"love bug." "You ready?" "yeah." "Mom?" "What?" "I figured out where wasps come from." "yeah?" "Where? it'll turn into a wasp." "Hey!" "Yep." "That's cool." "how was your day at school?" "Fine." "I had a good meeting with Miss Butler this time." "I kind of liked her." "What'd she say?" "she said that you weren't turning in your homework assignments. 'cause I check them every night." "She said she found a big chunk of them crumpled up at the bottom of your backpack." "She didn't ask for 'em." "she doesn't have to." "You're just supposed to turn them in." "And she said you're still staring out the window all day." "Not all day." "And she said that you destroyed her pencil sharpener." "Not on purpose!" "Wait!" "She said that you crammed a bunch of rocks in it. maybe we could sharpen rocks." "what were you gonna do with a bunch of sharpened rocks?" "I was trying to make arrowheads for my rock collection." "Hmm." "my turn!" "Hold on." "Mason!" "Samantha!" "Oh!" "Tommy!" "ls Mason down there?" "Yeah." "tell him he has to come home to dinner." "Okay." "Hey- sweetie." "Why aren't you ready?" "Mason." "Ted." "hurry up." "Let's go." "let's go!" "'cause Janice flaked out." "I don't have a sitter." "Why didn't you call somebody else?" "I can't get a babysitter now." "It's 9:00." "But you're welcome to hang out with us." "we have plans." "The guys are expecting me." "you can go." "All right." "I'll come back in a couple of hours." "Is that okay?" "it's okay." "All right." "'Turn back!" "Turn back!" "I don't wanna talk to Moaning Myrtle.' as they backtracked quickly." "'She haunts one of the toilets ' said Hermione." "'She haunts a toilet?" "' 'because she keeps having tantrums and flooding the place!" "' if I could avoid it.'" "'It's awful trying to have a pee with her wailing at you."'" "Why can't you just say that?" "I'm sorry." "that's bullshit!" "That's right." "I wanna stay here with my kids." "That's what I'd rather do." "Would you stop using your kids as an excuse?" "I know you have to stay here with your kids!" "You're acting..." "You have this immature life." "You have no responsibility!" "I have an immature life!" "I have responsibility." "I have an immature life." "You don't know what it's like to be a parent." "I don't!" "And why am I responsible for your mistakes in life?" "Don't call my kids mistakes!" "Don't!" "I didn't call your kids..." "" pointing at my kids." "you know." "And immediately you use your kids again." "This is the reality." "I'm a parent!" " That means responsibility." " I know you're a parent." "I would love to have some time to myself!" "I would love to just go to a fuckin' movie!" "You don't think I'd like that?" "go to a bar!" "I don't even know what that's like!" "then I was somebody" "Okay?" "I don't know what that's like!" "Stop!" "Quit it!" "Quit it!" "Mom!" "What the hell is going on in here?" "Do you guys know what time it is?" "He's throwing things at me." "Mason!" "Do not throw things at your sister!" "she hit me first!" "both of you!" "I'm going back to bed." "I don't wanna hear another peep out of here for an hour." "Go to sleep." " Faker!" " Guys!" "Awesome!" "Look what I found in the street." "Dude!" "right?" "Look at those." "Ooh!" "Look at those!" "Awesome!" "I wanna talk to you about something. but we're moving to Houston." "When?" "soon. so we don't have to pay two rents next month." "nope." "Mom." "Nope." "Nope. so I can make us a better living." "I can't take care of us the way I'd like to." "I can't keep going this way. and it would be nice to be near her." "Mother. but we're not moving." "And what about our friends?" "we can email them or write." "We can come back to visit." "And guess what? you'll each have your own room." "Right?" "And there's a pool." "do you still love Dad? but that doesn't mean it was healthy for us to stay together." "What if after we move he's trying to find us and he can't?" "that won't be a problem. or he can call Information." "We won't be hard to find." "Is he still in Alaska?" "that's what your uncle says." "Probably taming polar bears or something." "I hope they're taming him." "wanna help me out?" "Sure." "Okay." "Take this paint very carefully and paint any little smudge or mark or anything behind the door and all around the doorways on the inside." "She says we're gonna come visit and I'm gonna write and call you." "hold on a second." "I'm getting another call." "Hello?" "Tommy." "Mason can't come over today." "We're moving." "And I'm on the other line." "Bye." "Althea?" "I'm gonna be sending Sailor Scout instructions." "Email and write back telling me how the other scouts are doing." "because you're the leader now." "'cause I wanna get there before it gets dark." "mailbox. but we don't wanna throw away." "house." "I'll never like Mommy as much for making us move!" "Samantha!" "okay?" "'Cause we're not taking that in the car." "old lady who listens to rock music and rides a motorcycle." "Hey!" "put the barrier up." "Hey!" "Put the pillow between you." "come on." "Stop." "We're gonna play a game called The Game of Silence." "Whoever can stay quiet for the longest period of time wins." "You guys think you can do that?" "go." "The bus will be here in 10 minutes." "Put that homework in your backpack." "Go eat!" "go eat." "I am!" "Speak English!" "Shut up!" "Mom!" "She's speaking that stupid language again!" "Samantha!" "Mother." "He's a little slow in the head." "He did officially flunk first grade." "Sit your butt down!" "sir!" "guys." "Grandma's gonna pick you up after school." "Your dad's in town for the day." "So you're gonna spend the afternoon with him." "Oh." "Is he moving back?" "I don't know." "We haven't seen him in about 80 years." "Like a year and a half." "Ha-ha!" "please." "Can we please eat here?" "The bus is coming." "Who wants syrup?" "nice cursive." "am I gonna find yours?" "No." "And why not?" "'Cause I didn't finish it." "it's time to finish it." "Just a minute." "let's do..." "Apple Quit." "Mason. "Apple Quit." " So this is my history test." "Mmm-hmm." "very good." "And that's another history test." "Mmm-hmm." "And another "A"." "well." "that's my report on lizards." "Oh." "Let me see your pictures." "yeah." "These are my pictures." "What is that?" "that's called a dewlap." "okay." "this is a math test." "A" again." "okay?" "Okay." "We need to put this stuff up." "That's him." "Daddy!" "you're so big!" "MJ." "buddy?" "Huh?" "You guys ready to have some fun?" "Yeah!" "Yeah!" "All right." "I'm good." "good to see you." "Yeah." "What time should I have these rascals back?" "I guess." "I gotta get them home by 8:00." "why don't I take 'em over to their mom's?" "that's okay." "She's expecting me." "don't you?" "yeah." "All right." "I'll do it." "It's no problem." "I don't think that's such a good idea." "it's no problem." "All right'?" "go!" "Go?" "Wait a minute." "You gotta get your stuff. go to the bathroom." "Can't believe how big they are." "Yeah." "Time's going by." "having 'em here in Houston." "yeah." "I'm volunteering at their school." "Yeah?" "What you doing over there?" "reading to the little ones." "great." "huh?" "Yeah." "Are you back?" "We'll see." "How's Liv?" "She's a busy girl." "She's back in school." "But she's working and single parenting." "A lot to juggle." " You guys got everything?" " Yeah." "say goodbye to your grandmother." "Grandma." "wait a second." "are you?" "you don't." "Of course we do." "Presents?" "Really?" "Let's do it!" "Yay!" "I call front seat!" "though." "Mason gets it on the way there and Samantha gets it on the way back." " Hop in there." " Seat belts!" "Seat belts." "All right." "Seat belts." "Don't forget your seat belts." "It's not like this car has any seat belts." "Mmm..." "Nice." "Nice." "Nice!" "yes!" "that was awesome!" "Mason!" "Get up there!" "It was so good!" "Come on." "buddy." "Let 'em know who you are." "Mwah!" "Yes!" "Yes!" "Yes!" "don't worry about it." "Wish we could use the bumpers." "Bumpers are for kids!" "two years old?" "You don't want the bumpers." "Life doesn't give you bumpers." "there we go." "There we go!" "We got something there!" "We got something!" "We got something!" "Oh!" "we had bumpers and it was a lot more fun!" "all right'?" "You bowl a strike with the bumpers and it doesn't mean anything." "Trust me." "Just lay it out on the lane." "three and..." "Let's hear it for the father!" "Boom!" " Get up there!" " Great shot!" "girl!" "Four Blackwater operatives have been viciously attacked in their cars in Fallujah." "The bodies and cars were set on fire after insurgents started..." "Look at this!" "It's a disaster." "all right?" "Exactly what every thinking person in the world knew was gonna happen before they got started. they don't give a rat's ass." "That's a quarter." "What's a quarter?" "You said A-S-S." "sorry." "My bad. because it's better to be safe than sorry." "That's what they're teaching you in school?" "okay?" "That is the lie." "That's the big lie." "Iraq had nothing to do with what happened at the World Trade Center." "right?" "I guess." "MJ?" "I don't know." "He can't vote." "He's not 18." "who would you vote for?" "Kerry?" "Anybody but Bush!" "Okay?" "Are you gonna move back?" "I gotta find a job." "Are you and Mom gonna get back together?" "I don't know." "you know? you and Mom were fighting like mad." "You were yelling so loud and she was crying." "huh?" "Yep. all the fun we had?" "Nope." "You ever get mad at your mother'?" "Yeah." "You ever get mad at your brother?" "Yeah." "yeah." "right?" "Mmm... all right?" "you get mad at people." "it's not a big deal." "What'd you do in Alaska?" "I worked on a boat for a while." "Um..." "I tried to write some music." "Did you see any polar bears?" "No." "But I saw a Kodiak bear." "It was fuckin' huge!" "Dad!" "That's 50 cents for the F-word!" "I'm sorry." "all right?" "Keep the change." "You guys are gonna be seeing a lot more of me." "Okay?" "I want you to know