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You
realize this draft isn't
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anywhere near being
ready to defend?
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- I thought it was pretty
good progress considering.
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- Bullshit!
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- Excuse me?
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Ben, you and I
both know that's bullshit.
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- I have the ideas there.
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- Look, I get it.
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It's a lot more fun to spin
theories out loud than it is
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to sit at your computer
and make things make sense.
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- With a little more time.
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- You don't have any more time.
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This is your seventh year.
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Your clock has run out, man.
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If you don't defend on schedule
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all your coursework
becomes invalid.
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Now, your argument and
dialectic isn't bad,
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an overview of the
philosophical spread
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of Calvinism across
Western Europe.
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- I'm focusing on how the idea
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of predestination
shaped society.
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How it affected
politics, culture.
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- Yeah, yeah, I get it.
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Not bad.
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But, you gotta stop
procrastinating.
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That may have gotten you
through your masters,
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but it won't work here.
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Now, focus and get to work.
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You started it!
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No, you started it!
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No, you started it!
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No, you started it!
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No, you started it.
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No, you started it.
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No, you started it.
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No, you started it.
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- Stop it.
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Mohammed, be nice
to your sister.
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She's a girl.
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- But, she started it.
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- Mohammed, drink
your orange juice.
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- I want apple juice!
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- Enough!
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We ran out.
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Ara, is that food almost ready?
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- Almost.
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- She let us have
donuts last time.
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- Ara!
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- I didn't give them donuts.
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- Myriam, you know what
Allah says about lying.
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I spoke to your
grandmother today.
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Every time I call her
she's asking about you.
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When are you going
to call that woman?
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- It's always the
same conversation
about great-grandkids.
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I'll give her a call later.
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- Oh, and Najeeb's
mother called.
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She's insisting that you join
them for dinner this week.
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- It's not a good week for that.
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- When is it going
to be a good week?
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A good man like Najeeb isn't
going to chase you forever.
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Ara, you have to start taking
your place in the community.
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I take it you're
finished for the night?
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- I just started proofing.
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I'd like to get a
little more finished
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before I have to get up tomorrow
and do it all over again.
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- Maybe it's time to
give the dissertation
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a break for the night.
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Give yourself some rest.
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- Mom.
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- For your own sake.
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Remember the scriptures
says, "To the righteous soul
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it will be said: O thou soul,
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in complete rest
and satisfaction."
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- What would a righteous
woman do tonight?
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- Didn't you say something
about your friend's art exhibit?
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Why don't you take the evening
off and go support her?
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- Sasha wouldn't miss me.
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- Would you stop it.
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Go see it, if just
for curiosity's sake.
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- I guess I'm
obsessing over this
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because it's my last
paper as a student.
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- If you give it too much
power it will control you.
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Sweetheart, go to the gallery.
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- Hey.
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- Hey, how's the work coming?
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- Slow.
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- Okay, well are you going
to be there all night?
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- I don't know.
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I may break for a few,
then get back to it.
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- All right, well,
you are still coming
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to the family dinner
on Sunday, right?
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- Nah, I need to skip this week.
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- Please, stop being a martyr
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because you could
come if you wanted to.
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And do you understand that
you're wasting your time
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on a PhD that is
essentially worthless?
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- I don't need this
from you right now.
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- You are afraid
of the real world.
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- What is the real world?
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- Really?
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Here we go again.
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- No, tell me.
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Accounting firms are the real
world and academia isn't.
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Is that right?
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You're going to cure
cancer with your MBA?
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- You know what I think?
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I think that I'm going to
go out with Manny tonight.
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Is that cool with you?
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- What, are you asking me now?
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- People change and
frankly, I really don't need
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any more drama in my life.
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So, yes, I'm asking.
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- That's the deal, right?
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We can see whoever we want.
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- Name, please.
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- Vivian.
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- Okay, you're good.
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- Name, please.
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- Ara Jalali.
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- Sasha's friend, right?
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- Yeah.
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- Go ahead.
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- Thanks.
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- Name, please.
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- Alice.
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- Excuse me.
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I didn't think you'd make it.
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- Wow.
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It all looks so beautiful.
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- Thank you.
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- It's amazing.
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- I am so glad you are here.
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Me, too.
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You know, here's going
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to be coming here later.
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Okay, which
one is it this time?
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Jean-Marc, of course.
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My Frenchman.
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Hmm.
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What about you?
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What about me?
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- Don't play dumb.
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- There's no time.
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- Why don't you make time?
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You keep staring
at my champagne.
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You want some?
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- No.
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I just like the smell.
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I love you, Ara.
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- Excuse me.
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You have a buyer.
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- Excuse me.
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- Okay.
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- What were you thinking?
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- Beg your pardon?
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- When they took the
photograph of you.
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What were you thinking?
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- Don't know.
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My friend took it.
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It's more of a favor to her.
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- Hmm.
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You didn't answer
the question though.
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- The answer is nothing.
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It was a windy day,
kind of chilly.
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I was just looking
up at the clouds.
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- That's impossible.
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No one really thinks
about nothing.
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- Excuse me?
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- Maybe you were thinking
about how cold it was outside,
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or about how you want this
to turn out for your friend.
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- It's just a turn of phrase.
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- Why not say, "my
mind was wandering",
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or "nothing in particular"?
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Saying just "nothing"
is inaccurate.
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- You take things
pretty literally.
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I go to
school with you.
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We're in the same department.
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Ben Johnson.
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- Oh.
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- It's an amazing photograph.
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Everyone's really
raving about your work.
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You about to defend?
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Fourth year in?
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- Is it every really ready?
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What about you?
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- I am woefully behind actually.
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That was helpful.
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- What?
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- What we did earlier.
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Back and forth
about nothingness.
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It was helpful.
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Thank you.
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Do you have five
minutes actually?
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Just to bounce some
ideas off of you.
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If that's cool?
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- Okay.
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- Yeah?
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- Sure.
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- I'm writing about
the concept of fate
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and John Calvin's teachings
on predestination.
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How they effected
western philosophy.
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- So where's your trouble?
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- I compiled this
great reading list,
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I did all this research,
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and then my first
draft just sucked.
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- You didn't send any
segments to your adviser?
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- Something like that.
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I don't know, I think
philosophy is more about
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the talking, and
flushing out of truths.
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- Sounds like maybe
you procrastinate.
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- How do you know
its procrastination?
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- You're in your last
stage of a PhD program.
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You must have written
papers in your masters
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that were good enough
to get you here, right?
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- Right.
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- So, you've probably had
this habit for awhile.
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- What about yours?
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- My dissertation?
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- Yeah.
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- It's about Cameroonian
Philosophy, pre-colonization.
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How their ideas might
have been different
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without European intrusion.
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It's like trying to
un-graft a vine from a tree.
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- How would it have
looked, you think?
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Better?
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- That's subjective.
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I believe thought develops
best out of captivity,
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so in that respect,
yeah, better.
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What about you and Calvin?
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- Would it have been better
had he not come along?
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- Or if his teachings
never took off.
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- I don't know.
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I never really weighed in
on that specific topic.
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- You don't have an
opinion on how a major
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movement like that
affected your religion?
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- I'm agnostic.
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I don't have a religion.
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- Ah.
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- Well, that can't
be a surprise.
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Most of the
department's that way.
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- Not everyone.
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- Sorry.
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Um, I'm not religious, but
I think the reformation
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was more about freedom
from Rome and the Pope.
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I mean, King Henry, come on.
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That had nothing to do with
God, he just wanted a divorce.
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I mean, maybe separation from
the papacy was a good thing.
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Who wants to be Catholic, right?
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- Um, I'd better get going.
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It was nice running into you.
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- Yeah, you, too.
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Um, do you want to
maybe meet up again?
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Like, can I get your number?
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- Uh, sure.
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Okay, um, here.
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Let me have yours.
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- Well, I'll text it to you.
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Nice try.
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Just put it in here.
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- Here you go.
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- Thanks.
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- It was good running into you.
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- You, too.
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Ara, don't forget
to schedule dinner with
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Najeeb's parents this week.
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I know you hear me!
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- My faith in Allah
has been a source
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of strength and peace for me.
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It feels like a lifeline really.
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Something that saves me from
drowning when I'm at my lowest.
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That's why staying pure
before Allah is so important.
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We're created to crave
God, to want Allah,
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but its the human challenge
to make our bodies
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and our minds sync
up with Allah.
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Last Friday we talked
about how The Holy Prophet,
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sallallaho alaihi wasallam said,
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"The best treasure
is an obedient wife
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"having a good disposition
so that her husband
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"is pleased to see her
and when the husband
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"is not home, she
protects her chastity."
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But, at the same time I feel
like God wants us to explore
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the world that He gave us.
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I think that's a big part of
our relationship with Him, too.
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Hello?
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- Dr. Jalali, I presume?
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- Not yet, Mom.
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- Can you stop by the Mosque
and get the tablecloth
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that I loaned to Najeeb's mom?
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- Okay.
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- Why don't you have
dinner with them this week?
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- Mom.
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Uh, Mom, I'll think about it.
293
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I have to go.
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Love you.
295
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Bye.
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- Here you go.
297
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- Thanks.
298
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- You're welcome.
299
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- So, did you make
any progress today?
300
00:15:23,290 --> 00:15:25,425
- Yeah, I finally started
my second draft last night.
301
00:15:25,458 --> 00:15:26,693
- Wait.
302
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You're just now writing
your second draft?
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- I know.
304
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I'll make it.
305
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- You're crazy.
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- You'd be proud.
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I spent all morning writing.
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I got through 10 pages.
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- Out of what 150?
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You should be
chained to your desk.
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- Nah, I work better
under pressure.
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00:15:45,745 --> 00:15:48,581
- Why not set an appointment
to write everyday?
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Set an alarm if you have to.
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00:15:51,284 --> 00:15:54,721
- What gave you the
inspiration for your topic?
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- My experiences in Cameroon.
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I would always hear my
grandmother talk about
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the cycle of the human soul.
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It wasn't until I was in
undergrad that I realized
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that that's how my people
preserved their philosophies.
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A lot of our ideas survived.
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00:16:10,403 --> 00:16:13,073
Even though the country's
been Chrisianized,
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people still practice some
form of ancestor worship.
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00:16:16,309 --> 00:16:18,611
- What do they say about
the cycle of the soul?
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- Well, my tribe
believes that it's synced
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with the world around us,
particularly the ocean.
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And that the spirit of our
ancestors live in the sea.
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The good ones act as an
intermediary between us and God.
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- Is that what you believe?
329
00:16:34,594 --> 00:16:35,795
- Well, I believe
that when you die,
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your soul enters an
in-between stage.
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The souls of good people
are in a state of paradise
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awaiting the Last Day.
333
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- What about the bad people?
334
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- For them it's not so nice.
335
00:16:50,710 --> 00:16:51,544
- Hmm.
336
00:16:52,845 --> 00:16:55,448
Are there many other
Muslims in Cameroon?
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- Some.
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I actually grew up Christian,
and then my mom got married
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to my step-dad, who's Muslim,
and then we converted.
340
00:17:06,226 --> 00:17:08,795
He was an American
visiting Africa.
341
00:17:08,828 --> 00:17:09,829
- He was a missionary?
342
00:17:09,862 --> 00:17:12,299
- No, he was a lawyer.
343
00:17:12,332 --> 00:17:14,501
- But, he converted
you guys though.
344
00:17:14,534 --> 00:17:16,736
- Well, he wasn't an
official missionary.
345
00:17:20,273 --> 00:17:21,641
- Did you ever know
your biological dad?
346
00:17:21,674 --> 00:17:24,344
- No, he died when I was a baby.
347
00:17:25,312 --> 00:17:28,748
My step-dad died
a few years ago.
348
00:17:28,781 --> 00:17:29,782
- I'm sorry.
