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Houston College was first founded in the
early 1800s by Elijah Houston,

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primarily to educate his six sons and
seven daughters.

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Why he felt the need to
educate them at a college

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this isolated and inbred
isn't readily available.

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As a novelist with one moderately
successful book under my belt,

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I arrived at this well-paying but lower
tier institution with wife and child in

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tow, the promise of health insurance
beckoning.

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A short-term gig, I thought,
fully expecting my second

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novel to offer me a reprieve
and save me from obscurity.

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That was a decade ago.

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I had been touted as an author to watch.

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Little did I realize that that christening
would turn into my eulogy.

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Okay, so what did everybody think?

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What did anybody think?

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Look at them.

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They're shell-shocked.

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They look like cartoon characters hearing
birdies tweet.

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What engaged you?

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Maybe it's a conspiracy.

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Three stories about sex with animals and
the term has just begun.

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Meg, why don't you jump in?

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I thought it was disgusting.

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Positives first, please.

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You can always find something nice to say.

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Unless you're a critic or my first editor.

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His spelling wasn't offensive.

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Up yours.

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He wanted something positive.

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That was the only positive thing I had to
say.

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I didn't mean to say the least of your
words.

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Then again, maybe I should be
grateful for any student work with

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a shred of vitality in life,
even if it is about bestiality.

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No, it's more than I seem to have at the
moment.

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Is something wrong, Professor Swenson?

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Why do you ask?

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You groaned.

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Twice.

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Did I?

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Can you blame him?

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That part where Danny did what he did to
that chicken was just really, really gross.

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I agree with Meg.

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I thought the scene in the kitchen came
out of nowhere.

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It seemed totally bogus.

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Okay, so then what would we do to make it
not seem totally bogus, as Carlos says?

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Always quote the students if possible.

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Makes them feel like they're being taken
seriously.

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I'd change the boy's
character so that we know he's

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the kind of person who'd
do something like that.

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He should be really pissed at the waitress
so when he goes home...

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And here we go.

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The quote unquote suggestions would make a
bad story worse.

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When I first started
teaching, I'd settle for nothing

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less than the whole class
falling in love with me.

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I couldn't get through the hour without
major psychic damage.

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Okay, alright, okay, so then does everyone
agree with these suggestions?

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I think they kinda suck.

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Alright, Angela, will you tell us why you
think they kinda suck?

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I guess I just kind
of liked the way that it

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ended, that it was so
weird, and unexpected.

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I mean, that's like the whole point,
isn't it?

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That anyone can do something like that.

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This guy is getting home from like a
really shitty date.

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He just goes home, opens the fridge,
sees the chicken there, and does nothing.

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Right?

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Guys are always surprising themselves
doing crazy shit like that, even if they

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think that they're not the kind of guy
that would do crazy shit like that.

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Most guys would not bone a chicken.

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Yeah.

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I know what most guys would do.

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Okay, well Angela does bring up a good
point.

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She has a point.

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Ryan doesn't do what he does because he's
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girlfriend bought chicken and he hates
chicken.

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It's the rejection that has caused him to
do crazy shit, as Angela says.

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Right?

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Now we've all been there, which is why we
can see that he is like us.

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Okay.

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To be continued next week.

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Very good.

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Who's on the hot seat next week?

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Who is it?

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Angela.

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Okay, great.

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So this will be your first time,
I think, right?

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Excellent.

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So we promise to go easy on you,
don't we?

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Maybe.

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No?

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Actually, I'm not finished yet.

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I was hoping I could come talk to you
during your office hours tomorrow.

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Yeah.

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Just remind me when I have office hours.

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Tomorrow morning.

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Really?

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I have morning office hours?

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I'm more devoted than I thought I was.

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That's great.

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Then I will see you tomorrow morning in my
office during my office hours.

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Thank you.

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Thank you, Professor.

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All right.

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Good luck.

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Class dismissed.

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Thank you.

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Get out.

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Thanks.

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I'll see you tomorrow.

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Looking forward.

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Hello?

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Nurse, I need some help.

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Quick.

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Shit.

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Sorry.

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Sorry.

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You scared me.

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I'm sorry.

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Oh, my God.

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Sorry.

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Sorry.

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Come here for one second.

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What are you doing?

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We're going to have a little quickie.

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You can't do that.

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Why not?

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Because I haven't worked in a while.

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We'll say it's therapeutic.

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It's good.

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No.

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There's a patient right next door who's
been vomiting nonstop since this morning.

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Oh, great.

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My erection is gone.

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Our jobs are safe.

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She's like the fifth kid I've seen today.

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Must be something going around.

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Well, let's go back home and get under the
covers where there are no germs.

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We can't.

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We've got that meeting.

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Remember?

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Oh, shit.

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Which we're already late for.

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You just tell Arlene that I'm leaving.

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Later, though.

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I'll throw a jack up.

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I promise.

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Okay.

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Good.

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I have here a copy of the Euston College
policy on sexual harassment.

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Every September, one
receives this in one's mailbox,

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along with changes to the
health plan and cafeteria hours.

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And every September, one immediately
tosses it all into the trash.

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I know I do, and it's my unfortunate duty
to write with her.

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Such an asshole.

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But I thought we might all spend a moment
or two going over it together.

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Oh, I had a dream about Ruby last night.

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Oh?

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Yeah, we were driving and I
told her that I'm her father and

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that I loved her and that I only
wanted what was best for her.

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What did she say?

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She told me that she
forgave me and that she

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was actually relieved
that I broke them up.

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Wow.

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A wonderful dream.

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I know.

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And then this huge semi-truck came
hurtling towards us.

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She screamed and I slammed on the brakes,
and then I woke up.

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Oh, God.

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Maybe not such a wonderful dream.

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No.

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Call her again.

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No.

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I think she just deletes my messages
without even listening to them.

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Surprise her.

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Drive down and take her out for dinner.

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I'm sure she could use a good meal.

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But someplace within walking distance.

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You don't want to take any chances.

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Love you.

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Me, you too.

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I'm still up.

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What are you wearing?

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Excuse me?

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It's Angela,

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but I think we were supposed to meet at
nine.

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Oh, shit.

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I mean, yes, of course.

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I'll be there in 15.

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Are you sure?

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Because if you're busy
writing or something... No, no.

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The writing can wait.

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I will see you in 15.

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Okay, bye.

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Bye.

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Hi.

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Hi.

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Hi.

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I'm so sorry I'm late.

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Oh, it's okay.

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Don't worry about it.

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I was kind of liking it, actually.

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You know, sitting here, hiding out.

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It's like when I was a
kid, I'd sit and read under

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the porch when I was
supposed to be at school.

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Oh.

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Good.

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You're a reader, huh?

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Yes.

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Good.

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Come on, then.

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I won't bite.

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You're reading Jane Eyre?

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You liking it?

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Yeah.

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Oh, yeah.

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Yeah, I love it.

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It's cool.

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I love that she's in this mad rage the
whole time, and then she finally gets to

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marry the blind guy who's just toasted his
wife in the attic.

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It's wild.

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Yeah.

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The trouble is, I'm reading it for
Professor Healy's class, Text Studies and

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Gender Warfare, and
it just kind of feels like

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everything that we read is
the same thing, you know?

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Yeah.

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Like the male patriarchy sticking it to
women, and I understand that you can say

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that, but I also think that, you know,
not everything is the same.

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True.

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Please, have a seat.

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Um, anyway, it is...

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It's like my favorite book.

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Good.

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Except for yours.

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Phoenix Time is, like, my favorite book in
the universe.

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Oh.

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Well, I'm very flattered.

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Thanks.

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Yeah.

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It saved my life, actually.

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How do you mean?

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Well, my therapist gave it to me after my
father killed himself.

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And I won't bore you with the details of
the whole story or anything, but,

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um, it just really showed me that people
can get through stuff like that.

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I read it, like, a million times.

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And also, it's just a really great book.

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It's up there with Bronte and Stendhal.

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Stendhal?

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The Red and the Black.

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It's another favorite of mine.

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Really?

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Mm-hmm.

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I'm actually working on a postmodern
retelling of that story.

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It's my new novel.

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Oh, my God.

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Yeah.

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That's amazing.

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Huh.

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Can I ask you something?

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Sure.

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Um, what happened in your novel?

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Did...did that really happen?

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Well, I thought we had,
um, discussed in class

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that we wouldn't ask
writers questions like that.

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This isn't class.

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Um...yes.

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That is how my father died.

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And my mother and I watched it on
television.

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He was protesting the Vietnam War.

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It was a...celebrity death for about 15
minutes.

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So...

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Uh...

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Yeah.

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00:10:40,410 --> 00:10:41,410
I'm writing a novel, too.

272
00:10:41,520 --> 00:10:42,310
Oh, great.

273
00:10:42,530 --> 00:10:42,870
Oh, God.

274
00:10:42,910 --> 00:10:44,706
Not that I'm comparing it to yours or
anything.

275
00:10:44,730 --> 00:10:44,950
Mm-hmm.

276
00:10:44,951 --> 00:10:46,170
I shouldn't even call it that.

277
00:10:46,210 --> 00:10:46,990
It's not a novel.

278
00:10:47,050 --> 00:10:48,050
It's just pages.

279
00:10:48,855 --> 00:10:51,135
It's...it's, um...it's like chapters in
search of a novel.

280
00:10:51,990 --> 00:10:52,510
That's good.

281
00:10:52,610 --> 00:10:53,030
Well put.

282
00:10:53,031 --> 00:10:54,970
And what's it called, your novel?

283
00:10:55,690 --> 00:10:56,690
Eggs.

284
00:10:57,610 --> 00:10:58,610
Eggs?

285
00:11:00,050 --> 00:11:00,450
Eggs.

286
00:11:00,970 --> 00:11:01,970
It's very evocative.

287
00:11:02,310 --> 00:11:03,310
Thanks.

288
00:11:04,010 --> 00:11:05,010
And what is Eggs about?

289
00:11:07,150 --> 00:11:08,230
Um, well...actually, I'd...

290
00:11:08,780 --> 00:11:10,660
I'd like to just show it to you,
if that's okay.

291
00:11:10,750 --> 00:11:13,470
I brought, um, the first chapter here.

292
00:11:14,360 --> 00:11:17,150
I thought, um, I could give you the first
chapter and you could read it and let me

293
00:11:17,151 --> 00:11:19,546
know what you think and we could go
chapter by chapter or not.

294
00:11:19,570 --> 00:11:21,590
And, um, it's about halfway done.

295
00:11:21,610 --> 00:11:22,610
I started last summer.

296
00:11:24,620 --> 00:11:28,025
Why don't I read the first
chapter and then maybe we can

297
00:11:28,026 --> 00:11:30,511
put it up and take a look at
it in next week's workshop.

298
00:11:31,170 --> 00:11:31,570
Whatever.

299
00:11:31,830 --> 00:11:32,130
All right.

300
00:11:32,150 --> 00:11:32,510
You decide.

301
00:11:32,770 --> 00:11:33,170
Okay.

302
00:11:33,420 --> 00:11:35,097
I just...I just can't
believe Theodore

303
00:11:35,098 --> 00:11:36,970
Svensson's gonna read
something that I've read.

304
00:11:37,490 --> 00:11:40,250
I should just take it back and start over
and throw it away, probably.

305
00:11:40,370 --> 00:11:42,830
It's, uh...I think my writing sucks.

306
00:11:43,150 --> 00:11:43,410
No.

307
00:11:43,750 --> 00:11:45,530
That's what every first-time writer
thinks.

308
00:11:46,830 --> 00:11:48,910
And actually quite a few second-time
writers.

309
00:11:49,530 --> 00:11:50,970
So just take a deep breath.

310
00:11:51,090 --> 00:11:51,650
Just breathe.

311
00:11:51,651 --> 00:11:52,651
It's all right.

312
00:11:52,690 --> 00:11:53,010
Right.

313
00:11:53,370 --> 00:11:53,690
Breathe.

314
00:11:53,870 --> 00:11:54,130
Okay.

315
00:11:54,710 --> 00:11:55,210
I will.

316
00:11:55,410 --> 00:11:58,210
And also, I know that there are,
like, four or five typos in there and I

317
00:11:58,211 --> 00:12:00,266
was gonna go back and fix them,
but I didn't have time.

318
00:12:00,290 --> 00:12:02,110
But I know that...
Don't worry about it.

319
00:12:02,450 --> 00:12:03,450
Just...

320
00:12:04,250 --> 00:12:04,890
Just breathe.

321
00:12:04,990 --> 00:12:05,450
Yeah, yes.

322
00:12:05,570 --> 00:12:06,010
There you go.

323
00:12:06,070 --> 00:12:09,590
And I'm really sorry if before when I
called you if I, um, interrupted

324
00:12:09,591 --> 00:12:11,550
something, if you
were writing or... Oh.

325
00:12:11,551 --> 00:12:11,810
Oh, no.

326
00:12:11,830 --> 00:12:12,410
Not at all.

327
00:12:12,450 --> 00:12:12,930
Not at all.

328
00:12:12,970 --> 00:12:13,570
Not at all.

329
00:12:13,680 --> 00:12:14,310
Sorry I was late.

330
00:12:14,590 --> 00:12:15,510
Oh, don't worry about it.

331
00:12:15,570 --> 00:12:16,150
Thank you so much.

332
00:12:16,190 --> 00:12:17,910
I really appreciate you meeting with me.

333
00:12:18,030 --> 00:12:18,230
Okay, bye.

334
00:12:18,350 --> 00:12:19,350
Okay.

335
00:12:27,650 --> 00:12:29,010
The Black and the Black.

336
00:12:29,230 --> 00:12:31,950
Inspired, of course, by Stendahl's The Red
and the Black.

337
00:12:44,390 --> 00:12:46,920
Only now, the character
of Julian Sorel was a young

338
00:12:46,921 --> 00:12:50,040
sculptor with a Black Panther
dad and a social climbing mom.

339
00:12:50,630 --> 00:12:54,560
A guy who uses everyone he meets in his
ferocious scramble up the art world ladder.

340
00:12:55,120 --> 00:12:55,600
Race.

341
00:12:55,840 --> 00:12:56,840
Art.

342
00:12:56,980 --> 00:12:57,980
Ambition.

343
00:13:08,920 --> 00:13:09,660
Hey, buddy.

344
00:13:09,860 --> 00:13:10,520
It's Len.

345
00:13:10,700 --> 00:13:11,060
Your editor.

346
00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:12,200
Remember me?

347
00:13:12,700 --> 00:13:14,020
So when am I gonna see something?

348
00:13:14,355 --> 00:13:15,820
You were supposed to send me a draft three
months ago.

349
00:13:15,821 --> 00:13:16,320
Call me.

350
00:13:16,520 --> 00:13:17,520
I'm getting a letter.

351
00:13:43,770 --> 00:13:46,830
Every night after dinner, I went out and
sat with the eggs.

352
00:13:47,920 --> 00:13:51,870
This was after my mother and I washed the
dishes and loaded the washer, after my

353
00:13:51,871 --> 00:13:53,710
father dozed off over his medical
journals.

354
00:13:55,260 --> 00:13:58,420
It was then that I slipped out the kitchen
door and crossed the chilly backyard,

355
00:13:58,790 --> 00:14:01,890
dark and loamy with the yeasty smell of
leaves The leaves just beginning to

356
00:14:01,891 --> 00:14:05,390
change, noisy with the rustle of them
turning colors in the dark.

357
00:14:06,570 --> 00:14:10,830
For a moment I looked back at the black
frame of our house, the whole place

358
00:14:10,831 --> 00:14:12,970
jumping and vibrating with the dishwasher
hum.

359
00:14:14,300 --> 00:14:19,770
Then I entered the tool shed, lit only by
the incubator bulbs, silent but for the

360
00:14:19,771 --> 00:14:21,550
whirring hearts inside the fertilized
eggs.

361
00:14:23,630 --> 00:14:25,650
This was my eleventh grade biology
project.

362
00:14:26,870 --> 00:14:27,870
Officially, that is.

363
00:14:28,910 --> 00:14:33,270
But underneath those charts, those
notebooks, the racks of fertilized eggs,

364
00:14:33,430 --> 00:14:36,030
my real project was black magic.

365
00:14:37,750 --> 00:14:43,090
Casting spells for things I shouldn't have
wanted, and longed for, and finally got.

366
00:14:44,230 --> 00:14:46,290
Like Mr. Raynaud, my science teacher.

367
00:14:53,200 --> 00:14:53,680
Angela.

368
00:14:53,681 --> 00:14:54,681
Angela.

369
00:14:54,860 --> 00:14:55,340
Hi.

370
00:14:55,460 --> 00:14:55,860
Hi.

371
00:14:55,880 --> 00:14:56,880
I read your chapter.

372
00:14:56,920 --> 00:14:57,440
Oh, shit.

373
00:14:57,760 --> 00:14:58,600
You hated it.

374
00:14:58,680 --> 00:15:00,880
I could tell by the way you were looking
at me in class.

375
00:15:01,520 --> 00:15:03,056
You thought it was funny, but I could feel
it.

376
00:15:03,080 --> 00:15:04,080
You thought it sucked.

377
00:15:04,560 --> 00:15:04,920
No.

378
00:15:05,020 --> 00:15:06,240
Actually, the opposite.

379
00:15:07,160 --> 00:15:08,460
I think it's quite accomplished.

380
00:15:10,120 --> 00:15:10,480
Really?

381
00:15:10,700 --> 00:15:10,840
Yeah.

382
00:15:11,080 --> 00:15:11,560
I do.

383
00:15:11,660 --> 00:15:12,660
Yeah.

384
00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:15,260
You're not just saying that because you're
afraid if you tell me what you really

385
00:15:15,261 --> 00:15:17,096
think I'm gonna go kill myself in my dorm
room?

386
00:15:17,120 --> 00:15:17,480
No.

387
00:15:17,640 --> 00:15:19,220
No, that's not why I'm saying it.

388
00:15:19,430 --> 00:15:20,480
I'm telling you the truth.

389
00:15:21,100 --> 00:15:22,920
I really, really, really enjoyed it.

390
00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:23,160
Ted!

391
00:15:23,700 --> 00:15:24,060
Hi!

392
00:15:24,100 --> 00:15:24,720
Hey, how are you?

393
00:15:24,880 --> 00:15:25,400
I'm good.

394
00:15:25,640 --> 00:15:25,880
Good.

395
00:15:26,460 --> 00:15:26,820
Good.

396
00:15:27,100 --> 00:15:27,680
We're on a break.

397
00:15:27,700 --> 00:15:29,356
I left some papers in the office,
as usual.

398
00:15:29,380 --> 00:15:30,160
You know Angela.

399
00:15:30,161 --> 00:15:31,161
I do know Angela.

400
00:15:31,720 --> 00:15:32,460
It's nice to see you again.

401
00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:33,600
You too, Professor.

402
00:15:33,690 --> 00:15:35,410
Um, we're just talking about Angela's
novel.

403
00:15:35,540 --> 00:15:36,260
Her novel?

404
00:15:36,360 --> 00:15:37,360
Yeah.

405
00:15:38,060 --> 00:15:38,420
Wow.

406
00:15:38,421 --> 00:15:39,060
That's impressive.

407
00:15:39,320 --> 00:15:39,680
Yeah.

408
00:15:40,260 --> 00:15:41,260
He's just being nice.