that." "to..." "Just... okay... all right." "all right?" "And I'm just... okay?" "And I'm sorry about that bumper business." "okay? my friend Rodney gave me that one." " Yeah?" " And I bought that one." "You bought this one?" "Yeah." "You found this at Dripping Springs?" "Uh-huh." "Wow." "What else do you got?" "these are snake vertebrae." "Snake vertebrae?" "That's disgusting." "Huh?" "I don't want you collecting snake vertebrae anymore." "Is this the feather I sent you?" "it is." "these basketball pictures." "You're on a basketball team?" "Yeah." "Wow!" "Check you out!" "These are beaver claws." "Beaver claws?" "That's me." "you hunting beaver'?" "that's Meg and that's Gem." "Those are my friends." "Uh-huh." "What position do you play?" "guard." "This is dried Canadian grass." "Uh-huh." "have you scored any points?" "about eight or 10 a game." "Eight or 10 a game?" "That is awesome!" "she didn't score any and she cried!" "You cried?" "only a little bit." "Aw..." "Hello!" "Pomegranate." "Mom's home!" "Mom's home!" "Mom's home." "Mom!" "Hi!" "Look at this owl Daddy gave me!" "its head spins!" "And look at this bracelet." "It was made by Indians in Alaska." "And Daddy made this cool hand-carved grizzly bear and this tiki." " It's a totem." " And guess what else?" "We went bowling and I made four strikes!" "and we got to ride around in Dad's car!" "Wow." "Liv." "Hey." "I know you wanted me to drop them off at your mom's." "I just thought it'd be easier if I brought 'em over here." "it really screwed up my plans." "we just wanted to show him our rooms." "Yeah." "Did you guys eat anything?" "we had some French fries at the bowling alley." "Did you do your homework?" "No." "Not yet." "Okay." "Can I talk to you outside for a second?" "Yeah." "Sure." "They had more than French fries." "Do you think he's gonna spend the night?" "Doesn't look like it. unconditioned response. what was the stimulus that he used?" "people!" "Tough weekend?" "What's the deal here?" "actually." "it worked on this dog." "he put the meat powder in there which was?" "Salivation!" "All right?" "who can give me another example of an unconditioned stimulus response pair that happens to you every day?" "It's probably happening to some of you right now." "How about sex? you have an automatic response." "You don't have to think about it." "Mick Jagger wrote a song about it." "I salivate like a Pavlov dog." "Thank you very much." "Class dismissed." "Doctor Welbrock." "This is my son Mason." "Oh... this is Dr. Welbrock." "Your son." "I thought this was a boy genius who was taking my college course." "so I thought I'd bring him with me." "Uh..." "No fever." "It's a con job." "he pulls this all the time." "Same kind of deal." "you play soccer?" "No." "Neither does my boy." "He hates soccer." "He likes computers." "My 11-year-old daughter loves soccer!" "Who can figure?" "huh?" "yeah." "you ready to go?" "Yeah." "too." "And thanks for coming to my class." "Olivia." "Nice kid." "Thanks." "Grandma might be available for a little babysitting?" "Maybe." "yeah." "great." "wake up!" "you're alive!" "they're here!" "they're home!" " Come on!" "hurry." "Hi!" "Hi!" "Oh!" "We're here!" "How was it?" "How was it?" "Hey!" "We've returned!" "it's so good to see you." "Mason." "Hello." "Thank you." "That's very nice." "Mom." "How are you?" "Mom!" "They give you trouble?" "Look at the sign we made." " Samantha and I made it all ourselves." " Yeah." "I know the boys helped you with that a lot." "not at all!" "Okay." "There you go." "Pass out the goodies." "This is for the girls." "we got you some absinthe." "It's in the..." "Let's pour. we flew a paper airplane off." " And what happened?" " It flew!" "it went for miles." "you know." "did you guys kiss under the Bridge of Sighs?" "we did." "can we see your wedding ring?" "sure." "Wow." "that's a fancy step cut surrounded by miniature brilliant." "I wish we could've gone to Europe." "Yeah." "we'll go as a family next time." "really." "We just stayed in the hotel room the whole time playing video games." "Really?" "And the hotels are really small and really old." "Squeaky." "Can I get you anything else?" "Would you like to see a dessert menu?" "I told you to put that away." "please?" "another bottle of wine." "you know what?" "you're okay with water." "No more Cokes." "Thank you." "And how about you?" "Did you finish your science project'?" "Not quite yet." "did you work on it?" "Did you build anything or plan anything or..." "Mindy?" "No." "Did he sit around playing video games with Mason the whole time?" " Yeah." " Mmm." "You were supposed to finish that by the time I got back." "Remember?" "Hey- man." "man!" "man." "He has four arms." "represent!" "I hate Miss Burnsby." "Everybody's been saying she's lesbian." "She is." "She hit on Stacey." "that's gross." "Think it's true?" "She's always walking in the locker room." "I think I still have a couple of those... tell us a joke." "Damn." "Fuck." "Go to hell." "Ass." "Oh!" "Blew you up." "man." "That was not fair." "actually it was." "the fairest thing ever." "Where are you?" "I take you down." "The Mask?" "Uh..." "Three Musketeers?" "First word." " Chicken." "Bird." " Chicken." "Bird." "Second word." "Hood." "Big hair." "Robin Hood!" "Ah!" "Brilliant child!" "Second word." "Blanket?" "you can't use props!" "hey!" "Cut it out." "Judges speak." "No props." "No props." "think." "folding." " Bunch!" "The Gathered'?" "Folded." "Is it like..." "Um... lt's just messing around with a blanket." "Wrinkling it..." "A Wrinkle In Time!" "Wrinkle." "Whoo!" "What are the guards of Azkaban?" "Dementors." "Ah... are you ready?" "ladies and gentlemen Ten!" "Nine!" "Eight!" "Seven!" "Six!" "Five!" "Four!" "Three!" "Two!" "One!" "Let's go!" "Whoo!" "Thank you." "Thanks." "All righty." "Here we go." "remember?" "Nice and easy." "Sweep the floor." "Sweep the floor." "That's good." "Randy." "He always swings too hard." "Hey!" "All right!" "Very good!" "like that." "Now you're gonna hit it straighter." "Okay." "go up and hit it." "That's good." "Nice slow swing is gonna be better for you." "All right!" "you must've been..." "Randy." "Nice and natural." "Yes!" "Go!" "All right!" "good putt." "Randy?" "That's the way to do it!" "All right." "Birdie putt." "God damn it." "Son of a bitch." "would you?" "Get the ball." "This is just in case we have guests this weekend." "but we never have guests." "I think I heard your dad pull up." "All right." "You guys finish your chores'?" "Not quite." "Just about." "Sam?" "I haven't done that yet." "I saw you working on your art project. but you didn't have time to finish your chores?" "I thought we talked about that." "I can finish the dusting." "Mindy." "You have your own chores to do and Sam has hers to do." "Huh?" "It's simple." "Sam." "And hurry up." "Mason!" "Your dad's here." "are you?" "hey." "did you finish?" "No." "Is the job complete?" "what are you gonna be doing tomorrow?" "right?" "Yeah." "Okay." "Go." "Mom." "I love you." "Mama." "honey." "Have fun with your dad." "Mason." "The boys didn't finish raking leaves." "Samantha did not finish dusting. instead of swimming and all the other they're going to do their chores." "Right?" "Right. you understand?" "Tomorrow?" "Okay." "Thank you." "I just wanted you to back me up on that so I'm not the only one yelling at them all the time." "I back you up." "You guys got that?" "chores'?" "They don't hear it." "Goes in one ear and out the other." "dusting is pointless." "you just don't like to do it." "who dusts anymore?" "You do when we ask you to!" "don't let her back talk me please." "Thank you." "please." "Whatever!" "Bye-bye." "Have a wonderful weekend." "Sam... guys." "Love you." "but I thought we talked about it." "you have to back it up." "Bill." "Everything's a line." "Randy!" "Hey." "Bye." "Bye." "you two." "How you doing?" "Shotgun." "Ooh!" "let me get these bags here." "darling'?" "Yeah." "Yeah?" "cowboy?" "Pretty good." "Yeah?" "All right." "Let's roll!" "You guys ready for the big game?" "Yeah." "who are the Astros playing tonight?" "I don't know." "all right?" "get to hate 'em." "Mason." "How you been?" "Huh?" "How was your week'?" "Pretty good." "Yeah?" "What you been up to?" "Not much." "No?" "You still hanging with that kid Joe?" "Yeah." "And he's still your best friend?" "I guess." "Okay." "How about you?" "How was your week?" "Fine." "What you been up to?" "really." "still working on that sculpture project?" "Yeah." "Almost finished." "Yeah?" "What's it of?" "Nothing." "no." "that is not how we are going to talk to one another." "All right?" "all right? and I make polite conversation while he drives me places and buys me shit." "No!" "Talk to me." "how was your week?" "it was kinda tough. cause she saw me talking to Billy in the cafeteria. okay?" ""' right?" "how was your week?" "you know it was kinda tough." "actually. but I said no because I knew" "Dad." "How 'bout that?" "Is that so hard?" "these questions are kind of hard to answer." "What is so hard to answer about what sculpture are you making?" "It's abstract." "that's good." "I didn't know that." "I didn't know you were even interested in abstract art." "I'm not." "They make us do it." "though?" "What about you?" "How was your week?" "Who do you hang out with?" "Do you have a girlfriend?" "What have you been up to?" "I see your point." "right?" "That's what you're saying?" "that's what we'll do." "Starting now." "Check this out." "That would be a..." "That would be a Magnificent Owl." "Caligo atreus." " What's that one?" "Look at this." " Whoa!" "What kind is that?" "That looks like a Zebra Longwing." "All right." "Cool." "right?" "Yeah." "Magnificent Owl." "bud." "five." "Get away from me!" "Get away from me!" "all right'?" "Fingers and thumbs." "Keep your hands soft." "Sam." "Very nice." "just like that. that diamond." "That diamond and soft hands." "There it is." "no." "No!" "Yes!" "no!" "Roger!" "Roger!" "Yeah!" "Guy's