Chapter XXXI: Anna, 49 meets Anna, 39
โAnyone can become angry โ that is easy,
but to be angry with the right person,
to the right degree, at the right time,
for the right purpose,
and in the right way โ that is not easy.โ
Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics
Anna, 49 years old, visits Anna, 39 years old
Anna, 39 years old
โYou seem to have taken it a little bit too andante.
[Hums ABBA.]โ
Anna, 49 years old
โYou donโt have to be so grumpy. I admit: Obstinacy punishes itself in the end.
Anna, 39 years old
โIt worked as long as we believed it was about a Greek beach babe who would โplay her time and time again and make her strongโ. Scarlett and Veronica should have taught us. Though, they both would have told us not to chicken out. โChin up! After all, tomorrow is another day.โโ
Anna, 49 years old
โItโs double-edged. Veronica has her Gremlins, after all. Scarlett is also lousy and useless as an alter ego. She is definitely also bipolar.โ
Anna, 39 years old
โAlso?โ
Anna, 49 years old
โHm, weโre perhaps a bit too well-schooled in diagnoses these days. Although theyโve probably always fascinated or been romanticized? ADHD is so 2014 and for heavenโs sake, donโt be schizophrenic like a great-grandfather. It will never be right.โ
Anna, 39 years old
โPersonally, Iโm just as tired of everyone being โburned outโ as I once was of everyone who had gastritis. Why canโt they not just say it as it is? D-e-p-r-e-s-s-s-i-o-n.โ
Anna, 49 years old
[Laughs.]
โI had forgotten all those who chewed Losec as cough drops back in like โ93.โ
Anna, 39 years old
โThe fact that you are depressed, a drunk, burned out or simply mean is a circumstance, a context. Not the cause that makes you feel bad, do, or say what you do.โ
Anna, 49 years old
โSincerity is the new mortal sin. Shit, I sometimes wish I was Melanie Hamilton. So damn peaceful. Not act. Not react.โ
Anna, 39 years old
โAre you joking? I mean, seriously! The biggest wimp in film history?โ
Anna, 49 years old
โJust wait things out. And! Who was it that got the prince?โ
Anna, 39 years old
โThe prince? She got the biggest wimp in film history. Who the hell wants Ashley?โ
Anna, 49 years old
โScarlett.โ
Anna, 39 years old
โOkay, but thatโs the greatest mystery in film history. Besides, we will never be Melanie.โ
Anna, 49 years old
โHow do you know that?โ
Anna, 39 years old
โAre you kidding!โ
Anna, 49 years old
[Laughs.]
โYes.โ
[Silence.]
Anna, 49 years old
[Upset.]
โYou still have the strength to hope. Everything you believe in can go to hell, because it doesnโt exist. Fall in line. Reality came first. When you think that it canโt get any worse. Thenโฆโ
โThen, the water is shut off while youโre in the shower, with your head full of shampoo on the way to a funeral. Or you pee yourself in the elevator from all the coffee and sparkling water, two diuretics and one Valium on the way home from another funeral.โ
โWhat you believed in, it didnโt happen. Itโs better not to be honest. Be The Joker… Heath Ledger…โ
Anna, 39 years old
โWhat, did you say?โ
Anna, 49 years old
โThis adapted difficulty to hear is damn annoying. Hello?! Who the hell is running these fucking conversations between us?โ
Anna, 39 years old
โThe one who will make sure that I donโt lose hope.โ
[Silence.]
Anna, 49 years old
โThey have taken pictures of one of Plutoโs moons and determined that there is water.โ
Anna, 39 years old
โOn the planet or the moon?โ
Anna, 49 years old
โI donโt know. But it took nine years for the spacecraft that took the pictures to get there. Can you imagine sitting and waiting for a few pictures for nine years and why does a moon even orbit a planet for millions of years?โ
Anna, 39 years old
โHm, orbiting a โmoonโ is a bit too well-known a topic, so in this case we probably shouldnโt tell people how to live their lives? ;)โ
Anna, 49 years old
โDonโt smiley-face me. Adults congratulating each other with cartoon fireworks? What is that? And youโre right, you really should stop orbiting around Peter.โ
Anna, 39 years old
โThen where do I go?โ
[Silence.]
Anna, 49 years old
โIโve finally put together the album with all of grandadโs America-photos. Grandad, the selfie lover! He would have loved to live now and take pictures of himself all the time!โ
Anna, 39 years old
โSelfie? Everyone likes to take photos and show off, donโt they?โ
Anna, 49 years old
โVideo killed the radio star, and the selfie killed the time between the pictures. Crap or happiness, but before it was and existed in the pictures. Not just the โprettyโ and the time in between, one had to try to remember as best one could. Printed paper photographs with parentheses in between of memories that tied us together with the present. The pictures connected us to what we had lost that was not in a picture, the parentheses.โ
โNow image, on image on image. Everything is in a photo. The memory never gets to work on its own, because we believe that it is the only and true reality we see in the pictures. The pictures donโt lie. But thatโs precisely what they do.โ
Anna, 39 years old
โI donโt understand?โ
Anna, 49 years old
โThat one used to appreciate what had already been. Not all the time lived for the next picture, and that we ourselves were allowed to control the spaces in between.โ
โDo you really think I could have written these dialogues if everything was caught on camera? Preserved in a photo? If everything were documented, if I were not allowed to fabricate based my own memory.โ
Anna, 39 years old
โBut youโve always had the latest camera?โ
Anna, 49 years old
โYes, but it took time to see the picture.โ
โAh, what the hell, whatever! As for Grandad and Albin, they were not coming home, so they didnโt need any memories. I guess, they just wanted to be there and then, in that moment.โ
Anna, 39 years old
โAnd thatโs wrong?โ
Anna, 49 years old
โNo. itโs me who thinks too much about the past and makes damn albums.โ
Silence.
Anna, 49 years old
โI read a question that Iโve been thinking about: โAre you the catalyst or the catastrophe?โโ
Anna, 39 years old
โDamn. The catalyst?โ
Anna, 49 years old
โAt work and in the family, perhaps, but inside weโre just a catastrophe, arenโt we?โ
Anna, 39 years old
โHow negative you are! You ask questions to get things out of the way. Those who are not prepared end up disappointed in the end.โ
Anna, 49 years old
โYou wish! But fine, I donโt say โmaybeโ either if I mean โnoโ. I donโt need to be understood by people or seem nice. Itโs enough to be sensible.
Anna, 39 years old
โIt started with he the dentist who used metal thimbles on his fingertips. We bite.โ
Anna, 49 years old
โHim. โHim the dentistโ, and I donโt bite. Iโm as polite as can be. I just want to avoid half-truths and the fact-resistant ones.
