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I eat by myself and read 90% of the time. I don't feel self conscious about it at all.

'cause I could mostly give a shit what people think

you want a shit? well, I could give you one . . .

i'm somehow reminded
in some small little way
of the beginning
(or, truly, the entirety of)
the play titled Sure Thing
by the wonderful David Ives

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BILL: Excuse me. Is this chair taken?
BETTY: Excuse me?
BILL: Is this taken?
BETTY: Yes it is.
BILL: Oh. Sorry.
BETTY: Sure thing
(A bell rings softly)
BILL: Excuse me. Is this chair taken?
BETTY: Excuse me?
BILL: Is this taken?
BETTY: No, but I’m expecting somebody in a minute.
BILL: Oh. Thanks anyway.
BETTY: Sure thing.
(A bell rings softly)
BILL: Excuse me. Is this chair taken?
BETTY: No, but I’m expecting somebody very shortly.
BILL: Would you mind if I sit here till he or she or it comes?
BETTY: They do seem to be pretty late…
BILL: You never know who you might be turning down.
BETTY: Sorry. Nice try, though.
BILL: Sure thing.
(Bell)
BILL: Is this seat taken?
BETTY: No, it’s not.
BILL: Would you mind if I sit here?
BETTY: Yes I would.
BILL: Oh.
(Bell)
BILL: Is this chair taken?
BETTY: No it’s not.
BILL: Would you mind if I sit here?
BETTY: No. Go ahead.
BILL: Thanks. Everyplace else seems to be taken.
BETTY: Mm-hm.
BILL: Great place.
BETTY: Mm-hm.
BILL: What’s the book?
BETTY: I just wanted to read in quiet, if you don’t mind.
BILL: No. Sure thing.
(Bell)
BILL: Everyplace else seems to be taken.
BETTY: Mm-hm.
BILL: Great place for reading.
BETTY: Yes, I like it.
BILL: What’s the book?
BETTY: The Sound and the Fury.
BILL: Oh. Hemingway.
(Bell)
BILL: What’s the book?
BETTY: The Sound and the Fury.
BILL: Oh. Faulkner.
BETTY: Have you read it?
BILL: No! I’ve sure read about it, though. It’s supposed to be great.
BETTY: It is great.
BILL: I hear it’s great...Waiter!
(Bell)
BILL: What’s the book?
BETTY: The Sound and the Fury.
BILL: Oh. Faulkner.
BETTY: Have you read it?
BILL: I’m a Mets fan myself.
(Bell)
BETTY: Have you read it?
BILL: Yeah, I read it in college.
BETTY: Where was college?
BILL: I was lying. I never really went to college. I just like to party.
(Bell)
BETTY: Where was college?
BILL: I went to Oral Roberts University
(Bell)
BETTY: Where was college?
BILL: ITT Tech!
(Bell)
BETTY: Where was college?
BILL: Metro!
(Bell)
BETTY: Where was college?
BILL: Harvard.
BETTY: Do you like Faulkner?
BILL: I love Faulkner. I spent a whole winter reading him once.
BETTY: I’ve just started,
BILL: I was so excited after the first ten pages that I went out and bought everything else he wrote. One of the greatest reading experiences of my life. I mean, all that incredible psychological understanding. Page after page of gorgeous prose. His profound grasp on the mystery of time and human existence. The smells of the earth…What do you think?
BETTY: I think it’s pretty boring.
(Bell)
BILL: What’s the book?
BETTY: The Sound and the Fury.
BILL: Oh! Faulkner!
BETTY: Do you like Faulkner?
BILL: I love Faulkner.
BETTY: He’s incredible.
BILL: I spent a whole winter reading him once.
BETTY: I was so excited after the first ten pages that I went out and bought
everything else he wrote.
BILL: All that incredible psychological understanding.
BETTY: And the prose is so gorgeous.
BILL: And the way he’s grasped the mystery of time--
BETTY: --and human existence.
(Bell)
BILL: --and the smells of the earth
(Bell)
BETTY: I can’t believe I’ve waited this long to read him.
BILL: You never know. You might not have liked him before.
BETTY: That’s true.
BILL: You might not have been ready for him. You have to hit these things at the right moment or it’s no good.
BETTY: That’s happened to me.
BILL: It’s all in the timing. My name is Bill, by the way.
BETTY: I’m Betty.
BILL: Hi.
BETTY: Hi.
BILL: Yes, I thought reading Faulkner was…a great experience.
BETTY: Yes.
BILL: The Sound and the Fury…
BETTY: Well. Onwards and upwards.
BILL: Waiter--?
(Bell)

( http://thunder1.cudenver.edu/cam/epo...ndy/script.htm )

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cloud (Post 466295)

you want a shit? well, I could give you one . . .

Never give a shit.

Makes your hands messy...

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Originally Posted by Cloud (Post 466290)

I eat by myself and read 90% of the time. I don't feel self conscious about it at all.

'cause I could mostly give a shit what people think

I like the way you think.
Me too.

Yeah, I have very little fear of doing anything alone, so have been known to go out to a non-fancy dinner and read a book or the paper. I would much rather see that than "starers." People who sit waiting for an appointment, or dining...and just stare into space. Or couples who go out to dinner and just slowly chew and stare off and don't even talk to each other. Or what I call "car-sitters," people who can't be bothered to go into the store but sit in the car just staring ahead. At least there's some mental stimuli in the store.

I'm sure most of them are solving the world's problems in their heads but some of them...I think they're just empty-heads.

I can't stand just sitting...throw a book, or magazine, or newspaper into my hands or my brain will idle and stall.

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123 (Post 466427)

Yeah, I have very little fear of doing anything alone

I am always amazed when people tell me that they would never go to a movie by themselves.

When I go to a movie alone, I always take a book.

You could read, say, The Green Mile at a screening of The Green Mile, all the time shouting "The book is better!"

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Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus (Post 466450)

When I go to a movie alone, I always take a book.

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123 (Post 466452)

You could read, say, The Green Mile at a screening of The Green Mile, all the time shouting "The book is better!"

Hilarious. You could keep blurting out things like "That doesn't happen in the book!"

Or even better things like "This person/event is a combination of two or more people/events from the book, condensed here for the purposes of communicating the major plot elements in a shorter period of time!"

Cujo would have been a better example from me. I'd be screaming "The kid DIES at the end of the book!"

F
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C
K
!

I'm on page 283 cousin. couldn't you have given a spoiler warning???

omg you can't be serious. Are you? I mean, I really thought about a spoiler warning but kind of figured anyone who wanted to read it would have read it by now.

I am soooooooooooooooooooooooo sorry. He doesn't really die. In fact, the dog gets well and the boy and the dog ride off into the sunset while mom smiles and wipes a happy tear from her eye?

uh, thanks. i'll try to pretend i believe you. it doesn't matter since i read that book about two decades ago, but thanks anyway.;)

spoilers are fun. Mrs L and the girls went to see Sex and the City on opening night and there were oodles of people in line when they walked out. Her friend of course, wipes her eyes and stage whispers, "I can't believe they let Carie die." and kept on walking.