"There." "Over there." "There's a spot!" "Come on!" "Are you kidding?" "Jerk!" "Sorry." "Hey!" "Losers." "Hi, Lee." "How's it going?" "What's going on?" "They totally like you." "What's not to like?" "Hey." "Won't you take me to Funkytown?" "Won't you take me to Funkytown?" "Won't you take me to Funkytown?" "Won't you take me to Funkytown?" "That's crap." "Let's go, baby, and check this game out." "Dane." "Don't miss, buddy." "What the hell!" "Yeah." "Whoo!" "Yeah!" "SKATELAND" "Won't you take me to Funkytown?" "Won't you take me to Funkytown?" "Gotta make a move to a town that's right for me" "Town to get me movin'" "Keep me groovin' with some energy" "Well, I talk about it Talk about it" "Talk about it Talk about it" "Talk about Talk about" "Talk about moving" "Gotta move on" "Gotta move on" "Gotta move on" "It's open." "Breakfast is ready." "I'm okay, thanks." "You should be hungry." "Maybe, but I'm not." "Did you look at the applications I gave you?" "Not yet." "Those are some strong schools, Ritchie." "I think you'll like them." "Coffee's ready, Mom." "You know there's no stopping her." "I realize that, but I'm really getting in the meat of this." "I'd like to see your sweet face while I'm at the table." "How you doing, baby?" "I'm fine." "You okay for money?" "I made a few extra bucks on the editorial in the paper last month." "Well, here's a 20 anyway." "Don't tell your father." "Okay, guys." "Hold still." "Thank you!" "Can I have the salt, please, honey?" "Yes, ma'am." "Thanks." "What do you got going on today, Pop?" "I'm headed down to Carthage." "I'm gonna pick up a few more leases on the Taylor unit." "You know, we're scheduled to drill our first well in two weeks." "We got a lot riding on this one." "Right on." "You should come." "I could walk you through the basics of running title." "Then we can drive to the location after lunch." "Today?" "Yeah." "Shoot." "I got plans today." "Maybe next time?" "I'm sorry, Dad." "Well, I won't be home for dinner." "I've got my aerobics class with the girls at the YMCA." "Again?" "The schedule's always the same, David." "I'll order a pizza." "It'll be fun." "Great." "Pizza." "Had a bucket of chicken last night." "Maybe we can microwave some burritos or fish sticks." "You know my routine." "What about our routine?" "I can cook something." "I'll write you a check for the pizza, Ritchie." "Mary, don't forget I'm picking you up at 1:30 for your driver's ed." "I'll be ready!" "Here you go, honey." "Here's the check for the pizza." "Not there." "It'll get wet." "All right, it's on the bed." "Cooking a meal." "Just cook one meal." "Okay, I don't appreciate that." "You're not the only one in this house with stress and a busy schedule." "Well, you brought that on yourself." "Well, it's a good thing I did." "We have everything tied up in this." "What if you don't make a well?" "What then?" "All I'm asking is for you to take care of your family every once in a while." "You know, the kids are fine, David." "This is about you and your ego." "I am so tired of you trying to hold me back and make me feel guilty." "Well, maybe you should feel guilty." "Well, well." "Is Brent back?" "Son, he's back, but I couldn't tell you if he made it home last night." "Shut the hell up, Sheree!" "Hey, Mrs. Burkham." "What, no hug for me anymore, handsome?" "All right." "Is Brent home?" "Your guess is as good as mine, sugar." "Shut up!" "Identify." "My name is Ritchie Wheeler." "I'm a writer." "I like crocheting, kittens, silent films about trees." "Made us a mix tape." "Awesome." "Where was I?" "I'm almost ready." "I prefer capitalism over socialism." "Schopenhauer over Nietzsche." "Is Brent here?" "Who's the king?" "You..." "Get off me." "Hmm?" "Hmm?" "Who's the king?" "Get off!" "Who's the king?" "Get off!" "Who's the king, Ritchie Rich?" "You are." "You are, okay?" "You're the king!" "Yes, I am the king." "Yes!" "You okay?" "It's better to burn out" "Yeah, than fade away" "When did you get back, B?" "Last night." "Blew it out over McCann Street with those two flautas, Carter and Wheatley." "Oh, no, those girls are such sluts." "Special girls, and they deserve medals for their commitment to visual excellence." "I was home, dirtbag." "Couldn't do it, man." "Three's a treat and four is way too much meat." "Ew!" "And besides, I thought you'd be hanging with Deana." "I haven't seen her, man." "So why are you back?" "I thought the circuit lasts through October." "Man, I took a bad spill at Omaha." "I was doing this long stretch of whoop-de-dos, and I got side swiped by this punk," "Marlo Hanks, slammed me into the hay going about 80." "Banged my shit up!" "That blows." "How long are you down for?" "Give me a beer." "So you keeping an eye on this girl here?" "Any boys been around?" "I can take care of myself, Brent." "And, no, there haven't been any boys." "What about Boofer T on prom night?" "You must've forgotten about him." "Hey, nothing happened!" "Right." "Ow!" "Man, I can't wait to see Kenny." "How's his sister?" "Samantha." "I've been meaning to tell you." "The last time she was in town, she could not shut up about you." "Brent this and Brent that." "Yeah. "Brent's so cool and so ruggedly handsome."" "I know." "It was annoying." "Right?" "Really?" "No." "No." "No, no, no." "Not