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  • 7/12/2024
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.
00:00:14I don't know, I just feel like when these so-called skeptics of any and all
00:00:18religious faiths, spirituality, metaphysics, whatever you want to call it,
00:00:25are tempted to shut the idea out completely,
00:00:28I 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
00:00:37and meditate upon and the spirit which we talk about and study and meditate upon?
00:00:45Is there actually a difference or is it really just a different way
00:00:49of thinking or of seeing?
00:00:53And I'm not so sure that there is a difference.
00:00:57Anyway, these are just 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 and a very special thanks
00:01:12to Miranda Ruth for making time for us.
00:01:27I think a lot of the students that I've met have been really good people.
00:01:31I mean, I'm delighted.
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00:01:35It was worth it.
00:01:36I need to take this.
00:01:37Excuse me.
00:01:42I just think getting away would be good for both of us, actually.
00:01:47We've been going at each other a lot lately.
00:01:49And she's interested in Chicago for college, so, you know.
00:01:54Well, I'm not sure how exciting I'd be, but of course I would love to have her.
00:02:01How long?
00:02:02I don't know.
00:02:03A couple of weeks?
00:02:06That would be fine.
00:02:09When were you thinking?
00:02:11As soon as possible.
00:02:14OK.
00:02:15Yeah.
00:02:16Yeah, we can make that work.
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00:02:19I'm going to need some glitter.
00:02:21Apologies.
00:02:22Family.
00:02:24Everything OK?
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00:03:30Oh my God!
00:03:37You grew up!
00:03:43Hey.
00:03:46I grew up.
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00:03:49Oh, welcome, sweetheart.
00:03:50Thanks.
00:03:51Come on in.
00:03:52How was your flight?
00:03:53A little bumpy.
00:03:54Yeah.
00:03:55Oh, can I give you a hand?
00:03:56Oh, no, no, no.
00:03:57Thanks.
00:03:58I got it.
00:03:59You were very little when you were last here.
00:04:00You probably don't even remember this place.
00:04:01I don't.
00:04:02Do you?
00:04:03No.
00:04:04Up here upstairs.
00:04:05So why don't you come on in?
00:04:06We'll get you settled.
00:04:08And here it is.
00:04:09It's small.
00:04:10It's cozy.
00:04:11The light is brilliant in the morning, and that old chair in the corner makes for a really
00:04:12nice reading note.
00:04:19And here it is.
00:04:28It's small, it's cozy.
00:04:32The light is brilliant in the morning and that old chair in the corner makes for a really
00:04:37nice reading nook.
00:04:38Oh, I don't really read.
00:04:42Well, there's some real gems on the bookshelf if you do decide to give it a go.
00:04:50Do you have Wi-Fi?
00:04:51I do.
00:04:53Ralph Waldo is the name of it.
00:04:56And the password is, all caps, Hawthorne with an E.
00:05:021850.
00:05:05That's the year that the Scarlet Letter, you know.
00:05:08Got it.
00:05:09Thank you.
00:05:10That's the year the Scarlet Letter was published.
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00:05:14Cool.
00:05:15Are you hungry?
00:05:16Uh, yeah, a little.
00:05:18Um, well, just get settled and whenever you're ready, come down and we'll eat.
00:05:22Thanks.
00:05:29This was your mom's room, by the way.
00:05:38Yeah.
00:05:49Hey, I'm just about ready.
00:05:51Um, you can go take a peek out back if you like.
00:05:54I think that's where we're going to eat lunch.
00:05:58Do you eat potato salad?
00:05:59Oh, shit.
00:06:00What?
00:06:01Are you a vegetarian?
00:06:04I'm sorry.
00:06:05I have, I've got more, I've got.
00:06:07You're not?
00:06:08No, I'm good.
00:06:09You're so bad.
00:06:37You're so bad.
00:06:38You're so bad.
00:06:39You're so bad.
00:06:41Your dad told me that you're thinking about coming up here for college.
00:07:09That's exciting.
00:07:10Yeah.
00:07:11Maybe.
00:07:12Um, it depends on where I can get a scholarship.
00:07:16Well, your mom went to DePaul, of course, and that's a good one.
00:07:19And I'm at U of C, at University of Chicago.
00:07:23It's where I teach, occasionally.
00:07:26Although there are a little nuts there, so.
00:07:29Might want to avoid that one.
00:07:30Okay.
00:07:31Will do.
00:07:36What about you?
00:07:37Um, how's books?
00:07:40How's books and stuff?
00:07:43Books and stuff are good.
00:07:46I've been doing, actually, a lot of press for this new thing, this novel.
00:07:50Mm, what's it called?
00:07:52In the Dawn.
00:07:54What's it about?
00:07:55Oh, really?
00:07:58Well, it's about, it's about this woman named Jacqueline.
00:08:01And on her 50th birthday, she.
00:08:04You sure you want to hear this?
00:08:06Sure.
00:08:08What else are we going to talk about?
00:08:11Good point.
00:08:13Um, so on her 50th birthday, she starts to become extra sensitive to the sun.
00:08:18And starts to affect her, her relationships, her friendships, her work.
00:08:26Uh, well, I'm not sure how much you really want me to tell you, but.
00:08:31You can tell me all of it.
00:08:33That's no fun.
00:08:34No 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.
00:08:46Yeah, but I'm not going to read it.
00:08:50Fair enough.
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00:08:55Well, come to find out, she's been doing a lot of research on, uh, on this condition called photophobia.
00:09:01Is that real?
00:09:02It is, but in my version, it's a little heightened.
00:09:04Um, anyway, so she.
00:09:07She's doing this research and then she realizes that it dates back centuries into her own family.
00:09:13And that it's original name, ather anesthesia, actually comes from a Greek God.
00:09:21So.
00:09:22Oh, you write fantasy.
00:09:24No, no, I don't write fantasy.
00:09:26A lot of my work has some metaphysical themes and some spiritual themes.
00:09:30But it's basically realism.
00:09:32Sounds like fantasy.
00:09:34No, no, it's not.
00:09:35It's.
00:09:37Um, so she decides then that she's going to go to Greece to get to the bottom of this.
00:09:43And then when she gets there, she gets into this awful.
00:09:45Be good to see where your mom came from, huh?
00:10:15Yeah.
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00:11:11Hey.
00:11:12Hey, doll.
00:11:14We could have rescheduled.
00:11:15I didn't mean to mess up time with your niece.
00:11:17Oh, no, no.
00:11:18She's running, so we may never see her again.
00:11:21I haven't seen her since she was.
00:11:24She must have been eight.
00:11:26It's 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.
00:11:32Jesus.
00:11:36She plays soccer.
00:11:38Whatever will you talk about?
00:11:41That's the thing.
00:11:42That's the thing.
00:11:43I'm scared.
00:11:44And she's funny.
00:11:45She seems smart, but.
00:11:47I don't know.
