Brad's Status Page #8

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We're at, uh, the Oak Tree ExecuStay.

Wow.

Yeah.

I've never heard of anyone staying there.

Uh, is it nice?

Yeah. It's, uh, it's not bad.

So, listen, thank you so much

for getting Troy in to meet

with that music professor

and the dean of admissions.

That was huge.

And he had really great meetings.

Oh, I'm glad.

Yeah.

I just can't believe

he's already looking at colleges.

I know. Me, either.

Well, I guess, you know,

my girls are, too.

They're only 12, but they're all over it.

They're writing out

their little applications.

Mm-hmm, yeah, well...

They're so much more on it than we were.

Yeah, I know, right?

Troy has a great attitude about it all.

Yeah.

Is he medicated?

No.

Oh. Thank you.

Pleasure.

So, how's Melanie?

Mm.

Uh, she's great.

Yeah, yeah. She's... really likes her job,

and she's always been pretty happy.

Diane just, uh, sold an article to HBO.

They're gonna make a series out of it.

Oh. Cool.

Wow. Yeah.

So, uh, I went to Tufts today.

Bob Connor died.

I know, I know.

You knew?

Yeah.

Well, I spoke at his memorial.

Oh. You did?

Yeah.

We'd been in touch.

Well, he'd asked me a few times

to speak in his class

about journalism and government.

Oh, he did? That's... that's flattering.

Yeah, I usually try and get out

of that stuff, but,

you know, for him...

Such a good person.

Yeah. Yeah, he was the, uh,

closest thing I ever had to a mentor.

Oh, right. That... Yes.

You were his favorite. Back in the day.

Yeah. I wish I'd been there

at his memorial.

I wish I'd known.

If I had seen you at Nick's wedding,

I would have told you about it.

It happened right after.

Yeah. I didn't know

about Nick's thing either.

Well, you didn't miss much.

Nick has gotten s...

I mean, I love the guy.

But the more successful

he gets, the gayer he gets.

He's, like, a full-on flamer now,

with hairless dudes in banana hammocks

running around his house,

humping each other.

Yeah, I saw that house

in, uh, Architectural Digest.

It's...

Oh, yeah, yeah. It's like the set

for a sci-fi gay porno or something.

Hmm.

I, um, talked to Jason today.

Oh, yeah? How's he?

Uh, he sounded stressed.

His, uh... his kid's sick.

I think she has

something wrong with her spine.

Oh, that sucks.

Uh, which one?

He has, like, four.

Uh, I think I might have offended him.

I thought he had his own jet,

for some reason,

and I brought it up,

and maybe I sounded glib... I don't know...

but, uh, he seemed annoyed at me

that I accused him

of having his own plane.

I felt bad.

Well, he does have a plane.

No, he doesn't.

Yes, he does.

No, his company maybe leases one for him.

Yeah, that's his company.

His company, his plane.

Are you sure?

Did you not read the piece in the Times?

Oh, my God, he's getting sued.

He lost a lot of money

for a lot of powerful people.

He's running scared.

Oh, my God. That's, uh... I...

Might be why he was a little,

uh, sensitive about it.

Yeah. I guess, uh... Oh. I thought, uh...

I guess I got that wrong. I don't know.

No, Jason is a pillar of society.

He is a... He's a family man, you know?

He's a good dude.

And he's a total crook.

Really?

Yeah, he's a thief.

I mean, there's a chance... albeit slight,

that he goes to jail.

Really? Jesus.

Yeah.

You don't get rich like that

by being an Eagle Scout.

Mm.

Mm.

He should do what Billy did.

He should flee.

Yeah, Billy. Right.

He's really living the dream, huh?

Two girlfriends.

Ah.

Just don't call him

after 5:
00 p.m.

Why not?

What do you mean? He's a drunk.

He is?

Mm!

And a.

And a.

Shut up. What are you...

Don't be naive. You knew that.

I mean, when I talked to him on the phone,

he sounded okay. He was...

It was early in the morning.

He was, like, walking his dog.

He'd probably been

out all night on a bender.

No, come on, in his defense,

he's got a lot of time on his hands.

You pick up vices.

Oh. Huh. I'm so in the dark.

Well, that is what happens

to you when you drop out

and you move to Sacramento.

I'm... I moved to Sacramento.

I didn't drop out.

Why did you move to Sacramento?

Because Melanie got a job there.

Yeah. And, uh, I can work

anywhere right now.

Oh, that's right.

You have your little, uh, thing.

Oh, that is...

No, that is a cool thing

that you're doing.

Thank you.

That is good stuff.

I'm sorry I didn't

get back to you about that.

Oh, it's all right.

Just came at a moment

when I was getting bombarded, you know?

It's like every day

I'm being hit up for requests.

Speaking engagements

and writing introductions

to someone's book

and being asked to sit on boards,

executive boards, not-for-profit boards.

It's just not enough

hours in the day, you know?

Sometimes you got to...

you got to just draw the line.

As hard as it is.

Mm-hmm.

You know? You got to learn... to say no.

Just yesterday I was asked to speak

at the Aspen Ideas Festival in June.

Well, that one I'm gonna do.

But that's cool, you know?

That's interesting people, well-curated.

Hey, Craig.

Yeah.

Listen, I just want you to know, uh...

I'm proud of you.

I really am.

Oh.

I know you must be

under so much pressure, you know,

having so many balls in the air

and everything that's going on. But...

you know, from the outside...

It's not that stressful.

It's... it's fun.

I'm just happy for you.

Aw.

To be honest,

at first, when I'd see you on TV,

it kind of bothered me a little.

Just 'cause, you know, we always had

our little competitive thing.

But, um... you know, I'm happy in my life.

You're doing what you want to do.

And things work out the way they should.

I was never competitive

with you.

Well, I mean, come on.

Really?

Uh, maybe in school for, like, a second.

But, um...

I haven't thought

of you like that in years.

You haven't thought of me that way? Wh...

What do you... what do you mean by that?

Why would I compete with you?

Aw, come on, shut the f*** up.

What?

Look, I'm just...

I'm trying to be real with you, all right?

Let's... You know? I mean...

Like, do you...

do you even know what I do?

I mean, I actually help people. I...

I just don't... I don't...

Like, why would you...

treat me like this?

Treat you? Like what?

I just... I don't...

What am I to you? Am I...

Excuse me, Mr. Fisher.

Hi. Uh, my name's Mark.

Hi.

Um, I'm such a big fan of yours. I...

I love your work,

your books, just everything.

I was wondering

if I could take a picture...

You know, my mom died,

and you never said anything.

Like, you follow me on Facebook, you know?

I just... I don't know.

I don't know.

Sorry, am I... interrupting?

No, no, no. Go, go, go.

Oh, okay. Thank you.

Great. Thank you.

I... Are you my friend?

Or... Are you? Or... I don't know.

I mean, what are...

Are we even... What are we?

I just, I just... All this sh*t-talking.

And... just...

Just, it's like, I...

Right now, I'm feeling like...

I know what I'm feeling, and it's not...

Okay, I'm genuinely confused.

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