even close." "Man, that's mean." "It is." "It's hatefulness and it's playing with my emotions," "and I really don't appreciate that." "There's a chance." "Say yeah!" "Say yeah!" "We're gonna burn this damn place down" "Down to the ground" "Z28." "Now that is a sweet ride." "You know, this car just paced the Indy Five, but they used a highly modified, 350, 5.7 liter V8, which is not, and I repeat, not available to the general public." "It's kind of sad, really." "Yeah, man, but Kenny's has crossfire injection." "Wow!" "That is so interesting, boys." "Damn straight." "Anytime you want to put your old black knight up against this bad boy, you let me know." "You don't have the ability, or the knowhow." "The Camino can't even decide if it's a car or a truck." "That is a very good point." "Thank you." "You guys don't know shit." "God, I need a beer." "Right on." "Beer's on ice in the back of the boat, baby." "Whoo!" "So you say." "How's your sister?" "I mean, the 'stache is cool." "I've had so many more girls say, "You have a 'stache,"" "which makes me feel special." "If you say so, man." "Like that guy." "Who's that old guy out on the dock?" "Which one?" "The big one?" "Yeah." "The one with the really hot chick." "Man, you ought to know who that is." "He used to do your sister." "Hey, boys." "You having fun?" "Kenny, yeah!" "Dude, you throw the best..." "The best jams." "The best jams." "Right on." "Right on." "I mean, these are better than concerts." "Way better." "All right." "Hey, enjoy." "What's mine is yours." "Yeah, man, you make me tingle." ""Tingle"?" "Who says "tingle"?" "Sounded good in my head." "Well, I spy..." "No one fills a pair of Jordache jeans like Deana Trammel." "Mmm." "Mmm-mmm-mmm." "Hottest chick to ever grace this town." "Hard to believe that was once your property." "Hard to believe?" "I know, hard to believe." "Man, every time I throw one of these things," "I end up knowing about 25% of the chicks here." "Well, that's 75% who might let you do them." "Come on, man." "I got a bottle of my dad's scotch downstairs." "I'm gonna lower my standards." "And improve your chances." "Whatever works." "Later, Kenny." "All right." "See you, man." "I'm so gonna be like him one day." "Look at his hair." "Does it make you tingle?" "...but the atmosphere is a bit stuffy." "I mean, who wants to go shopping in a place where there's no windows?" "I love the mall." "Are you guys hiring?" "I'll ask." "But don't you work at Brookshire's?" "I was till Tommy punched the night manager in the face." "Why?" "I mean, I didn't even know you were still with Tommy." "I'm not, but he hasn't figured that out yet." "Oh." "Vance, the Horsemen are coming." "Really?" "The Four Horsemen?" "Yeah, the Four Horsemen." "That's who you're talking about?" "Yes." "So, I heard your brother's back in town?" "He is, yeah." "By all means, help yourselves." "Why don't you shut the hell up, faggot?" "Do you know where he is?" "Candy!" "He's actually up..." "I gotta go." "Assholes." "You go over there to fight the Four Horsemen," "you're gonna get your ass kicked." "Lee, I..." "No, I wouldn't." "Dude, I would sweep the floor with them." "Every time." "I'd make them look like the horse that changes colors in that movie with all the..." "It would take half of one of them to beat you up." ""AIVy, I tell you this" ""because, as an artist, I think you'll understand." ""Sometimes when I'm driving on the road at night," ""I see two headlights coming toward me, fast." ""I have this sudden impulse to swerve the wheel into the oncoming car." ""I can anticipate the explosion." "The sound of shattering glass." ""The flames rising out of the flowing gasoline."" "I'll be damned." "I can never get enough of that." "I missed you, man!" "I missed you." "It feels good to be home." "I'm telling you, man." "I love it here." "The big pine trees, lake, beautiful women." "That does not sound like the Brent Burkham who left town." "I'm just saying it's good to be home." "Alternatively, this place is lame." "The people, generally, are narrow." "They lack ambition and are indifferent to what they eat, listen to, or see." "You need to get out of here for a while." "Get some perspective." "All right?" "You'll see what I mean." "I was thinking about that." "I was thinking private investigator, maybe Hawaii." ""I will say, Magnum," ""based upon my extensive knowledge acquired with MI6, it is entirely..."" "You're hammered." "Give me that scotch." "Yeah, I am hammered." "Hey, Burkham, I was gonna show you that thing." "We should go check on that." "What?" "Oh." "Yeah, the thing in the..." "In the thing." "Hold on." "Where you going?" "Hey!" "Easy, tiger." "Hey there, Ritchie Rich." "Are you trying to get to the bottom of that bottle?" "Well, yes, ma'am." "I heard there was a prize down there." "You look good, Ritchie." "Thanks." "Teddy has me doing the limbo a lot, and I've been polishing so many wheels you wouldn't believe." "I think you can actually see the lines in my biceps now." "In certain light." "Yeah?" "Right there." "Yeah." "I'm gonna lose my old lady" "Down to the ground" "Brent!" "Brent Burkham!" "When did you get back in town?" "I came back just to see you." "I don't believe you for a second." "No, really." "Hug's over." "What do you think you're