incredible." "He's unhittable this year." "what we're watching here is history." "you see this guy out here? and he's striking out guys half his age." "all right?" "Can you believe that?" "maybe we'd win a game." "do you have a job'?" "Why would you ask me that? and I didn't know what the answer was." "Morn wanted to know." "you can tell Mom that I just happen to have passed all right?" "tell her that." "How's she doing?" "Is she finishing school?" "all A's." "right?" "He got that!" "That's out..." "Oh!" "Oh!" "Yeah!" "Look at that!" "Yeah!" "Mason!" "Yes!" "Whoo!" "Yeah!" "Yeah!" "Whoo!" "Samantha!" "Jimmy?" "man?" "Astros won." "You went to the game?" "I'm the only one with any arms around here?" "Nobody else can carry anything?" "Huh?" "Help their old man out?" "What you watching?" "man!" "You knew the kids were coming this weekend." "Can't you just help me out a little bit?" "muffin." "all right?" "Don't put me in that position." "I'm not your fuckin' Tony Randall." "it's always a mess." "It was not a mess this morning." "Okay?" "I mowed the lawn." "yeah?" "Great." "man!" "Turn this shit off." "give me that thing." "Did you watch the game?" "No." "Lane won it with a three-run homer." "wasn't it?" "Sam lost her mind." "She's a huge Astros fan." "Sure." "Saturday night was a lunar eclipse" "I sang 'em a song Went something like this my weary babies" "Let the sounds roll on by" "Tonight we're safe here in Houston your daddy's lullaby" "Your mother's got a new husband now" "He seems all right" "I wonder if he's reading them stories" "And kissing them good night babysitters say they miss me" "I know I shouldn't hope it's true" "Teacher says my son paints pictures of a family" "All in blue" "She says she caught him whispering to the window" "Will Daddy please come home?" "I know I could call him up" "But what if his mother answers the phone?" "You brush your teeth?" "What?" "Did you brush your teeth?" "yeah." "Yeah." "You gonna fall asleep with those things in your head?" "Maybe." "all right?" "Okay." "Want me to turn off the light?" "Okay." "Sure." "Dad." "Jimmy." "right?" "it was." "Sorry." "you know." "Good night." "Good night." "Dad?" "right?" "What do you mean?" "like elves and stuff." "People just made that up." "I don't know." "what makes you think that elves are any more magical than something like a whale?" "You know what I mean?" "What if I told you a story about there was this giant sea mammal that used sonar and sang songs and it was so big that its heart was the size of a car and you could crawl through the arteries?" "right?" "Yeah. right?" "no elves." "Dad." "I'll see you next weekend?" "that's right." "What?" "Suzy has a birthday party next Saturday." "A sleepover?" "Yeah." "All right." "I'll talk to your mom about it." "okay?" "Have a great week." "Okay." "Had a great time." "man." "How do you guys not know how to do this?" "I'll make you some bookmarks." "Just a second." "Pictures..." "Ooh." "She looks nice." "Dad wants you guys downstairs." "Why?" "You're getting haircuts." "This is gonna look so much better." "instead of like a little girl." "Byron?" "we're leaving." "You're not sick." "Mom." "Where's Mason?" "He doesn't feel too good." "I don't think he's going to school." "He's totally faking it." "Bye." "what's going on?" "I don't feel good." "your head feels fine." "So get your ass out of bed." "I'm gonna drive you to school." "and don't make me late." "he didn't even ask!" "He just cut it." "It's my hair!" "too." "I look like a Martian now." "you know what?" "I'm gonna talk to him about it later." "Okay?" "but you didn't answer your phone." "I'm so sorry." "I've been so busy with school." "it's hair and it will grow back." "And now I can see your pretty eyes and your foxy face." "Why did you even marry him?" "He's such a jerk!" "Bill has his good qualities." "nobody's perfect." "And now we have a family." "We already had a family." "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America... with liberty and justice for all." "Please join me in the Texas Pledge." "Honor the Texas flag." "Texas one and indivisible." "Thank you." "You may be seated." "All right. and you're going to be writing papers about gods and goddesses." "We've listed those gods and goddesses here on the board." "We added a couple of monsters for some of you who might be interested in that. let's make sure that we do all of these things right here. why and how." "So make sure that you cover all those things when you're writing your essay." "There's a bump right there." "guys." "Yeah." "are you okay?" " What happened?" "No." "Go in the house!" "Go!" "Go in the house!" "Go in the house!" "Your mother had a little accident." "Now she's being dramatic." "Olivia." "For Christ's sake!" "I'm having a drink with my dinner." "Anybody else have a problem with that?" "Hmm?" "Samantha?" "No." "Mindy?" "No." "I didn't think so." "Mason?" "That's okay." "I don't like me either." "You think that's funny?" "Huh?" "You think that's fuckin' funny?" "you feeling a little left out?" "God damn it!" "Clean it up." "God damn it!" "I hate squash!" "Pearl." "I'm gonna Pay You." "I'm working three jobs right now." "Mason?" "It's funny." "I'm driving a cab." "I'm inside with my buddy right now just going over my résumé." "you know what?" "You need to relax." "why do you need your money so fast?" "Come on." " Has he ever gotten this bad before?" " No." "But he's yelled a lot." "but he hasn't thrown and broken stuff." "Yeah." "You're drunk." "I knew it." "You're already drunk." "Give me your cell phones." "huh?" "Mason?" "No." "Mindy?" "No." "I believe you." "Samantha?" "No." "I didn't talk to her." "She left a message." "What'd she say?" "Nothing much." "What did she say?" "She said she'd be back later." "click?" "Stay in your rooms." "I'll be back later." "stay in your rooms." "And that's all?" "Hmm?" "Yeah." "Where is she?" "I don't know." "Where is she?" "She didn't say!" "get in the car." "Hurry up!" "Get in the car!" "It's still not working." "bullshit." "She took it all." "go cash this." "Tell them I'm not feeling well or something." "I don't know." "go with him." "Here." "There's my ID." "fellas." "What can I do for you today?" "Now what's this?" "Can't read this." "Hey!" "This isn't you!" "Who is this?" "It's our dad." "He's not feeling well." "here we go." "Five hundred bucks." "four..." "Five hundred bucks." "All right?" "Don't forget your dad's ID." "son." "You only got the one." "Damn it." "Get outta the way." "Jesus Christ." "God..." "Calm down!" "Samantha!" "Mason!" "Samantha!" "Where the hell have you been?" "Bill." "We're moving out." "I doubt that." "Mason!" "Come down!" "who's this?" "really?" "you're here to protect my wife from me." "stay back!" "Why don't you come inside here?" "Huh?" "Come inside here." "Where the hell are you going?" "Get your ass upstairs!" "You're not going anywhere." "Stop!" "Come on!" "Where the hell do you think you're going?" "Get upstairs!" "God damn it!" "God damn it!" "Stop it." "Don't touch my kids!" "go on." " Don't touch them!" " Take 'em." "just take 'em!" "Get in the car." "Go!" "Get upstairs!" "Olivia!" "Seat belts!" "Put your seat belts on." "Where are we going?" "We're going to stay with Carol and her family for a while." "Don't look back." "It's gonna be okay." "And we see that" "We're all in this together" "And it shows When we stand hand in hand when you want here's a snack." "...going on..." "Wildcats in the house Everybody say it loud" "Wildcats everywhere" "Wave your hands up in the air why don't you come and help me with this?" "Why couldn't Randy and Mindy come with us?" "honey." "That would be kidnapping." "I can't just..." "What's gonna happen to them?" "What happens when their legal guardian is dangerous and abusive?" "honey." "I called their mom." "I called the Child Protective Services." "I have you and your brother." "We are in a dangerous situation." "You're my responsibility." "Are we ever gonna see them again?" "I don't know." "I hope so." "How much longer are we gonna be here?" "Not long." "We're..." "I don't... baby." "Listen." "We are happy to have you here as long as you want." "As long as you need." "isn't it?" "Mmm-hmm." "it's like having a big sister?" "Like having a brother." "right?" "You're not even gonna know we're here." "Okay." "this is awful." "You're dumping me in some parking lot of this school where I don't even know anyone!" "and I didn't even get to say goodbye!" "I don't know where to go!" "you go right through that door." "The office is right there." "They're expecting you." "They're gonna give you your schedule." "Here's your lunch money." "I will pick you up right here at 3:30." "I'm wearing dirty clothes because you wouldn't even let us get our stuff!" "We don't even have a place to live!" "This sucks!" "I'm doing the best I can!" "it sucks!" "But it doesn't suck half as much as having a drunk fool slam your head against a wall!" "So cut your horseshit attitude!" "Put your seat belt on!" "right?" "Okay." "This is Mrs. Darby's room." "it's gonna be okay." "Mom." "did you see that?" "That concert was awful." "when he smashed that board against that microphone..." "Are you Mason?" "Yeah." "I'm Mrs. Darby." "I'm glad to meet you." "Why don't you sit here?" "Kenny!" "Off." "ma'am. okay?" "Got it." "dude." "Welcome to the suck." "listen up!" "We have a new student joining us today." "he's sitting in the back row." "but I want each one of you to take the time today to introduce yourselves and welcome him to school." "Okay?" "All right'?" "Let's get started." "What?" "hi." "Can I put an Obama sign in your yard?" "Do I look like a Barack Hussein Obama supporter?" "No." "This is private property." "Get off." "I could shoot you!" "What a dick." "He had a Confederate flag on his house." "I love it." "this is great!" "Are you doing this through your school?" "our dad's a big supporter." "that's great." "right?" "Yeah." "I just love him so much! 