Friday, August 28, 2009

Fiction: Pep Talk

Mark: (dressing for work)  What are we doing for lunch today?


Jamie:  It's 7am, Mark.  Am I still not in bed here??


Mark: I need pleasant thoughts to get me through the day.


Jamie:  I'm unemployed, it's August, we're in Jersey City and it's 100 degrees out there.  Fuck your pleasant thoughts.  I'm not getting out of this bed.


Mark: "Life is..."


Jamie:  (stares)


Mark: "Umm..."


Jamie:  (stares)


Mark: "Life is like exercise.  If you're not sweating, you're probably not accomplishing anything."


Jamie:  "Coming from someone who's spent every summer of his life in New England, that means absolutely nothing to me."

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