In Lieu of Flowers Page #2

douche bag?

Okay, um, tell you what.

I'm going to let you guys

just mull this over

and figure out what you're

in the mood for and, um,

I'll get you guys another round.

Thank you.

- Dude, what's your problem?

- Shut up!

Mitch, you've been acting like

an a**hole since you got here.

- I'm the a**hole?

- Everybody just calm down.

Try and have a smidge

of respect, okay?

- That's a friend of mine.

- Yeah, I know.

I saw you practically

crying in her arms.

Shut the f*** up, Mitch!

Easy, man!

Jesus.

Eric, what is with you, man?

Okay, I'm gonna go

to the bathroom.

I hope the waitress doesn't

spit in our drinks now.

Yeah, I'm gonna make

Eric check mine

and see if it tastes

like wee-wee.

Geez, he's still messed up, huh?

It's been a couple months, man.

I mean, give the

brother a break.

So what, you're just gonna bail?

I shouldn't have come, man.

I'm not... I'm not right.

Eric, come on,

let's go sit down.

No, man.

Eric, come on,

let's go sit down.

It's always worse at night.

On Sundays, Ellen and I

used to go get FroYo

and then we went to see

a picture at the Ziegfeld.

Even if we had seen it before,

we would go again.

Last year, we saw

Titanic six times.

Yeah, it's one of the nice

things that sisters do

and here it is Sunday,

and I'm here.

- Oh, no offense.

- Oh, none taken, Jules.

And if you ever want

to get FroYo, I'm game.

Thank you.

Okay, anyone else want to share?

Yeah, Ed.

The United States is an empire

and all empires,

ultimately, fall.

Thank you, Ed.

Who else, Rachel,

we haven't seen you in a bit?

Anything on your mind?

Yeah, actually.

I've been thinking about

when I got mono in college.

I mean,

I know it's not uncommon.

A lot of people get it

at that age,

but I had it pretty bad.

I was in bed for almost a month

and my spleen

was really swollen.

I know it sounds stupid,

but it was huge.

The swelling just would

not go down

and I remember,

after about two weeks of it,

I honestly couldn't recall

what it had been like

to not feel sick.

To just feel healthy.

Of course, two weeks later,

I was fine

and I probably soon forgot

what it had been like

to feel so sick,

but with this...

...I can't seem to get

to that point.

For two years now,

I've been waiting

for the swelling to go down,

I've been waiting

to feel healthy again...

...and I almost can't remember

what that's like anymore.

Thank you, Rachel.

I think we all kind

of understand how that feels.

Okay, why don't we hear from one

more person before we break?

How about you?

This is your first

time here, right?

What's your name?

Eric.

Welcome, Eric.

Is there anything that

you'd care to share with us?

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