'cause I just love him so much!" "isn't he?" "Yeah." "I made these T-shirts for my kids." "My Mama's For Obama." "Do you like it?" "Yeah." "right?" " Yeah." " Thanks for the sign!" " No problem." "All right!" "Looks good!" "two?" "we're done." "Let's get out of here." "Sam." "would you?" "come on." "go!" "son." "You guys are gonna get us arrested." "all right?" "And sometimes in this life you gotta fight." "And what is it that you do at these parties?" "listen to music." "Uh-huh." "And that's more fun to you than going camping with your brother and your father who love you." "Yes." "Sorry." "Wow. ls there gonna be alcohol there?" "Probably not." " Maybe some of the seniors." "Mmm-hmm." "I know what this party is." "right?" "right?" "trash the whole house." "Right?" "Am I right?" "No." "Dad." "Amy's really responsible." "Mmm-hmm." "Who's gonna be there?" "Amy." "Everyone." "is he gonna be there?" "Who? with his hair over his eyes." "Garret?" "Garret." "Is that his name?" "All right." "Is Garret gonna be there?" "Probably." "Probably." "Uh-huh." "You see?" "I learn more about her from her Facebook page than I do from our scintillating conversation." "Is he your boyfriend?" "Kind of." "Have you met him?" "Has he been around the house?" "Sometimes." "Sometimes?" "Zzz?" "You have a boyfriend!" "Wow." "Have you heard of Sarah Palin?" "Yes." "What's the one thing you know about" "Sarah Palin's 17-year-old daughter?" "She's pregnant?" "That's right." "And what is the one thing that you are not going to be in a couple of years when you turn 17?" "Pregnant?" "That's right!" "what are the two ways that you can achieve that goal?" "First is okay?" "okay?" "Just not engage in that." "That did not work out very well for your mother and me." "And what's the second way?" "Where you going?" "Bathroom." "You don't have to go to the bathroom." "just sit down." "What's the second way?" "Huh?" "Has your mother talked to you guys about this stuff?" "Dad!" "has she talked to you about contraception?" "Huh?" "has she..." "Condoms?" "stop." "What?" "God!" "Dad!" "What?" "Come on." "all right?" "we can do it." "all right?" "all right?" "I read an article in the paper the other day that said okay?" "Hey- how you doing?" "What's going on?" "Nice to see you." "good to see you." "Yeah." "this is my daughter Samantha." "Hey." "Mason Junior right here." " Mason Junior." " Tammy." "Say hi." "Hi." "nice to meet you." "Heard a lot about you guys." "What're you doing here?" "I'm just here with some friends." "wow." "Yeah." "What are you guys up to?" "we're going camping." "this one is not going camping." "This one is going to a party." "fun." "are going camping." "The boys are going camping." "very nice." "yeah." "I'll drop him off at 7:00 and then I'll just call you." "Right?" "Great." "It was really nice meeting you both." "Take care." "Talk to you soon." "Bye." "I'll see you." "I'll see you." "all right?" "okay?" "all right'?" "So was she." "and we didn't put ourselves in the best position to be great parents." "And I wish that... all right?" "okay?" "okay?" "Oh!" "Or get Garret to... whatever." "all right?" "I try to stay busy straight-up old-school country song." "I do the dishes I mow the lawn" "Listen to the production of this." "Production's like Abbey Road or something." "Even though I know You're not coming home his old woman's gone." "Straight-up." "Nothing fancy." "I try to keep the house nice and neat" "Make my bed I change the sheets" "I even learned how to use the washing machine" "Keeping things clean Doesn't change anything" "I think she's about to get her master's degree." "then she's gonna start applying for teaching jobs?" "I think she already has." "Really?" "Where?" "All over." "All over Texas?" "Yeah." "you know?" "It's no big deal." "We can handle that." "I'll still come get you every other weekend. it'll just be a little bit more car time." "No big deal." "I'm just kind of sick of moving." "I bet you are." "you never know." "I might have to move." "Right?" "I'm working for this insurance company now." "These places get bought and sold all the time." "we'll just roll with it." "I thought you were a musician. you know?" "Guy's got to be responsible." "What do you think?" "Hey!" "Hey!" "you!" "Punk kid!" "You got no respect!" "You know that redhead at the bowling alley?" "Sure." "What about her?" "Do you know her well?" "we've hung out a little bit." "Is she your girlfriend?" "How do you mean?" "have you kissed her?" "Urn..." "I've kissed her." "What about you?" "Have you got a girlfriend?" "Sort of." "Really?" "kissed her?" "Not really." "Yeah?" "What have you done?" "we talked on the phone." "yeah!" "How did that go?" "Pretty terrible." "Why? it's like we have nothing in common." "Nothing?" "She's not interested in music or video games or..." "Three best movies this summer." "Right." "Dark Knight and Pineapple Express." "what about 'em?" "She said they all sucked." "what's she interested in?" "I don't know." "Going to the mall with her stupid friends?" "is she cute?" "Watch your step there." "Yeah." "Yeah?" "All right." "all right?" "you gotta ask her a lot of questions." "all right'?" "all right? you're gonna be light years ahead of all the other guys." "all right?" "This is absolute peak." "Look at this." "Yeah." "Yeah." "no burn." "huh?" "Sell that in the store." "Mmm." "That's like advertisement worthy." "Mmm-hmm." "Advertisement quality." "Yeah." "Mmm." "You think they ever will make another Star Wars? that the period where this game is set really." "it's over." "There's nothing... there's nothing else to do there." "You gonna turn Han Solo into a Sith Lord?" "Yeah." "What are you gonna do?" "Right." "Good morning." "Morning." "You gotta pee?" "Sure." "Mmm-hmm." "Hit the campfire." "Ancient Native American custom. and you don't burn the forest down." "have a good day!" "I have to teach late today." "Sam?" "Yeah." "guys." "See you." "Hey." "That's what I was talking to you about." "Yeah." "Good luck with that." "man." "Don't bump into me!" "Little bitch!" "I didn't!" "You calling me a liar?" "No." "motherfucker." "I don't think pretty boy's hair's good enough." "faggot!" "You're a fuckin' asshole." "Mason!" "Jill." "where're you going?" "Over to the college." "What's going on there?" "My mom's a teacher." "cool." "What does she teach?" "I think." "What're you up to?" "my mom owns Needleworks." "The arts and crafts store over there." "So I'm just kinda hangin' out." "But I'm supposed to be going to the hospital soon." "How come?" "You know Courtney?" "Girl with the dyed black hair and the nose ring'?" "Wears Hot Topic every day?" "I think so. but we've kind of grown apart. but I still consider her a friend." "she cut one of her wrists." "but I think I should go visit." "So what're you reading?" "it's Breakfast of Champions." "Kurt Vonnegut." "I think my older brother likes him." "I'm reading To Kill a Mockingbird for the third time." "My friends make fun of me." "I think I'm the only girl in the whole school who doesn't like the Twilight books." "Have you read 'em?" "Sure haven't." "I tried." "But it was so cheesy!" "how do you like San Marcos?" "I like it all right." "but it seems pretty cool." "Have you always lived here?" "Yeah. you have to drive to San Antonio or Austin." "Have you been there yet? but I haven't been to Austin yet." "That's where all the high school kids go on weekends for shows and stuff." "That's what I've heard." "are you going to Shauna's party next weekend?" "though." "you should!" "Why's that? and I know she was hoping you would go." "do you?" "Not currently." "you should come." "I'll tell Chase to make sure you're there." "Okay." "But don't tell LeeAnne I told you that." "She'd kill me." "I won't." "I better get going." "See you later." "Bye. and then he in turn was supported strongly by Harry Harlow's rhesus monkey study. this was radical! of B.F. Skinner's classical and instrumental conditioning." "Bowlby's gonna argue that human survival depends on us falling in love." "It depends on me falling in love with my mother and my mother falling in love with me." "We're pretty much doomed." "Now think about it." "A tiger chases her tribe out of a cave I'll protect you!" "why am I gonna pick you up?" "You're gonna slow me down." "You are tiger kibble!" "we are gonna get into" "Bowlby's four stages of attachment." "Professor Douglas and I..." "Some of you might have classes with Elena. please stop by." "I'm not the greatest cook." "Thanks." "Samantha!" "Why the hell didn't you pick up your brother like you said you would?" "I know what you're gonna say." "She was running late and we couldn't turn around." "no!" "No excuses!" "The bottom line is you didn't do what you said you were gonna do!" "You stranded your brother!" "It's embarrassing to ask my friend to turn around and go get some kid at the middle school." "What do you mean "some kid"?" "He's your brother!" "And you know what?" "We've helped Janey out before." "She lives right around the corner." "It's no big deal." "Sorry." "Samantha?" "You need to start thinking long and hard about who you wanna be." "Do you wanna be a cooperative person who's compassionate and helps people out or do you wanna be a self-centered narcissist?" "You know what?" "You're right." "I am this horrible person." "he's not a baby anymore." "You don't have to treat him like one." "and he can find his way home if he wants to." "You know what?" "you and me are gonna have a chat." "Awkward." "that sucks." "what's up?" "Hey." "We're going camping tonight." "You in?" "who's going?" "and Tony maybe." "let me check with my mom." "can I go camping with Chase tonight?" "Camping?" "Where?" "at that house that his family's building." "It's pretty much finished." "will any adults be there?" "His brother's a senior." "You have your cell phone?" "Yeah." "Is it charged?" "Mmm-hmm." "do me a favor." "Leave his parents' number