409
00:15:41,740 --> 00:15:42,360
No, no.

410
00:15:42,361 --> 00:15:42,600
Okay.

411
00:15:42,820 --> 00:15:43,580
Well, please call me.

412
00:15:43,581 --> 00:15:44,060
Let's have lunch.

413
00:15:44,120 --> 00:15:44,160
Okay.

414
00:15:44,161 --> 00:15:44,340
I will.

415
00:15:44,380 --> 00:15:44,580
I will.

416
00:15:44,660 --> 00:15:44,900
Okay.

417
00:15:45,480 --> 00:15:46,540
I found the typos.

418
00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:48,000
I made corrections.

419
00:15:49,140 --> 00:15:51,140
Just... keep writing.

420
00:15:51,690 --> 00:15:53,090
Do you want to discuss it in class?

421
00:15:53,200 --> 00:15:53,960
Oh, God, no.

422
00:15:54,120 --> 00:15:55,120
No.

423
00:15:55,360 --> 00:15:57,480
You have to be very careful to whom you
show this now.

424
00:15:57,780 --> 00:15:59,100
Don't listen to what anyone says.

425
00:15:59,320 --> 00:16:00,320
I mean it.

426
00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:01,440
Not even me.

427
00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:02,920
Especially me.

428
00:16:03,740 --> 00:16:04,180
Wow.

429
00:16:04,181 --> 00:16:06,480
Um... Oh, my God.

430
00:16:06,520 --> 00:16:08,640
That makes me so... happy.

431
00:16:10,710 --> 00:16:12,820
Just... thank you.

432
00:16:13,700 --> 00:16:14,320
You're welcome.

433
00:16:14,520 --> 00:16:15,520
Good job.

434
00:16:17,320 --> 00:16:19,460
Can I give you another couple of pages?

435
00:16:20,420 --> 00:16:21,420
I'm sorry?

436
00:16:21,445 --> 00:16:26,440
I understand if you, like, need a break or
something, but... and it's not like

437
00:16:26,441 --> 00:16:29,260
reading a real writer's work, and I know
that, but if...

438
00:16:29,995 --> 00:16:32,100
it's... if you... I understand if you
don't want to.

439
00:16:33,040 --> 00:16:33,420
No.

440
00:16:34,050 --> 00:16:35,050
It would be my pleasure.

441
00:16:36,990 --> 00:16:38,580
It just... it means the world.

442
00:16:39,920 --> 00:16:40,440
Okay, bye.

443
00:16:40,520 --> 00:16:41,520
Bye.

444
00:16:44,350 --> 00:16:46,270
A little known fact about eggs,
Mr. Raynaud said.

445
00:16:47,315 --> 00:16:50,260
During the equinox and solstice,
you can actually balance one on its end.

446
00:16:51,300 --> 00:16:54,120
I never tried to balance an egg during the
equinox or the solstice.

447
00:16:54,730 --> 00:16:55,890
I don't believe in astrology.

448
00:16:56,800 --> 00:16:58,480
But I knew that my life was like that egg.

449
00:16:59,460 --> 00:17:01,165
And the point it balanced
on were the few minutes

450
00:17:01,166 --> 00:17:03,601
I got to stay after class
and talk to Mr. Raynaud.

451
00:17:04,940 --> 00:17:05,300
Hi.

452
00:17:05,301 --> 00:17:05,660
Hi.

453
00:17:05,700 --> 00:17:06,700
I'm sorry I'm late.

454
00:17:06,760 --> 00:17:07,020
Oh, hi.

455
00:17:07,080 --> 00:17:07,740
No, no, no.

456
00:17:07,800 --> 00:17:08,220
No problem.

457
00:17:08,380 --> 00:17:09,380
Hi.

458
00:17:09,410 --> 00:17:10,560
I had to go to Montpelier.

459
00:17:10,620 --> 00:17:11,796
They were holding this book for me.

460
00:17:11,820 --> 00:17:12,820
Oh.

461
00:17:12,900 --> 00:17:13,900
Dog poem.

462
00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:15,000
Yes.

463
00:17:15,060 --> 00:17:16,460
Oh, this is one of my favorites.

464
00:17:16,580 --> 00:17:19,600
One of my freshmen wrote a poem about his
dog dying.

465
00:17:20,430 --> 00:17:23,070
So I thought if I could show them
something literary about animals,

466
00:17:23,270 --> 00:17:24,470
we'd have some place to start.

467
00:17:24,500 --> 00:17:25,780
See what a good teacher you are.

468
00:17:26,250 --> 00:17:28,100
I mean, what you do for your students.

469
00:17:28,101 --> 00:17:29,460
They write reviews of us.

470
00:17:29,480 --> 00:17:30,480
Look what we all do.

471
00:17:30,685 --> 00:17:31,925
Can I get a white wine, please?

472
00:17:32,070 --> 00:17:35,510
See, if it were my students,
they would be having

473
00:17:35,511 --> 00:17:38,340
sex with the dead dogs
or at least writing about it.

474
00:17:38,440 --> 00:17:39,160
That's disgusting.

475
00:17:39,180 --> 00:17:41,112
Yeah, but I can't say
anything because I would

476
00:17:41,113 --> 00:17:43,441
be repressing their
creative self-expression.

477
00:17:43,520 --> 00:17:43,860
So?

478
00:17:44,410 --> 00:17:45,460
So what do you say?

479
00:17:45,840 --> 00:17:47,800
I take the technical route.

480
00:17:48,240 --> 00:17:53,980
If you have a chicken in a suburban
refrigerator, what's the texture like?

481
00:17:54,840 --> 00:17:55,840
What's the temperature?

482
00:17:56,020 --> 00:17:57,020
What does it feel like?

483
00:17:57,240 --> 00:17:57,680
Specificity.

484
00:17:57,681 --> 00:17:57,960
Yeah.

485
00:17:58,420 --> 00:17:58,860
Specificity.

486
00:17:58,861 --> 00:17:59,220
Sure.

487
00:17:59,860 --> 00:18:01,000
You make it seem so lascivious.

488
00:18:01,020 --> 00:18:04,540
That is just a sexual harassment lawsuit
waiting to be filed.

489
00:18:04,560 --> 00:18:04,800
Yeah.

490
00:18:04,840 --> 00:18:05,660
Tell me about it.

491
00:18:05,700 --> 00:18:05,860
Yeah.

492
00:18:05,980 --> 00:18:06,280
Yeah.

493
00:18:06,420 --> 00:18:07,820
So how's Angela Argo doing?

494
00:18:08,620 --> 00:18:09,620
Do we know what we like?

495
00:18:09,940 --> 00:18:10,940
Yes.

496
00:18:11,400 --> 00:18:12,400
I'll have the usual.

497
00:18:12,690 --> 00:18:15,580
Char-grilled steak sandwich, mashed
potatoes and a salad on the side.

498
00:18:15,740 --> 00:18:15,900
Yes.

499
00:18:16,150 --> 00:18:17,590
And I will have the very same thing.

500
00:18:17,740 --> 00:18:18,280
You got it.

501
00:18:18,320 --> 00:18:18,860
Thank you.

502
00:18:18,960 --> 00:18:19,300
Thank you.

503
00:18:19,940 --> 00:18:20,860
Why do you ask?

504
00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:21,300
Cheers.

505
00:18:21,580 --> 00:18:22,580
Ask what?

506
00:18:23,110 --> 00:18:24,280
About Angela Argo.

507
00:18:26,710 --> 00:18:28,360
I'm just curious how her novel's going.

508
00:18:28,870 --> 00:18:31,680
Oh, well, I have to say it's surprisingly
good.

509
00:18:32,260 --> 00:18:33,740
The stuff she wrote for me was awful.

510
00:18:34,405 --> 00:18:39,381
And she wrote a collection
of poetry for me that I

511
00:18:39,382 --> 00:18:42,400
may be a bit prudish, but
I found it terribly obscene.

512
00:18:44,340 --> 00:18:44,800
Obscene?

513
00:18:44,801 --> 00:18:45,801
Yikes.

514
00:18:46,500 --> 00:18:47,500
Like how?

515
00:18:47,980 --> 00:18:52,400
Dramatic monologues and dialogues about a
phone sex worker.

516
00:18:52,840 --> 00:18:53,840
Angela 911.

517
00:18:56,260 --> 00:18:56,700
Really?

518
00:18:57,050 --> 00:19:00,640
So Houston is now admitting former phone
sex workers?

519
00:19:01,050 --> 00:19:02,050
I don't know.

520
00:19:02,240 --> 00:19:04,820
But do you think that she was actually?

521
00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:05,300
I don't know.

522
00:19:05,400 --> 00:19:05,960
I don't know.

523
00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:07,000
I don't want to know.

524
00:19:07,060 --> 00:19:07,620
All right.

525
00:19:07,700 --> 00:19:08,320
Thank you.

526
00:19:08,321 --> 00:19:08,580
Thank you.

527
00:19:08,581 --> 00:19:09,240
Thank you very much.

528
00:19:09,340 --> 00:19:10,340
Thank you.

529
00:19:10,730 --> 00:19:12,471
It's very confusing because
there was also multiple

530
00:19:12,472 --> 00:19:15,980
references to the phone sex
workers' sexually abusive father.

531
00:19:16,230 --> 00:19:18,830
And one time we had a conference and she
intimated they were true.

532
00:19:19,060 --> 00:19:20,916
I wonder if that's the reason he killed
himself.

533
00:19:20,940 --> 00:19:21,940
He killed himself?

534
00:19:22,540 --> 00:19:23,540
Yeah.

535
00:19:24,030 --> 00:19:25,030
She never mentioned that.

536
00:19:27,100 --> 00:19:30,580
At the end of spring semester, I get
a call from Betty Hester at the library.

537
00:19:30,880 --> 00:19:31,880
Mother Hubbard.

538
00:19:32,560 --> 00:19:33,140
That's mean.

539
00:19:33,360 --> 00:19:33,800
I'm sorry.

540
00:19:33,860 --> 00:19:34,860
I didn't say old.

541
00:19:35,080 --> 00:19:35,740
In any event.

542
00:19:35,900 --> 00:19:36,180
All right.

543
00:19:36,420 --> 00:19:39,988
She called to say that
Angela wanted to donate a

544
00:19:39,989 --> 00:19:43,180
volume of her poems to
the Houston Library as a gift.

545
00:19:43,300 --> 00:19:44,300
Mm-hmm.

546
00:19:44,350 --> 00:19:45,510
So Betty reads some of these.

547
00:19:46,610 --> 00:19:47,850
And she is totally freaked out.

548
00:19:48,210 --> 00:19:48,900
So what did you say?

549
00:19:49,105 --> 00:19:50,696
I told her just catalog the goddamn
things.

550
00:19:50,720 --> 00:19:52,680
Nobody's ever going to check it out except
Angela.

551
00:19:53,880 --> 00:19:54,880
Hmm.

552
00:20:31,260 --> 00:20:32,800
I'm the father of four daughters.

553
00:20:33,380 --> 00:20:34,100
Three of them are sleeping.

554
00:20:34,340 --> 00:20:35,840
One is awake and waiting for me.

555
00:20:36,240 --> 00:20:39,500
I keep thinking of her tiny breasts,
my fingers between her legs.

556
00:20:39,660 --> 00:20:39,860
Ted?

557
00:20:40,120 --> 00:20:41,120
Huh?

558
00:20:41,150 --> 00:20:42,350
Can I help you with something?

559
00:20:42,600 --> 00:20:43,180
Oh, no.

560
00:20:43,260 --> 00:20:43,620
I'm good.

561
00:20:43,700 --> 00:20:44,100
Thank you.

562
00:20:44,160 --> 00:20:45,160
Thanks.

563
00:20:57,050 --> 00:20:58,050
Hello.

564
00:20:58,190 --> 00:20:59,190
Oh.

565
00:20:59,625 --> 00:21:00,930
So good to see you, Ted.

566
00:21:01,210 --> 00:21:01,610
Likewise.

567
00:21:01,611 --> 00:21:02,130
Yeah.

568
00:21:02,190 --> 00:21:02,770
It's been ages.

569
00:21:03,190 --> 00:21:04,190
Yeah.

570
00:21:05,170 --> 00:21:06,850
Too busy writing to read?

571
00:21:07,430 --> 00:21:08,430
I wish.

572
00:21:08,950 --> 00:21:09,350
Oh.

573
00:21:09,580 --> 00:21:10,990
My Dog Tulip.

574
00:21:11,170 --> 00:21:11,370
Hmm.

575
00:21:11,670 --> 00:21:11,830
Oh.

576
00:21:11,970 --> 00:21:13,350
I don't think I know this one.

577
00:21:14,270 --> 00:21:15,690
Professor Moynihan recommended it.

578
00:21:15,710 --> 00:21:15,890
Oh.

579
00:21:15,910 --> 00:21:16,850
Well, it must be good then.

580
00:21:16,870 --> 00:21:17,410
I think so.

581
00:21:17,510 --> 00:21:17,710
Yeah.

582
00:21:17,930 --> 00:21:18,330
Okay.

583
00:21:18,490 --> 00:21:18,830
Thanks.

584
00:21:19,050 --> 00:21:19,330
Uh-uh.

585
00:21:19,390 --> 00:21:19,710
Hmm?

586
00:21:19,870 --> 00:21:20,590
What about that one?

587
00:21:20,591 --> 00:21:20,790
Oh.

588
00:21:20,791 --> 00:21:21,791
I forgot.

589
00:21:22,270 --> 00:21:23,430
Oh, dear.

590
00:21:24,730 --> 00:21:26,070
I believe I know this author.

591
00:21:26,730 --> 00:21:27,130
Really?

592
00:21:27,390 --> 00:21:27,570
Yeah.

593
00:21:27,710 --> 00:21:28,790
She's one of your students?

594
00:21:28,930 --> 00:21:29,150
Yeah.

595
00:21:29,190 --> 00:21:29,550
She is.

596
00:21:29,670 --> 00:21:30,030
Uh-huh.

597
00:21:30,490 --> 00:21:30,890
Oh.

598
00:21:30,970 --> 00:21:31,530
How fortunate.

599
00:21:31,531 --> 00:21:32,531
How fortunate for her.

600
00:21:33,690 --> 00:21:34,270
Okay.

601
00:21:34,570 --> 00:21:35,570
Okay.

602
00:21:36,180 --> 00:21:37,330
Send my love to Sherry.

603
00:21:37,370 --> 00:21:37,730
I will.

604
00:21:37,870 --> 00:21:38,870
And to Ruby.

605
00:21:39,010 --> 00:21:40,010
Mm-hmm.

606
00:21:43,640 --> 00:21:44,640
We're late.

607
00:21:44,860 --> 00:21:45,220
Oh.

608
00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:46,320
Who cares?

609
00:21:47,340 --> 00:21:53,560
Oh, I have missed these dinners,
these gatherings of lost souls pretending

610
00:21:53,561 --> 00:21:58,780
that they're not dying of boredom and
angst in some provincial outpost.

611
00:21:59,340 --> 00:22:01,220
Behave or I'll take you home before
dessert.

612
00:22:01,500 --> 00:22:01,880
Promise?

613
00:22:01,881 --> 00:22:02,881
Mm.

614
00:22:03,080 --> 00:22:03,580
Ugh.

615
00:22:03,740 --> 00:22:06,140
I hope she doesn't serve jam trifle again.

616
00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:09,600
Be nice.

617
00:22:10,120 --> 00:22:11,120
And no English accents.

618
00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:13,000
Yes, Mom.

619
00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:14,440
It slipped out.

620
00:22:15,110 --> 00:22:16,510
Can I interest you in some Marmite?

621
00:22:16,620 --> 00:22:17,120
Marmite?

622
00:22:17,140 --> 00:22:18,140
I love Marmite.

623
00:22:18,390 --> 00:22:21,140
I haven't had Marmite since my Vonderjaar
at Oxford.

624
00:22:21,280 --> 00:22:21,600
Oh.

625
00:22:22,140 --> 00:22:22,640
Vonderjaar.

626
00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:24,360
I'm so glad you like it.

627
00:22:24,380 --> 00:22:25,800
Most Americans don't.

628
00:22:25,940 --> 00:22:26,440
Oh.

629
00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:27,260
Hello.

630
00:22:27,640 --> 00:22:28,140
Sherry.

631
00:22:28,400 --> 00:22:29,400
How are you?

632
00:22:29,620 --> 00:22:30,120
Hello.

633
00:22:30,121 --> 00:22:30,700
Hello.

634
00:22:30,701 --> 00:22:31,701
How are you?

635
00:22:31,780 --> 00:22:32,320
How are you?

636
00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:33,600
Hello.

637
00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:34,120
Hi.

638
00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:35,840
Lovely to see you.

639
00:22:35,860 --> 00:22:36,980
Lovely to see you, too, sir.

640
00:22:37,570 --> 00:22:38,280
How are you?

641
00:22:38,360 --> 00:22:39,040
Good to see you.

642
00:22:39,220 --> 00:22:39,620
Everyone?

643
00:22:39,780 --> 00:22:40,480
Good to see you, too.

644
00:22:40,760 --> 00:22:42,880
Can I interest you in some Marmite hors d
'oeuvre?

645
00:22:43,280 --> 00:22:45,320
I never say no to Marmite.

646
00:22:45,560 --> 00:22:48,600
Unless, of course, you're serving it with
steak and kidney pie.

647
00:22:51,740 --> 00:22:52,980
There he is.

648
00:22:53,140 --> 00:22:54,140
Hello, Ted.

649
00:22:54,740 --> 00:22:55,140
Sir.

650
00:22:55,141 --> 00:22:56,141
Splendid of you to come.

651
00:22:56,240 --> 00:22:57,736
So I'm going to wash that down,
my little man.

652
00:22:57,760 --> 00:22:58,020
Yes.

653
00:22:58,760 --> 00:22:59,480
Vodka, please.

654
00:22:59,500 --> 00:22:59,960
On the rocks.

655
00:23:00,120 --> 00:23:01,120
A double.

656
00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:02,240
Pellegrino.

657
00:23:02,241 --> 00:23:02,980
No ice, please.

658
00:23:03,180 --> 00:23:03,480
Thank you.

659
00:23:03,481 --> 00:23:06,120
We were just talking about the rigors of
the creative pursuit.

660
00:23:06,340 --> 00:23:06,640
That's right.

661
00:23:06,720 --> 00:23:09,520
Now we can hear what our author in
residence has to say on the subject.

662
00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:11,240
How is your work going these days?

663
00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:15,300
Well, sometimes fast, sometimes slow.

664
00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:16,480
You know.

665
00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:18,860
The creative process is very challenging.

666
00:23:19,210 --> 00:23:20,640
But rewarding when it's good.

667
00:23:23,950 --> 00:23:24,760
What are you working on?

668
00:23:24,820 --> 00:23:26,820
Or is talking about when writing verboten?

669
00:23:27,345 --> 00:23:29,385
Only to those who have yet to read my
previous work.

670
00:23:29,790 --> 00:23:30,790
It's on my nightstand.

671
00:23:31,360 --> 00:23:31,860
Scout's honor.

672
00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:33,000
Third from the top.

673
00:23:33,620 --> 00:23:35,160
You're working on another novel?

674
00:23:36,780 --> 00:23:37,780
Yes.

