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Out There - Monday, April 27, 2009 [[Miriam and John are in the bar; John is drying a glass, Miriam is seated]] Miriam: / I moved here thinking I was going to completely change my lifestyle. But I’ve pretty much reverted to doing all the same stuff I used to do. / [[Miriam look at John out of the corner of her eye]] / [[John is inspecting the glass he just dried]] / Miriam: I blame *you,* of course. / John: I figured as much.
http://outtherecomic.com/d/20090427.html
Out There - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 Miriam: Is it weird if when you do something you think you’ll regret, you end up not regretting it at all? / John: I don’t know if *weird* is the right word, but— / Miriam: —and how do you know if it’s just a matter of not regretting it *yet?* / [[John and Miriam look at each other]] / Miriam: It could have been *you,* John. / John: *I* don’t even know what it *is,* and I’m pretty sure *I’d* regret it.
http://outtherecomic.com/d/20090428.html
Out There - Wednesday, April 29, 2009 '[[Miriam is talking on her cell phone while John is cleaning glasses]] Miriam: Hello? Oh, *Hi!* I was *wondering* when you’d call. / Miriam: Me? Oh, nothing much. I mean, nothing important… that is, nothing *you* need to know about. / Miriam [[holding her hand over the cell phone]]: *AAARRRGHH!* / Miriam [[to John]]: Is this going as badly as I think it is? / John: Depends on how good his cellular reception is.
http://outtherecomic.com/d/20090429.html
Out There - Thursday, April 30, 2009 [[Miriam has hung up the phone]]: Wow. I thought I screwed that up beyond repair. But he didn’t notice anything was wrong, and then he asked me to see his band play. / John: Sounds like everything’s working out the way you were hoping. / Miriam: How about that? / Miriam: I guess sometimes you get to make a mistake and not have it come back to haunt you. / John: Yeah, some people call that “grace.” / Miriam [[tugging at the neck of her sweater]]: *I* call it “tempting me to try and get away with it again.” / John: Hey, how’d you hurt your neck, there?
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Out There - Friday, May 1, 2009 Sherry: You okay? / Miriam: Yeah, why wouldn’t I be? / Sherry: I passed John on the way down and he seemed a little concerned about you. / John: It’s nice to know he cares… but no, I’m fine. / Sherry [[hugging Miriam from behind]]: We *all* care, Mir… just because we want to strangle you most of the time, it doesn’t mean we don’t care. / Sherry [[pulling back the neck of Miriam’s sweater]]: Speaking of strangulation, who tried to inhale your neck? / Miriam: I don’t remember.
http://outtherecomic.com/d/20090501.html
 
Out There - Saturday, May 2, 2009 Sherry: So… *Rod,* huh? But I thought— / Miriam: Sometimes things just… *happen,* you know? / Sherry: Well, as long as you’re all right, I guess it’s none of my business. / Miriam: It’s none of your business *regardless,* but I’d still tell you. / Miriam: You get to be privy to the things I wouldn’t tell anyone else. It’s your privilege—your *curse*—for being my best friend. / Sherry: That’s okay, I don’t need to know. I’m relieved, though, if this means you’re over your fascination with Steven. / Miriam: I recommend a good antacid then.
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Out There - Monday, May 4, 2009 Miriam [[talking to Araceli on the phone]]: Pleeeease, Ari? I just don?t want to go alone! / Araceli: I don?t see why not. Aren?t you interested in this guy? / Miriam: Yeah, but I don?t want to seem *over-eager.* If he had made it sound like a date, that would be one thing, but ?come see my band? isn?t really a *date.* / Araceli: Well, okay, I?ll go with you. But I want to be home early. / Miriam: If I have anything to say about it, you?ll be home early. / Araceli: I feel so special. You won?t be able to get rid of me fast enough, huh? / Miriam: Know that I?ll be abandoning you with *love,* though.
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Out There - Tuesday, May 5, 2009 Araceli: Steven sure has a lot of young, attractive female fans. / Miriam: Goes with the territory I guess. / Miriam: Maybe there?ll be someone here for *you,* Ari. That would make coming here worth it, huh? / Araceli: You know me, all eyes, no action. / Miriam: Well, *I?m* not going *that* route. Not tonight. / Araceli: Good luck, Mir. / Araceli [[viewing a group of shapely young women from behind]]: I think you?re going to need it. / Miriam [[annoyed]]: Thank you, Ari.