and the address on the counter." "Okay." "Yeah!" "What I'm talking about!" "That's it." "You ready?" "Check this shit out." "but this is gonna be badass." "let me see." "Let me see what you can do." "All right." "This is your face." "right here." "now check this out." "You might want to move." "that'd be painful." "right?" "The stomach?" "Something." "Oh!" "man." "Pancreas." "That shit's lethal." "that would be painful." "man." "That was awesome." "Here." "children." "Nice." "thanks." "man." "What are you?" "A pussy?" "I just don't feel like drinking a beer right now." "I know for a fact that you have never gotten any pussy." "Like you guys have." "Sure have." "When?" "Last summer." " With who?" " It was awesome." "Chase went down easy street and fucked this whore Nancy." "that's what he said." "I did." "Would I lie?" "where were you?" "At Taber's house." "too." "his first piece of ass was sloppy seconds." "Mason?" "You ever got any?" "howl into the night?" "A few times." "Really'?" "what was her name?" "Lucky?" "No." "Jennifer." "though." "She's back in Houston." "You're fucking lying." "I don't care if you assholes believe me or not. lefty." "fuck you." "but none of the girls here want to." "it's what you want." "True dat." "join a band." "man." "dude." "You don't even have to play that well. and they line up to give you blowjobs." "Except for you." "It doesn't impress the ladies so much when you play flute for the marching band." "I'm not in the fucking marching band." "you sure?" "I heard you play the skin flute." "I got a question for you guys. why you hanging out with a bunch of 8th graders on a Friday night?" "you little penis wrinkle." "You're lucky to even be here." "This is our camp-out." "The only reason you little cum gums are here is because fucking Charlie's mom made him bring his little asshole brother and then he drags along you little dice danglers." "talking shit!" "man." "These little fuzz nuts are going to get their chance soon enough." "We got some whores coming by later." " Yeah?" " Hell yeah!" "I know Chase will fuck anything." "I've seen this kid mount boulders before." "But what about you guys?" "You in?" " Whatever." " All right." "Good man." "All right." "Peter Puffer?" "I don't know." "Maybe." "it's okay to be gay." "We understand." "sleep over there." "I'm not gay- man." "You'll realize." "Fuck y'all." "man." "but we don't have whores coming over." "We were just fucking with you to see what you'd say." "And you just earned your vag badge." "Put it next to your bitch card." "you're a bitch." "bitch." "this shit is called the death punch." "Jesus!" "Hey" "You guys made it!" "Good." "Oh." "wow." "hostess." "thank you." "Can I get you a bite?" "that's cool." "Thanks." "You did that?" "Yeah." "Wow." "How long have you been doing that for?" "Not very long." "Um..." "I went to this camp thing just this past summer." "They have a camp for graffiti'?" "they call it "urban art." Oh. but it was really just a way to get free spray paint." "Cool." "So is this your tag?" "Is that..." "Do they still call it... it's just letters that I'm good at writing." "It's a "K..." "E." "E-Z-J-O." "Kez Jo." "That's cool." "though." "Is that your dad?" "Yeah." "Where's he live?" "In Houston." "Get to see him much?" "Yeah." "Some weekends and over the summer." "Cool." "right?" "Mmm-hmm." "I got one class with her." "she's cool." "is she a good teacher and everything?" "she's great!" "you know." "She makes it interesting." "She's probably even my favorite teacher." "we figured out a way to rig up our iPods to the external speakers on the ASB. you knew the 4-56 was there 'cause we were bumping House of Pain." "jump around. the mom and the dad we're throwing out candies for the kids they absolutely loved Gatorade." "they hated the lemon-lime flavor." "I don't know what it was." "Yeah." "Couldn't give it away." "How long were you over there?" "I did two tours in Iraq and one in Bosnia." "Wow." "Did you enlist? needed money for college." "Seemed like a decent paying job." "did my tour." "I'll come back." "and I was back 9/12. not one casualty." "But is that odd?" "Is that unusual?" "Yeah." "Uh..." "Almost impossible. they didn't listen to any of our advice. and they lost seven guys in the first month." "Wow." "What did you guys do differently?" "you know. these guys basically destroyed it in three days." "what did the locals think about why we're there?" "plain and simple." " Mmm." "Mason." "One last hit." "Hey" "Mickey Mouse Club." "Get the fuck out of my car." "man." "I'm gonna miss you." "I'll see you on Sunday night." "All right." "You better text me." "Mmm..." "Do you have any gum?" "Urn... actually." "Here you go." "Thanks." "See ya." "And they're buying this party line that they're supposed to feel bad as if that's what's been corrupting this nation. are being lied to." "thank God for Wisconsin." "We have to follow that example." "You're right." "what time is it?" "like 12:15." "Happy birthday" "Mason." "It's your birthday?" "I guess." "how old are you?" "Fifteen." "Fifteen." "Give me a hug." "my goodness!" "Have you been drinking?" "Have you?" "a little." "Have you?" "A little bit." "Have you been..." "A little bit." "Oh." "I'm gonna go to sleep." "huh?" "Dad." "Hey!" "How you doing?" "Mmm..." "Good." "Whose car is that?" "That's our car." "Hop on in there." "Hey." "sweetie." "Oh..." "Cooper." "Hey!" "How's it going?" "little brother." "He's so cute." "Can we just replace that part of the pipe?" "is no good." "Everything is no good." "mira." "This one is..." "Stronger." "yes." "thanks for that camera you got Mason." "Mason's all into the photography." "He's loving that thing." "I know." "closet into a darkroom." "the whole nine..." "You all right with that?" "yeah." "Right." "But he's having a good time." "At least he's focused on something." "Yeah." "Yeah." "he's all about it." "let's go grande." "yes." "It's good." "you're smart." "You should be in school." "I working all day." "Go to night school at community college." "It's pretty affordable." "You're doing a nice job with the house." "It's looking great." "thanks." "Really great." "some fix-its here and there." "so now I'm finding out why." "bud!" "Hey." "huh?" "What's that?" "What's that?" "That's our new car." "Get in it." "All right." "Have a good weekend." "How you doing?" "too." "Hey!" "how are you?" "Ooh..." "You look great." "Ooh!" "Thanks." "he's got Mason's nose." "isn't he cute?" " Yeah." " All right!" " Love you guys." "We got a big drive ahead of us." "Sam." "You guys drive safe." "we'll be back tomorrow night." "honey." "I'm so glad you were born!" "this is like Annie's car and you drive the GTO'?" "I guess you can't really put a baby seat in that thing." "no." "But I had to sell that anyway." "You what?" "I had to sell that." "So it's gone?" "some sucker collector from California which is great 'cause I basically got to pay for this in cash." "500 for that thing way back when." "you know. and the value's only dropping from there. the value starts going up again." "you got guys paying hundreds of thousands of dollars for some Shelby Cobra." "What?" "You don't remember?" "Remember what?" "Really?" "You said that was going to be my car when I turned 16." "I didn't." "I never said that." "I remember." "I was in third grade this is gonna be Mason's when he turns 16." "all right?" "I would never say that." "Never." "though." "What?" "Mason." "what about your sister?" "I'm just gonna forget about her?" "how's that fair?" "Huh?" "Anthony Nagar." "What..." "Are you... come on!" "you're not... that was my car." "All right? and I can do whatever I want with it." "All right? you can save up and buy a car of your own." "Be cool like I used to be." "Or you can get a minivan." "Does your mom actually let you watch this'?" "too." "my God." "have you ever seen her in concert?" "but she's coming to Houston in April." "She's coming to Houston?" "Mmm-hmm." "Your dad and I could get you tickets and you could stay with us." "That'd be great!" "Yeah." "Annie?" " Yup." "Will you get me the little birthday present for Mason?" "babe." "All right." "okay?" "Open it up." "I call that the Beatles Black Album. post-breakup." "Thanks." "I put the band back together for you. you know? and then you can hear it." "you know?" "I don't know." "I think I always just liked Paul the best." "you're missing the point." "There is no favorite Beatle!" "That's what I'm saying." "It's in the balance." "That's what made them the greatest fucking rock band okay?" "And there's this decade of music out there arranged and ordered for you by your loving father. over and over again by your loving father." "yes." "look at that. you've got Band on the Run into My Sweet Lord into Jealous Guy into Photograph." "Come on!" "It's like the perfect segue." "Hey." "Can't we enjoy what we have while we have it?" "It's a good record." "I shit you not." "Cool." "how you doing?" "birthday boy!" "It's good to see you." "it's great to see you." "Yeah." "huh?" "we sure did." "We sure did." "darling?" "we ready?" "Yeah." "Wait." "Sam." "wait." "Come on." "still sleeping here?" "yeah." "buddy." "Oh!" "make a wish." "sweetie." "would you get us a knife so we can cut this up'?" "All right." "so." "It's a Bible." "This is your first Bible." "there's your name." "wait." "Look at this. and that means that everything that Jesus said is in red." "Thank you." "You like it?" "All right." "sweetie." "Happy birthday." "And this one's from us." "here." "It's not going to make all your dreams come true here." "Just keep your expectations low." "you need it." "It's... right?" "You gotta have it." "You need this." "You got life ahead of you." "And the shirt is blue." "You got dances and job interviews." "I'm going to get it all wrinkled here." "son." "Uh-oh." "Pull that Off." "There's a 20-gauge shotgun." "Wow. and his dad gave it to him." "all right?" "you hold it." "Yeah?" "son. teach you