00:11:48Hopefully she likes me.
00:11:50Rest assured.
00:11:53So, okay.
00:11:54Where did we.
00:11:56Where did we leave off?
00:11:57Part 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?
00:12:04I told him late summer.
00:12:06Oh.
00:12:07Yeah.
00:12:08All right.
00:12:09Well, that'll be fine because I really think the second half, it's just more about what can come out.
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00:12:13Than any like drastic.
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00:12:15Any drastic changes.
00:12:17But I will say if we can back it up.
00:12:19I thought we might want to zero in.
00:12:21Well, if we can back it up to the end of part one.
00:12:24I just think it's sort of, you know, it's these two opposing problems that are dividing the book a third of the way in.
00:12:32The end of part one's characterization, they're beautiful.
00:12:35They 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.
00:12:42Right.
00:12:43Which I partially disagree with.
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00:12:46But that's why you have come to your brilliant writer friend, Miranda, for her ideas.
00:12:50I have indeed.
00:12:52Just so we're clear.
00:12:54And we are.
00:12:56So you're starting with this beautiful, steady momentum at the top of part two with DeAndre on the Trail, the journalist.
00:13:03This is the smoothest, most energized passage in this book.
00:13:07And then you do earn in chapter 12 this breathing space.
00:13:10There's this nice, patient lull that relaxes and speaks to us.
00:13:16But once the journalist.
00:13:18I don't know what his name is.
00:13:20Right, right.
00:13:21Once Ernest throws himself off the bridge, leaving DeAndre alone, I think that's when the book is just telling you, you need to move.
00:13:27Move, 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 no.
00:13:37I know.
00:13:38I can't believe that I'm saying that.
00:13:39Who are you and what have you done with Miranda?
00:13:42Right?
00:14:05Hi.
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00:14:07I think I'm lost.
00:14:09Where are you trying to be?
00:14:10Ravens.
00:14:11Ravens Wood?
00:14:12Yes.
00:14:13But there's something else.
00:14:14Gardens.
00:14:16Yeah, yeah, that's it.
00:14:18East of the bridge.
00:14:19You're actually on the right road.
00:14:21Just head straight west a few blocks.
00:14:24You should start to look familiar.
00:14:25Okay, thanks.
00:14:27Thanks.
00:14:29No, I didn't say that the ending wasn't justified.
00:14:32I just said that it doesn't currently work.
00:14:34Because of the tangents.
00:14:36Possibly, but it's also possible that it doesn't work despite the tangents.
00:14:39Good lord.
00:14:42Hey!
00:14:43Hi, sorry, I can go back outside.
00:14:45No, no, no, no, no, no.
00:14:46We were just having discourse.
00:14:49Sid, this is my friend Anthony.
00:14:51Hi.
00:14:52Hi.
00:14:53How are you?
00:14:54Good.
00:14:55How are you?
00:14:56Good.
00:14:57This is my friend Anthony.
00:14:58Hi.
00:14:59Hiya, Sid.
00:15:01Anthony is an old writer friend of mine.
00:15:03Old writer friend?
00:15:04How flattering.
00:15:05Old Pulitzer Prize-nominated writer friend of mine.
00:15:08How is that?
00:15:10Anthony is a very well-respected journalist, writer of non-fiction, and now he's writing a novel.
00:15:15That's what we were discussing.
00:15:17Now he has to go talk about the election on television.
00:15:20Cool.
00:15:21I'd rather be doing anything else, believe me.
00:15:24I'm going to go take a shower.
00:15:25I smell bad.
00:15:26Okay, there are towels that are right outside the door on the shelf.
00:15:29Nice to meet you, Sid.
00:15:30Yeah, nice to meet you, too.
00:15:31See you Friday?
00:15:32Uh...
00:15:33Oh!
00:15:34The soiree!
00:15:36I haven't even told you about that yet.
00:15:38All in good time.
00:15:39Yeah.
00:15:44I'm out.
00:15:45Thanks for this.
00:15:47It's really good, Anthony.
00:15:50And you know, my thoughts are my thoughts.
00:15:52It's your book.
00:15:56I know.
00:16:00How's Brandon?
00:16:01Oh, he's fine, he's fine.
00:16:02He's with his mom this week.
00:16:04Taking him to his first Cubs game for his 15th birthday, but he doesn't know it yet.
00:16:08Oh, he'll love that.
00:16:10I think so.
00:16:15See you Friday.
00:16:16Bye.
00:16:26Wow.
00:16:39Wow.
00:16:46So what's the deal with your friend?
00:16:49The deal?
00:16:51Uh, well, Anthony and I went to the University of Chicago together years ago.
00:16:57We were grad students.
00:16:59We became fast friends.
00:17:02So no romance?
00:17:05What? Oh my God.
00:17:06No.
00:17:07No.
00:17:08Why do you ask?
00:17:10Just curious.
00:17:11You seem nice.
00:17:13He is.
00:17:14And a brilliant mind.
00:17:17He's handsome.
00:17:21He is.
00:17:22You should see his son.
00:17:25This beautiful boy.
00:17:26He's going to swoop up all the ladies one day.
00:17:30Or the men, or both.
00:17:34Anyway, he's married, technically.
00:17:37What about you?
00:17:38Do we have a boyfriend?
00:17:40Yeah, kind of.
00:17:42Kind of.
00:17:46Wonderful.
00:17:47Anything else I can get you ladies?
00:17:49No, I think this is fine.
00:17:51Thank you, Sarah.
00:17:52My pleasure, Ms. Ruth.
00:17:53Enjoy.
00:17:56She's wonderful.
00:17:57She's so sweet.
00:17:59So much food.
00:18:00I know.
00:18:02Are you sure that you don't want something other than just water?
00:18:05Oh yeah, I'm fine, thanks.
00:18:07Good for you.
00:18:10So did you come here a lot growing up?
00:18:13Oh yeah.
00:18:14We came at least once a week.
00:18:16Your mom and I would get pretty sick of it.
00:18:19But now I love it.
00:18:22Cool.
00:18:27So, um, so the boy.
00:18:29What?
00:18:30Oh.
00:18:31Yeah, I don't know.
00:18:33I mean, we've been hanging out for a while.
00:18:36His name's Josh.
00:18:38Josh.
00:18:40He's fine.
00:18:42Is he cute?
00:18:44Yeah, he's pretty hot.
00:18:47He's a good time.
00:18:50Well, that's great.
00:18:51I'm so sorry to interrupt.
00:18:53Oh, I see you just got your food.
00:18:55Would you mind signing your book?
00:18:56I ran all the way home to get it.
00:18:58Oh.
00:18:59We love you.
00:19:00Sure.
00:19:01What is your name?
00:19:02Jennifer.
00:19:03And you live in the neighborhood?
00:19:04Yeah.
00:19:05This is one of our favorite places.
00:19:06You know, I don't want to take much of your time,
00:19:08but I just wanted you to know how much I admire your work.
