
00:41:19Hello.
00:41:20Oh.
00:41:25Oh, my God.
00:41:27Oh, my God.
00:41:28Hi.
00:41:29Hey, Ridley.
00:41:30I...
00:41:31I'm sorry.
00:41:32I...
00:41:33I totally forgot that you were coming.
00:41:34Do you want me to nod?
00:41:35No, no, no.
00:41:36You can do your thing.
00:41:37Um...
00:41:38This is...
00:41:39Sid.
00:41:40He's gonna be staying a couple weeks with me.
00:41:42Hey, Sid.
00:41:43Hey.
00:41:44This is...
00:41:45Ridley.
00:41:46He's the son of some very dear friends of ours around the corner.
00:41:48And he sometimes comes to Second Friday.
00:41:49Are you coming?
00:41:50Tonight?
00:41:51Sure am.
00:41:52Good.
00:42:17Whose stuff is this?
00:42:18Fucking Tab moved in.
00:42:20Why?
00:42:21He lost his apartment, I guess.
00:42:24Thanks.
00:42:29Honestly, I don't have much.
00:42:32Except this one dress I used to wear to church.
00:42:35Wanna wear that?
00:42:37No offense.
00:42:38It's a little...
00:42:39Yep.
00:42:40Thought so.
00:42:41Sorry.
00:42:42Dressy-wise, I don't really have anything else.
00:42:45Except the tux I wore to prom.
00:42:47You wanna wear that?
00:42:48You ready?
00:42:49Yeah.
00:42:50Oh my god.
00:42:51Hey little lady, what's your name?
00:42:53Oh my god.
00:42:54What's your name?
00:42:55What's your name?
00:42:56Oh my god.
00:42:57Yeah.
00:43:04Oh my god.
00:43:08Hey little lady, what's your name?
00:43:27Are you sure you don't want to come to the party?
00:43:39No, I'm good.
00:43:42Can I call you later?
00:43:45Please, please, pretty please.
00:43:50Hello, hello.
00:43:52Oh, thank you so much for bringing all that.
00:43:55No problem, you look very nice.
00:43:58Oh, thank you.
00:44:00It's just this little, thank you.
00:44:03Is there more outside?
00:44:04Yeah, lots.
00:44:05Did you get some sun?
00:44:06What?
00:44:07Um, yeah, I did.
00:44:10I laid out with shit in the grass and I got some sun.
00:44:17Huh.
00:44:25Some music?
00:44:26Oh, yes.
00:44:27Yes, yes, yes.
00:44:31Yes, yes, yes.
00:44:44Where's it?
00:45:11She went to see a friend about an outfit.
00:45:15A friend already?
00:45:16Mm-hmm.
00:45:19A friend friend?
00:45:23Yeah.
00:45:24Yeah.
00:45:25Yeah.
00:45:27Yeah.
00:45:28Yeah.
00:45:31Yeah.
00:45:33Yeah.
00:45:34Yeah.
00:45:38Yeah.
00:45:39Yeah.
00:45:40Wait a minute, wait a minute, I'ma bring it home
00:45:43Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute, I'ma bring it on home
00:45:49When I was just about ten years old, I walked up to the prospect of a cleaner soul
00:45:55And I clung tight to the preacher, bro, brought down to the pulpit with my mic exposed
00:46:00He was my uncle, and it was like the first day of the month
00:46:04I really had a thirst to pray, what a start
00:46:07My mama just cried and cried, filled up a loving chest with pride
00:46:11And I, I buckled, I gave it all to him, pull a scent with a grin in my childish ways
00:46:17I chuckled, paved the way for grandma's sin when I couldn't sit with my wife and wife
00:46:22Wonderful, now how long were you there?
00:46:24About a week, about a week
00:46:26It's relaxing, it's such a great time of year
00:46:29You came from Princeton?
00:46:31Absolutely
00:46:31I mean, I think that's wonderful, we have these East Coast connections
00:46:35Yes
00:46:36Hi
00:46:38Hi
00:46:39Hi
00:46:40Is this okay?