Anna, 39 years old
โThe fact-resistant?โ
Anna, 49 years old
โItโs fucking hard to talk to you. The ones who made Trump president. Children of our time.โ
Anna, 39 years old
โSometimes youโre violently funny.โ
[Laughs.]
โTrump! Do you remember the pink marble in Trump Tower, shit, how impressed we were. That, I know we have photos of! But president, heโs not likely to become.
[Laughs.]
โBut, the last thing, good topic. Children. Where do we stand there?โ
Anna, 49 years old
โCan we please finish one topic before starting another.โ
Anna, 39 years old
โSo, you havenโt solved that question?โ
Anna, 49 years old
โSince I, the catastrophe doesnโt always spread harmony, happy thoughts and comfort around me โ no, I havenโt solved it!โ
Anna, 39 years old
โI guess Iโll have to change direction then. But I do want this with Peter to become something.โ
Anna, 49 years old
โThat! That was as real as if youโre sore IRL from an imaginary bruise that youโd gotten from your imaginary friend. Just another unfulfilled daydream.โ
Anna, 39 years old
โDonโt be sad. Oh my God, youโre crying. Hey, I didnโt mean anything bad by it. Please, donโt be sad. My God! Youโre really crying. For real.โ
โWhatโs happening? Now I feel completely powerless.โ
Anna, 49 years old
โMe too.โ
Anna, 39 years old
โAnd surprised.โ
Anna, 49 years old
โMe too.โ
[Silence.]
Anna, 49 years old
โDid you know that the word livslรถgn, life-lie, doesnโt have a direct translation into English. Life-illusion seems to be the most commonly used.โ
Anna, 39 years old
โAn illusion. Better than a lie. A good magician knows that people are always looking where the light falls.โ
Anna, 49 years old
โWe think weโre telling it like it is. But I think weโre fooling ourselves. Looking towards the light.โ
Anna, 39 years old
โDonโt be so hard on yourself. Everyone does that, donโt they.โ
Anna, 49 years old
โSometimes itโs also translated it as โbasic lieโ. Isnโt that what you live by? In? The belief that it will always get better down the road even though it gets worse.โ
Anna, 39 years old
โSo, if I really swing the scissors, instead of holding them properly along my leg, thatโs better?โ
Anna, 49 years old
โI donโt know. But mix the catalyst with the illusion and BAM! and youโve created a catastrophe for yourself. You get it? Itโs no good. Itโs just crap! And here we are. Goddam fucking hell!โ
Anna, 39 years old
โYou. Youโre there. Not me.โ
Anna, 49 years old
โI hate you! You were supposed to lead me to something that never happened. Here we sit like the Mad Hatter, drink disgusting tea. Every day. At the same time. I mean, you donโt have to be called Alice to accuse you of having us snared by Miss Time and Mr. Circumstance.โ
Anna, 39 years old
โYouโre the one who set the table and wasted time. Who talk illogically and feel sorry for yourself.โ
[Silence.]
Anna, 49 years old
โYesterday when I was putting on my makeupโฆโ
โLike for a whole damn second. I thought… I had time to feel that โDamn! Now Iโve gone psychotic, just like Veronica.โโ
Anna, 39 years old
โJust like whom?โ
โA millisecond. It probably wasnโt a full second. One second, thatโs actually quite a long time.โ
Anna, 49 years old
โI wasnโt there! We get so fucking lost. We are not reaching any goals.โ
Anna, 39 years old
โโFill up the glasses, since werโe here for life,
And flatter Dr Gamme and his wife,
For looking in the mirror tells you true,
Itโs Dr Gamme who looks back at you.โโ
โLarkin. I just thought it โmirroredโ what you were saying.
[Laughs.]
Anna, 49 years old
โAre you completely stupid? Do you know that I almost daily think that when mom and dad are gone, thereโs nothing stopping me from jumping over the cemetery wall. Do you know that? Did you know that?โ
Anna, 39 years old
โCalm down. Suicide?โ
Anna, 49 years old
โOh, so that you heard! That, you actually took in! It got through.โ
Anna, 39 years old
โBut weโve never, never thought like that.โ
Anna, 49 years old
โNo, my silly little nitwit, but now we do, pretty damn often, actually. You get that! Because thereโs nothing after that. Then weโre alone. Fucking lonely.โ
Anna, 39 years old
โBut little brother, the rest of the family…โ
Anna, 49 years old
โWeโll become Aunt Millicent. You get it! Weโll end up like Mille. Mom takes care of her now. Despite all the harsh words.โ
Anna, 39 years old
โBut ifโฆโ
Anna, 49 years old
โThere are no ifs, no men either. Thereโre only thousands of ideas you never saw through because it was your turn at the checkout. For milk. For some goddamn milk.โ
Anna, 39 years old
โWell, you have to eat.โ
Anna, 49 years old
โYes, and with or without Valium, I continue my day. But sure, you donโt stay as slim as you are, when youโre suppressing the anxiety.โ
Anna, 39 years old
โThatโs unfair! But sedatives…?โ
Anna, 49 years old
โDonโt worry. It passes but youโre tired. I can handle far more than I thought I could, yet still always wish I was a really dumb, happy-go-lucky blonde.โ
Anna, 39 years old
โColor me content! Long live hydrogen peroxide!โ
Anna, 49 years old
โYouโre quick to joke and laugh. Itโs a bit contagious but even bleach doesnโt work as it used to. It stops working after a certain time, supposedly to be โgood for the environmentโโ
Anna, 39 years old
โSo, you want both a perfect hair day and your own private helipad? Itโs cool. โIโve got a plan so cunning you could put a tail on it and call it weasel.โโ
[Laughs.]
Anna, 49 years old
โDamn it! I fail you so bad, but when you finally understand me, we get nowhere. We get stuck.โ
Anna, 11 years old
โWell, Iโm for one is glad you have your imagination, your weird thoughts and your quirky whims left.โ
Anna, 18 years old
โAnd Iโm glad you still have your stubborn streak. Are you maybe even a little, little kinder to yourself?โ
Anna, 49 years old
โWell, hello, there! There, you popped up like some kind of ghoul-children in a Maria Gripe novel!โ
Anna, 11 years old
[Laughs.]
โNope! Weโre actually Bishop Vergeusโ girls!โ
Anna, 49 years old
โYeah, I can totally believe that.โ
[Laughs loudly.]
โBut, you know what, then I think you should go and disappear back into the cold, rushing stream again!โ
Anna, 18 years old
โYouโre not kinder to yourself.โ
[Disappear.]
[Pause.]