doing, dickweed?" "Tommy Dildo." "I mean Doedash." "I mean Dillday." "Doe." "Dillday." "Still a half-assed bike rider?" "Yeah." "Yeah." "You still the leader of the Four Horsemen?" "There's just three of you." "That's funny." "Yeah, 'cause Medlin's in jail, asshole." "Is he in there with your pop?" "Well, that must be nice for them both." "You want some, queerbait?" "The kid's all right, States." "How you living, Tommy?" "Ritchie, this has nothing to do with you, man." "What have you been up to?" "Nothing much." "You still pulling pipe?" "Yeah, Monday through Friday." "Good for you." "What are you laughing at?" "Hey, take it easy, Billy." "I mean, this is a party after all, gentlemen." "Hey, Tommy." "Enjoy on me, huh?" "Actually, me." "We were just catching up on old business, Rich." "Right, Tommy?" "Just stay away from my shit, Burkham." "I'll be seeing you, Candy." "I like your party." "What's up, baby?" "Wheeler?" "Next time you see someone starting shit with me, you don't hand him a glass bottle." "Where does it go from here?" "Is it down to the lake I fear?" "Ah, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya" "Ah, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya" "Ring, ring, ring, ring" "La, Ia, love plus one" "Ring, ring, ring, ring" "Shoelaces can be pretty tricky." "Hey, wait up!" "There you go, boys." "Hey, Jen, how you holding up?" "Hey, Ritchie." "The ice machine's a little slow again, but I brought in a few bags from the back." "Good." "I'll let Teddy know." "Murphy party's ready for their Coke floats." "Okay." "I'm on it." "Thanks." "Thanks, Ritchie." "All right, kids." "Everyone in the Dollahite party, proceed to corral number three for the gift exchange." "Everyone else, turn your attention to the center of the rink for Lula the Clown's patented moonwalk skate." "Hey, Teddy." "The ice machine's down again." "I thought they fixed it yesterday." "Yeah, they tried, but the compressor's going out." "It's actually cheaper to get a new one." "The smoke machine jammed up on me last night." "I couldn't turn it off and it looked like a damn bomb went off in here." "Well, I can get someone out here to take a look at that." "Don't worry about it." "There's no point." "No point?" "I got an offer a few weeks ago from Donnell Pipe to buy this place." "Donnell Pipe?" "What would they want with Skateland?" "Moving in the market and they like the location." "They're probably gonna turn it into a big old warehouse and stack some heavy equipment outside." "Turns out that this land is, well, it's worth a lot more than what the business is, if you can even call it that." "I thought we were doing all right." "Granted it's not like a few years ago." "It's probably just a cycle." "Look around, Ritchie." "Ain't nobody skating anymore." "They're all in parking lots and discos, and birthday parties and video games just ain't covering the overhead." "Look." "I know you like this place, Wheeler." "I do." "Okay?" "But you ain't gonna be sticking around here much longer." "I won't let you anyway." "It wasn't an easy decision, you know, but like I always say," ""You gotta make the hay while the sun shines."" "Yeah." "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." "After 10 years together, exclusively here on MTV this evening, we are going to see Kiss..." "What are you gonna do with all of those?" "I'm making a collage for the yearbook wall and a family collage for the bathroom wall." "Not my bathroom." "Our bathroom, and why not?" "All right." "Thank you." "I'm headed out." "Wait, I need to talk to you guys." "Can you have a seat for a minute, Ritchie?" "Yeah." "What's going on, Dad?" "What's wrong?" "Something's happened, and I haven't said anything because" "I thought your mom wanted to be here." "But I haven't seen her." "So..." "What is it?" "Your mother and I are getting a divorce." "What?" "Where's Mom?" "I don't know, Son." "When did you guys decide this?" "I'm sorry." "It's not my choice." "Then whose choice is it?" "Your..." "Your mom." "She didn't want counseling." "She's got her own life now." "I just want you two to know this has nothing to do with you." "This has everything to do with us." "I understand, pumpkin." "What I meant to say is it's not your fault." "We broke promises." "We made some poor decisions, and we've been together a long time." "People change." "I don't know how to keep her here." "I'm here, Dad." "Son?" "You have anything you want to say?" "I don't know." "Once I had a love and it was a gas" "Soon turned out had a heart of glass" "Seemed like the real thing, only to find" "Much of mistrust, love's gone behind" "Once I had a love and it was divine" "Soon found out I was losing my mind" "It seemed like the real thing but I was so blind" "Much of mistrust, love's gone behind" "In between" "What I find is pleasing and I'm feeling fine" "Love is so confusing There's no peace of mind" "If I fear I'm losing you it's just no good" "You teasing like you do" "Once I had a love and it was a gas" "Soon turned out had a heart of glass" "Seemed like the real thing..." "You know, you should really try to get a job as one of those VJs." "You certainly know enough and love to talk" "and talk and talk." "Hey, one of us has to." "What about you?" "Plans in the making after you hang