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mushrooms!

These look good. You just throw

them in the oven, and...

Yeah, you should get them.

Yeah. Well, I thinking that we could go

"half-sies" on some of these groceries?

You know, save some money?

The problem with that, I think

right now, is...

I have a hard time visualizing what I'm

going to want to eat three nights from now,

'cause I'm not a food psychic,

and...

...so I just generally pick stuff

up when I'm out on the town,

and then I'm coming home, I'll

get something...

you know, burrito, or whatever,

or...

Fine! Fine.

Then don't f*** with my

portobello mushrooms.

Don't even.

Fine!

These are mine, too.

Okay!

Katie.

I know. Why don't I just, like,

pick up some beer?

Oh, hey. Can you just let me

out up here on the right?

I have a little business to

attend to.

Uh, yeah. Well, you just passed

it, but that's fine.

Um, just anywhere. Up here is

good.

Oh, um. Do me a hot favor, love

biscuit...

don't forget to put those

beers in the fridge so...

...they're nice and icy

cold when I get home. K?

Later later!

Pants!

Hey.

You want to see my ID?

No.

Thank you, sir.

Hi!

Hey. What're you having?

How about a "Bully Wheat. "

There you go.

Thanks.

You know I'm good for it.

Yeah.

That's just wrong.

...no, this is not "new age,"

this is older than time.

No, it's not "new age," but...

oh, Kirsten!

It's my friend Kirsten!

Kirsten, hey! Twice in one day,

huh?

The odds.

So I want you to meet my

friends Doug and Charity.

- What's up?

- Hi.

They're in town from Boulder.

Of course they are.

So anyway, it's kind of lucky we ran

into you like this, because uh...

Doug and Charity need a place

to crash tonight...

Yeah, maybe load up on a

"twelve-r" of Stag and hang out?

Sorry guys, couch is taken.

Oh, no. Um...

Seriously, Katie's cousin's up from Lamar,

she's going to theater camp at Stephens.

They're doing "Pippin. "

That's... that's actually

not what I was going to say,

I was just going to

say that... um, maybe...

I'm just saying that maybe we

can think outside the box here,

maybe if you had a backyard

where we could lay down a tarp,

or pitch a tent?

No f***ing way.

Maybe you know about any affordable

camping spots around here?

At least something with public showers and

hopefully not crawling with rapists, but...

Yeah.

Excuse me.

Um, sorry?

Hey, is that Kirsten?

Kirsten! Hey you'ze!

Yes. Hi!

I don't know if I've properly

introduced you to Beth.

Beth, this is my esteemed chum

Kirsten.

"Esteemed. "

Nice to meet you.

Totally.

You just moved here from

Baltimore?

Yes. My aunt works at MU,

so I had an opportunity...

...to join up at the journalism school...

...so, yeah.

That's cool. I mean, it's a

good program and, uh...

...it's a great time to be in

journalism with all the...

...stuff that's going on and

everything, so that sounds like a...

...really choice opportunity!

Cool, thanks!

File under "ironic coincidences," but my

aunt Barb lives in Columbia, Maryland.

Get out!

There's a Columbia, Maryland?

Have you been to visit her?

No, but I thought about it.

She teaches sign language to deaf and

hearing kids in integrated classrooms.

Wow. That's great!

We were just going to go

home because we couldn't...

...figure out anything

else to do tonight...

Tell me about it.

Did you want to go get a drink

at Eastside?

No!

No, I don't. I, uh...

Come to think of it, though...

...Beth here is new in town and

maybe we should just take her

to one of Columbia's more "off the

beaten path" kind of destinations?

Like what?

I'm talking McNally's!

McNally's?

Yes! Oh, my God. McNally's has quickly

endeared itself to me in so many ways.

Really.

I'm game!

I could have sworn it was right

here...

That's Tony's!

I have to pee.

I told you it was on Sixth

Street.

I know.

Why wouldn't you listen?

I thought you said this was

your new favorite hangout.

Was? Is. New champion.

How's everyone doing?

Great!

Another one of these for me,

please.

And can I get you guys anything?

Actually...

...do you think I could a

ginger ale with bitters?

You know what? That sounds good,

I'll have one of those too.

Great. Well, I'm going to go and

figure out what a "bitters" is, but...

I'll be right back!

Cheers!

So, Kristen...

Kirsten.

It's Kirsten.

I hear you work at

Shakespeare's.

Indubitably. I work the lunch

rush Monday through Friday.

Mike tells me it's something of

a rite of passage around here.

Yeah, it's like, "take your

pick," you know?

Do you deliver sandwiches for

the Sub Shop,

do you tear tickets at the

Ragtag...

"Do you sleep around at the

Ranch?"

Do you end up bussing tables at

Ernie's?

You know, "take your pick. "

Well, I don't know what the

Ranch is, but...

...I do think it's a little weird

that you would allow your identity

to be so wrapped up in the

social cachet

of a job in the service sector.

What she said.

Well, yes and no, I mean, like

...when I first moved to town I

didn't know anyone. So...

...and I think it's like that

for a lot of people, like...

...the friends you first meet

through work,

and then through friends at

work, and then...

And before you realize

it, all of these things...

...have come to define

who you are as a person.

"McNally's!"

McNally's was pretty awesome.

So you were just going to walk

home?

Well, it's more of a

moonlight constitutional...

...than a neighborly stroll, I suppose...

...but it's a nice night for

it!

Mike! Let's listen to records!

Nice to meet you!

Nighty night.

Oh, sh*t.

"Sub Shop. "

Is it too late to order

delivery with a credit card?

"We stopped taking orders like

half an hour ago, so... "

God damn it!

It's Pepper time!

"You're watching KOMU-TV 8. Live

... It's Pepper and Friends. "

That puppy is so cute!

Pepper.

This show.

"Good morning! Welcome to our show. Monday

the 25th, it is Thanksgiving week... "

"And didn't we dodge that snow?"

"Oh, yeah. But it's

cold outside! It is cold.

If you're going to go out

...if you haven't been outside

yet... man, you go outside and

you might be in for a surprise,

so bundle up warmly. "

"When you bundle up, you

usually do bundle up warmly. "

"Yeah, warmly. Thursday we're

not going to be here... "

"... I want you to meet them

all by name. Here we have... "

- "I'm Josh. "

- "I'm Jeff. "

"Now there's one guy who's missing.

Where is the other one?"

"He couldn't make it today. "

"Then you're playing the spoons

... is that for this song?"

"And then you all have jingle

bells?"

"A little bit of rhythm. "

"And you're just playing... "

- "Just a plain old electric guitar. "

- "Okay. "

"No gimmicks!"

Cheers to you, Jeff Carrillo!

You're so cute!

I totally know where you're

coming from.

Except when did you guys end up

signing with K Records?

It was fall of 2007.

They heard our last album on Cold

Crush, and they liked what they heard,

and we knew each other from all

the requisite industry shindigs,

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