:09:01
That's a long drive
to see some nerds in a band,
:09:04
I hate when people say that,
It's not really that long of a drive,
:09:08
- So they are nerds,
- Oh, they're raging geeks,
:09:10
But they're geeks
who can dress themselves
:09:13
and hold down a job at a major university,
:09:15
Some of them have switched
from glasses to contacts,
:09:18
They play sports, They play in a band,
They get laid surprisingly often,
:09:23
So it makes you kind of question
the whole set of terms:
:09:26
"Geek," "nerd," "wonk,"
"Dilbert," "paste-eater,"
:09:31
- You're in this band, aren't you?
- OK, yes,
:09:33
I play the drums, You wanna come?
I never sing, I swear to God,
:09:37
- No, thanks,
- All right, look, Catherine,
:09:39
- Monday, What do you say?
- Don't you have a job?
:09:42
- A full teaching load plus my own work,
- Plus band practice,
:09:46
- Plus I teach hockey to ten-year-olds,
- You make me sick,
:09:49
I don't have time to do this,
but I have to if you'll let me,
:09:52
I loved your dad, and I don't believe
a mind like his can just shut down,
:09:55
He had lucid moments, a lucid year,
a whole year three years ago,
:09:59
- Sorry,
- Look, let me...
:10:01
- Wait, You're 27, right?
- How old are you?
:10:04
- Doesn't matter,
- How old are you?
:10:06
I'm 26, When your dad
was younger than both of us,
:10:09
he made major contributions to three fields:
:10:11
- Game theory, algebraic geometry...
- Don't lecture me,
:10:15
If I came up with a tenth
of the shit your dad produced,
:10:17
I could write my ticket
to any math department in the country,
:10:23
Give me your backpack,
:10:26
Why?
:10:28
- Because I wanna look inside it,
- What?
:10:30
- Open it up and give it to me,
- Come on,
:10:32
- You're not taking anything out of here,
- I wouldn't,
:10:35
You're hoping to find something
you can publish?
:10:37
- Sure,
- Then you can write your own ticket?
:10:40
What? No, it would be
under your dad's name, for your dad,
:10:43
- You have something in that backpack,
- What...?
:10:45
- Give it to me!
- Look, you're being a little paranoid,
:10:48
Just because I'm paranoid
doesn't mean there isn't something in...
:10:52
You said yourself that there was
nothing up there, didn't you? Didn't you?
:10:57
- Yes,
- So what would I take, right?