:49:00
I feel like I have to talk
:49:02
to a normal person like you
:49:04
just to restore a little of my...
:49:06
It's my pleasure.
:49:07
I could use a little lift myself.
:49:10
A little lift? Yeah.
:49:12
Good thing they bottle it, huh, pal?
:49:15
Did I say rude?
:49:17
People can be goddamn cruel,
:49:19
especially some of these housewives.
:49:21
Okay.
:49:22
So I have a weight problem.
:49:24
That's my cross to bear.
:49:26
I don't know.
:49:28
It's a defense mechanism.
:49:29
Defense against what, insurance?
:49:31
Something they need?
:49:32
Something they should be
grateful to me for offering?
:49:35
A little peace of mind.
:49:39
Finally decided
to knock off early.
:49:42
Went to see a doctor about this.
:49:44
He told me I had an ear infection.
:49:46
$10, please.
:49:47
I says, "Hell, I told you
my ear was infected.
:49:51
Why don't you give me $10?"
:49:53
Well, that led to an argument.
:49:59
Listen to me bellyaching,
:50:01
as if my problems amounted
to a hill of beans.
:50:04
How goes the life of the mind?
:50:07
Well, it's been better.
:50:09
I can't seem to get going
on this thing.
:50:12
That one idea,
:50:13
the one that lets you get started,
:50:16
I still haven't gotten it.
:50:17
Maybe I only had one idea in me...
:50:19
my play.
:50:20
Maybe once that was done,
:50:22
I was done being a writer.
:50:24
Christ, I feel like a fraud,
:50:26
sitting here staring at this paper.
:50:28
Those two lovebirds next door
driving you nuts?
:50:34
How do you know about that?
:50:36
Know about it?
:50:38
I can practically see
how they're doing it.
:50:40
Brother, I wish I had
a piece of that.
:50:43
Seems like I hear everything
:50:44
that goes on in this dump...
:50:46
the pipes or something.
:50:48
Yeah, but...
:50:49
You'll lick this picture business.
:50:50
You got a head on your shoulders.
:50:52
What do they say?
:50:54
Where there's a head, there's hope.
:50:55
Where there's life, there's hope.
:50:57
See, that proves
you really are a writer.
:50:59
There's hope for you, too, Charlie.