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00:00:13To be continued...
00:00:39you realize this draft isn't anywhere near being ready to defend
00:00:44i thought it was pretty good progress consider bullshit excuse me ben you and i both know that's
00:00:50bullshit i have the ideas there look i get it it's a lot more fun to spin theories out loud
00:00:57than it is to sit at your computer and make things make sense with a little more time you don't
00:01:02have
00:01:02any more time this is your seventh year your clock has run out man if you don't defend on schedule
00:01:09all your coursework becomes invalid now your argument and dialectic isn't bad an overview
00:01:20of the philosophical spread of calvinism across western europe i'm focusing on how the idea
00:01:27of predestination shaped society how it affected politics culture yeah yeah i get it not bad
00:01:32but you gotta stop procrastinating that may have gotten you through your masters but it's not
00:01:38gonna work here now focus and get to work
00:01:48no you started it no you started it no you started it no you started it no you started it
00:01:58stop it mohammed be nice to your sister she's a girl but she started mohammed drink your orange juice
00:02:06i want apple juice enough we ran out ara is that food almost ready almost she let us
00:02:12have donuts last time ara i didn't give them donuts miriam you know what allah says about lying
00:02:21i spoke to your grandmother today every time i call her she's asking about you when are you going
00:02:26to call that woman it's always the same conversation about great grandkids i'll give her a call later
00:02:32oh and najib's mother called she's insisting that you join them for dinner this week it's not a good
00:02:37week for that when is it going to be a good week a good man like najib isn't going to
00:02:42chase you
00:02:42forever ara you have to start taking your place in the community
00:03:05i take it you're finished for the night
00:03:10i just started proofing
00:03:15i'd like to get a little more finished before i have to get up tomorrow and do it all over
00:03:18again
00:03:19maybe it's time to give the dissertation a break for the night
00:03:23give yourself some rest mom for your own sake remember scripture says
00:03:30to the righteous soul it will be said oh thou soul in complete rest and satisfaction
00:03:37what would a righteous woman do tonight didn't you say something about your friend's art exhibit
00:03:43why don't you take the evening off and go support her
00:03:47sasha wouldn't miss me
00:03:48would you stop it go see it if just for curiosity's sake
00:03:52i guess i'm obsessing over this because it's my last paper as a student
00:03:56if you give it too much power it will control you sweetheart go to the gallery
00:04:23hey
00:04:24hey how's uh work coming slow
00:04:29okay well uh are you gonna be there all night
00:04:32i don't know may break for a few then get back to it
00:04:35all right well you are still coming to the family dinner on sunday right
00:04:40nah nah i need to skip this week
00:04:45please stop being a martyr because you could come if you wanted to
00:04:49and do you understand that you are wasting your time on a phd that is essentially worthless
00:04:56i don't need this from you right now
00:04:58you are afraid of the real world
00:05:00what is the real world
00:05:01really here we go again
00:05:03no tell me
00:05:05accounting firms are the real world and academia isn't
00:05:08is that right
00:05:10you're gonna cure cancer with your mba
00:05:12you know what i think i think that i'm gonna go out with manny tonight is that cool with you
00:05:18what are you asking me now
00:05:21people change and you know frankly i really don't need any more drama in my life
00:05:26so yes i'm asking
00:05:29that's the deal right
00:05:31we can go see whoever we want
00:05:32and we're also asking people to get your napkins
00:05:48wife said
00:05:50they said
00:05:50she's a man
00:05:51she's a man
00:05:51and we'll beaina
00:05:51she's a man
00:05:51and she's a man
00:05:51she's a man
00:05:52and she's there
00:06:00and she's a man
00:06:02and she'll just
00:06:06name please Vivian
00:06:10name please
00:06:12Ara Jalali Sasha's friend right yeah
00:06:15go ahead name please Alice
00:06:22I didn't think you'll make it
00:06:24wow it all looks so beautiful
00:06:26thank you it's amazing I'm so glad you're here
00:06:30me too
00:06:32you know he's gonna be coming here later
00:06:36okay which one is it this time
00:06:38Jamar of course my Frenchman
00:06:40hmm what about you what about me don't
00:06:45play dumb there's no time why don't you
00:06:48make time you keep staring at my champagne
00:06:51you want some no I just like the smell
00:06:56I love you Ara excuse me you have a bio
00:06:59excuse me
00:07:29What were you thinking?
00:07:33I beg your pardon?
00:07:34When they took the photograph of you, what were you thinking?
00:07:37I don't know.
00:07:38My friend took it.
00:07:41It's more of a favor to her.
00:07:43You didn't answer the question.
00:07:47The answer is nothing.
00:07:52It was a windy day.
00:07:54Kind of chilly.
00:07:56I was just looking up at the clouds.
00:07:59That's impossible.
00:08:00No one really thinks about nothing.
00:08:02Excuse me?
00:08:03Maybe you're thinking about how cold it was outside.
00:08:06Or about how you want this to turn out well for your friend.
00:08:10It's just a turn of phrase.
00:08:12Why not say my mind was wandering or nothing in particular.
00:08:17It seems just nothing that's inaccurate.
00:08:19You take things pretty literally.
00:08:24I go to school with you.
00:08:26We're in the same department.
00:08:27Ben Johnson.
00:08:29Oh.
00:08:32It's an amazing photograph.
00:08:34Everyone's really raving about your work.
00:08:36You're about to defend.
00:08:37Fourth year in.
00:08:39Is it ever really ready?
00:08:43What about you?
00:08:44I am woefully behind, actually.
00:08:50That was helpful.
00:08:51What?
00:08:52What we did earlier.
00:08:54Back and forth about nothingness.
00:08:56That was helpful.
00:09:01You have five minutes, actually.
00:09:04Just to bounce some ideas off of you.
00:09:07That's cool.
00:09:10Okay.
00:09:11Yeah?
00:09:11Sure.
00:09:16I'm writing about the concept of fate.
00:09:18And John Calvin's teachings on predestination.
00:09:20How it affected western philosophy.
00:09:23So where's your trouble?
00:09:25I compiled this great reading list.
00:09:27I did all this research.
00:09:29And then my first draft just sucked.
00:09:31You didn't send any segments to your advisor?
00:09:34Something like that.
00:09:37I don't know.
00:09:38I think philosophy is more about talking.
00:09:41And flushing out truths.
00:09:44Sounds like maybe you procrastinate.
00:09:47How do you know it's procrastination?
00:09:49You're in your last stage of a PhD program.
00:09:52You must have written papers in your masters that were good enough to get you here, right?
00:09:56Right.
00:09:57So you've probably had this habit for a while.
00:10:02How about yours?
00:10:04My dissertation?
00:10:06Yeah.