349
00:17:34,854 --> 00:17:36,723
- Time to get back to work.
350
00:17:36,756 --> 00:17:38,325
- Come on, that was
like two minutes.
351
00:17:38,358 --> 00:17:39,659
- That's how it should be.
352
00:17:39,692 --> 00:17:41,161
Go write.
353
00:17:41,194 --> 00:17:44,297
I don't want you failing
to be on my conscience.
354
00:17:44,331 --> 00:17:45,865
- Meet me again tomorrow?
355
00:17:45,898 --> 00:17:46,833
- Um, sure.
356
00:17:48,301 --> 00:17:50,137
If I have time.
357
00:17:50,170 --> 00:17:50,770
- Okay, bye.
358
00:17:50,803 --> 00:17:52,305
- Bye.
359
00:17:59,646 --> 00:18:01,248
- Oh, you look tired.
360
00:18:01,281 --> 00:18:03,283
Sit down, have some tea.
361
00:18:05,252 --> 00:18:08,421
- Najeeb and his
father came by today.
362
00:18:10,157 --> 00:18:13,126
Mr. Seyed just made
partner and Najeeb
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00:18:13,160 --> 00:18:15,262
is going to be an
associate at the same firm
364
00:18:15,295 --> 00:18:17,530
when he's passed the bar.
365
00:18:17,564 --> 00:18:18,431
- Nice.
366
00:18:20,300 --> 00:18:24,571
- You know what they came
by to talk about, right?
367
00:18:24,604 --> 00:18:28,175
- I thought if I played dumb
I could avoid the subject.
368
00:18:28,208 --> 00:18:31,144
- Najeeb is a hot commodity,
and he's not going
369
00:18:31,178 --> 00:18:32,245
to be on the market for long.
370
00:18:32,279 --> 00:18:33,846
- Mom.
371
00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:36,583
- You don't even act
interested in men.
372
00:18:36,616 --> 00:18:39,552
- That's because it's rare to
find one who's interesting.
373
00:18:39,586 --> 00:18:41,154
- You mean all these
years in college
374
00:18:41,188 --> 00:18:43,556
you haven't been
interested in anyone?
375
00:18:43,590 --> 00:18:44,224
- So?
376
00:18:45,458 --> 00:18:47,260
- You do like men, don't you?
377
00:18:47,294 --> 00:18:48,328
- Yes!
378
00:18:49,462 --> 00:18:52,832
- All I'm saying is that
you could give him a chance.
379
00:18:52,865 --> 00:18:53,700
Its time.
380
00:18:54,834 --> 00:18:58,271
- When I'm done with my
dissertation I'll deal with it.
381
00:18:58,305 --> 00:19:00,573
- You know, Ara, maybe
that's your problem.
382
00:19:00,607 --> 00:19:04,511
You look at love as
something to be dealt with.
383
00:19:49,589 --> 00:19:53,293
- Tomorrow, I want us
to stay at my place.
384
00:19:54,026 --> 00:19:54,994
- Why?
385
00:19:55,027 --> 00:19:57,297
- Because, it's fucking clean!
386
00:19:57,330 --> 00:19:59,799
I mean, your parents, they
hooked you up with this place.
387
00:19:59,832 --> 00:20:03,536
The least that you could do
is actually keep it clean.
388
00:20:03,570 --> 00:20:07,607
- I'll clean when I'm
more ahead with this.
389
00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:08,708
- Yeah, well,
390
00:20:10,443 --> 00:20:12,612
I think that you have done
391
00:20:14,481 --> 00:20:16,483
enough work for today.
392
00:20:16,516 --> 00:20:19,218
- I need to finish this, okay?
393
00:20:19,986 --> 00:20:21,153
- Seriously?
394
00:20:21,187 --> 00:20:25,725
I mean, God forbid that we
actually take our clothes off
395
00:20:25,758 --> 00:20:27,527
and touch each other.
396
00:20:34,467 --> 00:20:35,668
I'm going to Manny's.
397
00:20:46,045 --> 00:20:47,614
French roast with
half and half, right?
398
00:20:47,647 --> 00:20:48,448
- Thanks.
399
00:20:48,481 --> 00:20:49,416
- Welcome.
400
00:20:49,449 --> 00:20:50,983
- Do you have a table inside?
401
00:20:51,017 --> 00:20:52,519
- You know, actually, I've
been sitting all day long.
402
00:20:52,552 --> 00:20:55,388
Do you want to
maybe take a walk?
403
00:20:55,422 --> 00:20:56,255
- Sure.
404
00:20:59,959 --> 00:21:02,562
So, you never told
me about your family.
405
00:21:02,595 --> 00:21:05,432
What would
you like to know?
406
00:21:05,465 --> 00:21:07,300
Where are you from?
407
00:21:07,334 --> 00:21:10,337
I was born in Texas,
but we moved to Seattle
408
00:21:10,370 --> 00:21:13,039
when my mom got out
of the Air Force.
409
00:21:13,072 --> 00:21:15,575
So, it was
just you and your mom?
410
00:21:15,608 --> 00:21:17,377
- My step-mom, too.
411
00:21:19,479 --> 00:21:21,013
Oh.
412
00:21:21,047 --> 00:21:23,350
- She's a lesbian.
413
00:21:23,383 --> 00:21:24,784
- Yeah, I got that.
414
00:21:26,886 --> 00:21:29,722
So, you never knew your Dad?
415
00:21:29,756 --> 00:21:32,459
- Yeah, he was a bad guy.
416
00:21:32,492 --> 00:21:34,994
Roughed us up a bunch.
417
00:21:35,027 --> 00:21:36,596
One night he beat us
up both pretty bad.
418
00:21:36,629 --> 00:21:38,365
She grabbed me and left.
419
00:21:38,398 --> 00:21:39,666
- I'm so sorry.
420
00:21:39,699 --> 00:21:40,500
You don't have to be.
421
00:21:40,533 --> 00:21:42,402
Shit happens, you know?
422
00:21:42,435 --> 00:21:44,904
I don't think stuff
like that just happens.
423
00:21:44,937 --> 00:21:46,105
- I can talk about it now.
424
00:21:46,138 --> 00:21:50,343
Seems like a bad dream I used
to have when I was a kid.
425
00:21:50,377 --> 00:21:51,944
- Is that when you
lost your faith?
426
00:21:51,978 --> 00:21:53,045
- In what?
427
00:21:53,079 --> 00:21:53,713
God?
428
00:21:55,114 --> 00:21:56,616
I don't recall ever having any.
429
00:21:56,649 --> 00:21:58,351
- Your parents
weren't Christian?
430
00:21:58,385 --> 00:22:00,753
- No, both atheists,
grandparents, too.
431
00:22:00,787 --> 00:22:03,956
I guess you could say like
a third generation skeptic.
432
00:22:03,990 --> 00:22:05,625
- So you've always doubted?
433
00:22:05,658 --> 00:22:08,695
- I've always maintained
that anything people say
434
00:22:08,728 --> 00:22:11,831
that they know about
God, is uncertain.
435
00:22:11,864 --> 00:22:13,700
- So, you're first
generation agnostic
436
00:22:13,733 --> 00:22:15,101
because your parents
were atheist.
437
00:22:15,134 --> 00:22:17,136
- No, they felt same way.
438
00:22:17,169 --> 00:22:20,106
- Right, but you just said
that they were atheists.
439
00:22:20,139 --> 00:22:21,741
Atheists aren't unsure.
440
00:22:21,774 --> 00:22:24,577
They're certain that
there is no God.
441
00:22:24,611 --> 00:22:26,513
- There are levels of atheism.
442
00:22:26,546 --> 00:22:27,514
- Which one are you?
443
00:22:27,547 --> 00:22:28,781
- Atheist-lite.
444
00:22:32,051 --> 00:22:34,621
Was it weird
when your mom came out?
445
00:22:34,654 --> 00:22:37,023
- It was odd at first, but
she was so much more happy
446
00:22:37,056 --> 00:22:40,560
I didn't care and I
love my step-mom, too.
447
00:22:42,028 --> 00:22:44,130
- I wonder if you would have
felt the same way in Texas.
448
00:22:44,163 --> 00:22:46,666
- Why would that have mattered?
449
00:22:46,699 --> 00:22:49,402
- Places can affect
people's attitudes.
450
00:22:49,436 --> 00:22:51,904
- I think if you're strong
enough you can keep stuff out.
451
00:22:51,938 --> 00:22:54,106
Like water-resistant wood.
452
00:22:55,975 --> 00:22:58,077
When you go back to Cameroon
does it affect your attitude?
453
00:22:58,110 --> 00:22:59,111
- Of course.
454
00:23:00,447 --> 00:23:01,981
My grandma's crazy.
455
00:23:02,949 --> 00:23:04,884
She's not religious, but somehow
456
00:23:04,917 --> 00:23:08,087
our converting to
Islam traumatized her.
457
00:23:08,120 --> 00:23:09,789
- You ever feel oppressed
by your religion?
458
00:23:09,822 --> 00:23:12,459
Like having to
wear the headscarf?
459
00:23:12,492 --> 00:23:17,464
- Its called a hijab and I
wear it because I want to.
460
00:23:17,497 --> 00:23:20,166
My grandma bugs
me about it, too.
461
00:23:20,199 --> 00:23:22,101
- Does it make you feel angry?
462
00:23:22,134 --> 00:23:23,903
- No, just alienated.
463
00:23:27,206 --> 00:23:28,074
I don't fit in back home
464
00:23:28,107 --> 00:23:31,711
and I don't quite
fit in here either.
465
00:23:31,744 --> 00:23:34,581
Makes me wish there was
an in-between place.
466
00:23:34,614 --> 00:23:39,118
- Like somewhere you can just
be without offending anyone?
467
00:23:39,151 --> 00:23:40,186
- Yeah.
468
00:23:42,522 --> 00:23:45,525
Well, it's time to
get back to work.
469
00:23:50,029 --> 00:23:51,698
- Ara Jalali?
470
00:23:51,731 --> 00:23:53,065
- Yeah.
471
00:23:53,099 --> 00:23:57,136
God,
she's Sasha's friend.
472
00:23:57,169 --> 00:23:59,438
So, how did you two meet?
473
00:24:01,674 --> 00:24:03,242
- I've known her for
awhile, actually.
474
00:24:03,275 --> 00:24:04,977
We're in the same department.
475
00:24:05,011 --> 00:24:07,647
Met her in an art gallery
and we started talking.
476
00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:08,881
You?
477
00:24:08,915 --> 00:24:09,749
- Uh,
478
00:24:11,083 --> 00:24:13,486
she's Sasha's good friend.
479
00:24:16,288 --> 00:24:17,089
So, um,
480
00:24:19,225 --> 00:24:24,030
are you guys going to start
seeing each other more often?
481
00:24:24,063 --> 00:24:24,897
- No.
482
00:24:28,535 --> 00:24:29,168
- Well,
483
00:24:31,638 --> 00:24:33,005
I'm gonna go spend the night
484
00:24:33,039 --> 00:24:35,675
at Manny's house tomorrow night.
485
00:24:38,077 --> 00:24:39,512
- Okay, have fun.
486
00:24:43,215 --> 00:24:45,184
That's a good one.
487
00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:50,222
- Come on Ara, you
should have got that.
488
00:24:50,256 --> 00:24:51,691
I'm out of practice.
489
00:24:51,724 --> 00:24:53,660
- You used to be
really good, right?
490
00:24:53,693 --> 00:24:55,528
- Good enough to
not be embarrassing.
491
00:24:55,562 --> 00:24:56,629
- You ever miss it?
492
00:24:56,663 --> 00:24:58,831
- I miss all my free time.
493
00:24:58,865 --> 00:25:00,667
- I play in a league.
494
00:25:00,700 --> 00:25:02,268
It helps me blow off steam.
