Manson Family Vacation Page #4

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A horrible thing

happened here!

And you want

to celebrate that?

Haven't you ever lost anyone?

I was, like, telling

somebody the other day my dad's dead.

- I was, like, trying to

be cool about it. - Mmm-hmm.

But it's, like, weird

to say it, you know.

I don't know.

It's just weird.

But here we are,

here, a perfect family.

This is the best shot

of you guys.

Like, you, Mom and Dad. This is,

like, what's always in my head.

Yeah.

I hate that f***ing photo.

You do?

- Yes.

- Why?

You can see how he f***ing felt

about me. He's not even touching me.

He's just posing

for a photograph, man.

Okay, do you want to f***ing argue

about the composition of the photo?

We're talking about reality, and

how the guy was kind of a dick.

I personally think that you expected

Dad to do everything for you as a kid.

- But, like...

- No, just to love me, maybe.

He's an army guy, all right?

And he has, you know, he has that power

thing, and that's part of his setup.

Like, you had to add that to

that a little bit, if you want...

That's not love.

That's not raising someone

to be their own person.

That's making

a little f***ing clone.

So, uh, so what,

I'm dad's little soldier?

That's basically

how you see me?

I mean, you have a kid,

you got the wife.

You know, everything,

which is good. I'm just...

- Yeah, I have a kid and a wife.

- It's a lot of good things.

You made him happy, he gave

you money because you were going

- to "law school" and that's such a great thing to do.

- "Law school?"

You don't put air quotes around

law school. It's a real thing.

Which is how I earn a living

and buy food

to put inside the people

inside the house.

Yeah, it seems like it's

working out great for you.

That's it, huh? Hey!

You know, dad wasn't

the only one in the family

who treated me like

a f***ing outcast, okay?

You did your fair share of

treating me like a piece of sh*t.

Do you know

where the Melatonin is?

No, I'm sorry, I don't.

I don't understand

how it disappears.

Like, who takes the

Melatonin?

You seem really agitated.

Is something wrong?

Conrad basically thinks that I threw

him under the bus our entire childhood.

And that I got

special treatment.

Yeah.

What do you mean, "Yeah"?

You know that you and your dad

had a really strong bond, right?

- Mmm-hmm. - And I can

understand how Connie

probably felt

excluded from you guys.

Okay, he excluded himself.

But that doesn't...

Why?

That's what he does. He likes

to, like, act like the outsider,

and like, push people away, and poke and

prod people. He gets off on that sh*t.

Why would he get off

on something like that?

Because he's

messed up in the head.

- Genetically, probably.

- Dude.

Like, I looked into

his adoption one time,

and it said that he

was a ward of the state.

That's so mean.

Stop it.

You asked me,

and my answer is

I think there's some weird

chemistry going on in his brain.

Well, I think that

no matter what Connie,

or anyone ever does,

they will never

measure up for you.

No one's good enough.

Great. Okay.

Can I get a pillow?

Good talk.

I'm just a messenger

of the truth.

God's messenger?

Life's messenger.

But we use the word "God".

"God" hooks

all the other words up.

I'm the pope.

I'm ten times the pope.

I'm 50 times the pope.

But I'm the pope

in the hills and the mountains.

I'm already out of here.

This enclosure here?

I'm out of here.

My body is stuck here,

but my thought

is already gone.

Cool. Battle?

Mmm-hmm. Wanna meet him? We're friends.

Oh, cool.

I'm so

glad that we're friends now.

I've been watching you and I like

the way you fight. I admire you.

- Here!

- Escape! Chuck!

What's this?

Oh, this is a book,

uh, Helter Skelter.

Are there pictures?

Um, yeah.

Um, a couple.

Hold on, hold on. Let me see

which ones are okay to look at.

Wait, wait.

Yeah, there's a nice

picture of a family.

Are they real

brothers and sisters?

No, they're, um,

they're not a real family. It's

actually better than a real family

because they went out

and found each other.

What are they doing

in the middle of this desert?

Well, they... They wanted

to get away from society

and from people

that didn't understand them,

you know, because that was

like hurting them,

other peoples

perception of them.

So they went out here

and they got a big bus,

and you know, they cared

about the environment.

They wanted to get back

into touch with something,

you know, more real.

What are all of these

dead people?

Oh, um, they're just some

people who just, I don't know...

They were in the wrong place

at the wrong time.

Like Grandpa?

No. Grandpa died

because he had a heart attack.

Um, these people

were actually killed.

But Grandpa, like,

killed himself in a way

because he was... worked

himself up all the time.

What are you guys

talking about?

Oh, nothing, just

hanging out, playing...

We're reading Helter Skelter.

There's really cool pictures

of dead people.

All right,

before you start,

I was just looking at the book,

he asked me questions.

He's curious.

What am I gonna f***ing say?

- You're showing him dead bodies?

- I was trying to...

You're showing him

the Manson family?

What else are

you gonna show him?

I'm sorry, but he's the one

who kept asking me questions.

He's a child. He's gonna want

to do whatever you want to do.

You just say no.

If he wants to look at it you

just say no. That's what you do.

Why? I'm not gonna

f***ing lie to him.

Why don't you just

open up Internet f***ing porn

and show him everything that's out there.

It's not funny, dude.

He's having a really hard time

and I don't need you

putting your sh*t on him.

Okay. Well, why is he

having a hard time?

"Why is he having a

hard time?" He's a child.

Growing up is hard.

People have hard times.

Okay, yeah. It has nothing to

do with like how you treat him.

You are so clueless right now,

you have no idea

what you're talking about.

- You don't...

- What are these words coming out of my mouth?

Oh, my God, dude. You are so

f***ing out of touch with reality.

- I can't even deal with it.

- Yeah, f*** you.

Are you gonna go

to your job or not?

Okay. That's it?

What else?

Yeah, all right. Cool.

So, um,

I'm gonna drive you

out there, okay?

Okay. I mean...

What?

She guilted you into it?

Kind of, yeah.

Who's this?

Is it okay?

Yeah, it's pretty good.

It's Charlie.

That's him singing?

Oh, it was his main thing.

He was so into music.

That's what he wanted to do.

Like, in LA,

he knew Neil Young,

and like, Dennis Wilson of the

Beach Boys really liked him.

He was so close to

getting a record contract.

I mean, I don't know,

it just fell through.

Yeah.

He's like a frustrated

artist, basically.

I mean,

every artist is frustrated.

You know,

like, it's frustrating.

Is that how you feel

about your stuff?

Boo-ya.

I mean, you know,

it's like, what's the point?

Well, I mean, you know, the point is

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