00:10:08It's about Cameroonian philosophy, pre-colonization.
00:10:13How their ideas might have been different without European intrusion.
00:10:17It's like trying to ungraft a vine from a tree.
00:10:21How would it look, do you think? Better?
00:10:23That's objective.
00:10:25I believe thought develops best out of captivity, so...
00:10:30In that respect, yeah. Better.
00:10:33What about you and Calvin?
00:10:36Would have been better had he not come along.
00:10:38Or if his teachings never took off.
00:10:41I don't know.
00:10:42I never really weighed in on that specific topic.
00:10:46You don't have an opinion on how a major movement like that affected your religion?
00:10:51I'm agnostic. I don't have a religion.
00:10:54That can't be a surprise. Most of the departments that way.
00:10:59Not everyone.
00:11:00Come on.
00:11:02Sorry.
00:11:05I'm not religious, but I think the Reformation was more about freedom from Rome than the Pope.
00:11:12I mean, King Henry, come on. That had nothing to do with God. He just wanted a divorce.
00:11:20But, I mean, maybe separation from the papacy was a good thing. I mean...
00:11:24I want to be Catholic, right?
00:11:33I'd better get going. It's nice running into you.
00:11:35Yeah, you too.
00:11:37Do you want to maybe meet up again?
00:11:40Like...
00:11:41Can I get your number?
00:11:44Uh...
00:11:45Sure.
00:11:46Okay.
00:11:47Here.
00:11:48Let me have yours.
00:11:49Yeah, I'll text it to you.
00:11:50Nice try.
00:11:52Just put it in here.
00:11:57Here you go.
00:11:58Thanks.
00:12:00It was good running into you.
00:12:01Me too.
00:12:10Ara.
00:12:11Don't forget to schedule dinner with Najeef's parents this week.
00:12:17I know you hear me.
00:12:38So good things.
00:12:45That's fine.
00:12:47Zuha.
00:13:03My faith in Allah has been a source of strength and peace for me.
00:13:08It feels like a lifeline, really.
00:13:11Something that saves me from drowning when I'm at my lowest.
00:13:15That's why staying pure before Allah is so important.
00:13:19We're created to crave God, to want Allah.
00:13:24But it's the human challenge to make our bodies and our minds sync up with Allah.
00:13:30Last Friday, we talked about how the Holy Prophet said,
00:13:37The best treasure is an obedient wife having a good disposition so that her husband is pleased to see her.
00:13:44And when the husband is not home, she protects her chastity.
00:13:52But at the same time, I feel like God wants us to explore the world that he gave us.
00:13:58I think that's a big part of our relationship with him, too.
00:14:03I think that's a big part of our relationship with him.
00:14:26Mom?
00:14:28Okay.
00:14:29Why don't you have dinner with them this week?
00:14:31Mom.
00:14:39Mom, I'll think about it.
00:14:40I have to go.
00:14:41Love you.
00:14:42Bye.
00:15:02You're good.
00:15:04Thanks.
00:15:05Hey, welcome.
00:15:10So, did you make any progress today?
00:15:13Yeah, I finally started my second draft last night.
00:15:15Wait.
00:15:17You're just now writing your second draft?
00:15:19No, no, I'm naked.
00:15:21You're crazy.
00:15:24You'd be proud to spend all morning writing.
00:15:26I got 10 pages.
00:15:27Out of what?
00:15:29150?
00:15:31You should be chained to your desk.
00:15:33Yeah, I work better under pressure.
00:15:36Why not set an appointment to write every day?
00:15:39Set an alarm if you have to.
00:15:41What, um, what gave you the inspiration for your topic?
00:15:45My experience is in Cameroon.
00:15:47I would always hear my grandmother talk about the cycle of the human soul.
00:15:50It wasn't until I was an undergrad that I realized that that's how my people preserve their philosophies.
00:15:57A lot of our ideas survived.
00:16:00I mean, even though the country has been Christianized, people still practice some form of ancestor worship.
00:16:06What do they say about the cycle of the soul?
00:16:09Well, my tribe believes that it's synced with the world around us, particularly the ocean, and that the spirit of
00:16:17our ancestors live in the sea.
00:16:19The good ones act as an intermediary between us and God.
00:16:23Is that what you believe?
00:16:24Well, I believe that when you die, your soul enters an in-between stage.
00:16:28The souls of good people are in a state of paradise awaiting the last day.
00:16:34What about the bad people?
00:16:36For them, it's not so nice.
00:16:40Hmm.
00:16:43Are there any other Muslims in Cameroon?
00:16:45Some.
00:16:47I actually grew up Christian.
00:16:49And then my mom got married to my stepdad, who's a Muslim, and then we converted.
00:16:56He was an American visiting Africa.
00:16:59He was a missionary?
00:17:00No, he was a lawyer.
00:17:02He converted you guys, though.
00:17:04Well, he wasn't an official missionary.
00:17:10Did you ever know your biological dad?
00:17:12No.
00:17:12He died when I was a baby.
00:17:15My stepdad died a few years ago.
00:17:19I'm sorry.
00:17:25Time to get back to work.
00:17:27Come on.
00:17:27That was like two minutes.
00:17:28That's how it should be.
00:17:30Go right.
00:17:30I don't want you failing to be on my conscience.
00:17:34Me begin tomorrow?
00:17:36Um, sure, if I have time.
00:17:40Okay.
00:17:41Bye.
00:17:49Oh, you look tired.
00:17:51Sit down, have some tea.
00:17:55Najeeb and his father came by today.
00:18:00Mr. Saeed just made partner.
00:18:03And Najeeb is going to be an associate at the same firm when he's passed the bar.
00:18:08Nice.
00:18:10You know what they came by to talk about, right?
00:18:14I thought if I played dumb I could avoid the subject.
00:18:18Najeeb is a hot commodity.
00:18:20And he's not going to be on the market for long.
00:18:22Mom?
00:18:24You don't even act interested in men.
00:18:26That's because it's rare to find one who's interesting.
00:18:30You mean all those years in college you haven't been interested in anyone?
00:18:33So?
00:18:35You do like men, don't you?
00:18:37Yes.
00:18:39All I'm saying is that you could give him a chance.
00:18:43It's time.
00:18:45When I'm done with my dissertation, I'll deal with it.
00:18:48You know, Ara, maybe that's your problem.
00:18:50You look at love as something to be dealt with.
00:19:23I should've trained in my dissertation.
00:19:40Tomorrow, I want us to stay at my place.
00:19:44Why?
00:19:45Because it's fucking clean.
00:19:47I mean, your parents, they hooked you up with this place.
00:19:50The least that you could do is actually keep it clean.
00:19:53I'll clean my more head with this.
