Life in a Day

Isn't he pretty?

Can you... can you

speak English?

- Yes.

- What...?

- What day is it?

- "Yes, I like to move it, move it."

This is best day of my life!

- No, I'm asking...

- Ah, what the day?

- Yeah.

- Er, it's, er...

Wait a minute.

Stupid question. What day is it?

- Oh, sorry.

- OK.

It's 24 July.

And what a day it is.

It's the best day ever.

You might be wondering

why I'm up at this ungodly hour.

Like others, I believe that the time

between 3:
00am and 4:00am

is one where the veil between

this world and the next is the thinnest.

Often during this time of the day,

I hear the sound of my name

uttered by an unseen presence.

Good morning.

Wow!

And here we go

into the garage.

That's right.

We're going to ride the elevator.

All right. Let's ride it.

Here it is.

This is the elevator at the market

parking garage in Round Oak, Virginia.

This elevator has been made

famous right here. Here we go.

Here we are at 6

which is burned out.

Just your basic Dover elevator.

For all of those of you at Dover Elevators,

it's a good brand of elevator.

Now we're gonna go back down to 1.

All right. Now it's time

to go off to work.

Wasn't that fun?

You know how much strength

it takes to rebel? Huh?

So, this is a night in the life

of S Grey, man.

You know what I'm saying?

Sleeping on the couch.

With no bag.

Grinding my ass off every day.

'Shorties' not enjoying their mother.

Man not enjoying his wife

or his woman, his lady.

Just bullshit, man.

Alpha male...

...trapped in and locked in

through religion and politics.

Soon enough, man, my plans

will all come into perfection.

- I love you.

- I love you, too.

Today we're gonna videotape

Sasha doing his first ever shave.

- Oh, boy.

- All right, Sasha's how old now?

Er... 15.

Oh, good, good.

First thing Sasha's gonna do

is get the water hot

for the, er, hot cloth that

you're gonna put on your face.

Yes. So it'll warm up your face

and moisturise your skin.

Does he have like

a nice warm face now?

- It's always been hot!

- Whatever you say there, dude.

I think we should probably do

a close-up of those whiskers.

They're really long now.

Thank you.

You need to, like, really lather it up.

OK, I don't think you need

to put it on your nose!

Yeah...

A five-blade razor

which we got as a sample.

- Is it time?

- Go ahead.

OK, you're shaving for me.

This is embarrassing.

- I'm bleeding.

- Yes. Don't worry.

- You will survive it.

- Wow!

Don't worry, you'll be all right.

This is torture.

Does it hurt?

- Yes.

- It'll sting for a little while.

All right, dry yourself off and let's

take a look at the nice, clean shave.

Good job, buddy.

Here's what we do.

Hey, don't...

Face the camera here.

Put a little piece on there.

See, and it sticks to the bloody part.

And voil. He's done.

Hey, wait.

High five, buddy. You survived it.

We're documenting everything.

Bobby, let mommy sleep.

Are you feeling OK?

Oh, I just feel terrible, you know.

You feel weird?

OK, this is how you'll be weirder.

- OK, let's let mommy sleep.

- OK!

Bobby, get down.

- We're gonna let mommy sleep.

- Son of a cuz...

Oh, thank you, thank you.

Erm, I do have a question though,

cos I...

My biggest worry is, of course,

my bandages and stuff,

but I know I can take a shower,

but I haven't.

I thought maybe I could at least try

take a shower before you got here.

Is that OK if I just go ahead

and do that? Oh, good.

- Dad, can I come down?

- Bobby, can we have a talk though?

Please, please.

I just need to have a talk, OK?

Because grandma is telling me,

with all the pressures,

what a great boy you are,

and of course I know that.

And I know that it's hard.

I've never been in a hospital.

I've never been like this before.

But I just think we ought

to help each other, OK?

I know that sometimes when we

ask you to do something to help,

sometimes you don't wanna go upstairs

cos you get scared.

- And that's fine, I understand that.

- Dad's fault.

If it's because you're scared to go

upstairs by yourself, just tell me that.

I will!

Sometimes you're going down.

- And stop videotaping!

- I'll give you the camera, too.

We're gonna do a project,

a family project, OK?

Can we all agree

to do the family project?

- Do you want the camera?

- What?

Do you want the camera

to videotape me?

- Hm-mm.

- It's gonna be a family project.

I need to have a happy boy today, OK?

You have to be happy

if you have the video camera, though.

- Why?

- Because it's a happy film.

- Right?

- And it has a happy ending.

OK, we're coming in!

First of all,

and I'm sure he hears me by now,

let me explain something to you.

Everyone, can you hear me

loud and clear?

My son was supposed to be

cleaning his room yesterday.

Come on!

Boy!

- Woman!

- Woman.

Oh, it's gonna be

a long day, as most are.

He's always a bundle of joy

when he wakes up.

Come on, come get in the shower.

Get the day going.

We got things to do. Places to go.

People to see. Futures to make.

No job is too big or too small.

And even down to a few

minutes ago just wiping my bum,

because I... I had

my first, first poop.

In a bloody a week or so.

So one of them

came to the rescue and said,

"Listen, would you like me

to trim that up for you, sir?"

So I said yes.

And, and, er, a very, very, very,

erm, erm, courageous young lady,

in my case I think, er, did the job.

And, and, er, just, er, just,

er, all in a day's work.

I'm, I'm very, very grateful

for these people

that have treated me like...

...just treated me so well.

And... in a short, short while...

...Ill, I'll, I will be

on a road to recovery.

And I'll be out there again

doing crazy things.

And enjoying life.

Here's the mask.

Would you lean forward for me?

I'm Amanda. What makes me joyful

this Saturday is this.

A little terrified. And really excited.

"A Day At A Time")

# I wanna drink

from the clearest water

# I wanna eat the things I ought to

# I'm just one, I know

# But I feel strong, you know

# I wanna reach the greatest mountain

# Climb if I want

without all the shouting

# I'm just one, I know

# But I feel strong, you know

# Clouds really should be white at least

# And oceans should meet us

at the beach

# And I don't want to over-reach

# When I know what's in store

Roar!

# Love life a day at a time, boy

# Love life a day at a time, girl

# Love

# Love

# I wanna drink from the clearest water

# I wanna eat the things I ought to

# I'm just one, I know

# But I feel strong, you know

# I wanna reach the greatest mountain

# Climb if I want

without all the shouting

# I'm just one, I know

# But I feel strong, you know

# Clouds really should be white at least

# And oceans should meet us

at the beach

# And I don't want to over-reach

# When I know what's in store

Roar! #

Good morning, everyone.

Bonjour.

Buenos dias.

Namaste.

Salaam alaikum.

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