up the skates?" "I don't even want to think about it." "What a shocker." "That would require you to make a decision." "I was actually thinking about applying for something at the mall, like you." "I'm in high school." "You were in high school." "Exactly." "Really?" "You still have my Skateland essay?" "Yeah, I love that." "Ran into Deana the other night." "Mary said she stopped by the house." "I'm not sure what to make of it." "Rich, she hasn't talked to you in forever." "I know that." "But we were together for a long time." "Maybe it's time for a change." "What did you have in mind?" "I've decided to look into schools." "Oh." "Where?" "Junior college." "Or wherever." "I've already made a list of potentials." "Really?" "Yeah, really." "That's quick." "I've gotta get out of here." "Yeah." "You should, too." "Yeah." "I mean it." "Skateland closing is one of the best things that's ever happened to you." "That's just sad." "I didn't mean it like that." "My parents are getting divorced." "Pull it out!" "Check to see if those rod boxes are worn out!" "Okay, that will do!" "Help me out here." "I got it, Pop." "I got it." "That's it, kid." "All right." "Easy does it." "Watch for the guide rods." "It's good." "Yeah." "Hey, Mr. Burkham!" "Hey!" "Looking to do some real work?" "No, sir." "But I think Kenny here is interested." "Just here to pick up Brent, Mr. Burkham." "Where you headed?" "Big Woods." "I'll see you tomorrow, Pop." "Stay out of trouble." "Yup." "Hey, boys!" "Stinky man!" "So, one night, after I won the hilltop sectional in Oakland," "one of the sponsors takes me to a high-rolling joint for dinner with some of the other riders to celebrate." "How high-rolling?" "The best." "Steak, lobster, martinis." "Expensive wine." "Unbelievable." "Bitchin'." "You haven't heard anything yet." "So, the sponsor, I think his name was Arty or something, brought his smoking hot wife with him." "Foxy flauta, man." "I mean, she had the perfect lips and legs." "She was like a firecracker." "Boom!" "Whoa!" "Flautas, baby." "And she's eyeing old Brent." "Flautas!" "But dinner wraps up, and we're standing outside..." "Hey, what did you have?" "To eat?" "Yeah, yeah." "That's a good question." "I don't remember." "You don't remember what you had to eat?" "So, dinner wraps up, and we're standing outside," "and the husband..." "Arty." "Arty, he has to make a red eye, a late flight, that is, to catch a different race, and he's leaving the old lady behind overnight." "I know where this is going." "You know it, baby." "She slips me her hotel key." "So I go up to my room and do a quick brush to the daggers..." "Wait." "You're in the same hotel?" "Yeah." "Awesome!" "Awesome!" "So, I clean up a bit, head over to her spot," "I open the door, and there's champagne and chocolates all laid out on the table, candles burning, everything." "And I suddenly realize that I am the prey." "You had no control in the matter?" "No control whatsoever." "She pours me a glass of bubbly, pops a couple chocolates in my mouth, tells me to lie down on the bed," "then she walks into the bathroom." "Just then, the phone rings." "I pick it up, and on the other end of the line is a man's voice." "No way." "No way." "And the man says," ""Hello, Brent."" "Hello, Brent." "The husband?" "The husband." "It's the freaking husband, my sponsor!" "And he tells me this, get this," ""Take care of my lady! "" "Treat her well." "Holy balls!" "Balls of fire!" "So I say in a nice, cordial way," ""Well, thank you, sir." "I will."" "Then she catwalks out of the bathroom with leopard lingerie and ears." "Her blonde locks flowing out underneath." "Whoa, whoa, whoa." "Ears?" "What do you mean?" "Little ears." "Swingers." "Cougar on the prowl." "Hot!" "So, to answer your original question, I will never get married." "That was not my original question." "That wasn't his original question." "You sure?" "I'm pretty damn sure, you drunk SOB." "I asked if your parents were happy." "Oh." "Really?" "To answer that question, I'm surprised they haven't killed each other." "It's a hate-hate relationship." "Huh." "And that's why you don't want to get married?" "That, maybe," "and all the lovely ladies out there." "I'll drink to that." "I don't know, man." "I could see myself settling down." "And I always thought there was one girl out there." "Yeah, well, so did your dad." "Yeah." "I'm an asshole." "I didn't mean it." "Hey, how's the writing going?" "Poorly." "I filled out a couple of applications for you." "Do you have time to go over them?" "No." "Not right now." "We need to get these in so that we can be eligible for the next semester." "There are a few junior colleges in the area." "You don't really need to apply." "You can take care of all your easy classes and save money." "Give it a rest, Mary." "All right?" "Now is not the time for this." "Okay, then when is the time?" "This thing you do doesn't work." "All right?" "It hasn't worked." "Try worrying about yourself." "Because Mom and Dad, they're done." "So you need me here." "I don't really have a choice, either way." "We don't need you." "You have no idea what's around the corner." "For all we know, Dad will have a nervous breakdown." "Why are you doing this?" "Dad's fine." "If you were ever home, you would know that." "What