00:19:57Yeah, well, I think that you have done enough work for today.
00:20:06I need to finish this, okay?
00:20:10Seriously?
00:20:11I mean, God forbid that we actually take our clothes off and touch each other.
00:20:24I'm going to Maddie's.
00:20:36I'm French Roast with Half and Half, right?
00:20:38Yeah, welcome.
00:20:39Do you have a table inside?
00:20:41You know, actually, I've been sitting all day long.
00:20:43Do you want to maybe take a walk?
00:20:45Sure.
00:20:50So, you never told me about your family.
00:20:52What would you like to know?
00:20:55Where are you from?
00:20:57I was born in Texas, but we moved to Seattle when my mom got out of the Air Force.
00:21:03So, it was just you and your mom?
00:21:05My stepmom, too.
00:21:09Who?
00:21:10Who?
00:21:11She is a lesbian.
00:21:13Yeah, I got that.
00:21:16So, you never knew your dad?
00:21:20Yeah, he was a bad guy.
00:21:22Roughed us up a bunch.
00:21:25One night, he beat us up both pretty bad.
00:21:27She grabbed me and left.
00:21:28I'm so sorry.
00:21:29You don't have to be.
00:21:30Shit happens, you know?
00:21:32I don't think stuff like that just happens.
00:21:35I could talk about it now.
00:21:36It seems like a bad dream I used to have when I was a kid.
00:21:40Is that when you lost your faith?
00:21:42In what?
00:21:43God?
00:21:45I don't recall ever having any.
00:21:46Your parents weren't Christians?
00:21:48No, both atheists.
00:21:50Grandparents, too.
00:21:51I guess you could say like a third-generation skeptic.
00:21:54So, you've always doubted?
00:21:56I've always maintained that anything people say that they know about God is uncertain.
00:22:02So, you're first-generation agnostic because your parents were atheists?
00:22:05No, they felt the same way.
00:22:07Right, but you just said that they were atheists.
00:22:10Atheists aren't unsure.
00:22:12They're certain that there is no God.
00:22:14There are levels of atheism.
00:22:16Which one are you?
00:22:18Atheist light.
00:22:22Was it weird when your mom came out?
00:22:24It was odd at first, but she was so much more happy I didn't care.
00:22:29And I love my stepmom, too.
00:22:32I wonder if you would have felt the same way in Texas.
00:22:34Why would that have mattered?
00:22:37Places can affect people's attitudes.
00:22:39I think if you're strong enough, you can keep stuff out.
00:22:42Like water-resistant wood.
00:22:46When you go back to Cameroon, does it affect your attitude?
00:22:48Of course.
00:22:50My grandma's crazy.
00:22:53She's not religious, but somehow our converting to Islam traumatized her.
00:22:58You ever feel oppressed by religion?
00:23:00Like how I'm wearing the headscarf?
00:23:02Called a hijab, and I wear it because I want to.
00:23:07My grandma bugs me about it, too.
00:23:10Does it make you feel angry?
00:23:12No.
00:23:15Just alienated.
00:23:17I don't fit in back home, and I don't quite fit in here either.
00:23:22Makes me wish there was an in-between place.
00:23:25Like somewhere you could just be without offending anyone?
00:23:29Yeah.
00:23:33Well, it's time to get back to work.
00:23:41Arjilali?
00:23:42Yeah.
00:23:45God, she's Sasha's friend.
00:23:47So, um, how did you two meet?
00:23:51We've known her for a while, actually.
00:23:53We're in the same department.
00:23:55Met her in an art gallery, and we started talking.
00:23:57You?
00:24:00Uh, she is Sasha's good friend.
00:24:06So, um, are you guys going to start seeing each other more often?
00:24:14I don't know.
00:24:21Well, I'm going to go spend the night at Manny's house tomorrow night.
00:24:28Have fun.
00:24:32That's a good one.
00:24:34Ready?
00:24:35Yeah.
00:24:38Come on, Ari, you should have got that.
00:24:40I'm out of practice.
00:24:42Used to be really good, right?
00:24:44Good enough not to be embarrassing.
00:24:45You ever miss it?
00:24:46I miss all my free time.
00:24:49I, uh, play in the league.
00:24:51Helps me blow off steam.
00:24:52Want to come watch me sometime?
00:24:53Maybe we'll grab some food after.
00:24:57I...
00:24:58I...
00:24:59I...
00:24:59I...
00:25:00I...
00:25:24I...
00:25:42So I was up late riding last night, and it all of a sudden came to me.
00:25:45I'm going to throw in a section of Spinoza's theory.
00:25:50You added a section about rationalistic pantheism?
00:25:55That has nothing to do with your topic.
00:25:57It has everything to do with it.
00:25:59I'm going to show that Calvin paved the way for other thinkers like Spinoza.
00:26:02So in a way, Calvinism helped move along the Renaissance.
00:26:04You have to show evidence.
00:26:06Are you sure you're not just a rationalistic pantheist,
00:26:09and this isn't your way of infusing your personal beliefs into your argument?
00:26:13I'm agnostic. I don't think it's possible to know if any deity exists.
00:26:16Not even Spinoza's.
00:26:17Maybe some people can.
00:26:19There's no certainty of that. Certainty is gravity, cell division, death.
00:26:23Okay, but wouldn't you say that some people innately have a better understanding of physics than others?
00:26:27I mean, maybe the same is true for supernatural things.
00:26:30Maybe there are physical ways to study metaphysics that we just don't know about.
00:26:34Based on what people know right here and now, there's no certainty.
00:26:38Well, Spinoza would argue that the universe is deterministic.
00:26:41Everything that has happened or will happen could not have unfolded in any other way.
00:26:48And you're welcome.
00:26:50Why?
00:26:51Well, Spinoza's deterministic theory is a tie-in to Calvin's predestination.
00:26:59Would you mind coming and taking a look at some of my writing?
00:27:01Sure, I'm curious at this point.
00:27:15Not bad. Your pros and ideas are great.
00:27:18Thanks.
00:27:19Ever heard of spellcheck?
00:27:21I hate spellcheck.
00:27:22That being the hardest part about writing a paper.
00:27:29I got a call from my friend Sasha the other day.
00:27:32She said you were seeing one of her friends. Gabrielle?
00:27:36Yeah. Gab mentioned meeting you once or twice.
00:27:39Is it weird for her that we're hanging out?
00:27:41No. Why would that be weird?
00:27:44Seems like she'd be jealous.
00:27:46Nah, we have an open relationship.
00:27:49What?
00:27:51We both see other people.
00:27:54She has another guy named Manny. I'm cool with it.
00:27:56And how many women are you seeing?
00:27:59So far, just her.