how to fire it." "I'll teach you a little bit of safety." "there you go." "what you want to do is line up the front sight with the back sight." "you see this little V right here?" "Mmm-hmm." "Now which one you aiming at?" "the middle can." "The middle can?" "All right." "Mmm-hmm." "all right?" "Ho!" "Whoa!" "Yeah!" "watch out." "Whoa." "Be careful." "All right." "Ready?" "Pull!" "you hit a little low." "all right?" "'Cause then it's a better aim coming down." "second trigger." "Mmm-hmm." "Ready?" "Mmm-hmm." "Pull!" "didn't you?" "How did that feel?" "Felt good." "it felt good." "Good." "I want for us to be together forever" "But to wander wherever I may" "I want you to be easy and casual" "But still demand I stay" "I want for you to know me completely" "But still remain mysterious" "Consider everything deeply" "But still remain fearless" "Climb to the top Look over the ledge" "Dance barefoot on a razor's edge" "Reach for the stars Grab a tiger by the tail" "I'll never fail" "If you go home You're rolling the dice" "Can't step in the same river twice" "You love too much It'll turn to hate" "You never leave home You'll never be late" "You eat too much You're gonna get fat" "If you buy a dog You'll piss off your cat" "So take a deep breath and enjoy the ride" "'Cause arrivals and departures Run side by side" "Oh!" "you know?" "Mason demanded we work on it the whole time." "thank you." "It's a work in progress." "we don't know why Thomas comes back and joins the other disciples." "we saw him! and I wanna see those nail prints in his hands." "here comes Jesus okay?" "Thomas felt some shame. stick your finger in my side." "Look at these nail prints." "It's me." "I believe. but blessed are those who can believe without seeing. but we have experienced him in the spirit." "too." "The pond's right up here." "it's low." "Yeah." "my dad could take you fishing next time you're here if you want." "Thanks." "baby." "What's goin' on?" "I think we're just gonna hang here for a minute." "You want me to stay with you?" "it's okay." "You sure?" "Yeah." "Thanks." "why are you such a stick-in-the-mud?" "What are you even talking about? for Cooper's baptism?" "that's fine." "Sam?" "I appreciate it." "you know." "Were we baptized?" "I wasn't the least bit concerned with the state of your soul." "if you want." "I think I'm all right." "you know." "Dunk your heads." "Dad?" "huh?" "I can hear you!" "wow." "huh?" "I don't think your mom would love that." "Sam." "Let me show you how it's done." "Dad." "hmm?" "Mason?" "I'm not sure." "I'm sure." "All class." "Did you complete your image diary?" "Not yet." "digital contact sheet?" "but it's not gonna take me long." "Not yet." "Not quite." "Dark room time is extra-curricular. and certainly not until you've completed your assignments." "That's the deal." "Sorry." "Mason." "Why is that?" "I'll tell you why." "they're cool." "You're looking at things in a really unique way." "Got a lot of natural talent." "Thanks." "but that and 50 cents will just get you a cup of coffee in this old world." "I've met a lot of talented people over the years." "How many of them made it professionally commitment and a really good work ethic?" "I can tell you." "I can count it on two fingers." "Zero." "Mason." "The world is too competitive. and a butt load of morons who are untalented who are more than willing to surpass you." "a lot of them are sitting in that classroom hmm?" "You know what they're doing?" "They're doing their assignments." "but you're not." "You're in here." "Now why is that?" "Mason? I feel like I do work pretty hard." "I spend the whole weekend taking pictures a lot of times." "Mason?" "Not really." "I know you don't." "That's why I've just assigned you to shoot the football game tonight." "Okay? and I want to see them very first thing Monday." "You want to know why I'm doing this?" "I guess." "Mason'?" "What do you want to do?" "I want to take pictures." "Make art." "Mason." "that's special." "What can you bring to it that nobody else can?" "That's what I'm trying to find out." "Try harder. for that terrific darkroom chat we had that day." "Get back to class and do your work." "you're walkin' a little funny." "Fuck you." "you guys were in there for a long time." "Just hope he bought you dinner first." "come down for dinner." "Samantha!" "You didn't post these pictures and their descriptions?" "honey." "You've gotta get those posted." "Why are we even doing this?" "It's like an online junk shop." "I thought you had a good job." "I do." "We're what you call house poor." "Everyone's got to do their part." "Your brother took the pictures." "You have to help." "Who even buys this shit?" "all right?" "Don't disrespect your mother." "don't you?" "and you like having electricity so that you can charge your cell phone'?" "I'm not even gonna be here next year." "I'm a senior." "I should be having fun." "Nice nails." "some girl did that in sixth period." "You planning on keeping them?" "I guess." "and now the nails." "You got a purse to go with all that?" "A lot of guys do that." "He's just trying to be cool. that was cool. why don't you get you and your sister some water." "Turlington says to cut the artsy crap and shoot the game." "So take your lens and point it that way." "Jesus Christ." "we got a ride." "McCormick's gonna take us to the party." "We're gonna head out after the game." "okay?" "Okay." "Shoot the game." "First one!" "What was that?" "What was that?" "What is up?" "what's up?" "Hey." "How's it goin'?" "Pretty good." "How long have you been here?" "I guess." "Awhile?" "I just feel like there are so many things that I could be doing and probably want to be doing that I'm just not." "Why aren't you?" "I guess it's just being afraid of what people would think." "judgment." "Yeah. you know?" "Exactly." "Deep down." "I find myself so furious at all these people that I'm in contact with they're not even aware they're doing it." "Yeah. what's different?" "What changes?" "Everything. because it makes me feel alive." "As opposed to giving me the appearance of normality." "Whatever that means." "I don't think it means much." "you know that?" "Yeah?" "Is that a compliment?" "I don't know." "Do you wanna be weird?" "or anything like that." "I really like talking with you." "I don't usually even try to vocalize my thoughts or feelings or anything." "it never sounds right." "Words are stupid." "why are you trying with me?" "I don't know." "I guess I feel comfortable." "I'm glad." "Jim." "I'm sorry I'm so late." "What time are you supposed to be home?" "I don't know." "A while ago." "an hour ago?" "'Cause truthfully nobody even knew where you were until your sister told us." "She's been home for a while." "I'm sorry." "been hearin' a lot of that lately." "but you don't actually care. or what time you gotta be home." "Is that what's up?" "I don't know what to tell you." "Stop mumbling!" "speak up!" "I can't understand a word comin' out of your mouth." "It's just like..." "And I ask you questions and you just..." "Can I just have one day where everyone isn't all over my ass?" "I'm up your ass?" "This is my house." "All right'? then you get home when you say you're gonna be home." "you're not my dad." "I'm not your dad." "You know how I know that?" "'Cause I'm actually here. huh?" "Huh?" "I'm that guy!" "Morning." "Morning." "Hey." "Which one of you guys used the downstairs bathroom last night?" "I don't know." "I didn't." "what's his name?" "Phillip?" "Phillip." "He did it." "Can Phillip read?" "there's a big sign on the door." "it's broken." "how difficult is that?" "I don't know." "I'm sorry." "I think I'm gonna put the house on the market." "Why?" "This house is too big for us." "You're going to school eventually." "It's too expensive." "I'm done." "Why did you even buy it in the first place then? keeping us on the brink of poverty. and now I'm gonna spend the second half of my life getting rid of all this stuff." "Really?" "Like what? the plumbing." "I am gonna be Mommy Monk." "Simple." "Celibate." "Mom." "Fine." "I'll be a poor whore with a big house." "Is that better?" "Hmm?" "Okay." "don't leave me that dirty dish to wash." "I do dishes all day." "then you're a professional." "you could do one or two more for your poor old mom." "Okay." "Thank you." "You want one?" "God!" "seriously." "I watched her the whole time." "you little pervert." "It's like we're on a date." "Cheers." "It's a night of romance." "except I'm not gonna kiss you." "though." "Mason!" "We are in the weeds out here!" "I'm goin' as fast as I can. two four-tops I can't use because they haven't been bussed!" "Enrique is not here." "I'm tryin'." "we're dyin'!" "What am I supposed to tell my customers? but Mason's trying." "At least that's what he told me." "After he was flirtin' with April and eatin' your leftover shrimp. but I wanna share something with you. and that's a lot more responsibility." "It's also more money." "How's that sound?" "Good. but can you take the responsibility?" "because I believe in you." "But I need you on the floor." "Now leave the dishes." "Giddy up." "come on!" "Don't let me down!" "so it's runnin' okay?" "That alternator's not messin' up anymore?" "it's fine." "It's up for the trip." "Good." "Are you gonna see your sister when you guys are in Austin?" "which is cool." "so it's no big deal." "All right." "Did you apply there yet?" "Did you get that application into UT?" "though. you know?" "let 'em know you're a man who knows what he wants." "Yeah." "all right?" "Yeah." "Great." "And what about work?" "How's that goin'?" "I don't know." "It's all right." "Today kind of sucked." "This guy didn't show up." "But it's definitely an interesting perspective on the world." "People are slobs. he's doing great." "he's really cleaning' up." "will you?" "big brother." "kiddo." "Can you say bye-bye?" "Bye-bye!" "We'll see you soon." "all right?" "just... patient." "Right?" "two