Best and Most Beautiful Things
Don't you
think lighting a candle
is kind of cliche?
What do you mean?
Everyone does that in movies.
"Concentrate on the candle.
Concentrate
on the flame."
It's works.
Really?
Have a candle.
I feel it's getting warmer.
Is this my imagination?
No, honey.
It's not... it's not lit.
I can't see anything.
I'll help you.
I'll talk you through it, OK?
- OK. - So here's the match...
- Oh, OK.
And the matchbox comes
with a striker on the side.
It... it's scary.
Yeah.
You just do this like that
and light on fire...
and harder.
I'm afraid of it.
Why are you afraid of it?
Because I'm afraid of fire.
Now hold on to the candle
with the other hand,
almost there, and you'll
see when it lights.
Up a little bit higher.
Now just keep it right there.
Keep your... keep your
match right there.
It'll light that on fire.
It's getting shorter
and shorter.
Yeah. Good.
Good. See?
When can I blow it out?
Want to blow it out now?
Daria, on computer:
I can't believe you're trying
to bribe me with singles.
Sweetie, it's not a bribe.
It's a deal. Honestly...
Oh, my God,
did I really just say that?
Excuse me.
Excuse me.
I have the cutest,
little pores, don't I?
You really do.
I wish I had pores
like yours, Daria.
Michelle, voice-over: It's...
It's a show about outcasts
that tells you
it's OK to be an outcast.
Make lots of noise
Kiss lots of boys
Or kiss lots of girls if
that's something you're into
When the...
Michelle, voice-over:
I've always felt
like I was not normal,
like I did not fit in.
First of all,
I am legally blind.
I cannot see your face
from this distance at all
unless I'm literally
almost nose to nose with you.
I forget that the camera's
over here, not up there. Ha ha!
Oh, crap.
Michelle, voice-over:
I have something called
Asperger syndrome,
otherwise known
as high-functioning autism.
It's that I get very obsessed
with things in my head,
and, um, like, it takes over
my brain, basically.
I'm a little surprised, Daria.
That makes two of us.
I didn't figure you to believe
in all that
mumbo-gumbo.
Gee...
I hope this
won't lower your opinion of me.
Ha ha ha!
La la la la la...
Michelle, voice-over: Basically,
my childhood, it was mostly
things that were...
quote, unquote... "normal"
but I liked them in the extreme.
Hello, Mumsy.
Hey, honey.
Um, smells like sandwiches.
Yeah. It's roast
beef and salami...
Ooh, yummy.
And... yes,
and tomatoes.
Michelle, voice-over: Nowadays,
I feel like I need to have
some tangible success
in my life.
What about, uh, banana peppers?
Top shelf on the right.
Oh.
Michelle, voice-over:
When I get up in the morning,
pour myself a cup of coffee
and think,
"OK. I'm going to work,"
and when I come home
in a evening, feel like I've...
you know, I've had a...
you know, a long,
fulfilling day
and I'm earning my money,
that... that feeling
that all kids want,
which is to be an adult.
Woman, voice-over:
Michelle was a very good baby.
She didn't cry a lot.
She did a lot of looking around,
and we didn't...
we didn't know until
she was 3 months old
that she even had
a vision problem.
Michelle, voice-over:
When I was in kindergarten,
my parents said, "If the kids
laugh at you, just ignore them,"
and I was thinking,
Pick up the pace.
Well, this is an exciting day.
Huh huh!
What are you gonna do today?
I don't know, but
I'm a little nervous.
You are?
Yeah.
How are the first day of school?
Going back is a little
nervous, isn't it?
Yeah...
especially in fifth grade
because fifth grade...
Pump up...
Pump up the volume,
pump up volume
Pump up the volume,
dance, dance, dance
Ha ha!
Ha ha ha!
Michelle, voice-over: I was
never popular in public school.
The kids'd literally be like,
"Ew, there's Michelle.
We're gonna catch her disease,"
and then just, like, run away.
That was probably the worst,
um, because I couldn't
but I could hear the words,
and that... that hurt the most.
I wasn't angry at them.
I didn't want to go punch them,
but it felt like emptiness.
Woman, on computer:
Hey, guys, it's Nik here,
and, as requested,
I'll be doing...
Michelle, voice-over:
When I'm on the computer,
I can see things,
for the most part,
the way the sighted world
see things,
and people talk to me online,
a lot of times,
they don't even know
that I'm blind,
and so I feel like it...
it equalizes me,
but then when I leave the house
and... and go out into the world,
it's not like that.
Hey, Mom, do you know what
happened to my backpack?
No.
Ohh...
Ohh...
uh...
Ohh!
Uh, can't find it, like, at all.
Wonderful. I didn't...
haven't gone anywhere.
I didn't left...
left the house.
No. I don't
see it anywhere.
Yeah. Yeah. I know.
Ohh...
You didn't go...
No.
I didn't go anywhere
for, like, a week.
I don't know what to do.
It isn't anywhere.
It's just nowhere.
Ohh...
This is my life.
Oh, why are you guys
still filming me?
I mean, there are
less than 4 things
that could've happened.
And so what?
There it is.
Oh, my God.
I found it, and I'm so sorry
that I freaked out at you guys.
Michelle, voice-over: I want
to see all aspects of life.
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