495
00:25:02,301 --> 00:25:03,002
Wanna come watch me sometime?
496
00:25:03,035 --> 00:25:06,172
Maybe we'll grab
some food after?
497
00:25:07,239 --> 00:25:08,274
I.
498
00:25:25,157 --> 00:25:26,092
- Woo!
499
00:25:26,125 --> 00:25:27,293
Hi, Manny.
500
00:25:27,326 --> 00:25:29,195
Hey, baby.
501
00:25:52,118 --> 00:25:53,319
- I was up late
writing last night
502
00:25:53,352 --> 00:25:54,921
and it all of a
sudden came to me.
503
00:25:54,954 --> 00:25:58,758
I'm gonna throw in a
section of Spinoza's theory.
504
00:26:00,159 --> 00:26:03,262
- You added a section about
Rationalistic Pantheism?
505
00:26:03,295 --> 00:26:04,897
- Mm-Hmm.
506
00:26:04,931 --> 00:26:07,266
- That has nothing to
do with your topic.
507
00:26:07,299 --> 00:26:08,801
- It has everything
to do with it.
508
00:26:08,835 --> 00:26:10,036
I'm gonna show that
Calvin paved the way
509
00:26:10,069 --> 00:26:11,871
for other thinkers like Spinoza.
510
00:26:11,904 --> 00:26:14,173
So, in a way Calvinism helped
move along the Renaissance.
511
00:26:14,206 --> 00:26:16,208
- You have to show evidence.
512
00:26:16,242 --> 00:26:18,911
Are you sure you're not just
a Rationalistic Pantheist
513
00:26:18,945 --> 00:26:20,813
and this isn't your
way of infusing
514
00:26:20,847 --> 00:26:22,882
your personal beliefs
into your argument?
515
00:26:22,915 --> 00:26:24,083
- I'm agnostic.
516
00:26:24,116 --> 00:26:26,018
I don't think it's possible
to know if any deity exists.
517
00:26:26,052 --> 00:26:27,153
Not even Spinoza's.
518
00:26:27,186 --> 00:26:29,221
- Maybe some people can.
519
00:26:29,255 --> 00:26:30,690
- There's no certainty, though.
520
00:26:30,723 --> 00:26:32,692
Certainty is gravity,
cell division, death.
521
00:26:32,725 --> 00:26:34,827
- Okay, but wouldn't you say
that some people innately
522
00:26:34,861 --> 00:26:37,029
have a better understanding
of physics than others?
523
00:26:37,063 --> 00:26:39,832
I mean, maybe the same is
true for supernatural things.
524
00:26:39,866 --> 00:26:42,201
Maybe there are physical
ways to study metaphysics
525
00:26:42,234 --> 00:26:43,903
that we just don't know about.
526
00:26:43,936 --> 00:26:45,905
- Based on what people
know, right here and now,
527
00:26:45,938 --> 00:26:48,240
there's no certainty.
528
00:26:48,274 --> 00:26:49,108
- Well, Spinoza would argue
529
00:26:49,141 --> 00:26:51,377
that the universe
is deterministic.
530
00:26:51,410 --> 00:26:54,947
Everything that has
happened, or will happen,
531
00:26:54,981 --> 00:26:58,084
could not have unfolded
in any other way.
532
00:26:58,117 --> 00:27:00,186
And you're welcome.
533
00:27:00,219 --> 00:27:01,721
- Why?
534
00:27:01,754 --> 00:27:03,890
- Spinoza's deterministic
theory is a tie-in
535
00:27:03,923 --> 00:27:06,192
to Calvin's predestination.
536
00:27:09,696 --> 00:27:12,064
- Would you mind taking a
look at some of my writing?
537
00:27:12,098 --> 00:27:13,032
- Sure.
538
00:27:13,065 --> 00:27:15,101
I'm curious at this point.
539
00:27:25,244 --> 00:27:26,278
Not bad.
540
00:27:26,312 --> 00:27:28,280
Your prose and ideas are great.
541
00:27:28,314 --> 00:27:29,215
- Thanks.
542
00:27:29,248 --> 00:27:31,217
- Ever heard of spell check?
543
00:27:31,250 --> 00:27:32,351
I hate spell check.
544
00:27:32,384 --> 00:27:36,789
- That being the hardest
part about writing a paper.
545
00:27:39,358 --> 00:27:42,228
I got a call from my
friend Sasha the other day.
546
00:27:42,261 --> 00:27:44,831
She said you were seeing
one of her friends.
547
00:27:44,864 --> 00:27:45,798
Gabrielle?
548
00:27:45,832 --> 00:27:46,966
- Yeah.
549
00:27:46,999 --> 00:27:48,701
Gab mentioned meeting
you once or twice.
550
00:27:48,735 --> 00:27:50,970
- Is it weird for her
that we're hanging out?
551
00:27:51,003 --> 00:27:51,804
- No.
552
00:27:51,838 --> 00:27:54,206
Why would that be weird?
553
00:27:54,240 --> 00:27:56,208
- Seems like she'd be jealous.
554
00:27:56,242 --> 00:27:58,845
- Nah, we have an
open relationship.
555
00:27:58,878 --> 00:27:59,746
- What?
556
00:28:01,247 --> 00:28:03,482
- We both see other people.
557
00:28:03,515 --> 00:28:04,316
She has another guy named Manny.
558
00:28:04,350 --> 00:28:06,252
I'm cool with it.
559
00:28:06,285 --> 00:28:08,721
- And how many women
are you seeing?
560
00:28:08,755 --> 00:28:10,289
- So far, just her.
561
00:28:11,223 --> 00:28:12,992
I'm pickier than she is.
562
00:28:13,025 --> 00:28:14,761
- You're all crazy.
563
00:28:14,794 --> 00:28:15,427
- Why?
564
00:28:16,863 --> 00:28:19,198
- Don't you find that
the least bit abnormal?
565
00:28:19,231 --> 00:28:21,000
No, we don't.
566
00:28:21,033 --> 00:28:22,201
- You don't want to get married?
567
00:28:22,234 --> 00:28:23,235
- No.
568
00:28:23,269 --> 00:28:24,871
Not right now, no.
569
00:28:24,904 --> 00:28:26,038
She feels the same way.
570
00:28:26,072 --> 00:28:27,173
I mean, if it
changes, it changes.
571
00:28:27,206 --> 00:28:29,208
- Only in grad-school.
572
00:28:29,241 --> 00:28:32,879
- You're telling me that
you've never had a boyfriend
573
00:28:32,912 --> 00:28:36,082
who you didn't want to spend
the rest of your life with?
574
00:28:36,115 --> 00:28:38,350
- I haven't really dated any.
575
00:28:38,384 --> 00:28:39,786
- That's a little abnormal.
576
00:28:39,819 --> 00:28:42,354
Jerk.
577
00:28:43,990 --> 00:28:46,258
When everyone started
dating in high school
578
00:28:46,292 --> 00:28:48,227
none of the boys seemed
interested in me.
579
00:28:48,260 --> 00:28:52,231
So, by the time we got into
college, I was too busy.
580
00:28:53,365 --> 00:28:55,534
- Did you make
yourself too busy?
581
00:28:55,567 --> 00:28:57,136
- Well, my parents
wouldn't allow it,
582
00:28:57,169 --> 00:28:59,839
and I wasn't ready
for marriage yet,
583
00:28:59,872 --> 00:29:02,208
so I put all that on the shelf.
584
00:29:02,241 --> 00:29:04,877
- You couldn't date until you
were ready to get married?
585
00:29:04,911 --> 00:29:05,511
- No.
586
00:29:07,446 --> 00:29:10,282
Plus, I was coping out.
587
00:29:10,316 --> 00:29:11,784
- How so?
588
00:29:11,818 --> 00:29:14,821
- Well, I guess I used
my beliefs as a way
589
00:29:14,854 --> 00:29:17,924
of avoiding all the awkwardness.
590
00:29:17,957 --> 00:29:20,960
It was easier to
hide behind them.
591
00:29:20,993 --> 00:29:23,195
Well, I've been
hiding a bit myself lately.
592
00:29:23,229 --> 00:29:24,263
- You?
593
00:29:25,231 --> 00:29:26,799
From what?
594
00:29:26,833 --> 00:29:28,567
- I don't know, life?
595
00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:30,036
It's my seventh year in.
596
00:29:30,069 --> 00:29:33,339
I could have defended my
fifth year if I had won.
597
00:29:33,372 --> 00:29:34,974
- Why didn't you?
598
00:29:37,877 --> 00:29:40,512
- I've been a
student all my life.
599
00:29:42,514 --> 00:29:45,551
I don't know what
I'd do with myself.
600
00:29:47,954 --> 00:29:49,255
Are you nosing
through my mp3 list?
601
00:29:49,288 --> 00:29:50,356
- Maybe.
602
00:29:51,357 --> 00:29:53,225
- I don't think we're at
the music sharing stage
603
00:29:53,259 --> 00:29:57,429
in our relationship,
yet.
604
00:29:59,365 --> 00:30:00,332
See anything you like?
605
00:30:00,366 --> 00:30:01,267
- Um, yeah.
606
00:30:14,413 --> 00:30:16,248
I used to catch my mom
listening to music like this
607
00:30:16,282 --> 00:30:19,385
when she thought no
one was watching.
608
00:30:32,899 --> 00:30:34,433
609
00:30:34,466 --> 00:30:38,570
610
00:30:40,139 --> 00:30:42,008
611
00:30:42,041 --> 00:30:46,212
612
00:30:47,279 --> 00:30:50,649
613
00:30:50,682 --> 00:30:54,420
614
00:30:54,453 --> 00:30:58,257
615
00:30:58,290 --> 00:31:01,127
616
00:31:01,160 --> 00:31:03,495
617
00:31:03,529 --> 00:31:05,331
618
00:31:05,364 --> 00:31:07,199
619
00:31:07,233 --> 00:31:09,435
620
00:31:09,468 --> 00:31:12,504
621
00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:15,241
- Shit.
622
00:31:15,274 --> 00:31:16,408
Shit, I'm sorry.
623
00:31:23,149 --> 00:31:26,518
It goes off each day
to remind me to write.
624
00:31:29,288 --> 00:31:30,289
- You listened.
625
00:31:34,426 --> 00:31:35,594
Has it helped?
626
00:31:35,627 --> 00:31:37,229
- Yeah, yeah.
627
00:31:37,263 --> 00:31:39,431
I feel like I'm caught up.
628
00:31:40,399 --> 00:31:43,502
- Maybe I can use my
super powers to help you
629
00:31:43,535 --> 00:31:45,371
with other problems
in your life.
630
00:31:45,404 --> 00:31:47,306
- Oh, you have
super powers, huh?
631
00:31:47,339 --> 00:31:48,374
- Yes.
632
00:31:51,610 --> 00:31:55,247
What were you going
to write about?
633
00:31:55,281 --> 00:31:58,985
- Spinoza and the
ripples in the universe.
634
00:31:59,018 --> 00:32:00,953
About how everything
that is, or will be,
635
00:32:00,987 --> 00:32:02,955
are like ripples in a pond.
636
00:32:02,989 --> 00:32:06,692
All outside our control and
nothing can change them.
637
00:32:06,725 --> 00:32:09,228
- What about Calvin?
638
00:32:09,261 --> 00:32:11,163
- I was going to use the
tie-in that you gave me.
639
00:32:11,197 --> 00:32:13,932
About how Calvin's
predestination
640
00:32:15,534 --> 00:32:19,338
is a Christian version
of Spinoza's theory.
641
00:32:20,306 --> 00:32:22,408
- Do you believe that?
642
00:32:22,441 --> 00:32:25,044
- That Spinoza copied Calvin?
643
00:32:25,077 --> 00:32:25,711
- No.