00:28:01I'm pickier than she is.
00:28:03You're all crazy.
00:28:05Why?
00:28:07Don't you find that the least bit abnormal?
00:28:09No, we don't.
00:28:11You don't want to get married?
00:28:12No, not right now. No.
00:28:15She feels the same way. I mean, if it changes, it changes.
00:28:17Only in grad school.
00:28:19You're telling me that you've never had a boyfriend
00:28:23who you didn't want to spend the rest of your life with?
00:28:26I haven't really dated any.
00:28:28That's a little abnormal.
00:28:30Jerk.
00:28:34When everyone started dating in high school,
00:28:36none of the boys seemed interested in me, so...
00:28:39By the time we got into college, I was too busy.
00:28:43Did you make yourself too busy?
00:28:45Well, my parents wouldn't allow it, and, um...
00:28:49I wasn't ready for marriage yet, so...
00:28:51I put all that on the shelf.
00:28:52You couldn't date until you were ready to get married?
00:28:55No.
00:28:58Plus, I was coughing out.
00:29:00How so?
00:29:02Well...
00:29:03I guess I used my beliefs as a way of avoiding all the awkwardness.
00:29:08It was easier to hide behind them.
00:29:11Well, I've been hiding a bit myself, lately.
00:29:13You?
00:29:15From what?
00:29:17I don't know. Life?
00:29:19It's my seventh year in. I could have defended my fifth year if I'd won.
00:29:23Why didn't you?
00:29:28I've been a student all my life.
00:29:32I don't know what I'd do with myself.
00:29:38Are you nosing through my mp3 list?
00:29:39Maybe.
00:29:41I don't think we're at a music sharing stage in our relationship yet.
00:29:49You see anything you like?
00:29:52Um...
00:29:53Yeah.
00:30:04I used to catch my mom listening to music like this when she thought no one was watching.
00:30:14Oh...
00:30:15Oh...
00:30:17Oh...
00:30:17Yeah...
00:30:21Oh...
00:30:22I'm not gonna run.
00:30:25I'm gonna do what I need to do.
00:30:30Show you affection.
00:30:32Treat every moment like it was true.
00:30:37You don't have to worry.
00:30:41You don't have to hide.
00:30:44No need to protect your heart from me.
00:30:48Girl, I'll be mine.
00:30:51So...
00:30:52Call me if you're with this.
00:30:54Your voice is on my wish list.
00:30:56I know that it's not Christmas, but I'm looking for your presence in my everyday.
00:31:04Shit.
00:31:05Shit. I'm sorry.
00:31:09Oh...
00:31:13It goes off on each day to remind me right.
00:31:19You listened.
00:31:24Has it helped?
00:31:26Yeah. Yeah. I feel like I'm caught up.
00:31:31Maybe I can use my superpowers to help you with other problems in your life.
00:31:36Oh, you have superpowers, huh?
00:31:37Yes.
00:31:42What were you gonna write about?
00:31:45Spinoza and the ripples in the universe.
00:31:49About how everything that is or will be are all like ripples in a pond.
00:31:53All outside our control and nothing can change them.
00:31:57And what about Calvin?
00:31:59I was gonna use the time that you gave me.
00:32:01About how Calvin's predestination is a version of...
00:32:05It's a Christian version of Spinoza's theory.
00:32:10Do you believe that?
00:32:12Spinoza copied Calvin?
00:32:15No.
00:32:16And they're theories.
00:32:19I believe that what we do causes things to happen.
00:32:24And the consequences...
00:32:26They're unavoidable sometimes, but...
00:32:29It's only because of the choices.
00:32:33So...
00:32:35Cause and consequence.
00:32:36Yeah.
00:32:39You don't believe in destiny then?
00:32:41No.
00:32:43Okay, well...
00:32:44If reality is all action and reaction, then...
00:32:48Could the thing that started it all be destiny?
00:32:51So you're saying that whatever caused the ripples...
00:32:54In the universe, that's destiny?
00:32:56Maybe.
00:32:57In Islam, we call it...
00:32:59Qadar.
00:33:01Yeah, it's um...
00:33:04It's the Arabic word for destiny.
00:33:06Hmm.
00:33:08We believe that...
00:33:10Everything that has happened or will happen is known by Allah.
00:33:14So everything is determined by God?
00:33:16No, it's still cause and consequence.
00:33:19It's just that...
00:33:20Allah sees everything.
00:33:25What?
00:33:25No.
00:33:27It's just you.
00:33:29Just you.
00:33:30Oh, now, I've never been so comfortable.
00:33:38Both inside and out, I'm glowing.
00:33:43Because of your light.
00:33:45Everyone, yes.
00:33:49No, I love you.
00:33:54Fine.
00:34:03I love you.
00:34:04Alright, then...
00:34:09Take a minute.
00:34:13Please...
00:34:15To your eyes and face.
00:34:15Here we go.
00:34:24Where's your silverware?
00:34:25Sure, to the left.
00:34:28Mind if we eat standing up?
00:34:31Okay.
00:34:34At home, we have to sit until everyone's done.
00:34:36You ever get tired of the lifestyle?
00:34:38Yes and no.
00:34:39Which parts?
00:34:40Like having to save yourself for marriage?
00:34:42No, but when everyone else is doing it,
00:34:45it's like you're missing out on something.
00:34:49You think what we did the other day is a sin?
00:34:53Yeah.
00:34:55Can you let it be on me?
00:34:57Doesn't work that way.
00:35:00I have to take care of it.
00:35:04You want a confession?
00:35:06You've got your religions mixed up.
00:35:10Our repentance is called Taba,
00:35:12and you do it only to Allah.
00:35:14All that because we made out.
00:35:16Is that so hard to believe?
00:35:17Yeah.
00:35:18A little bit, yeah.
00:35:19You've never repented over anything you did?
00:35:23Not anything like that, no.
00:35:24It sounds horrible to me.
00:35:25Having to tell someone you're sorry all the time.
00:35:26Like you're constantly going to the spiritual principal's office or something.
00:35:30You're thinking about it the wrong way.
00:35:32It's reconciliation to God.
00:35:36You repent to get closer to God.
00:35:39What else do you ask God for?
00:35:41All kinds of things.
00:35:43Yeah, like what?
00:35:44I ask him to help people.
00:35:48I also pray for my stepdad.
00:35:50You said he passed away, right?
00:35:52Yeah, it's a do a prayer.
00:35:54You say it for the dead.
00:35:56What do you ask God to do for the dead?
00:35:57I ask him to make them among the guided ones
00:36:03and fill their graves with light.
00:36:06You ever pray before?
00:36:09Yeah.
