The Secret to a Better Life Page #4

Synopsis: A self-help guru finally tells you a Secret you can use.
Genre: Comedy, Short
Director(s): Scotch Wichmann
Year:
2011
5 min
318 Views


Yeah, I guess.

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- So, what do you think?

- Blasco's truck?

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Yeah, it's all right. Seen it before.

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It's not Blasco's truck anymore.

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It's ours.

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Good for you, ap.

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No, mijo.

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Good for us.

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Sure.

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Good for us.

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Get in. I'll give you a ride home.

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No, man. I gotta go with this girl.

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You guys gonna study?

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Yeah. Somethin' like that.

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Hey, ap?

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You gonna let me drive this bad boy

when I'm 16?

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Sure.

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- For real?

- Yeah, yeah.

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If you get your license.

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You ain't got a license!

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Don't say that too loud, okay?

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See you later.

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Come on. Keep it moving.

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I can't live, I can't go on

knowing that I, I, I, I

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I let you get away

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All this time I should have known

I should have seen it

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To get off the ground

And now you're slipping through my fingers

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All because you never knew

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That I was falling for ya

Falling for you

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Yeah! That was great, nene.

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- Yeah.

- That was incredible.

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Thank you.

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- Hey. I gotta be out.

- Okay.

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Luis, you sure you don't wanna take

some of this with you?

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No, gracias.

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- Okay, baby. It was nice seein' you again.

- Yeah.

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You out, son?

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- Yeah, I gotta bounce.

- All right, Luis. Be easy.

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Come through tomorrow, though.

Gotta talk about your future.

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Yeah, all right.

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All right, kid. Peace.

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Peace.

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- Okay. Get home safe.

- All right.

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What time is it?

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I don't know. Like, 12:00?

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Where were you?

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I told you. I was at that girl's house.

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I ate dinner there.

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Listen, mijo.

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I'm gonna make somethin'

out of this business.

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I'll make it grow into somethin' big.

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So we could move out of here

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and get you in a better school.

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And I'm not gonna work Sundays no more.

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We can do things, spend time together.

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If you want, you know?

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I'm really tired, ap.

I'm just gonna go to bed.

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Yeah.

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Sure, mijo. Yeah, go to sleep.

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Sorry, I only need one.

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- What's your name?

- Santiago.

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Carlos. My pleasure.

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Ready?

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You're going to climb that?

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Sure.

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You're crazy.

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Piece of cake.

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It's a beautiful view.

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Give me the saw, will you?

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Stop! Please! Help!

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What are you doing out here, man?

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What happened? Did you get in a fight?

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Are you drunk?

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Took it.

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Where are your tools?

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They stole it.

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They stole the tools?

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- The truck.

- They jacked the truck?

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Pap, what happened?

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The truck, they took it.

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Who stole the truck?

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I gotta find him. I gotta find him.

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- Pap, you calm down.

- Gotta find him. Gotta find him.

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I have to find the truck!

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If I don't get it back, I'm just...

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Are you gonna be okay?

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Pap, wait. Here. Take this.

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I made you some breakfast.

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No, I don't have time.

I gotta find the guy who stole the truck.

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- That's my only chance.

- Okay, I'm comin' with you.

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No, Luis, this is my problem...

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No, this is our problem.

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Just go to school. Please.

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Man, I'm not going in today.

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Don't tell me you got suspended again.

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Nah, man.

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It's Saturday.

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Okay.

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Okay, let's go.

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Look at these pendejos out here

hoin' themselves.

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You think they want to do this?

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Nah, but...

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That was me out there!

That's gonna be me out there.

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Yeah. Well, it's also the b*tch

that stole your truck.

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Just wait here.

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Okay. This is Jesus. He says he knows him.

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He'll show us where Santiago lives for $50.

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- Sure he will.

- Eh?

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He can't work if he takes us, right?

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