644
00:32:27,013 --> 00:32:28,080
In their theories.
645
00:32:29,748 --> 00:32:33,986
- I believe that what we
do causes things to happen.
646
00:32:34,020 --> 00:32:37,589
And that the consequences,
they're unavoidable sometimes,
647
00:32:37,623 --> 00:32:40,726
but it's only because
of the choices.
648
00:32:43,295 --> 00:32:45,431
- So, cause and consequence.
649
00:32:46,565 --> 00:32:47,433
- Yeah.
650
00:32:49,301 --> 00:32:50,669
- You don't believe
in destiny then?
651
00:32:50,702 --> 00:32:51,503
- No.
652
00:32:53,305 --> 00:32:57,476
- Okay, well if reality is
all action and reaction,
653
00:32:57,509 --> 00:33:01,080
then could the thing that
started it all be destiny?
654
00:33:01,113 --> 00:33:02,081
- So, you're saying
that whatever caused
655
00:33:02,114 --> 00:33:06,118
the ripples in the
universe, that's destiny?
656
00:33:06,152 --> 00:33:07,553
- Maybe.
657
00:33:07,586 --> 00:33:10,289
In Islam we call it Qadar.
658
00:33:10,322 --> 00:33:11,623
- Qadar?
659
00:33:11,657 --> 00:33:15,294
- Yeah, it's the Arabic
word for destiny.
660
00:33:17,463 --> 00:33:21,167
We believe that everything
that has happened,
661
00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:24,403
or will happen,
is known by Allah.
662
00:33:24,436 --> 00:33:26,305
- So, everything is
determined by God then?
663
00:33:26,338 --> 00:33:28,374
- No, its still cause
and consequence,
664
00:33:28,407 --> 00:33:31,277
it's just that Allah
sees everything.
665
00:33:34,746 --> 00:33:35,547
What?
666
00:33:35,581 --> 00:33:37,049
- Nothing.
667
00:33:37,083 --> 00:33:38,217
It's just you.
668
00:33:39,418 --> 00:33:40,452
Just you.
669
00:33:43,489 --> 00:33:47,593
670
00:33:47,626 --> 00:33:51,763
671
00:33:52,698 --> 00:33:56,235
672
00:34:34,306 --> 00:34:35,274
Where's your silverware?
673
00:34:35,307 --> 00:34:37,143
- Drawer, to the left.
674
00:34:38,577 --> 00:34:41,347
Mind if we
eat standing up?
675
00:34:41,380 --> 00:34:42,281
- Okay.
676
00:34:43,915 --> 00:34:46,485
- At home we have to sit
until everyone's done.
677
00:34:46,518 --> 00:34:48,287
You ever get
tired of the lifestyle?
678
00:34:48,320 --> 00:34:49,388
Yes and no.
679
00:34:49,421 --> 00:34:50,622
- Which parts?
680
00:34:50,656 --> 00:34:52,391
Like having to save
yourself for marriage?
681
00:34:52,424 --> 00:34:55,294
- No, but when everyone
else is doing it,
682
00:34:55,327 --> 00:34:58,564
it's like you're missing
out on something.
683
00:34:58,597 --> 00:35:03,235
- You think what we did
the other day is a sin?
684
00:35:03,269 --> 00:35:03,869
- Yeah.
685
00:35:05,204 --> 00:35:07,273
- Can you let it be on me?
686
00:35:07,306 --> 00:35:10,142
- Doesn't work that way.
687
00:35:10,176 --> 00:35:12,311
I have to take care of it.
688
00:35:13,879 --> 00:35:15,481
- Go to confession?
689
00:35:16,682 --> 00:35:18,384
- You've got your
religions mixed up.
690
00:35:18,417 --> 00:35:19,918
Sorry.
691
00:35:19,951 --> 00:35:21,453
- Our repentance is called tawba
692
00:35:21,487 --> 00:35:24,390
and you do it only to Allah.
693
00:35:24,423 --> 00:35:25,691
- All that because we made out?
694
00:35:25,724 --> 00:35:27,159
- Is that so hard to believe?
695
00:35:27,193 --> 00:35:28,260
- Yeah.
696
00:35:28,294 --> 00:35:29,228
A little bit, yeah.
697
00:35:29,261 --> 00:35:32,431
- You've never repented
over anything you did?
698
00:35:32,464 --> 00:35:33,432
- Not anything like that, no.
699
00:35:33,465 --> 00:35:34,933
It sounds horrible to me.
700
00:35:34,966 --> 00:35:35,901
Having to tell someone
you're sorry all the time.
701
00:35:35,934 --> 00:35:37,803
Like your constantly
going to the spiritual
702
00:35:37,836 --> 00:35:40,606
principal's office or something.
703
00:35:40,639 --> 00:35:42,274
- You're thinking
about it the wrong way.
704
00:35:42,308 --> 00:35:44,476
Its reconciliation to God.
705
00:35:45,877 --> 00:35:49,315
You repent to get closer to God.
706
00:35:49,348 --> 00:35:51,183
- What else do you ask God for?
707
00:35:51,217 --> 00:35:52,818
- All kinds of things.
708
00:35:52,851 --> 00:35:54,453
- Yeah, like what?
709
00:35:54,486 --> 00:35:56,488
- I ask Him to help people.
710
00:35:58,357 --> 00:36:00,559
I also pray for my step-dad.
711
00:36:00,592 --> 00:36:02,294
- You said he was
passed away, right?
712
00:36:02,328 --> 00:36:04,330
- Yeah, its a dua prayer.
713
00:36:04,363 --> 00:36:05,531
You say it for the dead.
714
00:36:05,564 --> 00:36:06,765
- What do you ask God
to do for the dead?
715
00:36:06,798 --> 00:36:10,602
- I ask him to make them
among the guided ones
716
00:36:12,838 --> 00:36:16,308
and fill their
graves with light.
717
00:36:16,342 --> 00:36:17,543
You ever pray before?
718
00:36:17,576 --> 00:36:20,346
Yeah.
719
00:36:20,379 --> 00:36:23,282
Once when I was a little
boy, I saw bunch of Mormons
720
00:36:23,315 --> 00:36:24,716
praying in a restaurant,
then I prayed
721
00:36:24,750 --> 00:36:27,319
and asked God for
a million bucks.
722
00:36:27,353 --> 00:36:28,654
He didn't give it to me.
723
00:36:28,687 --> 00:36:29,921
It didn't work.
724
00:36:32,991 --> 00:36:34,426
- I'm going to pray
say a prayer for you.
725
00:36:34,460 --> 00:36:35,494
- Come on, get out.
726
00:36:35,527 --> 00:36:36,328
- I'm going to.
727
00:36:36,362 --> 00:36:37,263
- No, you don't have to.
728
00:36:37,296 --> 00:36:39,365
- What would you pray for?
729
00:36:40,532 --> 00:36:41,867
- My Mom's sick.
730
00:36:43,269 --> 00:36:44,270
- What's her name?
731
00:36:44,303 --> 00:36:45,637
Andrea.
732
00:36:45,671 --> 00:36:46,505
- Andrea.
733
00:36:49,608 --> 00:36:52,778
Allah, you are ever
merciful and kind.
734
00:36:53,979 --> 00:36:57,015
Great healer, please
have mercy on Andrea
735
00:36:57,048 --> 00:36:59,551
and cure her from her illness.
736
00:37:01,420 --> 00:37:03,955
- Hey Ben, what are you making?
737
00:37:08,360 --> 00:37:09,361
Oh.
738
00:37:10,862 --> 00:37:12,398
Hi, Ara.
739
00:37:12,431 --> 00:37:13,432
How are you?
740
00:37:14,700 --> 00:37:15,934
- I'm good.
741
00:37:15,967 --> 00:37:16,835
- So,
742
00:37:18,570 --> 00:37:19,638
making pasta.
743
00:37:21,006 --> 00:37:22,574
Good thinking, Ben.
744
00:37:25,043 --> 00:37:25,877
Hmm.
745
00:37:27,446 --> 00:37:28,314
No wine?
746
00:37:28,347 --> 00:37:29,281
Come on.
747
00:37:29,315 --> 00:37:30,582
You're being a bad host, Ben.
748
00:37:30,616 --> 00:37:33,319
- She doesn't drink, Gab.
749
00:37:33,352 --> 00:37:34,386
- Really?
750
00:37:35,987 --> 00:37:37,689
You're missing out.
751
00:37:37,723 --> 00:37:40,025
I'm gonna have some, though.
752
00:37:43,662 --> 00:37:45,431
So, tell me.
753
00:37:45,464 --> 00:37:48,033
What else can't you all have?
754
00:37:48,066 --> 00:37:49,335
- A few things.
755
00:37:51,002 --> 00:37:53,472
Actually, I have to go.
756
00:37:53,505 --> 00:37:54,873
Lots of meetings tomorrow.
757
00:37:54,906 --> 00:37:55,841
- Hey, hey, I'll walk you out.
758
00:37:55,874 --> 00:37:57,376
- No, it's fine.
759
00:38:06,352 --> 00:38:09,321
Well,
that was weird.
760
00:38:19,431 --> 00:38:20,899
Be careful with her.
761
00:38:30,642 --> 00:38:32,878
- Oh my god, you're kidding?
762
00:38:32,911 --> 00:38:33,979
- I swear I'm not.
763
00:38:34,012 --> 00:38:36,415
- My little girl's all grown up.
764
00:38:36,448 --> 00:38:37,816
- Hardly.
765
00:38:37,849 --> 00:38:40,619
- You kept everything
intact, right?
766
00:38:40,652 --> 00:38:42,087
- Wow.
767
00:38:42,120 --> 00:38:44,690
- I just wanna make sure you're
all locked up down there.
768
00:38:44,723 --> 00:38:46,758
But, seriously though,
how do you feel?
769
00:38:46,792 --> 00:38:50,462
- I can't shake the feeling
that I'm screwing everything up.
770
00:38:50,496 --> 00:38:51,597
- Screwing what up?
771
00:38:51,630 --> 00:38:53,532
- My life, family, God.
772
00:38:54,766 --> 00:38:58,003
- Sometimes you have to
do what's right for you.
773
00:38:59,505 --> 00:39:00,338
- Come in.
774
00:39:03,141 --> 00:39:04,376
- Oh, hi, guys.
775
00:39:06,077 --> 00:39:07,879
- It's been awhile.
776
00:39:11,917 --> 00:39:12,851
- Hi, Ara.
777
00:39:12,884 --> 00:39:14,085
- Hi.
778
00:39:14,119 --> 00:39:18,023
- I actually wanted to
talk with you a moment.
779
00:39:18,056 --> 00:39:18,890
- Okay.
780
00:39:20,091 --> 00:39:24,029
- Well, unless you guys are
in the middle of something.
781
00:39:24,062 --> 00:39:25,464
- No, it's fine.
782
00:39:25,497 --> 00:39:28,099
- I'll leave you girls to talk.
783
00:39:37,643 --> 00:39:38,477
- Look,
784
00:39:40,011 --> 00:39:43,181
I know the whole thing
with you and Ben.
785
00:39:43,214 --> 00:39:46,452
I just wanted to let you
know I'm cool with it.
786
00:39:46,485 --> 00:39:49,488
- So, you both
have other people?
787
00:39:49,521 --> 00:39:52,157
Well, I don't believe
788
00:39:52,190 --> 00:39:54,993
that you ever truly
have somebody.
789
00:39:55,026 --> 00:39:57,729
I think we're more
like jellyfish.
790
00:39:57,763 --> 00:40:01,166
They don't really ever
hold onto their mates.
791
00:40:01,199 --> 00:40:05,471
They just kind of float
around touching each other.
792
00:40:05,504 --> 00:40:07,105
- Is that what you believe?
793
00:40:07,138 --> 00:40:09,575
- It's what I think is true.
