Better Luck Tomorrow
God damn, it's hot.
Are you done yet?
Early admissions?
Ivy Leaguers love it.
Gets 'em all wet.
All that studying
finally pays off,
and you get to leave
this hellhole a year early.
Damn, what is it,
like 95 degrees?
Can't wait to go
to college, man.
It's like natural selection.
Every hot chick
you meet's got a brain.
Not mine.
Not mine.
You never forget
the sight of a dead body
but then again,
I was experiencing
a lot of things
for the first time.
I guess it's just
part of growing up.
How many calories
in each stick?
How many grams of fat?
32 grams, but we do
cook it in vegetable oil.
I'll take two then.
Could I have mine extra crispy?
Sure. No problem.
It's not as hard as it looks.
All it takes is
the extra five minutes
reading the manual
after you get hired.
The way I saw it,
as long as it made it
on my college application,
it was all worth it.
You just can't count
on good grades
to get into a decent
school anymore.
Virgil and I have been friends
since the fourth grade,
when he moved to my school.
Let's go, you perv.
Dude, did you see the
f***ing rack on that?
Man, middle-aged
hos are the finest.
This is Han, Virgil's cousin.
He's everything Virgil's not.
You ladies ready?
I shoot 215 free throws a day.
My goal is to beat
Calvin Murphy's record
of 95.8 percent.
That's 207 baskets.
Punctilious.
"Marked by or concerned
about precise, exact accordance
with the details
of codes or conventions."
To get a perfect score
on my next SA I needed to improve
and repeated it over
and over again.
They say if you repeat
something enough times,
it becomes part of you.
Punctilious. Adjective.
"Marked by or concerned
about precise, exact accordance
with the details
of codes or conventions."
Oh, we could rock
Or we could bomb
Or we could try
Like super hard
Or we could come
Or we could lose
Or we could totally
Give me attention
Every day and every night
Whoo-hoo...
Whoo-hoo...
Stephanie Vandergosh.
It's girls like her
that make you realize
that life's not fair.
I swear, I saw her in a porn.
What are you babbling about?
Daric Loo, academic all-star.
But don't let the letterman
jacket fool you--
it's for tennis.
Hey, so we're using your
credit card, right?
If we get caught,
I'm saying you stole it from me.
Nigga, please.
The amoeba
is a primitive and simple organism,
which absorbs its prey
and incorporates it into itself.
Miss Vandergosh
and Miss Nabham,
is there something you would like
to share with the class?
I thought as much.
Uh, Mr. Farmer, please switch
seats with Miss Vandergosh.
Now that I have your
complete attention,
today we will see a movie.
It is entitled, The Amoeba.
Lunch time was club time.
This was where everyone loaded
up on their extracurricular
activities for their college app.
And, of course, Daric was
...but, being part of an ecology
club, it's important that we do.
Unfortunately, all
the really worthwhile things
about high school
were few and far between.
She is right down the hall
Well, what I'm
most concerned about
are the abrasions
on her arms and her back.
It was my fault-- I fell down some stairs,
but I feel fine now.
Don't get me wrong.
I mean, I think there's some
pretty fine-looking
b*tches in high school.
It's just that they're all
so f***ing stingy
about giving it up.
Dude, you're a
f***ing virgin.
Dude, I can get laid
whenever I want to.
Any time, anywhere, any place.
Yeah, by who, your
middle-aged aunt?
No, but your mom's been
looking mighty fine lately.
Hey, shut the f*** up.
Especially with those...
what was that thing
Okay, it comes to $482.82.
Is your brother Carl?
Yeah.
I thought you looked familiar.
I-I'm Virgil.
I was in, uh, Cub Scouts
with your brother.
Oh, this is my friend, Ben.
Hi.
Hey.
So, uh, what are you
doing these days?
I just got out of college.
Oh, what was your major?
Theater.
Theater. That's, that's...
I love the theater, you know.
It's a...
Sign here.
That makes you, like,
a thespian, right?
You know, you-you have that,
like, kind of an "X" factor,
that charisma thing.
You definitely got it going, really.
Thanks.
Well, it was nice
seeing you again.
Yeah. So... plays.
Let me know if
you're ever in one or...
Hey, Virg...
So.
Okay.
Yeah. Yeah, cool.
Yeah, di...?
What the f*** was that?
What?
You're gonna get us caught!
Watch it!
Like she's gonna go for you.
At least I try.
That's enough, girls.
We were always pissed at Virgil,
but we always let it slide.
We had to--
he's like the little puppy
that keeps shitting on the carpet.
Hey, Virg.
What color is the sticker today, man?
Wake up!
Orange.
Give 'em up.
Let's go.
F*** you.
Hi.
Hi.
It's my little brother,
and he came home
with all this computer stuff
he can't afford.
So my mom...
Yeah. Do you have a receipt?
It started with
a pack of baseball cards,
and then it snowballed.
I guess it just felt good
to do things
that I couldn't put
on my college application.
Besides, it was suburbia...
Our straight A's were our alibis,
our passports to freedom.
Going to a study group
would get us out of the house
until 4:
00 in the morning.As long as our grades
were there, we were trusted.
We had it all.
Well, almost.
"Uncap the needle."
"Swab the finger
with the rubbing alcohol."
"Prick the finger."
Come on, Ben.
On three.
One...
See, that wasn't so bad.
All right, let's go.
Come on, now.
Good job. Run! Come on, now.
Get down, get down,
run, run, run.
Stay low when you make
that pass.
Got to get in front of him.
In front of him!
Dive, come on!
Who wants that ball?
Who wants it?
Don't stand up.
Do not stand up.
Make two, we'll go home.
Hey, Stephanie.
Oh, hey, Ben.
How's it going?
Good.
How's your finger?
Oh.
I'll live.
You have a Band-Aid on it.
Yeah.
It's a pin prick.
Don't you want to be
a doctor or something?
If I don't play pro basketball.
Aren't you a little short?
Only the size of your heart matters.
That's corny.
What about you?
What do you want to be?
A cop.
Really? Aren't you
a little too short?
Not when I have this.
Ooh.
You're late.
Sorry.
And you're
not wearing a helmet.
Oh. Ben, this is
my boyfriend, Steve.
Steve,
this is Ben, my lab partner.
Oh, yeah.
I have something for you.
What is this?
This isn't even due until next week.
I had some free time
so I thought that--
We're lab partners.
We're supposed
to do this together.
Give me a call.
We'll meet to do the assignment.
Let's go.
Later.
It's amazing what the right
piece of clothing
can do for your image.
I knew it was all bullshit,
but, hell, I was milking it
for all it was worth.
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