00:19:12Oh, thank you.
00:19:13That means so much to me.
00:19:15Thank you.
00:19:16Here you go.
00:19:18Thank you.
00:19:19Have a great night.
00:19:20You too.
00:19:21Thank you so much.
00:19:26That's never not weird.
00:19:28It's pretty cool.
00:19:48So I finished two-thirds of the essays,
00:19:50and by finished, for some of them,
00:19:54I mean I just revised because they were in magazines or whatever.
00:19:59But to be honest, I already miss fiction.
00:20:03It's just, it's so different.
00:20:05You know, on the one hand,
00:20:07you're just trying to lay out the material as elegantly as possible,
00:20:11but then on the other hand, you're actually,
00:20:13you're making the thing,
00:20:15and I suppose that's not actually accurate, but I just...
00:20:24Sid?
00:20:33Sid!
00:20:35Hey!
00:20:36I found one of your books!
00:20:40Which one?
00:20:42Which one?
00:20:45Valley of Their Shadows.
00:20:50Borrow it!
00:21:04Good night, Sid.
00:21:06Good night.
00:21:08I'm really glad you're here.
00:21:09Yeah, me too.
00:21:12I'm not boring you, am I?
00:21:14No, no, it's fun.
00:21:17Okay, good night.
00:21:19Night.
00:21:39Helen.
00:21:45Cassandra.
00:21:51Margaret.
00:21:59Alice.
00:22:00Alice.
00:22:07Alice.
00:22:16Sid.
00:22:19Miranda.
00:22:27Hey!
00:22:28Hi, love!
00:22:30I brought juice and some muffins downstairs if you want them.
00:22:33And some coffee, too.
00:22:34Thanks.
00:22:36I was actually going to lay out in the backyard, if that's okay.
00:22:41Yeah, absolutely.
00:22:43Cool.
00:22:44Oh, could you put some sunscreen on me?
00:22:47Sure, of course.
00:22:48Thanks.
00:22:53Do you sleep well?
00:22:54Yeah, the bed's super comfy.
00:22:56It is, isn't it?
00:22:57That was mine growing up.
00:22:58Really?
00:22:59Yeah.
00:23:01Your mom's wasn't quite as comfy, but she wanted to take it with her anyway.
00:23:10I think it ended up in your old house.
00:23:17So is this where you write all your books?
00:23:21It is, yeah.
00:23:22Mm-hmm.
00:23:28Okay.
00:23:29I think I gotcha.
00:23:30Is that good?
00:23:31Yep.
00:23:32Okay.
00:23:33Thanks.
00:23:37Do you ever wish you moved away?
00:23:40Like, tried other cities?
00:23:43No.
00:23:47Thanks.
00:23:52You're welcome.
00:24:23Thanks.
00:24:36Once upon a time...
00:24:52What?
00:24:57You don't have to stop listening.
00:24:58I'm just getting some fresh air.
00:25:00You mind?
00:25:01No.
00:25:02You want to lay out with me?
00:25:03Oh, no, thank you.
00:25:04I don't even think I own a bathing suit.
00:25:07For real?
00:25:08Yeah.
00:25:09I don't...
00:25:11Yeah, no.
00:25:13I 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.
00:25:24Oh, good.
00:25:25That's the idea.
00:25:26All the characters kind of 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, and Joan is dating...
00:25:41I mean, most of them.
00:25:44Huh.
00:25:45You write a lot about religion.
00:25:47Like, religious people.
00:25:48Yeah, yeah, I guess I do.
00:25:50Like, there's that one woman who is a nun or whatever, and then...
00:25:55There's the one about the preacher's wife, and then...
00:25:58Don't forget the witch.
00:25:59Yeah, yeah, I was going to say the one about the witch.
00:26:01Claire's an athlete.
00:26:02I didn't get to Claire.
00:26:03Yeah, she's a tennis player.
00:26:04And Des is a scientist.
00:26:08Does the, um...
00:26:11Does the religious thing...
00:26:13Does the religious thing, does it seem like a...
00:26:16Like a hindrance to you?
00:26:18I mean, 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 think it's interesting that there are people like that.
00:26:26Religious people?
00:26:27Yeah.
00:26:29Yeah.
00:26:30There are a lot of them.
00:26:32Are you?
00:26:34Yeah, yeah.
00:26:36We weren't growing up.
00:26:37Like what kind?
00:26:38Um...
00:26:39Well, I go to the Lutheran church over in Andersonville.
00:26:44So you, you really believe in like a heaven and hell and all that?
00:26:48I, I, you know, I don't know.
00:26:50I, um...
00:26:52I believe in grace.
00:26:53I believe in some sort of a...
00:26:58A complete meaning somewhere.
00:27:00And I don't really know anything else.
00:27:02So what's the difference then between you and like an agnostic?
00:27:05I just think I...
00:27:09I just believe so very strongly in, in a great unknown somewhere.
00:27:13And...
00:27:15To deny the...
00:27:17Yeah, like the great unknown or whatever, but...
00:27:20You really think we're going to see my mom again?
00:27:23You really, really think that?
00:27:30Yeah.
00:27:32Yeah.
00:27:35She didn't believe that.
00:27:38Did she?
00:28:02Hey.
00:28:04Hey.
00:28:07You new to town?
00:28:09Oh, yeah.
00:28:11No, um...
00:28:12I'm visiting my aunt.
00:28:15Where from?
00:28:16South Carolina.
00:28:18Where's your accent?
00:28:19I don't have one.
00:28:21My dad is from New York and I was born in Maryland.
00:28:24We moved around a little.
00:28:26I can hear it in there a little bit.
00:28:27You can't.
00:28:28I can.
00:28:29I totally can.
00:28:30But I'm not going to fight with you.
00:28:33I'm Katie.
00:28:35Sit.
00:28:39Cool.
00:28:40Thank you.
00:28:43Hey.
00:28:46I get off in about ten minutes if you want to...
00:28:49I don't know, go for a walk or something?
00:28:53Okay.
00:28:55Hey.
00:28:57Oh, hey.
00:28:59Um...
00:29:01Hi.
00:29:03Hey.
00:29:04Uh, nice to see you again.
00:29:05You too.
00:29:08So what have you been doing with yourself?
00:29:10Um, I've just been chilling at my mom's house.
00:29:15Oh.
00:29:16Yeah.
00:29:17Yeah.
00:29:18Yeah.
00:29:19Yeah.
00:29:20Yeah.
00:29:22Yeah.
00:29:23Been chilling at my aunt's house.
00:29:25Uh, trying to explore a little bit.
00:29:27Went for a run.
00:29:30Your aunt cool?
00:29:31Yeah.
00:29:32She is.
00:29:33She is a writer.
00:29:34What's her name?
00:29:35Miranda Ruth.
00:29:37No way.
00:29:38You've heard of her?
00:29:40Yeah, she's a big deal.
