morning. how about breakfast? what s the point of breakfast or any meal or anything for that matter? after all, life is basically a series of random, absurd unrelated events not linked in any logical pattern, existing in a void that mocks our attempts to impose order and meaning. in that case, can ihave your bagel? when did this occur to you? ever since my advanced literature class started its unit on existentialism. what s existentialism? he s so young. andy, an existentialistis someone who likes to take their clothesoff in public. that there s no real grand design to life and consequently no real meaning. still, it s no reasonfor a person to taketheir clothes off. [knock knock] hey, lauren,how you doing? good. hi, lauren. cut it out! we re trying to eat here. sorry, but alex and i won t see each other for a few weeks. i m going to a psychology conference. why don t you take him along as an exhibit? because lauren will be away doesn t mean you ll be spending more time at h
[knock knock] hey, lauren! long time no see. how was your psychology conference? great, except i missed alex. is he around? no. no. out of sight, out of mind. maybe he s with that other girl. andrew! don t know what you mean. you mean marty. he s told you about her? he said he s tutoring her. oh, he is tutoring her. oh, yeah. a purely business. relationship. yeah. hey. oh, look who s home. hey, honey. so, did you miss me? yeah. sure, i did. did you miss me? well, sure. but i did get friendly with the man at the conference who suffered from wide mood swings. he even signedmy freud anthology. dear lauren, it was nice to meet you. p.s. i can t stand you. want to go get a bite to eat? let s justsit and talk. it s been two weeks. that s the longestwe ve ever gone withoutseeing each other. yeah. well, not including the 20 years before we met. heh heh. alex, are you ok? yeah. i m just, uh, like really tired. well, if you re tired,i ll see you tomorrow. lauren, wait. we ve always