is that supposed to mean?" "You spend all your time with your friends, that's all." "You just said you wanted me to leave, Mary." "Run off to some college." "So which is it?" "You want me here or not?" "I want what's best for you, and college is what's best for you!" "You can do anything!" "You're selfish!" "You have a seat." "You do not talk to your sister that way." "Am I clear?" "Yes, sir." "We are all going through a difficult time right now." "It does not give you the right to act like an asshole, especially to your own family." "I understand, but she keeps pushing me on this." "Trying to organize my whole life." "Do you know how important you are to her?" "Do you know how much she looks up to you?" "Yes, sir." "Then act like it." "I know you got a lot on your mind, Son." "I've been there." "I was 32 years old and had two kids before I felt a sense of pride and ownership in what I was doing." "You've got options, and that presents a whole other set of challenges." "Regardless of the path you take, the relationships you form, they'll define you." "Your success, your happiness." "And that starts right here." "Ah!" "Ritchie Wheeler." "Ritchie Wheeler." "Ritchie." "No server experience." "Question mark?" "The major plus about Wayne's Supermart is the competitive selection." "I mean, where else can you find anything from hairspray to toys, to guns, to sheet rock, to men's underwear?" "What kind of underwear are you wearing?" "Excuse me?" "Look how the light shimmers off the tapered edges of these fine pants." "Mmm!" "I personally installed the super Firestone spectacular bulbs above you so the shadows don't play tricks on the customers' minds." "As you can see, I've been the manager at Skateland for the last four years." "Mmm-hmm." "We served hot dogs and sodas and everything like that." "Hot dogs?" "Yes, sir." "Sodas?" "For example, that piece-of-shit suit you have on almost looks wearable under these bulbs." "Just like that, shit turns to shimmer." "We also have the widest selection of rod and reels on God's green earth." "Do you fish much?" "Not really as a hobby." "Well, that's not important." "What's important is that you do something." "Now, I can tell by looking at you that you're probably into more traditional sporting activities." "This ain't the Sonic, son." "I can't have my waiters serving high quality, grade A sirloin steaks on skates, now can I?" "No, sir." "I wasn't implying that we would be on skates." "You thought I was serious." "You smell that?" "That's just the smell of good people running a good business." "So when can you start?" "You dig?" "Don't worry about the experience thing, Ritchie." "These girls around here couldn't serve water to a lake." "What do you say you and I go into the refrigerator?" "See if you know your cuts of meat." "Now in the streets there is violence" "An-na-na lots of work to be done" "Hey." "Thank you." "I've been dying for this all day." "We're gonna rock down to Electric A venue" "And then we'll take it higher" "I swear, if Chris plays Electric A venue one more time," "I'm seriously walking out." "I like that song." "You would." "Nice suit." "Yeah, I feel ridiculous." "Can you imagine me wearing this thing every day?" "No." "I think it's really you." "Oh, really?" "I don't know what I'm doing." "Everything's changed." "Ever since I woke up this morning," "I've been walking around feeling like I'm somebody else." "This isn't my life." "Everything hasn't changed." "You brought me an lcee on my break." "That doesn't count." "You still have highly questionable taste in music." "But you do look pretty ridiculous." "Where did you find that thing?" "I don't know." "It's all right for a little while, don't you think?" "Yeah, for a while." "And there's a second bedroom so you guys can spend the night, if you want." "Mom, if you want me to stay here with you, just ask me." "Okay?" "No, babe." "That's okay." "You've got your room back at home with all your stuff." "I just wanted you to know there's a place for you here with me." "Where's this one go?" "I don't know." "I've got to go through all that." "Why don't we sit down and eat before our pizza gets cold?" "I..." "I saw you with your client." "That jewelry guy." "The other night at Monaco's." "I'm sorry." "I wanted to talk to you about that," "but I just needed to work things out with your father first." "You wanted to talk to me about what?" "Jimmy and I have been close friends for a long time," "and he really cares for me." "He knows how to take care of me." "What do you mean?" "How long a time?" "Well," "it started back when we started working together, so it'll be seven years now." "Seven years?" "Like when I played soccer with his kid?" "Honey," "I know this may seem shocking to you, but it shouldn't." "And you know what it's been like between your father and me, as long as you can remember, I'm sure." "We just didn't work." "And" "I've had other relationships." "Why are you telling me this?" "Now?" "I mean, why'd you stay?" "I don't get it." "I stayed for you and for Mary." "I stayed to protect you." "You stayed to protect us?" "From what?" "Yes." "From discovering too soon" "that things are not always what they seem." "No." "They certainly aren't." "You know your braces will get stuck