00:29:42Oh, weird.
00:29:43Cool.
00:29:44Cool.
00:29:45Yeah.
00:29:46Um...
00:29:47She lives in the same house she grew up in.
00:29:50Which is kind of strange.
00:29:52It's a nice house, though.
00:29:54Rad.
00:29:57So you have your own apartment?
00:29:59That's pretty sweet.
00:30:00Yeah, right when I hit 18 I was out.
00:30:04I live with my brother.
00:30:05Cool.
00:30:08So...
00:30:09South Carolina, huh?
00:30:11You shell shocked?
00:30:13What?
00:30:14Come on, that's pretty lame.
00:30:17Okay, you're right.
00:30:18It is.
00:30:19Sorry.
00:30:23Um, my dad actually got a job there once my mom died, so...
00:30:28Sorry.
00:30:29How old were you?
00:30:31Like, eight?
00:30:34What does your dad do?
00:30:36I don't really know.
00:30:37Financial stuff.
00:30:40You get along?
00:30:42Um, not really.
00:30:45It's part of the reason why I wanted to get away, honestly.
00:30:47He is, like, always home and he's super depressed, so...
00:30:52Yeah.
00:30:54I hear that.
00:30:59I thought you were working.
00:31:00I sent me home.
00:31:01What's up, Katie?
00:31:03What's up, Tab?
00:31:04What's going on? It's like a Thursday.
00:31:06Hanging out.
00:31:07Hi.
00:31:08No! Put me down!
00:31:09No!
00:31:10Dude, put my sister down!
00:31:13What's up?
00:31:14Hey.
00:31:15Um...
00:31:16This is Sid. She's visiting from South Carolina.
00:31:18South Carolina. Isn't that...
00:31:21It's...
00:31:23I'm just gonna go change. We might go up to the roof. My room is back here.
00:31:30Nice pants, Kate.
00:31:31Fuck off!
00:31:36You can sit on the bed if you want.
00:31:39Sorry, I don't have, like, a chair.
00:31:47Sorry about those guys. They're pretty lame.
00:31:50It's okay.
00:31:51Don't look.
00:31:53Oh.
00:31:55Just kidding.
00:31:57You can look if you want to.
00:32:16Shit.
00:32:46Hey.
00:33:14Whoa.
00:33:16Yep.
00:33:22This 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? Or is the, like, coffee shop thing what you want to do?
00:33:44Hell no. That is not what I want to do.
00:33:47I'm not in college yet. I'm taking a break to figure shit out.
00:33:51So what do you want to do?
00:33:53I don't have a fucking clue.
00:33:57I want to not rush things. That's what I want to do.
00:34:01Cool.
00:34:04So what about you? What's your deal?
00:34:07Um, I play soccer. I hang out with my friends.
00:34:12You play soccer?
00:34:13That's about it. Yeah.
00:34:15That's fucking hot.
00:34:23Hey!
00:34:24Oh, we'll get out of your way.
00:34:26Oh, no, don't. This is going to seem really weird, but we actually need a boy and a girl slow dancing in the background.
00:34:32Would you guys be willing to do that for us?
00:34:35Actually, no, wait. Yeah, what do you want us to do?
00:34:38Oh, wow, thank you. So, yeah, can you kind of just get yourselves over at the center of the room?
00:34:45Yeah, that's perfect.
00:34:47And now I'm going to shout action, and when I do, just, like, be in love.
00:34:51You got it.
00:35:01Action!
00:35:08Oh, baby.
00:35:39So we did. We danced.
00:35:43And I never knew that he was a she?
00:35:46No, I guess not.
00:35:49Well, maybe she is a he.
00:35:52Yeah, maybe so.
00:35:56Guess what I did today?
00:35:59Wrote an essay.
00:36:00Shut up. No. I laid out.
00:36:03Oh, my God, you did?
00:36:04I did. I did also write an essay, actually, but I laid out.
00:36:09You did have a swimsuit. You knew you did.
00:36:12I didn't. I had no idea. I didn't even remember. I had to dig it out. It was purple, and it fit.
00:36:18And that is a real deal miracle, Miss Atheist. It is impossible that it fit.
00:36:23I want to see it.
00:36:25Maybe tomorrow. We can get a little tan before the soiree.
00:36:29Oh, God, I have to remember to call a caterer tomorrow morning.
00:36:31Yeah, so wait. What is this thing?
00:36:33Oh, right. So, second Fridays of every month, I have a soiree.
00:36:39Academics, writers, church friends, normal people.
00:36:43We eat, we get drunk, we read, we tell stories.
00:36:48I didn't bring anything to wear or something like that.
00:36:51Oh, that's okay. It's totally casual.
00:36:54I could take you shopping tomorrow if you want. We could get something cool.
00:36:59No, it's okay. Thanks. I'll go to the thrift store, ask Katie or something.
00:37:04Can she come?
00:37:06Sure.
00:37:07Cool.
00:37:15I hate my feet.
00:37:17I think you have nice feet. Oh, God, look at mine.
00:37:20Let me see.
00:37:23Yeah, but yours are prettier.
00:37:24Oh, yeah, you're right. They are.
00:37:27Whatever.
00:37:55Oh, God.
00:38:13So, what time does this thing start tonight?
00:38:16Um, people usually start showing up around six.
00:38:20It doesn't really go until about seven.
00:38:23Will Anthony be there?
00:38:25Always.
00:38:33Do you ever have sex?
00:38:37What?
00:38:40Do you ever have sex?
00:38:41Oh, I'm sorry. Is that...
00:38:42No, no, no. It's okay. It's just...
00:38:45Wow.
00:38:48Sure, I do.
00:38:49Really?
00:38:50Yeah.
00:38:51When? With who?
00:38:54I've had sex.
00:38:56Yeah, I know. We've established that.
00:38:58I'm just trying to think.
00:39:00Miranda.
00:39:01What? I'm trying to think.
00:39:02It's been forever, hasn't it?
00:39:08Well, there was this...
00:39:10Well, there was a guy at a hotel at a lit convention.
00:39:17In 1992.
00:39:19No! Ow!
00:39:20Sorry.
00:39:27Yeah, but...
00:39:29No, it's...
00:39:31It's been about five years.
00:39:32What?
00:39:34Yeah.
00:39:35Shit.
00:39:36I was 11.
00:39:38Damn it!
00:39:41God.
00:39:43Well, I did... I had...
00:39:45I had a very long-term boyfriend,
00:39:48so I want to put that out there, but...
00:39:52It didn't work out.
00:39:54That was that.
00:39:57And there have been some other...
00:39:59There have been some other taps here and there,
00:40:01but otherwise...
00:40:03Yeah.
00:40:04There have been some other taps here and there,
00:40:05but otherwise...
00:40:07So, you have no interest in doing it again?
00:40:10Do what?
00:40:12I don't know, like, date?
00:40:16No, not really.
