Along the Roadside Page #3

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dark chocolate brownie

and a chicken noodle soup.

Noted and appreciated.

And also I want to buy you

a pair of flip-flops.

Why?

Well I figured you're moving

to Los Angeles and

it is very convenient

on your foot. It's good

so which one you like?

What's your size?

Um, I don't know.

It depends you

know. On the shoe.

Let me see.

That's good.

You don't want to try them on?

No, no, no it's all right.

I can tell.

Just try it on.

I don't want to try them on.

You don't want to try them on?

Don't ask me the question I

just answered.

You will be safer

if you try them on.

I mean just to make

sure because this

is unlikely the place

you would return to

for an exchange in

case you find out

they don't fit.

Forget it.

Okay, okay, okay, okay.

No problem. Just tell

me which one you like.

I don't give a f*** as long as

they're not pink.

Okay. Which ones are pink?

Are you kidding me?

What?

I thought that

was an act back there

with the cop.

An act?

The cop.

No. No.

I was telling the truth.

I'm really Daltonic.

Get the f*** out of here.

Damn.

I can't even get

a driver's license.

What color are your shoes?

Gray.

Gray like everything else.

You hungry?

I could eat a stuffed camel.

What?

That's officially

the biggest meat

in the world.

I didn't say let's get

genocidal on our stomachs.

I just figured we should go get

some grub.

It's stuffed with goats

and beef.

You know, I thought

about it a lot.

And you know maybe this

is the way the world

was meant to be seen.

I mean like me, I

mean the way I see it.

That's hardly the case.

I mean you know most

people see colors.

You're kind of like a

glitch in the system.

Like young republicans

or underhung black guys.

So, what else do

you do to distract

yourself when you're

not at the post office?

I play bass.

How's that going?

Oh, very fine.

I'm in a band.

Got a name?

Sisyphus.

Sisyphus?

Yeah, we make Sisyphus rock.

Sisyphus?

Sisyphus, you

know the guy who was

condemned by the gods

to forever roll a

rock to the top of the

mountain where the rock

would then fall back

of its own weight and

roll back down.

I guess they thought

there's no more dreadful

punishment than futile

and hopeless labor.

Sisyphus.

I named it.

After a futile

laborer of the underworld.

Camus said that,

"One always finds one's

burden again," and that

the struggle itself

towards the heights is

enough to fill a man's heart.

One must imagine Sisyphus happy.

I'm sure he's having a ball.

So where do you guys play?

On the weekends we play at

and.

Is that a club?

An intersection, very busy.

We recorded a couple of demos.

It's not the best

quality, but all

of our friends seem to like it.

Yeah, but that's

like deaf and dumb

parents applauding

their retarded kids.

You know?

Hm.

Do you want to hear

some Blonde Priest?

Sure, why not.

Is that how you get down?

Huh?

Is that how you dance to it?

What do you think?

We've got to go.

I've got to bounce.

No, no, no,

no. I've got it.

I got it.

All right. So

this is all residential,

which means there's

no traffic lights,

but you've got to

look out for the kids.

Can you drive?

Woooo!

Right, right keep it straight.

Keep it straight.

This is super.

Yeah, but you've

got to do it right though.

Hold on a second.

Like that.

Now take this hand

off the wheel.

There you go. That's

called dipping.

Dipping?

Yeah, dipping -

Dipping and tripping.

You know what I'm saying?

I'm dipping.

Yeah, you're dipping.

We've got to bump

some sh*t though.

I have some good sh*t in here

like one of those shits.

Okay.

No, no, no that's not working.

Let's try some of this.

There you go. Now

you're gangster.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Yeah, okay don't do that.

That's not gangster.

True that. True that.

Okay don't let go of the wheel.

Let's trip up some white people.

Yeah, you do that.

More beat.

Make it bounce.

Yeah it's not that kind of car.

We need to make this

right. Okay nice and slow.

I got it. I got it.

Just tell me when it's green.

Go ahead and

make this right turn.

Careful watch out for the car.

Slowly.

All right keep it

straight. Keep it straight.

You want to make the

next right before

the intersection.

F***, there's a bus behind you.

Just pull over. Pull over.

Mexicans!

Pull over.

Pull over! Pull over!

Stop! Stop! Stop!

Brakes, brakes, brakes!

What the f*** was that?

I'm sorry.

We missed the bus.

Sorry guys.

I'm so sorry.

He had interview.

When's the next bus?

For the job.

When?

With the manager.

She got excited seeing Mexicans.

Oh, we are from El Salvador.

Same -

Sh*t.

Sh*t, yes. Same, no.

Listen, I'm

sure there's a bus every

15 minutes.

Can we give him a ride?

Where do you need to be?

The Hotel Sheraton.

The Sheraton? That's

really out of the way,

but I can get you guys there.

Can you fit in the back.

Sure, sure amigo.

I can fit my whole family.

My name is Regis.

This is my son Oswaldinho.

He's the best. He's

like me. The best.

Oswaldinho, he was away

for a couple of years.

He was at the university.

What did you study?

Oh, he don't

like to talk too much.

He, how you say a deep

thinker, like his madre.

You know kids now a days.

He make some mistakes,

but now he's back

and he has a little nina.

Your girlfriend?

Oh, no, no. Es su beb.

Yeah. I have the picture.

Oh, look at the baby.

Yes, she is very cute

and very quiet too.

Varnie, look at the baby.

Yes, he is going

to have another baby.

His wife gordita.

Really?

Oh yes. She is the best.

Funf.

I'd like three

kids. One of each.

Yes, well you know Oswaldinho,

he had to get a job first.

He can become the

valet or maybe he

can go into the kitchen

and help the chef

with the dishes and

then maybe he can

become the engineer

or maybe even the

chief engineer and

then maybe one day

the manager.

So what do you do Senor Varnie?

I'm a designer.

Really?

Yes.

He is the best. He

make a lot of money.

What about you Regis?

Me I am the engineer.

My husband is the engineer.

I start as the

valet and then I get

the tips and then I got

the tools, then the pass

key and everything.

I am the best.

The call to me on the radio.

They say, "Senor

Regis code one."

I call back and I

say, "10-4," like the

general then I go

and I fix the toilet.

They used to call

it the code brown,

but then they

decided to change it.

What is it that you design?

Brands.

Why brands? How

do you go about it?

Well, you know

brands set the tone.

I mean if you go to a

museum and see some art

the vast majority of

people are going to

look at the little title card

with the artist's name on it

before they ever pay

attention to the painting

that's in front of it.

I like expressionists

and the wonderful

ways they apply gray.

That's where I come in.

With an already built up brand,

a productless brand,

a brand you could just

attach your product

to, any product and

like that their friends.

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