together?" "Naughty." "Ritchie!" "Where are you?" "It's dark as shit in here." "Language, man!" "Language!" "Slow down!" "I'm not good at this." "Come on." "It's a lock-in, man." "You can't talk like that." "Hi." "Listen, you guys shouldn't be here, all right?" "Let's go." "Come on." "Nice move." "Dude, Susan Thompson is babysitting and she's throwing a jam." "Let's jet." "I don't think I can." "Teddy's the only one here." "Well, we just talked to him, and he said it was cool." "Really?" "Yeah." "He was really understanding." "That's great." "I'll just say goodbye then." "No, no, no." "He said he doesn't want to be bothered right now." "You're full of shit." "Go out front." "I'll meet you guys in a few minutes." "No making out." "No making out." "She throws some pretty great parties." "Hey, what's up, Susie?" "Beers are in the fridge inside, guys." "So you say." "Hey, man." "Hey." "Hey, have you met Kelsey?" "Keely." "Keely." "I walked along the avenue" "I never thought I'd meet a girl like you" "Meet a girl like you" "And I ran" "So, I was about your age when I won my first race." "It was on a KX60 water-cooled bike." "You look like you could be a racer, too." "You got that natural build." "You really think so?" "What about me?" "Hi." "Oh, yeah." "You, too." "I know plenty of chick riders who could give any guy a run for their money." "Well, my mom says it's too dangerous." "She doesn't have to know, now, does she?" "Chug!" "Chug!" "Hi!" "Hey." "Hey, Joe." "Ashley was with Brian yesterday." "Hey." "Hey, I have a serious question for you." "Why isn't there a New Milwaukee?" "That's too deep." "I think I'm the oldest one here." "No." "Well, yeah, you kind of are." "I know." "All my friends are having babies." "Maybe you should follow their lead." "Or not." "I'm still in training." "I like you with Candy." "Well, I think you're the prettiest girl here." "Well, thank you." "Who's that over there?" "Uh-uh." "No." "Come on." "Who's the king?" "Look who's here." "Look who's here!" "What happened to you at Monaco's?" "I saw you at the bar." "I'm sorry." "Something came up." "Mmm-hmm." "I've been meaning to call you." "You can't keep a pretty girl waiting, Rich." "I know." "I know." "I don't think you do." "But I love you anyway, sugar." "Is that right?" "Hey, can I drive your car?" "Come on." "Can I drive it?" "Dude, just up the driveway." "Just a little bit." "That would be crazy." "You talk to me after a few more beers." "All right, I'll have a few more beers and then I'll drive your car." "That's cool." "I'm not high enough." "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry." "You guys be cool, all right?" "All right, man." "Doesn't he just have a great walk?" "He does have a great walk." "Bye." "Kenny's got the..." "I'm so jealous of her." "He had that cast on for, like, a month, and they never found out who did it." "Where the hell's Burkham, Ritchie?" "Hey, easy, man." "He's not here." "Don't you lie to me." "I know he's with my girl." "Hey, what's going on?" "Hey!" "Say one more word, faggot, and I'll waste you." "Relax, guys, all right?" "He's not here." "He left about an hour ago." "He said he's gonna go to McCann for a proper drink." "You tell him his ass is grass." "I don't give a damn who he is." "Okay?" "Get on the foot!" "We've got to jet!" "No shit, Sherlock!" "Dildo's looking for you." "Great." "I'm sick of those pricks." "They're nuts, man!" "All they do now is drive around looking for someone to fight." "I'll show them nuts." "Come on, out the window." "What?" "Come on." "Let's go." "Good night." "Come by later?" "You better." "My jacket!" "Nice catch." "Michelle!" "Hey, sis!" "We're all cruising over to Dairy Queen." "No, thanks." "You should meet us there." "Why?" "Why not?" "I want to hang out." "Let's go, man!" "And did that idea just come to you as you and Brent were swinging from the trees, trying to make your getaway?" "Huh?" "You're clueless sometimes." "Hey, what's with the drama?" "I just wanted you to come." "No, you have no idea what you want." "But maybe if you and Brent drive around for a couple more years and drink a few more beers, something will come to you." "Hey, why are you so angry?" "Let go." "Why are you doing this?" "I'm not doing this." "I'm leaving." "Fine." "Fine." "Let's go, dude!" "Seriously, man?" "What?" "How the hell are we going to eat all that?" "We?" "Yeah." "This is mine." "I didn't know you wanted anything." "I'm hungry for a Hunger Buster, Ritchie Rich." "Now get in here." "I'm good." "Your sister's been hitting the town lately." "How do you feel about that, hmm?" "I remember when she was just a tiny little midget running around naked." "Yeah." "And I remember when your sister was running around naked in my bedroom last night." "How do you feel about that?" "You're gonna be one fat-ass bike rider." "Damn." "Yeah." "About that." "I'm at the end of the line, bro." "You're at the end of what line?" "My sponsors dropped me." "Holy shit." "I haven't qualified for a race since Thunder Valley, and we don't have the cash to keep it going." "Michelle never said anything." "Yeah." "Only my old man knows." "That's heavy." "I'm fine." "I had a great run and I had a great time doing it." "I knew I couldn't race forever." "And I'm okay with that." "How about you?" "I've