Junebug Page #2

I declare, Ashley.

I'll pick it up! I'll pick it up!

Let me do it.

No, wait a minute.

You go on, upstairs and I'll see

if we got anything to feed you

after I clean up Ashley' mess.

You still got 3 left.

No wonder he's thin.

She sure don't look like she can cook.

I love her.

Johnny?

I'm Madeleine. I married George.

You got any cigarettes?

What? No. Sorry. I don't smoke.

George got any?

Oh. George doesn't smoke.

He give it up?

I can tell you're brothers.

You're just as handsome.

He give up being an a**hole, yet?

Madeleine?

What was that?

Madeleine, I'd swim too,

but I wouldn't be caught dead

in a bathing suit like this.

See, I'm about to have a baby.

No!

I am too. Any day now.

But I've got this exercise book,

and I'm trying to lose weight

'cause Johnny hates it when I'm heavy.

And I can't stand it either.

Do you have kids?

Oh no. No.

Have you ever been married before?

When did you and George get married?

It'll be exactly 6 months tomorrow.

I'll be damned.

I know. I actually find it hard

to believe myself.

How's Johnny?

Good.

He still working at Replacements Ltd?

Still there. Back living here.

It's good you come down here.

I want to know everything

there is to know about you.

I want you to tell us

every little thing.

God. That would be so boring.

Not to me.

What makes you tick?

All we got is dry cereal for you.

That's fine, Pat.

Can I do anything to help?

No. Nobody messes in my kitchen.

Oh, OK. Pat, your little ceramic thing.

It wasn't...

Are you wearing make-up?

'Cause, you could wear more

if you wanted to.

You're so tall. I'm fair.

But, I like to experiment

with a lot of different looks.

Were you born in Chicago?

I was born right here.

I've lived here all my whole life.

My favorite animal is the meerkat.

Do you know what they are?

They're so cute.

I've got this little charm bracelet

with meerkats on it.

Did you have lots of boyfriends?

I bet you did.

Did you ever try out

for cheerleading or anything?

I tried out, but I didn't make it.

I was born in Japan.

You were not.

My father was in the diplomatic service.

And then we moved to Africa.

And then to Washington, DC

for a short while

and then back to Africa

and then to Chicago.

Wow. What kind of things did you like

to do when you were a little girl?

What type of things?

Reading and horseback riding.

At the same time?

No. I never tried it at the same time.

Do you have any brothers or sisters?

I have a half-brother now

but he's gone now.

So that's why

this is pretty much my family.

And children

are the most important thing.

They're so important.

Can you still have kids?

Ashley!

George wrote that you own

a art museum or something?

Yes. An outsider gallery.

Self-taught artists.

That's my cellphone.

Don't worry, I'll just call back.

And that's why we're here really.

We drove down to meet-have you heard

of this artist from Pinnacle... David Wark?

Wark?

He lives about half an hour away.

Most people haven't heard of him yet.

Anyway we drove down to meet him.

For the gallery.

I wouldn't think you'd have to come all

the way down here from Chicago

to find a good artist.

And I insisted to George...

I said if we're this near anyway,

let's come here.

You drove all that way?

We stayed one night.

We had sort of a little honeymoon.

And then last night

we stayed in Asheville.

- You stayed in Asheville last night?

- Yes. Last night.

Well.

And then we work up early this morning

to see David Wark.

And that's so exciting.

He paints mostly his conceptions

of the Confederate War.

It's extraordinary.

He's not schooled or trained.

If you get him talking

he goes off on these ideas,

and it's strange

because he sort of gets confused

with his own personal history

and that of the world.

Momma Peg does arts and crafts!

That's great.

And George told me that

you do woodworking, Mr. Johnsten.

Just call him Eugene. That's his name.

Eugene.

Come on. I want to show you your room.

I'll get that.

No. It's OK. I like to carry things,

it's good for me.

I bet you went to college, huh?

I want to go to college.

Here's you all's room,

it's the nursery

You'll love this. Paw made that cradle.

Johnny helped him.

Of course they need to paint it.

They made this?

Yeah. Here's the bathroom.

We're going to share that, 'cause

my bedroom's right through there.

So if you get lonely at night and you

want to talk you can just go like,

knock on the wall

and then I'll know it's you

and I can come out and we can talk.

Shouldn't I tell Pat about her thing?

I should replace it.

No. Don't worry about it.

She's got lots of them.

And I want her to like you.

And Madeleine, you keep calling her Pat.

Her name's Peg.

Oh, f***.

I'll let you alone right now.

OK.

I want to hear all about how you

and George met and everything.

Was it love at first sight?

Yeah.

Really?

Yeah. I saw him at the gallery

and a week later we were married.

I love that.

It's so...

f***in' cool,

Madeleine.

Can I help you unpack?

There you are.

We thought we'd lost you, George.

Look at you! You just light up a room.

Hey, man.

Hi.

Where you going?

I'm late.

Some of us do real work, you know.

Where's Madeleine?

Sit down, it's breakfast!

Hi. If you go to the mall today get me

the Cliffnotes for "Huckleberry Finn".

Let's go to the mall.

I love that book. It's my favorite.

Don't you love it?

No. I'm getting the Cliffnotes.

It's for his GED.

He didn't graduate high school.

We just loved each

other too much to wait.

- Ashley! Do you ever stop it?

- No.

See you later.

How you getting to work?

Norman's giving me a ride.

If he ever f***in' gets here!

Let's go to the mall now. Let's do.

You'll love the mall.

It's got like a thousand fountains

and it's got this fudge factory!

And it's got a Nike store,

and a Barnes and Noble's,

and I can show you Aladdin's Castle

which is this arcade where

I first saw Johnny.

And there's Joanne's Nuthouse which is

where you get nuts and almonds.

Hey guys,

Madeleine wants to go to the mall!

Johnny Johnsten! Johnny Johnsten!

Johnny Johnsten! Johnny Johnsten!

Goddamn it!

Who's got their Panther pride?

Count down, boys.

Johnny, 200 more days. Panther pride!

Panther! Let's catch scratch

those motherfuckers!

Next year,

I guaran-goddamn-tee it they're going

to f***in' at least go to the f***in'

Superbowl again.

Guaran-goddamn-tee it.

I'm serious.

I will not get a girlfriend ever.

I'm sick of it goddamn it.

Tarra, are you in love? You're in love.

Yes, I'm in love now.

His name is Keith.

Why don't you ever bring him

around here?

No. He's a professional football player.

Shut up! What position?

Fullback.

I worked with this one guy.

He liked to go deer hunting.

He got a tic stuck on his anus.

He thought it was a hemorrhoid.

He kept on putting Preparation H

on it for week,

made it all supple.

He had his wife look at it

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