675
00:23:37,980 --> 00:23:40,960
But actually, I'd rather extol the virtues
of Marmite.

676
00:23:43,515 --> 00:23:44,860
Don't let the sarcasm fool you.

677
00:23:44,900 --> 00:23:46,120
He's very excited about it.

678
00:23:46,600 --> 00:23:47,600
What's it about?

679
00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:48,720
Oh, have you told us?

680
00:23:48,780 --> 00:23:49,920
Sorry if I've forgotten.

681
00:23:50,930 --> 00:23:52,770
No, actually, no, I don't think I did tell
you.

682
00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:54,736
I don't think I really told anyone.

683
00:23:54,760 --> 00:23:56,140
Not even my nearest and dearest.

684
00:23:56,141 --> 00:23:57,740
Writers are a secretive bunch.

685
00:23:58,160 --> 00:24:00,000
As if Roger's dying to steal their ideas.

686
00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:00,580
Oh, we are.

687
00:24:01,020 --> 00:24:02,020
What's the title?

688
00:24:02,110 --> 00:24:02,960
Throw us a breadcrumb.

689
00:24:03,020 --> 00:24:03,240
Come on.

690
00:24:03,880 --> 00:24:04,400
Tease us.

691
00:24:04,480 --> 00:24:05,560
We would love to be teased.

692
00:24:10,900 --> 00:24:11,900
Eggs.

693
00:24:13,280 --> 00:24:14,280
It's called Eggs.

694
00:24:18,390 --> 00:24:19,920
What an interesting title.

695
00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:20,580
Yeah.

696
00:24:21,220 --> 00:24:22,860
I thought it was The Black and the Black.

697
00:24:23,945 --> 00:24:25,900
The wife's always the last to know,
isn't she?

698
00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:28,020
Well, I think they're both great titles.

699
00:24:28,380 --> 00:24:28,920
Thank you.

700
00:24:29,195 --> 00:24:30,761
Well, whatever it's
called, I've got no doubt

701
00:24:30,762 --> 00:24:32,700
it's going to be another
smashing success.

702
00:24:33,060 --> 00:24:33,500
Absolutely.

703
00:24:33,880 --> 00:24:34,880
Good for us.

704
00:24:35,220 --> 00:24:35,660
Yeah.

705
00:24:35,820 --> 00:24:36,260
Cheers.

706
00:24:36,760 --> 00:24:37,760
Cheers.

707
00:24:38,360 --> 00:24:41,600
So how do Houston's best and brightest
strike you this year?

708
00:24:41,970 --> 00:24:45,260
Well, I don't suppose it'll come as a
shock to say that each year's entering

709
00:24:45,261 --> 00:24:48,820
class seems to have read less than last
year's worst students.

710
00:24:49,160 --> 00:24:52,340
The high schools are definitely slacking
off on the Dryden and Pope.

711
00:24:54,100 --> 00:24:57,360
You know, I sort of had an interesting
thing happen the other day.

712
00:24:57,361 --> 00:24:59,860
It was in my intro to American Lit.

713
00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:01,040
We're doing Poe.

714
00:25:01,510 --> 00:25:03,977
So I thought I'd give
them a little bio, a little

715
00:25:03,978 --> 00:25:06,960
gossip really, to make
things more immediate.

716
00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:08,080
Give it personal touch.

717
00:25:08,360 --> 00:25:09,960
Well, that's what we've been reduced to.

718
00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:11,440
Fodder for the talk shows.

719
00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:14,203
Poe and his 13-year-old
child bride cousin

720
00:25:14,204 --> 00:25:18,061
discussing their marital
arrangements with Ellen.

721
00:25:18,460 --> 00:25:21,020
I'm sure everyone would tune in.

722
00:25:21,140 --> 00:25:21,580
They would.

723
00:25:21,850 --> 00:25:22,850
They would, though.

724
00:25:23,180 --> 00:25:23,620
Yeah.

725
00:25:23,660 --> 00:25:28,100
So anyway, as I'm talking about Poe's
marriage, the entire class gets quiet.

726
00:25:29,710 --> 00:25:33,000
And when I asked them what the matter was,
none of them would answer.

727
00:25:33,680 --> 00:25:36,427
Until one young woman
says, Are you telling us that

728
00:25:36,428 --> 00:25:38,581
we've been studying the
work of a child molester?

729
00:25:38,910 --> 00:25:40,300
Oh, you've got to be kidding.

730
00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:41,760
Poor Edgar Allan.

731
00:25:42,540 --> 00:25:45,441
It's fascinating that the
rest of you found this

732
00:25:45,442 --> 00:25:48,361
heightened consciousness
about those issues.

733
00:25:49,010 --> 00:25:52,540
I never talk to a female student alone in
my office without the door wide open.

734
00:25:53,740 --> 00:25:56,900
And I keep a tape recorder in my desk,
just in case things get dicey.

735
00:25:57,190 --> 00:26:00,280
Last week, we were doing Great
Expectations, and one of my students,

736
00:26:00,460 --> 00:26:03,646
a big beefy jock, asked
me if Dickens meant there

737
00:26:03,647 --> 00:26:06,900
to be a homosexual thing
between Pip and Magwitch.

738
00:26:07,460 --> 00:26:08,900
He was definitely trying to bait me.

739
00:26:09,270 --> 00:26:12,070
Maybe he was just looking for a
classically sanctioned way to come out.

740
00:26:12,280 --> 00:26:16,120
I told him I didn't think Dickens meant us
to read a gay subtext into the book,

741
00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:19,040
and we should consider what the writer had
intended.

742
00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:22,777
The next day, a female
student told me that the

743
00:26:22,778 --> 00:26:25,360
discussion had made
her feel very unsettled.

744
00:26:25,380 --> 00:26:26,380
Safe.

745
00:26:27,030 --> 00:26:30,600
The way she said that word, unsafe,
gave me the chills.

746
00:26:30,880 --> 00:26:34,180
It's a perfectly ordinary word with a
perfectly valid meaning.

747
00:26:34,940 --> 00:26:37,020
So, Lauren, do these things come up with
you?

748
00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:38,020
Yeah, of course they come up.

749
00:26:38,060 --> 00:26:39,060
I bring them up.

750
00:26:39,490 --> 00:26:41,740
I want the students to feel safe.

751
00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:43,520
This word that Dave finds so chilling.

752
00:26:43,810 --> 00:26:45,803
I want the students to
be able to come to me if

753
00:26:45,804 --> 00:26:48,661
they are experiencing
harassment or anything.

754
00:26:48,700 --> 00:26:50,540
Really, I really take them very seriously.

755
00:26:51,220 --> 00:26:52,220
I have an idea.

756
00:26:52,420 --> 00:26:52,920
What's that?

757
00:26:53,300 --> 00:26:57,060
I think that we have been given,
giving in without a fight, that we have

758
00:26:57,061 --> 00:27:02,040
been knuckling under to the most neurotic
forces of repression and censorship.

759
00:27:02,750 --> 00:27:05,400
I think we need to help these people get
over their problems.

760
00:27:06,255 --> 00:27:09,600
We should desensitize them the way the
Scientologists do.

761
00:27:10,280 --> 00:27:13,800
Lock them in a room and shout dirty words
at them until they grow up.

762
00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:15,040
Shit, shit, shit.

763
00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:16,240
Fuck, fuck, fuck.

764
00:27:16,360 --> 00:27:16,800
Cogsucker.

765
00:27:17,200 --> 00:27:17,640
Motherfucker.

766
00:27:17,880 --> 00:27:18,320
Asshole.

767
00:27:18,640 --> 00:27:19,940
Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck.

768
00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:21,936
Throw in a couple of cunts while you're at
it.

769
00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:25,260
I mean, just good old time tested
Anglo-Saxonism.

770
00:27:25,630 --> 00:27:27,320
And we will be doing these people a favor.

771
00:27:28,280 --> 00:27:30,700
Emotionally, spiritually, educationally.

772
00:27:31,230 --> 00:27:33,008
We'll be helping them
grow up a lot faster than if we

773
00:27:33,009 --> 00:27:35,820
just coddle them and indulge
every whim and neurosis.

774
00:27:35,980 --> 00:27:36,980
It's just...

775
00:27:45,230 --> 00:27:46,230
Ted's got Tourette's.

776
00:27:47,580 --> 00:27:48,580
Late onset.

777
00:27:49,240 --> 00:27:50,240
Adult Tourette's.

778
00:27:50,340 --> 00:27:51,340
A very rare condition.

779
00:27:52,080 --> 00:27:53,080
Oh, good.

780
00:27:53,180 --> 00:27:54,180
Dessert.

781
00:27:54,240 --> 00:27:56,900
I hope everyone has room for a little jam
trifle.

782
00:27:58,560 --> 00:27:59,560
Yum.

783
00:28:04,980 --> 00:28:06,660
Late onset Tourette's.

784
00:28:07,120 --> 00:28:09,440
That's what... I have
to say something.

785
00:28:10,300 --> 00:28:11,460
My God, Ted.

786
00:28:11,560 --> 00:28:12,880
What the hell got into you?

787
00:28:13,500 --> 00:28:14,980
Throw in a couple of cunts.

788
00:28:15,380 --> 00:28:19,780
I kept expecting your head to swivel
around and for you to projectile vomit.

789
00:28:20,100 --> 00:28:20,500
I don't know.

790
00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:24,440
I think it was the whole Poe on Ellen
thing that just pushed me over the edge.

791
00:28:24,520 --> 00:28:25,900
It's just... Oh, you're driving.

792
00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:26,920
Yes, I'm driving.

793
00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:29,720
God, what a bunch of spineless idiots.

794
00:28:30,955 --> 00:28:32,920
Imagine my father seeing me wind up here.

795
00:28:32,921 --> 00:28:33,200
Oh.

796
00:28:33,700 --> 00:28:35,180
He would have staged a hunger strike.

797
00:28:35,390 --> 00:28:36,790
He would have shut this place down.

798
00:28:39,120 --> 00:28:41,080
Magda's got a huge crush on you,
you know?

799
00:28:41,840 --> 00:28:43,620
Nobody gets a crush on me anymore.

800
00:28:44,140 --> 00:28:45,140
I'm too old.

801
00:28:47,780 --> 00:28:50,860
He says, Is this 859-6732?

802
00:28:51,760 --> 00:28:53,260
Is this Angela 911?

803
00:28:53,840 --> 00:28:56,660
I say, What would you like to do tonight?

804
00:28:58,620 --> 00:29:01,440
He says, I'm coming up to you from behind.

805
00:29:01,441 --> 00:29:03,220
My hand is over your mouth.

806
00:29:03,910 --> 00:29:06,940
I'm bending you over a trash can,
making you open your legs.

807
00:29:07,440 --> 00:29:08,840
You push your ass against me.

808
00:29:08,900 --> 00:29:09,080
Ted?

809
00:29:09,320 --> 00:29:09,640
Yeah?

810
00:29:09,820 --> 00:29:10,400
I'm going to bed.

811
00:29:10,680 --> 00:29:10,960
Okay.

812
00:29:11,080 --> 00:29:11,420
All right.

813
00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:12,600
I'll be up in a bit.

814
00:29:18,120 --> 00:29:20,740
Just then, Eddie really started to hate
mirrors.

815
00:29:21,300 --> 00:29:24,240
Eddie was glad there were no mirrors on
the bottom of the toilet bowls.

816
00:29:24,640 --> 00:29:28,120
He would have had to see his fat,
pale, jellyfish face.

817
00:29:28,340 --> 00:29:29,600
He says, Is this Angela 911?

818
00:29:30,660 --> 00:29:32,300
I say, What would you like to do tonight?

819
00:29:33,560 --> 00:29:34,920
He says, Listen to what I'm doing.

820
00:29:35,620 --> 00:29:38,920
I'm pulling up your skirt, slapping your
thighs just lightly.

821
00:29:39,540 --> 00:29:41,760
You feel my hardness straining to find
release.

822
00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:43,360
You unbutton my... Coach.

823
00:29:43,840 --> 00:29:44,840
Yeah?

824
00:29:45,240 --> 00:29:46,240
That's it.

825
00:29:46,520 --> 00:29:47,520
That's great.

826
00:29:47,980 --> 00:29:48,980
Really.

827
00:29:49,300 --> 00:29:50,300
Very brave work, Carlos.

828
00:29:50,420 --> 00:29:50,880
Thank you.

829
00:29:51,080 --> 00:29:52,080
Good.

830
00:29:52,420 --> 00:29:53,420
What did everyone think?

831
00:30:10,330 --> 00:30:11,090
Oh, yeah.

832
00:30:11,130 --> 00:30:11,390
Sure.

833
00:30:11,610 --> 00:30:13,050
Somebody understanding.

834
00:30:13,840 --> 00:30:16,566
That part where the guy goes on and on
about the dog, that was amazing.

835
00:30:16,590 --> 00:30:16,970
Doofy.

836
00:30:17,450 --> 00:30:18,450
Yes, right.

837
00:30:18,590 --> 00:30:19,590
Doofy.

838
00:30:20,030 --> 00:30:21,150
You walking across the quad?

839
00:30:21,810 --> 00:30:23,446
I got like half an hour before Western
Day.

840
00:30:23,470 --> 00:30:25,050
We could grab a coffee.

841
00:30:25,840 --> 00:30:26,670
Hey, I can't.

842
00:30:26,671 --> 00:30:27,671
I've, um...

843
00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:29,466
I gotta see what he thought about my
chapter.

844
00:30:29,490 --> 00:30:30,610
I'm really nervous about it.

845
00:30:30,745 --> 00:30:32,090
I think he probably hated it.

846
00:30:32,350 --> 00:30:33,350
Okay.

847
00:30:33,820 --> 00:30:34,820
Well, good luck.

848
00:30:34,890 --> 00:30:35,190
Thanks.

849
00:30:35,450 --> 00:30:35,870
I'll see you around.

850
00:30:36,130 --> 00:30:37,130
Okay.

851
00:30:41,410 --> 00:30:42,690
Looks like you made his day.

852
00:30:43,870 --> 00:30:44,250
Wow.

853
00:30:44,251 --> 00:30:45,890
I was just telling the truth.

854
00:30:45,990 --> 00:30:46,770
His story wasn't bad.

855
00:30:46,910 --> 00:30:47,250
Yeah.

856
00:30:47,830 --> 00:30:52,730
And thank you for not letting another
class devolve into civil war.

857
00:30:53,445 --> 00:30:54,506
Well, don't thank me too fast.

858
00:30:54,530 --> 00:30:55,690
Nothing's for free, you know?

859
00:30:56,090 --> 00:30:57,090
Oh.

860
00:30:57,770 --> 00:30:58,770
What's it gonna cost me?

861
00:30:59,810 --> 00:31:00,210
Time.

862
00:31:00,650 --> 00:31:01,650
Hard time.

863
00:31:02,370 --> 00:31:04,930
This one really sucks.

864
00:31:05,210 --> 00:31:05,590
Great.

865
00:31:05,790 --> 00:31:06,790
I can't wait to read it.

866
00:31:08,410 --> 00:31:11,290
It's from the mother's perspective,
and it's about when the parents first meet.

867
00:31:11,430 --> 00:31:13,325
And I know I've been
giving you so much stuff,

868
00:31:13,326 --> 00:31:14,270
so if it's too much
for you, it's too much.

869
00:31:14,271 --> 00:31:15,271
Just let me know.

870
00:31:15,570 --> 00:31:16,210
No, no.

871
00:31:16,290 --> 00:31:16,830
It's my pleasure.

872
00:31:17,150 --> 00:31:17,470
Really.

873
00:31:17,650 --> 00:31:18,650
I, um...

874
00:31:20,195 --> 00:31:23,970
Uh, just don't be upset with me if it
takes me, you know, a few days to read it.

875
00:31:24,130 --> 00:31:24,610
Yeah, yeah.

876
00:31:24,690 --> 00:31:25,230
No rush.

877
00:31:25,630 --> 00:31:25,950
Okay.

878
00:31:26,330 --> 00:31:27,690
I'll just be waiting by the phone.

879
00:31:29,170 --> 00:31:29,810
All right.

880
00:31:29,990 --> 00:31:30,450
All right.

881
00:31:30,610 --> 00:31:30,930
Thanks.

882
00:31:30,990 --> 00:31:31,170
I'll see you.

883
00:31:31,250 --> 00:31:31,570
Okay.

884
00:31:31,571 --> 00:31:31,890
All right.

885
00:31:31,910 --> 00:31:32,910
See you.

886
00:31:37,370 --> 00:31:38,930
It was a morning like any other.

887
00:31:39,330 --> 00:31:40,350
The alarm went off.

888
00:31:40,890 --> 00:31:44,230
But when I tried to stand, the room spun
until it threw me onto the floor.

889
00:31:51,030 --> 00:31:52,030
I was terrified.

890
00:31:52,515 --> 00:31:54,115
I called a cab and went to the hospital.

891
00:31:56,210 --> 00:31:59,750
The doctor looked in my eyes, my throat,
and said I had an ear infection.

892
00:32:00,210 --> 00:32:01,270
Nothing to worry about.

893
00:32:01,590 --> 00:32:05,010
But as soon as I stood up to leave, I
collapsed again on the examining room floor.

894
00:32:05,710 --> 00:32:06,710
Nurses ran in.

895
00:32:07,470 --> 00:32:10,090
I woke up as the young doctor was taking
my pulse.

896
00:32:11,390 --> 00:32:12,390
You all right?

897
00:32:17,200 --> 00:32:18,240
Reader, we're married now.

898
00:32:18,590 --> 00:32:19,590
I'm sorry.

899
00:32:24,650 --> 00:32:26,210
How the hell could she have known that?

900
00:32:27,470 --> 00:32:28,860
Hey, I read your chapter.

901
00:32:29,240 --> 00:32:29,680
Already?

902
00:32:30,200 --> 00:32:30,660
Wow.

903
00:32:30,860 --> 00:32:31,080
Yeah.

904
00:32:31,320 --> 00:32:32,320
I'm flattered.

905
00:32:32,645 --> 00:32:34,165
I'm just not so sure that you need it.

906
00:32:34,350 --> 00:32:36,560
You know, the parents meeting,
how they meet.

907
00:32:37,320 --> 00:32:40,620
It just seems a little bit extraneous to
me.

908
00:32:41,520 --> 00:32:43,700
The reader needs to hear it for what's
coming later.

909
00:32:44,120 --> 00:32:46,260
But how did you come up with the whole
thing anyway?

910
00:32:46,680 --> 00:32:48,160
I'm curious.

911
00:32:48,240 --> 00:32:52,380
I mean, the earache and the falling down.

912
00:32:52,381 --> 00:32:54,020
And the meeting in the hospital.

913
00:32:54,280 --> 00:32:56,040
It happened to someone I knew in high
school.

914
00:32:56,220 --> 00:32:56,620
Why?

915
00:32:57,000 --> 00:32:58,100
You sound upset.

916
00:32:58,280 --> 00:32:58,840
Is something wrong?

917
00:32:59,120 --> 00:32:59,860
Oh, no.

918
00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:00,260
Oh, no.

919
00:33:00,560 --> 00:33:01,560
No.

920
00:33:01,730 --> 00:33:02,756
But we'll talk about it tomorrow.

921
00:33:02,780 --> 00:33:03,180
Okay.