00:46:41It's perfect, it's amazing
00:46:43Okay, hi
00:46:44Welcome
00:46:45Thanks
00:46:46Come on up, let me introduce you to everyone
00:46:48Everyone, this is my niece
00:46:49Hi
00:46:50This is Sid, this is Miss Evergreen
00:46:52This is Anthony's mother
00:46:54Thank you
00:46:55This is our good friend Thompson
00:46:56Hi
00:46:57He's also at the university with us
00:46:59Jack
00:47:01Jack, pardon me, of course
00:47:03And this is his wife
00:47:04And this is his wife
00:47:05Hi, Sid
00:47:06Hi
00:47:07This is Sid
00:47:08And of course you remember Ridley from her hair
00:47:11Yeah
00:47:12Yeah
00:47:13Nice talks
00:47:14Thanks
00:47:15Okay
00:47:16Okay
00:47:17Um
00:47:18These days been house ridden
00:47:19Couch sitting in a cold
00:47:21Light
00:47:22I have an idea
00:47:23I have an idea
00:47:24I have an idea
00:47:25I have an idea
00:47:26I have an idea
00:47:27I have an idea
00:47:28I have an idea
00:47:29I have an idea
00:47:30I have an idea
00:47:31I have an idea
00:47:32I have an idea
00:47:34I have an idea
00:47:36I have an idea
00:47:36I have an idea
00:47:38I have an idea
00:47:39Ok
00:47:40I have an idea
00:47:41I have an idea
00:47:42You can make it
00:47:43A little bit of colour
00:47:44I don't want people
00:47:53think you're the caterer
00:47:54A little bit of color. I don't want people to think you're the caterer.
00:48:04I love it.
00:48:11Do you like it?
00:48:13Yeah!
00:48:14Thank you!
00:48:16No, it's my first time.
00:48:19Look at our city. It's a beautiful city.
00:48:21It's been drowning from shame.
00:48:28The truth of the matter is from the shadows it was staring me in the face.
00:48:39Where I lost myself in the desert of the hearts of my tarnishing delays.
00:48:51We were rivals. She was a prosecutor. I was a DA.
00:48:56That's so cool.
00:48:58But we should also add that I was married.
00:49:00Yes, so in any case, we knew we had to wait until one of us retired so we could successfully make a go at it.
00:49:06You worked on the same case?
00:49:09The case is...
00:49:11That's incredible.
00:49:13So you were both married to men?
00:49:15Yes, I was a widow when we met. I was a widow early on.
00:49:18Betty was married, got divorced later. That's where he came from.
00:49:22So you liked it and you didn't?
00:49:25What, being married to men?
00:49:28Are you asking if we liked Dick?
00:49:31Um...
00:49:33I did.
00:49:34She didn't.
00:49:35I do.
00:49:36I did.
00:49:37She didn't.
00:49:38I do.
00:49:40Dick is not terrible, is he?
00:49:43It's not terrible. It is like the opposite of terrible.
00:49:58So what are you into, hon?
00:50:04Oh, um...
00:50:06I...
00:50:07like...
00:50:09everything.
00:50:15And he goes outside to go on his little date, you know, to the dance.
00:50:20And in two seconds, he comes back in and he's like,
00:50:22Mama, her parents left. We need a ride.
00:50:27I don't think that's exactly what happened, but whatever.
00:50:30Oh, shut up.
00:50:32I drove you on all your dates.
00:50:34Yes, you did. And I love you, Mama. Thank you.
00:50:37I could drive you, too.
00:50:39If you want to go somewhere.
00:50:40Oh, yeah.
00:50:42Oh.
00:50:44Wow.
00:50:50Where's Jay?
00:50:51Thought he was coming home.
00:50:53He got himself a date.
00:50:54Really?
00:50:55Mm-hmm.
00:50:58Is some girl work?
00:51:00Weird.
00:51:01You're supposed to hang out.
00:51:03How are you?
00:51:07Fine. How are you?
00:51:08How are you?
00:51:09I'm good.
00:51:11I'm sorry about making fun of you in front of your friend the other day.
00:51:15I, like, picked you up and spun you around.
00:51:18So what are you up to tonight?
00:51:20Don't know.
00:51:22Well, let me know if you want to hang out.
00:51:25Uh...
00:51:26Okay.
00:51:27This is a story about a woman who burned her own house down.
00:51:39Not true.
00:51:40No, sir.
