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Hi George… Yeah I know i’m late, I forgot this person is coming to my house at—- SHIT!… Well I would bring her along, but I dont even know her. Shes a friend of a friend of someone I used to be frie—- She just moved to new york and I said that I’d.- I cant, what if shes some big dud and we all have a miserable time… Exactly, youll all blame me. Give me a half an hour, tops. (Buzzer) Yes?
Its Sara and-
Come on up! (Clean then go to the door) Hi
Youre Callie
Yes
I’m Sara, this is caesar and I cant believe you are doing this
Come on in - please sit
Some apartment
I was cleaning
Its huge—- and the neighborhood
You cant be comfortable
Oh I am
Are you sure?
Very.
Just—- Let me get rid of this stuff (Clean) Coffee?
Would be great. Listen this is so nice of you —
I was thinking of getting a cat anyway. Oh my keys! Thisll give me a chance to see if I can hack it.
Thts how I feel about new york
Oh yes
How long have you been here
Eleven years
I’ve lived in St. Louis my whole life. My parents live like half an hour away. I go there for dinner when It'‘s not even anybody’s birthday. Things there—- Its been, it is so—-
Easy?
So easy
Its hard here
Good, Great! I can’t wair
Yeah, you uh— what do yo… do?
I teach. third grade
Well it wont be hard finding a job
I already have one
Where?
Ps 32 in the bronx
What was the school like that you came from?
Society of frinds, a quaker school.
Im not laughing at you— Im laughing aroun
It’s obviously— its very… but I can do good work there.
I’m sure youre a good teacher
No you dont know. But I am
Where in the bronx
Tremont
Is that where— taft… is it taft?
Taft high school
Youve heard of it?
mm-hm
You know there was a guy who taught there, this rich white guy
Yes I know
He got killed—
By a student. I’m here on a fellowship set up in his name
How long is the fellowship?
Two-years
Well congradulations
Thank you
Best of luck, and if it gets too rough… go home
What brought you to new yourk?
College
and what keeps you
keeeps me from what
What do you do?
I ruin things for everyone else
youre rudolf giulini?
I’m a traffic reporter for a 24 hour news radio station
Hellicopters!
The inbound lane at the holland tunnel is closed due to a car accident. The brooklyn bound lane of the Williamsburg bridge is under construction throuugh 2002. The D train isnot running due to a track fire. you cant get in. you cant get out. you cant get around. Ill be back in 10 minutes to tell you nothing has changed.
Does that get to you?
Its a living
How long have you lived in this apartment.?
Five years, two by myself. Its a funny, not haha story
Its ok
I moved in here with my boyfriend tom. This was his aunt apartment. She lived here for 20 years
Your rent must be
Lucky
You are
Yeah well I got the apartment and he got… my sister
Oh.
They live in LA now. Its perfect
Well at least, I dont mean to be crass but—
Yeah no well I… like the apartment
Its as big as mine and I’m sharing it with two other people
Are they— did you move here with any of them?
No, they came with the apartment. Theyre a couple. Its kind of awkward, but hes sweet, shes sweet they seem to have a
Sweet?
relationshiteyrefine
Its awkward
Rents are so—- everything is
Its impossible to live hereY
You love it
You know sara, Ive actually been tto St. Louis and its a quaint pretty city but— whats the point of that? everyone still got their cars all geared up with clubs and car alarms and computerized keys. And ou have to drive all the way across town to get to the good cheap places to eat and DRIVE, I mean youre in a city and you have to drive to get around?
Where did you grow up?
Tiny town upstate
Industrial?
Contrified suburb. Tractor display in the middle of the mallP
Pretty though?
I cant connect withmountains, trees, little animals— they snub me. You know how you can be with two people and youre all having a great time. then the person sitting net to you says something in french and the two of them burst into laughter (best laugh anyones had all night) and youre left out because you took spanish in the secent grade, not french. Thats what nature does to me. Speaks french to the other people at the table
I hate Jazz
YOU DO?
I dont usually say that out loud because people think I dont have a soul or something but I dont like the way it sounds. I hate saxophones
My sister played the saxophone
Im sorry
I hate my sister
The one who