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Out There - Wednesday, May 6, 2009 Araceli [[thinking, looking at Miriam and several young, attractive girls dancing around them]]: Oh, Mir? I?ll bet you?re feeling a bit of an uphill climb here. / Araceli [[thinking, watching as Miriam makes her way towards the stage]]: It?s rough vying for the attention of a guy when every eye in the room is on him? and most of those eyes belong to *girls?*]] / Araceli [[thinking, watching Miriam join the girls in front of the stage]]: ?young, pretty girls, dressed to kill, all trying to capture the eye of the same guy? / Araceli [[thinking, watching Miriam gyrating wildly]]: Poor kids. They?re totally out of their league.
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Out There - Thursday, May 7, 2009 Steven [[rolling up a cable after the show]]: Wow, Miriam, you were looking *really* hot down there! / Miriam: I was inspired, you were looking awfully hot up *here.* / Steven: Well, I *was* hot. Literally. It?s hot on stage because of the lights, you know. / Miriam: Mmm-hmmm. And it?s hot on the dance floor because of all the gyrating bodies. / Miriam [[pressing her body against Steven?s, whispering]] gyrating? bodies. / Miriam [[grabbing his tie, attempting to lead him off the stage]]: I?ve decided we?re both too hot not too dispense with subtlety. / Steven: I could tell. Uh, can you give us a hand and grab an amp?
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Out There - Friday, May 8, 2009 [[Miriam, Araceli, and Steven are sitting at a bar]] / Miriam: Steven, this is my friend Ari. / Steven: Ari? That?s a cool name. / Araceli: It?s Araceli, actually. / Steven [[to Araceli]]: How?d you like the show? / Araceli: Oh, you were great! / [[Araceli takes a sip of her drink, looking at Steven while he looks at her]] / Steven: In *your* chosen field, can you easily recognize somebody blowing smoke to spare your feelings? / Araceli: In *my* chosen field, nobody thinks we *have* any feelings.
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Out There - Saturday, May 9, 2009 Miriam: I thought you guys were good, a little rough in spots. / Steven: Yeah, some of that roughness is all right, but some is just sloppiness. / Steven: But we hadn?t played for awhile. You know how it is, even when you?re *good* at something, you need to keep *doing* it to stay sharp. / Miriam [[laying her head on Steven?s shoulder]]: God, *do* I. / [[Miriam is leaning against Steven with her hand on his knee, Araceli is sitting next to them looking somewhat uncomfortable]] / Steven [[to Miriam]]: So, maybe you?d like to check out my place? / Araceli [[walking away]]: *My* cue for a cab.
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Out There - Monday, May 11, 2009 [[Miriam is ushering Araceli away from the bar, where Steven is sitting]] Miriam: We?ll be back after our noses are properly powdered. / Steven: I?ll be here. / [[Miriam and Araceli are in the restroom]] Araceli: Miriam, what the hell? Why don?t you just let me leave? / Miriam: I?m having second thoughts. It?s too early to go to his place alone. Because? / Araceli: So tell him *you* need to go home now, too. / Miriam: Then I won?t have the opportunity to change my mind. / Araceli: Am I going to be dragged along on your *honeymoon,* too? / Miriam: I?m hoping by then I?ll have become a teensy more decisive.
http://outtherecomic.com/d/20090511.html
Out There - Tuesday, May 12, 2009 [[Miriam and Araceli have just entered Steven?s apartment]] Steven: Sorry about the mess. You know, other priorities. / Miriam: Oh, we?ve seen worse. Haven?t we, Ari? / Steven: You two frequent a lot of bachelor apartments together? / Araceli: Oh yes, we?ve been to dozens in the Greater Portstown Area. / Araceli: Usually it?s part of an elaborate seduction/robbery/murder scheme. But sometimes it?s just to have fun. / Steven: Fascinating. / Miriam: Uh, huh. / Steven: Which one is it *this *time? / Araceli [[looking at her ring]]: I usually leave it up to my *magic mood selector ring,* and? *uh, oh!*
http://outtherecomic.com/d/20090512.html
Out There - Wednesday, May 13, 2009 Steven: Funny how you came all the way to Portstown to hang out with your best friend, and now you don?t see her much. / Miriam: I know. / Miriam: But she?s happy being immersed in her work, and I?ve found fun new people to hang with. / Araceli: That?s me. Fun. And new. / Steven: I?m sure you are, but I think Sherry and Miriam have a unique bond. Before Miriam arrived here, she?s all Sherry would talk about. / Miriam: Was it ever in glowing terms? / Steven: Oh, once in awhile. I think she made an effort to mix it up a bit.
http://outtherecomic.com/d/20090513.html
 
Out There - Thursday, May 14, 2009 [[Miriam is laying next to Steven on the floor; Araceli is sitting across from them]] Araceli: I?m really glad I met both Miriam and Sherry. It?s good to hang out with people other than your *boss* once in awhile. / [[Miriam and Steven are looking into each other?s eyes, smiling]] Araceli: My boss is also my best friend, but he?s also my ex-boyfriend, and sometimes he expresses interest in becoming my *current* boyfriend. / Araceli: Anyway, it?s complicated. So, yeah, hanging out with Miriam is not only fun, it?s something I really *need.* / (Steven has his hand on Miriam?s leg; they seem oblivious to Araceli]] Araceli: Thank you for your rapt attention. Shall I sneak out the back or would you like to formally hint that it?s time for me to leave?