922
00:33:03,680 --> 00:33:04,080
Okay.

923
00:33:04,320 --> 00:33:05,320
Bye-bye.

924
00:33:05,380 --> 00:33:06,380
Who was that?

925
00:33:07,820 --> 00:33:08,820
Magda.

926
00:33:09,100 --> 00:33:10,380
You're leading her on, you know.

927
00:33:11,030 --> 00:33:12,430
She won't appreciate it in the end.

928
00:33:13,780 --> 00:33:14,996
Will you help me with the groceries?

929
00:33:15,020 --> 00:33:16,020
Of course.

930
00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:18,000
I would love to.

931
00:33:18,820 --> 00:33:19,820
Yes.

932
00:33:31,640 --> 00:33:34,200
Danny is, uh... He's
doing just wonderfully.

933
00:33:34,560 --> 00:33:37,940
His narrative skills are growing better by
the day.

934
00:33:38,180 --> 00:33:40,600
And I must say, he has a very vivid
imagination.

935
00:33:41,360 --> 00:33:43,000
Well, he's always loved creative writing.

936
00:33:43,260 --> 00:33:44,440
Especially about animals.

937
00:33:44,660 --> 00:33:44,920
Yeah.

938
00:33:45,100 --> 00:33:45,580
Yeah.

939
00:33:45,940 --> 00:33:46,560
Excuse me.

940
00:33:46,620 --> 00:33:48,220
Is this Professor Swenson?

941
00:33:48,420 --> 00:33:48,880
Yes.

942
00:33:49,250 --> 00:33:51,060
Our Angela is in your class?

943
00:33:51,320 --> 00:33:51,860
Oh, yes.

944
00:33:51,920 --> 00:33:52,360
Of course.

945
00:33:52,520 --> 00:33:52,760
Yes.

946
00:33:53,060 --> 00:33:54,020
Well, I'll let you go.

947
00:33:54,080 --> 00:33:56,360
I just wanted to see in general how he was
doing.

948
00:33:56,400 --> 00:33:57,740
Thank you for your inspiration.

949
00:33:57,980 --> 00:33:58,240
Okay.

950
00:33:58,300 --> 00:33:58,880
Thank you.

951
00:33:59,080 --> 00:33:59,560
Hi.

952
00:33:59,640 --> 00:34:00,100
Hi.

953
00:34:00,101 --> 00:34:00,240
Hi.

954
00:34:00,500 --> 00:34:00,860
Amy.

955
00:34:01,140 --> 00:34:01,460
Amy.

956
00:34:01,461 --> 00:34:02,380
I'm sorry we're late.

957
00:34:02,460 --> 00:34:04,059
We left Jersey at 5.30
this morning, so we

958
00:34:04,060 --> 00:34:06,080
didn't have to pay for
another night's motel.

959
00:34:06,300 --> 00:34:06,760
Oh, sure.

960
00:34:06,860 --> 00:34:07,180
Okay.

961
00:34:07,320 --> 00:34:09,520
That's a little more information than a
professor needs.

962
00:34:09,600 --> 00:34:09,860
Hi.

963
00:34:10,020 --> 00:34:10,380
Mark.

964
00:34:10,520 --> 00:34:11,020
Hi, Mark.

965
00:34:11,120 --> 00:34:11,460
How are you?

966
00:34:11,540 --> 00:34:11,820
Good.

967
00:34:11,940 --> 00:34:12,040
Good.

968
00:34:12,100 --> 00:34:12,720
Please have a seat.

969
00:34:12,760 --> 00:34:13,240
Oh, thank you.

970
00:34:13,340 --> 00:34:14,340
Thank you.

971
00:34:15,480 --> 00:34:16,480
So...

972
00:34:16,920 --> 00:34:17,920
How's Angela doing?

973
00:34:18,020 --> 00:34:20,300
I mean, she told us that we must come see
you.

974
00:34:20,360 --> 00:34:23,131
That you're the only teacher that would
have anything nice to say about her.

975
00:34:23,155 --> 00:34:25,980
Well, I'm sure you'll find that that is
not true.

976
00:34:26,380 --> 00:34:26,740
No.

977
00:34:26,820 --> 00:34:28,420
She talks about your class all the time.

978
00:34:28,550 --> 00:34:29,660
You're like her hero.

979
00:34:29,680 --> 00:34:29,940
Mm-hmm.

980
00:34:30,100 --> 00:34:31,836
She thinks you're the greatest writer that
ever lived.

981
00:34:31,860 --> 00:34:33,760
Well, that's very flattering.

982
00:34:33,880 --> 00:34:35,120
It's always good to have a fan.

983
00:34:36,140 --> 00:34:37,800
Especially such a talented one.

984
00:34:38,020 --> 00:34:38,600
Oh, thank you.

985
00:34:38,601 --> 00:34:40,420
Well, she's always wanted to be a writer.

986
00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:43,600
You know, I remember when she started,
I bought her this computer.

987
00:34:44,045 --> 00:34:46,380
And she used to print up this little
family newspaper.

988
00:34:46,880 --> 00:34:50,120
Stuff like how long she'd have to wait in
the morning to get in the bathroom.

989
00:34:50,480 --> 00:34:50,640
You know.

990
00:34:51,400 --> 00:34:52,400
Hmm.

991
00:34:54,280 --> 00:34:55,800
Is something the matter?

992
00:34:56,720 --> 00:34:57,240
Oh, no.

993
00:34:57,320 --> 00:34:57,500
No.

994
00:34:57,640 --> 00:34:58,300
I... I...

995
00:34:58,860 --> 00:35:00,060
She told... It's just...

996
00:35:00,460 --> 00:35:03,960
I had no idea that her literary
aspirations went back to early childhood.

997
00:35:04,360 --> 00:35:04,940
Oh, yeah.

998
00:35:05,060 --> 00:35:07,360
She's always had a way with words,
Ellen, you know.

999
00:35:09,180 --> 00:35:10,500
That was your stepfather, right?

1000
00:35:10,900 --> 00:35:11,480
Of course.

1001
00:35:11,540 --> 00:35:12,540
Why?

1002
00:35:12,740 --> 00:35:13,240
Oh, no.

1003
00:35:13,280 --> 00:35:14,280
I was just, um...

1004
00:35:15,050 --> 00:35:18,340
I was curious, because the way he was
talking, he...

1005
00:35:18,341 --> 00:35:21,620
And he spoke as though he had known you
your whole life.

1006
00:35:21,960 --> 00:35:25,120
Since you were, like, a baby.

1007
00:35:25,880 --> 00:35:27,320
Oh, well, he did.

1008
00:35:27,321 --> 00:35:30,060
Um, he lived next door to us my whole
life.

1009
00:35:30,300 --> 00:35:31,140
Him and his wife.

1010
00:35:31,320 --> 00:35:38,500
And then, after my dad killed himself,
um, about a year after, him and his wife

1011
00:35:38,501 --> 00:35:41,101
split up and he married my mom,
it was a big neighborhood scandal.

1012
00:35:41,680 --> 00:35:42,680
Ah.

1013
00:35:46,380 --> 00:35:47,040
You know, I...

1014
00:35:47,190 --> 00:35:48,550
I did lie about something, though.

1015
00:35:49,880 --> 00:35:52,620
Um, my dad wasn't crazy.

1016
00:35:52,840 --> 00:35:53,840
He was...

1017
00:35:54,120 --> 00:35:55,120
He was sick.

1018
00:35:55,740 --> 00:35:56,780
He had emphysema.

1019
00:35:58,280 --> 00:35:59,280
Oh.

1020
00:36:00,040 --> 00:36:01,040
Sorry.

1021
00:36:02,400 --> 00:36:03,400
Thanks.

1022
00:36:03,980 --> 00:36:07,420
I remember this, um, time he took me
grocery shopping.

1023
00:36:09,500 --> 00:36:10,500
And...

1024
00:36:10,885 --> 00:36:13,740
He got so winded, he was wheezing and
stuff.

1025
00:36:13,800 --> 00:36:14,800
He had to sit down.

1026
00:36:15,020 --> 00:36:17,800
And then I saw the checkout guy who I
thought was really cute.

1027
00:36:19,080 --> 00:36:20,080
Um...

1028
00:36:20,650 --> 00:36:23,130
I saw him roll his eyes at the girl that
was bagging groceries.

1029
00:36:25,940 --> 00:36:26,940
And...

1030
00:36:27,160 --> 00:36:28,160
I was embarrassed.

1031
00:36:28,260 --> 00:36:29,260
I was...

1032
00:36:29,630 --> 00:36:37,700
And ever since he killed himself, I think
about that every day and I feel so guilty.

1033
00:36:42,260 --> 00:36:43,650
Why was I so mad at him?

1034
00:36:46,530 --> 00:36:47,530
But you weren't.

1035
00:36:50,055 --> 00:36:51,130
You weren't mad at him.

1036
00:36:52,650 --> 00:36:54,030
You were angry at the situation.

1037
00:36:55,600 --> 00:36:59,230
You were angry because life is cruel and
unfair.

1038
00:36:59,231 --> 00:37:01,551
I mean, there are no other people that are
as angry as you.

1039
00:37:03,100 --> 00:37:04,100
perfectly...

1040
00:37:04,620 --> 00:37:05,620
normal.

1041
00:37:12,330 --> 00:37:13,330
You guys are crooked.

1042
00:37:13,810 --> 00:37:14,310
Sorry.

1043
00:37:14,750 --> 00:37:15,030
Thanks.

1044
00:37:15,031 --> 00:37:16,031
That's OK.

1045
00:37:20,980 --> 00:37:22,620
Mr. Raynod looked closely.

1046
00:37:23,420 --> 00:37:26,486
His voice was calm, full of
compassion and tenderness

1047
00:37:26,487 --> 00:37:29,281
as he held the damaged
egg up to the light.

1048
00:37:32,640 --> 00:37:33,940
I started to cry.

1049
00:37:35,280 --> 00:37:37,600
They're all dead and it's my fault,
I said to him.

1050
00:37:37,700 --> 00:37:38,140
I told him I was going to kill myself in
the camp.

1051
00:37:38,141 --> 00:37:40,280
They were supposed to hatch ten days ago.

1052
00:37:40,760 --> 00:37:43,920
I knew something was wrong, but I didn't
know what to do, so I did nothing.

1053
00:37:46,700 --> 00:37:50,120
Don't blame yourself, he said,
soothing me with his gentle touch.

1054
00:37:52,540 --> 00:37:53,540
Don't cry.

1055
00:37:53,620 --> 00:37:57,200
He wiped my tears, his fingers caressing
my face.

1056
00:37:58,520 --> 00:38:02,280
Our bodies melting together, our lips,
our tongues.

1057
00:38:14,760 --> 00:38:17,881
As his hand slipped under my
jeans, I made a sound so low

1058
00:38:17,882 --> 00:38:20,440
in my throat that even the
unborn chicks must have heard me.

1059
00:38:45,040 --> 00:38:46,040
Angela, Argo here.

1060
00:38:46,350 --> 00:38:47,620
Hey, give me that, you jerk.

1061
00:38:47,621 --> 00:38:48,621
I'll stop.

1062
00:39:23,550 --> 00:39:24,610
You hated it, didn't you?

1063
00:39:25,370 --> 00:39:26,450
That's why you didn't call.

1064
00:39:29,145 --> 00:39:31,810
No, actually, I quite admired it.

1065
00:39:32,570 --> 00:39:33,010
Really?

1066
00:39:33,270 --> 00:39:33,550
Yeah.

1067
00:39:33,650 --> 00:39:34,830
Because it was like...

1068
00:39:35,570 --> 00:39:36,010
What?

1069
00:39:36,410 --> 00:39:37,130
I don't know.

1070
00:39:37,270 --> 00:39:39,446
It was weird, I guess, knowing you were
reading those pages.

1071
00:39:39,470 --> 00:39:42,730
They were, like, really intimate and I was
so nervous I didn't sleep all night.

1072
00:39:43,225 --> 00:39:45,750
Angela, I'm a professor of literature.

1073
00:39:47,050 --> 00:39:49,410
A little eroticism doesn't frighten me.

1074
00:39:49,930 --> 00:39:50,930
Good.

1075
00:39:51,810 --> 00:39:53,050
Because now I can breathe.

1076
00:39:53,230 --> 00:39:58,510
I was just, you know, I was imagining you
getting home and getting ready for bed or

1077
00:39:58,511 --> 00:40:00,259
eating dinner and knowing
you were reading those

1078
00:40:00,279 --> 00:40:03,110
pages and wondering if
you were, like, you know...

1079
00:40:06,350 --> 00:40:07,350
You know.

1080
00:40:11,900 --> 00:40:13,366
Anyway, I'm just really glad you liked it.

1081
00:40:13,390 --> 00:40:13,690
That's great.

1082
00:40:14,010 --> 00:40:17,030
Um, sorry to bother you without an
appointment.

1083
00:40:19,300 --> 00:40:20,300
When do I get more?

1084
00:40:24,300 --> 00:40:26,190
Um, well, at this point, probably never.

1085
00:40:26,910 --> 00:40:31,470
Yeah, well, writer's block gets the best
of us sometimes, doesn't it?

1086
00:40:31,530 --> 00:40:32,230
No, it's not that.

1087
00:40:32,310 --> 00:40:35,530
Um, my hard drive just crashed,
so I've got to get a new computer.

1088
00:40:37,430 --> 00:40:37,790
Oh.

1089
00:40:37,791 --> 00:40:38,791
Sorry to hear that.

1090
00:40:39,070 --> 00:40:40,070
Yeah.

1091
00:40:42,180 --> 00:40:46,890
Hey, listen, maybe this is a stupid idea,
um, and you can absolutely say no.

1092
00:40:46,970 --> 00:40:50,630
In fact, I expect you to say no, but I
just really need a ride to Burlington.

1093
00:40:51,100 --> 00:40:53,540
My stepdad said I could buy a new computer
on his credit card.

1094
00:40:53,740 --> 00:40:56,670
I really want to buy it in person because
last time I bought it online and it was

1095
00:40:56,671 --> 00:40:59,130
defective and returning it was a total
nightmare.

1096
00:41:00,430 --> 00:41:05,350
Yeah, um, look, it's not impossible,
but, um, I...

1097
00:41:06,650 --> 00:41:08,090
When I'm not here, I'm writing.

1098
00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:11,410
So I don't know that it will...

1099
00:41:12,130 --> 00:41:13,130
Right, I'm sure, yeah.

1100
00:41:13,190 --> 00:41:14,190
Um...

1101
00:41:15,945 --> 00:41:17,385
I figured that was why you'd say no.

1102
00:41:19,170 --> 00:41:20,890
Well, can't your boyfriend drive you,
or...?

1103
00:41:21,530 --> 00:41:22,530
I don't have a boyfriend.

1104
00:41:23,730 --> 00:41:24,730
Ah.

1105
00:41:25,750 --> 00:41:26,790
Oh, I thought you'd, yeah.

1106
00:41:27,090 --> 00:41:28,090
It's no big deal.

1107
00:41:28,210 --> 00:41:31,250
Um, I'll just put it on the shelf for a
little while.

1108
00:41:32,995 --> 00:41:35,450
Probably not such a bad idea anyway.

1109
00:41:36,870 --> 00:41:37,570
Thanks again.

1110
00:41:37,571 --> 00:41:38,571
All right.

1111
00:41:43,220 --> 00:41:44,270
What about tomorrow at 10?

1112
00:41:48,200 --> 00:41:49,200
Really?

1113
00:41:50,200 --> 00:41:50,560
Yeah.

1114
00:41:50,561 --> 00:41:50,920
Yeah.

1115
00:41:51,100 --> 00:41:51,780
Oh, my God.

1116
00:41:51,860 --> 00:41:52,960
Thank you so much.

1117
00:41:52,961 --> 00:41:53,340
Thank you.

1118
00:41:53,645 --> 00:41:55,320
That would be great.

1119
00:41:56,105 --> 00:41:57,700
Um, yeah, I live in Hughes.

1120
00:41:57,840 --> 00:41:59,596
Do you want to just pick me up outside of
my dorm?

1121
00:41:59,620 --> 00:42:00,180
Yeah, perfect.

1122
00:42:00,420 --> 00:42:00,680
Great.

1123
00:42:00,720 --> 00:42:01,200
We'll just go.

1124
00:42:01,300 --> 00:42:02,300
We'll go...

1125
00:42:02,580 --> 00:42:04,640
We'll do it quickly and then, uh,
it'll be done.

1126
00:42:05,040 --> 00:42:05,400
Okay?

1127
00:42:05,540 --> 00:42:05,900
Perfect.

1128
00:42:06,080 --> 00:42:06,500
All right, great.

1129
00:42:06,560 --> 00:42:06,800
Okay.

1130
00:42:06,801 --> 00:42:07,360
Thank you so much.

1131
00:42:07,361 --> 00:42:07,860
Okay, see you.

1132
00:42:07,960 --> 00:42:07,980
Yep, all right.

1133
00:42:07,981 --> 00:42:08,981
I'll see you tomorrow.

1134
00:42:09,080 --> 00:42:10,080
Thank you.

1135
00:42:35,960 --> 00:42:38,120
So have you decided what your major is
going to be yet?

1136
00:42:38,260 --> 00:42:38,580
Or...

1137
00:42:39,000 --> 00:42:40,729
Uh, well, I have till
the end of the year to

1138
00:42:40,730 --> 00:42:42,620
declare, but I was
thinking creative writing.

1139
00:42:43,060 --> 00:42:44,060
Mm-hmm.

1140
00:42:44,700 --> 00:42:46,660
Unless you think I should major in
something else?

1141
00:42:47,540 --> 00:42:49,760
No, no, I think... no, I think it's a
great idea.

1142
00:42:50,300 --> 00:42:50,620
Okay.

1143
00:42:50,621 --> 00:42:55,460
No, I, I, um, I just didn't want to assume
that it was what you wanted to do.

1144
00:42:55,760 --> 00:42:56,760
Oh, good.

1145
00:42:56,960 --> 00:42:59,196
Cause writing is really the only thing
that interests me.

1146
00:42:59,220 --> 00:42:59,640
Mm-hmm.

1147
00:42:59,680 --> 00:43:00,696
It's all I care about, really.

1148
00:43:00,720 --> 00:43:04,400
If I wake up that day and I'm writing,
then I'm in a good mood.

1149
00:43:04,401 --> 00:43:05,401
I'm happy.

1150
00:43:06,080 --> 00:43:07,080
I know what you mean.

1151
00:43:08,740 --> 00:43:09,780
It's better than anything.

1152
00:43:10,520 --> 00:43:11,520
It's better than sex.

1153
00:43:12,860 --> 00:43:13,860
Well...

1154
00:43:14,460 --> 00:43:15,460
Maybe not that.

1155
00:43:17,780 --> 00:43:18,780
No,

1156
00:43:28,130 --> 00:43:29,530
no, I don't want external speakers.

1157
00:43:29,590 --> 00:43:32,650
I just need to make sure it has the new
Intel Core i5 and i7 processors.

1158
00:43:33,050 --> 00:43:33,450
Absolutely.

1159
00:43:34,050 --> 00:43:35,931
And I don't want an
in-store service one because

1160
00:43:35,932 --> 00:43:38,651
it never breaks before
it expires anyway.

1161
00:43:40,220 --> 00:43:41,570
Your daughter is very charming.

