Old Joy Page #3

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- Awesome

Yo, yo, yo yo yo...

There. On the tree.

How we could've missed that.

I'm tellin' you man.

This is a very special place.

If you can't see the

little arrows at night,

you can't get in.

Grew pickles?

- Yes.

So they grew pickles?

It's only like a half-sour.

It was... I guess it's called half-sour...

where they're sort of salty

and don't have a lot of flavor.

How are you feeling?

- Good.

I feel good.

How about you?

Feel good too.

I see sticks.

Yeah. Here.

My God. Lucy, come.

Go catch it.

It's only one day a week but,

really pulls me out of myself.

The kids are cool.

They're really into it.

And it's fun thinking

about carpentry and...

woodworking...

in a way I haven't for a long time.

Makes you realize how long ago

sixteen was.

So now this... it was

basically a dumping ground,

...is this really

happening community garden.

I'm so proud of you, Mark.

I'm serious.

You've really done something.

You've really given something

back to the community.

I don't know...

No, really.

I'm serious.

It's really something.

It's not that big a deal...

It's not that... much

time out of my life.

It's nothing you couldn't do if you

felt like it too.

Not that you don't

give to the community.

I mean...

Just a... different community.

This is it, Mark.

Cool, this looks fantastic.

- I hope you like it.

Awesome.

Alright. Let's start these flowing.

Plug it up, and then...

Let's grab it.

Come on.

Fill up here.

And then... just make the tubs

cool enough to get our bodies in.

Dump it in.

Whole thing?

- Yeah.

Probably wanna refill.

Look at that water.

Man...

Yesterday...

Wanted to get a notebook, for...

my journal.

So I borrowed Pete's bike,

and first when I took off riding,

and where I was on the sidewalk,

there was this old man

on the sidewalk too.

And,... you know he was

walkin', walkin' walkin',

so I thought:
'Oh, I'm clear.'

And I took off to the left, around him,

and just then he stepped to the left.

And I didn't ring the bell or anything.

When I got past him, he yelled at me.

He was like:
'Hey.

Thanks for the warning.'

And I just felt so... bad.

All of a sudden I felt so guilty.

But it was fine, you know.

Never gonna see this guy again.

But I realize I forgot

something at the house.

So I rode back. Had to ride back by him.

Just looked at his

face, like, I felt like:

'Oh he's so angry at

me. Totally hates me.'

Whatever. Can forget him again.

So, then I wanna go, you know...

Get something to drink.

And I go into a little

store, stop the bike.

When I come back out, I get on the bike,

I'm riding.

I'm riding down the same

street, cause it's a hill.

And I pass the guy again.

And again, I'm just like,

feeling more and more tense, like...

Then I've got a stretch, you know,

before I get to the notebook store.

So I'm like:
'Okay. I can

finally move on with my life,

not have this guy.'

Go down to the notebook

store, look for my notebook.

It's like 20 blocks.

Look for my notebook.

Come up to the cash register.

I'm buyin' the notebook,

and the automatic doors open,

and I look up and the guy is like,

walking right into the store,

right, in front of me.

And I'm just... can't believe

it. And then the cashier woman.

I hear her talk to me all of a sudden.

She's like:
'Superstar'.

What?

And I look at her. And she's

this Indian woman, maybe...

like 50 year old Indian

woman, with glasses and...

dot on her forehead.

And I was like:
'What?'

She said:
'Jesus Christ Superstar.'

'You said Jesus Christ.'

I was like:
'No. I didn't

say Jesus Christ.'

You know? I looked at the bagging guy.

Asked like:
'Did I say Jesus Christ?'

He's like, just, shrugs.

And she's like:
'It's ok. It's ok.'

...felt like, I feel like I

would've known if I'd said...

'Jesus Christ', you know?

I would've heard my voice in my memory,

like:
'Jesus Christ'

'Jesus Christ', Kurt

said 'Jesus Christ'.

So, I was still shaking

my head, I was like.

I feel like I'm going crazy.

And I'm still sorta

tense and everything.

'I feel like I'm going crazy.'

She's like:
'It's ok. You're not crazy.

It's ok.'

She was really nice.

And right when she said that, I...

This dream that I'd had just,

just yesterday morning,

just flashed on me,

because, the same lady, the cashier lady...

was in the dream, doing

the same thing, basically

I mean it wasn't in a store

But I was really upset about something.

Totally depressed about something.

And she just... put her

arms around me and said:

'It's okay. You're okay.'

'Sorrow is nothing but, worn out joy.'

I see all kinds of sh*t out there, man.

Most people don't see

it, they don't want to.

Hey, what's goin' on?

Just relax, man.

Just, settle in.

- Alright.

Lucy, come.

All righty.

- Yup.

That was... that was awesome, Kurt.

I'll call you soon, man.

Hold on a sec.

See ya.

See ya, Kurt.

...take care of the new

people who come along...

every year...

to join the labor force

or to re-join them.

And it doesn't take care of the sharply

higher cost of necessities.

It's one thing to say inflation appears

under control of the aggregate.

But when you notice that

housing cost, healthcare cost...

and energy cost are exploding...

you're talking about

things that make up the...

overwhelming share of the

budget of an ordinary family.

And so the combination of

uncertainty about the future...

and the pressures on the present...

create this mood. Now the White House is

well aware of this.

You hear the word

'recovery' all the time,

because they don't dare

use the word 'prosperity'.

You also see things like these...

photo opportunities this week...

from the... uh... so-called...

working vacation in Texas.

...think about help me

out with a little change?

Ahhh... I'm sorry, man.

Hey man.

- Right on.

Have a good night.

- You too.

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