:07:01
She was gonna make T-shirts.
:07:04
You know, there's eight million
people in New York...
:07:07
but when the three of us were together
it felt like we were living
on our own little island.
:07:13
But New York is an island.
:07:16
I'm trying to sprinkle
a little fairy dust here.
:07:18
- I'm-- I'm trying to tell a story.
- I'm terribly sorry.
:07:21
- Continue. Go on. Sprinkle away.
- Mm-hmm. Okay.
:07:25
Well, then disaster struck.
:07:28
The summer after eighth grade,
Anna's father got a job in California...
:07:32
and just like that,
she was gone.
:07:43
Well, as for me and Jake, our friendship
just got stronger and stronger.
:07:47
In most ways, we were like
any other two kids in New York...
:07:49
but our relationship did have
this one unusual component--
:07:53
we were fascinated
with each other's religions.
:07:55
He showed me
the secret rituals of Judaism...
:07:59
and I let him in on
the Catholic mysteries.
:08:01
Just remember:
spectacles, testicles, watch, wallet.
:08:15
I bet you're wondering what makes two
kids wanna become a priest and a rabbi
in this day and age.
:08:20
Well, you know, people don't talk
that much about a calling any more...
:08:23
but I just knew it was something
I was supposed to do.
:08:26
And even way back then,
everybody just seemed to feel good
bringing their problems to me.
:08:30
My parents had basically given up
on children when I came along...
:08:34
so my mother always called me
her gift from God.
:08:36
That really stuck with me, and when
I was eight I told her I had a feeling
I was supposed to return the favour.
:08:41
She was so happy, she cried.
:08:43
My dad just wanted to know
if working for God came with dental.
:08:49
Now, Jake's sense of a calling
might not have gelled as early as mine.
:08:53
Religion was really more
of a hobby for him at first.
:08:56
Got it. Got it.
Need it. Need it.