00:36:10Once when I was a little boy,
00:36:12I saw a bunch of Mormons praying in a restaurant,
00:36:14and I prayed and asked God for a million bucks.
00:36:17He didn't give it to me.
00:36:19It didn't work.
00:36:23I'm going to say a prayer for you.
00:36:24Come on, get out.
00:36:25I'm going to.
00:36:26No, we don't have to.
00:36:27What would you pray for?
00:36:30My mom's sick.
00:36:33What's her name?
00:36:34Andrea.
00:36:36Andrea.
00:36:41Allah, you are ever merciful and kind.
00:36:44Great healer, please have mercy on Andrea
00:36:47and cure her from her illness.
00:36:50Hey, Ben.
00:36:52What are you making?
00:36:58Oh.
00:37:00Hi, Ara.
00:37:02How are you?
00:37:04I'm good.
00:37:06So, making pasta.
00:37:10Good thinking, Ben.
00:37:15Hmm.
00:37:17No wine?
00:37:18Come on.
00:37:19You're being a bad host, Ben.
00:37:21Yeah, she doesn't drink.
00:37:22Yeah.
00:37:23Really?
00:37:24Well, you're missing out.
00:37:28I'm going to have some, though.
00:37:34So, um, tell me, what else can't you all have?
00:37:38A few things.
00:37:41Actually, I have to go.
00:37:43Lots of meetings tomorrow.
00:37:45Hey, hey, hey, I'll walk you out.
00:37:46No, it's fine.
00:37:56Well, that was weird.
00:38:09Be careful with her.
00:38:21Oh, my God, you're going to have to go to bed.
00:38:23I swear I'm not.
00:38:24My little girl's so grown up.
00:38:27Hardly.
00:38:28You kept everything intact, right?
00:38:31Wow.
00:38:31I just want to make sure you're all looked up down there.
00:38:35But seriously, though, how do you feel?
00:38:36I can't shake the feeling that I'm screwing everything up.
00:38:40Screwing what up?
00:38:41My life?
00:38:43Family?
00:38:44God?
00:38:44Sometimes you have to do what's right for you.
00:38:49Come in.
00:38:53Oh.
00:38:54Hi, guys.
00:38:56It's been a while.
00:39:02Hi, Aura.
00:39:03Hi.
00:39:04I actually wanted to talk with you a moment.
00:39:08Okay.
00:39:11Well, unless you guys are in the middle of something.
00:39:14No, it's fine.
00:39:16I'll leave you girls to talk.
00:39:29Look, I know the whole thing with you and Ben.
00:39:33And, well, I just wanted to let you know that I'm cool with it.
00:39:36So you both have other people?
00:39:41Well, I don't believe that you ever truly have somebody.
00:39:45I think we're more like jellyfish.
00:39:48They don't really ever hold on to their mates.
00:39:51They just kind of float around, touching each other.
00:39:55Is that what you believe?
00:39:57It's what I think is true.
00:39:59And I like you.
00:40:01And just because you're connecting with Ben
00:40:05doesn't mean that there shouldn't be any awkwardness between us.
00:40:22I'm heading out in a photo drive
00:40:25Gonna hit some doors in the place
00:40:28Everything's looking right
00:40:30And I'm counting lines
00:40:33I'm heading my way
00:40:36Find if I have a beer
00:40:38Sure, go ahead
00:41:05What does it taste like?
00:41:09It has bite like a soda
00:41:10But no sweetness to it
00:41:12So bitter and sharp
00:41:15That doesn't sound very good
00:41:19You want to sip?
00:41:23Okay
00:41:32That's close!
00:41:50That's close!
00:41:57Eileen, tell your daughter
00:41:59I said thank you for watching the kids
00:42:01Oh, she was glad to do it
00:42:04How long before Aura finishes her degree?
00:42:09This semester, thank Allah
00:42:14Is that Aura?
00:42:16You need your eyes checked
00:42:18Aura
00:42:19Aura's a good two inches shorter than her
00:42:29Miko
00:42:31Oh, she walks in a room
00:42:53You okay?
00:42:56It's just that
00:42:59all my life I've been taught never to do this before marriage.
00:43:04Is that what you want?
00:43:07Hey.
00:43:09Hey.
00:43:11We don't have to do anything that you don't want to do, okay?
00:43:16I think people should be able to
00:43:18explore this kind of stuff when they're ready, and if you're not, that's okay.
00:43:21That's okay.
00:44:02I can't stay here.
00:44:04I just need my things.
00:44:06So what, you're not even going to give us a chance?
00:44:08There is no us.
00:44:20Hi, Mom.
00:44:23Hi.
00:44:26You okay?
00:44:27I'm just a little tired.
00:44:31Did you have a good time last night?
00:44:36It was all right.
00:44:39God, forgive me.
00:44:47Allah, forgive me.
00:44:51Allah, forgive me.
00:44:52Allah, forgive me.
00:44:58Hey.
00:45:01Can we talk for a minute?
00:45:03Yeah, come.
00:45:10I owe you an apology for the other night.
00:45:12I just want to know what I did to make you run out of there like that.
00:45:15No, it has nothing to do with you, I swear.
00:45:20I know you don't get it, but I can't live like this.
00:45:26You're a great guy, and it wasn't fair for me to make you think that I could.
00:45:33I'm sorry.
00:45:36Well, apology accepted, I guess.
00:45:41You sure?
00:45:43Yeah, I'm fine.
00:45:45I was worried about you.
00:45:48I'll be okay.
00:45:51Tava.
00:45:52Tava.
00:45:54Okay.
00:45:56Well, I have to go.
00:46:00Okay.
00:46:01Okay.
00:46:02Bye.
00:46:32Do you have a bad week?
00:46:33No, I, um, I was just thinking about us, and I reconsidered.
00:46:40Okay.
00:46:42I was torn between what I wanted and God.
00:46:45I didn't think I could have both.
00:46:48But you're not torn anymore.
00:46:50I think I have hope that God won't cast me out for being with someone.
00:47:01What if there wasn't a God, and you spent your entire life doing things that you didn't have to do
00:47:06to impress an imaginary friend?
00:47:08You really believe God is imaginary?
00:47:09Most intellectuals in society think so.
00:47:11There are other intellectuals in the world besides the ones in the U.S. and the U.K.
00:47:17I mean, if you interviewed professors in India, they'd give you very different answers.
00:47:21That doesn't mean they're right.
00:47:21Look at the cognitive difference between us and insects.
00:47:24You have creatures whose memory lasts a few seconds, and then there's humanity that can decipher how stars function.
00:47:31So?
00:47:32So, if we're that much greater than creatures we can observe, doesn't it stand to reason that they're creatures higher
00:47:37than us?
00:47:38Sure.