00:40:19What, sex?
00:40:22I don't know.
00:40:26I really haven't thought about it,
00:40:30to be honest.
00:40:35Okay.
00:40:37Can I tell you a secret?
00:40:39Yes, you may.
00:40:42I kind of want to 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...
00:41:01Don't ask me, you're going to have to Google that.
00:41:05Okay, will do.
00:41:07Yeah, your mom had a little fling with a girl once.
00:41:11Really? She did?
00:41:13Yeah.
00:41:16It was lovely.
00:41:24Oh.
00:41:26Oh, God.
00:41:28Hi! Hey, Fridley.
00:41:30I'm sorry, I totally forgot that you were coming.
00:41:32Do you want me to nod?
00:41:34No, no, no, you can do your thing.
00:41:36This is Sid.
00:41:38He's going to be staying a couple of weeks with me.
00:41:41Hey, Sid.
00:41:43This is Fridley.
00:41:45He's the son of some very dear friends of ours around the corner.
00:41:48And he sometimes comes to Second Friday.
00:41:50Are you coming tonight?
00:41:52Sure am.
00:41:54Good.
00:42:03Bye.
00:42:16Whose stuff is this?
00:42:18Fucking Tab moved in.
00:42:20Why?
00:42:22He lost his apartment, I guess.
00:42:24Thanks.
00:42:26Honestly, I don't have much.
00:42:29Except this one dress I used to wear to church.
00:42:32You want to wear that?
00:42:34No offense.
00:42:36Yep, thought so.
00:42:38Sorry.
00:42:40Dressy-wise, I don't really have anything else.
00:42:43Except the tux I wore to prom.
00:42:45You want to wear that?
00:42:55You ready?
00:42:57Yeah.
00:43:04Oh my God.
00:43:07Hey, little lady, what's your name?
00:43:26Hey.
00:43:36Are 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.
00:43:57You look very nice.
00:43:59Oh, thank you.
00:44:01It's just this little...
00:44:03Thank you.
00:44:05Is there more outside?
00:44:07Yeah, lots.
00:44:09Did you get some sun?
00:44:11What?
00:44:13Yeah, I laid out with Sid in the grass and I got some sun.
00:44:18Huh.
00:44:25Yeah.
00:44:41Some music?
00:44:43Oh, yes, yes, yes, yes.
00:44:56Thank you.
00:45:10Where's Sid?
00:45:12She went to see a friend about an outfit.
00:45:15A friend already?
00:45:17Mm-hmm.
00:45:20A friend friend?
00:45:25Mm-hmm.
00:45:56Are you sure?
00:46:06Oh, my God.
00:46:08Oh, my God.
00:46:10Oh, my God.
00:46:11Oh, my God.
00:46:23How long were you there?
00:46:25About a week.
00:46:27This is relaxing.
00:46:29Such a great time of year.
00:46:31You came from Princeton?
00:46:33Absolutely.
00:46:35That's wonderful.
00:46:37We have these East Coast connections.
00:46:39Yes.
00:46:41It's perfect.
00:46:43It's amazing.
00:46:45Welcome.
00:46:46Thanks.
00:46:47Come here.
00:46:48Let me introduce you to everyone.
00:46:49Everyone, this is my niece.
00:46:50Hi.
00:46:51Sid, this is Miss Evergreen.
00:46:53This is Anthony's mother.
00:46:55This is our good friend Thompson.
00:46:57He's also at the university with us.
00:47:01Jack.
00:47:02Pardon me, of course.
00:47:04And this is his wife.
00:47:05Hi, Sid.
00:47:06Hi, Sid.
00:47:08And of course, you remember Ridley from Harry Potter.
00:47:13Nice tux.
00:47:14Thanks.
00:47:21Okay.
00:47:37Long silence, the dim tide.
00:47:43An old man breathing.
00:47:45I have an idea.
00:47:56A little bit of color.
00:47:57I don't want people thinking you're a caterer.
00:48:04I love it.
00:48:06I love it.
00:48:08Thank you.
00:48:11Do you like it?
00:48:14Thank you.
00:48:16Have you ever been to Chicago?
00:48:17No, this is my first time.
00:48:18Oh, we're going to have a look at our city.
00:48:20It's a beautiful city.
00:48:35Beautiful.
00:48:57We were rivals.
00:48:58She was a prosecutor.
00:48:59I was a DA.
00:49:00That's so cool.
00:49:02Oh, we should also add that I was married.
00:49:03Yes, so in any case, we knew we had to wait until one of us retired so we could successfully make a go at it.
00:49:09You worked on the same case?
00:49:10Cases.
00:49:12That's incredible.
00:49:13So you were both married to men?
00:49:15Yes, I was a widow when we met.
00:49:17I was a widow early on.
00:49:18Betty was married, got divorced later.
00:49:21That's where he came from.
00:49:23So you liked it and you didn't?
00:49:29What, being married to men?
00:49:31Are you asking if we liked Dick?
00:49:45I did.
00:49:47She didn't.
00:49:48I do.
00:49:53Dick is not terrible.
00:49:55It's not terrible.
00:49:56It is like the opposite of terrible.
00:50:01So what are you into, hon?
00:50:07I like everything.
00:50:16And 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, Mama, her parents left.
00:50:26We need a ride.
00:50:28I don't think that's exactly what happened, but whatever.
00:50:31Oh, shut up.
00:50:32I drove you on all your dates.
00:50:34Yes, you did.
00:50:35And I love you, Mama.
00:50:36Thank you.
00:50:37I could drive you, too, if you want to go somewhere.
00:50:50Where's Jay?
00:50:51I thought he was coming home.
00:50:53He got himself a date.
00:50:54Really?
00:50:55Mm-hmm.
00:50:58Does some girl work?
00:51:00Weird.
00:51:01You're supposed to hang out.
00:51:03How are you?
00:51:07Fine.
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.
00:51:16I, like, picked you up and spun you around.
00:51:19So what are you up to tonight?
00:51:21Don't know.
00:51:23Well, let me know if you want to hang out.
00:51:24Yeah.
00:51:26Okay.
00:51:34This 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.
00:51:451968, Cincinnati, Ohio.
00:51:48No, no, no cell phones.
00:51:50Sorry.
00:51:52Sweet.
00:51:53Sweet Cincinnati.
00:51:55Dolores, mother of four, worked for the Ohio Insurance Company.
00:52:01Husband left her for another woman.
00:52:04Left her alone in that house with four children.
00:52:08Three 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.
00:52:21Money is tight for them, see?
00:52:23So she moves into her daughter's bedroom, gives the nice young man her own room,
00:52:28just till he gets off the ground here.
00:52:30Good Christian man.
00:52:32Not a concern in the world.
00:52:34Couple of days later, she catches word a woman in Columbus has been murdered.
00:52:40By a devil worshiper.
00:52:42Oh!
00:52:44And he got away.
