Newsgroup: it.discussioni.folli
Titolo: HAPPINESS

1.	EXT.  HAPPY'S RESTAURANT - NIGHT.			1.
The sign is illuminated.
2.	INT.  HAPPY'S RESTAURANT - NIGHT.			2.
Pretty, 30ish JOY JORDAN and teary-eyed STUART sit opposite each other.
He is trying to resist bursting into tears as they finish dessert.
JOY
			Stuart?ů Are you okay?
STUART
			Yeah. Sure. I'm fine.
JOY
			Good. Well. I had a really nice time.
STUART
			Yeah. Me too.
JOY
			Of course, you know I've always
			had a nice time with you.
STUART
			Same here.
JOY
			Butů
STUART
			Yeah.
JOY
			You understand.
STUART
			Unh.
JOY
			And you don't hate me?
STUART
			No.
JOY
			'Cause you know I could never 
			hate you. At the same time, I just 
			don't think I could everůyou knowů
			you.  In the way you should beů
STUART
			Yeah.
JOY
			And deserve to be.
STUART
			Unh hunh.
JOY
			Well. The food here was excellent-
			I'm gonna recommend it to my 
			sisters! How many stars did it get?
STUART
			Three and a half.
And the dam cracks wide open.  He bawls.  A pause.
JOY
			Do you feel better now?
(STUART nods)
			Me too.
STUART
			I'm sorry.
JOY
			It's really good we had this talk.
STUART
			Yeah.
JOY
			Before things went too farů
			You know, got too serious.
STUART
			Yeah. I'm sorry. I'm too serious.
JOY
			No, you're not.  It's me.
STUART
			No, it's me.
JOY
			Okay. It's you. I'm sorry.
STUART
			Okay.
	Pause.
JOY
			'Cause I meanů
STUART
			I know.
JOY
			The thing is, I want to do what's
			right - for both of us.  I spent
			a lot of timeůexaminingůmy heart.
			And I felt that you deserved
			my honesty.
STUART
			Thanks.
Pause.
JOY
			Now I just want to make you
			whole again.
STUART
			I'm whole.
JOY
			Really?
STUART
			Really.
JOY
			ů'Cause I was afraid we wouldn't
			be able to be friends anymore.
STUART
(laughing, sort of)
			Oh, Joy!
JOY
			Oh, but you know how it is.
			And well, most guysů
STUART
			I'm not most guys.
JOY
			I know. If only most guys were
			like you.
STUART
			But then I'd be like most guys.
JOY
(laughs)
			Oh, Stuart. If only I felt the way
			I'd like to feel with youů Life is
			so unfair.  It's all my fault.
STUART
			I know.
(a beat)
			Are you sureů?
JOY
			Yes.
Pause.
STUART
			Is it someone else?
JOY
			No, it's just you.
Pause.
STUART
			I want to show you something
			I got for you.
JOY
			For me?
STUART
(hands her a gift)
			Open it up.
JOY
(discovers a pewter ashtray)
			Oh, but Stuart. This isůoh,
			this is beautiful.
STUART
			Thanks. It's a Gainsevoort 
			reproduction. Boston, late 1800's.
			I sent away for it just after
			we had ourůfirst date.
JOY
			Oh, I just love it.  It's aůit's a
			collector's item.
STUART
			Yeah, it is pretty special.
JOY
(laughs)
			It almost makes me want to start
			smoking again!
STUART
			Look at the bottom.
JOY
(examines more closely)
			Ooh.
STUART
			Forty karat gold-plate inlaid base.
JOY
			Oh, Stuart. Thank you. This really
			means something to me. I'll always
			treasure itůas a tokenů
STUART
			No, you won't.
(retrieves his gift;
a sudden shift in emotion:)
			'Cause this is for the girl who
			loves me. The girl who cares for me,
			for who I am, not what I look like.
			I wanted you to know what you'd be
			missing. You think I don't appreciate
			art. You think I don't understand
			fashion. You think I'm not hip.
			You think I'm pathetic, a nerd,
			a lard-ass fatso. You think I'm shit.
			Well, you're wrong. 'Cause I'm
			champagne. And you're shit.
			And till the day you die, you,
			not me, will always be shit.
--
Satine

till the day you die, you, not me, will always be shit.
JOY
			Don't, Mom. 'Cause the thing about
			family is…no matter how distant you are
			from each other, separated, estranged,
			divorced, whatever…no matter how little
			you can relate to each other…it doesn't
			matter: you're still family. You're not
			along… Ya see?
*'mv *
Una volta mollata l'anima tutto 
segue con assoluta certezza
*'hm*


Oh, ma dove sta il problema?
--
Eliss
"E' meglio battere che andare a messa" A. Busi

Oh, ma dove sta il problema?
Devo avere da qualche parte in garage qualche testo scolastico di
matematica. E nel caso non dovessi trovarlo posso sempre chiederlo a
un collega. Procedo?
*'mv *
Fa effetto pensare che il posto dove 
stiamo sarà solo un punto nel cielo.
[Chuck Palahniuk] 

un collega. Procedo?
No, la teoria la saltiamo stavolta.
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eliss
"Forse l'automiglioramento non è la risposta.
Forse la risposta è l'autodistruzione."
Chuk Palahnjuk

No, la teoria la saltiamo stavolta.
Bene fai uno più uno allora.
Ti renderai conto che il problema è un portato naturale di persone
problematiche.


problematiche.
Non sapevo che i testi di matematica li scrivesse lapalisse.
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Desolazione Williams