00:47:38Worthy of our worship, not so much.
00:47:40So arrogant.
00:47:40Why?
00:47:41Because I don't want to pay senseless homage to something that could be as made up as Santa Claus?
00:47:44No, because you think there's a possibility that God exists, but you don't think it's worth our time.
00:47:49I was reading the other day how a group of scientists figured out how to create matter out of light.
00:47:55Why isn't that praiseworthy?
00:47:56Why can't humanity focus on our own accomplishments?
00:47:58The atheist is most happy when he gets to play God.
00:48:04All cultures invent these tall tales or exaggerate things to give themselves significance.
00:48:09Like what you were telling me about your tribe submersing themselves in the ocean so they could talk to ghosts.
00:48:14You actually believe that?
00:48:16What if I did?
00:48:18The West declared a city of Troy was a myth until someone found it, and then they had to eat
00:48:23their words.
00:48:24The earth was flat until the West decided it was round.
00:48:28Before they were forcing us to be Christians, now they want us to be agnostic.
00:48:32God only exists when you say he does, right?
00:48:38Those ideas and stories you're mocking are the dignity of a lot of people.
00:48:43I think it's the kind of thing you make up when you have none.
00:48:48This was a mistake.
00:48:50Thanks for clearing it up for me.
00:49:31So are you going to tell me what's wrong?
00:49:36Farah, please, sweetheart, tell me.
00:49:45Farah, please, I'm here for you.
00:49:57I know what you're going through.
00:50:01I thought I was in love with a man I met at university too.
00:50:06Before you met my father?
00:50:08Yes.
00:50:10It's hard when you meet folks in a certain way, at a certain time.
00:50:17It's like they were tailored just for you.
00:50:22What was he like?
00:50:24Oh, you know, nice and fun.
00:50:30For the first time, I felt free, like I had my own life and I could do whatever I wanted.
00:50:39Why didn't it last?
00:50:42I realized he wasn't really serious about life.
00:50:46He was more interested in going to one party after another than settling down and having a family.
00:50:54His lifestyle was unstable, just too crazy for me.
00:50:59When I came to my senses, I broke off with him.
00:51:03And soon after that, I met your father.
00:51:07And he was the right man for me.
00:51:11Farah.
00:51:13Did you ever hear about these couples and open relationships?
00:51:17Of course.
00:51:18It happens back home all the time.
00:51:20Some of the women, they just put up with it.
00:51:24Farah.
00:51:25Are you?
00:51:27Oh.
00:51:29Why would you be in that kind of relationship, eh?
00:51:33He has this woman he's been seeing since before we met.
00:51:38Farah, you know that isn't right.
00:51:40I can see how unhappy you are about it.
00:51:43Farah, this is going to make you an outcast in our community.
00:51:46You know that, right?
00:51:48The men in this country, they will not understand something like that.
00:51:52They'll judge you.
00:51:55I just don't know how I got wrapped up in that.
00:51:57You can unwrap yourself.
00:52:00Oh, sweetheart.
00:52:02You deserve better.
00:52:06When all this fire and passion dies away, and it will,
00:52:11you only find true freedom and peace in Allah.
00:52:24Come in.
00:52:25Come in.
00:52:33You're Ben Johnson?
00:52:35Yeah.
00:52:37You must be Aura's mom.
00:52:39No, sir.
00:52:40I do not wish to shake your hand.
00:52:42Beg your pardon?
00:52:43You have been defiling my daughter, and you should make this right.
00:52:47I don't know what you're talking about.
00:52:48You have been with her.
00:52:50She's never been with a man before.
00:52:53You understand?
00:52:54You're ruining her for her husband.
00:52:59My daughter is a good woman,
00:53:01and she deserves to be with someone who's going to treat her with respect.
00:53:05I don't think there's anything wrong with what we did.
00:53:07If you want what's best for her, leave her alone,
00:53:10or you'll have to marry her.
00:53:13And women in Islam cannot marry outside it.
00:53:16So are you going to convert and then break up with that other friend of yours?
00:53:21Do you see yourself married to Aura?
00:53:23Aura, you heard what I asked you.
00:53:27You understand?
00:53:28You're making her an outcast in the community if this continues.
00:53:34She'll have trouble finding a good husband.
00:53:36And for what?
00:53:37So you can feel like a big man?
00:53:41If you don't have honorable intentions for her,
00:53:43then leave her alone and let someone who deserves her step up.
00:54:14Hey, I hate to just drop in on you like this.
00:54:17It's okay.
00:54:19Look, I know you're busy, but, uh,
00:54:21have you seen Gabrielle today?
00:54:23No, it's been a couple of days.
00:54:26Not worried?
00:54:27No, she does this all the time.
00:54:29She's probably with her folks.
00:54:30She hadn't been returning my call, and I just got worried.
00:54:34Anyways, I just, I just want to make sure she's all right.
00:54:36I'm sure she's okay?
00:54:42Is there something else on your mind, man?
00:54:52Do you love her?
00:54:55I don't know.
00:54:56Right.
00:54:57That's a no.
00:54:58What is love?
00:55:00Jesus.
00:55:00Look, I'm talking to a damn philosopher.
00:55:02No, I'm not being facetious.
00:55:03How, how do you know you're in love with someone?
00:55:05I can't stop thinking about her.
00:55:07I go crazy when she's gone.
00:55:10I go crazy when she's over here.
00:55:12I have never felt like this with another woman.
00:55:14Yeah?
00:55:16We're together.
00:55:17We're together.
00:55:17It just feels, it feels dangerous.
00:55:22Right.
00:55:24You feel the same way?
00:55:28No.
00:55:30With Gabrielle, it's, it's comfortable and easy, but no.
00:55:35The plans don't align.
00:55:37What about with the other woman you're seeing?
00:55:42In a weird way, yeah.
00:55:45There's your answer, man.
00:55:47Do the right thing.
00:55:48Make us all happy.
00:55:52I think she should move in with me.
00:57:06I think she should move in with me.
00:57:30Hey, I am so sorry I was such an ass.
00:57:33Can you forgive me, please?
00:57:35I'm sorry.
00:57:38Sorry.
00:57:50You're better than this.
00:57:51You know that.
00:57:54Mom, I just need some time alone with him to figure some things out.
00:57:57Have you thought about the example you're setting for Mohammed and Miriam?
00:58:02Did you tell them?
00:58:04No.
00:58:06Are you going to marry this man?
00:58:08Have children with him?
00:58:14Mom, I love you, but I have to go.
00:58:33How are you feeling after your day?
00:58:36Good.
00:58:39That's good.
00:58:43Are you still talking to Gabrielle?
00:58:46No.
00:58:50Did you love her?
