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Yeah.

And just like f***ing seeing everybody

just got me thinking about Maddy, man.

Mmm.

Yeah.

(sighs) You, you got her new number?

I do.

You do?

Yeah.

F***.

You know she moved.

She did?

Uh huh.

Where is she staying now?

She's up on Lehigh.

On Lehigh?

(laughs) Yeah.

- Really?

- Yeah, it's chill though, you know.

F***.

So what have you been up to, dawg?

Oh, you know, was working

in Brooklyn for a bit.

- And...

- Yeah.

get out of town for a

bit, get a couple dollars,

I feel all right.

And then it's just like same sh*t.

Just nothing.

Just like it never happened, you know?

- Yeah.

- And like try and get a job in North Philly.

You know, I was writing a lot, man.

Writing?

Yeah, when I was away.

I'm as sad as your

angel, as sad as your God.

As sad as the party in shiny fog.

As sad as your money and all of its lies.

As sad as the people when

they fade away and die.

As sad as your hope, as sad as your faith,

as sad as your quotes,

and as sad as this space.

Mmm.

Yo, they probably didn't tell you,

but Justin got strippers

coming, like right now.

- Hi.

- Oh.

- Good evening, ladies.

- They're so sweet.

Oh ho.

- Hello, hi everybody.

- It's that time.

- Hello.

- Goodness gracious.

Well, this is our special guest.

He's been away for a little while.

[Woman] Hi.

Hi, how's it going?

[Woman] Nice to meet you.

- [Mark] Nice to meet you, too.

- [Woman] Are you guys ready?

Yeah.

(hip hop music)

Alright.

Fantastic.

(group laughing and murmuring)

[Mark] Hi.

(music overpowers voices)

When I was 13 years old, actually your age,

I never went back home ever again.

I had to live in nine

different institutions

and foster homes and jails.

So I learned at a very young age

about a lot of stuff that

I shouldn't know about.

You know?

Then I figured out what

this one thing was, sex.

I met this guy.

He was your brother's dad.

I was 15, he was 30.

I know.

It's kind of gross to

think about now. (laughs)

But when I was growing up (laughs)

I thought it was...

Is that even legal age?

No.

Yeah.

He knew how to siphon gas,

do a whole host of other kinds of things.

And then I found out that he

had a serious heroin addiction,

and I didn't know anything

about addictions then.

(hip hop music)

Hey.

[Woman] Hey.

[Mark] Oh.

You in here by yourself?

Yeah, eating some chips. (laughs)

[Woman] Well, you know this

party is for you, right?

We're here to entertain you.

Mmm.

(laughs) Would you like to go upstairs?

(laughs)

(sighs)

So what do I do?

- Lay back.

- Okay.

(sighs)

(woman panting)

[Mark] I love you.

It's just reminding me

of like how f***ing broken my heart is.

Who broke your heart?

Oh, it's a long story.

It's just, I don't even,

this isn't appropriate.

I had this girl that I was with.

And...

she had a kid with some

other dude when I was away.

Wow.

Yeah.

I'm sorry, I, is this...

Are you still in love?

I don't know.

You don't know?

No, I'm,

I just got her number like out front.

My friend Tim gave me her new number and...

Well, you should give her a call.

That's what I was thinking, yeah.

All right, thank you.

You're welcome.

(hip hop music)

(group laughing)

[Group] Oh!

One of the most dramatic

horrible memories that I have

is that Mark's dad,

he had a couple baseball bats.

He told me that he was

coming over to kill me.

So he brought over a couple.

He was like in a blackout on dope.

And at the time, he was like

200 some pounds, huge guy.

And I had your brother.

And we just like hid in the basement.

And the door was being knocked down.

And I knew that if he came in the house,

me and your brother would die.

So I called the Minneapolis

Police Department,

And they sent out like six squad cars.

But sometimes when people

are really, really high

on alcohol and drugs,

they get this like super strength.

So they had like the entire police force

like trying to restrain him

and get him away from us.

And that was only one of like

a million other incidents.

And that's the story of me and Mark's dad.

(sighs)

Maddy?

Hey, hi, it's Mark.

Okay.

(sighs)

(knocking at door)

(baby babbling)

[Maddy] Yes, who is that?

Oh, it's cold out there.

It's good to see you.

Yeah, you too.

Thanks for seeing me.

Yeah.

Oh, this is...

Oh yeah, we got a...

really amazing place.

(laughs) Thanks, we got a lot going on.

(laughs)

I'm doing good.

I'm staying with my mom right now.

Cool.

And my brother.

Yeah?

And...

just trying to find my way again, you know?

Umm hmm.

But things are good.

I'm happy to be home.

Yeah, I bet.

Really happy to see you.

Thanks for seeing me.

Yeah.

You know?

I'm gonna to put him upstairs,

just real quick, okay?

(baby crying)

(sighs)

So.

(laughs)

I was really selfish.

I was acting like a child.

You know, I wish I was

the guy I am now back then.

And I'm really sorry that I hurt you.

And I thought about

you, you know, every day.

Yeah, I thought about you, too.

And...

(sighs)

Ah. (sighs)

Um.

You're gonna be okay.

(sighs)

Okay. (laughs)

Don't, like don't bullshit me.

I'm not bullshitting you.

Yeah, sure, you know.

I'm totally f***ing fine.

I told you, I had a couple beers.

You're f***ing nodding

out driving us right now.

Just tell me the truth.

What did you take?

(sighs) Good morning.

(sighs) I was having a bad dream.

[Guillermo] Sounds depressing.

I was falling through space.

And it was really crazy,

because I could feel

like every cell in my entire body...

Cut.

What do you mean, cut?

(bright country music)

Democracy starts today

with opening up the debates

for every single political party

in the United States of America.

(protesters chanting)

[Policeman] Here, we'll help you.

- Thank you.

- Thank you, ma'am.

Thank you, ladies.

Watch the flag, please.

Democracy was taken away from us,

and we were taken by Secret

Service to a secret location.

And we were handcuffed to

metal chairs for eight hours.

Typically is a three-day cycle.

So they spray every three days.

So you get a day where everybody,

just everybody is in a really

good mood, everyone's up.

And then like, three days later,

like everyone's like

really down, like withdrawn.

Like everyone's like crashing

from, like, the drugs.

And then they spray again.

- No f***ing way.

- You'll notice.

You'll notice, like everybody's

happy at the same time,

everybody's pissed off at the same time.

Just the vibe of the city,

'cause they're f***ing lacing the sky.

Is this right?

Oh yeah, yeah, yeah.

That's good, that's good.

Alright.

So what I need is...

Come on, faster guys.

Hey, you're only on the first one?

[Worker] Yeah.

Come on, come on, come on,

come on. F***ing move it!

(worker growls)

Here, here, here, here,

go get the next one.

Okay.

Um, hi, I'm Guillermo.

So I recently got

diagnosed with Asperger's,

which is ridiculous.

When people think of autism,

the first thing that comes to their head

is a grown man having a tantrum in public.

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