behind." "okay?" "Okay." "tell your sister to pick up her phone or call me back or something." "buddy." "Dad." "take this to your sister." "okay?" "I will." "So where is Sheena staying?" "At her friend Emily's." "Is Emily a real person?" "Yeah." "she's a sophomore." "She has an apartment." "this is in case of emergency." "I want it back." "Okay." "Thanks." "Did you do your homework?" "but I can finish tomorrow night." "11th grade is really important for college." "Don't blow it." "we're going to UT and everything." "don't you want me to come?" "road trip with Mom!" "" I'll pay for gas." "Fine." "Just kidding." "I have work." "Call me when you get there." "I will." "Have fun!" "That sounds to me like just another extreme Mason view of everything." "Not at all!" "I finally figured it out." "It's like when they realized it was gonna be too expensive to actually build cyborgs and robots." "the costs of that were impossible." "They decided to just let humans turn themselves into robots." "That's what's going on right now." "right now?" "why not?" "not really doing anything." "We don't cost anything." "We're even pretty good at self- maintenance and reproducing constantly." "we're already biologically programmed for our little cyborg upgrades." "How?" "Seriously." "I read this thing the other day about how... you get like a dopamine rush in your brain." "It's like we're being chemically rewarded for allowing ourselves to be brainwashed." "How evil is that?" "We're fucked." "So you deleting your Facebook page is gonna change all that?" "Remember when Trevor deleted his Facebook page last year and everyone just hated him?" "You made more fun of him than anyone." "I still make fun of Trevor though." "It was like he was so pathetically desperate for attention." "or something." "That's just 'cause they did that lame story about it in the school paper." "And then he had to make a big announcement about it when he came back a month later." "I'm not doing it for attention." "I just wanna try and not live my life through a screen." "I want some kind of actual interaction." "not just the profile they put up." "I'm sorry." "Were you saying something?" "I know you're joking." "it's kind of true. what're you really doing? but you're also obviously not fully experiencing my profound bitching." "it's like everyone's just stuck in like an in-between state." "Not really experiencing anything." "it's just information. so we won't be wandering the streets of Austin lost for an hour tonight." "Facebook." "And then I just texted my mom back." "that's groundbreaking." "55 minutes?" "Oh... Meg's family just got a miniature pet pig." "tiny pig." "Our lives can go on." "I want one." "Nice shot." "just give the lady at the front y'all's IDs she should let you in." "right?" "Awesome." "Mmm." "is it?" "it's fine." "Have fun." "Thank you." "How long have you guys been dating'?" "About three months." "we met at a party and it's been chill." "he is." "too?" "Cool." "Yeah." "What does he study?" "yeah." "Does he wanna teach Italian?" "I think he's still figuring stuff out." "Yeah." "He'll figure it out." "yeah." "where are you thinking about living when you come here?" "I'm not really sure yet." "We're gonna look at apartments tomorrow." "Um..." "But I know my parents sort of were expecting me to live in a dorm. so it doesn't really matter that much." "You don't have to listen to your parents after you turn 18." "Especially if they're not helping you financially." "That's what I figured." "But living in a dorm isn't so bad." "Yeah?" "especially if it's a coed dorm." "Yeah." "I've never been around so many cute guys at once." "college is really fun." "yeah." "Oh." "The last death at the Hoover Dam construction site exactly 13 years to the day." "See those sorority girls over there? I'm pledging. and that's gonna be me. a celestial map of heavenly bodies so accurately displayed that one could chart the procession of the pole star such that future generations upon..." "I wonder what his deal is." "he obviously has money to eat here." "tenure and everything." "Look at all these people." "What're they even doing here at 3:00 in the morning?" "What are we even doing here at 3:00 in the morning'?" "We know what we're doing here." "Queso." "We have a purpose." "yeah." "this'll just be our lives." "Mmm." "whatever we want." "We ever gonna go to class?" "Sometimes." "When it feels right." "When the inspiration hits." "Only then." "Anything else?" "more queso?" "Yeah." "Jesus." "What?" "doesn't it all seem a little overwhelming?" "college?" "I like the idea of being away from home and gaining skills and getting better at photography." "I just..." "I'm not counting on it transformative experience." "I don't think it's that transformative." "I just see it as the next step." "But it's like a preordained slot that's already got your name and number on it." "I don't think it's the key to my future." "look at my mom." "She got her degree and got a pretty good job." "She can pay her bills." "I like your mom." "too." "I just mean..." "Basically she's still just as fuckin' confused as I am." "Thank you." "Thanks." " Hello?" " Hey." "Urn..." "Did Sam tell you we were gonna stay here?" "No." "Sorry." "Um..." "She said you were out of town for the weekend." "I was." "I just got back." "Are you her brother?" "I'm Mason." "this is Sheena." "great. and get something to eat." "I'll just come back in a little bit?" "we have to get out of here soon anyway." "All right." "It's nice meeting you." "too." " Sorry!" " That was so awkward." "Mmm-hmm." "silver-medal winner." "Congratulations!" "Thank you." "Heard you got a scholarship." "Yeah." "you know." "Yeah." "When you gonna go out there'?" "I think." "at least." "before you have to fend for yourself." "Yeah." "that's the idea." "how are you feeling about it?" "you know." "half-terrified." "kind of that voluptuous panic." "Yeah." "Exactly." "it's gonna be good." "It's gonna be crazy good." "I liked college a lot better than high school." "you know?" "Exactly." "You'll be fine." "just follow your heart." "Yeah?" "Thanks." "Good luck." "Don't forget to floss." "I just don't get why you're being so fucking childish." "I'm not being childish!" "You're the one who made it into this big thing by telling everyone!" "I haven't told anyone." "So Cynthia just magically knows even though you're not dating him anymore?" "She's my best friend." "your best friend has a big fucking mouth." "then." "Why don't you just tell Miss Fuckin' Rubber Jaw which is that we wouldn't be having this conversation if your college boyfriend weren't out of town this weekend." "You had already bought the tickets." "it's not like it matters." "I'm just trying to be friends with you." "It's just humiliating." "I can't do that." "Mister I-Don't-Care" " What-Anyone-Else- Thinks-Of-Me." "Fuck anyone else!" "which isn't much right now." "King of the Pity Prom." "Fine." "We're not going." "Great." "Why are we even... we both knew this was coming." "I'm just the one who did something about it." "fucking some college guy." "fuck you!" "I don't regret anything." "Of course you don't." "it's actually kind of a relief not to have to be around someone who's so gloomy all the time." "The world's not so horrible." "Not everything's some big conspiracy against humanity." "It's great that you can think that way." "I'm sure dating a jock really helps to clear the mind." "okay?" "He just happens to be on the lacrosse team." "We're all going to other schools next year anyway." "It's not some super-serious relationship." "great." "I feel so much better now." "We're just having fun." "I bet he's having fun." "Mason." "It's not like I haven't been with anyone else." "Who?" "What do you care?" "Who?" "Does it matter?" "You're the one who brought it up." "This is pointless." "Now you're just trying to be an asshole." "I would rather have my balls clawed off than ever sit through anything like that ever again." "ever have to." "thank you." "it's all you." "Drink up." "brother?" "Should be some pretty awesome stuff happening." "I'm going to this show with my dad in Austin." "His friend's playing." "I guess." "there are so many cars here." "I don't wanna go in there!" "you will have so much fun." "Your family loves you!" "Have a swell time." "Fuck you." "You're coming in with me." "no." "Yes." "you are." "My mom loves you." "You have to say hi." "Do you want to hurt her feelings?" "Mmm-mmm." "let's go get 'em!" "seriously." "you're in sort of enemy territory here." "We're aware." "Look who's here!" "Hey!" "Get a job!" "Congratulations!" "no!" "Wait." "We're gonna take pictures." "Put it back on." "Can you get a camera?" "baby." "but congratulations!" "look here." "Smile." "Here we go." "that's a good one." "And good." "Got it." "where are you?" " Samantha!" " Sam." "And where's Mason Senior?" "I'm feeling generous." "Come here." "Great." "And beautiful!" "I'll email these to everyone." "don't start." "Can't believe you guys came all this way." "It means a lot to me." "Mmm..." "We wouldn't have missed it for anything!" "I'm so proud of you." "Congratulations." "I'm really sorry that Lee couldn't be here." "He's on his senior trip." "tell him I said hi." "I will." "I didn't even recognize you." "How old are you now?" "I'm 13." "Wow." "let's top her off." "doll?" "whatever." "Yeah." "I got you something." "What is it?" "That is a savings bond." "That is worth something." "It's better than money." "You'd just spend that." "is that your mom?" "Yeah." "Yeah." "That's her." "Wow." "Three-second rule." "Put it on your plate." "Such a good dad." "Really." "I know." "I'm trying to help." "you guys." "I want to make a little toast to Mason. but we did." "And you only graduate high school once in your life." "So I want to celebrate you and this next phase. you're gonna have so much fun. you're gonna learn more about your art." "babe." "So proud of you." " To Mason." " To