00:58:52There were times when I thought I did.
00:58:56Being with her was comforting, easy.
00:59:00But we didn't fit in a lot of ways, and I felt guilty for not making it fit.
00:59:08I was afraid of being alone, I guess.
00:59:10Why?
00:59:14Ever since I moved out of my mom's house, I always had to have a woman around me.
00:59:19It was ironic.
00:59:21I was afraid of committing myself.
00:59:23It felt like the beginning of death.
00:59:28I thought love would step in and solve everything, but...
00:59:32You know, it was love.
01:00:02You believe God hears all your prayers?
01:00:04Of course.
01:00:06You think it's crazy, right now?
01:00:08No, actually, I'm a little jealous.
01:00:10Why would that make you jealous?
01:00:13Because it's something I can't experience.
01:00:16I need evidence for everything.
01:00:18The fact that you're so sure without it, I don't know, makes me a little jealous.
01:00:23You've never thought there was a God?
01:00:26I thought there could be one once.
01:00:28When?
01:00:31There's one time when I was thinking about the origins of everything.
01:00:34Like the universe.
01:00:37What do you think about the soul?
01:00:38I don't know.
01:00:40Define it, and I will tell you what I think about it.
01:00:44It's your immaterial essence.
01:00:47The you-ness of you.
01:00:48Like a part of you that's separate from your body?
01:00:52Yeah.
01:00:55Sounds like a nice idea.
01:00:57Makes me wish I had one.
01:00:58You have a soul, silly.
01:00:59Mm-mm.
01:01:00I'm no for after.
01:01:01Stop it.
01:01:01I'm no for after.
01:01:11I'm gonna have some friends over tomorrow.
01:01:13Is that okay?
01:01:15Okay.
01:01:17You sure?
01:01:18Yeah, I'm fine.
01:01:20They want to meet you.
01:01:22Go.
01:01:23Shot.
01:01:26All right, all right, all right.
01:01:31Okay, um, black horses.
01:01:34Five.
01:01:34Twelve.
01:01:36Truck mom.
01:01:38Checkmate.
01:01:40That's on you.
01:01:41Yeah, cool.
01:01:41Fuck you, asshole.
01:01:43Dude.
01:01:45Truck mom.
01:01:49Hey!
01:01:51How are you?
01:01:51Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go.
01:01:53No, no, that's bullshit.
01:01:55No, it's not.
01:01:56No, it's...
01:01:57Are you even listening?
01:01:58No, listen to me.
01:02:00What?
01:02:00I'm telling you, it's complete and utter bullshit.
01:02:03No, it's not.
01:02:05You're telling me with a straight face that the sexual revolution didn't liberate women.
01:02:10What I'm saying is that women, as a group, stopped paying attention to who they gave it up to.
01:02:15That's caused us to be objectified more, that's all.
01:02:19It's true.
01:02:20We don't usually say no if it's awkward.
01:02:24But why shouldn't a woman fuck whoever she wants to fuck?
01:02:27Because we're the ones who get stuck with the kids when the asshole runs.
01:02:31Like you.
01:02:32You wouldn't want to have a baby with some random dude, would you?
01:03:04But why should we listen to you?
01:03:16Good morning.
01:03:18Sorry to interrupt.
01:03:20That's okay.
01:03:22All done?
01:03:23Yeah.
01:03:24Good.
01:03:25Every morning, right?
01:03:26Yeah.
01:03:32Did you have fun last night?
01:03:33Yeah, I won bed.
01:03:37It's kind of awkward for you.
01:03:39Sorry.
01:03:41A little bit.
01:03:42Yeah.
01:03:42My friends drink a lot.
01:03:44Sorry.
01:03:44Yeah.
01:03:45Yeah.
01:03:47The girls were pretty funny.
01:03:50They were talking about what kind of man they'd want to have kids with.
01:03:53God.
01:03:57You ever want kids?
01:03:59Uh, one day, yeah.
01:04:01It could be a nightmare now, though.
01:04:02Jeez.
01:04:04Why would it be a nightmare?
01:04:07Take over your life.
01:04:09Tie you down to some screaming storm.
01:04:11Well, you were a screaming spawn once, too, you know.
01:04:15Yeah.
01:04:16It drove my dad nuts.
01:04:20I think it's partly why he was such a psycho.
01:04:23One had PTSD, the other had unwanted children.
01:04:27And he won all these medals in the air force for leadership, so it couldn't have been the stress.
01:04:36He used to throw glasses at my head.
01:04:40Crazy shit.
01:04:44I honestly think that if he would have had just the room to be himself, he could have been a
01:04:50better man.
01:05:01Are you busy today?
01:05:02Never been meeting with my advisor.
01:05:04You?
01:05:07I was going to work on my dissertation.
01:05:09Okay.
01:05:10I'm going to be late.
01:05:12Okay.
01:05:12I'll clean, okay?
01:05:14Okay.
01:05:15Okay.
01:05:15Okay.
01:05:16I don't know.
01:05:55Ara, can we talk to you?
01:06:00This isn't the answer.
01:06:03I love you.
01:06:05Allah loves you.
01:06:06Mom, is this what you want?
01:06:10Are you really happy like this?
01:06:12Mom, you know I love you.
01:06:16This is just something I need to figure out on my own.
01:06:21I will wait on you forever.
01:06:30Do the right thing, Ara.
01:06:36Well, I don't know how you did it, but this looks ready to defend.
01:06:41Not bad, huh?
01:06:43It's good.
01:06:44It's thoughtful, well-written.
01:06:48What happened?
01:06:50I'm serious.
01:06:51This is a world away from your last draft.
01:06:55Yeah, I guess it is.
01:06:56Ergo my question, what happened?
01:07:01What happened?
01:07:03What happened?
01:07:09What happened?
01:07:10I think I didn't get, but it's good.
01:07:14Let's go.
01:07:24Bye.
01:07:26Bye.
01:07:30Bye.
01:07:31Bye.
01:07:31Bye.
01:07:33Bye.
01:07:35Bye.
01:07:42Do the right thing, Laura.
01:08:06Do the right thing, Laura.
01:08:43Hi.
01:08:44Hey.
01:08:45So, uh, how did your meeting go?
01:08:48Great.
01:08:49All I have to do is defend now.
01:08:52Well, um, I have some good news.
01:08:55I was accepted into Georgetown Law.
01:08:58Wow.
01:08:59Congrats.
01:09:02It was the first school that I applied to.
01:09:05So you're moving there after the summer?
01:09:07Right after graduation, actually.
01:09:10You're going to tell me you're applying.
01:09:12Yeah, well, I'm probably going to be heading there in May
01:09:15because I want to get a lay of the land before the fall semester starts.