actually been thinking a lot about that." "I've come to the conclusion that I have no fucking clue." "I don't really care right now." "Yeah." "That's right, Ritchie Rich." "You be selfish for once." "But not with that beer." "Hand me one of those golden cans of luxury." "Get out of the car, Burkham." "We've got horses, too!" "Let's ride, boys!" "Damn it!" "You okay?" "Yeah." "I'm good." "You?" "I told you those guys were nuts!" "Car!" "Watch out!" "I'm gonna smash your skull in, boy!" "I'm gonna eat you, boy!" "Can you lose them?" "I can lose anybody." "Get out of the car!" "Watch out!" "God, man!" "Reach out and touch him, Danny!" "I smell pain tonight!" "I'm coming for you, boy!" "I'm gonna eat you, Ritchie Rich!" "You hear me, boy?" "Coming for you, Burkham!" "That's all you got?" "Put your seatbelt on." "What?" "Put it on!" "Got it!" "Car coming up." "Got it." "Got it." "Hold on." "Go!" "Go!" "Whoo!" "This is not a good idea." "I'm gonna kill somebody!" "Trust me." "That's always the move." "Nice work, Burkham." "What a perfect night." "Brent!" "Dance all night, play all day" "Don't let nothin' get in the way" "Dance all night, keep the beat" "Don't you worry about two left feet" "Shake it up" "Shake it up" "Shake it up" "Shake it up" "Who's the king now?" "You are dead!" "Ritchie?" "Don't move." "You're hurt." "Easy." "Easy, buddy." "Easy." "I'm okay." "Brent!" "No." "Here we go." "We got you." "We need you to lie down here." "All right?" "Can you hear me?" "Lie down." "Get out of my way." "Shit, boy." "Sorry about earlier." "Me, too." "Are you all right?" "Yeah." "I'm okay." "You want to talk about it?" "Hey, Rich." "It's coming along." "Ported the cylinder, modified the forks." "It's gonna be a mean bike." "Maybe the baddest we ever built." "I'm gonna go say hello to the girls." "Yeah." "Hi, Mrs. Burkham." "Hey." "Hey." "My dad bought me that bike for Christmas when I was 10." "Yeah." "He got one for my mom, too." "He was determined to make us a motocross family." "I remember that Christmas." "Your uncle crashed one of those bikes." "He was showing off and it went right out from under him." "And everyone's standing on their front porches watching." "Man, Clive was fuming." "Come on." "Let's get out of here for a while." "And go where?" "I don't know." "Anywhere." "It doesn't matter." "I..." "I don't think that's a good idea." "Why not?" "I just can't do it anymore." "Can't do what?" "This." "Us." "Whatever this is." "I'm not sure..." "I'm leaving, Rich." "I don't know where, but I'm going." "I have to get out of here." "Were you gonna let me know about these plans?" "You don't talk about plans, Rich." "You don't make plans." "I've thought a lot about making plans, but I just..." "Don't know what you want." "I thought I did." "You thought you did?" "Yeah." "I just can't..." "I can't figure it all out at this moment, Michelle." "Well, I've already figured it out." "And right now," "I just need to be by myself." "For me." "Oh." "All right." "Okay." "Let's go!" "Steve walks warily down the street" "With the brim pulled way down low" "Ain't no sound but the sound of his feet" "Machine guns ready to go" "Are you ready?" "Are you ready for this?" "Are you hanging on the edge of your seat?" "Out of the doorway the bullets rip" "To the sound of the beat" "There you go." "Man, those buns sure look fun." "I should have started coming here a long time ago." "Hey, you got another roll of quarters?" "Get out of here." "Man, can you believe the energy in here?" "I haven't seen this sort of turnout in years." "Best things in life are free." "You don't appreciate it until you lose it." ""Loss is nothing else but change," ""and change, my friend, is nature's delight."" "Well said." "You've got honors." "All right." "I just want to give everybody a sincere thank-you for coming out tonight on our big, final sendoff." "For one last time, everybody turn to the center of the rink." "Let's get ready to limbo!" "Let's go." "All around the limbo world" "Gonna do the limbo rock" "All around the limbo clock" "Jack be limbo, Jack be quick" "Jack go under limbo stick" "All around the limbo clock" "Hey, let's do the limbo rock" "Limbo lower now" "Limbo lower now" "How low can you go?" "First you spread your limbo feet" "Then you move to limbo beat" "Limbo ankolimboneee" "Bend back like a limbo tree" "Jack be limbo, Jack be quick" "Jack go under limbo stick" "All around the limbo clock" "Hey, let's do the limbo rock" "Ritchie!" "Let him go, man." "Ritchie, let him go!" "Get off him." "Look at me, it ain't gonna change nothing, okay?" "All right?" "It ain't gonna change nothing." "God damn." "Breathe, son." "Breathe, wake up." "You're gonna be okay." "Just take a breath." "All right?" "My sister's coming in next week." "That's great, man." "Yeah." "Sam's bringing in some of her model friends, too." "That should make for some stimulating conversation." "That's not the stimulation I had in mind." "'Course not." "So where's your girl?" "I haven't seen her in a while." "My girl?" "Yeah, your girl." "It's the first time all year you've been out here without Michelle." "I haven't talked to her." "Her mom said she's visiting some schools down in Austin." "I think she's ready to leave this place behind her." "When are you going to