1162
00:43:57,160 --> 00:43:58,160
That was easy.

1163
00:43:58,460 --> 00:43:59,720
Everything should be that easy.

1164
00:44:00,760 --> 00:44:01,760
Thank you.

1165
00:44:02,060 --> 00:44:04,580
It's just one writer helping another
writer.

1166
00:44:05,660 --> 00:44:06,660
Thanks.

1167
00:44:15,390 --> 00:44:16,750
No, sorry, go ahead.

1168
00:44:16,850 --> 00:44:17,850
No, you go ahead.

1169
00:44:18,070 --> 00:44:19,070
Yeah?

1170
00:44:20,010 --> 00:44:21,010
Okay.

1171
00:44:37,810 --> 00:44:38,050
Alrighty.

1172
00:44:38,310 --> 00:44:39,310
Alright.

1173
00:44:40,790 --> 00:44:44,670
Um, you wouldn't be willing by any chance
to help me carry this stuff up to my room,

1174
00:44:44,810 --> 00:44:45,010
would you?

1175
00:44:45,490 --> 00:44:46,810
Or help set it up?

1176
00:44:47,720 --> 00:44:50,466
I understand if you have to get going I've
taken up enough of your day already.

1177
00:44:50,490 --> 00:44:54,110
Oh, you know, actually, I don't think I'd
be much help setting up a computer.

1178
00:44:54,250 --> 00:44:56,270
My wife had to set mine up.

1179
00:44:56,610 --> 00:44:58,350
I'm, like, totally useless.

1180
00:45:00,010 --> 00:45:00,850
Well, that's cool.

1181
00:45:00,910 --> 00:45:01,570
I can probably do it.

1182
00:45:01,670 --> 00:45:01,930
Okay.

1183
00:45:02,110 --> 00:45:03,310
You can just be moral support.

1184
00:45:22,810 --> 00:45:23,850
Did you do these drawings?

1185
00:45:25,230 --> 00:45:25,950
Um, yeah.

1186
00:45:26,130 --> 00:45:27,130
Mostly.

1187
00:45:27,210 --> 00:45:27,810
Very good.

1188
00:45:28,230 --> 00:45:28,590
Thanks.

1189
00:45:28,770 --> 00:45:29,850
I've been doing it forever.

1190
00:45:29,890 --> 00:45:31,890
I just kind of pass the time that way,
you know?

1191
00:45:32,130 --> 00:45:33,130
Impressive.

1192
00:45:34,410 --> 00:45:35,410
I think we got it!

1193
00:45:35,590 --> 00:45:35,930
Oh!

1194
00:45:36,210 --> 00:45:39,010
Putting together my last computer was,
like, total hell.

1195
00:45:39,050 --> 00:45:40,330
You must be my good luck charm.

1196
00:45:40,750 --> 00:45:41,890
Well, I'm glad to hear it.

1197
00:45:42,690 --> 00:45:44,970
Hey, um, let me print out the new pages
for you.

1198
00:45:52,300 --> 00:45:53,300
Son of a bitch.

1199
00:45:57,330 --> 00:45:58,330
Shit.

1200
00:45:59,150 --> 00:46:00,250
Not the papers, Jan.

1201
00:46:00,350 --> 00:46:01,470
Yeah, no shit.

1202
00:46:03,390 --> 00:46:03,790
Sorry.

1203
00:46:03,970 --> 00:46:04,390
I'm sorry.

1204
00:46:04,490 --> 00:46:04,890
I'm so sorry.

1205
00:46:05,030 --> 00:46:06,370
It's just, you know, I just...

1206
00:46:06,371 --> 00:46:09,630
I really wanted to give you these pages
before you went and... Don't worry about it.

1207
00:46:09,670 --> 00:46:10,010
You know what?

1208
00:46:10,590 --> 00:46:13,050
Just email them to me,
because I should really... No, no.

1209
00:46:13,051 --> 00:46:14,890
No, I think also we just...
Sometimes it happens at jams.

1210
00:46:14,891 --> 00:46:16,571
Let me just try this one other thing,
okay?

1211
00:46:19,490 --> 00:46:20,490
Shit!

1212
00:46:20,870 --> 00:46:21,950
Okay, all right.

1213
00:46:22,130 --> 00:46:23,130
No, it's...

1214
00:46:24,130 --> 00:46:25,130
Relax, relax.

1215
00:46:25,270 --> 00:46:25,770
It's okay.

1216
00:46:25,870 --> 00:46:27,950
It's not... No, it's
just... It's okay.

1217
00:46:28,070 --> 00:46:29,070
It's okay.

1218
00:46:30,340 --> 00:46:31,340
Hey, it's all right.

1219
00:46:32,370 --> 00:46:33,370
Don't...

1220
00:47:07,990 --> 00:47:08,640
Oh, Clarice!

1221
00:47:08,641 --> 00:47:08,900
Hi!

1222
00:47:09,100 --> 00:47:09,480
Hi, Professor Swenson.

1223
00:47:09,580 --> 00:47:10,020
How are you?

1224
00:47:10,120 --> 00:47:10,700
Good, how are you?

1225
00:47:10,760 --> 00:47:11,960
Good, good, good.

1226
00:47:12,285 --> 00:47:13,300
I'll see you in class.

1227
00:47:13,460 --> 00:47:14,320
Yeah, see you there.

1228
00:47:14,400 --> 00:47:15,400
All right, okay.

1229
00:47:39,920 --> 00:47:40,720
Oh, goody!

1230
00:47:40,721 --> 00:47:41,721
You're home!

1231
00:47:42,790 --> 00:47:43,560
I can't decide.

1232
00:47:43,720 --> 00:47:44,720
What would you like?

1233
00:47:45,000 --> 00:47:46,100
Uh, I don't know.

1234
00:47:46,220 --> 00:47:47,220
That's a tough one.

1235
00:47:47,740 --> 00:47:48,920
Maybe roll back the clock?

1236
00:47:49,000 --> 00:47:50,000
How about that?

1237
00:47:52,520 --> 00:47:53,520
For dinner, silly.

1238
00:47:54,915 --> 00:47:56,540
Uh, how about some oatmeal?

1239
00:47:59,200 --> 00:48:00,600
I broke that tooth today.

1240
00:48:00,880 --> 00:48:01,880
Oh, no!

1241
00:48:01,980 --> 00:48:02,440
Yeah.

1242
00:48:02,990 --> 00:48:03,990
How'd you do that?

1243
00:48:05,560 --> 00:48:06,180
On an olive.

1244
00:48:06,580 --> 00:48:07,620
An olive?

1245
00:48:08,200 --> 00:48:09,380
At Houston Commons?

1246
00:48:09,780 --> 00:48:10,780
That sounds exotic.

1247
00:48:10,870 --> 00:48:11,520
No, I...

1248
00:48:11,645 --> 00:48:16,980
I had this craving, so I went over to the
minute mark quickly, and I, um...

1249
00:48:18,570 --> 00:48:20,300
I bought a whole jar, and I... I...

1250
00:48:21,070 --> 00:48:22,000
ate practically the whole thing.

1251
00:48:22,080 --> 00:48:24,340
You know how you take when you eat,
you put, like, the pits in the side of

1252
00:48:24,341 --> 00:48:28,380
your mouth, and then I... which I do,
and then I bit on it, and... stupid.

1253
00:48:28,760 --> 00:48:29,760
Maybe you're pregnant.

1254
00:48:30,540 --> 00:48:30,900
What?

1255
00:48:31,520 --> 00:48:32,520
What?

1256
00:48:32,670 --> 00:48:34,080
Weird food cravings.

1257
00:48:34,820 --> 00:48:37,196
For a second, you look scared you might
actually be pregnant.

1258
00:48:37,220 --> 00:48:38,300
No, it's not funny.

1259
00:48:38,360 --> 00:48:39,360
I really, um...

1260
00:48:40,580 --> 00:48:43,580
When you're 20-something, you think
everything is replaceable, or it'll...

1261
00:48:44,500 --> 00:48:46,940
But when you're 49, you know it isn't.

1262
00:48:47,140 --> 00:48:47,380
Aww.

1263
00:48:47,780 --> 00:48:48,780
I'm sorry.

1264
00:48:48,840 --> 00:48:49,260
It's okay.

1265
00:48:49,440 --> 00:48:50,576
You should've come to the clinic.

1266
00:48:50,600 --> 00:48:51,600
We could've fixed you up.

1267
00:48:51,860 --> 00:48:52,860
Does it hurt?

1268
00:48:54,290 --> 00:48:55,290
Only when I do this.

1269
00:48:55,580 --> 00:48:56,020
Ow.

1270
00:48:56,180 --> 00:48:57,180
Don't do that.

1271
00:48:59,480 --> 00:49:00,480
Stupid.

1272
00:49:01,760 --> 00:49:09,760
I'm gonna make you some very soft,
very delicious scrambled eggs with cheese.

1273
00:49:09,940 --> 00:49:10,240
Oh, good.

1274
00:49:10,380 --> 00:49:10,600
Okay.

1275
00:49:11,020 --> 00:49:11,460
Ooh.

1276
00:49:11,680 --> 00:49:12,680
Ow.

1277
00:49:13,340 --> 00:49:14,520
That did not hurt.

1278
00:49:14,521 --> 00:49:15,180
No, no.

1279
00:49:15,260 --> 00:49:16,260
Not really.

1280
00:49:16,560 --> 00:49:18,500
Don't you want
something else, or... No.

1281
00:49:18,960 --> 00:49:19,960
I don't mind.

1282
00:49:30,460 --> 00:49:33,892
He pressed until the
egg cracked, its slimy

1283
00:49:33,893 --> 00:49:36,461
yolk slipping over
our intertwined fingers.

1284
00:49:37,980 --> 00:49:41,133
My fingers slid against his
fingers until our hands were

1285
00:49:41,134 --> 00:49:43,521
joined, and I no longer knew
which fingers were whose.

1286
00:49:44,760 --> 00:49:49,740
He took my hand, still slippery from the
egg, and wrapped it around his penis.

1287
00:49:50,580 --> 00:49:52,940
His spit tasted like an old person's food.

1288
00:49:53,560 --> 00:49:54,560
Liver and onions.

1289
00:49:55,140 --> 00:49:56,140
Fried fish.

1290
00:49:56,180 --> 00:49:57,760
His stomach pillowed into me.

1291
00:50:00,100 --> 00:50:02,242
Maybe he knew what I
was thinking, because he

1292
00:50:02,243 --> 00:50:04,880
got rougher as he pushed
himself hard inside me.

1293
00:50:10,720 --> 00:50:12,700
I began to cry because it hurt.

1294
00:50:14,080 --> 00:50:17,960
But at the same time, I felt happy that he
wanted me.

1295
00:50:18,800 --> 00:50:20,564
That I alone had the
power to make a grown

1296
00:50:20,565 --> 00:50:23,721
man risk everything to
do what we were doing.

1297
00:50:24,040 --> 00:50:27,780
In the warm light of the shed,
with the trays of eggs humming around us.

1298
00:50:46,550 --> 00:50:48,750
I know dudes who do that, okay?

1299
00:50:48,850 --> 00:50:51,590
I'm just not convinced this dude would do
that.

1300
00:50:51,900 --> 00:50:54,306
It doesn't matter whether or not someone
would do something like that.

1301
00:50:54,330 --> 00:50:57,550
What matters is whether Meg's made us
believe that the guy in her story did it.

1302
00:50:58,130 --> 00:51:01,050
So... Hey Meg, the guy in your story,
what does he do for a living?

1303
00:51:01,470 --> 00:51:02,470
I don't know.

1304
00:51:02,890 --> 00:51:04,690
I mean, wait, he's a contractor.

1305
00:51:05,070 --> 00:51:06,070
Is that in the story?

1306
00:51:06,670 --> 00:51:08,310
I mean, it was and then I took it out.

1307
00:51:08,350 --> 00:51:10,456
It's not in the story because the guy's
not in the story.

1308
00:51:10,480 --> 00:51:12,120
We don't believe it for a fucking second.

1309
00:51:12,400 --> 00:51:14,626
We don't believe one thing he says or
anything that he does.

1310
00:51:14,650 --> 00:51:16,901
Certainly not that he takes a cat up to
the roof to kill it.

1311
00:51:16,925 --> 00:51:19,786
A guy like that is more likely to be nice
to the cat than he is to the woman.

1312
00:51:19,810 --> 00:51:21,410
It's like he didn't even investigate it.

1313
00:51:21,820 --> 00:51:23,184
You were too busy
thinking of some vicious thing

1314
00:51:23,185 --> 00:51:25,551
for this asshole to do
than actually write a story.

1315
00:51:30,470 --> 00:51:35,350
Well, it appears that Angela did not care
for Meg's writing this week.

1316
00:51:37,315 --> 00:51:40,190
I'm sorry, uh, but I think it's unfair
that Angela gets to shoot her mouth off

1317
00:51:40,191 --> 00:51:42,631
about everybody else's stuff and we never
talk about her work.

1318
00:51:42,810 --> 00:51:44,690
She should have to play by the same rules
we do.

1319
00:51:44,770 --> 00:51:47,690
However, I did make it clear at the
beginning of the course that no one is

1320
00:51:47,870 --> 00:51:48,270
obligated... Fine.

1321
00:51:49,030 --> 00:51:50,030
Whatever.

1322
00:51:50,480 --> 00:51:51,370
I'll bring my stuff into class.

1323
00:51:51,450 --> 00:51:51,970
I'm not scared.

1324
00:51:52,450 --> 00:51:53,810
I just don't see the point.

1325
00:51:55,480 --> 00:51:57,610
But, if it'll make you happy, I'll do it
next week.

1326
00:51:58,870 --> 00:51:59,490
Okay, great.

1327
00:51:59,810 --> 00:52:02,912
Thank you, Angela,
for volunteering and for,

1328
00:52:02,913 --> 00:52:06,210
um, extricating us
from this little snafu.

1329
00:52:06,530 --> 00:52:07,530
Uh-huh.

1330
00:52:08,390 --> 00:52:09,390
Snafu.

1331
00:52:10,270 --> 00:52:10,630
Beautiful.

1332
00:52:10,790 --> 00:52:10,910
Hmm.

1333
00:52:11,200 --> 00:52:12,200
It's one of my favorites.

1334
00:52:12,330 --> 00:52:13,330
All right, there we are.

1335
00:52:13,390 --> 00:52:15,070
So, uh, we'll see you next week.

1336
00:52:15,470 --> 00:52:17,541
Angela, would you stay
so that we could just talk

1337
00:52:17,542 --> 00:52:20,011
about what you would
indeed like to read next week?

1338
00:52:28,810 --> 00:52:30,170
I'm sorry for going off like that.

1339
00:52:30,700 --> 00:52:32,094
You know, one minute
I'm minding my business

1340
00:52:32,095 --> 00:52:34,421
and the next I'm
ripping Meg's heart out.

1341
00:52:34,795 --> 00:52:35,940
Yeah, no, it's okay.

1342
00:52:36,080 --> 00:52:37,280
I mean, you were right.

1343
00:52:39,300 --> 00:52:40,340
It's just the mood I'm in.

1344
00:52:41,040 --> 00:52:42,440
I was pissed before I came in here.

1345
00:52:44,480 --> 00:52:45,480
Why is that?

1346
00:52:46,200 --> 00:52:47,260
Because you didn't call.

1347
00:52:50,160 --> 00:52:51,160
About the pages.

1348
00:52:53,180 --> 00:52:54,260
Oh, yeah, no, I know.

1349
00:52:54,320 --> 00:52:54,580
I'm sorry.

1350
00:52:54,640 --> 00:52:55,280
I didn't get the chance.

1351
00:52:55,540 --> 00:52:57,596
It's just those were really extreme
scenes, you know?

1352
00:52:57,620 --> 00:52:59,680
And I needed to know what you thought.

1353
00:52:59,720 --> 00:53:00,560
It was driving me crazy.

1354
00:53:00,680 --> 00:53:03,600
And here I am defending male behavior
against Meg's bullshit.

1355
00:53:03,740 --> 00:53:08,200
But here you are exhibiting the worst type
of male behavior.

1356
00:53:08,260 --> 00:53:13,180
And honestly, I'd rather you throw my cat
off the roof and kill it than have you

1357
00:53:13,181 --> 00:53:16,900
read these really tough and hard to write
pages and not even call.

1358
00:53:23,310 --> 00:53:24,310
I'm sorry.

1359
00:53:25,535 --> 00:53:26,535
It was thoughtless.

1360
00:53:30,480 --> 00:53:31,480
Apology accepted.

1361
00:53:33,760 --> 00:53:34,760
Good.

1362
00:53:37,510 --> 00:53:41,651
So then next week, I think you should just,
let's just start with the first chapter.

1363
00:53:42,130 --> 00:53:43,130
Alright?

1364
00:53:44,870 --> 00:53:46,950
Um, yeah, sure.

1365
00:53:47,890 --> 00:53:49,806
You know, I don't know if I'll get much
out of it.

1366
00:53:49,830 --> 00:53:53,910
No offense, but you know, I just really
need to get my stuff out in the world to

1367
00:53:53,911 --> 00:53:59,470
someone that doesn't know me and they can
tell me if I suck or if I should keep

1368
00:53:59,471 --> 00:54:05,550
going or if I should just burn it all and
rip it up and never write again.

1369
00:54:05,870 --> 00:54:08,450
I don't think you'd have to do that.

1370
00:54:09,205 --> 00:54:10,250
Was that Blue Angel?

1371
00:54:10,390 --> 00:54:11,490
Did you watch Blue Angel?

1372
00:54:11,690 --> 00:54:12,030
Yeah.

1373
00:54:12,690 --> 00:54:13,970
I don't think I've ever seen it.

1374
00:54:14,630 --> 00:54:16,106
Marlena Dietrich's great, though,
right?

1375
00:54:16,130 --> 00:54:17,010
Pretty boring, actually.

1376
00:54:17,030 --> 00:54:17,730
It was hard to get through.

1377
00:54:17,890 --> 00:54:19,970
I've got to return it or else I might as
well buy it.

1378
00:54:20,310 --> 00:54:20,670
Okay.

1379
00:54:21,080 --> 00:54:25,390
Hey, uh, what if the next
time you talk to your editor in

1380
00:54:25,391 --> 00:54:30,070
New York, you sort of mention
my novel to him, you know?

1381
00:54:30,810 --> 00:54:32,742
Have him just read a
chapter, a couple pages

1382
00:54:32,743 --> 00:54:35,351
even, and then he'll tell
you and you can tell me.

1383
00:54:38,850 --> 00:54:39,850
Um...

1384
00:54:41,990 --> 00:54:42,990
Let me think about it.

1385
00:54:44,770 --> 00:54:45,130
Thanks.

1386
00:54:45,210 --> 00:54:46,050
I really appreciate it.

1387
00:54:46,150 --> 00:54:47,150
No problem.

1388
00:54:47,890 --> 00:54:48,170
See ya.

1389
00:54:48,230 --> 00:54:48,550
Okay.

1390
00:54:48,630 --> 00:54:49,630
See ya later.

1391
00:56:00,490 --> 00:56:06,350
So, let's talk about what we liked before
we tear it down as usual.

1392
00:56:08,300 --> 00:56:10,590
I thought some of the egg stuff was okay.