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Out There - Friday, May 15, 2009 Araceli: This girl?s got to be getting home to bed. I have an early deposition tomorrow. / Steven: It was good meeting you. Thanks for coming. / Araceli [[whispering]]: Are *you* coming, Mir? / Miriam: I dunno? are you tired, Steven? / Steven: Naah, I?m a night owl. You?re welcome to stay if you want. / Miriam: I guess I?ll hang out. / Araceli [[whispering]]: Are you *sure,* Mir? / Miriam [[whispering]]: I?m sure. Why are we whispering? It makes us look suspicious. / Steven: Which part are you planning now? I hope it?s not the robbery, or the murder.
http://outtherecomic.com/d/20090515.html
Out There - Saturday, May 16, 2009 Miriam [[thinking, as Steven closes the door]]: Maybe I *shouldn?t* have let Ari leave? Now Steven probably has certain? *expectations?* / Miriam [[thinking, as Steven, behind her, reaches for a light switch]]: Well, I guess when the time comes I?ll have a decision to make. / [[The room has gone completely dark]] Sound: Click / Miriam [[in complete darkness, thinking]]: Mmm. I think I?ve made a decision.
http://outtherecomic.com/d/20090516.html
Out There - Monday, May 18, 2009 [[Miriam is sitting at the bar, her eyes closed, smiling, as Sherry walks in]] / Sherry [[inspecting a wad of bills, her back turned to Miriam]]: If that smile means what I *think* it means, *please* spare me the details. / Miriam: What? No, I was just thinking about something funny. / [[Sherry continues to count the bills, with her back turned]] / Miriam [[her hands on Sherry?s shoulders]]: Not that there?s *anything* funnier than blurting out the types of things you?re squeamish about. / Sherry [[grimacing]]: Nngghh?
http://outtherecomic.com/d/20090518.html
Out There - Tuesday, May 19, 2009 Miriam: We used to tell each other *everything,* Sher, remember? / Sherry: Yeah. / Sherry: But now I don?t feel like I need to *know* everything. / Miriam: Okay, I can dig that. Steven?s your ex. This is somewhat virgin territory for us. / [[Sherry glances over at Miriam, who is looking toward the floor contemplatively, playing with her dress]] / Sherry: *Dammit!* I can just *look* at you and instantly know *everything* I?m trying to avoid finding out. / Miriam: I?ll bet even *I?d* be jealous of the lifestyle I?m living in *your* imagination.
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Out There - Wednesday, May 20, 2009 [[Miriam is sitting down reading a book, Sherry is looking up apprehensively]] Sherry [[thinking]] Aargh, Steven?s car just pulled up. I?m not sure I want to deal with this. / Sherry [[to Miriam, running towards door]]: I?m gonna run upstairs for a sec, okay, hon? / Miriam [[still reading her book]]: You?re the boss, boss. / [[Sherry, not looking where she was going, has run smack into Steven]] Sherry: *Ow!* / Steven: Sherry?what the hell? / Steven: You throwing yourself at me brings back pleasant memories. / Sherry: Those aren?t *memories,* Stevie, they?re *delusions.*
http://outtherecomic.com/d/20090520.html
Out There - Thursday, May 21, 2009 Steven: Hey, I got good news. You?re off tomorrow, right? / Miriam: Yeah. What?s up? / Steven: We?re rehearsing tomorrow, and I *insisted* we waive our strict ?no visitors? policy so that you could come. We?re going from noon to five, so I?ll pick you up at 11:30, cool? / [[Miriam watches Steven as he leaves the bar]] / Miriam [[thinking]]: *Boring!*
http://outtherecomic.com/d/20090521.html
Out There - Friday, May 22, 2009 Miriam [[on phone]]: Hey, Steven, thanks to your appearance here the other night, we?re becoming increasingly popular. So I have to work tomorrow after all. / Miriam: I?ll have to pass on watching you guys rehearse. Maybe we can get together afterwards, though? Okay, cool. Ciao. / John: I didn?t know you were working tomorrow. I thought *I* was working tomorrow. / Miriam: John, that was what we like to call ?a little white lie.? / John: We could *also* call it, ?starting off your new relationship with dishonesty.? / Miriam [[hugging him]]: But my *favorite* name for it is, ?shut the @#$%& up, John.?