peel the wrapper off that, Wheeler?" "It's not like that." "It's always like that." "Yeah, maybe so." "I think I blew it." "Thank you." "You want to head up McCann later?" "I need to run by Skateland." "Help Teddy close shop." "Maybe after?" "End of an era." "Something like that." "Hey, you know I wasn't serious earlier?" "I know how you feel about her." "I can't think about anything else right now." "She's a great girl and you're not ready to let her go, so don't." "Sorry I'm late." "Don't worry about it." "Just finishing up." "I've got me a date with a spicy little waitress from the REO." "Right on." "Yeah." "Can you believe some rink owner from Abilene bought all this stuff?" "Good luck to the poor bastard." "Abilene, huh?" "Yeah." "Hey, you think they're hiring?" "You haven't had enough yet?" "I'm joking." "So, how are things?" "Not bad." "Yeah?" "You sure about that?" "You know." "This year's been tough, but like all things..." "It too shall pass." "It too shall pass." "Hey, I tell you I got a Winnebago?" "What?" "No way." "Yeah." "That's right." "I'm going on tour." "That's great." "Good for you." "Where to?" "I'm thinking, do some fishing up near Creede, Colorado." "Creede." "It's a place my daddy used to take me." "And then, after that, I'm not too sure." "You know, just out of the heat." "Just out of the heat." "I can't believe I've been here for almost 20 years." "Damn, that's a long time." "Yeah." "Well, make sure you keep in touch." "Will do." "Teddy, thanks for everything." "Come here." "Do you mind if I lock up?" "It's all yours." "I saw your eyes" "And you made me smile" "For a little while" "I was falling in love" "I was falling in love" "Falling in love" "Falling in love" "Okay, are you ready?" "I've only driven in a parking lot before." "Parking lots, streets, what's the difference?" "There's a huge difference." "Namely, other cars." "We'll stay off the busy roads." "Okay?" "Ten and two!" "Scoot." "So, I heard you're going to be Dad's new business partner?" "I don't know about that." "But I'm gonna work with him for a while, yeah." "We'll see." "Well, I think that's great." "Start getting over to the right lane up here." "Blinker." "Got it." "Have you talked to Mom yet?" "Yeah, she's gonna take me to the mall this afternoon to do some Christmas shopping." "She wants us to come over for dinner soon, too." "Dinner with you and Mom sounds really cool." "I'm serious." "Two of my favorite ladies in the world." "Look both ways?" "Yes." "Didn't you see me?" "No, no." "Well, I did." "Hey, did you boys know that today in Vostok Station, Antarctica, it was the coldest day recorded on Earth?" "Ever!" "It was negative 192.3 degrees Fahrenheit." "That's negative 89.6 degrees Celsius." "Man, that is really chilly." "That's fascinating, Mary." "But that's the lowest reliably measured temperature." "Oh." "That's interesting." "More iced tea, gentlemen?" "No." "I'm good." "I'm good." "Thank you very much." "Welcome." "This is great, guys." "All Mary." "I just put the ice in the glasses." "That's not what I meant." "I know, Dad." "Hey, I forgot to tell you." "You got some mail today." "Really?" "Mary?" "Yes?" "Ritchie, you did it!" "I didn't do anything." ""Dear Mr. Wheeler, please accept our scholarship invitation" ""to the Honors Writing Program at the University of Texas."" "Did you apply for me?" "Me?" "No." "I promise I didn't." "College acceptance?" "I guess so." ""The essay you submitted entitled 'Skateland'" ""is an intriguing vision of contemporary Middle America."" "Ritchie, how'd they get your essay?" "Moving forward using all my breath" "Making love to you was never second best" "I saw the world thrashing all around your face" "Never really knowing it was always mesh and lace" "I'll stop the world and melt with you" "You've seen the difference and it's getting better all the time" "There's nothing you and I won't do" "I'll stop the world and melt with you" "The future's open wide" "Hey." "Hey." "I know what I want." "You do?" "The future's open wide" "Oh." "I didn't think they'd give you a scholarship." "You're going with me." "I know." "You do?" "That was the plan." "I'll stop the world and melt with you" "I've seen some changes but it's getting better all the time" "There's nothing you and I won't do" "I'll stop the world and melt with you" "Subrip: easytobeaman" "Won't you please let me go?" "These words lie inside they hurt me so" "And I'm not the kind that likes to tell you" "Just what I want to do" "I'm not the kind that needs to tell you" "Just what you want me to" "I saw you this morning I thought that you might like to know" "I received your message in full a few days ago" "I understood every word that it said" "And now that I've actually heard it You're going to regret" "And I'm not the kind that likes to tell you" "Just what you want me to" "You're not the kind that needs to tell me" "About the birds and the bees" "Do you find this happens all the time?" "Crucial point one day becomes a crime" "And I'm not the kind that likes to tell you" "Just what I want to do" "I'm not the kind that needs to tell you" "I've lost you, I've lost you, I've lost you, I've lost you" "I've lost you" "I've lost you, I've lost you, I've lost you, I've lost you" "I've lost you" "English" " US" " SDH"