Anna, 39 years old
โAnd there they went!โ
โWell, wellโฆโ
โWell, Iโve broken up with Kierkegaard at least. You canโt lose your footing when youโve never really dared in the first place. I no longer write his quote in the President-calendar every year. What is it you always say? โIโm out walking the dead again.โ That seems to be where youโre at. You sound depressed.โ
Anna, 49 years old
โNothing reaches me behind the rouge. But sure, I get up. Blow dry my hair and all that. If weโre not cremated, we rot.โ
Anna, 39 years old
โA mid-life crisis. I wouldnโt have thought that of us.โ
Anna, 49 years old
โDo you know what my dreams are made of these days? Ladies and gentlemen! My dreams! Money! A big fucking pile of money. Ta-da!โ
โMy nightmares! I never checked the age of the damned, bastard stork. Ta-da!โ
Anna, 49 years old
โWhat was it you didnโt check?โ We check everything.โ
Anna, 49 years old
โIt annoys me more than it used to that you canโt hear me. Youโre the last chance to change anything. Listen up!โ
Anna, 39 years old
โWhat?โ
Anna, 49 years old
โSome things I โm allowed to tell, others Iโm not. As Brecht said, โThe man who laughs. Has simply not yet heard, the terrible news.โโ
Anna, 39 years old
โWe get to talk about old truths and problems. For any new viewers… Ants, static on the screen.โ
Anna, 49 years old
โI put on lip gloss and ask people how theyโre doing, even if they donโt ask me back. I used to think that was normal. But I canโt do it anymore. I just want to wonder: โWhat the hell is the difference between gravlax sauce and Swedish mustard-dill sauce?โ and stop giving a damn about โthe mood in the roomโ or how everyone else is feeling.โ
Anna, 39 years old
โYou grow geraniums and like cured salmon with gravlax sauce. Who are you?โ
Anna, 49 years old
โI only eat hot-smoked salmon. Iโm childless.โ
Anna, 39 years old
โAnd you wonder why youโre stuck? Think of what Mary always says: โYou became what you became when you didnโt become as you were supposed to.โโ
Anna, 49 years old
โMary is dead.โ
โDamn! What happened to the time when you didnโt have to pay thirty-five crowns for a GB ice cream and Bowie wasnโt dead? When you could slam down the phone on people.โ
Anna, 39 years old
โI didnโt catch that last part. Static.โ
Anna, 49 years old
โThe static, like our tinnitus.โ
โBut maybe itโs hormones these days? My mind goes from fear to something else faster than a Formula 1 pit stop. I have a very well-developed je ne sais quoi [read; huh?] for anxiety.โ
Anna, 39 years old
โYou canโt talk in square brackets.โ
Anna, 49 years old
โItโs no less realistic than me talking to you, is it?โ
Anna, 39 years old
โOur anxiety actually doesnโt make the world go round. Who do you hang out with?โ
Anna, 49 years old
โNot many. Fewer and fewerโฆโ
โBeing honest about not always feeling okay has defined how people see me, the image of me.โ
โEveryone assumes itโs depression. Nothing could be further from the truth. Itโs fear.โ
โPure fear. The catalysts are always the same. Sometimes, but not so often anymore, the performance anxiety, but always, always, the money worries.โ
Anna, 39 years old
โYes, and yet 90 percent of people only the see a โhappy, annoyingly talkativeโ Anna.โ
Anna, 49 years old
โAnd some people see the Negative Supernova. Sometimes I think people are just as open as I am, but then I realize it was a kind of joke. At my expense. They havenโt lost anything.โ
Anna, 39 years old
โTheyโre protecting themselves. You have to respect that, right.โ
Anna, 49 years old
โIโve picked that up. Sometimes Iโm so vague myself nowadays that not even I understand what I mean. Like people do. They donโt risk being themselves. If you just speak nonsense convincingly enough.โ
Anna, 39 years old
โOkay, okay, words, words, words. You isolate yourself. That worries me.โ
Anna, 49 years old
โDonโt exaggerate. Everyone has less and less of a social life as the years go by. But why did we show what was under the varnish?โ
Anna, 39 years old
โStop! Self-pity doesnโt suit you.โ
Anna, 49 years old
โTrue altruism can only come from the family. The rest is just some kind of need for affirmation.
Anna, 39 years old
โDonโt we usually say that weโre defined by our family and our friends because then weโre a damn good person?โ
Anna, 49 years old
โI donโt know anymore. When I swipe my credit card at the checkout because I donโt have a penny left in cash, it doesnโt help to think โIโm a good person in other ways.โ anymore.โ
Anna, 39 years old
โThey had helped us earlier in life as well. Money.โ
Anna, 49 years old
โPeople who could help, practically and pragmatically, but constantly throw out an โI wish I could help you.โโ
โThose are the ones I want to scream at! โDonโt throw platitudes at me!โ The ones who forces me to answer: โBut please, sweet dear you, of course you should noooot feel like thaaaat!โโ
โMaking me validate them! I mean, for godโs sake!โ
Anna, 39 years old
โMmmmโฆ But self-pityโฆ Watch outโฆโ
[Silence.]
Anna, 49 years old
โYeah, I know! I know. Stop looking at me like that!โ
โIโm just so tired of being grateful โabout the small things in lifeโ. Not even the scent of Mildredโs Mock orange a day in July works anymore.โ
Anna, 39 years old
โWhat?โ
Anna, 49 years old
โI said that no one will ever call us โpoor little rich girlโ.โ
Anna, 39 years old
โNot โLegsโ either.โ
[Laughs.]
โSorry, I shouldnโt be laughing. Or make it into a joke. I mean, I can tell that you are not feeling well.โ
Anna, 49 years old
โItโs fine. People can absolutely call us Freddie Mercury.โ
Anna, 39 years old
โBecause weโre the great pretenderโฆโ
โShame can be a very dangerous thing. One has to dare to ask for help. How are you with having people over? And… Drum roll… Do they get to keep their shoes on?โ
Anna, 49 years old
โAre you kidding? Thatโs my last remaining intrusive thought.โ
Anna, 39 years old & Anna, 49 years old
โMy dear little darling, Swede! Youโre no more continental for letting people to walk into your home with their shoes on, as it makes me Japanese for not to allowing it.โ
[Laughs both.]
Anna, 39 years old
โAnd those people who say: โMy door is always open!โ The whole point with doors is to close them. Replace their open doors with a big, fat void, and letโs see what happens to their hospitality!โ
Anna, 49 years old
โOur void.โ
[Silence.]
