Reasons to Be Pretty
Steph: So listen, this is hard for me, to come here and…to see you. But I felt I had to, you know? He put the rin on my !ner and it was, like, this ama"in moment and I#m cryin and so, so happy and all that, $ut the whole time % all while we#re talkin a$out our li&es and how we want a house and kids % you#re in my head. I#m I#m seein '(). '(). I imaine those same thins, $ut I#m I#m picturin them with you $ecause $ecause that#s how it was in my mind min d for so lon. *his complete life plan that I always felt we were onna e+perience toether…wonderin what kind of stone re#d pick out, what you would#&e $ouht me…or wanted for us. Is that sick? sick? -an#t $elie&e I#m e&en a$out to say this shit now, $ecause…you know, part of me is still waitin for you to sweep me o my feet or somethin, some last%ditch thin to win me $ack. I mean, why not? If any$ody miht deser&e it that#d $e me, after how I ot treated… t reated… anyway…/hate&er. anyway…/hate&er. 0Beat1 2oesn#t matter $ecause the other side of me, the relia$le part, was screamin, 3*hank od ya came to your fuckin senses4 et out and stay out. 5ow.3 5ow.3
Dr. Dr. Lexi Grey: So I6m oin to $e !red. I6&e done a lot of really dum$ thins today. Includin, pullin your medical !les. Dr. Dr. Meredith Grey: 7e+i… Dr. Dr. Lexi Grey: 8ust listen: I didn6t want to do this9 I didn6t want to ha&e to come to you. or anythin. ;&er. ;&er. So I thouht if I looked up your $lood type and it was the wron one then that would $e it. *hen I could eredith. =nd so I6m askin you to i&e somethin to me. I6m askin… I6m askin you to i&e me my dad. Because as crappy as he was to you, od, he was wonderful to me. He ne&er missed a sinle dance recital. He was there at my th rade raduation. /hat is that? *hat6s not e&en real. I know he6s not your dad, I know that, $ut somehow… you ha&e his $lood and I don6t. So I6m askin you… i&e me my dad. Blood Diamond written by Charles Leavitt & C. Gaby Mitchell
'ou6re riht, it#s shit. It#s like one of Maddy: 2o you think I6m e+ploitin his rief? 'ou6re those informercials. '#know, little $lack $a$ies with swollen $ellies with @ies in their eyes. It#s riht here. I#&e ot dead mothers. I#&e ot se&ered lim$s, $ut it#s nothin new. new. =nd it miht $e enouh to make some people cry if they read it. >ay$e e&en write a check. But it#s not onna to $e enouh to make it stop. I am sick of writin a$out &ictims $ut it#s all I can fuckin do $ecause I need facts. I need names. I need dates. I need pictures. I need $ank accounts. People $ack home wouldn#t $uy a rin if they knew it cost someone else their hand. I can#t write that story until I et facts that can $e &eri!ed. /hich is to say until I !nd someone who will o on record. So if
that is not you and you#re not really onna help and we6re not really onna screw, then why don6t you et the fuck out of my face and let me do my work? Sliding Doors written by Peter owitt Lydia: 2on#t you know erry? 2on#t you know what I#m tryin to do? I am tryin to $e your irlfriend, erry4 I#m tryin to win you $ack4 It#s fairly simple. I#m standin on the platform at 7im$o -entral with my heart and soul packed in my suitcase waitin for the erry riin# ;+press to roll in and tell me that my ticket is still &alid4 *hat I may re$oard the train4 (nly the station announcer keeps comin on and tellin me that my train has $een delayed4 =s the dri&er has suered a ma
Read more at http:CCwww.monolouearchi&e.comC"C"eccolaDEEF.htmlG2pdmd-F$(7pd;. '*LL/: 2id you e&er wake up and know it was onna $e your day? I did. *oday. irst time. I woke up !&e minutes $efore my alarm went o. *he sun was shinin, the $irds chirpin, I felt warm all o&er and then... ... I read my horoscope. *oday is your day444 /hat you dreamed a$out $ecomes real. Romance !ures prominently. >usical notes in&ol&ed.J (kay%%I don6t et the musical notes thin either%%$ut that6s not the point. *he point is it said today is my day. =nd it has $een%%all day444 I ot on the scale%%I was !&e pounds thinner, and that was after ettin out of the shower. (n my way out the door, my manaer tells me he6s oin to !+ the $roken closet in my apartment I reported si+ months ao. 5ormally I wouldn6t $elie&e it, $ecause I ha&e rotten luck. But I6&e had this feelin all day. =nd that6s lea&in out the $est part of my horoscope: Romance !ures Prominently.J [She looks around the cafe.] He6s not here yet. >artin. >y date. =ctually it6s a $lind date. Both 2an and I ha&e $lind dates toniht. /hich would normally scare me. *o tell the truth I was terri!ed. )ntil this mornin. I know, I know%%what are the odds of !ndin >r. Riht on a $lind date? I mean, someone who would count on that is an optimist, at $est. =t worst ... well%%let6s not o there. I6m $ein an optimist. I ha&e faith. 'ou know my luck is actually worse with men. )ntil recently I6&e $een con&inced I ha&e $ad uy%karma. /hich is why I told 2an to meet his date here, too. I had a friend at work set us up. Raul. He6s ay. /e decided to meet our dates at the same place y fa&orite paintin. 3*he Scream.3 2an says only freaks like that paintin. I think only tactless