1393
00:56:10,750 --> 00:56:11,430
Oh, come on, Carlos.

1394
00:56:11,590 --> 00:56:13,390
It was all so obvious and symbolic.

1395
00:56:13,690 --> 00:56:14,030
Thank you.

1396
00:56:14,090 --> 00:56:15,350
I mean, this egg shit, really?

1397
00:56:15,530 --> 00:56:16,190
It's cliche.

1398
00:56:16,270 --> 00:56:17,350
I didn't believe the voice.

1399
00:56:17,920 --> 00:56:19,770
I mean, teenage girls don't think like
that.

1400
00:56:19,771 --> 00:56:21,310
There were no teenage expressions in it.

1401
00:56:21,330 --> 00:56:23,090
It was like, it was totally unrealistic.

1402
00:56:23,430 --> 00:56:25,670
And the narrator's so, oof, I don't know.

1403
00:56:25,810 --> 00:56:28,430
I just kept waiting to learn something
about her as a character.

1404
00:56:28,650 --> 00:56:29,130
I feel ya.

1405
00:56:29,350 --> 00:56:33,910
Okay, but it is the first part of the
first chapter of a novel.

1406
00:56:34,050 --> 00:56:36,370
A novel's got to have something to keep
you reading.

1407
00:56:36,625 --> 00:56:38,629
We're not staying with
the story about some chick

1408
00:56:38,630 --> 00:56:41,290
hatching eggs and having
fantasies about her teacher.

1409
00:56:41,490 --> 00:56:44,270
This is like the worst thing we've read in
class all year.

1410
00:56:58,450 --> 00:57:03,803
You know, sometimes,
sometimes, there comes along

1411
00:57:03,804 --> 00:57:07,080
something that is new
and fresh and original.

1412
00:57:07,180 --> 00:57:09,260
It's unlike anything that's ever been
written before.

1413
00:57:10,620 --> 00:57:12,600
I'm not saying what Angela has written is
Ulysses.

1414
00:57:13,490 --> 00:57:17,060
But what I am saying is what she has
written is very original.

1415
00:57:18,330 --> 00:57:19,810
And the rest of you need to see that.

1416
00:57:21,000 --> 00:57:24,260
Because if there's one thing that I want
you to take away from this class,

1417
00:57:25,060 --> 00:57:30,720
it's the ability, it's the generosity to
see the real deal.

1418
00:57:31,925 --> 00:57:32,925
And that's the real deal.

1419
00:57:34,510 --> 00:57:39,680
It should be painfully obvious to all of
you that what Angela has written is more

1420
00:57:39,681 --> 00:57:46,760
sophisticated, more profound, more
nuanced, and more compelling than anything

1421
00:57:46,761 --> 00:57:50,920
any one of you has written for this entire
semester.

1422
00:57:52,150 --> 00:57:54,260
And I'm shocked that you don't see it.

1423
00:58:08,610 --> 00:58:11,630
Hello, hi, it's Ted Swenson calling for,
uh, Len Curry.

1424
00:58:12,015 --> 00:58:13,015
One minute, Mr. Swenson.

1425
00:58:16,640 --> 00:58:17,640
Ted, finally.

1426
00:58:17,670 --> 00:58:18,670
How are you, man?

1427
00:58:18,870 --> 00:58:19,490
Hey, how are you?

1428
00:58:19,810 --> 00:58:21,350
Jesus, you're hard to get a hold of.

1429
00:58:21,490 --> 00:58:22,310
You coming to New York?

1430
00:58:22,470 --> 00:58:22,730
Yes.

1431
00:58:22,890 --> 00:58:24,170
In fact, that's why I'm calling.

1432
00:58:24,310 --> 00:58:25,946
I want to talk to you about a couple
things.

1433
00:58:25,970 --> 00:58:27,150
Maybe the week after next?

1434
00:58:27,430 --> 00:58:28,430
The week of Thanksgiving.

1435
00:58:30,230 --> 00:58:31,230
Uh, no.

1436
00:58:31,320 --> 00:58:31,970
Actually, I meant...

1437
00:58:32,145 --> 00:58:33,145
That Friday is perfect.

1438
00:58:33,660 --> 00:58:36,166
It's actually the only slot I've got free
on my schedule for the next year.

1439
00:58:36,190 --> 00:58:37,130
Not really, but just about.

1440
00:58:37,131 --> 00:58:40,291
And by lunchtime, I'll be climbing the
walls to get away from the wife and kids.

1441
00:58:40,820 --> 00:58:42,020
Don't tell anyone I said that.

1442
00:58:42,310 --> 00:58:44,410
Norm, it's 22nd and Park Avenue South.

1443
00:58:44,590 --> 00:58:45,590
See you at 1.

1444
00:58:45,930 --> 00:58:47,630
Can't wait to finally read what you've
got.

1445
00:58:57,520 --> 00:58:58,520
Hello?

1446
00:58:59,320 --> 00:59:00,320
Oh, my God!

1447
00:59:00,460 --> 00:59:01,580
Ted, she's here!

1448
00:59:01,920 --> 00:59:02,020
Hello?

1449
00:59:02,500 --> 00:59:03,500
Oh!

1450
00:59:04,255 --> 00:59:06,120
I did not expect you so early!

1451
00:59:06,520 --> 00:59:08,580
Oh, I thought you did all that traffic.

1452
00:59:09,020 --> 00:59:10,140
It wasn't too bad, actually.

1453
00:59:10,240 --> 00:59:11,300
Oh, good.

1454
00:59:11,460 --> 00:59:12,560
Smells good, Mom.

1455
00:59:13,000 --> 00:59:14,400
Hey, how are you?

1456
00:59:15,340 --> 00:59:17,360
She's back and badder than ever.

1457
00:59:18,270 --> 00:59:19,300
You look great.

1458
00:59:20,020 --> 00:59:21,020
You look great.

1459
00:59:21,160 --> 00:59:22,160
Thanks, Dad.

1460
00:59:22,380 --> 00:59:23,900
You don't need to say it a third time.

1461
00:59:23,980 --> 00:59:24,980
Alright.

1462
00:59:26,490 --> 00:59:28,490
I'm taking this course on the abnormal
personality.

1463
00:59:28,920 --> 00:59:29,920
It's for my psych major.

1464
00:59:29,980 --> 00:59:30,980
Sounds interesting.

1465
00:59:31,380 --> 00:59:34,060
A lot of these studies say that
first-degree relatives of affected

1466
00:59:34,061 --> 00:59:36,920
individuals have a higher risk of
developing symptoms themselves.

1467
00:59:37,680 --> 00:59:38,880
Makes you think about Grandpa.

1468
00:59:39,100 --> 00:59:40,420
You know, it makes perfect sense.

1469
00:59:40,640 --> 00:59:42,100
This is absolutely delicious, honey.

1470
00:59:42,440 --> 00:59:45,940
Although a child of a bipolar has less
than 15% chance of developing it himself.

1471
00:59:46,240 --> 00:59:47,240
Well, there you go.

1472
00:59:48,020 --> 00:59:49,020
15%.

1473
00:59:49,240 --> 00:59:49,680
Spare it.

1474
00:59:49,920 --> 00:59:51,639
Unless there are other
members of the family

1475
00:59:51,640 --> 00:59:54,181
who suffer from some
kind of mood disorder, too.

1476
00:59:54,900 --> 00:59:57,360
I remember your mother was depressed a
lot, as well.

1477
00:59:59,560 --> 01:00:02,533
Honey, would it be alright
if we didn't talk about my

1478
01:00:02,534 --> 01:00:04,900
inherited mental illness
during Thanksgiving dinner?

1479
01:00:05,530 --> 01:00:06,810
It's pretty fascinating, though.

1480
01:00:07,660 --> 01:00:08,660
Bipolar is rampant.

1481
01:00:09,000 --> 01:00:10,480
My father wasn't bipolar.

1482
01:00:12,180 --> 01:00:14,360
He was angry about the state of our
country.

1483
01:00:14,440 --> 01:00:17,236
I just think his underlying emotional
state must have had a big effect on you,

1484
01:00:17,260 --> 01:00:19,060
and I'm surprised you never went into
therapy.

1485
01:00:19,400 --> 01:00:19,760
Why?

1486
01:00:20,080 --> 01:00:21,080
I'm a writer.

1487
01:00:21,320 --> 01:00:23,080
To me, it's all grist for the emotional
mill.

1488
01:00:23,120 --> 01:00:24,120
Why shrink it away?

1489
01:00:24,365 --> 01:00:25,540
He set himself on fire.

1490
01:00:29,360 --> 01:00:30,360
Yes, I know that.

1491
01:00:30,640 --> 01:00:31,640
I know.

1492
01:00:34,390 --> 01:00:38,020
But I don't think political outrage is
inherited, so I wouldn't worry.

1493
01:00:38,380 --> 01:00:39,380
Okay.

1494
01:00:39,770 --> 01:00:41,900
Let's change the subject.

1495
01:00:46,970 --> 01:00:47,970
How's your book coming?

1496
01:01:07,610 --> 01:01:08,710
So, how's the novel coming?

1497
01:01:09,870 --> 01:01:10,530
Well, it's coming.

1498
01:01:10,630 --> 01:01:11,250
You know, it's coming.

1499
01:01:11,350 --> 01:01:12,570
It's slow.

1500
01:01:14,130 --> 01:01:14,930
It's coming slowly.

1501
01:01:15,090 --> 01:01:17,226
But actually, I didn't want to talk to you
about my novel.

1502
01:01:17,250 --> 01:01:21,750
I wanted to talk to you about a novel that
one of my students is writing.

1503
01:01:21,970 --> 01:01:22,710
God help us.

1504
01:01:22,870 --> 01:01:23,350
No, no, no.

1505
01:01:23,610 --> 01:01:24,610
Len, listen.

1506
01:01:24,950 --> 01:01:27,770
It's about a high school girl who has an
affair with her teacher.

1507
01:01:29,510 --> 01:01:31,111
Yeah, let me... I
want to give it to you.

1508
01:01:31,170 --> 01:01:32,170
You're fucking her.

1509
01:01:32,330 --> 01:01:32,690
What?

1510
01:01:33,250 --> 01:01:34,250
No, I'm not.

1511
01:01:34,630 --> 01:01:34,950
You want to.

1512
01:01:35,010 --> 01:01:36,090
No, I don't want to...

1513
01:01:36,490 --> 01:01:37,650
It's not about sex.

1514
01:01:37,950 --> 01:01:41,190
It's about that this kid is really,
really talented.

1515
01:01:41,690 --> 01:01:42,690
I believe you.

1516
01:01:42,840 --> 01:01:44,350
I really... I'm sure she's very good.

1517
01:01:45,510 --> 01:01:47,434
But I don't have time to
look at some chick novel

1518
01:01:47,435 --> 01:01:49,711
about a girl with a hots
for a high school teacher.

1519
01:01:50,125 --> 01:01:51,886
Why don't you just look at the first few
pages?

1520
01:01:51,910 --> 01:01:52,210
Ted.

1521
01:01:52,550 --> 01:01:53,390
First few pages.

1522
01:01:53,530 --> 01:01:53,670
Ted.

1523
01:01:54,270 --> 01:01:55,090
First few pages.

1524
01:01:55,170 --> 01:01:56,170
Ted.

1525
01:01:56,430 --> 01:01:57,250
Do yourself a favor.

1526
01:01:57,390 --> 01:01:58,810
Take the manuscript back.

1527
01:01:59,090 --> 01:02:01,590
Tell her you'll show it to me if she lets
you fuck her.

1528
01:02:02,410 --> 01:02:03,410
...

1529
01:02:04,630 --> 01:02:05,670
Now, what about your book?

1530
01:02:06,640 --> 01:02:07,640
Let's get serious here.

1531
01:02:08,590 --> 01:02:09,590
I've had a thought.

1532
01:02:10,770 --> 01:02:12,130
Have you ever considered a memoir?

1533
01:02:14,290 --> 01:02:14,690
Len...

1534
01:02:14,691 --> 01:02:16,884
You don't need me to tell
you that what's selling these

1535
01:02:16,924 --> 01:02:20,710
days has the juicy gleam,
the bloody smell of truth.

1536
01:02:21,050 --> 01:02:22,050
Yes, I know.

1537
01:02:22,480 --> 01:02:24,160
How many people do you think read a novel?

1538
01:02:24,510 --> 01:02:25,670
About 5,000.

1539
01:02:26,710 --> 01:02:29,810
Out of the 5,000 people that read your
novel, 2,000 of them are dead.

1540
01:02:30,125 --> 01:02:31,685
And the other three, they've forgotten.

1541
01:02:33,040 --> 01:02:37,110
But it'd be a hot new memoirist and a
middlest middle-aged novelist.

1542
01:02:39,145 --> 01:02:40,625
I'm not doing this as your publisher.

1543
01:02:41,640 --> 01:02:42,840
I'm doing this as your friend.

1544
01:02:44,960 --> 01:02:46,350
Well, I appreciate that.

1545
01:02:47,590 --> 01:02:48,590
Thank you.

1546
01:02:49,450 --> 01:02:50,450
Thank you.

1547
01:02:50,590 --> 01:02:51,590
Now, look.

1548
01:02:52,180 --> 01:02:53,260
I don't know you that well.

1549
01:02:54,125 --> 01:02:59,770
But the best thing, the really good thing,
would be if there was something that had

1550
01:02:59,771 --> 01:03:00,566
been going on since your
father's death so that you

1551
01:03:00,567 --> 01:03:02,451
could tell me that there
was some ongoing problem.

1552
01:03:02,570 --> 01:03:03,650
A problem?

1553
01:03:03,790 --> 01:03:04,790
Like what?

1554
01:03:05,450 --> 01:03:13,270
Drinking, drugs, spousal abuse, sex
addiction, compulsively fucking your students.

1555
01:03:13,610 --> 01:03:14,910
That would be great.

1556
01:03:15,630 --> 01:03:16,630
Len?

1557
01:03:17,320 --> 01:03:19,621
Something that's directly
traceable to your dysfunctional

1558
01:03:19,622 --> 01:03:24,930
childhood and something that
you've recovered from, of course.

1559
01:03:26,570 --> 01:03:27,570
Yeah.

1560
01:03:28,590 --> 01:03:31,430
Well, I'll think about it.

1561
01:03:33,950 --> 01:03:34,950
Yeah.

1562
01:03:40,100 --> 01:03:41,660
What are you doing sitting in the dark?

1563
01:03:41,700 --> 01:03:42,700
I don't know.

1564
01:03:42,900 --> 01:03:43,900
Just thinking.

1565
01:03:45,540 --> 01:03:46,540
Everything okay?

1566
01:03:47,780 --> 01:03:48,500
Is Ruby all right?

1567
01:03:48,520 --> 01:03:49,560
Is she pissed that I went?

1568
01:03:49,600 --> 01:03:49,800
No.

1569
01:03:50,550 --> 01:03:51,420
No, not at all.

1570
01:03:51,480 --> 01:03:52,480
I told you, she's fine.

1571
01:03:53,785 --> 01:03:54,785
What did Len have to say?

1572
01:03:55,260 --> 01:03:58,519
Oh, well, you know, his
kid's got ADD and they're

1573
01:03:58,579 --> 01:04:01,140
medicating him into a
stupor and, you know...

1574
01:04:01,290 --> 01:04:03,010
I mean about the chapters that you gave
him.

1575
01:04:05,220 --> 01:04:06,220
Well, he's, um...

1576
01:04:06,640 --> 01:04:08,660
You know, he's excited.

1577
01:04:09,200 --> 01:04:10,408
You know, but it's
probably gonna take him a

1578
01:04:10,409 --> 01:04:13,141
little while to read
it, he said, so... Okay.

1579
01:04:13,600 --> 01:04:15,320
Everyone would love to see you finish
eggs.

1580
01:04:16,040 --> 01:04:17,040
Mm-hmm.

1581
01:04:17,390 --> 01:04:19,220
Oh, by the way, one of your students
called.

1582
01:04:20,800 --> 01:04:21,800
She sounded upset.

1583
01:04:23,220 --> 01:04:24,320
Did she leave her name?

1584
01:04:24,540 --> 01:04:24,940
No.

1585
01:04:25,520 --> 01:04:27,240
She said she wanted to talk about her
novel.

1586
01:04:27,970 --> 01:04:29,130
She thought it was your cell.

1587
01:04:29,760 --> 01:04:30,760
Or novel.

1588
01:04:31,700 --> 01:04:32,420
Oh, great.

1589
01:04:32,421 --> 01:04:33,640
Her novel.

1590
01:04:35,060 --> 01:04:35,940
She's back in New Jersey.

1591
01:04:36,060 --> 01:04:36,720
She left her number.

1592
01:04:36,800 --> 01:04:38,000
She said to call her any time.

1593
01:04:38,160 --> 01:04:39,160
Unbelievable.

1594
01:04:39,430 --> 01:04:40,580
Hey, students, you know...

1595
01:04:41,790 --> 01:04:44,460
You say, don't call me unless it's a
life-threatening emergency.

1596
01:04:45,430 --> 01:04:48,070
And, of course, everything to them is a
life-threatening emergency.

1597
01:04:48,700 --> 01:04:49,976
You know, you're at their beck and call.

1598
01:04:50,000 --> 01:04:51,000
It's just...

1599
01:04:51,870 --> 01:04:53,870
I'm sure it's nothing that can't wait
until Monday.

1600
01:04:53,900 --> 01:04:54,260
Okay.

1601
01:04:54,760 --> 01:04:55,760
I'm going up.

1602
01:04:57,260 --> 01:04:57,780
All right.

1603
01:04:57,820 --> 01:04:58,940
I'll see you up in a minute.

1604
01:05:19,120 --> 01:05:20,120
Good morning.

1605
01:05:20,500 --> 01:05:21,120
Good morning.

1606
01:05:21,280 --> 01:05:22,280
Happy Thanksgiving.

1607
01:05:27,000 --> 01:05:28,680
I hate it when you look at me like that.

1608
01:05:30,080 --> 01:05:31,080
Like what?

1609
01:05:33,840 --> 01:05:34,840
Like dinner.

1610
01:05:36,920 --> 01:05:37,520
I'm sorry.

1611
01:05:37,620 --> 01:05:39,900
I didn't think I was looking at you like
dinner.

1612
01:05:40,180 --> 01:05:43,960
I don't usually think about dinner until
I've had lunch.

1613
01:05:52,460 --> 01:05:54,320
So, I'm guessing it didn't go very well.

1614
01:05:54,380 --> 01:05:55,700
Otherwise, you would have called.

1615
01:05:56,760 --> 01:05:57,760
No, I...

1616
01:05:58,540 --> 01:06:01,960
I talked to him about it, and he said,
you know, he's a very busy man.

1617
01:06:02,120 --> 01:06:02,940
He said he'll read it.

1618
01:06:03,080 --> 01:06:05,554
Of course, he could
be so busy that he just

1619
01:06:05,555 --> 01:06:07,820
pretends to read it
and then sends it back.

1620
01:06:07,880 --> 01:06:11,120
But, unfortunately, we have no control
over that.

1621
01:06:14,390 --> 01:06:15,390
So, when can I call him?

1622
01:06:18,420 --> 01:06:19,420
You're welcome.

1623
01:06:20,420 --> 01:06:21,460
How was your Thanksgiving?