Anna, 39 years old
โIf everythingโs that hopeless, then change things! And for Godโs sake, stop acting so hard to get used to!โ
Anna, 49 years old
โTo be understood. How awful.โ
โDonโt roll your eyes! I was being ironic! It worries me too that my brain has stopped expecting good things to happen, but if one day I wake up and the day is the tomorrow I wished for yesterday, will I then be disappointed?โ
Anna, 39 years old
โDammit! Stop expounding and enough with the monologues! Get angry instead! Be me!โ
โDonโt be such a passive wimp with such b-i-g words. Come on, for fuckโs sake! Youโre not some fucking fragile Meissen-ballerina and you havenโt lost the argument until youโve taken off your shoes, thrown them at your opponent and missed.โ
Anna, 49 years old
โTossing a small ball was never our thing.โ
Anna, 39 years old
โPull yourself together! Youโre not dying yet. And hey, that whole โNow I am quietly waiting for the catastrophe of my personality to seem beautiful again, and interesting, and modern.โ, is stolen and, above all, so played out.โ
โAnd, hey! What if you actually meet someone who gets the point when we introduce ourselves as Space Cowboy, the Gangster of Love and Maurice.โ
Anna, 49 years old
โThree surprises in one. I actually decided to change my life once, so I changed my phone number.โ
[Silence.]
Anna, 39 years old
โIt was me. I was the one who changed the phone number.
Anna, 49 years old
โHey there, you Space-y cowboy, great initiative! Who is Keyser Zรถse? Do you get it?
Anna, 39 years old
โYes, of course I get it. Iโm not an idiot but skip the irony. At least I tried. So, youโve given up? Just like that?โ
Anna, 49 years old
โWell, you know, as long as one has a Valium, a good pillow, a pint of Ben & Jerryโs and all the Christmas specials of โThe Vicar of Dibleyโ nearby.โ
Anna, 39 years old
โYouโve really have given up?โ
[Falls silent.]
[Silence.]
Anna, 49 years old
โI have a few book ideas.โ
Anna, 39 years old
โYaaay! Weโre back! And now our catchphrase is: โFor Award Considerations Only.โโ
Anna, 49 years old
โYou donโt stream movies illegally yet, so what do you know about that? But sure, strike camp, strike camp! The new day shows its light. Our great adventure has no end in sight, so wouldnโt it be nice if the monster under the bed one day fell in love with our guardian angel.โ
Anna, 39 years old
โTrip away; make no stay; Meet me all by break of day.โ
Anna, 49 years old
โWell, isnโt that just like you? A proper little Puck.โ
Anna, 39 years old
โItโs not Puck saying that. Itโs Obe…โ
Anna, 49 years old
โOberon. I know. Shut up now! Positive thinking here we go. Iโm definitely going to start using the expensive black BLK DNM jeans and throw out the Lindex jeans that I use to save on the others.โ
Anna, 39 years old
โAh, but what the hell? I couldnโt even keep up.โ
Anna, 49 years old
โBecause youโre not here.โ
Anna, 39 years old
โThe intention must be to…โ
Anna, 49 years old
โBut then again, good intentions can be just as bad as bad ones. Iโm just trying to adjust our internal PA system.โ
Anna, 39 years old
โYou have all the answers as usual. Thatโs something we were supposed to try to get away from too.โ
Anna, 49 years old
โYouโre hearing me clearly all of a sudden! Even the sadness? Can you move on now?โ
Anna, 39 years old
โMemento mori and my inner irony tells me that I should embrace and take this insight to heart today; not tomorrow because then, naturally, in the spirit of transience and impermanence, it will be gone.โ
Anna, 49 years old
The B-I-G words didnโt start with me. Should I say something wise, or use another movie metaphor?โ
Anna, 39 years old
โLetโs go movie.โ
Anna, 49 years old
โThen I wish I had a DeLorean.โ
Anna, 39 years old
โLike if.โ
Anna, 49 years old
โHear me out! โYour future hasnโt been written yet โ no oneโs has. Your future is whatever you make it. So make it a good one.โโ
โIt was you who said, โGo movie!โโ
Anna, 39 years old
โMarty McFly is stressed and miserable in all the films because he has answers that he canโt cope with.โ
Anna, 49 years old
โHence, why we have to stop meeting like this.โ
โBy the way, โhalvlyckligโ, you know like โhalf-happyโ is also better in English because you could say โhalf past happy.โ Then, at least then youโve been happy, even if youโre just a little past it now.โ
Anna, 39 years old
โWeโre like everyone else then.โ
Anna, 49 years old
โWho let Atlanta burn and Bobby stay in the shower.โ
Anna, 39 years old
โLet go.โ
Anna, 49 years old
โFor Godโs sake!โ
Anna, 39 years old
โOkay, sorry! But only someone who has lost his way can reach the unexpected clearing in the forest. Tran…โ
Anna, 49 years old
โโฆ strรถmmer. โOn the road in the long darkness. My wristwatch stubbornly glimmers with timeโs captured insect.โโ
โI guess Iโll just do what I usually do, step on every manhole cover just to see where it leads. Or something.โ
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Kapitel XXXI: Anna, 39 mรถter Anna, 49
โVem som helst kan bli arg โ det รคr lรคtt;
men att vara arg pรฅ rรคtt person,
i rรคtt grad, vid rรคtt tidpunkt,
av rรคtt anledning
och pรฅ rรคtt sรคtt โ รคr inte lรคtt.โ
Aristoteles, Nikomachiska etiken
Anna, 49 รฅr besรถker Anna, 39 รฅr
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Du tycks ha tagit det lite vรคl andante.
[Nynnar ABBA.]
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Du behรถver inte vara sรฅ sur. Jag erkรคnner: Egensinne straffar sig till slut.
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Det funkade sรฅ lรคnge vi trodde det handlade om en grekisk beachbabe som skulle โplay her time and time again and make her strongโ. Scarlett och Veronica borde ha lรคrt oss. Fast de hade bรฅda sagt till oss att inte att fega. Chin up! After all tomorrow is another day.
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Det รคr dubbelt. Veronica har ju sina Gremlins. Scarlett รคr dessutom kass som alter ego. Hon รคr definitivt ocksรฅ bipolรคr.
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Ocksรฅ?
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Hm, vi รคr kanske lite vรคl skolade i diagnoser idag. Fast de har vรคl alltid fascinerat eller romantiserats? ADHD รคr sรฅ 2014 och var fรถr sjutton inte schizofren som gammelmorfar. Det blir aldrig rรคtt.
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Sjรคlv รคr jag รคr lika trรถtt pรฅ alla utbrรคnda som jag fรถrr var pรฅ alla dom som hade magkatarr. Varfรถr kan dom inte sรคga som det รคr? D-e-p-r-e-s-s-s-i-o-n.
Anna, 49 รฅr
[Skrattar.]
โ Jag hade glรถmt alla dom som tuggade Losec som halstabletter typ โ93.
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Att du รคr deprimerad, alkis, utbrรคnd eller bara elak รคr en omstรคndighet, en kontext. Inte orsaken som fรฅr dig att mรฅ dรฅligt, gรถra eller sรคga det du gรถr.