00:52:46Oh, dear.
00:52:47Oh, don't worry.
00:52:48I don't think it's true.
00:52:49What did you say?
00:52:51I said, uh, yeah, you know, I think I read about that somewhere.
00:53:00Yeah, she's just pregnant, so she's really sensitive.
00:53:03Oh!
00:53:05Congratulations!
00:53:07Congratulations!
00:53:10I just came out.
00:53:12Oh!
00:53:14Congratulations!
00:53:16You know what it's going to be?
00:53:17You know what it's going to be?
00:53:19No, it's this!
00:53:24There's a certain slant of light, winter afternoons, that oppresses,
00:53:29like the heft of cathedral tunes.
00:53:32Heavenly hurt it gives us.
00:53:34We can find no scar, but internal difference, where the meanings are.
00:53:41None may teach it, any.
00:53:43Tis the seal of despair, an imperial affliction sent us of the air.
00:53:49When it comes, the landscape glistens, shadows hold their breath.
00:53:54When it goes, tis like the distance on the look of death.
00:54:02Emily Dickinson.
00:54:04I have a memory, an impression when I read this poem.
00:54:08Did you ever get the feeling, when you were a child, the end of August,
00:54:13when the first little chill comes in the evening, and you're thinking,
00:54:17school starts, end of summer blues.
00:54:22Behind what we think of as the Russian menace, lies what we do not wish to face
00:54:27when they regard a Negro.
00:54:29Reality.
00:54:31The fact that life is tragic.
00:54:33Life is tragic simply because the earth turns, and the sun inexorably rises and sets.
00:54:39And one day, for each of us, the sun will go down for the last, last time.
00:54:46Perhaps the whole root of our trouble, the human trouble,
00:54:50is that we will sacrifice all the beauty of our lives.
00:54:55We'll imprison ourselves in totems, taboos, crosses, blood sacrifices,
00:55:00steeples, mosques, races, armies, flags, nations,
00:55:05in order to deny the fact of death.
00:55:08The only fact we have.
00:55:11It seems to me that one ought to rejoice in the fact of death.
00:55:16Ought to decide, indeed, to earn one's death by confronting with passion
00:55:21the conundrum of life.
00:55:23We sat looking off across the country, watching the sun go down.
00:55:26The curly grass about us was on fire now.
00:55:29The bark of the oaks turned red as copper.
00:55:33There was a shimmer of gold on the brown river.
00:55:36Out in the stream, the sandbars glittered like glass,
00:55:40and the light trembled in the willow thickets,
00:55:43as if little flames were leaping among them.
00:55:47The breeze sank into stillness.
00:55:50The soul swam slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly through the universe
00:55:53and faintly falling, like the descent of their last end,
00:55:57upon all the living and the dead.
00:56:01James Joyce, the dead.
00:56:04Thank you.
00:56:10Hey.
00:56:11What the fuck, man?
00:56:13I was wondering if you wanted to get on the solid bed with me.
00:56:16It's not a bed, it's a couch. Get the fuck out of my room.
00:56:19It's a couch, yeah.
00:56:20No, get the fuck out of here.
00:56:21Come sit on the couch.
00:56:22Kev!
00:56:26Get out of my room!
00:56:30I thought I'd share a little bit of nature from Ralph Waldo Emerson
00:56:34on this lovely summer evening.
00:56:39To speak truly, few adult persons can see nature.
00:56:43At least they have a very superficial seeing.
00:56:47The sun illuminates only the eyes.
00:56:49The sun illuminates only the eye of the man,
00:56:52but shines into the eye and the heart of the child.
00:56:57The lover of nature is he whose inward and outward senses
00:57:01are still truly adjusted to each other,
00:57:04who has retained the spirit of infancy even into the era of manhood.
00:57:10His intercourse with heaven and earth becomes part of his daily food.
00:57:15Crossing a bare common in snow puddles at twilight under a clouded sky,
00:57:20without having in my thoughts any occurrence of a special good fortune,
00:57:24I have enjoyed a perfect exhilaration.
00:57:28I am glad to the brink of fear.
00:57:32In the woods, too, a man casts off his years,
00:57:37and at what period soever of life
00:57:41is always a child.
00:57:45In the woods is perpetual youth.
00:58:11That might have been a tie.
00:58:42So glad you could come.
00:58:43Oh, thank you for having us.
00:58:44Wonderful meeting you.
00:58:45You as well. Thanks again.
00:58:46And congratulations.
00:58:47Thank you.
00:58:48I hope you can come back next Monday.
00:58:49Absolutely.
00:58:50We'll see you then.
00:58:51Bye.
00:58:52All right. Take care.
00:58:54Where's Richard?
00:58:55I think he and the girl might be somewhere.
00:58:58Oh, good God.
00:58:59Well, it happened.
00:59:00You know, I'll go get him.
00:59:02Oh, good God.
00:59:03Well, it happened.
00:59:04I'll go.
00:59:28Sorry, um,
00:59:29I'm sorry, um, I...
00:59:33Dad?
00:59:34Yeah?
00:59:36Is Ridley in there?
00:59:38Yeah.
00:59:40Ridley and your mothers are looking for you.
00:59:42Okay.
01:00:00Hi.
01:00:04Hey.
01:00:05Where'd you disappear to?
01:00:07I was upstairs.
01:00:10I think Aunt Miranda's mad at me.
01:00:13She'll get over it.
01:00:17She was telling me about your son.
01:00:19Yeah, he's something else.
01:00:24She also said you were technically married.
01:00:28You just got the whole run down, didn't you?
01:00:32Uh, true.
01:00:34Separated.
01:00:36We're through the thick of it, though.
01:00:38You're getting back together?
01:00:39No, no, no, no.
01:00:41I mean, like, through the initial burst of it all.
01:00:45We're moving forward.
01:00:48Brandon's been a real saint about it.
01:00:54So, um, maybe once the dust settles, you could...
01:01:00I mean, would you ever consider dating Miranda?
01:01:06Anthony, did you want to take home those cream cheese things?
01:01:09Yeah.
01:01:10For you and Brandon?
01:01:11Yeah, let me come in and grab those.
01:01:14All right.
01:01:44Is that a second birthday?
01:02:01Pretty crazy.
01:02:03Did you have fun?
01:02:04Yeah.
01:02:05Everyone was super nice.
01:02:07Can I help you clean up?
01:02:09Um, sure.
01:02:10If we can just get everything in this general vicinity, we can deal with it tomorrow.
01:02:16I'm pretty exhausted.
01:02:17Yeah, me too.
01:02:18Um, I'll check the back porch.
01:02:25It was cool to hear everybody read and stuff.
01:02:28All the stories.
01:02:29Yeah?
01:02:30You like that?
01:02:31Yeah.
01:02:32I like that one, uh, story that that one woman told.
01:02:36Um, Cornelia?
01:02:37Yeah.
01:02:38Is it true?
