Brad's Status Page #4

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You know, "Williams,"

"Harvard," all of it.

Just... It all works out.

In the end, you end up at the right place.

Mm, yeah, I'm not really worried.

Okay.

You know, when I was your age,

I was so freaked out about college.

I wanted to go to Yale.

Was just obsessed, right?

I mean, why Yale?

I didn't know why.

And then, uh, I got waitlisted,

and then I didn't get in.

Right?

Guess what?

It all worked out.

I loved Tufts.

Tufts was a fantastic school.

I made great friends.

I met that professor, Bob Connor,

took me under his wing and just,

you know, kind of blew my mind

and changed my life.

Made me want to save the world.

So...

Anyway, my point is, f*** Yale, okay?

And you don't get into Tufts, f*** Tufts.

My, uh, counselor thinks

that I'll get into Yale.

She does?

He does, yeah.

He does. Why does he think that?

Uh, I mean, I guess my grades

and scores and my compositions,

'cause I guess a lot of these schools

are looking to fill orchestral spots.

And, uh, he's pretty confident

I'll get into pretty much

everywhere I apply.

You look stunned.

He thinks you're gonna get into Yale?

Yes.

Really? That's amazing.

I mean, I knew you had

good grades and I...

you know, I always thought

you were a genius,

but I just...

That's so awesome, Troy.

But we're not, um, visiting Yale.

Uh, yeah, I don't really

want to go to Yale.

Why not?

Um... well, I'm hoping

that I get into Harvard,

'cause there's this, uh,

there's this music professor there,

this guy, Jerome Backaly,

and he's doing, like,

a lot of really cool stuff and...

Yeah, it's just a really cool program.

My, uh, friend from school,

she says that there's

a concert Wednesday night

that she's playing,

and he might be there, so...

S...

You're going to Harvard.

Well, maybe. You know, I don't know.

Does your mother know about this?

Well, she knows I want to.

I...

I can't believe...

I didn't know about this.

What do you mean?

You knew that we were coming here.

I knew we were checking out the school,

but I didn't know you were

actually gonna get in.

Well, I might not get in.

But it seems like you might.

Well, yeah, I might.

My kid's going to Harvard.

Don't f***ing jinx me, dude.

You all right?

Yeah.

Life's crazy, huh?

I mean...

how cool.

I'm proud of you.

Sometimes in life,

you can lose the plot.

You want to play something, buddy?

I suddenly remembered what I'd been doing

for the last 17 years.

Planting and nurturing

for this amazing creature.

How could I have regrets?

If I had stayed in New York

and married a striver like Diane Fisher...

No, that is bullshit...

...Troy could've turned out

entitled and pretentious.

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