1624
01:06:22,140 --> 01:06:22,480
Grizzly.

1625
01:06:22,705 --> 01:06:24,385
So, when can I call and see if he's ready?

1626
01:06:26,100 --> 01:06:27,420
I don't think he would like that.

1627
01:06:28,260 --> 01:06:31,160
That might make him want to not read it.

1628
01:06:36,010 --> 01:06:37,410
You didn't give it to him, did you?

1629
01:06:41,250 --> 01:06:42,250
Okay, look.

1630
01:06:44,905 --> 01:06:45,985
I didn't leave it with Len.

1631
01:06:48,720 --> 01:06:49,830
It's not that I didn't try.

1632
01:06:50,050 --> 01:06:50,450
I did.

1633
01:06:50,690 --> 01:06:53,530
It's just that he's not reading any new
novels now.

1634
01:06:54,480 --> 01:06:55,646
And you shouldn't take it personally.

1635
01:06:55,670 --> 01:06:56,670
It's not...

1636
01:06:57,100 --> 01:06:59,246
You know, it's not like he read it and he
didn't like it.

1637
01:06:59,270 --> 01:07:00,270
It's just...

1638
01:07:00,490 --> 01:07:01,010
That's all.

1639
01:07:01,450 --> 01:07:02,450
I mean, come on.

1640
01:07:03,090 --> 01:07:03,770
You're young.

1641
01:07:03,810 --> 01:07:05,410
You haven't even finished the novel yet.

1642
01:07:06,550 --> 01:07:09,630
You and I both know that this is all
bullshit.

1643
01:07:09,990 --> 01:07:10,990
None of it matters.

1644
01:07:11,690 --> 01:07:12,690
When am I going to be published?

1645
01:07:12,710 --> 01:07:15,430
My reputation and then my fame and it's
bullshit.

1646
01:07:16,290 --> 01:07:18,410
The only thing that matters is the work.

1647
01:07:19,130 --> 01:07:20,130
That's all.

1648
01:07:20,390 --> 01:07:21,390
The work.

1649
01:07:21,430 --> 01:07:22,430
Fuck you.

1650
01:07:25,430 --> 01:07:26,430
No.

1651
01:07:26,470 --> 01:07:27,470
Fuck you.

1652
01:07:28,500 --> 01:07:30,010
I went out of my fucking way for you.

1653
01:07:30,900 --> 01:07:32,734
I went down to Manhattan
to see my editor so he could

1654
01:07:32,735 --> 01:07:34,691
take me out to lunch so
he could treat me like shit.

1655
01:07:35,070 --> 01:07:38,810
So he could tell me that I had to write a
memoir about my early years.

1656
01:07:39,300 --> 01:07:41,260
Everything that I covered already in
Phoenix Time.

1657
01:07:41,335 --> 01:07:42,416
But now I'm supposed
to write it in a different

1658
01:07:42,417 --> 01:07:44,491
way and it's supposed
to be the actual truth.

1659
01:07:45,350 --> 01:07:46,010
Fuck me.

1660
01:07:46,200 --> 01:07:47,200
Fuck you.

1661
01:07:47,330 --> 01:07:48,330
Why did you tell him?

1662
01:07:48,430 --> 01:07:49,430
I told him no.

1663
01:07:49,530 --> 01:07:50,410
I'm a novelist.

1664
01:07:50,411 --> 01:07:51,411
Plain and simple.

1665
01:07:51,755 --> 01:07:52,875
I still have some standards.

1666
01:07:53,110 --> 01:07:55,264
It's easy for you to have
standards with your nice

1667
01:07:55,265 --> 01:07:57,950
fat teaching job and your
tenure forever and ever.

1668
01:07:57,990 --> 01:07:59,310
You'll always have time to write.

1669
01:07:59,350 --> 01:08:00,350
Even if you don't.

1670
01:08:00,810 --> 01:08:03,850
Whereas if I end up working at a
drugstore, which with my parents'

1671
01:08:03,930 --> 01:08:06,776
connections is the best case scenario,
I'll never have the time while you sit

1672
01:08:06,800 --> 01:08:10,411
here making your little moral distinctions
about not selling out your fabulous talent.

1673
01:08:10,980 --> 01:08:12,420
I can't believe you let this happen.

1674
01:08:12,840 --> 01:08:14,680
I can't believe you didn't fight harder
for me.

1675
01:08:14,750 --> 01:08:15,750
Angela.

1676
01:08:20,430 --> 01:08:22,547
The only reason why I let
you fuck me was so you could

1677
01:08:22,571 --> 01:08:24,770
get my novel to someone who
could actually do something.

1678
01:08:29,250 --> 01:08:31,550
I did not think that that's what that was
about.

1679
01:08:33,830 --> 01:08:38,410
I did not think this was about you letting
me fuck you.

1680
01:08:41,125 --> 01:08:43,045
I thought that was something that we both
wanted.

1681
01:08:45,330 --> 01:08:46,330
Well now you know.

1682
01:09:11,410 --> 01:09:12,410
Hello?

1683
01:09:53,510 --> 01:09:54,710
Professor Swenson.

1684
01:09:55,050 --> 01:09:57,510
It's Hillary from Dr. Bentham's office.

1685
01:09:57,850 --> 01:09:58,850
Yes?

1686
01:09:59,970 --> 01:10:03,430
Dr. Bentham would like to see you as soon
as you arrive this morning if possible.

1687
01:10:04,090 --> 01:10:05,090
Um, yeah.

1688
01:10:05,130 --> 01:10:06,810
I should be there in about 10-15 minutes.

1689
01:10:07,310 --> 01:10:08,370
Will it take long?

1690
01:10:08,650 --> 01:10:11,150
Because, um, I have office hours this
morning.

1691
01:10:11,410 --> 01:10:12,970
I'll tell him you'll be here shortly.

1692
01:10:13,370 --> 01:10:14,550
Thank you so much.

1693
01:10:15,010 --> 01:10:16,010
Okay.

1694
01:10:38,880 --> 01:10:39,880
Ted.

1695
01:10:42,480 --> 01:10:43,480
Hey, sir.

1696
01:10:44,620 --> 01:10:47,200
Thank you for coming in on such short
notice.

1697
01:10:47,440 --> 01:10:47,880
Oh, yeah.

1698
01:10:47,960 --> 01:10:51,720
Well, office hours this early aren't very
popular, so...

1699
01:10:54,260 --> 01:10:56,968
Ted, maybe we could
dispense with the small talk

1700
01:10:56,969 --> 01:11:01,240
if that's alright and
get directly to the point.

1701
01:11:12,920 --> 01:11:18,620
You know, I talked to him about it and he
said you know, he's a very busy man.

1702
01:11:18,780 --> 01:11:19,780
He said he'll read it.

1703
01:11:19,910 --> 01:11:24,240
Of course, he could be so busy that he
just pretends to read it and then sends it

1704
01:11:24,241 --> 01:11:27,760
back, but unfortunately, we have no
control over that.

1705
01:11:29,495 --> 01:11:31,020
I can't believe you let this happen.

1706
01:11:31,565 --> 01:11:33,405
I can't believe you didn't fight harder
for me.

1707
01:11:33,640 --> 01:11:34,640
Angela...

1708
01:11:36,900 --> 01:11:38,930
The only reason why I let
you fuck me was so you could

1709
01:11:38,931 --> 01:11:41,101
get my novel to someone who
could actually do something.

1710
01:11:44,075 --> 01:11:48,940
I did not think this was about you letting
me fuck you.

1711
01:11:50,890 --> 01:11:52,810
I thought that was something that we both
wanted.

1712
01:11:55,920 --> 01:11:56,920
Francis.

1713
01:11:57,080 --> 01:11:57,520
Look.

1714
01:11:57,521 --> 01:12:02,280
I did not make this girl sleep with me in
exchange for pimping out her novel.

1715
01:12:03,420 --> 01:12:08,100
Ted, maybe it's premature to warn you that
everything you say can be used against

1716
01:12:08,101 --> 01:12:09,861
you, but... Are
you arresting me?

1717
01:12:10,080 --> 01:12:11,080
Is that what's happening?

1718
01:12:11,275 --> 01:12:14,100
Are you reading me my Miranda rights to
the cops here?

1719
01:12:14,240 --> 01:12:15,240
Of course not.

1720
01:12:16,340 --> 01:12:19,760
But the evidence against you, it does look
pretty damning.

1721
01:12:20,100 --> 01:12:21,100
Meaning what?

1722
01:12:22,820 --> 01:12:25,140
The student is charging you with sexual
harassment.

1723
01:12:25,680 --> 01:12:26,680
Ugh.

1724
01:12:27,520 --> 01:12:28,960
She's threatening to sue the school.

1725
01:12:29,595 --> 01:12:32,820
And given what she's presented us with,
I really think you might consider,

1726
01:12:32,960 --> 01:12:35,540
for everybody's sake, resigning.

1727
01:12:37,350 --> 01:12:39,740
I wouldn't ask you to do it just for the
college, old chap.

1728
01:12:39,820 --> 01:12:40,580
I'd say go ahead.

1729
01:12:40,780 --> 01:12:41,200
Fight.

1730
01:12:41,700 --> 01:12:42,700
That's what you want.

1731
01:12:42,840 --> 01:12:44,460
But you do have a family to consider.

1732
01:12:45,630 --> 01:12:46,830
And a professional reputation.

1733
01:12:54,110 --> 01:12:55,280
And my so-called options?

1734
01:12:56,530 --> 01:12:59,620
Well, I suppose we'd have to form a
committee to look into this.

1735
01:12:59,680 --> 01:13:00,680
Gather testimony.

1736
01:13:01,420 --> 01:13:02,220
Hold a hearing.

1737
01:13:02,340 --> 01:13:03,080
If necessary.

1738
01:13:03,280 --> 01:13:04,900
And I assume it would be.

1739
01:13:06,240 --> 01:13:09,200
It's all spelled out in the faculty
handbook under sexual harassment.

1740
01:13:10,640 --> 01:13:11,880
This is not sexual harassment.

1741
01:13:12,360 --> 01:13:17,760
Actually, Ted, this sounds like the
textbook case of sexual harassment.

1742
01:13:18,410 --> 01:13:19,690
Yeah, but that's not what it is.

1743
01:13:20,680 --> 01:13:23,481
Incidentally, Miss Argo
has asked me to ask you to

1744
01:13:23,482 --> 01:13:25,901
not contact her until
after this matter is settled.

1745
01:13:29,440 --> 01:13:30,580
So what do you say, Ted?

1746
01:14:06,090 --> 01:14:07,090
Want to go out to dinner?

1747
01:14:08,430 --> 01:14:09,650
Are we celebrating something?

1748
01:14:10,965 --> 01:14:12,470
Uh, a day without disaster.

1749
01:14:12,730 --> 01:14:12,990
Oh.

1750
01:14:13,670 --> 01:14:14,670
That's worth celebrating.

1751
01:14:17,030 --> 01:14:18,030
Emilio's?

1752
01:14:18,660 --> 01:14:21,060
We might want to wait for a month without
disasters for that.

1753
01:14:21,640 --> 01:14:25,030
Well, there won't be any of those anytime
soon, so let's go tonight.

1754
01:14:26,070 --> 01:14:26,550
Alright.

1755
01:14:26,850 --> 01:14:27,850
Alright.

1756
01:14:29,450 --> 01:14:30,610
Let me just go take a shower.

1757
01:14:30,750 --> 01:14:31,750
Okay.

1758
01:14:58,270 --> 01:15:02,610
In my dread and confusion, I reverted to
the conventional wisdom.

1759
01:15:03,135 --> 01:15:07,210
That if you're going to deliver shattering
information to a loved one, it's best to

1760
01:15:07,211 --> 01:15:12,050
do it in a crowded place that will preempt
murders, recriminations, murder attempts,

1761
01:15:12,330 --> 01:15:13,330
and so forth.

1762
01:15:14,430 --> 01:15:16,530
I guess I should have
known that at seven on

1763
01:15:16,531 --> 01:15:18,490
a weekday night, the
place would be empty.

1764
01:15:18,850 --> 01:15:19,850
I'll have the venison.

1765
01:15:21,140 --> 01:15:22,210
And I'll have the salmon.

1766
01:15:22,970 --> 01:15:26,850
Even though it's probably exhausted after
swimming all the way to Vermont.

1767
01:15:28,890 --> 01:15:30,230
We made it through Thanksgiving.

1768
01:15:31,390 --> 01:15:32,330
Not too bad.

1769
01:15:32,390 --> 01:15:33,030
Not too bad.

1770
01:15:33,090 --> 01:15:33,750
Not too bad.

1771
01:15:33,970 --> 01:15:34,970
I barely remember it.

1772
01:15:37,830 --> 01:15:38,830
What do you think?

1773
01:15:39,870 --> 01:15:41,590
Do you think she'll come home for
Christmas?

1774
01:15:41,950 --> 01:15:42,950
Yeah, I hope so.

1775
01:15:44,940 --> 01:15:46,340
I'm so glad we're in this together.

1776
01:15:46,630 --> 01:15:47,630
Me too.

1777
01:15:54,020 --> 01:15:55,020
So if I...

1778
01:15:57,490 --> 01:16:02,390
If I tell you something, will you promise
not to be mad at me no matter what?

1779
01:16:04,140 --> 01:16:06,030
I recognize a lose-lose deal when I hear
one.

1780
01:16:06,530 --> 01:16:07,530
No, I mean it.

1781
01:16:08,500 --> 01:16:10,020
Have you been sleeping with a student?

1782
01:16:15,120 --> 01:16:16,120
No.

1783
01:16:16,900 --> 01:16:17,900
Oh my god, I was kidding.

1784
01:16:19,005 --> 01:16:20,220
I didn't really...

1785
01:16:20,320 --> 01:16:21,960
I didn't sleep with her.

1786
01:16:22,020 --> 01:16:23,020
My tooth broke.

1787
01:16:24,540 --> 01:16:25,260
Oh, okay.

1788
01:16:25,380 --> 01:16:27,740
So you were going to sleep with her except
your tooth broke?

1789
01:16:27,850 --> 01:16:30,020
Well, something like that.

1790
01:16:30,080 --> 01:16:30,760
Not really.

1791
01:16:30,980 --> 01:16:32,480
I mean... What did she do?

1792
01:16:32,520 --> 01:16:33,520
Punch you in the face?

1793
01:16:34,500 --> 01:16:35,500
No.

1794
01:16:36,850 --> 01:16:39,420
Is she the one who called when you were
supposedly in New York?

1795
01:16:39,945 --> 01:16:40,945
Um, I think so.

1796
01:16:41,410 --> 01:16:43,344
And do you think that's
who you went to see when

1797
01:16:43,345 --> 01:16:44,900
you told us you were
going to see your editor?

1798
01:16:45,360 --> 01:16:46,360
No.

1799
01:16:46,900 --> 01:16:47,900
Look at me!

1800
01:16:48,095 --> 01:16:48,800
God damn it!

1801
01:16:49,110 --> 01:16:50,416
What are you looking at them for?

1802
01:16:50,440 --> 01:16:51,440
No.

1803
01:16:51,680 --> 01:16:52,620
I was in New York.

1804
01:16:52,700 --> 01:16:53,700
I saw Len.

1805
01:16:53,820 --> 01:16:55,460
I wouldn't lie about something like that.

1806
01:16:55,655 --> 01:16:56,460
I'm very superstitious.

1807
01:16:56,520 --> 01:16:56,960
You know that.

1808
01:16:57,140 --> 01:16:58,340
What if the plane went down?

1809
01:16:58,460 --> 01:16:59,520
Too bad it didn't.

1810
01:17:05,350 --> 01:17:06,350
Is she pretty?

1811
01:17:07,370 --> 01:17:07,770
No.

1812
01:17:08,230 --> 01:17:08,630
No.

1813
01:17:08,870 --> 01:17:09,490
Not really.

1814
01:17:09,570 --> 01:17:09,770
No.

1815
01:17:09,771 --> 01:17:10,270
Then what?

1816
01:17:10,370 --> 01:17:10,610
Youth?

1817
01:17:10,770 --> 01:17:11,170
Great body?

1818
01:17:11,310 --> 01:17:11,410
What?

1819
01:17:11,530 --> 01:17:11,770
No.

1820
01:17:11,850 --> 01:17:12,070
No.

1821
01:17:12,110 --> 01:17:12,630
None of that.

1822
01:17:12,650 --> 01:17:12,890
Nothing.

1823
01:17:12,970 --> 01:17:13,970
It's just...

1824
01:17:17,820 --> 01:17:18,870
She can write, you know.

1825
01:17:19,290 --> 01:17:20,290
She can write?

1826
01:17:21,050 --> 01:17:22,050
This is about writing?

1827
01:17:22,765 --> 01:17:25,106
And it never once crossed your mind that
you're wanting to sleep with this kid?

1828
01:17:25,130 --> 01:17:27,090
Might have clouded your literary
judgement?

1829
01:17:27,290 --> 01:17:29,450
It's just that this novel that she's
writing is just...

1830
01:17:30,430 --> 01:17:31,090
It's stupid.

1831
01:17:31,310 --> 01:17:32,310
I know it's stupid.

1832
01:17:32,725 --> 01:17:33,870
That's what attracted me.

1833
01:17:34,010 --> 01:17:34,350
Oh.

1834
01:17:34,570 --> 01:17:35,390
Oh, I get it.

1835
01:17:35,391 --> 01:17:36,710
So you didn't fuck a student.

1836
01:17:36,770 --> 01:17:37,410
You fucked a book.

1837
01:17:37,750 --> 01:17:38,750
You're like some groupie.

1838
01:17:38,845 --> 01:17:40,971
Like one of those chicks who
used to come up to you after

1839
01:17:40,972 --> 01:17:43,351
one of your readings and thought
you were some famous writer.

1840
01:17:44,150 --> 01:17:44,930
You know what?

1841
01:17:45,130 --> 01:17:46,250
You're worse than a groupie.

1842
01:17:47,040 --> 01:17:48,950
You're like a vampire sucking this kid's
blood.

1843
01:17:49,450 --> 01:17:49,890
Okay.

1844
01:17:50,110 --> 01:17:53,430
A guy whose own daughter barely talks to
him because he forgot she existed.

1845
01:17:54,030 --> 01:17:58,730
He was so self-involved, so in love with
your own little problems that the only way

1846
01:17:58,731 --> 01:18:02,650
that she can get your attention is to start
dating a guy whose reputation is so bad.

1847
01:18:03,160 --> 01:18:04,306
Even you will have heard of it.

1848
01:18:04,330 --> 01:18:06,250
Even with your head so far up your ass.

1849
01:18:11,110 --> 01:18:11,550
Okay.

1850
01:18:11,810 --> 01:18:12,810
That's...

1851
01:18:13,030 --> 01:18:15,490
Sherry... A pathetic little crush used to
get on students.

1852
01:18:16,010 --> 01:18:19,610
Always simpering about how little miss
such and such is really very talented and

1853
01:18:19,760 --> 01:18:22,970
always asking me if anyone would still
think you were attractive.

1854
01:18:24,630 --> 01:18:25,710
I should have known better.

1855
01:18:26,215 --> 01:18:28,616
You know, serves me right for thinking
that we were different.

1856
01:18:28,640 --> 01:18:29,880
We weren't like everybody else.