794
00:40:09,608 --> 00:40:11,209
And I like you.
795
00:40:11,242 --> 00:40:14,913
And just because you're
connecting with Ben,
796
00:40:16,081 --> 00:40:17,082
doesn't mean that
there should be any
797
00:40:17,115 --> 00:40:19,017
awkwardness between us.
798
00:40:46,244 --> 00:40:48,146
- Mind if I have a beer?
799
00:40:48,179 --> 00:40:49,615
- Sure, go ahead.
800
00:41:15,040 --> 00:41:17,208
- What does it taste like?
801
00:41:19,077 --> 00:41:20,278
- It has the bite like a soda,
802
00:41:20,311 --> 00:41:22,280
but there's no sweetness to it.
803
00:41:22,313 --> 00:41:24,249
So, bitter and sharp.
804
00:41:25,116 --> 00:41:27,686
- That doesn't sound very good.
805
00:41:29,688 --> 00:41:30,789
- Want a sip?
806
00:41:32,924 --> 00:41:33,725
- Okay.
807
00:41:42,834 --> 00:41:43,935
That's gross!
808
00:42:07,258 --> 00:42:09,595
- Eileen, tell your
daughter I said thank you
809
00:42:09,628 --> 00:42:11,196
for watching the kids.
810
00:42:11,229 --> 00:42:13,231
- She was glad to do it.
811
00:42:14,633 --> 00:42:17,869
How long before Ara
finishes her degree?
812
00:42:19,938 --> 00:42:22,540
- This semester, thank Allah.
813
00:42:24,242 --> 00:42:25,611
- Is that Ara?
814
00:42:26,745 --> 00:42:28,580
- You need your eyes checked.
815
00:42:28,614 --> 00:42:32,050
Ara's a good two inches
shorter than her.
816
00:43:03,314 --> 00:43:04,215
- You okay?
817
00:43:06,351 --> 00:43:10,155
- It's just that all my
life I've been taught
818
00:43:10,188 --> 00:43:12,691
never to this before marriage.
819
00:43:14,192 --> 00:43:16,194
- Is that what you want?
820
00:43:17,328 --> 00:43:17,929
Hey, hey.
821
00:43:21,232 --> 00:43:22,167
We don't have to do anything
822
00:43:22,200 --> 00:43:25,070
that you don't want to do, okay?
823
00:43:26,404 --> 00:43:28,206
I think people should
be able to explore
824
00:43:28,239 --> 00:43:29,675
this kind of stuff
when they're ready.
825
00:43:29,708 --> 00:43:32,043
If you're not, that's okay.
826
00:43:32,077 --> 00:43:33,078
That's okay.
827
00:44:09,948 --> 00:44:10,782
Hey.
828
00:44:12,117 --> 00:44:14,085
- I can't stay here.
829
00:44:14,119 --> 00:44:16,021
I just need my things.
830
00:44:16,054 --> 00:44:17,222
So, what?
831
00:44:17,255 --> 00:44:18,757
You're not gonna
give us a chance?
832
00:44:18,790 --> 00:44:20,225
- There is no us.
833
00:44:31,402 --> 00:44:32,237
Hi, Mom.
834
00:44:33,271 --> 00:44:34,339
- Hi.
835
00:44:35,974 --> 00:44:37,308
- Are you okay?
836
00:44:37,342 --> 00:44:39,711
- I'm just a little tired.
837
00:44:41,146 --> 00:44:44,149
Did you have a good
time last night?
838
00:44:45,884 --> 00:44:47,285
- It was all right.
839
00:44:50,088 --> 00:44:50,889
- Hmm.
840
00:44:54,259 --> 00:44:55,894
- Allah, forgive me.
841
00:44:57,829 --> 00:44:59,297
Allah, forgive me.
842
00:45:01,299 --> 00:45:03,001
Allah, forgive me.
843
00:45:08,306 --> 00:45:09,307
Hey.
844
00:45:11,843 --> 00:45:13,244
Can we talk for a minute?
845
00:45:13,278 --> 00:45:14,179
- Yeah, come.
846
00:45:19,250 --> 00:45:22,320
- I owe you an apology
for the other night.
847
00:45:22,353 --> 00:45:23,254
- I just want to know what I did
848
00:45:23,288 --> 00:45:25,290
to make you run out
of there like that.
849
00:45:25,323 --> 00:45:29,260
- No, it has nothing to
do with you, I swear.
850
00:45:30,461 --> 00:45:34,732
I know you don't get it,
but I can't live like this.
851
00:45:36,001 --> 00:45:40,171
You're a great guy and
it wasn't fair for me
852
00:45:40,205 --> 00:45:43,308
to make you think that I could.
853
00:45:43,341 --> 00:45:44,175
I'm sorry.
854
00:45:46,044 --> 00:45:48,880
- Well, apology
accepted, I guess.
855
00:45:51,349 --> 00:45:53,184
- You sure?
856
00:45:53,218 --> 00:45:55,186
- Yeah, I'm fine.
857
00:45:55,220 --> 00:45:57,222
I was worried about you.
858
00:45:58,824 --> 00:46:00,058
- I'll be okay.
859
00:46:00,892 --> 00:46:01,492
- Tawba?
860
00:46:02,393 --> 00:46:03,228
- Tawba.
861
00:46:04,262 --> 00:46:05,330
- Okay.
862
00:46:06,197 --> 00:46:08,099
- Well, I have to go.
863
00:46:09,500 --> 00:46:10,802
- Okay.
864
00:46:10,836 --> 00:46:12,103
- Okay.
865
00:46:12,137 --> 00:46:12,971
Bye.
866
00:46:42,133 --> 00:46:43,268
Did you have a
bad weekend or something?
867
00:46:43,301 --> 00:46:47,538
- No, I was just thinking
about us and I reconsidered.
868
00:46:50,408 --> 00:46:51,276
- Okay.
869
00:46:52,243 --> 00:46:55,847
- I was torn between
what I wanted and God.
870
00:46:55,881 --> 00:46:58,116
I didn't think I
could have both.
871
00:46:58,149 --> 00:47:00,218
- But, you're not torn anymore?
872
00:47:00,251 --> 00:47:01,186
- I think...
873
00:47:04,189 --> 00:47:05,356
I have hope that God won't
874
00:47:05,390 --> 00:47:08,393
cast me out for
being with someone.
875
00:47:11,329 --> 00:47:14,132
- What if there wasn't
a god and you spent
876
00:47:14,165 --> 00:47:15,901
your entire life doing
things you didn't have to do
877
00:47:15,934 --> 00:47:17,903
to impress an imaginary friend?
878
00:47:17,936 --> 00:47:19,404
- You really believe
God is imaginary?
879
00:47:19,437 --> 00:47:21,106
- Most intellectuals
in society think so.
880
00:47:21,139 --> 00:47:22,473
- There are other
intellectuals in the world
881
00:47:22,507 --> 00:47:25,877
besides the ones in
the US and the UK.
882
00:47:27,312 --> 00:47:29,147
If you interview
professors in India
883
00:47:29,180 --> 00:47:30,515
they'd give you very
different answers.
884
00:47:30,548 --> 00:47:32,217
- That doesn't
mean they're right.
885
00:47:32,250 --> 00:47:34,052
- Look at the cognitive
difference between
us and insects.
886
00:47:34,085 --> 00:47:36,554
You have creatures whose
memory lasts a few seconds
887
00:47:36,587 --> 00:47:38,456
and then there's humanity that
888
00:47:38,489 --> 00:47:40,291
can decipher how stars function.
889
00:47:40,325 --> 00:47:41,927
- So?
890
00:47:41,960 --> 00:47:44,062
- So, if we're that much
greater than creatures
891
00:47:44,095 --> 00:47:45,997
we can observe, doesn't
it stand to reason
892
00:47:46,031 --> 00:47:47,465
that there are creatures
higher than us?
893
00:47:47,498 --> 00:47:48,299
- Sure.
894
00:47:48,333 --> 00:47:49,334
Worthy of our worship?
895
00:47:49,367 --> 00:47:50,168
Not so much.
896
00:47:50,201 --> 00:47:51,302
- So arrogant.
897
00:47:51,336 --> 00:47:53,138
- Why, because I don't want
to pay senseless homage
898
00:47:53,171 --> 00:47:54,305
to something that could be
as made-up as Santa Clause?
899
00:47:54,339 --> 00:47:56,207
- No, because you think
there's a possibly
900
00:47:56,241 --> 00:47:59,344
that a God exists, but you
don't think it's worth our time.
901
00:47:59,377 --> 00:48:01,179
- I was reading the other
day how a group of scientists
902
00:48:01,212 --> 00:48:03,448
figured out how to create
matter out of light.
903
00:48:04,950 --> 00:48:06,051
Why isn't that praiseworthy?
904
00:48:06,084 --> 00:48:08,486
Why can't humanity focus
on our own accomplishments?
905
00:48:08,519 --> 00:48:12,657
- The atheist is most happy
when he gets to play god.
906
00:48:13,992 --> 00:48:15,994
- All cultures invent
these tall tales,
907
00:48:16,027 --> 00:48:19,197
or exaggerate things, to
give themselves significance.
908
00:48:19,230 --> 00:48:20,331
Like what you were telling
me about your tribe
909
00:48:20,365 --> 00:48:21,466
submersing themselves
in the ocean
910
00:48:21,499 --> 00:48:24,102
so they can talk to ghosts.
911
00:48:24,135 --> 00:48:25,670
You actually believe that?
912
00:48:25,703 --> 00:48:27,238
- What if I did?
913
00:48:28,373 --> 00:48:30,641
The West declared the
City of Troy was a myth
914
00:48:30,675 --> 00:48:34,479
until someone found it and then
they had to eat their words.
915
00:48:34,512 --> 00:48:37,949
The earth was flat until the
West decided it was round.
916
00:48:37,983 --> 00:48:39,617
Before they were forcing
us to be Christians,
917
00:48:39,650 --> 00:48:42,487
now they want us to be agnostic.
918
00:48:42,520 --> 00:48:46,391
God only exists when
you say He does, right?
919
00:48:47,592 --> 00:48:50,228
Those ideas and
stories you're mocking
920
00:48:50,261 --> 00:48:53,298
are the dignity of
a lot of people.
921
00:48:53,331 --> 00:48:54,232
- I think it's the kind of thing
922
00:48:54,265 --> 00:48:57,535
you make up when you have none.
923
00:48:57,568 --> 00:48:59,337
- This was a mistake.
924
00:49:00,438 --> 00:49:03,208
Thanks for clearing
it up for me.
925
00:49:41,412 --> 00:49:45,283
- So, are you going to
tell me what's wrong?
926
00:49:46,117 --> 00:49:47,118
Ara, please.
927
00:49:51,056 --> 00:49:52,523
Sweetheart, tell me.
928
00:49:55,060 --> 00:49:56,327
I'm here for you.
929
00:50:07,072 --> 00:50:09,674
I know what you're
going through.
930
00:50:11,342 --> 00:50:16,181
I thought I was in love with a
man I met at university, too.
931
00:50:16,214 --> 00:50:17,582
- Before you met my father?
932
00:50:17,615 --> 00:50:18,483
- Yes.
933
00:50:20,351 --> 00:50:24,255
It's hard when you meet
folks in a certain way
934
00:50:24,289 --> 00:50:25,756
at a certain time.
935
00:50:27,625 --> 00:50:31,329
It's like they were
tailored just for you.
936
00:50:32,230 --> 00:50:33,531
- What was he like?
937
00:50:33,564 --> 00:50:36,234
- Oh, you know, nice, and fun.
938
00:50:40,438 --> 00:50:45,076
For the first time I felt
free, like I had my own life
939
00:50:45,110 --> 00:50:47,645
and I could do
whatever I wanted.
