Small Pond

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Hey, good morning!

Last night was... it was

awesome.

Yeah.

What time is it?

Why, you got some place you

need to be?

Work? That sucks.

I was hoping that you'd stay here and

smoke some of this "dank nug" with me.

Hey, you know...

...we should get together

sometime and do this again.

Yeah, just give me a call

sometime.

Hey, I got a pen around here somewhere

if... if I could just find it.

Okay.

Hey! You better watch where

you're going!

"Qu'est-ce la chance?"

Lynn. The f*** are you?

Copacetic. In the cosmic sense.

How's your mom these days?

Fine. She's good.

So, I don't know if you've heard, but I

just moved in with some friends here.

Here? As in Columbia?

Well, Rosemary Lane, but same

difference.

Great.

So, you should make it out to

ecstatic dance sometime.

What's "ecstatic dance"?

Okay, so we all get together

Sunday mornings at the armory.

And we, well... I... put

together this music.

And, everybody just sort of

follows the rhythm of the music.

Really.

It's... okay. It's

basically about this moment...

...where you find yourself

at this higher place.

Your mind is at a higher level,

but your body's vibrating.

You feel the music and your body

just completely follows suit.

So when does all this happen?

Sunday mornings at the armory.

Sunday mornings when?

9:
00 AM. You should make it out!

Yeah, well, if I don't it

probably has more to do with...

...that whole Sunday morning

at 9:
00 AM thing, you know?

Right. Well, if you change your

mind... Yeah, probably not.

Um, okay. Well, it was really

nice to see you...

It was good to see you too,

Lynn.

Brad, Pizza for Brad. Come get

your pizza, Brad. Hurry up.

Hey.

Hey.

Hey, you want a soda with that?

Yes please.

Thank you.

Howdy strangers.

Hey there.

Cookie and a soda?

Sure thing.

And for you?

Just a cookie.

Nothing to drink?

Water's fine.

$4.93 for you.

$2.95 for you.

Hello, Kirsten.

Straub. What's shakin'?

I know you're off

tomorrow night, because...

you're off every night... but

you should stop by around closing.

Oh yeah?

Yeah, I don't know

if you've heard but...

Jeremy's moving to Austin

to keep the band going.

So, no hard feelings, we're getting

together tomorrow night...

...you know, going to toast the

deal and make it legal.

Well, maybe I'll stop by.

Yeah, you should stop by!

But, what's really at the heart

of it, is that we're going to need...

...somebody to take over his

shift starting next week.

Sure, makes sense.

So, what do you think?

Do you mean do I want to take

Jeremy's bartending shift?

You know the deal, six to close

Tuesday through Saturday.

Since you'll be working

thirty hours a week, you can...

...even buy into our employee

health insurance plan.

I mean, I appreciate the offer

and everything, but...

...I don't understand

why anyone would want to...

...give up part of their

paycheck every single week

when they're still perfectly

healthy.

'Cause it's like, if you

get sick, you get sick,

and then you have to pay

a ton of money anyway...

...it just seems like a little

bit of a scam to me.

Well, you at least want to

think about it?

Think about it, at least.

Hey, we need a miracle!

Yeah, me too.

What's up, small fry? What's on

the menu?

Nice!

It got sent back, but it's only been sitting

there for like thirty minutes, though.

Cool!

Hey wait. Who's that girl you were hanging

out with at Eastside the other night?

Uh, Beth? She's cool.

It's her first year at MU, she moved here

from Baltimore last fall, she's nice.

Where'd you two crazy kids meet?

Shakespeare's, where else?

Right. I forget sometimes.

So I guess you heard Jeremy's

moving to Austin?

No, I hadn't, but to be honest

... It doesn't surprise me.

I'd be surprised if Jeremy

weren't moving to Austin!

I never hear anyone say they're

going to move to Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Or, like Casper, Wyoming. I

mean...

...like Austin, Texas or Olympia,

Washington or Chicago...

...what do those places have that we

don't have here in Columbia, Missouri?

Whataburger, K Records, Old

Style.

That's just three.

A bunch of people are getting together at

Shakes to give Jeremy a proper send-off.

You want to come?

So we can all go get drunk with the

same people we always get drunk with

at the same place we always get

drunk at... one last time?

Don't be hatin'.

Hey kitty!

Oh hey, Dennie.

Hey, I hope you don't

mind, I let myself in.

Had to fix the relay

compressor on the fridge.

I tried calling, I even left a

message.

Yeah, well my cell got turned off,

and uh... the machine's dead, so...

Right. Well, as long as you're here,

I should mention that I'm

going to be selling the place.

Really? To who?

Whoever wants it.

So does that mean that Katie

and I have to move out?

It depends on who buys it, what

they want to do with it...

...whether or not I can even

sell the goddamned place.

So, uh, we'll just have to see.

Yeah, well, it's a great house,

so...

...I mean, I'm sure that it's going to move,

especially, like, in this market. You know?

Well, you know you guys got right

of first refusal on this place.

What's that, like, we have the

right to refuse to buy it?

Okay.

Look, mention it to Katie, okay?

I'm going to list it for

one-o-two, but...

...it's hers in a heartbeat for

eighty-eight if she wants it.

Thousand?

Mention it to Katie.

She could... well, you could...

own this place in ten years or so

for what the lot of you guys are

choking up in rent every month.

Yeah, but I mean, where am I

going to be in ten years?

It's a pretty uncertain

arrangement, so...

Well, listen. Just mention it

to Katie, okay?

I will! Thanks, Dennie.

Later later.

"You always know when best to

be assertive or to simply wait. "

Wakey wakey, pudding pie.

...what I'll see a lot of times,

sitting on the front porch...

is little birds chasing great

big birds out of the tree.

I mean big birds! And they come

flying in, landing on a limb...

and the little bird comes and

chases it out...

and sometimes two or three of

them will chase that big one.

Well, they're territorial...

I know. Why don't you and I go

grocery shopping?

Can I at least hose myself off

first?

Can you put your safety belt on?

It's just that I get the ticket

if we get pulled over, so...

When do you get your license

back again?

When I can afford to take that

SATOP class.

That sh*t is not cheap.

Oh, by the way, Dennie

stopped by today and...

...he said he's thinking

about selling the house.

Sh*t. Are you serious, we have

to move out?

Well, when were you going to

let me know that?

I just did! I just told you!

I took a nap, and then I woke up, and

I told you you as soon as I saw you!

F***!

We only have to move out if someone

actually decides to buy the place.

Great.

And he said that you had right

of first refusal.

For real? Like, what... what's

he asking?

$88,000.

He says it's yours if you want

it.

88?

Ooh look! Stuffed portobello

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