00:51:42This is very true.
00:51:43Okay.
00:51:44This is very, very true.
00:51:461968.
00:51:47Cincinnati, Ohio.
00:51:48No, no, no.
00:51:49No cell phones.
00:51:50Oh, sorry.
00:51:52Sweet.
00:51:53Sweet Cincinnati.
00:51:56Dolores, mother of four, worked for the Ohio Insurance Company.
00:52:01Husband left her for another woman.
00:52:05Left her alone in that house with four children.
00:52:09Three boys, one girl.
00:52:10One day, someone knocks on her door.
00:52:13She opens it to find a very nice, seeming young man standing there.
00:52:18He is new to town, works for the paper, looking to rent a place.
00:52:22Money is tight for them, see?
00:52:25So she moves into her daughter's bedroom, gives the nice young man her own room,
00:52:29just till he gets off the ground here.
00:52:31Good Christian man, not a concern in the world.
00:52:34Couple of days later, she catches word a woman in Columbus has been murdered.
00:52:41By a devil worshiper.
00:52:45And he got away.
00:52:47Oh dear.
00:52:48Oh, don't worry, I don't think it's true.
00:52:50What did you say?
00:52:53I said, uh, yeah, you know, I think I read about that somewhere.
00:52:57Yeah, she's just pregnant, so she's really sensitive.
00:53:05Oh!
00:53:07Oh!
00:53:08Oh, oh!
00:53:09Oh!
00:53:11I did just came out.
00:53:18So what is it going to be?
00:53:19No, it's thicket.
00:53:20there's a certain slant of light
00:53:26winter afternoons that oppresses
00:53:28like the heft of cathedral tunes
00:53:31heavenly hurt it gives us
00:53:34we can find no scar
00:53:36but internal difference
00:53:38where the meanings are
00:53:41none may teach it
00:53:43any
00:53:43tis the seal despair
00:53:46an imperial affliction
00:53:49sent us of the air
00:53:50when it comes the landscape
00:53:52glistens
00:53:53shadows hold their breath
00:53:55when it goes
00:53:57tis like the distance
00:53:59on the look of death
00:54:01emily dickinson
00:54:05i have a memory
00:54:08an impression when i read this poem
00:54:09you never get the feeling
00:54:11when you're a child
00:54:13the end of august
00:54:15when the first little chill comes in the evening
00:54:17and you're thinking
00:54:18school starts
00:54:21end of summer blues
00:54:24behind what we think of
00:54:25as the russian menace
00:54:26lies what we do not wish to face
00:54:29when they regard a negro
00:54:30reality
00:54:31the fact that life
00:54:33is tragic
00:54:34life is tragic
00:54:36simply because the earth turns
00:54:38and the sun inexorably rises and sets
00:54:41and one day
00:54:42for each of us
00:54:44the sun will go down
00:54:45for the last last time
00:54:47perhaps the whole root of our trouble
00:54:50the human trouble
00:54:51is that
00:54:53we will sacrifice
00:54:54all the beauty of our lives
00:54:56we'll imprison ourselves
00:54:58in totems
00:54:58taboos
00:55:00crosses
00:55:01blood sacrifices
00:55:02steeples
00:55:03mosques
00:55:04races
00:55:04armies
00:55:05flags
00:55:06nations
00:55:07in order to deny
00:55:08the fact of death
00:55:10the only fact
00:55:11we have
00:55:12it seems to me
00:55:14that one ought to rejoice
00:55:16in the fact of death
00:55:17ought to decide indeed
00:55:19to earn one's death
00:55:21by confronting with passion
00:55:23the conundrum of life
00:55:24I sat looking off
00:55:25across the country
00:55:26watching the sun go down
00:55:27the curly grass about us
00:55:29was on fire now
00:55:31the bark of the oaks
00:55:33turned red as copper
00:55:34there was a shimmer of gold
00:55:36on the brown river
00:55:37out in the stream
00:55:39the sandbars glittered
00:55:40like glass
00:55:41and the light trembled