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Uppriktighet รคr den nya dรถdssynden. Shit, jag รถnskar att jag var Melanie Hamilton ibland. Sรฅ fรถrbannat fridfullt. Inte agera. Inte reagera.
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Skรคmtar du? Alltsรฅ, verkligen! Den stรถrsta mesen i filmhistorien?
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Bara vรคnta in saker. Och! Vem var det som fick prinsen?
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Prinsen? Hon fick filmhistoriens allra stรถrsta mes. Vem fan vill ha Ashley?
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Scarlett.
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Okej, men det รคr filmhistoriens stรถrsta mysterium. Dessutom blir vi aldrig Melanie.
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Hur vet du det?
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Skojar du!
Anna, 49 รฅr
[Skrattar.]
โ Ja.
[Tystnad.]
Anna, 49 รฅr
[Upprรถrd]
โ Du orkar fortfarande hoppas. Allt det du tror pรฅ kan dra รฅt helvete, fรถr det finns inte. Rรคtta dig i ledet. Verkligheten kom fรถrst. Nรคr du tรคnker att vรคrre kan det inte bli. Dรฅโฆ
โ Dรฅ, stรคngs vattnet av medan du stรฅr i duschen, med huvudet fullt av schampo pรฅ vรคg till en begravning. Eller sรฅ kissar du ner dig i hissen av allt kaffe, Ramlรถsa, tvรฅ vรคtskedrivande och en Stesolid pรฅ vรคg hem frรฅn en annan jordfรคstning.
โ Det du trodde pรฅ, det hรคnde inte. Det รคr bรคttre att inte vara รคrlig. Be The Jokerโฆ Heath Ledgerโฆ
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Va, sa du?
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Denna anpassade svรฅrighet att hรถra รคr jรคvligt irriterande. Hallรฅ?! Vem fan styr de hรคr jรคvla samtalen mellan oss?
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Den som ska se till att jag inte tappar hoppet.
[Tystnad.]
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Dom har tagit bilder pรฅ en av Plutos mรฅnar och konstaterat att det finns vatten.
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Pรฅ planeten eller mรฅnen?
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Vet inte. Men det tog nio รฅr fรถr rymdfarkosten som tog bilderna att ta sig fram. Kan du tรคnka dig att sitta och vรคnta pรฅ nรฅgra bilder i nio รฅr och varfรถr cirkulerar en mรฅne รถverhuvudtaget miljontals รฅr kring en planet?
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Hm, att cirkulera kring en โmรฅneโ รคr ett lite fรถr vรคlkรคnt รคmne sรฅ i detta fall bรถr vi nog inte rรฅda folk hur de ska leva sina liv? ๐
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Smiley face:a mig inte. Vuxna mรคnniskor som grattar varandra med tecknade fyrverkeripjรคser? Vad รคr det? Och du har rรคtt, du borde verkligen sluta cirkulera kring Peter.
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Vart gรฅr jag dรฅ?
[Tystnad.]
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Jag har รคntligen satt samman albumet med morfars alla Amerika-bilder. Morfar, selfie-lovern! Han skulle รคlskat att leva nu och ta bilder pรฅ sig sjรคlv hela tiden!
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Selfie? Alla gillar vรคl att ta bilder och visa upp?
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Video killed the radio star och selfien killed tiden mellan bilderna. Skit eller lycka men fรถrr fanns det och existerade i bilderna. Inte bara det โfinaโ och tiden dรคremellan fick man fรถrsรถka minnas sรฅ gรฅtt det gick. Tryckta pappersbilder med minnesparenteser dรคremellan som band samman oss med nuet. Bilderna band oss samman med det man fรถrlorat som inte fanns pรฅ bild, parenteserna.
โ Nu bild, pรฅ bild pรฅ bild. Allt finns pรฅ bild. Minnet fรฅr aldrig arbeta pรฅ egen hand, fรถr vi tror att det รคr den enda och sanna verkligheten vi ser i bilderna. Bilderna ljuger inte. Men det รคr ju precis det som de gรถr.
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Jag fattar inte?
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Att man uppskattade det som redan varit. Inte hela tiden levde fรถr nรคsta bild och att vi sjรคlv fick lov att styra mellanrummen.
โ Tror du verkligen att jag skulle kunnat skriva dessa dialoger om allt var fรฅngat av en kamera? Fanns i en bild? Om allt fanns dokumenterat, om jag inte fick fabulera utifrรฅn mitt eget minne.
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Men du har ju alltid haft den senaste kameran?
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Ja, men det tog tid att se bilden.
โ Ah, va fan, skit i vilket! Vad gรคllde morfar och Albin sรฅ skulle de inte komma hem sรฅ de behรถvde inga minnen. Dom ville vรคl bara vara dรคr och dรฅ, i stunden.
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Och det รคr fel?
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Nej. Det รคr jag som tรคnker fรถr mycket pรฅ det fรถrflutna och gรถr fรถrbannade album.
[Tystnad.]
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Jag lรคste en frรฅga som jag funderat pรฅ: โรr du katalysatorn eller katastrofen?โ
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Fan. Katalysatorn?
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Pรฅ jobbet och i familjen kanske men i vรฅrt inre รคr vi vรคl bara en katastrof?
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Vad du รคr negativ! Man stรคller frรฅgor fรถr att fรฅ saker ur vรคgen. Dom som inte รคr fรถrbereda blir besvikna till sist.
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ You wish! Men visst jag sรคger inte heller โkanskeโ om jag menar โnejโ. Jag behรถver inte fรถrstรฅs av folk eller verka rar. Det rรคcker att vara vettig.
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Det bรถrjade med han tandlรคkaren som anvรคnde metallhylsor pรฅ fingertopparna. Vi bits.
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Honom. โHonom tandlรคkarenโ, och jag bits inte. Jag รคr hur artig som helst. Jag vill bara slippa halvsanningar och faktaresistenta.
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Faktaresistenta?
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Det รคr jรคvligt jobbigt att prata med dig. Dom som gjorde Trump till president. Barn av vรฅr tid.
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Ibland รคr du vรฅldsamt rolig.
[Skrattar.)
โ Trump! Kommer du ihรฅg den rosa marmorn i Trump Tower? Shit, sรฅ imponerade vi var. Det vet jag att vi har foton pรฅ! Men president lรคr han inte bli.
[Skrattar.]
โ Men, det sista, bra รคmne. Barn. Var stรฅr vi dรคr?
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Kan vi vara sรฅ snรคlla att avsluta ett รคmne innan vi bรถrjar pรฅ ett annat.
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Sรฅ du har inte lรถst den frรฅgan?
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Eftersom jag, katastrofen inte alltid sprider harmoni, lyckliga tankar och trรถst runt mig sรฅ nรค, jag har inte lรถst det!
