1 00:00:02,240 --> 00:00:03,330 [Typewriter noise] 2 00:00:03,330 --> 00:00:05,425 I'm not sure where Jankélévitch writes that 3 00:00:05,425 --> 00:00:06,920 man is basically a visual being, 4 00:00:06,920 --> 00:00:08,545 but women have known that forever, 5 00:00:09,415 --> 00:00:10,588 even the least pretty. 6 00:00:10,588 --> 00:00:11,578 [Typewriter clacks.] 7 00:00:11,578 --> 00:00:13,806 Especially the plainer women, because they know 8 00:00:13,806 --> 00:00:15,006 if they want love, 9 00:00:15,006 --> 00:00:16,591 they have to work harder for it. 10 00:00:16,591 --> 00:00:18,281 Might be unfair, but that's how it is. 11 00:00:18,281 --> 00:00:19,191 Oh shit! 12 00:00:21,532 --> 00:00:22,732 [Bottle opens] 13 00:00:22,732 --> 00:00:23,475 [Sighs] 14 00:00:23,867 --> 00:00:24,958 [Bottle closes] 15 00:00:26,211 --> 00:00:27,161 [Thud] 16 00:00:27,161 --> 00:00:28,421 [Typewriter noise] 17 00:00:28,421 --> 00:00:29,928 You don't wait until it dries? 18 00:00:29,928 --> 00:00:30,657 No. 19 00:00:30,657 --> 00:00:39,647 [Typewriter clacks] 20 00:00:39,918 --> 00:00:41,174 It's funny. 21 00:00:41,174 --> 00:00:43,427 When I see a friend with an ugly girl, 22 00:00:43,427 --> 00:00:44,781 I always think: 23 00:00:44,781 --> 00:00:47,698 "Doesn't he know there are special girls out there, 24 00:00:47,698 --> 00:00:49,389 and his is not so great?" 25 00:00:49,849 --> 00:00:51,331 Right after that, I think: 26 00:00:51,331 --> 00:00:54,077 "Maybe he is the clever one, smarter than I am. 27 00:00:54,677 --> 00:00:58,013 He loves her for who she is, and because she's kind to him." 28 00:00:58,493 --> 00:01:00,917 But, I never quite convince myself. 29 00:01:01,232 --> 00:01:03,362 [Typewriter clacks] 30 00:01:03,362 --> 00:01:06,077 I think a lot of men prefer a lesser challenge, 31 00:01:06,077 --> 00:01:07,507 [Typewriter clacks] 32 00:01:07,507 --> 00:01:09,378 and to stick with what they have. 33 00:01:09,378 --> 00:01:10,950 Don't you think so, Catherine? 34 00:01:10,950 --> 00:01:12,692 Please. I'm trying to work. 35 00:01:13,032 --> 00:01:14,045 Oh. Excuse me. 36 00:01:14,045 --> 00:01:15,707 Wait! I have a story for you. 37 00:01:15,707 --> 00:01:17,217 [Typewriter clacks] 38 00:01:17,217 --> 00:01:19,270 In fifth grade, I was in boarding school. 39 00:01:19,270 --> 00:01:20,240 [Typewriter clacks] 40 00:01:20,240 --> 00:01:22,001 There was this guy, an intern. 41 00:01:22,001 --> 00:01:23,982 Big, Germanic guy. Fascinated me. 42 00:01:23,982 --> 00:01:26,125 He was 12 or 13, named Fletcher. 43 00:01:26,125 --> 00:01:27,688 This guy barely spoke. 44 00:01:27,688 --> 00:01:29,604 Never more than a few syllables. 45 00:01:29,604 --> 00:01:30,844 [Typewriter clacks] 46 00:01:30,844 --> 00:01:31,570 I thought, 47 00:01:31,570 --> 00:01:33,519 "this guy is far more mature than we are, 48 00:01:33,519 --> 00:01:34,778 and a lot classier, too." 49 00:01:34,778 --> 00:01:35,790 I really admired him. 50 00:01:35,790 --> 00:01:38,043 I noticed the priests didn't like him very much, 51 00:01:38,043 --> 00:01:38,967 and I wondered why. 52 00:01:38,967 --> 00:01:40,966 He was just a boy, but very, very serious. 53 00:01:40,966 --> 00:01:43,365 He took Communion daily, like an obsession. 54 00:01:43,365 --> 00:01:45,366 Then one day, we found out that 55 00:01:45,366 --> 00:01:48,111 this boy would never be in college with us. 56 00:01:48,831 --> 00:01:49,532 Yes. 57 00:01:49,532 --> 00:01:51,295 You see, Catherine, it was because of 58 00:01:51,295 --> 00:01:53,129 his strange demeanor, his vacant stare, 59 00:01:53,129 --> 00:01:54,099 his aloof nature -- 60 00:01:54,099 --> 00:01:55,799 things we thought made him cool. 61 00:01:55,799 --> 00:01:57,102 But, he was backwards. 62 00:01:57,102 --> 00:01:58,174 He was crazy. 63 00:01:58,174 --> 00:02:01,170 It was a little like meeting a guy who likes blood sausage. 64 00:02:03,220 --> 00:02:05,763 I began by envying his detachment as a type of grace. 65 00:02:05,763 --> 00:02:06,997 Then I thought -- 66 00:02:06,997 --> 00:02:07,981 But -- 67 00:02:08,081 --> 00:02:09,591 Listen, I'd like to finish. 68 00:02:10,371 --> 00:02:11,256 I touched a nerve! 69 00:02:11,256 --> 00:02:12,206 No, it isn't that. 70 00:02:12,206 --> 00:02:14,096 The way you stare at me is distracting. 71 00:02:14,096 --> 00:02:14,796 Fine! 72 00:02:14,796 --> 00:02:16,947 In that case, I'll stand behind you. 73 00:02:17,947 --> 00:02:19,301 No. Don't lurk behind me. 74 00:02:19,301 --> 00:02:20,130 No, but -- 75 00:02:20,130 --> 00:02:21,665 Now you can't see me.