00:55:42in the willow thickets
00:55:43as if little flames
00:55:46were leaping among them
00:55:47the breeze sank
00:55:50into stillness
00:55:51the ravine
00:55:52as he heard the snow
00:55:53falling faintly
00:55:54through the universe
00:55:55and faintly falling
00:55:56like the descent
00:55:57of their last end
00:55:58upon all the living
00:56:00and the dead
00:56:01James Joyce
00:56:04the dead
00:56:04thank you
00:56:07hey
00:56:12what the fuck man
00:56:13I was wondering
00:56:15if you wanted to go
00:56:16and sell the balcony
00:56:17it's not a bed
00:56:18it's a couch
00:56:19get the fuck out of my room
00:56:20couch
00:56:20yeah
00:56:20no
00:56:21get the fuck out of here
00:56:22come sit on the couch
00:56:24Kev
00:56:25get out of my room
00:56:29I thought I'd share
00:56:33a little bit of nature
00:56:34from Ralph Waldo Emerson
00:56:36on this lovely summer evening
00:56:38to speak truly
00:56:41few adult persons
00:56:42can see nature
00:56:43at least they have
00:56:46a very superficial scene
00:56:47the sun
00:56:49the sun illuminates
00:56:50only the eye
00:56:51of the man
00:56:52but shines
00:56:52into the eye
00:56:53and the heart
00:56:54of the child
00:56:55the lover of nature
00:56:58is he
00:56:59whose inward
00:56:59and outward senses
00:57:00are still truly
00:57:02adjusted
00:57:02to each other
00:57:03who has retained
00:57:05the spirit of infancy
00:57:06even into the era
00:57:08of manhood
00:57:08his intercourse
00:57:11with heaven
00:57:12and earth
00:57:13becomes
00:57:13part of his daily food
00:57:15crossing a bear
00:57:18common
00:57:18in snow puddles
00:57:20at twilight
00:57:20under a clouded sky
00:57:22without having
00:57:23in my thoughts
00:57:23any occurrence
00:57:24of a special good fortune
00:57:26I have enjoyed
00:57:27a perfect exhilaration
00:57:29I am glad
00:57:31to the brink
00:57:32of fear
00:57:33in the woods
00:57:35too
00:57:35a man
00:57:36casts off
00:57:37his years
00:57:38and at
00:57:39at what
00:57:40period
00:57:42soever
00:57:43of life
00:57:43is always
00:57:45a child
00:57:46in the woods
00:57:49is perpetual
00:57:49youth
00:57:50he lost
00:57:59it's not about
00:58:01blinking
00:58:02it's about smiling
00:58:03no smiles
00:58:04oh okay okay
00:58:05okay
00:58:05okay
00:58:05that might have
00:58:21been a tie
00:58:22so glad you could come
00:58:49oh thank you
00:58:50for having us
00:58:50wonderful meeting you
00:58:51you as well
00:58:52thanks again
00:58:52and congratulations
00:58:53I hope you can come
00:58:54back next month
00:58:54absolutely
00:58:55we'll see you then
00:58:55bye
00:58:55all right
00:58:56take care
00:58:56I think he and a girl
00:59:00might be somewhere
00:59:01oh good God
00:59:03well
00:59:03it happened
00:59:04you know I
00:59:05I'll go
00:59:05I'll go get
00:59:06I'm sorry
00:59:15I'm sorry
00:59:29wait um
00:59:29I'm sorry
00:59:29I'm sorry
00:59:33yeah
00:59:34is Ridley in there
00:59:37yeah
00:59:39Ridley
00:59:40I mean your
00:59:41mothers are looking
00:59:42for you
00:59:42okay
00:59:43hi
00:59:44hi
01:00:04hey
01:00:04where'd you disappear to
01:00:06I was upstairs
01:00:07I was upstairs
01:00:08I think Aunt Miranda's
01:00:11mad at me
01:00:12she'll get over it
01:00:15she was telling me
01:00:18about your son
01:00:19yeah he's
01:00:21something else
01:00:22she also said you were
01:00:26technically married
01:00:27well you just got the whole
01:00:29rundown didn't you
01:00:30uh true
01:00:33um separated
01:00:34um
01:00:35we're through the thick of it though
01:00:38you're getting back together
01:00:39no
01:00:40no
01:00:40no
01:00:40no
01:00:41I mean um
01:00:41like through the