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Jag fรฅr vรคl byta riktning dรฅ. Men jag vill ju att detta med Peter ska blir nรฅgot.
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Det! Det var lika verkligt som om man IRL รถmmar frรฅn ett pรฅhittat blรฅmรคrke som man fรฅtt av sin lรฅtsaskompis. Bara ytterligare en ouppfylld dagdrรถm.
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Bli inte ledsen. Jรถsses, du grรฅter. Alltsรฅ, jag menade inget illa. Snรคlla, var inte ledsen. Herre Gud! Du grรฅter verkligen. Pรฅ riktigt.
โ Vad รคr detta? Nu kรคnner jag mig helt maktlรถs.
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Jag med.
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Och fรถrvรฅnad.
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Jag med.
[Tystnad.]
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Visste du att ordet livslรถgn inte har en direkt รถversรคttning till engelska. Life-illusion tycks vara det som anvรคnds mest.
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ En illusion. Bรคttre รคn lรถgn. En bra trollkarl vet att folk alltid tittar dรคr ljuset faller.
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Vi tycker att vi sรคger som det รคr. Men jag tror att vi lurar oss sjรคlva. Tittar mot ljuset.
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Var inte sรฅ hรฅrd. Det gรถr vรคl alla.
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Ibland รถversรคtt det ocksรฅ med โbasic-lieโ. รr det inte det du lever efter? I? Tron att det alltid blir bรคttre lรคngre fram trots att det blir sรคmre.
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Sรฅ om jag verkligen svingar saxen, i stรคllet fรถr att hรฅlla den ordentligt lรคngs med benet sรฅ รคr det bรคttre?
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ I donโt know. Men blanda katalysatorn med illusionen och BAM! sรฅ har man skapat katastrofen fรถr sig sjรคlv. Fattar du? Det รคr inte bra. Det รคr bara skit! Och hรคr sitter vi. Satans jรคvla helvete!
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Du. Du sitter dรคr. Inte jag.
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Jag hatar dig! Du skulle leda mig till nรฅgot som aldrig skedde. Hรคr sitter vi som Hattmakaren och dricker รคckligt te. Varje dag. Pรฅ samma tid. Alltsรฅ, man behรถver inte kallas Alice fรถr att anklaga dig fรถr att ha fรฅtt oss snarade av Miss Time och Mr Circumstance.
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Det รคr du sjรคlv som har dukat bordet och slรถsat bort tiden. Som pratar ologiskt och tycker synd om dig sjรคlv.
[Tystnad.]
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Igรฅr nรคr jag sminkade mig sรฅ i en hel jรคvla sekund.
โ Jag tรคnkteโฆ Jag hann kรคnna att โFan! Nu har jag fรฅtt en psykos precis som Veronica.โ
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Precis som vem?
โ Millisekund. Det var sรคkert inte en hel sekund. En sekund, det รคr ganska lรฅng tid.
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Jag var inte dรคr! Vi gรฅr sรฅ jรคvla vilse. Vi nรฅr inga mรฅl.
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ โFill up the glasses, since werโe here for life,
And flatter Dr Gamme and his wife,
For looking in the mirror tells you true,
Itโs Dr Gamme who looks back at you.โ
โ Larkin. Jag tyckte bara att det โspegladeโ vad du berรคttade.
[Skrattar.]
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ รr du helt dum i huvudet? Vet du att jag nรคstan dagligen tรคnker att nรคr mamma och pappa inte finns hรคr mer, sรฅ finns inget som hindrar mig frรฅn att hoppa รถver kyrkogรฅrdsmuren. Vet du det? Visste du det?
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Lugna dig. Sjรคlvmord?
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Nรค, men minsann. Det hรถrde och uppfattade du minsann! Det gick in.
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Men, vi har aldrig, aldrig tรคnkt sรฅ.
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Nรค, min lilla nippertippa men nu gรถr vi det ganska jรคvla ofta. Fattar du! Fรถr det finns inget efter det. Dรฅ รคr vi ensamma. Jรคvligt ensamma.
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Men lillebror, resten av familjenโฆ
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Vi blir moster Millicent. Fattar du! Vi blir som Mille. Mamma tar hand om henne nu. Trots alla hรฅrda ord.
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Menโฆ
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Det finns inga men och inga mรคn heller. Det finns bara tusentals idรฉer man aldrig fullfรถljt fรถr att det blev ens tur i kassan att betala. Fรถr mjรถlk. Fรถr nรฅgon jรคvla mjรถlk.
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Man mรฅste ju รคta.
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Jo och med eller utan Stesolid sรฅ fortsรคtter jag min dag. Men visst, man blir inte lika smal som du รคr, nรคr man dรคmpar รฅngesten.
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Det var orรคttvist! Men lugnandeโฆ?
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Oroa dig inte. Det gรฅr รถver men man รคr trรถtt. Jag kan hantera betydligt mer รคn jag trodde men รถnskar รคndรฅ alltid att jag var en riktigt dum, happy-go-lucky blonde.
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Color me content! Long live vรคtesuperoxid!
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Du har lรคtt fรถr att skรคmta och skratta. Det smittar lite men inte ens blekning funkar som fรถrr. Den slutar verka efter en viss tid fรถr att vara โbra fรถr miljรถnโ.
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Sรฅ du vill ha bรฅde en perfect hair day och en privat helikopterplatta? Det รคr lugnt. โIโve got a plan so cunning you could put a tail on it and call it weasel.โ
[Skrattar.]
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Fan, alltsรฅ! Jag sviker dig sรฅ men nรคr du till sist fรถrstรฅr du mig sรฅ kommer vi ingenstans. Vi fastnar.
Anna, 11 รฅr
โ Ja, jag รคr i alla fall glad att du har din fantasi, dina konstiga funderingar och dina knรคppa infall kvar.
Anna, 18 รฅr
โ Och jag รคr glad att du har din egensinnighet kvar. Och kanske, รคr du lite snรคllare mot dig sjรคlv?
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Nรคmen, hallรฅ! Dรคr, dรถk ni upp som nรฅgra slags gengรฅngarbarn i en Maria Gripe-roman!
Anna, 11 รฅr
[Skrattar.]
โ Nix! Vi รคr faktiskt biskop Vergeus flickor!
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Jo, det kan jag absolut tro.
[Skrattar hรถgt.]
โ Men, vet ni vad, dรฅ tycker jag att ni ska ta och fรถrsvinna ner i den kalla, strรถmma รฅn igen!
Anna, 18 รฅr
โ Du รคr inte snรคllare mot dig sjรคlv.
[Fรถrsvinner.]
[Paus.]
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Dรคr fรถrsvann dom!