01:02:39Probably not.
01:02:40I liked yours.
01:02:41My what?
01:02:42The thing you read.
01:02:43Oh, the part you heard?
01:02:44Well, there was more.
01:02:45Yeah, I'm sorry.
01:02:46I...
01:02:47It's fine.
01:02:48It is now.
01:02:49It's okay.
01:02:50It's...
01:02:51No, I don't want to do that, relative.
01:02:52That's fine.
01:02:53It's fine.
01:02:54It's fine.
01:02:55It's fine.
01:02:56It's fine.
01:02:57It's fine.
01:02:58It's fine.
01:02:59It's fine.
01:03:00It's fine.
01:03:01It's fine.
01:03:02It's fine.
01:03:03It's fine.
01:03:04It's fine.
01:03:05It's fine.
01:03:06It's fine.
01:03:07I don't want to do that, relative.
01:03:08That's...
01:03:09It's...
01:03:10It's really...
01:03:11It's more about the smoke.
01:03:12I just don't like it in the house.
01:03:13And I...
01:03:14It's not...
01:03:15I'm sorry.
01:03:16It's okay.
01:03:17Really.
01:03:18It's...
01:03:19It's fine.
01:03:20Okay.
01:03:21Do you want anything else before I put this food away?
01:03:27No, thanks.
01:03:28I'm good.
01:03:29Um, I'm gonna call Katie.
01:03:32Okay.
01:03:34Oh, I might have half a piece more of Anna Mae's cake.
01:03:39You sure you don't want some cake?
01:03:41No, thanks.
01:03:44You know, maybe if you had sex once in a while, you wouldn't want to eat all the time.
01:03:52I'm really sorry.
01:03:53That came out super 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.
01:03:58It's okay, but I need you to listen to me, okay?
01:04:01I wish that I could...
01:04:03I could share with you the utter joy it brings me to spend three hours on a Saturday afternoon
01:04:09reading Emerson or Melville or Virginia Woolf or discussing T.S. Eliot or James Baldwin
01:04:17with a dear friend until dawn.
01:04:20The fulfillment that I get from going to church, from reading theology, from reading science,
01:04:28from praying.
01:04:33But I can't.
01:04:35Because I am me, and you are you, I can't relate to the total fulfillment that I get
01:04:41from these things.
01:04:42It's impossible.
01:04:45I know.
01:04:46And I understand.
01:04:47You're finding your own joy.
01:04:50You're engaging your own stuff, and that's great.
01:04:54That's how it should be.
01:04:56It's a beautiful thing.
01:04:59But hear me.
01:05:02It is not a handicap to have one thing but not another, to be one way and not another.
01:05:13We are different shapes and ways, and our happiness is unique.
01:05:19There are no rules of balance.
01:05:24I'm sorry.
01:05:25Don't be sorry.
01:05:28But I got a quarter of a century on you, Syd.
01:05:31So let's just enjoy ourselves.
01:05:36Okay?
01:05:37Let's just, like, respect each other's selves.
01:05:45Now you stop talking.
01:05:48I guess I just feel like...
01:05:49Are we done in here?
01:05:50Because I really need to be done in here.
01:05:51Did you get all of the bottles?
01:05:53Yeah, everything's clear.
01:05:54Okay, thank you for helping.
01:05:56I'm going to go upstairs.
01:05:58Okay.
01:06:18Miranda?
01:06:36You don't have to come.
01:06:37I'll just call you when I get out.
01:06:38I'm coming.
01:06:39She wanted me to text her and not to buzz up.
01:06:43Hello?
01:06:51Oh, hi, sweetheart.
01:06:53Are you okay?
01:06:55I'm sorry, I didn't mean...
01:06:58Let us in.
01:07:06Are you okay?
01:07:10Look, um, he finally passed out.
01:07:17What happened to his nose?
01:07:19I punched him.
01:07:21I'm sorry to make you come over. I feel so stupid.
01:07:25Don't be silly. Are you okay?
01:07:27Yeah.
01:07:29Katie?
01:07:31Are you okay?
01:07:33Yeah.
01:07:34Did he hurt you?
01:07:36I tried to go out, and he wouldn't let me leave.
01:07:39He was acting really weird.
01:07:42I don't want him to wake up.
01:07:44You can probably go. It's fine.
01:07:46No, you should go get your kids. You're gonna come with us.
01:08:06What the fuck?
01:08:20Sid.
01:08:24Sid.
01:08:27Sid.
01:08:29Sid.
01:08:31Sid.
01:08:33Sid.
01:08:44I'm Miranda. Katie.
01:09:14Cool room.
01:09:23Thanks.
01:09:25It was my mom's.
01:09:34Reddit.
01:09:36Reddit.
01:09:40Reddit.
01:09:41Reddit.
01:09:42Wait, really?
01:09:44Yeah, why?
01:09:46I don't know. I guess you don't really seem like a reader.
01:09:50Fuck you. What does a reader even seem like?
01:09:53Oh. Yeah.
01:09:55Oh, my God.
01:09:58Holy shit, your aunt wrote this?
01:10:00I read this in middle school.
01:10:02What?
01:10:10Wait a minute. I know that book.
01:10:13Wait, Aunt Miranda wrote that?
01:10:15Uh, yeah.
01:10:17Is that the one about the baby born in a castle?
01:10:20The hotel that used to be a castle, yeah.
01:10:22And her parents treat her like a princess, and she starts to develop powers.
01:10:26Yeah, and she thinks she's magic, and you don't know if it's real or not.
01:10:29Kind of badass.
01:10:38What?
01:10:39My name.
01:10:42That would be correct.
01:10:45Wait a minute, let me see that.
01:11:03Hi.
01:11:13Is she okay?
01:11:15Yeah, she'll be okay.
01:11:17Are you okay?
01:11:19Yeah, I'm fine.
01:11:24I found this.
01:11:30My mom used to read this to me, didn't she?
01:11:34She did.
01:11:36You were way too young for it.
01:11:39You fell asleep every time.
01:11:43She did it anyway, though.
01:11:45She did it for herself.
01:11:48She loved that book.
01:11:56You're after me.
01:12:00Check the date.
01:12:08It's the other way around.
01:12:37When do you go back?
01:12:42Thursday.
01:12:44What will I do without you?
01:12:48Probably what you did last week before you knew me.
01:12:54What will we do until then?
01:12:58Whatever we want.
01:13:07Okay.
01:13:10Okay.
01:13:13Okay.
01:13:16Okay.
01:13:20Okay.
01:13:23Okay.
01:13:26Okay.
01:13:29Okay.
01:13:32Okay.
01:13:36Okay.
01:13:39Okay.
01:13:42Okay.
01:13:45Okay.
01:13:48Okay.
01:13:51Okay.
01:13:54Okay.
01:13:57Okay.
01:14:00Okay.
01:14:03Okay.
01:14:06Okay.
01:14:09Okay.