*he =ltruists $y 5icky Sil&er Sydney:
I ha&e $een heroic4 (nly a heroine, only a mythic !ure, could o&ercome the scolds and the scandals when you told e&eryone we knew, my friends, my family, >' *H;R=PIS*, whom you had no $usiness talkin to in the !rst place when you told e&eryone in 5ew 'ork -ity that I a&e you syphilis, when we $oth know, we know without a dou$t that >aria Portnoy a&e you syphilis durin that demonstration and you in turn a&e it to me4 *H=* /=S 5(* )55'4 I made allowances $ecause e&ery now and then, once a week, once a month, once in a $lue moon, you made lo&e to me and I saw !rework, I heard orchestras4 'ou made lo&e to me and I remem$ered the $einnin, when we made lo&e nonstop, like (lympians4 I put up with e&erythin, I entered your world of ;ast Killae, =lpha$et -ity, anti%trend trendies, of sit%ins and marches and protests, $ecause it felt ood to ha&e you inside of me4 But no more4 5( >(R;, ;*H=54 I => = P;RS(54 I H=K; ;;7I5S4 I H=K; = BR;=LI5 P(I5* =52 I H=K; R;=-H;2 I*4 >ay$e I e+pect too much. >ay$e I do. >ay$e I6m lookin for perfection. 5o man6s perfect B)* S(>; =R; B;**;R4 =nd I ha&e had it4 7=S* 5IH* /=S I*4 /hen you refused to hold me, when you muttred some other name in your sleep, when you tried to kill me, when you held a pillow o&er my face, in an uly, &iolent attempt to snu out my life, I R;=7IM;2… *HI5S =R; 5(* (I5 /;774
Some irl 0s1 $y 5eil 7aBute *yler: /ell, that answers that. *here were lots of phone calls you made in those !rst few months. I mean, lots. *o -alifornia. I used to look at them on our phone $ill when it6d come, that same num$er, o&er and o&er…and each call was, like, ten seconds4 8ust a han%up, really, $ut they chared you a full minute for it. *he fuckers4 =nyway, yeah…I6d catch you doin it sometimes, riht after you h un up and you6d make up some totally ela$orate lie a$out it, $ut I knew what you were doin. I mean, after a while. 0Beat1 7ook…it is ne&er cool to $e second, you know? In a relationship. It6s not. =nd I was a distant second there for a $it4 But then you started comin around and so, what the fuck, you
imae I ha&e of you. I don6t. If you want to see me, then S;; me. *hen talk to me… ask for my sister6s num$er, shit, I do not care4 But don6t o and do some pathetic thin like pretendin to smooth thins o&er , as if you6re
Pterodactyls $y 5icky Sil&er ;mma: 7et6s discuss the weddin4 (h come on it will $e fun4 2o you hate me? Is that it? 'ou say you lo&e me $ut I don6t think so4 'ou ne&er e&en look at me4 =nd aren6t we e&er oin to ha&e se+? I don6t care if someone hears4 I don6t want to die a &irin4 I want to e+perience se+4 I6d like to ha&e an orasm. Is that so hard to understand? I am a woman4 I ha&e $reasts. I ha&e a &aina. I want to use them. >ake lo&e to me4 Liss me and kiss me in pri&ate places and make me foret that my skin is too small and e&ery pore shrieks4 *ake me $y force riht here and now4
7ittle >urders $y 8ules eier Patsy: I6m not oin to ha&e a sur&i&in marriae, I6m oin to ha&e a @ourishin marriae4 I6m a woman4 (r, $y 8esus, it6s a$out time I $ecame one. I want a family4
(h, -hrist, =lfred, this is my weddin day 0Pause1 I want I want to $e married to a $i, stron, protecti&e, &ital, &irile, self%assured man. /ho I can protect and take care of. =lfred, honey, you6re the !rst man I6&e e&er one to $ed with where I didn6t feel H; was a lot more likely to et prenant than I was. 'ou owe me somethin4 I6&e in&ested e&erythin I $elie&e in you. 'ou6&e (* to let me mold you. Please let me mold you. 0Reains control1 'ou6&e ot me $ein. 'ou6&e ot me whinin and $ein. I6&e ne&er $eha&ed like this in my life. Patsy: 'ou ne&er cried $ecause you were too terri!ed of e&erythin to let yourself ;;74 'ou6d ha&e to earn cryin from a manual4 -hop onions4 I ne&er cried $ecause I was too touh $ut I felt ;K;R'*HI5. ;&ery sliht, e&ery pressure, e&ery &aue competition $ut I ()H*. I won4 *here hasn6t $een a $attle since I was !&e that I ha&en6t won4 =nd the people I fouht were happy I won4 Happy4 =fter a while. =lfred, do you ha&e any idea how many people in this town worship me? >ay$e that6s the attraction you don6t worship me. >ay$e I6d lose all respect for you if you did all the thins I want you to do. 7isten. I6m not sayin I6m $etter or stroner than you are. It6s