01:00:42initial burst
01:00:44of it all
01:00:45yeah we're
01:00:45moving forward
01:00:47Brandon's been a real saint
01:00:49about
01:00:50so
01:00:54um
01:00:55maybe
01:00:56once the dust settles
01:00:58you could
01:00:58I mean
01:01:00would you ever consider
01:01:02dating Miranda
01:01:03Anthony did you want to
01:01:07take home
01:01:08those cream cheese things
01:01:09for you
01:01:09and Brandon
01:01:10yeah
01:01:10come in and grab those
01:01:12all right
01:01:39we got a second
01:02:00Friday
01:02:00pretty crazy
01:02:02did you have fun
01:02:03yeah
01:02:04everyone was super nice
01:02:06can I help you clean up
01:02:08um
01:02:09sure
01:02:10if we can just get everything in
01:02:12this general vicinity
01:02:15we can deal with it tomorrow
01:02:16I'm pretty exhausted
01:02:17yeah me too
01:02:18um
01:02:19I'll check the back porch
01:02:20it was cool to hear everybody read
01:02:27and stuff
01:02:28all the stories
01:02:29yeah
01:02:29you like that
01:02:30yeah
01:02:30I like that one
01:02:32uh
01:02:33story that that one woman told
01:02:34um
01:02:36Cornelia
01:02:36yeah
01:02:37was it true
01:02:38probably not
01:02:40I liked yours
01:02:46my what
01:02:47the thing you read
01:02:49oh the part you heard
01:02:52well
01:02:52there was more
01:02:54yeah
01:02:57I'm sorry
01:02:58it's fine
01:02:59it's okay
01:03:03it's
01:03:04I don't want to do that relative
01:03:07that's
01:03:08it's
01:03:09it's really
01:03:09it's more about the smoke
01:03:10I just don't like it
01:03:11in the house
01:03:12and I
01:03:13it's not
01:03:13I'm sorry
01:03:14it's okay
01:03:17really
01:03:18it's
01:03:19it's fine
01:03:21okay
01:03:22do you want anything else
01:03:25before I put this food away
01:03:26no
01:03:27thanks
01:03:28I'm good
01:03:28um
01:03:29I'm gonna call Katie
01:03:31okay
01:03:32oh
01:03:34I might
01:03:35have half a piece
01:03:37more of
01:03:37Anna Mae's cake
01:03:39are you sure you don't want some cake
01:03:40no thanks
01:03:42you know
01:03:44maybe if you had sex once in a while
01:03:45you wouldn't want to eat all the time
01:03:46I'm really sorry
01:03:53that came out
01:03:53super nasty
01:03:54I was just kidding
01:03:55let me just say something to you real quick
01:03:56I really am sorry
01:03:57no no no
01:03:57that's okay
01:03:58but I need you to listen to me
01:03:59okay
01:03:59I wish that I could
01:04:02I could share with you
01:04:05the utter joy
01:04:06it brings me
01:04:07to spend three hours
01:04:08on a Saturday afternoon
01:04:09reading
01:04:09Emerson
01:04:11or Melville
01:04:12or
01:04:12Virginia Woolf
01:04:14or discussing T.S. Eliot
01:04:16or James Baldwin
01:04:17with a dear friend
01:04:18until dawn
01:04:18the fulfillment
01:04:21that I get
01:04:23from going to church
01:04:24from reading theology
01:04:27from reading science
01:04:28from
01:04:28praying
01:04:30but I can't
01:04:33because I am me
01:04:36and you are you
01:04:38I can't relate to you
01:04:40the total fulfillment
01:04:41that I get from these things
01:04:42it's impossible
01:04:43I know
01:04:45and I understand
01:04:47you're finding your own joy
01:04:49you're engaging
01:04:51your own stuff
01:04:53and that's great
01:04:54that's how it should be
01:04:56and it's a beautiful thing
01:04:57but hear me
01:05:00it is not a handicap
01:05:04to have one thing
01:05:06but not another
01:05:07to be one way
01:05:10and not another
01:05:11we are different shapes
01:05:15and ways
01:05:16and our happiness
01:05:17is unique
01:05:19there are no rules
01:05:20of balance
01:05:21I'm sorry
01:05:24don't be sorry
01:05:25but I got a quarter
01:05:28of a century
