Better Luck Tomorrow

God damn, it's hot.

Are you done yet?

Early admissions?

Ivy Leaguers love it.

Gets 'em all wet.

All that studying

finally pays off,

and you get to leave

this hellhole a year early.

Damn, what is it,

like 95 degrees?

Can't wait to go

to college, man.

It's like natural selection.

Every hot chick

you meet's got a brain.

Not mine.

Not mine.

You never forget

the sight of a dead body

but then again,

I was experiencing

a lot of things

for the first time.

I guess it's just

part of growing up.

How many calories

in each stick?

How many grams of fat?

32 grams, but we do

cook it in vegetable oil.

I'll take two then.

Could I have mine extra crispy?

Sure. No problem.

It's not as hard as it looks.

All it takes is

the extra five minutes

reading the manual

after you get hired.

The way I saw it,

as long as it made it

on my college application,

it was all worth it.

You just can't count

on good grades

to get into a decent

school anymore.

Virgil and I have been friends

since the fourth grade,

when he moved to my school.

He was the other smart kid.

Let's go, you perv.

Dude, did you see the

f***ing rack on that?

Man, middle-aged

hos are the finest.

This is Han, Virgil's cousin.

He's everything Virgil's not.

You ladies ready?

I shoot 215 free throws a day.

My goal is to beat

Calvin Murphy's record

of 95.8 percent.

That's 207 baskets.

Punctilious.

"Marked by or concerned

about precise, exact accordance

with the details

of codes or conventions."

To get a perfect score

on my next SA I needed to improve

my verbal score by 60 points.

I picked a new word every day

and repeated it over

and over again.

They say if you repeat

something enough times,

it becomes part of you.

Punctilious. Adjective.

"Marked by or concerned

about precise, exact accordance

with the details

of codes or conventions."

Oh, we could rock

Or we could bomb

Or we could try

Like super hard

Or we could come

Or we could lose

Or we could totally

totally, totally freak you

I wanna spread my dementia

I wanna knock it off the line

Give me attention

Every day and every night

Whoo-hoo...

Whoo-hoo...

Stephanie Vandergosh.

It's girls like her

that make you realize

that life's not fair.

I swear, I saw her in a porn.

What are you babbling about?

Daric Loo, academic all-star.

But don't let the letterman

jacket fool you--

it's for tennis.

Hey, so we're using your

credit card, right?

If we get caught,

I'm saying you stole it from me.

Nigga, please.

The amoeba

is a primitive and simple organism,

which absorbs its prey

and incorporates it into itself.

Miss Vandergosh

and Miss Nabham,

is there something you would like

to share with the class?

I thought as much.

Uh, Mr. Farmer, please switch

seats with Miss Vandergosh.

Now that I have your

complete attention,

today we will see a movie.

It is entitled, The Amoeba.

Lunch time was club time.

This was where everyone loaded

up on their extracurricular

activities for their college app.

And, of course, Daric was

the president of every club.

...but, being part of an ecology

club, it's important that we do.

Unfortunately, all

the really worthwhile things

about high school

were few and far between.

She is right down the hall

Well, what I'm

most concerned about

are the abrasions

on her arms and her back.

It was my fault-- I fell down some stairs,

but I feel fine now.

Don't get me wrong.

I mean, I think there's some

pretty fine-looking

b*tches in high school.

It's just that they're all

so f***ing stingy

about giving it up.

Dude, you're a

f***ing virgin.

Dude, I can get laid

whenever I want to.

Any time, anywhere, any place.

Yeah, by who, your

middle-aged aunt?

No, but your mom's been

looking mighty fine lately.

Hey, shut the f*** up.

Especially with those...

what was that thing

she bought the other day?

Okay, it comes to $482.82.

Is your brother Carl?

Yeah.

I thought you looked familiar.

I-I'm Virgil.

I was in, uh, Cub Scouts

with your brother.

Oh, this is my friend, Ben.

Hi.

Hey.

So, uh, what are you

doing these days?

I just got out of college.

Oh, what was your major?

Theater.

Theater. That's, that's...

I love the theater, you know.

It's a...

Sign here.

That makes you, like,

a thespian, right?

You know, you-you have that,

like, kind of an "X" factor,

that charisma thing.

You definitely got it going, really.

Thanks.

Well, it was nice

seeing you again.

Yeah. So... plays.

Let me know if

you're ever in one or...

Hey, Virg...

So.

Okay.

Yeah. Yeah, cool.

Yeah, di...?

What the f*** was that?

What?

You're gonna get us caught!

Watch it!

Like she's gonna go for you.

At least I try.

That's enough, girls.

We were always pissed at Virgil,

but we always let it slide.

We had to--

he's like the little puppy

that keeps shitting on the carpet.

Hey, Virg.

What color is the sticker today, man?

Wake up!

Orange.

Give 'em up.

Let's go.

F*** you.

Hi.

Hi.

It's my little brother,

and he came home

with all this computer stuff

he can't afford.

So my mom...

Yeah. Do you have a receipt?

It started with

a pack of baseball cards,

and then it snowballed.

I guess it just felt good

to do things

that I couldn't put

on my college application.

Besides, it was suburbia...

we had nothing better to do.

Our straight A's were our alibis,

our passports to freedom.

Going to a study group

would get us out of the house

until 4:
00 in the morning.

As long as our grades

were there, we were trusted.

We had it all.

Well, almost.

"Uncap the needle."

"Swab the finger

with the rubbing alcohol."

"Prick the finger."

Come on, Ben.

On three.

One...

See, that wasn't so bad.

All right, let's go.

Come on, now.

Good job. Run! Come on, now.

Get down, get down,

run, run, run.

Stay low when you make

that pass.

Got to get in front of him.

In front of him!

Dive, come on!

Who wants that ball?

Who wants it?

Don't stand up.

Do not stand up.

Make two, we'll go home.

Hey, Stephanie.

Oh, hey, Ben.

How's it going?

Good.

How's your finger?

Oh.

I'll live.

You have a Band-Aid on it.

Yeah.

It's a pin prick.

Don't you want to be

a doctor or something?

If I don't play pro basketball.

Aren't you a little short?

Only the size of your heart matters.

That's corny.

What about you?

What do you want to be?

A cop.

Really? Aren't you

a little too short?

Not when I have this.

Ooh.

You're late.

Sorry.

And you're

not wearing a helmet.

Oh. Ben, this is

my boyfriend, Steve.

Steve,

this is Ben, my lab partner.

Oh, yeah.

I have something for you.

What is this?

This isn't even due until next week.

I had some free time

so I thought that--

We're lab partners.

We're supposed

to do this together.

Give me a call.

We'll meet to do the assignment.

Let's go.

Later.

It's amazing what the right

piece of clothing

can do for your image.

I knew it was all bullshit,

but, hell, I was milking it

for all it was worth.

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