Sunday, May 10, 2009

Jiles: Well hello there, Glinda.

Allison: I don't even want to talk about it. How awful is this outfit, honestly?

Jiles: Aw, you look cute.

Allison: I look like the love child of pepto-bismol and tinsel.

Jiles: Ya well, you didn't really have a choice.

Allison: Ya, but god, I don't even LIKE the Wizard of Oz.

Jiles: Well I don't believe your stint as Hitler was something you enjoyed either.

Allison: I think that's the worst one I've ever been.

Jiles: Well the day you were Queen Elizabeth wasn't too enjoyable for the people around you.

Allison: Heavy is the head that wears the crown.

Jiles: No, heavy is the person who has to carry in the dozen cups of tea you demand.

Allison: Sorry about that. (sits) So who was Molly?

Jiles: Um, the Wicked Witch actually.

Allison: Well THAT'S conveniant.

Jiles: Well Tonio was experimenting with foundations, and decided it would be a great idea to try it out on Molly while she slept. It turned out kind of, well, green. When Molly woke up, I guess she looked in the mirror, and just.... didn't have much of a choice. So really, it was convienient that you were Glinda. But ya know, it's that kind of stuff that makes me wonder if your choices are sometimes, sort of subconcious.

Allison: I'm not sure. I wish I could tell you. (pause) What happened to your computer?

Jiles: Um ya, that's my fault.

Allison: What do you mean?

Jiles: I was a little stressed last night, and kind of pushed my laptop off the table.

Allison: Are you serious?

Jiles: Unfortunatly.

Allison: How is Charlie? (the nickname of the labtop)

Jiles: Better than it's owner I think.

Allison: Aw, don't worry about it Jiles. You're a terrific writer. You just need to calm down and let the words come to you, they always do. (she yawns)

Jiles: You better take your shower now before you fall asleep.

Allison: Nah, I'll be okay for a little while longer.

Jiles: If you say so.

Allison: So Molly and I didn't emberess ourselves too much today, did we?

Jiles: Well you a tad more metaphoric than the norm.

Allison: (she laughs) What do you mean?

Jiles: Tootie and Tonio were fighting-

Allison: You're kidding....

Jiles: Afraid not.

Allison: I don't know how those two stay together, it seems like they're always fighting.

Jiles: I don't know, I think you have to fight to stay together. Ya know what I mean?

Allison: Afraid not.

Jiles: If you don't know what makes the other tick, then you don't know much. And if you never fight, quite frankly, it's too boring.

Allison: Well I don't like to fight.

Jiles: Well I don't think anyone would admit that they actually LIKE to fight with their friends, but any teenage girl is a pretty decent example of the need for some sort of drama, especially in their stale suburben lives.

Allison: I guess that makes sense. Like that movie Mean Girls?

Jiles: God, did Tootie rent that one again?

Allison: Last Friday. That boy loves him some Lindsey Lohan.

Jiles: Amen.

Allison: So why were you so stressed last night?

Jiles: Oh, it's just this ending.

Allison: Ah.

Jiles: I mean, you'd think after you've written this whole long story that MAYBE you'd be able to finish it off with a little elequence.

Allison: Elequence is over-rated.

Jiles: Well I just want it to be good.

Allison: I don't know, I've always kind of had a love hate relationship with endings. I mean a film can be a total regurgetated peice of crap, but if the ending is good, you still leave with a good feeling, thinking that it was a good movie. I wish that more movies focused on a more interesting ending.

Jiles: I've always had a soft-spot for the beginings of movies, myself. It's like a new chance for something great to be shown to you, something really amazing. But then someone dies or someone leaves and you just follow the average cliches.

Allison: Ya but cliche's ARE the movies. Like boy gets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl back. Or the final words of the character being so informative. Oh, and my personal favorite, the girl who comes into the boys life and shows him things he's never been able to before. She's quirky, and a little weird, misunderstood but gorgeous.

Jiles: A manic pixie dream girl.

Allison: A what?

Jiles: Manic pixie dream girl. That's what you're talking about. They're often troubled in some way, they've got a past, but their past has somehow sort of helped them come to their own conclusions on life, which they are quite excited to share with you. They often don't get attached easily, have trust issues, and trouble understanding things in many ways. They bring out the best in others, or at least parts that they didn't know existed in them. They're never 'normal', they've got to have something kind of 'off' about them. They're often sort of aimless, but brilliant. Like a bird or something.

Allison: Someone's been reading too many reviews.

Jiles: Hey, how else can I find such fantastic adjectives for the word 'horrible'.

Allison: Whatever. So who do you think is a Manic Pixe dream girl?

Jiles: Well some good examples are Holly Golightly from Breakfast At Tiffanys, Natalie Portman in Garden State, and if you don't count age as a factor I'd have to say Maude from Harold and Maude as well as Baita from My Girl.

Allison: Are there manic pixie dream boys?

Jiles: Well sure I guess. I mean there must be.

Allison: Like Peter Pan.

Jiles: Deffinitly. I think Peter Pan may just be the quintesential model of the manic pixie dream boy.

Allison: Do you think I could be a one?

Jiles: A dream boy?

Allison: No, a manic pixie dream girl.

Jiles: Well, well sure.

Allison: Do you think I could be yours?

Jiles: Sure, why not?

Allison: So I've changed you?

Jiles: Well, I don't know about that.

Allison: Not at all?

Jiles: No you have, but I don't know if I'd say that you changed me enough to earn that sort of a title.

Allison: But I've got the quirks.

Jiles: That's true.

Allison: I'll be your manic pixie dream girl. I'll change you, you'll see.

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