Elizabeth:
If only my life could be more like the movies.I want an angel to sweep down to me like it does to Jimmy Stewart in it's a wonderful life and talk me out of suicide,I've always waited for that one moment of truth to set me free and change my life forever,but he wont come,it doesnt happen that way.All the drugs,all the therapy,fights,anger,guilt,rave,suicidal thoughts,all of thta was part of some slow recovery process,the same way i went down i came back up,gradually... and then suddenly.The pills werent the cure at all,God knows,but they gave me breathing space which allowed me to start writing again only this time it was not as if my life deppended on it.
Heather:
So I talked to John. He was sweet. He felt bad for you. He said that you were jealous because we share something special. Something that we don't have to label because...
Beth:
[interrupting] Because it's our unspoken bond and I just love how secure you are?
Carrie:
And it hurts me to question it, because...
Heather, Beth, Carrie:
[at the same time] ... YOU'RE THE ONLY GIRL FOR ME?
Heather:
Damn! He said the same thing to all of us!
Beth:
Figures. He makes up with us and he hooks up with us...
Carrie:
[interrupts, whispers] You guys hooked up?
Beth:
John and I share something special.
Carrie:
Oh what, that they been both in your pants?
Beth:
We share a vegan/nonviolent outlook on life.
Heather:
[under her breath, coughs] Hippie slut.
Beth:
[sarcastic] Oh nice, Heather. It's not like everyone doesn't know that little Miss Cheerleader brings it on.
Carrie:
What, you too?
Heather:
John and I belong together. He is the team captain and I am the head cheerleader.
Beth:
Oh, I'm sorry, what kind of cheerleader?
Carrie:
Oh, like he'd take either of you two seriously?
Beth:
Do not lump me with her!
Heather:
Oh so what, you're now better than me?
Kate:
Shut up.
Heather, Beth:
[peeved] What?
Kate:
Sorry.
Heather:
You got something to say?
Kate:
No, it's none of my business. [pause]
Kate:
Okay, let me guess. Does he always use pet names like "Baby" and "Sweetheart?" Yeah, it's not out of affection, it's so he won't mix up your names. And he's all about an unspoken bond or something special, but never about a relationship. And the whole arrangement was your idea, so you feel guilty that he cheated.
Heather:
Oh my God, you're dating John too?
Kate:
No, I knew a guy like him... Skip.
[phoning citizens in an attempt to secure votes]
Mike:
Hi there, this is Mike Donnelly. I work over here at the recreational center. To be honest with you I pretty much run the place ha, ha, ha. Is this ah Pat Gyles? Good, Good. Hey, hope everything's going great in your fine town of er Avery? Edward! Ha, ha, ha. Say, the reason I'm calling is I wanted to tell you a little bit about the candidacy of Al Donnelly. Al Donnelly's a guy with a dream. His dream is to become governor of this great state of Washington. Hell, every guy's got his dream, am I right? Between you, me and the wall here, I doozy myself last night. Ha ha, ha, ha. Get this: A corn-fed harvest mouse, a hooker, a nun, a Flemish peasant woman, whips, chains, whistles yo-yo's, a circus midget. My grandmother riding by on a bicycle give me the finger, and a duck! Now, I don't know ha, ha, ha. Are you crying? Oh my lord. I am sorry honey, please don't ! Could you get your daddy on the phone. No, don't hang up please I... [phone hangs up]
Jon Savage:
Dad's not the one that has a problem with the Valley View. There's nothing wrong with Dad's situation. Dad's situation is fine. He's never gonna adjust to it if we keep yanking him outta there. And, actually, this upward mobility fixation of yours, it's counterproductive and, frankly, pretty selfish. Because it's not about Dad, it's about you and your guilt. That's what these places prey upon.
Wendy Savage:
I happen to think it's nicer here.
Jon Savage:
Of course you do, because you are the consumer they want to target. You are the guilty demographic. The landscaping, the neighborhoods of care; they're not for the residents, they're for the relatives. People like you and me who don't want to admit to what's really going on here.
Wendy Savage:
Which is what, Jon?
Jon Savage:
People are dying, Wendy! Right inside that beautiful building right now, it's a fucking horror show! And all this wellness propaganda and the landscaping, it's just there to obscure the miserable fact that people die! And death is gaseous and gruesome and it's filled with shit and piss and rotten stink!