01:05:29on you said
01:05:30so let's just
01:05:32enjoy ourselves
01:05:34okay
01:05:36let's just like
01:05:37respect
01:05:40each other's selves
01:05:41and you stop talking
01:05:45I guess I just feel like
01:05:49are we done in here
01:05:49because I really need
01:05:50to be done in here
01:05:51did you get all of the bottles
01:05:52yeah everything's clear
01:05:54okay
01:05:54thank you for helping
01:05:55I'm going to go upstairs
01:05:57okay
01:06:11Miranda
01:06:25you don't have to come
01:06:36I'll just call you
01:06:37when I get out
01:06:37I'm coming
01:06:38she wanted me to text her
01:06:41not to buzz up
01:06:42okay
01:06:42oh hi sweetheart
01:06:52are you okay
01:06:53I'm sorry
01:06:55I didn't
01:06:56I mean
01:06:57let us in
01:06:58are you okay
01:07:07fuck
01:07:10um
01:07:11he finally
01:07:14passed out
01:07:14what happened
01:07:17to his nose
01:07:18I punched him
01:07:20I'm sorry
01:07:22to make you
01:07:22come over
01:07:23I feel so stupid
01:07:24don't be silly
01:07:25are you okay
01:07:26yeah
01:07:27Katie
01:07:29are you okay
01:07:32yeah
01:07:33did he hurt you
01:07:35I tried to go out
01:07:37and he wouldn't
01:07:37let me leave
01:07:38he was acting
01:07:39really weird
01:07:40I don't want him
01:07:42to wake up
01:07:43you can probably
01:07:44go it's fine
01:07:45no
01:07:46you should go
01:07:46get your picture
01:07:47you're gonna
01:07:47come with us
01:07:48what the fuck
01:08:16Sid
01:08:21Sid
01:08:22Sid
01:08:24I'm
01:08:32I'm Miranda
01:08:44Katie
01:08:45Katie
01:08:45I'm
01:09:06I'm
01:09:07I'm
01:09:08cool room thanks it was my mom's
01:09:25reddit reddit reddit reddit wait really yeah why i don't know i guess you don't really seem like a
01:09:49reader fuck you what does a reader even seem like oh my god holy shit your aunt wrote this
01:10:00i read this in middle school what
01:10:02wait a minute i know that book wait aunt miranda wrote that uh yeah is that the one about the
01:10:18baby born in a castle the hotel that used to be a castle yeah and her parents treat her like a
01:10:23princess and she starts to develop powers yeah and she thinks she's magic and you don't know if
01:10:27it's real or not kind of badass
01:10:29what my name
01:10:39that would be correct wait a minute let me see that
01:10:46she okay
01:10:59hi she okay yeah she'll be okay are you okay yeah i'm fine
01:11:20i found this
01:11:24my mom used to read this to me didn't she
01:11:32she did
01:11:34you were way too young for it
01:11:37you fell asleep every time
01:11:40she did it anyway though
01:11:43she did it for herself
01:11:45she loved that book
01:11:47she loved that book
01:11:52you named her after me
01:11:55you named her after me
01:11:59check the date
01:12:05it's the other way around
01:12:13when do you go back
01:12:40thursday
01:12:42thursday
01:12:44what will i do without you
01:12:47probably what you did last week before you knew me
01:12:50what will we do until then
01:12:54whatever we want
01:12:58what we want
01:13:12i'm no longer waiting on you
01:13:18I'm waiting on you
01:13:21Baby, when the time is right
01:13:28When I'm done
01:13:33I'm reveling my mind
01:13:37I'm ready to go out and have fun
01:13:50Tonight I'm gonna be who I want
01:14:01The sun is always shining on me
01:14:06Trying something
01:14:14I feel like it's kind of like
01:14:23Versatilous
01:14:26Oh sure
01:14:27Um hey
01:14:28One of you is free to use my shower
01:14:31If you'd like to
01:14:32Yeah I'm just gonna do some emails
01:14:34Oh hey I'm um
01:14:35I'm giving this talk in a Q&A downtown tonight
01:14:39If you'd like to come with
01:14:40Who are you talking to?
