Critical Nexus Page #9

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to be able to sell it

in good conscience

I need to try to

recoup my losses.

I already have your

Social Security number,

Bank of America account

numbers, mother's maiden name,

street address.

But I'll need all your pins and passwords.

You already have my

s...? No way, Raymond.

That's a hell of

a lot of money.

But you can't get to it,

so that money might

as well not exist.

Then how the hell are

you gonna get to it?

I'm not saying I can!

I'm a gambling man.

I have time and

I like to gamble.

But you don't have much time

and you're in no

place to gamble.

(SIGH)

How much longer will

you be in town?

Tomorrow, maybe the day after.

Sleep on it tonight. Let

me know in the morning.

F***!

How long were we in there?

Yeah, he's a talker.

You're pretty well f***ed, dude.

And he's the best there is.

So come on, Eric.

Good evening, ma'am, my

name is Eric Spunkmeyer.

Have you ever considered a career

in the adult films industry?

I was born just four hours

shy of April Fools Day

and my mother was Janice,

my father was Samuel.

And the funny, no...

the eerie thing is the papers

said all three of us died.

But the reporter got it

wrong. Crazy, huh?

F***.

This is never gonna work.

About to upload

some stuff, man.

You'll be good to go at

the start of business

tomorrow, if you take it.

What would you do?

Like he said,

freedom is more important than money.

(SIGH)

Money buys freedom.

Only until you lose it.

(MUSIC)

I figured the only thing

that was holding

me back was me.

So I left. I

skipped out.

And I tried to be someone else.

Someone who could change

into sexy clothes and...

and not be so stuck

in my own head.

(SIGH)

I'm a failure.

God. Just shoot

me.

Good night.

I have a long story to tell you

about this girl I used to know.

But I want to tell

you that in person.

Here's what you need

to know right now.

Try the Hitachi magic wand.

I've seen it work

a million times,

but you have to start

it on the lowest speed.

If you go for too much too soon,

you'll lose it.

That's part of your problem.

You want it too much.

Then just relax and

focus on your breathing.

Just feel yourself breathing.

And try to tune out

everything else.

Mark, hey uh,

did you hear what happened to Sarah?

No, what?

You know how she hasn't been

here in a few weeks, right?

I hadn't noticed.

Dude,

she tried to kill herself.

- Shut up.

- I'm not lying, it's true!

Look, my mom got a call

from James Manfred's

mom last night.

She told him

not to be all upset about

it and stuff like that.

- Is she, is she alright?

- Yeah, I guess so.

I mean, they got to the

hospital in time.

How'd she do it?

She cut her wrist.

Dude,

did you guys hear about Sarah?

- She cut her wrist.

- Yeah.

And I guess she's transferring

over to Northside Tech.

It's weird, I just saw her over

at her locker and she's like

packing up, but everybody's

ignoring her.

I guess her parents think

she did it cause

she's unhappy here.

Maybe if she wasn't

such a stuck-up c*nt.

- Hi.

- Hi... Mark?

Yeah, hi. I heard about

everything.

And I just wanted to say that

I'm sorry about everything

and that you're going to

another school and everything.

Well, this isn't a

very good school.

I, um,

I always thought you were really pretty.

God,

why doesn't everyone just leave me alone?

I'm sorry, I'm pretty,

but that doesn't give

every boy in school

the right to come talk to me.

(SIGH)

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

It isn't like that.

I know you never

thought twice about me,

but I'm honest and you

could have trusted me.

Sarah, is everything alright?

Everything's cool.

We're just talking.

Everything is fine, Jay.

Everything doesn't look fine.

What's the problem, f*ggot?

Why don't you just leave?

Why don't I just kick

your f*ggot ass?

Stop it!

(MUSIC)

Well, I made it!

And it looks like I have

about one shot left.

Thanks to the advice

of a kindly stalker,

I'm gonna try to

get to a truck stop

and pick up a

Hitachi Magic Wand.

So,

do truckers use these on themselves?

Or are they hoping to pick up

a female hitchhiker who

might masturbate for them,

provided they have the

requisite equipment on board?

(KISS)

(MUSIC)

But then there are those

places where the wires cross.

Where people come to get

married

and start their lives and

consummate their love.

But also where the desperate

come for one last chance.

To lose it all before they

finally pull the trigger

on a wasted life.

One year this place lead

the country in both

marriages and suicides.

So I had to get closer.

I mean that's where it all

converges inside of me.

Thanks to two pervs

I met along the way,

I have the tools I need for

either the little or the big.

MX suggests that I try to

ignore everything else

and just focus on my breathing,

so I have to shut you

out for a little bit.

But I'll be back for at

least one more blog.

Just to let you know how

it went.

(MUSIC)

(BUZZING)

(DEEP BREATHING)

(PANTING)

(MUSIC)

But here's something

that no one ever says.

It's fleeting.

You can't hold on to anything.

Not sex, not money, not

power, not even memories.

(TELEVISION)

Should have gone already.

My employer said he is sorry

things couldn't work out.

Not as sorry as he's gonna be.

(GUN SHOTS)

(PANTING)

But if you come, we

have to go to Mexico,

because we're both in

big trouble.

(MUSIC)

(KNOCK)

Mark?

Sorry, I'm late, I got...

well, it doesn't matter,

or it won't soon.

This is the biggest

bet I've ever made.

But we're in Vegas.

This is where it all comes together,

right?

I expected you to be

a little older.

Still, I'm not disappointed.

(ELEVATOR OPENS)

(MUSIC)

There.

I got enough gear

to get into Mexico,

so this might be the

end of the line.

Keep watching.

OK.

I'm ready.

I have a small confession

to make.

- Uh, I'm not...

- I know exactly who you are BX.

And I knew you'd come.

You or somebody like you.

You toyed with me.

You dismissed me!

And you hurt me!

Now every woman in the

world is gonna see what...

What are you doing?

This isn't what...

I killed for you. I killed

for you.

You didn't kill for me!

You killed me!

I had a plan.

And it might have

been a bad plan.

But you might be the only

thing that's keeping

me from being OK.

I didn't ask to be this way.

I didn't either.

Who has to die today?

You? Me? Or the

whole world?

- Which is it?

- No!

No, no, no, look.

It doesn't have to

be this way, OK?

Look,

all those guys in your chat room,

they just want to f*** you!

But I love you.

I mean don't, don't you

get that?

This is where it

all comes together.

Not some place on a map, but in

our minds, in our hearts.

So could you please

just put down the...

(GUN SHOTS)

(MUSIC)

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