940
00:50:49,647 --> 00:50:52,450
Why didn't it last?
941
00:50:52,483 --> 00:50:56,554
- I realized he wasn't
really serious about life.
942
00:50:56,587 --> 00:51:00,225
He was more interested in going
to one party after another
943
00:51:00,258 --> 00:51:04,095
than settling down
and having a family.
944
00:51:04,129 --> 00:51:05,530
His lifestyle was unstable.
945
00:51:05,563 --> 00:51:07,398
Just too crazy for me.
946
00:51:09,667 --> 00:51:13,271
When I came to my senses,
I broke off with him,
947
00:51:13,304 --> 00:51:16,374
and soon after that,
I met your father,
948
00:51:17,442 --> 00:51:20,111
and he was the right man for me.
949
00:51:23,381 --> 00:51:25,316
- Did you ever hear
about these couples
950
00:51:25,350 --> 00:51:26,784
in open relationships?
951
00:51:26,817 --> 00:51:30,188
- Of course, it happens
back home all the time.
952
00:51:30,221 --> 00:51:33,658
Some of the women,
they just put up with.
953
00:51:33,691 --> 00:51:34,792
Ara, are you?
954
00:51:37,362 --> 00:51:41,532
Oh, why would you be in that
kind of relationship, huh?
955
00:51:43,401 --> 00:51:47,672
- He has this woman he's been
seeing since before we met.
956
00:51:47,705 --> 00:51:50,441
- Ara, you know
that isn't right.
957
00:51:50,475 --> 00:51:53,144
I can see how unhappy
you are about it.
958
00:51:53,178 --> 00:51:56,447
Ara, this is going to make you
an outcast in our community.
959
00:51:56,481 --> 00:51:58,716
You know that, right?
960
00:51:58,749 --> 00:52:00,418
The men in this
country, they will not
961
00:52:00,451 --> 00:52:02,253
understand something like that.
962
00:52:02,287 --> 00:52:03,754
They'll judge you.
963
00:52:05,190 --> 00:52:06,857
- I just don't know how
I got wrapped up in it.
964
00:52:06,891 --> 00:52:09,294
- You can unwrap yourself.
965
00:52:10,628 --> 00:52:13,431
Sweetheart, you deserve better.
966
00:52:15,866 --> 00:52:20,238
When all this fire and passion
dies away, and it will,
967
00:52:21,439 --> 00:52:25,843
you'll only find true
freedom and peace in Allah.
968
00:52:34,519 --> 00:52:35,353
- Come in.
969
00:52:43,894 --> 00:52:45,563
- You're Ben Johnson?
970
00:52:45,596 --> 00:52:46,564
- Yeah.
971
00:52:46,597 --> 00:52:48,399
You must be Ara's mom?
972
00:52:49,367 --> 00:52:50,335
- No, sir.
973
00:52:50,368 --> 00:52:52,303
I do not wish to
shake your hand.
974
00:52:52,337 --> 00:52:53,170
- I beg your pardon?
975
00:52:53,204 --> 00:52:55,440
- You have been
defiling my daughter
976
00:52:55,473 --> 00:52:57,342
and you should make this right.
977
00:52:57,375 --> 00:52:58,443
- I don't know what
you're talking about.
978
00:52:58,476 --> 00:53:00,478
- You have been with her.
979
00:53:00,511 --> 00:53:02,913
She's never been
with a man before.
980
00:53:02,947 --> 00:53:04,382
You understand?
981
00:53:04,415 --> 00:53:06,784
You're ruining her
for her husband.
982
00:53:09,387 --> 00:53:12,623
My daughter is a good woman
and she deserves to be with
983
00:53:12,657 --> 00:53:14,725
someone who's going to
treat her with respect.
984
00:53:14,759 --> 00:53:16,761
- I don't think there's
anything wrong with what we did.
985
00:53:16,794 --> 00:53:20,265
- If you want what's best
for her, leave her alone,
986
00:53:20,298 --> 00:53:22,867
or you have to marry her.
987
00:53:22,900 --> 00:53:26,337
And women in Islam
cannot marry outside it.
988
00:53:26,371 --> 00:53:28,306
So, are you going to
convert and then break up
989
00:53:28,339 --> 00:53:30,941
with that other friend of yours?
990
00:53:30,975 --> 00:53:34,445
Do you see yourself
married to Ara?
991
00:53:34,479 --> 00:53:37,315
You heard what I asked you.
992
00:53:37,348 --> 00:53:38,583
You understand?
993
00:53:38,616 --> 00:53:40,285
You're making her an outcast
994
00:53:40,318 --> 00:53:43,421
in the community
if this continues.
995
00:53:44,655 --> 00:53:46,991
She'll have trouble finding
a good husband, and for what?
996
00:53:47,024 --> 00:53:49,627
So you can feel like a big man?
997
00:53:51,028 --> 00:53:53,498
If you don't have honorable
intentions for her,
998
00:53:53,531 --> 00:53:55,733
then leave her alone
and let someone
999
00:53:55,766 --> 00:53:57,868
who deserves her step up.
1000
00:54:23,027 --> 00:54:24,429
- Hey.
1001
00:54:24,462 --> 00:54:27,432
I hate to just drop
in on you like this.
1002
00:54:27,465 --> 00:54:28,966
It's okay.
1003
00:54:28,999 --> 00:54:30,435
- Look, I know you're busy,
1004
00:54:30,468 --> 00:54:32,970
but have you seen
Gabrielle today?
1005
00:54:33,003 --> 00:54:35,706
- No, it's been
a couple of days.
1006
00:54:35,740 --> 00:54:37,442
- Not a word?
1007
00:54:37,475 --> 00:54:38,376
- No.
1008
00:54:38,409 --> 00:54:39,310
She does this all the time.
1009
00:54:39,344 --> 00:54:40,578
She's probably with her folks.
1010
00:54:40,611 --> 00:54:43,714
- She hasn't been returning my
calls and I just got worried.
1011
00:54:43,748 --> 00:54:46,351
Anyways, I just wanted to
make sure she's all right.
1012
00:54:46,384 --> 00:54:48,419
- I'm sure she's okay.
1013
00:54:52,390 --> 00:54:55,693
Is there something
else on your mind, man?
1014
00:55:01,599 --> 00:55:03,300
- Do you love her?
1015
00:55:05,436 --> 00:55:06,604
- I don't know.
1016
00:55:06,637 --> 00:55:08,573
- Right, that's a no.
1017
00:55:08,606 --> 00:55:10,007
- What is love?
1018
00:55:10,040 --> 00:55:11,342
- Jesus, I forgot I'm
talking to damn philosopher.
1019
00:55:11,376 --> 00:55:12,610
- I'm not being facetious.
1020
00:55:12,643 --> 00:55:14,812
How do you know you're
in love with someone?
1021
00:55:14,845 --> 00:55:17,582
- I can't stop
thinking about her.
1022
00:55:17,615 --> 00:55:21,952
I go crazy when she's gone, I
go crazy when she's over here.
1023
00:55:21,986 --> 00:55:24,355
I have never felt like
this with another woman.
1024
00:55:24,389 --> 00:55:25,456
- Yeah?
1025
00:55:26,123 --> 00:55:29,827
- When we're together
it just feels,
1026
00:55:29,860 --> 00:55:32,463
it feels dangerous and right.
1027
00:55:34,732 --> 00:55:36,534
You feel the same way?
1028
00:55:38,636 --> 00:55:40,137
- No.
1029
00:55:40,170 --> 00:55:42,607
With Gabrielle, it's
comfortable and easy.
1030
00:55:42,640 --> 00:55:43,408
But no,
1031
00:55:45,510 --> 00:55:47,445
the planets don't align.
1032
00:55:47,478 --> 00:55:51,482
- What about with the
other woman you're seeing?
1033
00:55:52,550 --> 00:55:54,519
- In a weird way, yeah.
1034
00:55:54,552 --> 00:55:56,854
- There's your answer, man.
1035
00:55:56,887 --> 00:55:58,523
Do the right thing.
1036
00:55:58,556 --> 00:56:00,057
Make us all happy.
1037
00:56:02,493 --> 00:56:05,430
I think she should
move in with me.
1038
00:57:39,890 --> 00:57:43,193
- Hey, I am so sorry
I was such an ass.
1039
00:57:43,227 --> 00:57:45,596
Can you forgive me, please?
1040
00:57:45,630 --> 00:57:46,230
I'm sorry.
1041
00:57:48,533 --> 00:57:49,166
Sorry.
1042
00:58:00,077 --> 00:58:01,546
- You're better than this.
1043
00:58:01,579 --> 00:58:02,747
You know that.
1044
00:58:04,081 --> 00:58:05,883
- Mom, I just need some
time alone with him
1045
00:58:05,916 --> 00:58:07,585
to figure some things out.
1046
00:58:07,618 --> 00:58:08,886
- Have you thought
about the example
1047
00:58:08,919 --> 00:58:12,122
you're setting for
Mohammed and Myriam?
1048
00:58:12,156 --> 00:58:13,858
- Did you tell them?
1049
00:58:13,891 --> 00:58:14,525
- No.
1050
00:58:16,193 --> 00:58:18,262
Are you going to marry this man?
1051
00:58:18,295 --> 00:58:20,197
Have children with him?
1052
00:58:24,168 --> 00:58:27,171
- Mom, I love you,
but I have to go.
1053
00:58:43,588 --> 00:58:46,256
- How are you
feeling after today?
1054
00:58:46,290 --> 00:58:47,524
- Good.
1055
00:58:49,193 --> 00:58:50,160
- That's good.
1056
00:58:52,830 --> 00:58:56,100
- Are you still
talking to Gabrielle?
1057
00:58:56,133 --> 00:58:56,967
- No.
1058
00:59:00,037 --> 00:59:01,538
- Did you love her?
1059
00:59:02,673 --> 00:59:06,176
- There were times
when I thought I did.
1060
00:59:06,210 --> 00:59:09,213
Being with her was
comforting, easy.
1061
00:59:10,180 --> 00:59:11,181
But, we, uh,
1062
00:59:13,751 --> 00:59:14,885
we didn't fit in a lot of ways,
1063
00:59:14,919 --> 00:59:18,122
and I felt guilty for
not making it fit.
1064
00:59:18,155 --> 00:59:20,124
Was afraid of being
alone, I guess.
1065
00:59:20,157 --> 00:59:20,958
- Why?
1066
00:59:24,094 --> 00:59:24,995
- Ever since I moved
out of my Mom's house,
1067
00:59:25,029 --> 00:59:29,199
I always have to have
a woman around me.
1068
00:59:29,233 --> 00:59:33,170
It's ironic, since I was
afraid of committing myself.
1069
00:59:33,203 --> 00:59:36,206
It felt like the
beginning of death.
1070
00:59:38,308 --> 00:59:42,312
Thought love would step
in and solve everything,
1071
00:59:42,346 --> 00:59:43,981
but what is love?
1072
01:00:11,742 --> 01:00:13,644
You believe God hears
all your prayers?
1073
01:00:13,678 --> 01:00:14,945
- Of course.
1074
01:00:14,979 --> 01:00:16,046
Hmm.
1075
01:00:16,080 --> 01:00:17,782
- You think its crazy, I know.
1076
01:00:17,815 --> 01:00:20,317
- Nah, actually I'm
a little jealous.
1077
01:00:20,350 --> 01:00:22,720
- Why would that
make you jealous?
1078
01:00:22,753 --> 01:00:26,056
- Because its something
I can't experience.
1079
01:00:26,090 --> 01:00:28,325
I need evidence for everything.
1080
01:00:28,358 --> 01:00:30,928
The fact that you're so
sure without it, well,
1081
01:00:30,961 --> 01:00:33,197
makes me a little jealous.
1082
01:00:33,230 --> 01:00:35,833
- You've never thought
there might be a God?