01:14:44Oh
01:14:44I got burned didn't I
01:14:55Let me see
01:14:56Oh shit
01:14:59Yes you did
01:15:02Okay
01:15:02Did I?
01:15:05No you're good
01:15:06Okay
01:15:06Wait
01:15:19Wait
01:15:21So
01:15:38So
01:15:50I had a brother, Devin, he was like 12 years older than me, he had a lot of mental problems
01:16:09or whatever, just like a lot of issues, and he and my mom and my dad used to get into
01:16:17these really big fights. They thought about sending him away to military school or whatever,
01:16:26but I never did. Anyway, one weekend when I was really little, my dad was away, and after
01:16:44I'd gone to bed, my brother and my mom got into this really big fight, and he shot her.
01:16:56Oh my god. And then himself.
01:17:03Somehow I slept through the whole thing, and the neighbors found them before I could,
01:17:19so I was protected. Anyway, that's the story.
01:17:49Feel free to relax in here until we're ready for you. We'll probably hold the house for
01:17:53about five or ten minutes just so it can fill up so you have plenty of time, you can help
01:17:56yourself to some snacks, and if you have any questions, I'll be right up the hall.
01:17:59Thank you, honey. This is interesting.
01:18:06Do you want some?
01:18:08Hell yeah.
01:18:10Sure am, Nick. Aunt Miranda, you're so big time.
01:18:14I'm not that big. Well, maybe. Just a little.
01:18:20Hello? What? Okay. Are you sure? It's okay. Uh, well, I'll come home soon.
01:18:41Why don't we start with a simple question?
01:18:45Are there any simple questions? Do those exist?
01:18:49Where do your ideas come from?
01:18:53Oh, you would think that I would have a quick, straightforward answer to that by now, but I don't.
01:19:02You know, I'm tempted to give the standard answer, that they come from everywhere.
01:19:09They come from different places. A feeling, a relative, a place, other works of art, a concern, but...
01:19:23What kind of concern would give way to an idea for a book?
01:19:26A concern of the spirit, I guess?
01:19:33A kind of unrest.
01:19:38But I suppose if I'm being completely honest, I can't say that in their essence that they come from outside at all.
01:19:52They come from me. They are me. Each one of them, sort of me, reformed.
01:20:11And I was working at the library when I discovered your book of short stories.
01:20:17The title of which just fell out of my head. I'm sorry.
01:20:22The Valley of the Shadows.
01:20:23That's the one. Thank you.
01:20:26There was something about those women that gave me strength.
01:20:31How thoughtful, how engaged with the bigger picture or something.
01:20:37Going through life with such patience and curiosity, despite seemingly relentless hardship.
01:20:48It reminded me of the women in my life, who I love a lot.
01:20:53My grandmother recently...
01:20:59I don't have a question, apparently.
01:21:01I guess I just wanted to thank you for honoring them.
01:21:05Well, thank you. That means a lot.
01:21:09Anyone else? We have time for one more.
01:21:27Hi. Hello, young lady.
01:21:31That's my aunt. My aunt Miranda.
01:21:36Um, anyway, I wanted to ask you what your greatest pleasure in life is.
01:21:44Like, joy.
01:21:49Cake.
01:21:51There they are.
01:22:18Welcome, ladies.
01:22:21Hi.
01:22:22Hey, how are you?
01:22:23Good. How are you?
01:22:24Hi, Sid.
01:22:25Hi, Sid.
01:22:26Of course, you know, and her friend, Katie.
01:22:27Hey, Katie.
01:22:28Uh, well, uh, help yourselves.
01:22:29We got food, drinks.
01:22:31We got good people, good weather.
01:22:33Hey, Brandon.
01:22:34What?
01:22:35Who are you calling what?
01:22:37Come over here.
01:22:38This is Miranda's, uh, niece, Sid.
01:22:40That's her friend, Katie.
01:22:42Hi, sweetheart.
01:22:43How's your summer going?
01:22:44He's 14.
01:22:45He's 14.
01:22:46He's 14.
01:22:47He's 14.
01:22:48He's 14.
01:22:49Hey, you guys.
01:22:50Let me take your picture.
01:22:51Yeah, yeah, sure.
01:22:52Come on.
01:22:53It's all squeezing tight here.
01:22:54Cheese.
