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boyfriend, do it right.

But this happened, I jumped into

this right after Brenda.

Brenda.

Yes?

I ran into her today.

You ran into Brenda where?

Just now, across the street.

She's working a job nearby.

She's so talented, I

love that about her.

She's amazing.

Well the thing was Brenda was

you felt that she was trying to

take you apart little by little.

Yeah, yeah, less time for me,

for what I wanted, so I bailed.

I freaked out.

Now with this one I'm popping

Valium like they're

breath mints.

What?

Wait, I didn't

give you, I didn't

give you Valium, David!

How does anybody

stay together, Sean?

Tell me that.

Look, it's a process.

There's this thing

that changes in each

of us when the time is right.

And it's work, commitment,

and conscious choice,

that is my partner.

Only way to know

if it's right is

if you're both 90 years old

and you're still together.

Sounds like a party.

Anyway, I gotta go.

Meeting the prick for drinks.

What, you're meeting

Chris for drinks?

Yeah yeah, I have an interview,

and then he's meeting me after.

Well then clearly you're not as

affected by this as

you've been letting on.

Oh no no, I'm affected.

I'm just gonna have a little

fun with it while I can.

You can face him?

Sean, I've known

the guy 30 years,

I've known Jen a little

less than a year.

Even if he is a

total piece of sh*t,

I'm not lighting up a lifelong

friendship over her.

Out of sheer spite,

I won't do it,

it's not gonna happen.

David, you take it easy, okay?

Yup, yup, I know, you gotta

roll with it, it's a

process, I get it, Sean.

I...

I might call you later if I find

my girlfriend with another man's

cock in her ass, I might need

to talk, if you know

what I'm saying.

Yeah, I know what you're saying.

Awesome, thanks, Sean!

Thank you, David,

you take it easy now.

You too!

Hey, 7:
30, you still on?

Yeah, where are you now?

I was just thinking I might...

I might have to bail.

Leave instructions, I need

a drink with a friend.

Yeah, all right,

okay, man, I'll...

I'll see you there.

What did he say?

Are you gonna do

something with him?

Yeah, I am, look, would you...

Just do me a favor?

Don't be here

while I'm with him,

it just puts me on edge.

I'm leaving in a

few minutes, Chris,

don't be such a woman.

Your early work has been

more portraiture,

more investigative,

is that a fair statement?

You know, to be

honest, up to now

there's been nothing

remotely overwhelming

or untrotted or even gratifying

for that matter about my work.

I f***ing hate it.

It's advertising, it sucks.

This stuff though,

that I'm into now,

is something I thought

up very recently.

It's still in progress.

You know, you caught

me at a really

weird time where pretty much

everything annoys me, so my hope

is that the stuff I'm doing now

is deliberate and

visceral, something real

and raw and honest, not faked

and photoshopped and a lie.

A big lie.

So what's the new work?

I f*** with people.

Provoke them in

any number of ways

until it pisses them off enough

and then I shoot whatever

comes up, whatever it is.

Sometimes it's an

argument, sometimes

I get my ass beat,

you never know.

Somehow put together

though, I think

it'll make a nice, cohesive sum

from its random parts.

I hope.

Yeah.

Man, whatever, if that doesn't

grab you, come anyway.

Free booze, right?

So what happened to your face?

Come to the show,

one of my faves.

All right.

Thanks so much, man.

Hey, what's up, Chris.

Thank you, we'll be in touch.

Thanks so much, man!

What's going on?

Oh, yeah.

You like blowing yourself up

every couple of

years, don't you?

Yeah, yeah...

Jesus, look at you.

You know what I was

thinking about today?

Remember 4th grade?

Ms. Vega's class?

You and I were always the first

ones to get our

assignments done.

Yeah, yeah, and we'd

go up to her desk...

To her desk, yeah

yeah yeah, give

the assignments for

Tuesday, Wednesday,

the whole week.

Yeah, by Wednesday we'd be done

with the whole week and

just f***ed off all day.

Yeah, right.

You couldn't stand it anytime

I beat you, remember that?

I remember that.

You couldn't either though.

A long time ago.

So...

Who put it to you?

Some wildflowers I ran

into earlier, no big deal.

What happened?

What happened?

I felt like f***ing with someone

and I got dealt with,

Chris, that's what happened.

What are you doing?

What do you mean?

A shrink?

Memory lane?

Getting lit and picking fights,

what's going on?

You're about to have

a f***ing exhibition

of your work.

Doing interviews.

Things are good.

Yeah, they are.

All right, whatever.

You're f***ed up.

And I gotta piss.

All right, I'll be here.

God!

Motherf***er!

Gah...

So...

The f*** happened to you?

I slipped.

I caught the sink

on the way down.

Yeah, I slipped too.

Anyway, what else?

How's Jen?

You know.

Know what, I mean...

I know what you told me.

Going through my

sh*t, what's that about?

Yeah, it's grounds

for termination right there.

It's the sh*t people do when

they don't actually trust

themselves, you know?

Yeah, yeah, it might be.

Yeah, you know, maybe

I should go looking

through her sh*t,

not like I don't have

reason to, right?

Yeah.

You know...

Don't go into her

level, I mean...

She's the one to

blame, you don't wanna

go down digging in the

dirt with her, do you?

Yeah.

Yeah, you're right,

maybe I won't.

Maybe I will.

Who knows, we'll see.

Yeah, it is what

it is, you know?

I mean she brought

this on herself, right?

She made her bed.

She's gotta lie in it.

Wow, you burning through

cliches these days, Chris?

Well at the end of the day,

when it's all said and done,

and the dust settles...

A rose by any other name.

When life gives you lemons...

Let the chips

fall where they may.

Officer, can I ask

you a question?

What's up?

There's always, every time I go

to Penn Station there's guys out

there with assault rifles,

AK-47s, police officers,

don't you think...

What are you talking

about, who's, where?

Police officers

outside of Penn Station,

don't you think

that's a big much

with AK-47s in this day and age?

What, are you making a joke...

I'm gonna kill you for

making me run, come here!

Sh*t.

Hey.

What's up?

Hang tight.

Just hold tight one second.

What's going on?

Sh*t!

All right, I'm gonna

need ya to bail me out.

Sorry, Officer.

- Don't move, don't move.

- Sorry, sorry,

I'm not moving,

sorry about that.

In the back.

In the back, in the

back, in the back,

in the back of this.

Ow!

Okay, gentle,

gentle, gentle, man!

F***ing took long enough.

You f***ing kidding me?

What?

Assaulting a police officer?

You should be in

here 'till next year.

Whatever.

You're lucky you know me,

you f***ing maniac.

Got the shot, bro.

All that matters.

Yeah!

All right, man, I'm out.

You all right?

Yeah, I'm good man, definitely.

You sure?

Slow down, man, you're on tilt.

See you soon.

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