01:09:19And, um, well, I wanted to see if you would come with me.
01:09:27I, uh, I'm pregnant.
01:09:34Are you sure?
01:09:36Yep.
01:09:37I missed my period and I went to the doctor and I got the call today.
01:09:44I'm keeping the baby.
01:09:50I'm not saying this to be an ass, but are you sure it's mine?
01:09:55Yes, I'm sure it's yours.
01:09:56You are the only one that I have had unprotected sex with.
01:10:01You know, I just assumed that you would want to be involved in the life of your child.
01:10:08No, I mean, you're right.
01:10:12I'm just processing this.
01:10:32Oh, it's Ben.
01:10:34Oh, God.
01:10:35Oh, Ben.
01:10:39What's going on, stranger?
01:10:40I missed talking to you.
01:10:41It's how Ben 11.
01:10:42Lana says hi and that she loves you.
01:10:45Nah, I missed you all.
01:10:48Sorry, I've been busy and getting my dissertation together, but...
01:10:52How's it coming?
01:10:54It's ready to go.
01:10:56Are you all right, Benny?
01:10:57Your voice sounds strange.
01:10:58Yeah, I haven't been too careful here lately.
01:11:04No, Gabrielle's pregnant.
01:11:06Oh, wow.
01:11:08Crazy, huh?
01:11:10How do you feel about this?
01:11:12I am shaken up.
01:11:17She's going to Georgetown.
01:11:20She wants me to come with her.
01:11:23And you don't want to?
01:11:25No.
01:11:27There's someone else.
01:11:28Someone else?
01:11:30Benny, this is soap opera stuff.
01:11:32We have an open relationship.
01:11:34I'm an idiot.
01:11:36Bringing myself into this.
01:11:38Gabrielle, she and I, we were just good for the time being, you know?
01:11:42I finally met this other girl who I have a real connection with, and I just think I ruined it,
01:11:50just like Dad.
01:11:51Ben, Ben, Benjamin, you couldn't be like that man if you tried.
01:11:59Do you want to live the rest of your life with Gabrielle?
01:12:05Well, could you be a good father if you weren't living with her?
01:12:13Yeah.
01:12:14Well, it sounds to me like you've answered your own question.
01:12:23Hey.
01:12:24Hey, how'd your day go?
01:12:27Not bad.
01:12:28I didn't mean for you to clean all of this.
01:12:30It's okay.
01:12:32I said I'd clean.
01:12:33It's fine.
01:12:35Awesome.
01:12:38You're too good to me.
01:12:39You shouldn't have to take care of my mess.
01:12:41I work better when things are clean.
01:12:44You hungry?
01:12:45Yeah, food sounds good.
01:12:47I don't know.
01:12:53There's something I've got to tell you.
01:12:56Something wrong?
01:12:58Yeah.
01:13:00I had a weird day today.
01:13:01I got some news.
01:13:04What is it?
01:13:08I don't know how to tell you this.
01:13:12What?
01:13:14Gabrielle's pregnant.
01:13:20I just found out today.
01:13:22Listen, I'm going to tell her that even with the baby,
01:13:26I'm still going to be with you.
01:13:34All right.
01:13:36Can you listen?
01:13:38Fuck.
01:13:39I didn't do this on purpose.
01:13:40Can you give me the dignity of listening to me for a second?
01:13:51I need you to listen to me.
01:13:58I...
01:14:35it's very early in your first trimester so you have lots of options I have an opening as early
01:14:43as next Wednesday will it hurt women have pain like cramps during the procedure but
01:14:50it's very safe but you don't have to make a decision today
01:15:19hi I talked to your mom she's worried about you
01:15:24I figured as much I've been worried about you too there anything I can do
01:15:33I don't think anyone can help me now
01:15:38our my father and I have been pushy I'm sorry for that
01:15:42I don't care what's happened I want to help you if you'll let
01:15:51professors thank you for your time here today my dissertation focuses on the tenets of Calvinism
01:15:58and how that philosophy spread across Western Europe and affected the politics and culture
01:16:03contrary to statistics Cameron and philosophies still thrive within Christianity much like the
01:16:10cult of Isis survives within Roman Catholicism as the veneration of Mary that was brilliant
01:16:16Ara thank you congratulations on a remarkable defense and on your engagement thank you so
01:16:24will you be dr. Jalali no I'm choosing to take my husband's name you just have a seat over there
01:16:49how'd it go in there it did okay
01:16:57you appreciate I passed
01:17:00you think so
01:17:03if I would have done this a month ago I would have said no
01:17:08you
01:17:10I passed I think
01:17:17heard you got engaged
01:17:20yeah
01:17:25congrats
01:17:27thanks
01:17:32what are you gonna do after this
01:17:35moving to D.C. to be near Gabrielle
01:17:38I got a teaching fellowship there
01:17:45well I hope you two are happy
01:17:50Ben
01:17:51Ara
01:17:56hey listen
01:17:56I just want to say
01:17:58I just want to say
01:17:59no Ben
01:18:01not here
01:18:03they're ready for you Ben
01:18:19they're ready for you Ben
01:18:27what were you gonna write about
01:18:30Spinoza
01:18:30and the ripples in the universe
01:18:35about how everything that is
01:18:36or will be
01:18:37are all like ripples
01:18:38in a pond
01:18:40all outside our control
01:18:41and nothing can change them
01:18:43do you believe that?
01:18:46do you believe that?
01:19:01I see wind
01:19:04In the trees
01:19:07I see the leaves
01:19:11Shiver in the breeze
01:19:14And the stone
01:19:17So carelessly thrown
01:19:21Will change the surface
01:19:25Of the water as we've known
01:19:29I see stars
01:19:32Standing my ground
01:19:36They've shifted light
01:19:39They've moved around
01:19:42My dimming side
01:19:47Oh, sweet time
01:19:50When I was yours and you were mine
01:19:58Fate's a cold face
01:20:02She stares unmoved
01:20:06As we make our plans
01:20:08And do the things we do
01:20:12But how we tempted her
01:20:16Until the end
01:20:19And though we loved and lost
01:20:23I'd do it all again
01:20:27Since the start
01:20:31Since the fall
01:20:34There's someone trying to make sense out of it all
01:20:41It seems a waste
01:20:44It seems a waste
01:20:44To give the tools
01:20:45To till the land
01:20:48Then turn around
01:20:51And take the harvest
01:20:53From our hands
01:20:56Fate's a cold face
01:20:59She stares unmoved
01:21:02She stares unmoved
01:21:04She stares unmoved
01:21:37To from our lives
01:21:46She stares unmoved
01:21:46Horses a cold face
01:21:46At the end
01:21:46And the last
01:21:46The
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