โ Ja, jaโฆ
โ Jag har brutit med Kierkegaard i alla fall. Man kan inte fรถrlora fotfรคstet nรคr man aldrig riktigt vรฅgat. Jag skriver inte lรคngre hans citat i Presidentkalendern varje รฅr. Vad รคr det du brukar sรคga? โIโm out walking the dead again.โ Det verkar vara dรคr du รคr. Du verkar deprimerad.
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Inget nรฅr mig bakom rouget. Men visst, jag gรฅr upp. Fรถnar hรฅret och sรฅ. Kremeras vi inte sรฅ ruttnar vi.
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Femtio-รฅrskris. Det trodde jag inte om oss.
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Vet du vad mina drรถmmar bestรฅr av dessa dagar? Mina damer och herrar! Mina drรถmmar! Pengar! En stor jรคvla hรถg med pengar. Hepp!
โ Mina mardrรถmmar! Jag kollade inte upp storkjรคvelns รฅlder. Hepp!
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Vad var det du inte kollat? Vi kollar allting.
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Det irriterar mig mer รคn tidigare att du inte hรถr. Du รคr ju sista chansen att fรถrรคndra nรฅgot. Listen up!
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Va?
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Vissa saker fรฅr berรคtta jag men inte andra. Som Brecht sa: โDen som skrattar sist har tydligen inte hรถrt de dรฅliga nyheterna รคnnu.โ
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Vi fรฅr prata om gamla sanningar och problem. Fรถr nytillkomna tittare… Myrornas krig.
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Jag tar pรฅ lรคppglans och frรฅgar folk hur de mรฅr รคven om de inte frรฅgar mig. Fรถrr tyckte jag att det var normalt. Men jag orkar inte mer. Jag vill bara undra: โVad fan รคr skillnaden pรฅ gravlaxsรฅs och hovmรคstarsรฅs?โ och ge fan i att bry mig om โstรคmningen i rummetโ och hur andra mรฅr.
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Du odlar pelargoner och gillar gravad lax med hovmรคstarsรฅs. Vem รคr du?
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Jag รคter bara varmrรถkt lax. Jag รคr barnlรถs.
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Och du undrar varfรถr du fastnat? Tรคnk pรฅ vad Mary alltid sรคger: โMan blev som man blev nรคr man inte blev som man skulle.โ
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Mary รคr dรถd.
โ Fan! Vad hรคnde med tiden nรคr man inte behรถvde betala trettiofem spรคnn fรถr en GB-glass och Bowie inte var dรถd? Kunde slรคnga luren i รถrat pรฅ folk.
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Det sista hรถrde jag inte. Bruset.
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Bruset, som vรฅr tinnitus.
โ Men det รคr kanske hormoner nufรถrtiden? Mitt sinne gรฅr frรฅn rรคdsla till nรฅgot annat fortare รคn ett pit stop i Formula 1. Jag har ett vรคldigt vรคl utvecklat je ne sais quoi [lรคs; va?] fรถr oro.
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Du kan inte prata i hakparenteser.
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Det รคr vรคl inte mindre verklighetstroget รคn att jag pratar med dig?
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Vรฅr รฅngest fรฅr faktiskt inte vรคrlden att gรฅ runt. Vem hรคnger du med?
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Inte sรฅ mรฅnga. Fรคrre och fรคrreโฆ
โ Att vara รคrlig med att jag inte alltid mรฅr bra har definierat hur folk ser mig, bilden av mig.
โ Alla tror att det รคr depression. Inget kunde vara mer fel. Det รคr rรคdsla.
โ Ren rรคdsla. Katalysatorerna รคr alltid desamma. Ibland, men inte sรฅ ofta lรคngre, prestationsรฅngesten men alltid, alltid, pengaoron.
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Ja, och รคndรฅ ser 90 procent ser bara en โglad, irriterande snackigโ Anna.
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Och vissa ser Negativa Supernovan. Ibland tror jag att mรคnniskor รคr lika รถppna som jag, men sรฅ mรคrker jag att det var ett slags skรคmt. Pรฅ min bekostnad. Dom har inte fรถrlorat nรฅgot.
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ De skyddar sig. Det fรฅr man vรคl respektera.
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Jag har tagit efter. Ibland รคr jag sjรคlv sรฅ vag numera att inte ens jag fรถrstรฅr vad jag menar. Sรฅ som folk gรถr. Riskerar inte att vara sig sjรคlva. Pratar man bara nonsens tillrรคckligt trovรคrdigt sรฅ.
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Okej, okej, ord, ord, ord. Du isolerar dig. Det oroar mig.
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ รverdriv inte. Alla fรฅr vรคl mindre och mindre umgรคnge med รฅren. Men varfรถr visade vi vad som fanns under lacken?
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Sluta! Du klรคr inte i sjรคlvรถmkan.
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ รkta altruism kan bara komma frรฅn familjen. Det andra รคr nรฅgon form av bekrรคftelsebehov.
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Brukar vi inte sรคga att vi definieras av vรฅr familj och vรฅra kompisar fรถr dรฅ รคr vi en jรคvla bra mรคnniska?
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Jag vet inte lรคngre. Nรคr jag drar kreditkortet i kassan fรถr att jag inte har en kontant krona kvar sรฅ funkar det inte att tรคnka โjag รคr bra pรฅ andra sรคttโ lรคngre.
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ De hade hjรคlpt oss tidigare i livet ocksรฅ. Pengarna.
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Folk som rent praktiskt och pragmatiskt skulle kunna hjรคlpa men stรคndigt kastar ur sig: โJag รถnskar att jag kunde hjรคlpa dig.โ
โ Dom vill jag skrika รฅt! โSlรคng inte ur dig plattityder.โ Det tvingar mig att svara: โMen snรคlla, rara lilla du! Iiiinte skall du vรคl tรคnka sรฅรฅรฅรฅ!โ
โ Fรฅ mig att bekrรคfta dom! Alltsรฅ, va fan!
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Mmmmโฆ Men sjรคlvรถmkanโฆ Passa digโฆ
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Ja, jag vet! Jag vet. Jag รคr bara sรฅ trรถtt pรฅ att vara glad โfรถr de smรฅ sakerna i livetโ. Inte ens doften av Mildreds schersmin en dag i juli funkar lรคngre.
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Va?
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Jag sa att ingen nรฅgonsin kommer att kalla oss โpoor little rich girlโ.
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Inte โLegsโ heller.
[Skrattar.]
โ Fรถrlรฅt, jag borde inte skratta. Eller skoja. Jag mรคrker ju att du inte mรฅr bra.
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Det รคr lugnt. Folk kan absolut kalla oss fรถr Freddie Mercury.
