Quiet City Page #2

Would it be weird if...

I'm not really picky.

It's fine.

You want to "cheers"?

Yeah, we probably should.

OK. To what?

I have no idea.

My old man?

Nah.

Why not?

Why don't we just cheers

to drinking this wine

that I've been saving?

OK.

Sounds good.

It smells weird.

It's pretty bitter.

And kind of sweet

at the same time.

Is that good?

It depends on what you like.

I don't really know.

Do you like bitter things

or do you like sweet drinks?

I guess I like sweet, maybe.

Do you know how to play

this keyboard?

Not really.

It looks like you were trying

to teach yourself right here.

Yeah.

I just hold the easy, like,

chord button.

How would I make a G

over here?

Right here.

This is G.

That's C Major.

What's that?

Is it D?

No.

D Minor.

Yeah.

So you hear

the difference in this?

This sounds like it's Halloween.

So D...

- A.

- A.

C.

OK.

Ooh, that was good.

That's good!

Sounds like a real song.

Ooh, you got sad there.

That was the Halloween,

wasn't it?

Yes.

You're getting good at this.

That song was genius.

I noticed you have

a little recorder over here.

What's on here?

Nothing.

Just words.

Words?

Yeah.

Can I play it?

Um...

I'm curious to see

what's on it.

What's that?

Did I do that?

I don't even remember.

Sounds like a bunch

of stuff going on.

Yeah, it sounds like music

that maybe

I would have recorded,

but I don't remember

doing it, so...

But you?

Like this is you,

or, like, you recorded

some music?

No, recorded me.

Oh, really?

Yeah, sometimes if l, like,

don't feel like actually

recording properly with a mike,

I'll just do that so I can remember

the notes of the song

or the idea, you know.

Mm-hmm.

So what do you play?

I can barely play guitar

and barely play drums.

And now you can play this.

Yeah, barely.

This much.

Who cuts your hair?

Why? Does it look stupid?

No.

Hey.

Sorry.

That's OK.

It took forever.

I couldn't find these matches.

It's so cold.

I know.

I'm freezing.

It's really bad.

It's so cold!

It's super windy.

I don't even know if I'm going

to be able to light this.

I'll help you.

Do you want to build

a little fortress?

Try it again.

Got it.

Do you always

roll your own cigarettes?

No, no.

I just didn't have enough money

to buy any nam-brained--

I mean, name-brand.

You just switched the letters.

I do that all the time.

Me, too.

How do you feel about the hair?

Um...I like it.

Can you tell any difference?

Not really.

Yeah, me either.

I was scared.

It was 'cause I was nervous.

I didn't want you

to not like it.

No, it was a valiant effort.

Thanks.

You're welcome.

I did cut hair, though.

I wasn't pretending

to cut your hair.

I mean, I did cut some,

so there is a difference.

No, I can feel the little, like,

hairs on my neck and stuff.

Oh, can you?

It's kind of making me itch.

Sorry.

No, it's OK.

It's natural, it happens.

Yeah.

Man, it's cold.

Are you almost

done with that?

What's that?

Are you almost done?

Yeah, actually, I only need

about half to get the fix.

I think I'm going to go

and take a shower anyway

just to get the, you know,

get the little hairs off.

OK.

Yeah.

Hello?

Hello?

What are you doing?

It's not good.

No, I can't find my friend.

I can't find Samantha.

No, I'm not, I'm not...

I don't know

what's going on.

I was staying with her.

I'm staying with some--

this guy.

I met this guy, and I'm staying

with this guy.

Yeah, this guy named Charlie.

I don't really know.

It's not like that.

What else am I supposed to do?

Do you know what I'm saying?

Hello?

Do you want me to explain

what happened?

Why don't I just tell you

what happened?

Don't be like that.

Hello?

Why did you hang up?

Well...

I'm not doing anything wrong.

I would not do that.

I wouldn't do that.

Fine.

Hi.

Hi. What are you doing?

Just practicing.

Yeah? How's that going?

It's going good.

Whose is this?

Is this yours?

No, it's my roommate's.

I don't even know what it does.

This is basically

the most useless thing

I've ever seen in my life.

It woke you up.

Yeah, that's true.

I think it's fun.

Sorry.

How'd you like my bed?

It's very comfortable.

Yeah.

Are you mad?

I didn't mean to fall asleep.

No, I didn't mean

to say it like that.

So...what's up?

Did you find your friend?

She hasn't called.

Are you sick of me yet?

No.

Are you sure, because

I understand if you are.

Nope, it's OK.

Are you sure?

Yeah, I really have

nothing else to do,

so it's actually

a nice, pleasant distraction.

Guess what.

What?

I think I found her address,

my friend's address.

How'd you do that?

The Internet.

I tried to look her up.

I found it.

Really? You can do that?

Yeah, you can do that.

You didn't know that?

I don't know if I like that.

Well, let me see it just so l

see if I know where it is.

Yeah, I wrote it down.

See anything?

Nn-nnn.

You want to ring

the second floor people,

and maybe they'll just

let us in?

How's it going?

Aah!

Shhh, someone might hear.

Don't do that.

Someone might hear.

Are these hula hoops?

They look kind of big

to be hula hoops.

I was going to say

the same thing.

They look really big.

Oh, they're really heavy.

Try to pick one up.

You look so beautiful.

Thanks.

You kind of look like a pilgrim.

I kind of look like a pilgrim.

But if you put this on,

it's kind of like you can

hear yourself really, really well.

I know.

I'm hearing really weird, too.

With that hat on?

Uh...yeah, it sounds

really different.

Put this hat on.

OK.

It's really weird.

"Feast For Crows."

That's kind of a cool cover.

Here.

What is that, a leaf?

Mm-hmm.

That's weird.

Maybe she's trying to flatten it

for, like, a scrapbook.

Is it flat?

Do you think it's done?

I don't know.

I don't want to mess it up.

I should put it back.

You're next.

Kind of, um...

kind of cowardly

so I don't really

face the problem head on

and just say,

"This isn't working."

I kind of do this really

half-assed gradual...

kind of just maybe try to avoid

the person or ignore them

until they figure it out

because I'm too afraid

to just do it.

I just want to be--

I want what I do and what I feel

to affect only me.

I don't want to be responsible

for other people

and what they feel, you know?

Does that make any sense?

Well, I guess I've been dating

people like you

for the past couple of

relationships until now,

and now I'm you.

But I don't really like that,

but I do know for sure

that I don't want to be

with that person.

Yeah.

I don't know.

Do you think it's like that

we're just kind of, like,

naive and impatient,

and then when you get older,

you sort of mature

into, like, a person

that can actually sustain

a real relationship?

Or is it that you just...

you know, you're stubborn

when you're young,

and then as you get older,

you kind of lower your standards

and settle?

I hope that's not true.

I don't like the latter at all.

What was the first one again?

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