Mason!" "here!" "kid." "uh..." "I'll make a toast to the future." "To your future." "it's been a little sketchy trying to figure out what school to go to." "Mason told me that he wanted which I do appreciate." "he's gonna have a great future." "buddy." "To the future!" "Congratulations!" "18 and straight!" "Just ignore him." "My brother needs to learn to pace himself. you've grown a lot and I'm proud of you. you know you always got a job." "Lose that earring." "But... maybe I can get you front of house." "buddy!" "say something!" "Samantha." "Um... darling." "Good luck." "Aw..." "So you broke up with your girlfriend?" "just recently." "What was her name?" "Sheena." "She's gonna go to college with you'?" "No." "No?" "Hmm." "She's staying in this part of Texas." "Okay." "You need a ride to college?" "I just wanted to say hello before you got out of here." "Aunt Jen?" "uh... yeah." "And with your little one." "Where is he?" "he's at home." "Remember?" "He was such a pain in Sam's thing that..." "I would love to see him." "so..." "I really am." "I think." "too." "Yeah." "It's good to see you two." "Jen." "So proud of your boy." "we all are." "She's a bitch and a half." "you're going all right? you're gonna be pulling down some serious wool." "You're gonna be tapping some masterful gap." "You're gonna be doing some good work out there." "Think about it." "Awful lot of flowers in that bouquet." "But you got to do me a favor." "all right?" "Remember to use protection during breakup sex." "This guy knows exactly of which I speak." "Look what happened to him." "Voila'." "Steven." "Cheers." "It's not that simple." "Four more years." "Four more years." "I'm just saying." "Do y'all recycle?" "Should I..." "I have one started there." "right." "Great." "Am I your only ex at this party?" "though." "Yeah." "Can you believe they're both out of high school'?" "I can't." "by the way." "Thanks for saying that." "I never thought I'd hear you say that." "it's true." "Thank you." "huh?" "right?" "It's gonna be 15 years till I have an empty nest." "Hmm." "if I could." "it's so great that you did this." "Can I just give you a little?" "I'd appreciate it if I could." "Sure." "Yeah." "But I don't have any cash." "it's in Annie's purse." "I'll be right back." "the guy's a college lacrosse player." "What are you gonna do?" "She didn't even like sports." "You want a beer?" "that's all right." "You can have one." "It's okay. we've all been through the exact same thing at one point or another." "you never got to know her." "I know." "It's not the same." "I just don't know what I did wrong." "man." "Mason." "We're up here raiding the green room." "Hope that's okay." "That's totally cool." "All right." "Wow!" "Is that MJ?" "right?" "Unbelievable." "check you out." "let me finish up." "I'll be up in a minute." "you didn't do anything wrong." "they never work out." "come here." "you know'?" "The odds of two young people staying on the same wavelength are... and I also guarantee you that every day of your life that you spend crying over some silly girl is a complete waste of time." "though." "she's a serious person." "And I really thought we were..." "What?" "I don't know." "okay? my fine-feathered friend." "What does that even mean?" "It means don't hand over the controls to your self-esteem to Sheila." "Sheena." "All right. you. you will be amazed at how much girls like Sheena start lining up at your front door." "Great." "You just gotta separate yourself from the pack in some way." "and then you have your pick of the litter when the front-runner hussies start sniffing around." "So what you're saying is I should take up lacrosse." "Exactly." "start a band." "Worked for me a long time ago." "I think it's still working for Jimmy." "Or you just keep taking pictures." "She hated the pictures I took of her." "okay? I always thought she was a little bit... a little bit too square for you." "not quite the same vibe." "You really thought that?" "lower level." "I wasn't surprised okay?" "you know." "take your mom and me. castrated guy she wanted me to be you know?" "I'm not." "I'm just saying that she could've been little more forgiving." "Would've saved me that parade of drunken assholes." "what's the point?" "Of what?" "any of this." "Everything." "Everything?" "What's the point?" "I sure as shit don't know." "okay?" "you know?" "The good news is you're feeling stuff." "And you've got to hold on to that." "you get older and you don't feel as much." "Your skin gets tougher. and you won." "I got silver." "too." "I'm gonna kill you." "Mason. you know." "this next one of 'em goes out to a young man in the house." "Whoo-hoo!" "Known him since he was just a small boy." "Now he's all graduated from high school and making me feel old." "Mason." "Thank you." "let's be clear." "We're gonna break this into four categories." "anything you want to keep from your childhood and you're taking with you." "donating." "whatever you want to try to sell we're donating." "or storage or something?" "No." "You're missing the point." "We're not gonna drag a bunch of crap to Mom's tiny apartment." "Can't believe we're moving again." "I'm moving." "You moved two years ago." "You have an apartment in Austin." "Mason is moving in the fall." "I'm done." "This'll be great for me." "I'll have all these options." "I could take a sabbatical." "try to get published." "though?" "What are we gonna do?" "I'm not sharing a room with him. and we'll use that blow-up mattress." "How am I supposed to do my laundry?" "I'm gently pushing you out of the nest." "you may magically find some quarters that you use to do laundry in your own apartment." "Come on!" "You guys are adults!" "what do you want?" "I'm gonna get the veggie burger." "not hungry." "What's wrong with you?" "I'm sick." "your head?" "Do you have a fever?" "She's pregnant." "I drank way too much last night." "no." "and we just hung out." "they just go down so easy." "that's not an excuse." "You can still pack boxes." "These people want to move in as soon as possible." "how are you? but I worked on your septic line years ago." "yeah." "you changed my life." "You told me that day that I was smart and that I should go to school." "I went to community college and I'm working on my bachelor's now at Texas State." "And also one of the managers here." "That's great." "because I really wanted a chance to thank you for that." "Gracias." "It really meant a lot to me." "Don't worry about lunch." "It's on me." "It's the least I can do." "You guys should listen to her." "She's a smart lady." "Thank you. that a computer knows who you are from just 20 questions off a form?" "I guess there are really only like eight types of people in the world. but apparently we're not as unique as we want to think we are." "Have you even talked to this guy yet?" "but we've been trading emails." "He seems pretty cool." "He's studying literature and anthropology so that's not so bad." "he was telling me about how the system they use for assigning roommates is kinda spooky. just 'cause of the computer." "then." "Yeah." "But we pretty much decided that soon they won't even need a questionnaire 'cause they'll just let the NSA scan your digital ghost and they'll tell you who your roommate is written or clicked." "Did you put this in here again?" "I don't want it." "it's the first picture you ever took." "right?" "What?" "Nothing." "what is it?" "It's nothing!" "Mom." "This is the worst day of my life." "What're you talking about?" "I knew this day was coming." "I didn't know you were gonna be so fuckin' happy to be leaving." "it's not that I'm that happy." "What do you expect?" "like that." "This series of milestones." "Getting married." "Having kids." "Getting divorced." "The time that we thought you were dyslexic." "When I taught you how to ride a bike." "Getting divorced again." "Getting my master's degree." "Finally getting the job I wanted." "Sending Samantha off to college." "Sending you off to college." "You know what's next'?" "Huh?" "It's my fuckin' funeral!" "Just go!" "And leave my picture!" "40 years or something?" "I just thought there would be more." "you must be Mason." "right?" "it's nice to finally meet you." "Definitely." "Are you cool with this side of the room?" "Yeah." "man." "I don't care." "No worries." "man?" "any of that stuff need brought in?" "I packed pretty light." "But I appreciate it." "man." "Of course." "Um..." "Are you going to the orientation mixer thing?" "Orientation mixer thing? by the way." "dude." "All right." "You ready?" "Yeah." "Barb." " Hi." " Hey." "You coming with us?" "Where're you going?" "you should come." "If we leave now we can catch the late afternoon at Big Bend." "man?" "but not since I was really little." "dude." "Barb's roommate." "what's up?" "Nicole." "you game?" "Sure." "have the rest of this." "Got it timed perfectly." "It'll kick in when we get in the mountains." "Awesome." "Let's go." "Do they let you major in that here? but I'm taking all my basics like History of Dance and all that." "Nice." "Yeah." "What do you teach?" "gosh." "hip-hop." "Wow..." "Which one's your favorite?" "Tap." "Yeah?" "Yeah." "and there's no rules." "Just like creative freedom." "That's great." "Yeah. to be a part of bringing it back to the kids is really rewarding." "keeps it going." "Yeah." "How old are they?" "Six to eight." "Wow." "and they're not self-conscious at all." "They haven't reached the awkward years yet." "not yet." "It's coming." "Hey" "Hey." "Dalton can be crazy sometimes." "though." "they're both really cool." "How are you feeling?" "to be honest." "Good." "I'm really happy that you're hangin' out with us." "too." "This moment's having a falsieful whoregasm!" "It's like as if all of time has unfolded before us yeah!" ""Seize the moment"?" "I'm kinda thinking it's the other way around." "the moment seizes us." "I know." "it's just... you know?" "Yeah." "(c) 2010" " Macallan Srt To Ssa Converter"