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Okay? You know what that means?
Apocalypse for most of you.
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It's the end, motherfuckers.
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Basically, I got a call
out of the blue one day...
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Melissa Dribben,
Philadelphia Enquirer.
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They wanna do an article, so, you know,
I had her come in and you know...
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maybe as this movie will show,
I'm not that good at editing myself...
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when people with pens
and recording devices are around.
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I met the lady
that wrote the article...
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and she was... fucking weird in the head.
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First of all, I mean, it was written
with the composition of a fourth grader...
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rambling and outright long.
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She misquoted me, created the quote.
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Also, she called me a sad Eeyore
of Rock School, which was okay.
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But the major underlying point
of the article...
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and what struck a chord with my mother...
is that there was...
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It outright said that
there was a Will O'Connor Award...
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for the kid most likely to kill himself.
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Why is it the Will O'Connor Award?
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Because when you meet Will O'Connor,
he says, "Hi. My name's Paul Green. "
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I'm Paul Green. He says, "Hi. My name's
Will I tried to kill myself three times. "
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And then he tells the stories,
and they're funny stories.
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And if they're funny to him,
they're okay to me.
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When Paul does it, it's all right, because
it's in the close quarters of Rock School.
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And my parents
certainly didn't know about it.
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They kinda think
Paul's an immature child.
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He really needs to be more of an adult
in the way he handles his business.
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They call him a Peter Pan.
He likes to appeal to children.
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He never wants to grow up.
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He can't be an adult in real society,
so he surrounds himself with children...
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where he can be the hero.
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He said, "My mom's not gonna pay for lessons.
She's furious and thinking of suing you. "
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It took a lot of doing and work
for her not to get a lawyer on my part.
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In fact, the irony is
is that since Will joined Rock School...
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all chance of him attempting
suicide pretty much ran out the door...
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because in this place
he found, you know, it's a breeding...
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Not a breeding ground. It's a meeting
place for misfits of all shape and sizes.
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No. No "Purple Rain. "