Irrational Man Page #3

going to be so special.

I marched in every bullshit

political demonstration.

I spent six months in Darfur

getting food to starving families,

I wind up with meningitis.

- Mmm.

- I was in Bangladesh.

Yeah, you know, you want to see

a difference, to save the world.

But when you see

what you're up against...

Do you like vintage single malt?

You drink?

You mean here?

- Yeah.

- Right now?

No, no, I couldn't.

There was no way I could have

realized from that first conversation

that a lot was very wrong with Abe.

He was so damn fascinating and vulnerable,

and I must say, I found him attractive.

I guess it helped that

he felt comfortable with me.

I drove a cab.

I was a handyman in a building.

I ran an elevator.

But I always read.

Always, always loved the Russian writers.

Especially Dostoyevsky.

Dostoyevsky got it.

I've read all of it.

- Really?

- Mmm.

Oh, I had a great conversation

with Abe Lucas the other day.

Uh-huh.

He said my paper was

well-organized and original.

- All right.

- Right?

Yeah, I can see where this is goin'.

Oh, stop it, please.

He's just fascinating because he's

brilliant, but he's a sufferer.

Perfect. Great, you always

became attracted to the sufferers.

Right? That's how we first met.

He's a real sufferer, Roy.

You had shingles.

He was traumatized

when his best friend was killed in Iraq.

- He was a journalist, just horrifying.

- Didn't he get his head cut off?

His head cut off?

No, no, it was an explosion.

Oh.

God, it's amazing how people

embellish these stories.

You know, Abe actually says

that people just manufacture drama

so they can get through their lives

because they're so empty.

Can we just change the subject

of Abe Lucas, please?

You've been, like, singing

his praises for half an hour.

All right, well, then,

how about I sing yours?

- Okay. Yeah, yeah. Good.

- How's that?

I love you in that sweater.

Of course, you love me in this sweater.

You bought it for me.

Well, you look great in that shade of blue.

You really do.

You know Abe's mother committed suicide?

Abe again?

I mean, can you imagine?

He was 12.

She drank bleach!

It's so sad.

You know, Simone de Beauvoir pointed out,

and quite correctly,

that in a society shaped by men,

women are seen as relative beings

existing only in relationship to men.

- Hmm.

- You agree with that?

- I agree with that completely.

- Mmm-hmm.

I'm sure you've heard the rumors about you.

That you've had a lot of

experience with women.

You mean slept with.

You find that fulfilling?

Many women and one-night stands?

I did at the time.

It had a certain frantic quality.

One day, it stopped being exciting.

I couldn't find distraction anymore

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