1857
01:18:29,930 --> 01:18:30,930
We weren't the cliche.

1858
01:18:32,280 --> 01:18:35,950
The aging, insecure writer and his
pathetic, supportive wife.

1859
01:18:36,110 --> 01:18:36,330
Okay.

1860
01:18:36,730 --> 01:18:39,970
God, what could possibly be more cliche
than thinking you're not one?

1861
01:18:41,070 --> 01:18:44,990
Whatever the fuck you are looking for,
it is not out there.

1862
01:18:46,205 --> 01:18:49,085
It is not in me, and it's
not in the pussy of one of

1863
01:18:49,086 --> 01:18:51,711
your students who just
happens to be able to write.

1864
01:18:53,150 --> 01:18:54,150
I know that.

1865
01:18:54,290 --> 01:18:55,610
Don't you think that I know that?

1866
01:19:16,370 --> 01:19:19,030
She's filing a sexual harassment suit
against me.

1867
01:19:19,750 --> 01:19:20,750
Good.

1868
01:19:22,360 --> 01:19:23,410
I hope they crucify you.

1869
01:19:24,610 --> 01:19:25,930
I hope they fucking make you pay.

1870
01:21:03,130 --> 01:21:03,490
Ruby.

1871
01:21:03,950 --> 01:21:04,950
Hi, honey.

1872
01:21:05,130 --> 01:21:06,130
I was going to call you.

1873
01:21:06,210 --> 01:21:07,690
I think it sucks what you did to mom.

1874
01:21:07,900 --> 01:21:08,940
You should feel like shit.

1875
01:21:09,390 --> 01:21:10,550
That's how you made her feel.

1876
01:21:11,070 --> 01:21:11,790
No, I know that.

1877
01:21:11,850 --> 01:21:12,130
I know.

1878
01:21:12,230 --> 01:21:15,250
And I can offer up no worthy defense.

1879
01:21:15,850 --> 01:21:16,850
I...

1880
01:21:26,090 --> 01:21:27,120
Nice talking to you, too.

1881
01:21:56,430 --> 01:21:57,450
I am sorry, my friend.

1882
01:21:58,585 --> 01:21:59,825
But you have left me no choice.

1883
01:22:00,660 --> 01:22:02,190
I must request your resignation.

1884
01:22:15,510 --> 01:22:16,510
All sold out.

1885
01:22:16,910 --> 01:22:17,910
Standing in one.

1886
01:22:18,310 --> 01:22:20,990
I will not go on.

1887
01:22:21,150 --> 01:22:22,150
What happened to you?

1888
01:22:22,390 --> 01:22:23,390
Are you mad?

1889
01:22:23,870 --> 01:22:24,870
You've got to run.

1890
01:22:27,590 --> 01:22:28,590
Put on this wig.

1891
01:22:29,400 --> 01:22:31,050
Don't get excited, Professor.

1892
01:22:31,610 --> 01:22:32,890
We can't believe it.

1893
01:22:33,730 --> 01:22:35,910
Ladies and gentlemen, get in.

1894
01:22:38,510 --> 01:22:38,790
Come on.

1895
01:22:39,010 --> 01:22:40,010
Take a key.

1896
01:22:40,420 --> 01:22:43,550
Take a key, man.

1897
01:24:10,940 --> 01:24:12,750
We all know why we're here.

1898
01:24:12,950 --> 01:24:15,847
To investigate the
charges brought by Miss

1899
01:24:15,848 --> 01:24:19,771
Angela Argo against
Professor Theodore Swenson.

1900
01:24:20,690 --> 01:24:24,310
This committee has already taken a number
of depositions under advisement.

1901
01:24:26,770 --> 01:24:28,010
Do you have any questions, Ted?

1902
01:24:31,210 --> 01:24:32,210
Ted.

1903
01:24:33,370 --> 01:24:33,810
No.

1904
01:24:34,290 --> 01:24:35,290
No.

1905
01:24:36,420 --> 01:24:37,660
I suppose we should just begin.

1906
01:24:39,045 --> 01:24:40,668
Can you tell us in your
own words what happened

1907
01:24:40,669 --> 01:24:43,150
at Dean Bentham's on the
evening of November 6th?

1908
01:24:44,790 --> 01:24:45,230
Well...

1909
01:24:45,750 --> 01:24:47,457
Did you ever notice
anything unusual in

1910
01:24:47,458 --> 01:24:50,871
Professor Swenson's
behavior toward Miss Argo?

1911
01:24:51,450 --> 01:24:51,890
Well...

1912
01:24:52,040 --> 01:24:54,216
Did he do anything in
class that led you to suspect

1913
01:24:54,217 --> 01:24:56,610
that he was involved
inappropriately with Miss Argo?

1914
01:24:58,760 --> 01:25:02,330
Did you ever see him with Miss Argo in a
venue that surprised you?

1915
01:25:02,650 --> 01:25:04,470
Well, thank you for coming in.

1916
01:25:04,570 --> 01:25:05,750
We appreciate your honesty.

1917
01:25:05,930 --> 01:25:06,970
Thank you for your courage, Miss Swenson.

1918
01:25:06,971 --> 01:25:08,411
The committee appreciates your help.

1919
01:25:09,110 --> 01:25:13,130
And could you tell us the reason for Miss
Argo's visits to the health clinic?

1920
01:25:13,700 --> 01:25:17,864
This one time she came in,
Sherri Swenson and I were on

1921
01:25:17,865 --> 01:25:21,290
duty and she said she had
been having suicidal thoughts.

1922
01:25:21,940 --> 01:25:25,410
She was worried that she'd never meet a
man she could love.

1923
01:25:25,920 --> 01:25:26,920
How did you respond?

1924
01:25:27,800 --> 01:25:30,890
She wanted to know how we met our
husbands.

1925
01:25:31,290 --> 01:25:32,430
So we told her.

1926
01:25:32,860 --> 01:25:34,220
And it seemed to give her comfort.

1927
01:25:35,110 --> 01:25:37,470
Well, thank you so much for coming.

1928
01:25:39,550 --> 01:25:40,550
Okay, Angela.

1929
01:25:40,950 --> 01:25:42,210
Do you feel ready?

1930
01:25:52,110 --> 01:25:54,953
Let us start by saying
that everybody understands

1931
01:25:54,954 --> 01:25:57,701
how difficult it has
been for you to do this.

1932
01:25:57,800 --> 01:26:01,760
How brave you are for helping to make sure
that this kind of thing is stopped.

1933
01:26:03,615 --> 01:26:08,700
I want to start by asking, when did you
first realize that Professor Swenson was

1934
01:26:08,900 --> 01:26:12,840
interested in something beyond the
ordinary student-teacher relationship?

1935
01:26:14,470 --> 01:26:16,500
Well, I caught him looking at me in class
a lot.

1936
01:26:17,660 --> 01:26:18,660
And...

1937
01:26:18,920 --> 01:26:22,320
then I found out he checked out my book of
poems from the library.

1938
01:26:23,700 --> 01:26:24,700
And, um...

1939
01:26:25,095 --> 01:26:26,700
I figured something was going on.

1940
01:26:27,580 --> 01:26:28,660
How did that make you feel?

1941
01:26:28,820 --> 01:26:29,860
It creeped me out.

1942
01:26:30,880 --> 01:26:31,880
Big time.

1943
01:26:31,965 --> 01:26:34,400
And how did things between you progress?

1944
01:26:36,010 --> 01:26:39,225
I guess it's when I told him
that my computer crashed and he

1945
01:26:39,226 --> 01:26:41,761
offered to take me down to
Burlington to the computer store.

1946
01:26:42,140 --> 01:26:43,140
Objection, your honors.

1947
01:26:43,180 --> 01:26:44,180
I did not offer.

1948
01:26:44,310 --> 01:26:45,310
She asked.

1949
01:26:45,550 --> 01:26:47,060
Ted, you'll get your chance.

1950
01:26:48,430 --> 01:26:51,700
And this isn't the court of law addressing
us as your honors isn't necessary.

1951
01:26:52,180 --> 01:26:53,180
All right, okay.

1952
01:26:54,120 --> 01:26:55,120
Then what happened?

1953
01:26:55,840 --> 01:26:56,840
Nothing at first.

1954
01:26:58,700 --> 01:27:01,340
He seemed really nervous, like he was
scared he would see us.

1955
01:27:01,780 --> 01:27:02,780
And then?

1956
01:27:03,200 --> 01:27:07,240
When we were on our way back, he started
talking about his editor in New York and.

1957
01:27:07,700 --> 01:27:08,420
..

1958
01:27:09,150 --> 01:27:12,460
asked if I would like the guy to look at
my novel.

1959
01:27:13,845 --> 01:27:18,180
And that's when he put his hand on mine
and moved it to my leg.

1960
01:27:18,380 --> 01:27:19,000
Oh, my God.

1961
01:27:19,120 --> 01:27:20,560
That is bullshit, Angela.

1962
01:27:21,000 --> 01:27:23,060
That is complete and total bullshit.

1963
01:27:23,260 --> 01:27:23,400
Ted.

1964
01:27:23,880 --> 01:27:24,700
It's bullshit.

1965
01:27:24,880 --> 01:27:25,620
You'll get your say.

1966
01:27:25,700 --> 01:27:25,980
Bullshit.

1967
01:27:26,120 --> 01:27:26,560
Please.

1968
01:27:26,561 --> 01:27:28,500
Excuse the interruption.

1969
01:27:28,780 --> 01:27:29,780
Please continue.

1970
01:27:31,280 --> 01:27:33,453
Anyway, when we got
back to the dorm, he offered

1971
01:27:33,454 --> 01:27:35,941
to help me carry the
computer up to my room.

1972
01:27:36,910 --> 01:27:37,960
And you told him...

1973
01:27:38,500 --> 01:27:39,500
yes?

1974
01:27:40,130 --> 01:27:42,160
I was feeling totally passive.

1975
01:27:42,480 --> 01:27:43,480
Like...

1976
01:27:44,320 --> 01:27:46,080
I was totally out of control of
everything.

1977
01:27:47,190 --> 01:27:48,430
And what happened next, Angela?

1978
01:27:51,165 --> 01:27:52,720
I know this is hard for you.

1979
01:27:53,290 --> 01:27:54,440
But we do have to know.

1980
01:27:56,560 --> 01:27:57,560
Well...

1981
01:27:59,360 --> 01:28:00,360
Um...

1982
01:28:02,120 --> 01:28:03,680
Then we sort of had sex.

1983
01:28:04,680 --> 01:28:05,500
Or we began to.

1984
01:28:05,660 --> 01:28:07,320
And then his tooth cracked.

1985
01:28:10,460 --> 01:28:11,460
And?

1986
01:28:11,640 --> 01:28:12,740
That ended it.

1987
01:28:13,830 --> 01:28:14,830
How did you feel?

1988
01:28:15,180 --> 01:28:16,180
Relieved.

1989
01:28:18,700 --> 01:28:19,960
I shouldn't have done it.

1990
01:28:20,900 --> 01:28:24,600
But... I guess what he was offering
in exchange was too tempting.

1991
01:28:26,560 --> 01:28:27,640
Did he offer the bar again?

1992
01:28:27,820 --> 01:28:28,820
He lied.

1993
01:28:29,900 --> 01:28:34,560
He said his editor wasn't interested and
didn't want to take a look at my book.

1994
01:28:36,100 --> 01:28:37,100
Go ahead, honey.

1995
01:28:38,180 --> 01:28:39,180
Tell him.

1996
01:28:39,920 --> 01:28:40,920
Tell him the good news.

1997
01:28:41,040 --> 01:28:42,040
Good news.

1998
01:28:42,980 --> 01:28:43,980
Please.

1999
01:28:45,740 --> 01:28:49,040
About a week ago, I got a call from a guy
named Len Curry.

2000
01:28:50,140 --> 01:28:51,220
Professor Swenson's editor.

2001
01:28:52,440 --> 01:28:55,918
He said he found my manuscript
on the chair where they had

2002
01:28:55,919 --> 01:28:59,820
had lunch and read it on his
way home in a cab and that he...

2003
01:29:00,960 --> 01:29:02,840
he's offered me a contract to publish it.

2004
01:29:03,640 --> 01:29:04,720
That is wonderful.

2005
01:29:07,960 --> 01:29:08,960
Am I done?

2006
01:29:09,140 --> 01:29:10,140
Yes, of course.

2007
01:29:10,420 --> 01:29:11,420
Thank you.

2008
01:29:12,040 --> 01:29:14,560
And congratulations on your book.

2009
01:29:16,080 --> 01:29:16,520
Thanks.

2010
01:29:16,940 --> 01:29:17,940
I guess.

2011
01:29:19,050 --> 01:29:20,050
Now I have to finish it.

2012
01:29:25,780 --> 01:29:26,780
Ted.

2013
01:29:27,740 --> 01:29:30,360
I imagine there are now some things that
you would want to say.

2014
01:29:38,850 --> 01:29:42,140
First of all, I'd like to say that I'm
sorry.

2015
01:29:46,610 --> 01:29:48,620
Sorrier than you can even ever imagine.

2016
01:29:52,450 --> 01:29:57,780
I'm sorry that I ruined my marriage.

2017
01:29:59,070 --> 01:30:00,460
I'm sorry that I ruined my career.

2018
01:30:01,450 --> 01:30:07,601
I'm sorry that I sacrificed my extraordinary
wife for an adolescent idea of romance.

2019
01:30:10,060 --> 01:30:14,300
Sorry that I can't seem to write a novel
that's nearly as good as my first.

2020
01:30:14,420 --> 01:30:16,060
Sorry that my daughter won't speak to me.

2021
01:30:16,480 --> 01:30:19,580
Sorry that my father set himself on fire.

2022
01:30:19,990 --> 01:30:22,046
And I'm sorry that I've
spent the better part of a

2023
01:30:22,047 --> 01:30:25,440
decade, which I will never
get back, among all of you.

2024
01:30:28,870 --> 01:30:34,120
I admit that my behavior towards Angela
was inappropriate and unprofessional.

2025
01:30:37,080 --> 01:30:38,080
I regret it.

2026
01:30:38,460 --> 01:30:39,460
And I regret it so much.

2027
01:30:41,935 --> 01:30:45,160
But I do not agree with the way it's been
presented here today.

2028
01:30:45,990 --> 01:30:47,070
The truth has been twisted.

2029
01:30:47,760 --> 01:30:54,480
What happened between Angela and me was
personal and it was complicated.

2030
01:30:55,505 --> 01:30:59,540
But it was never, ever a business
transaction.

2031
01:31:00,600 --> 01:31:01,600
That's a lie.

2032
01:31:09,310 --> 01:31:10,310
That's it.

2033
01:31:16,060 --> 01:31:17,060
Excellent.

2034
01:31:17,320 --> 01:31:18,320
Thank you.

2035
01:31:19,150 --> 01:31:20,150
And thank you all.

2036
01:31:21,250 --> 01:31:23,629
The committee will
be letting you know its

2037
01:31:23,630 --> 01:31:27,401
decision within, let's
say, the next two weeks.

2038
01:32:36,930 --> 01:32:42,210
In The Blue Angel, Professor Wrath,
mad with grief, wanders through the snowy

2039
01:32:42,211 --> 01:32:46,170
streets broken and humiliated because of
his own undoing.

2040
01:32:46,910 --> 01:32:53,631
He died in his classroom alone, forsaken,
clinging in vain to a life no longer his.

2041
01:32:55,170 --> 01:32:56,530
But I'm not Professor Wrath.

2042
01:32:57,780 --> 01:33:00,170
Yes, we both destroyed the lives we had.

2043
01:33:00,880 --> 01:33:06,170
We're manipulated by forces unexplored,
feelings repressed, ghosts from our past.

2044
01:33:11,540 --> 01:33:13,450
But I destroyed the lives of others,
too.

2045
01:33:14,240 --> 01:33:15,240
Those I loved the most.

2046
01:33:15,910 --> 01:33:16,910
Those who trusted me.

2047
01:33:17,610 --> 01:33:19,310
And that is something I have to live with.

2048
01:33:20,840 --> 01:33:22,090
Why did I let it happen?

2049
01:33:22,360 --> 01:33:23,130
I still ask myself.

2050
01:33:23,131 --> 01:33:27,130
Did I set myself on fire to protest my own
complacency?

2051
01:33:27,750 --> 01:33:30,990
Was it the only way I could shake off my
inertia and leap into the unknown?

2052
01:33:31,910 --> 01:33:32,910
I don't know.

2053
01:33:33,550 --> 01:33:35,610
All I do know is that I'm writing again.

2054
01:33:36,330 --> 01:33:38,150
And for the moment, that is enough.

2055
01:33:51,620 --> 01:33:52,620
Excuse me.

2056
01:33:54,540 --> 01:33:55,540
How is that?

2057
01:34:01,430 --> 01:34:04,420
Sit beside the breakfast table.

2058
01:34:05,320 --> 01:34:06,860
Think about your troubles.

2059
01:34:07,940 --> 01:34:10,320
Pour yourself a cup of tea.

2060
01:34:10,540 --> 01:34:12,200
And think about the bubbles.

2061
01:34:13,520 --> 01:34:18,300
You can take your teardrops and drop them
in a teacup.

2062
01:34:19,020 --> 01:34:22,620
Take them down to the riverside.

2063
01:34:22,940 --> 01:34:25,320
And throw them over these heights.

2064
01:34:25,460 --> 01:34:28,100
To be swept up by a current.

2065
01:34:28,340 --> 01:34:31,320
Then taken to the ocean.

2066
01:34:31,520 --> 01:34:33,700
To be eaten by some fishes.

2067
01:34:34,200 --> 01:34:37,340
Who were eaten by some fishes.

2068
01:34:37,880 --> 01:34:40,140
And swallowed by a whale.

2069
01:34:40,360 --> 01:34:42,240
Who grew so old.

2070
01:34:43,340 --> 01:34:45,460
He decomposed.

2071
01:34:48,340 --> 01:34:49,340
You.

2072
01:34:51,380 --> 01:34:52,380
Do.

2073
01:34:52,440 --> 01:34:53,440
Do.

2074
01:34:54,380 --> 01:34:55,380
Do.

2075
01:34:55,460 --> 01:34:57,440
He died.

2076
01:34:57,441 --> 01:34:59,020
He left his body.

2077
01:34:59,080 --> 01:35:02,020
To the bottom of the ocean.

2078
01:35:02,180 --> 01:35:08,200
Now everybody knows that when a body
decomposes.

2079
01:35:08,420 --> 01:35:14,020
The basic elements are given back to the
ocean.

2080
01:35:14,540 --> 01:35:17,580
And the sea does what it ought to.

2081
01:35:18,040 --> 01:35:23,760
And soon this salty water is not too good
for a drink.

2082
01:35:25,460 --> 01:35:27,180
It's just like a teardrop.

2083
01:35:27,220 --> 01:35:30,260
So you're under too much love.

2084
01:35:30,560 --> 01:35:33,600
And it comes out from a faucet.

2085
01:35:34,000 --> 01:35:36,180
And it pours into a teapot.

2086
01:35:36,360 --> 01:35:38,980
Which is just about to bubble.

2087
01:35:40,100 --> 01:35:41,100
Now.

2088
01:35:43,180 --> 01:35:45,000
Think about your trouble.