Blue Valentine Page #4

I went out there to see Walter,

who's not there anymore.

That's why I talked to her.

Do you know what happened

to that guy, Walter?

Yeah, do you know what happened

to that guy, Walter?

No, I don't know what happened

to that guy, Walter.

What happened?

You gotta do it like that?

- What do you expect?

- What do you mean?

They're old.

Would you want to live like that?

- Like what? In that home?

- Yeah.

Well, no but I'm not getting old

and he's a dummy for dying.

- Walter's a dummy for dying?

- Yeah.

What are you gonna do,

wise guy?

Not do it.

- Are you gonna die?

- Definitely.

Hmm?

- What'd you say?

- I said definitely.

Well, with that

kind of attitude, you will.

Don't do it. it's for suckers.

Don't do it.

- What are you gonna do?

- Just not do it.

I went out there to give him this.

Isn't that nice? I found it.

Look at that.

- Is that him?

- Yeah, and his lady.

- isn't he handsome?

- Look at her, she's so pretty.

So she's probably nuts, then.

In my experience, the prettier

a girl is, the more nuts she is.

Which makes you insane.

You're probably nutty-coo-coo crazy.

It's not your fault.

You know, it's just like...

Everybody treats you different.

Like, you make jokes and they're

not funny, but people laugh anyway.

That's gotta make you nuts.

I like how you can compliment

and insult somebody at the same time.

In equal measure.

What's an insult about that?

That I'm crazy and I'm not funny.

Well... I don't know if you're

not funny, tell me a joke.

So there's a child molester

and a little boy walking into the woods.

The child molester and the little boy

keep walking further and further,

and it's getting darker and darker

and they're going deeper and deeper

into the woods and the child molester...

...and the little boy looks up

at the child molester and he says,

"Gee, mister, I'm getting scared!"

And the child molester

looks down at him and says,

"You think you're scared, kid?

I gotta walk outta here alone. "

You don't think that's funny?

- No, I'm sorry.

- I do.

You get along

with your grandma, huh?

Yeah, she makes me laugh.

Nobody else talks in my family.

And when they talk, they just yell.

I'm never getting married.

This is a nice place, you live.

You like it?

- It's all right.

- Where you wanna go?

I wanna go away to school.

- What are you gonna study?

- Medicine.

Really?

- Yeah, really.

- Yeah, right.

Yeah, right.

Girls like you... Girls that look like

you don't go and study medicine.

What do I look like?

Girls like you are Supermodels.

- You got any, like, talents?

- Like hidden talents?

Uh...

That's all the presidents.

That was rad.

Can you dance?

- You can tap dance?

- Can you?

No. Here, I'll play a song

and you dance.

OK?

Come here.

Come here, like this.

Right here, behind the heart.

In front of the heart.

OK.

I can't really sing.

I have to sing goofy in order to sing.

Like, I have to sing stupid.

- OK?

- OK.

You're actually good.

OK, slow dance.

Slow dance to this part.

Whooo!

You're not gonna eat that?

Why don't you do something?

What do you mean?

I don't know.

What does that mean?

- Why don't I do something?

- isn't there something you want to do?

There something you want to do?

- Like what?

- I don't know.

You're so good at so many things,

you could do anything you wanted to do,

you're good at everything that you do,

isn't there something else you wanna do?

Than what? Than be your

husband? To be Frankie's dad?

What do you want me to do?

What... In your, like, dream scenario,

of me, like, doing what I'm good at,

what would that be?

I don't know,

you're so good at so many things,

you can do so many things,

you have such capacity.

For what?

You can sing, you can draw, you can...

...dance.

Listen, I didn't

wanna be somebody's husband.

OK?

And I didn't wanna be somebody's dad.

That wasn't my goal in life.

Some guys it is... Wasn't mine.

But somehow, I've...

It was what I wanted.

I didn't know that.

And it's all I wanna do...

I don't want to do anything else.

That's what I want to do.

I work so I can do that.

I'd like to see you have a job

where you didn't have to start drinking

at eight o'clock

in the morning to go to it.

No, I have a job that I can drink

at eight o'clock in the morning.

What a luxury, you know?

I get up for work, I have a beer,

I go to work, I paint somebody's house,

they're excited about it,

I come home, I get to be with you.

What's... like... This is the dream.

It doesn't ever disappoint you?

Why? Why would it disappoint me?

- Because you have all this potential.

- I could still do whatever I could do.

So what? Why do you have to

f***ing make money off your potential?

Look, I'm not even saying

you have to make money off it.

- Don't you miss it?

- What does even potential mean?

What does that mean, potential?

Potential for what?

To turn it into what?

We rarely sit down and have an adult

conversation, because every time we do

you take what I say and you turn it

around into something I didn't mean.

You just... twist it.

Start blabbing,

blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

If you're not interested

in what I have to say,

then maybe I just

shouldn't say anything.

That's funny, huh?

What's funny about that?

Good luck. I...

I'd like to see you think

about what you say,

instead of saying what you think

all the time. Good luck, give it a try!

What do you mean?

- You wanna fight me?

- Yeah, I wanna fight you.

- OK, there you go.

- On your back.

On your back, motherf***er!

Ow.

Cheers, you're the best.

You drunk? You drunk, drunk?

Don't go to sleep, hey.

Don't go to sleep, OK? Stay awake.

Hey, look at me, look at me,

look at me. You awake?

You awake? Yeah? OK.

I gotta pee my diddy, I'll be back.

Ah!

- Are you OK?

- Come here!

I may or may not have fallen.

Come here!

Come here! Come here!

- F***.

- Hey, beautiful, come here.

Give me a hand.

Help me back into the future.

- Come here.

- Give me your hand.

- Get up.

- This is funny.

Come here. Come on down here.

- Ow!

- Probably a big mistake.

- OW.

- That is a... That is a huge mistake.

Ow!

Come here, you saucy little minx.

You are so beautiful.

You are so beautiful.

Do you wanna have another baby with me?

Hmm?

Will you have another baby with me?

Do you want to make a baby with me?

I want to have a baby with you.

- Stop.

- Stop what?

- Stop. Stop.

- What? Shh.

Shut your beautiful mouth.

Shut it. Come here.

F***. Ouch!

What are you doing, huh?

What's the matter with you? Come here.

Baby. Baby, baby, baby, baby...

Would you cut it out?

Would you f***ing stop it?

Come on, stop, stop, stop!

What's going... '? What are you doing?

What are you doing?

Why are you doing that?

It hurts!

What do you want?

How much rejection

am I supposed to take?

You know, I deserve

a little bit of affection.

I'm good to you. I'm good to you

and I'm good to Frankie,

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