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Because weโre the great pretenderโฆ
โ Skam kan vara en vรคldigt farlig sak. Man mรฅste vรฅga be om hjรคlp. Hur รคr du med att bjuda hem folk dรฅ? Och โฆdrum rollโฆ fรฅr de gรฅ in med skor pรฅ?
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Skojar du? Det รคr min sista tvรฅngstanke.
Anna, 39 รฅr & Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Svenska, kรคra lilla รคlskling! Du รคr lika lite kontinental fรถr att du tillรฅter mรคnniskor att gรฅ in i ditt hem med skor pรฅ, som det gรถr mig japansk att inte tillรฅta det.
[Skrattar bรฅda.]
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Och folk som sรคger: โMin dรถrr รคr alltid รถppen!โ Alltsรฅ, avsikten med dรถrrar รคr att stรคnga dem. Ersรคtt deras รถppna dรถrrar med ett stort, fett tomrum sรฅ fรฅr vi se vad som hรคnder med deras gรคstfrihet!
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Vรฅrt tomrum.
[Tystnad.]
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Om allt รคr sรฅ hopplรถst, dรฅ fรฅr du vรคl รคndra saker! Och fรถr fan, sluta spela svรฅr att vรคnja sig vid!
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Att vara fรถrstรฅdd. Sรฅ hemskt.
โ Himla inte med รถgonen! Jag var ironisk! Det oroar mig ocksรฅ att min hjรคrna har slutat vรคnta sig att bra saker ska hรคnda men om jag en dag vaknar upp och dagen รคr det imorgon som jag รถnskade mig igรฅr, blir jag besviken dรฅ?
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Fรถr fan! Sluta med alla dessa utlรคggningar! Bli arg i stรคllet! Var mig!
โ Var inte en sรฅdan passiv mes med sรฅ s-t-o-r-a ord. Kom igen fรถr fan! Du รคr ingen jรคvla skรถr Meissen-ballerina och du har inte fรถrlorat diskussionen fรถrrรคn du tagit av dig skorna, kastat dom mot motstรฅndaren och missat.
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Kast med liten boll var aldrig vรฅr grej.
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Skรคrp dig! Du ska inte dรถ รคnnu. Och du, allt det dรคr, โNow I am quietly waiting for the catastrophe of my personality to seem beautiful again, and interesting, and modern.โ, รคr stulet och framfรถr allt trรถttsamt.
โ Och! Tรคnk om du faktiskt trรคffar nรฅgon som fattar poรคngen nรคr vi presenterar oss som Space Cowboy, the Gangster of Love and Maurice.
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Tre รถverraskningar i en. Jag beslรถt mig faktiskt fรถr att fรถrรคndra mitt liv en gรฅng sรฅ jag bytte telefonnummer.
[Tystnad.]
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Det var jag. Det var jag som bytte telefonnumret.
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Skitbra initiativ, hรถrru Space-y cowboy! Vem รคr Keyser Zรถse? Fattar du?
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Ja, naturligtvis fattar jag. Jag รคr vรคl inte trรถg, men skippa ironin. Jag fรถrsรถkte i alla fall. Sรฅ du har gett upp? Bara sรฅ?
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Tja, bara man har en Stesolid, en bra kudde, en Ben & Jerryโs och alla julspecialer av โThe Vicar of Dibleyโ nรคra sรฅ.
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Du har verkligen gett upp?
[Tystnar.]
[Tystnad.]
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Jag har nรฅgra bokidรฉer.
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Yaaay! Weโre back och nu รคr vรฅr catchphrase, โFor Award Considerations Only.โ
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Du streamar inte film olagligt รคnnu sรฅ vad vet du om det? Men visst, bryt upp, bryt upp! Den nya dagen gryr. Oรคndligt รคr vรฅrt stora รคventyr sรฅ vore det inte skรถnt om monstret under sรคngen en dag blev kรคr i vรฅr skyddsรคngel.
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Trip away; make no stay; Meet me all by break of day.
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Jo, du รคr vรคl precis sรฅ. Ett jรคvla Pucko.
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Det รคr inte Puck som sรคger det. Det รคr Obeโฆ
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Oberon. Jag vet. Shut up nu! Positivt tรคnkande here we go. Jag ska minsann bรถrja anvรคnda de dyra svarta BLK DNM-jeansen och slรคnga Lindex-jeansen som jag anvรคnder fรถr att spara pรฅ de andra.
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Ah, men va fan? Jag hรคngde inte ens med.
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Fรถr du รคr inte hรคr.
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Intentionen mรฅste vara attโฆ
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Men sรฅ kan ocksรฅ goda intentioner vara lika dรฅliga som dรฅliga. Jag fรถrsรถker bara justera vรฅrt inre PA-system.
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Du har alla svaren som vanligt. Det skulle vi ju ocksรฅ fรถrsรถka komma ifrรฅn.
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Du hรถr mig plรถtsligt klart! รven det ledsna? Kan du gรฅ vidare nu?
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Memento mori och min inre ironi sรคger mig att jag bรถr ta till mig denna insikt idag; inte imorgon eftersom det dรฅ naturligtvis รคr, i fรถrgรคnglighetens anda och obestรคndighet, borta.
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ De s-t-o-r-a orden bรถrjade inte med mig. Ska jag sรคga nรฅgot klokt eller anvรคnda ytterligare en filmmetafor?
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Vi kรถr film.
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Dรฅ รถnskar jag att jag hade en DeLorean.
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Like if.
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Hear me out! โYour future hasnโt been written yet โ no oneโs has. Your future is whatever you make it. So make it a good one.โ
โ Det var du som sa โKรถr pรฅ film!โ
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Marty McFly รคr stressad och olycklig i alla filmerna fรถr att han har svar som han inte orkar med.
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Hence, varfรถr vi mรฅste sluta mรถtas sรฅ hรคr.
โ โHalvlyckligโ รคr fรถr รถvrigt ocksรฅ bรคttre pรฅ engelska. โHalf past happy.โ Dรฅ har man รฅtminstone varit lycklig รคven om man nu รคr aningens fรถrbi.
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Vi รคr som alla andra dรฅ.
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Som lรฅter Atlanta brinna och Bobby stanna i duschen.
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Slรคpp taget.
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ Fรถr fan!
Anna, 39 รฅr
โ Okej, fรถrlรฅt! Men bara den som gรฅtt vilse kan hitta den ovรคntade glรคntan i skogen. Tranโฆ
Anna, 49 รฅr
โ โฆstrรถmer. โPรฅ vรคg i det lรฅnga mรถrkret. Envist skimrar mitt armbandsur med tidens fรฅngna insekt.โ
โ Jag fรฅr vรคl gรถra som jag brukar dรฅ, gรฅ pรฅ alla A-brunnar bara fรถr att se vart det leder. Eller nรฅt.
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