Toronto Stories Page #2

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The guy just jumped!

Let's go.

I'm sorry it's so cold in here.

My furnace blew up yesterday.

Wow. That's cool.

I never usually talk to strangers.

No, me neither.

But... I'm glad you did.

What do you do?

Oh, I'm a designer.

I build things.

What sort of things?

Well... furniture,

um, various objects,

shoes...

Cool!

Yeah, my Kicks.

Do you have any questions

for me?

No.

Well...

do you, uh...

the, uh, the beads?

What do you think of the beads?

I never actually

thought about them.

My ex-boyfriend put them up.

What do you think?

From a design perspective...

they're not very practical.

Say you want to serve food...

Right.

Oh.

If you want,

I can lend you

my Bead Be Gone spray.

Tsshhh...

Tsh-tsh-tsh-tsh.

Thank you,

that would come in very handy.

What's wrong?

Well, this big Somalian guy

kneed me in the gut

when I was playing basketball.

Oh.

Well...

I borrowed this book

from the library.

What?

That is a Photoshop

federal offence.

Some of the most interesting

books have the ugliest covers.

This one's about a boy

who was born

with the gift of touch healing.

He lays his hands

on a person's injury

and heals them.

You believe all that?

- Yeah.

You want me

to try healing you?

Sure.

Uh, I don't know what you did,

but... actually,

I think it feels better.

Good.

Boris, do you think it's strange

we're lying on the bed

beside each other?

- No.

Have you ever been in love?

Mm-hmm.

Never?

No.

Are you gay?

- No.

No, I just, uh...

I always imagined that one day...

I would see a woman...

and fall instantly in love with her.

It just hasn't happened yet.

Ah, it's late.

I gotta bounce.

I like your beard.

It suits you.

Thanks.

- It's kinda like Ernest Hemingway.

Yeah, I thought I'd grow it out.

- You mean for warmth?

Well, yeah...

Y eah, I mean, kinda.

I thought it'd be cool.

It's kind of a female repellent.

You know,

when you got, like,

a ton of guys hanging off you,

and you're just like,

"Whoa, chill, chill out.

No, I-I...

don't know what that's like.

It doesn't really work...

... is the thing,

'cause some girls really like it.

I guess you...

I guess you go out...

on a lot of dates?

Tch...

Y es.

Like romantic dates?

No. No, no, no.

Well, I mean,

aren't all dates romantic?

Not necessarily.

Is this a date we're on?

I think so.

"Dative... dating agency...

date rape...

"date:
A particular day

of the month or year,

"the time

at which a particular event

has occurred or will occur."

There's a "To date."

"An appointment,

especially a romantic

or social engagement."

So there you go.

Romantic.

Social. I mean...

... we're both right.

Imagine if you knew

every word in the dictionary.

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