1083
01:00:35,866 --> 01:00:38,235
I thought there
could be one once.
1084
01:00:38,268 --> 01:00:39,303
- When?
1085
01:00:40,437 --> 01:00:42,206
- This one time I
was thinking about
1086
01:00:42,239 --> 01:00:45,910
the origins of everything,
and the universe.
1087
01:00:47,111 --> 01:00:48,412
- What do you think
about the soul?
1088
01:00:48,445 --> 01:00:50,214
- I don't know.
1089
01:00:50,247 --> 01:00:54,151
Define it and I will tell
you what I think about it.
1090
01:00:54,184 --> 01:00:57,087
- Its your immaterial essence.
1091
01:00:57,121 --> 01:00:58,723
The youness of you.
1092
01:00:58,756 --> 01:01:01,358
- Like a part of you that's
separate from your body?
1093
01:01:01,391 --> 01:01:02,693
Yeah.
1094
01:01:04,729 --> 01:01:07,097
- Sounds like a nice idea.
1095
01:01:07,131 --> 01:01:08,098
Makes me wish I had one.
1096
01:01:08,132 --> 01:01:09,233
- You have a soul, silly.
1097
01:01:09,266 --> 01:01:10,367
- I'm Nosferatu.
1098
01:01:10,400 --> 01:01:11,201
- Stop it.
1099
01:01:11,235 --> 01:01:12,202
- I'm Nosferatu.
1100
01:01:21,378 --> 01:01:22,980
I'm gonna have some
friends over tomorrow.
1101
01:01:23,013 --> 01:01:24,381
Is that okay?
1102
01:01:24,414 --> 01:01:25,282
- Okay.
1103
01:01:26,751 --> 01:01:28,218
- You sure?
1104
01:01:28,252 --> 01:01:30,120
- Yeah, I'm fine.
1105
01:01:30,154 --> 01:01:32,356
They want to meet you.
1106
01:01:32,389 --> 01:01:34,191
Yo, shot.
1107
01:01:36,761 --> 01:01:39,396
- All right, all
right, all right.
1108
01:01:41,265 --> 01:01:43,167
Okay, um, black horsey.
1109
01:01:48,305 --> 01:01:50,107
- Checkmate.
1110
01:01:50,140 --> 01:01:51,241
That's on you.
1111
01:01:51,275 --> 01:01:53,143
- Fuck you, asshole.
1112
01:01:59,784 --> 01:02:00,951
Huh?
1113
01:02:00,985 --> 01:02:01,819
I yield.
1114
01:02:04,354 --> 01:02:05,790
- No, it's not.
1115
01:02:06,891 --> 01:02:08,025
- Are you even listening?
1116
01:02:08,058 --> 01:02:09,794
- No, listen to me.
1117
01:02:09,827 --> 01:02:13,330
What I'm telling you, it's
complete and utter bullshit.
1118
01:02:13,363 --> 01:02:14,264
- No, it's not.
1119
01:02:14,298 --> 01:02:16,934
- You're telling me
with a straight face
1120
01:02:16,967 --> 01:02:19,503
that the sexual revolution
didn't liberate women?
1121
01:02:19,536 --> 01:02:22,472
- What I'm saying is
that women, as a group,
1122
01:02:22,506 --> 01:02:25,342
stopped paying attention
to who they gave it up to.
1123
01:02:25,375 --> 01:02:28,312
That's caused us to be
objectified more, that's all.
1124
01:02:28,345 --> 01:02:30,047
Its true.
1125
01:02:30,080 --> 01:02:33,851
We usually don't say
no if its offered.
1126
01:02:33,884 --> 01:02:36,520
- But, why shouldn't a woman
fuck whoever she wants to fuck?
1127
01:02:36,553 --> 01:02:38,288
- Because we're the ones
who get stuck with the kids
1128
01:02:38,322 --> 01:02:40,357
when the asshole runs.
1129
01:02:41,358 --> 01:02:43,027
Like you.
1130
01:02:43,060 --> 01:02:46,463
You wouldn't want a baby with
some random dude, would you?
1131
01:03:26,570 --> 01:03:28,338
Morning.
1132
01:03:28,372 --> 01:03:30,007
Sorry to interrupt.
1133
01:03:30,040 --> 01:03:31,241
- That's okay.
1134
01:03:32,242 --> 01:03:33,343
- You all done?
1135
01:03:33,377 --> 01:03:34,378
- Yeah.
1136
01:03:34,411 --> 01:03:35,212
- Yeah.
1137
01:03:35,245 --> 01:03:36,280
Every morning, right?
1138
01:03:36,313 --> 01:03:37,381
- Yeah.
1139
01:03:41,919 --> 01:03:43,387
Did you have fun last night?
1140
01:03:43,420 --> 01:03:45,255
- Yeah, it wasn't bad.
1141
01:03:47,591 --> 01:03:48,993
It was kind of awkward for you.
1142
01:03:49,894 --> 01:03:51,261
Sorry.
1143
01:03:51,295 --> 01:03:52,096
- A little bit.
1144
01:03:52,129 --> 01:03:52,796
- Yeah.
1145
01:03:52,829 --> 01:03:54,398
My friends drink a lot, sorry.
1146
01:03:54,431 --> 01:03:55,532
- Yeah.
1147
01:03:55,565 --> 01:03:56,901
- Yeah.
1148
01:03:56,934 --> 01:03:59,269
- The girls were pretty funny.
1149
01:04:00,404 --> 01:04:01,571
They were talking
about what kind of man
1150
01:04:01,605 --> 01:04:03,273
they'd want to have kids with.
1151
01:04:03,307 --> 01:04:04,241
- God.
1152
01:04:07,077 --> 01:04:08,345
- You ever want kids?
1153
01:04:08,378 --> 01:04:10,214
- Uh, one day, yeah.
1154
01:04:11,348 --> 01:04:14,084
Think it'd be a nightmare
now though, jeez.
1155
01:04:14,118 --> 01:04:17,254
- Why would it be a nightmare?
1156
01:04:17,287 --> 01:04:19,056
- Take over your life.
1157
01:04:19,089 --> 01:04:21,225
Tie you down to some
screaming spawn.
1158
01:04:21,258 --> 01:04:24,361
- Well, You were a screaming
spawn once, too, you know?
1159
01:04:24,394 --> 01:04:25,963
- Yeah.
1160
01:04:25,996 --> 01:04:27,297
Drove my dad nuts.
1161
01:04:29,666 --> 01:04:33,337
Think it's partly why
he was such a psycho.
1162
01:04:33,370 --> 01:04:37,407
One half PTSD and the other
half unwanted children.
1163
01:04:37,441 --> 01:04:40,677
You know he won all these
medals in the Air Force
1164
01:04:40,710 --> 01:04:45,082
for leadership, so it
couldn't have been the stress.
1165
01:04:46,716 --> 01:04:50,120
He used to throw
glasses at my head.
1166
01:04:50,154 --> 01:04:51,055
Crazy shit.
1167
01:04:53,423 --> 01:04:58,128
I honestly think that if he
would have had just the room
1168
01:04:58,162 --> 01:05:02,032
to be himself, he could
have been a better man.
1169
01:05:11,008 --> 01:05:12,342
- You busy today?
1170
01:05:12,376 --> 01:05:14,211
I've got a
meeting with my adviser.
1171
01:05:14,244 --> 01:05:15,279
You?
1172
01:05:16,646 --> 01:05:19,149
- I was going to work
on my dissertation.
1173
01:05:19,183 --> 01:05:20,350
- Okay.
1174
01:05:20,384 --> 01:05:21,518
I'm going to be late.
1175
01:05:21,551 --> 01:05:22,486
- Okay.
1176
01:05:22,519 --> 01:05:23,687
Don't clean, okay?
1177
01:05:23,720 --> 01:05:24,955
- Okay.
1178
01:06:05,295 --> 01:06:07,264
- Ara, can we talk to you?
1179
01:06:10,434 --> 01:06:12,302
This isn't the answer.
1180
01:06:13,437 --> 01:06:14,538
I love you.
1181
01:06:14,571 --> 01:06:15,639
Allah loves you.
1182
01:06:15,672 --> 01:06:16,506
- Mom.
1183
01:06:17,707 --> 01:06:20,210
- Is this what you want?
1184
01:06:20,244 --> 01:06:22,212
Are you really happy like this?
1185
01:06:22,246 --> 01:06:24,281
- Mom, you know I love you.
1186
01:06:25,815 --> 01:06:30,187
This is just something I
need to figure out on my own.
1187
01:06:31,255 --> 01:06:33,690
- I will wait on you forever.
1188
01:06:40,264 --> 01:06:42,266
Do the right thing, Ara.
1189
01:06:46,436 --> 01:06:48,038
- Wow.
1190
01:06:48,072 --> 01:06:51,308
I don't know how you did it,
but this looks ready to defend.
1191
01:06:51,341 --> 01:06:52,376
- Not bad, huh?
1192
01:06:52,409 --> 01:06:53,410
- It's good.
1193
01:06:54,278 --> 01:06:56,346
Thoughtful, well-written.
1194
01:06:58,282 --> 01:06:59,383
What happened?
1195
01:07:00,584 --> 01:07:01,518
I'm serious.
1196
01:07:01,551 --> 01:07:05,222
This is a world away
from your last draft.
1197
01:07:05,255 --> 01:07:06,823
- Yeah, I guess it is.
1198
01:07:06,856 --> 01:07:09,693
- Ergo my question,
what happened?
1199
01:07:52,302 --> 01:07:56,240
Do
the right thing, Ara.
1200
01:08:46,356 --> 01:08:47,424
- Ara.
1201
01:08:52,896 --> 01:08:53,697
Hi.
1202
01:08:53,730 --> 01:08:55,432
Hey.
1203
01:08:55,465 --> 01:08:58,268
- So, how did your meeting go?
1204
01:08:58,302 --> 01:08:59,469
- Great.
1205
01:08:59,503 --> 01:09:01,671
All I have to do is defend now.
1206
01:09:01,705 --> 01:09:02,606
- Hmm.
1207
01:09:02,639 --> 01:09:05,209
Well, I have some good news.
1208
01:09:05,242 --> 01:09:07,844
I was accepted into
Georgetown law.
1209
01:09:07,877 --> 01:09:09,213
- Wow.
1210
01:09:09,246 --> 01:09:10,347
Congrats.
1211
01:09:10,380 --> 01:09:12,249
Thank you.
1212
01:09:12,282 --> 01:09:15,219
It was the first school
that I applied to.
1213
01:09:15,252 --> 01:09:17,387
- So, you'll be moving
there after the summer?
1214
01:09:17,421 --> 01:09:19,623
- Right after
graduation, actually.
1215
01:09:19,656 --> 01:09:22,326
- You didn't even tell
me you were applying.
1216
01:09:22,359 --> 01:09:25,662
- Yeah, well, I'm probably
going to be heading there in May
1217
01:09:25,695 --> 01:09:27,331
because I want to get
the lay of the land
1218
01:09:27,364 --> 01:09:29,266
before the fall semester starts.
1219
01:09:29,299 --> 01:09:30,267
And, um, well,
1220
01:09:32,469 --> 01:09:36,172
I wanted to see if you
would come with me.
1221
01:09:38,942 --> 01:09:40,244
I'm pregnant.
1222
01:09:44,648 --> 01:09:46,283
- Are you sure?
1223
01:09:46,316 --> 01:09:47,517
- Yep.
1224
01:09:47,551 --> 01:09:49,953
I missed my period and
I went to the doctor
1225
01:09:49,986 --> 01:09:52,289
and I got the call today.
1226
01:09:53,757 --> 01:09:55,525
I'm keeping the baby.
1227
01:10:00,464 --> 01:10:01,731
- I'm not saying
this to be an ass,
1228
01:10:01,765 --> 01:10:04,634
but are you sure it's mine?