http://outtherecomic.com/d/20090522.html
Out There - Saturday, May 23, 2009 Miriam: You?re right, John. I *shouldn?t* have lied to Steven. I?ll make it up to him tonight. / John: You mean you?ll admit your deception, apologize, and promise you?ll try to be honest from now on? / [[Miriam raises the hem of her dress slightly to reveal more of her legs, smiling coyly at John]] / John: No, I guess you?ll probably do something *else.* / Miriam: Hello, whose method do you think *he?d* prefer?
http://outtherecomic.com/d/20090523.html
Out There - Monday, May 25, 2009 [[Miriam and Steven are laying on a couch making out; phone is ringing]] / Steven: I should get that. / Miriam [[still kissing him]]: Let the machine get it. / Steven [[standing up]]: What if it?s important? / Miriam [[gesturing with her hands towards her body]]: More important than *this?* / Steven: I hate to burst your bubble, but there are a *few* things in the world more important than *that.* / Miriam: *Very* few. But go and answer your little phone. The third most important thing in the world will wait.
http://outtherecomic.com/d/20090525.html
 
Out There - Tuesday, May 26, 2009 [[Miriam is laying on the couch, listening to Steven?s telephone conversation]] Steven: Yeah? Hey, that?s great! When do we leave? Yeah? Okay, sounds good. / Steven [[still talking on phone, not noticing Miriam approaching him determinedly]]: But we?re gonna need to cram in some rehearsal, right? *Tonight?* Wow. Yeah, I guess I can get down there. / [[Miriam strikes an artful pose before Steven, obviously intending to show off her body]] / Steven [[still on phone]]: Hey, why don?t we rehearse tomorrow instead? It?ll be better if we get a good night?s rest first. / Miriam [[smiling]]: ?Rest.? Heh, you?re funny.
http://outtherecomic.com/d/20090526.html
Out There - Wednesday, May 27, 2009 Steven: Guess what. / Miriam: I give up. / Steven: We?re going on tour! We?re leaving next week. Isn?t that great? / Miriam: Yeah, I suppose. For *you* it is. / Steven: Hey, it?s only for a couple of weeks. I?ll be back before you know it. / Miriam: And you expect me to wait patiently for you? / Steven: Patiently? Naah, I know you better than *that.* Could I try for waiting-while-whining-and-complaining-and-cursing-a-lot? / Miriam: Dunno. Let?s run a series of tests to determine if you?re worth it.
http://outtherecomic.com/d/20090527.html
Out There - Thursday, May 28, 2009 Steven: Hey, I just had a thought. / Miriam: I?ll *bet.* / Steven: Maybe you?d like to go on tour with us? Be a traveling rock n? roll chick? / Miriam: I believe the term is ?groupie,? isn?t it? / Steven: Oh, come on. You?re a beautiful, complex, endlessly fascinating individual. You represent far more than the singular function of a ?groupie.? / Miriam: Ah, thank you. / Steven: See, I was thinking you could sell T-shirts and CD?s for us, too. / Miriam: Cool. Maybe I can also sweep up the stage afterwards.
http://outtherecomic.com/d/20090528.html
Out There - Friday, May 29, 2009 Miriam: Are you sure your bandmates won?t mind having me along? I?d hate to cause any more friction between you guys. / Steven: They might balk at it, but as long as we can physically find room for you in the van, they won?t have any *good* reason to object. / Steven: Hmmm? it might get a little crowded. I didn?t think about that. / Miriam: I can scrunch down pretty teeny. / Miriam: I?m a lot more flexible than all those unyielding amps and guitars. / Steven: I?ve noticed that. But we?ll probably bring them anyway.
http://outtherecomic.com/d/20090529.html
Out There - Saturday, May 30, 2009 Miriam: I dunno, Steven. It sounds fun. But Sherry?s not going to like it. / Steven: Sherry had her shot, it?s your turn now. / Miriam: No, I mean she?s not going to like me taking off from the bar. She?ll have to work a lot of extra hours. / Steven: It?s only a couple of weeks. / [[Steven pulls Miriam close to kiss her]] / Miriam: I?ll pick her up a nice souvenir. / Steven: I hear they?ve got some excellent post cards out there.
http://outtherecomic.com/d/20090530.html
 

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