Adult World Page #7

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The S.A.T.S don't mean sh*t.

That's like believing in scientology.

- Easy, easy.

- You're bullshit.

- Nobody cares...

- You all right?

She's a monster.

Get her out of here!

- Come on.

- All I wanted was your advice!

You're a phony,

Richard Simmons!

Don't take my...

don't take my napkins!

- Get the f*** out of here!

- Don't take those napkins!

Don't take my napkins!

Yeah.

You shouldn't care

what anybody thinks.

It doesn't matter.

Zadie Smith thinks I'm an idiot.

No, she doesn't.

And rat probably hates himself.

I can't face anyone.

I don't want to go back

to my parents' house.

I just don't want to see anyone.

You want to go to my place?

Yeah.

Just make yourself at home.

Want some water?

Oh-oh

- Did you do these?

- Yeah.

Yeah, don't look at that.

No, no. Hey, hey.

It's not finished.

I don't know what that is, actually.

This one is so beautiful.

Thank you.

- Have you shown these?

- No.

Why not?

You could be famous.

Well, it's not really about that.

For me, it's more kind of just something

that I like to do, on my own, you know?

Don't you have anything that you

just wrote for yourself,

and you didn't want to show anybody?

No, not really.

Huh.

I should go.

Um...

You want me to drive you?

- That's okay.

- Okay.

Trey, let me call you back.

I got a problem here.

What?!

Relax.

I'm not gonna do anything.

- Are you sure?

- I promise.

What do you want?

I read some of your work.

It's, uh...

It's beautiful...Some of it.

It's heartbreaking.

It's too bad you're such a

colossal a**hole.

- Yeah.

- Thank you for saving me...

...a lot of time and agony, but you didn't

have to be so terrible just because I suck.

You don't suck, Amy.

You don't anything yet.

That's the point.

You might be a great writer someday.

I don't know.

You haven't even lived yet.

Go to jail, you know?

Become a nun. Right now you're

just a suckling, little piglet.

Just go out and live your life

and get your heart broken and...

Get out of mine!

Please.

- For a little while.

- Okay, Rat.

Okay.

I'm not done.

You got to stop taking yourself

so seriously.

The world is full of

innocuous mundanity,

and people are literal and stupid.

But you're a fighter, you know?

A rebel.

- Did you rehearse that one?

- Maybe.

Yeah. It doesn't quite work yet,

does it?

You know what?

There may not really be a place

for poetry left in the world, Amy.

The literal may have triumphed

and conquered all, but we...

We press on, right?

We press on.

Now give it to me, and...

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.

You give it to me good, man.

Give it to me good.

You know what I mean?

Because, like, this is it.

This is the moment.

Rat...

Stop taking yourself so seriously.

I want to tell you something

right now.

The culture around us is

disintegrating.

But you are not a part of that.

You stand against the tide,

and that is no small thing.

You will always be a hyena, Amy.

Arthur Rimbaud.

You're a thief...

Regal and ragged!

No, stop!

You're gonna rip it!

- I win. Do you need help?

- Yeah.

What?

You have paint on your face.

- I do?

- Hang on.

Oh, God, no.

Hey, hey!

- What?

- It's really embarrassing.

There's a few of them here.

- There's a few of them here.

- It's really embarrassing.

No, I like them.

They're cool.

I like that one.

I was worried you would think

that was creepy.

It's not creepy.

It's cool.

I like them.

Are you gonna

ake off your clothes?

- What is this?

- I'm wearing two shirts.

Being with him

was as perfect as a sonnet.

- Did I just say that out loud?

- Yeah.

- You do that a lot.

- No.

I like it.

Don't get it.

Why are you getting it?

Whoa!

Hello?

This is she.

Really?

Oh, my God, I can't believe that.

Um... Really?

Okay, yeah,

just send over the contract.

Okay.

Yeah, that sounds great, actually.

Cool.

Okay, thank you.

Bye!

What is that?

Is everything okay?

You're never gonna believe this.

- I'm getting published.

- What?!

I know. It's... it's gonna be on the website

later today and in the magazine next month.

Oh, that's amazing.

- And I got $500.

- Score.

What magazine?

I'm numb.

I want to read it.

What magazine is this?

- Lepassion.

- Lepassion?

- What?! You submitted?

- Yeah.

Oh, my God!

That's amazing.

And you're gonna be published...

Again.

- Yeah.

- Yeah, this time it's good.

It's very good.

- This is good.

- Yeah.

We should celebrate.

- What is this place?

- Just a place.

You're so cryptic.

- Hey, Alex, what's up?

- Hey.

- Got that?

- Yeah.

- Hi.

- Hi.

- Hi.

- Hi.

She's new. Be nice.

Alex, you should really show

your work.

Yeah, I don't know.

I'll probably just end up working

at a porn store the rest of my life.

Really? Me too!

You should really keep writing, though,

because you kind of suck at your day job.

- As long as I'm not boring.

- You're not boring.

You're a weirdo.

You are not normal.

And it's inspiring.

It's cool.

- Thanks.

- You're welcome.

Bend the other leg, too.

- Both legs?

- Yeah, you like that?

Oh, God, that's sexy.

I'll get something to go with her.

Thank you.

Hello?!

Thank you.

It's over.

Go home.

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