1229
01:10:04,668 --> 01:10:06,303
- Yes, I'm sure it's yours.
1230
01:10:06,336 --> 01:10:10,507
You are the only one I have
had unprotected sex with.
1231
01:10:11,608 --> 01:10:14,844
You know, I just
assumed that you would
1232
01:10:16,280 --> 01:10:18,648
want to be involved in
the life of your child.
1233
01:10:18,682 --> 01:10:20,917
- No, I mean, you're right.
1234
01:10:22,319 --> 01:10:24,388
I'm just processing this.
1235
01:10:36,500 --> 01:10:37,867
Brr,
it's getting chilly.
1236
01:10:37,901 --> 01:10:39,469
Should have brought
a jacket today.
1237
01:10:43,039 --> 01:10:44,308
Oh, it's Ben.
1238
01:10:45,442 --> 01:10:46,476
Hi, Ben.
1239
01:10:48,978 --> 01:10:50,380
What's going on, stranger?
1240
01:10:50,414 --> 01:10:51,481
I miss talking to you.
1241
01:10:51,515 --> 01:10:52,682
- Tell Ben I love him.
1242
01:10:52,716 --> 01:10:55,419
- Lana says hi and
that she loves you.
1243
01:10:55,452 --> 01:10:56,820
- I missed you all.
1244
01:10:58,455 --> 01:11:02,326
Sorry, I've been busy getting
my dissertation together.
1245
01:11:02,359 --> 01:11:03,627
How's it coming?
1246
01:11:03,660 --> 01:11:05,562
- It's ready to go.
1247
01:11:05,595 --> 01:11:06,830
- Are you all right, Benny?
1248
01:11:06,863 --> 01:11:08,332
You're voice sounds strange.
1249
01:11:08,365 --> 01:11:11,735
- I haven't been too
careful here lately.
1250
01:11:14,371 --> 01:11:15,839
Gabrielle's pregnant.
1251
01:11:15,872 --> 01:11:16,740
- Oh, wow.
1252
01:11:18,675 --> 01:11:20,043
- Crazy, huh?
1253
01:11:20,076 --> 01:11:24,581
How
do you feel about this?
1254
01:11:24,614 --> 01:11:25,415
- Shaken up.
1255
01:11:27,884 --> 01:11:30,354
She's going to
Georgetown in the fall
1256
01:11:30,387 --> 01:11:32,456
and she wants me
to come with her.
1257
01:11:32,489 --> 01:11:34,491
- And you don't want to?
1258
01:11:35,392 --> 01:11:36,426
- No.
1259
01:11:37,494 --> 01:11:38,628
There's someone else.
1260
01:11:38,662 --> 01:11:39,863
Someone else?
1261
01:11:39,896 --> 01:11:41,998
Benny, this is soap
opera stuff, hon.
1262
01:11:42,031 --> 01:11:43,667
- We have an open relationship.
1263
01:11:43,700 --> 01:11:47,937
I'm an idiot for getting
myself into this.
1264
01:11:47,971 --> 01:11:49,473
Gabrielle, she and
I were just good
1265
01:11:49,506 --> 01:11:51,875
for the time being, you know?
1266
01:11:51,908 --> 01:11:54,478
Then, I met this other
girl who I have a real
1267
01:11:54,511 --> 01:11:58,515
connection with, and I
just think I ruined it.
1268
01:12:00,049 --> 01:12:01,351
Just like that.
1269
01:12:01,385 --> 01:12:03,319
- Ben, Ben, Benjamin.
1270
01:12:04,120 --> 01:12:07,591
You couldn't be like
that man if you tried.
1271
01:12:09,125 --> 01:12:13,497
Do you want to live the rest
of your life with Gabrielle?
1272
01:12:13,530 --> 01:12:14,698
- No.
1273
01:12:14,731 --> 01:12:16,366
No.
1274
01:12:16,400 --> 01:12:18,902
- Well, could you
be a good father
1275
01:12:18,935 --> 01:12:21,538
if you weren't living with her?
1276
01:12:23,473 --> 01:12:24,774
- Yeah.
1277
01:12:24,808 --> 01:12:27,110
- Well, it sounds
to me like you've
1278
01:12:27,143 --> 01:12:29,546
answered your own question.
1279
01:12:33,517 --> 01:12:34,451
Hey.
1280
01:12:34,484 --> 01:12:35,485
- Hey.
1281
01:12:35,519 --> 01:12:37,521
How'd your day go?
1282
01:12:37,554 --> 01:12:38,755
- Not bad.
1283
01:12:38,788 --> 01:12:40,490
I didn't mean for you
to clean all this.
1284
01:12:40,524 --> 01:12:42,058
- It's okay.
1285
01:12:42,091 --> 01:12:43,126
- I said I'd clean.
1286
01:12:43,159 --> 01:12:44,360
- It's fine.
1287
01:12:48,565 --> 01:12:49,799
- You're too good to me.
1288
01:12:49,833 --> 01:12:51,601
You shouldn't have to
take care of my mess.
1289
01:12:51,635 --> 01:12:53,870
- I work better when
things are clean.
1290
01:12:53,903 --> 01:12:55,171
You hungry?
1291
01:12:55,204 --> 01:12:57,507
- Yeah, food sounds good.
1292
01:13:03,146 --> 01:13:05,749
There's something
I've got to tell you.
1293
01:13:05,782 --> 01:13:07,651
- Something wrong?
1294
01:13:07,684 --> 01:13:08,585
- Yeah.
1295
01:13:10,186 --> 01:13:11,455
I had a weird day today.
1296
01:13:11,488 --> 01:13:12,622
I got some news.
1297
01:13:14,123 --> 01:13:15,391
- What is it?
1298
01:13:17,794 --> 01:13:21,598
- I don't know how
to tell you this.
1299
01:13:21,631 --> 01:13:23,433
What?
1300
01:13:23,467 --> 01:13:25,168
- Gabrielle's pregnant.
1301
01:13:30,239 --> 01:13:32,476
I just found out today.
1302
01:13:32,509 --> 01:13:35,979
Listen, I'm going to tell
her that even with the baby,
1303
01:13:36,012 --> 01:13:38,582
I'm still going to be with you.
1304
01:13:43,853 --> 01:13:44,688
Ara.
1305
01:13:46,022 --> 01:13:47,691
Can you listen?
1306
01:13:47,724 --> 01:13:48,958
Fuck.
1307
01:13:48,992 --> 01:13:50,226
I didn't do this on purpose.
1308
01:13:50,259 --> 01:13:54,498
Can you give me the dignity of
listening to me for a second?
1309
01:14:01,004 --> 01:14:03,473
I need you to listen to me.
1310
01:14:45,649 --> 01:14:47,283
- It's very early in
your first trimester,
1311
01:14:47,316 --> 01:14:49,653
so you have lots of options.
1312
01:14:50,987 --> 01:14:54,924
I have an opening as
early as next Wednesday.
1313
01:14:54,958 --> 01:14:56,560
- Will it hurt?
1314
01:14:56,593 --> 01:14:59,829
- Some women have pain like
cramps during the procedure,
1315
01:14:59,863 --> 01:15:01,230
but it's very safe.
1316
01:15:04,968 --> 01:15:08,738
But, you don't have to
make a decision today.
1317
01:15:27,256 --> 01:15:28,091
- Hi.
1318
01:15:29,258 --> 01:15:31,194
I talked to your mom.
1319
01:15:31,227 --> 01:15:33,229
She's worried about you.
1320
01:15:34,097 --> 01:15:35,999
- I figured as much.
1321
01:15:36,032 --> 01:15:39,335
I've been
worried about you, too.
1322
01:15:39,368 --> 01:15:41,571
There anything I can do?
1323
01:15:43,973 --> 01:15:46,843
- I don't think anyone
can help me now.
1324
01:15:46,876 --> 01:15:49,879
- Ara, my father and
I have been pushy.
1325
01:15:49,913 --> 01:15:51,314
I'm sorry for that.
1326
01:15:52,682 --> 01:15:55,819
Look, I don't care
what's happened.
1327
01:15:55,852 --> 01:15:58,955
I want to help you,
if you'll let me.
1328
01:16:01,290 --> 01:16:04,994
- Professors, thank you
for your time here today.
1329
01:16:05,028 --> 01:16:08,264
My dissertation focuses on
the tenants of Calvinism
1330
01:16:08,297 --> 01:16:10,800
and how that philosophy's
spread across Western Europe.
1331
01:16:10,834 --> 01:16:12,869
It affected the
politics, and culture.
1332
01:16:12,902 --> 01:16:16,172
- And contrary to statistics,
Cameroonian philosophies
1333
01:16:16,205 --> 01:16:19,275
still thrive within
Christianity much like
1334
01:16:19,308 --> 01:16:22,211
the Cult of Isis survives
within Roman Catholicism
1335
01:16:22,245 --> 01:16:25,148
as the veneration of Mary.
1336
01:16:25,181 --> 01:16:26,883
That was brilliant, Ara.
1337
01:16:26,916 --> 01:16:28,618
- Thank you.
1338
01:16:28,652 --> 01:16:30,954
Congratulations on
a remarkable defense
1339
01:16:30,987 --> 01:16:32,288
and on your engagement.
1340
01:16:32,321 --> 01:16:33,289
- Thank you.
1341
01:16:33,322 --> 01:16:36,092
So,
will you be Dr. Jalali?
1342
01:16:36,125 --> 01:16:39,629
- No, I'm choosing to
take my husband's name.
1343
01:16:42,331 --> 01:16:45,001
- Just have a seat over there.
1344
01:16:59,348 --> 01:17:01,651
How'd it go in there?
1345
01:17:01,685 --> 01:17:02,786
- I did okay.
1346
01:17:05,054 --> 01:17:05,889
You?
1347
01:17:07,190 --> 01:17:09,993
- Pretty sure I passed.
1348
01:17:10,026 --> 01:17:11,294
- You think so?
1349
01:17:13,462 --> 01:17:15,331
- If I would have
done this a month ago
1350
01:17:15,364 --> 01:17:18,067
I would have said no.
1351
01:17:18,101 --> 01:17:18,935
You?
1352
01:17:20,336 --> 01:17:22,205
- I passed, I think.
1353
01:17:27,777 --> 01:17:30,680
- I heard you got engaged.
1354
01:17:30,714 --> 01:17:31,347
- Yeah.
1355
01:17:35,084 --> 01:17:35,985
- Congrats.
1356
01:17:37,253 --> 01:17:38,054
- Thanks.
1357
01:17:41,825 --> 01:17:45,161
What are you going
to do after this?
1358
01:17:45,194 --> 01:17:48,231
- Move to DC to
be near Gabrielle.
1359
01:17:48,264 --> 01:17:51,267
I got a teaching
fellowship there.
1360
01:17:55,271 --> 01:17:57,406
I hope you two are happy.
1361
01:18:00,276 --> 01:18:02,178
Ben, Ara.
1362
01:18:05,849 --> 01:18:08,484
- Listen, I just want to say.
1363
01:18:08,517 --> 01:18:09,318
- No, Ben.
1364
01:18:11,187 --> 01:18:12,021
Not here.
1365
01:18:13,489 --> 01:18:17,126
They're
ready for you, Ben.
1366
01:18:36,946 --> 01:18:39,415
What were you
going to write about?
1367
01:18:39,448 --> 01:18:43,452
Spinoza and the
ripples in the universe.
1368
01:18:45,188 --> 01:18:47,223
About how everything
that is, or will be,
1369
01:18:47,256 --> 01:18:49,893
are like ripples in a pond.
1370
01:18:49,926 --> 01:18:54,197
All outside our control and
nothing can change them.
1371
01:18:54,230 --> 01:18:56,766
Do you believe that?
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