01:22:55Got it.
01:22:57Hey, come on.
01:22:58Let's get a bite.
01:23:00I got, uh, hamburgers.
01:23:01I got chicken.
01:23:02I got holy sausage.
01:23:03I got chicken pots.
01:23:04Hey, how's the grub?
01:23:05Burger overcooked though.
01:23:06You got the hot dog.
01:23:07Well, hot dog is excellent.
01:23:08You can't really speak for the burger.
01:23:09Yeah, I can.
01:23:10They're overcooked.
01:23:11Fuck it.
01:23:12Fuck it.
01:23:13Fuck it.
01:23:14Fuck it.
01:23:15You were right, by the way.
01:23:16The other day.
01:23:17About what?
01:23:19On part two and three.
01:23:22Oh, red back three.
01:23:23I got a chili treat.
01:23:25Okay.
01:23:27You got a horn.
01:23:28you got the boy.
01:23:29Hey, how's the grub?
01:23:30Burger overcooked though.
01:23:31You got the hot dog.
01:23:32Well, hot dog is excellent.
01:23:33You can't really speak for the burger.
01:23:35Yeah, I can.
01:23:36They're overcooked.
01:23:37Fuck it.
01:23:38Fuck it.
01:23:40Fuck it.
01:23:41You were right, by the way.
01:23:42The other day.
01:23:43About what?
01:23:44read back through it what you said kind of clicked well good as long as it's for the book and not for
01:23:50me well you know i do it all for you don't you hey i gotta go pick up my brother from work i'll
01:24:01watch priscilla for me yeah sure isa do you know miranda i think we may have met once or twice at
01:24:06a ufc thing but hi nice to meet you i'm isabel miranda nice to meet you i'm actually a fan love
01:24:12the new one oh thank you so much definitely thank you don't let him get into too much trouble
01:24:17to find trouble oh shut up
01:24:20she's lovely yeah she lives around the corner it's her little girl
01:24:28she divorced yeah
01:24:36so is there any potential there
01:24:41we'll see
01:24:56hey no no no that's not for playing with hey
01:25:02maybe you should visit me sometime seriously yeah why not what would your dad think
01:25:15who cares columbia south carolina what's it like it's fine come and see hey are y'all girlfriends
01:25:31maybe so cool cool yeah they are
01:25:43were you
01:25:54we'll be back again
01:25:59we'll be back again
01:26:03we'll be back again
01:26:04we'll be back again
01:26:12Hello?
01:26:13Sid?
01:26:14Yeah, who's this?
01:26:15It's Miranda.
01:26:16Oh, hey, you're calling me.
01:26:19I am.
01:26:20I just wanted to check in and see how you were.
01:26:38I'm at the beach.
01:26:41I'm going to lift my toes in the sand.
01:26:44Well, that sounds nice.
01:26:46Okay, girls, let's go.
01:26:48Oh, am I calling you at a bad time?
01:26:51No, it's okay.
01:26:52I have soccer practice.
01:26:54It's about to start.
01:26:55Oh, okay.
01:26:56All right.
01:26:57Well, you go and play your heart out.
01:26:59And I just called to say hello.
01:27:01Yeah, thanks for calling.
01:27:03Of course.
01:27:05I miss you.
01:27:07I love you.
01:27:10I love you, too.
01:27:11Okay, well, have a great practice.
01:27:13I'll talk to you later.
01:27:14Okay, that sounds good.
01:27:15All right.
01:27:16Bye-bye.
01:27:17Bye.
01:27:18Let's go, let's go.
01:27:19Let's go, let's go.
01:27:20Let's go, let's go.
01:27:21Let's go, let's go, let's go.
01:27:22Okay, that sounds good.
01:27:23Okay, that sounds good.
01:27:24All right.
01:27:25Bye-bye.
01:27:26Bye.
01:27:27Let's go, let's go.
01:27:29Let's go, let's go.
01:27:30Let's go, let's go.
01:27:31I've taken to lie in my head, blow my heart
01:27:54I'm using my hands to cover my open mouth
01:28:02Cause I could feel my front porch
01:28:09And I could sense red blood moving around
01:28:19There was a subtlety in the calm
01:28:25You came suddenly and then you were gone
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