01:14:12Okay.
01:14:15Okay.
01:14:18Okay.
01:14:21Okay.
01:14:24Okay.
01:14:27Okay.
01:14:29Okay.
01:14:36Okay.
01:14:38Okay.
01:14:41Okay.
01:14:52Okay.
01:14:55didn't I? Let me see. Oh, shit. Yes, you did. Okay. Okay. Did I? No, you're good. Good.
01:15:21Wait.
01:15:50So.
01:15:54I had a brother.
01:15:56Devin.
01:16:00He was like 12 years older than me.
01:16:07He had a lot of mental problems or whatever, just like a lot of issues.
01:16:14And he and my mom and my dad used to get into these really big fights.
01:16:24They thought about sending him away to military school, or whatever, but I never did.
01:16:38One weekend when I was really little, my dad was away and after I'd gone to bed, my brother and my mom got into this really big fight and
01:16:55he shot her.
01:16:58Oh my god.
01:17:02And then himself.
01:17:13Somehow I slept through the whole thing.
01:17:17And the neighbors found them before I could so I was
01:17:22protected.
01:17:28Anyway, that's the story.
01:17:50Feel free to relax in here until we're ready for you.
01:17:52We'll probably hold the house for about five or 10 minutes just so we can fill up so you have plenty of time.
01:17:56You can help yourself to some snacks and if you have any questions, I'll be right up the hall.
01:18:00Thank you, honey.
01:18:05This is interesting.
01:18:08Johnson.
01:18:09Hell yeah.
01:18:12Sure, I'll make Miranda.
01:18:14You're so big time.
01:18:16I'm not that big.
01:18:18Well, maybe just a little.
01:18:24Hello.
01:18:27What?
01:18:30Okay.
01:18:33Are you sure?
01:18:35It's okay.
01:18:37Well, I'll come home soon.
01:18:41Why don't we start with a simple question?
01:18:46Are there any simple questions?
01:18:50Where do your ideas come from?
01:18:54Oh, you would think that I would have a quick, straightforward answer to that by now, but I don't.
01:19:03You know, I'm tempted to give the standard answer that they come from everywhere.
01:19:10They come from different places.
01:19:14A feeling, a relative, a place, other works of art, a concern.
01:19:24What kind of concern would give way to an idea for a book?
01:19:31Concern of the spirit, I guess.
01:19:36Kind of unrest.
01:19:43I suppose if I'm being completely honest, I can't say that in their essence that they come from outside at all.
01:19:53They come from me.
01:19:59They are me.
01:20:03Each one of them, sort of, me.
01:20:09Reformed.
01:20:12And I was working at the library when I discovered your book of short stories.
01:20:18The title of which just fell out of my head, I'm sorry.
01:20:23The Valley of the Shadows.
01:20:24That's the one. Thank you.
01:20:27There was something about those women that gave me strength.
01:20:32How thoughtful, how engaged with the bigger picture or something.
01:20:38Going through life with such patience and curiosity, despite seemingly relentless hardship,
01:20:49it reminded me of the women in my life who I love a lot.
01:20:54My grandmother recently...
01:21:00I don't have a question, apparently.
01:21:03I guess I just wanted to thank you for honoring them.
01:21:07Thank you. That means a lot.
01:21:11Anyone else? We have time for one more.
01:21:28Hi.
01:21:30Hello, young lady.
01:21:33That's my aunt.
01:21:35My aunt Miranda.
01:21:38Anyway, I wanted to ask you what your greatest pleasure in life is.
01:21:45Like, joy.
01:21:50Cake.
01:22:06There they are.
01:22:08Welcome, ladies.
01:22:09Thank you.
01:22:10Hi.
01:22:11How are you doing?
01:22:12Good. How are you doing?
01:22:13Hey, Sid.
01:22:14Hi, Sid.
01:22:15Of course, you know, and her friend Katie.
01:22:17Katie.
01:22:18Well, help yourselves.
01:22:19We got food, drinks.
01:22:21We got good people, good weather.
01:22:24Hey, Brad.
01:22:25How are you?
01:22:26Good.
01:22:27How are you?
01:22:28Good.
01:22:29How are you?
01:22:30Good.
01:22:31How are you?
01:22:32Good.
01:22:33How are you?
01:22:34Good.
01:22:35I got good food, good weather.
01:22:36Hey, Brandon.
01:22:37What?
01:22:38Who you calling what?
01:22:39Come over here.
01:22:40This is Miranda's niece, Sid.
01:22:42That's her friend Katie.
01:22:44Hi, sweetheart.
01:22:45How's your summer going?
01:22:50He's 14, he's 14, he's 14.
01:22:53Hey, you guys, let me take your picture.
01:22:55Yeah, yeah, sure.
01:22:56Come on.
01:22:57So I'll squeeze in tight here.
01:22:59Cheese.
01:23:01Got it.
01:23:02thank you i got uh hamburgers i got chicken i got toast sausage i got all right chicken bots
01:23:15hey how's the grub burger overcooked though you got the hot dog well hot dog is excellent
01:23:21i can't really speak for the burger yeah i can they're overcooked fuck it fuck it
01:23:32you were right by the way the other day about what on part two and three
01:23:44read back through it what you said kind of quick well good
01:23:48as long as it's for the book and not for me well you know i do it all for you don't you
01:23:53hey i gotta go pick up my brother from work i'll watch priscilla for me yeah sure
01:24:02isa do you know miranda i think we may have met once or twice at a ufc thing
01:24:07but hi nice to meet you i'm isabel miranda nice to meet you i'm actually a fan love the new one
01:24:12oh thank you so much definitely thank you don't let him get into too much trouble to find trouble
01:24:23she's lovely yeah she lives around the corner it's her little girl
01:24:34she divorced yeah
01:24:39so is there any potential there
01:24:53we'll see
01:24:59hey no no no that's not for playing with hey
01:25:08maybe you should visit me sometime seriously yeah why not what would your dad think who cares
01:25:17columbia south carolina what's it like it's fine come and see hey are y'all girlfriends
01:25:34maybe so
01:25:38cool yeah they are
01:25:47so
01:26:17hello sit yeah who's this it's miranda oh hey you're calling me i am i just i wanted to uh to
01:26:37check in and see how you were i'm at the beach i'm with my toes in the sand
01:26:43well this one's nice okay girls let's go oh am i calling you at a at a bad time um
01:26:51no it's okay i uh i have soccer practice um it's about to start oh okay uh all right well you go
01:26:57in and play your heart out and i just i just called to say hello yeah thanks for calling
01:27:01yeah thanks for calling of course i miss you
01:27:09i love you
01:27:17i love you too okay well have have a great practice
01:27:20i'll talk to you later okay that sounds good all right bye bye bye let's go let's go
01:27:50my head
01:28:07my front porch
01:28:21there was a subtlety in the call
01:28:29you came suddenly and then you were gone

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