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Out There - Monday, October 19, 2009 Miriam [[sitting on the floor of the van, thinking]]: Screw this. / Miriam [[opening the door of the van]]: Hand me my bag, will ya? I?m done. Later. / Steven: What? We can?t just leave you here in the middle of a strange town. / Miriam [[standing outside the van]]: Sure you can. All you have to do is slam the door and drive away. / Drummer: As you wish. / Miriam [[standing on the sidewalk, holding her bag, hair fluttering as the van speeds away, thinking]]: They didn?t even hesitate long enough to do the slam the door part.
http://outtherecomic.com/d/20091019.html
Out There - Tuesday, October 20, 2009 Steven: Man, what the hell are you doin?? Turn this @#%& van around, now! / Drummer: I will, man, relax. / Drummer: I was just messin? with flavor-of-the-month by calling her bluff. We?ll make a U-turn at the next light and pick her up. / [[The occupants of the van are silent]] / Drummer: There sure are a lot of ?No U-Turn? signs in this town. / Band's manager: A lot of one-way streets, too. / Bass player: You *do* know this is the ?freeway entrance only? lane, don?t you?
http://outtherecomic.com/d/20091020.html
Out There - Wednesday, October 21, 2009 Miriam [[standing on busy sidewalk, thinking]]: Yeah, *that* was smart, Mir. You have no money, no credit cards, and you?re now all alone in a strange town. / Miriam [[thinking]]: At least I still have my cell phone. I *could* call Sherry, although I?m not sure what good that would do, since she?s a few hundred miles away. / Miriam [[thinking]]: Oh, man, what was I *thinking?* I?m *stuck* here! And I?m not even quite sure where ?here? *is!* What am I going to *do?* / Miriam glances behind her, notices she's standing in front of a bar]]
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Out There - Thursday, October 22, 2009 Drummer: Dude, I don?t see her anywhere. Are you *sure* this is where she got out? / Steven: I?m not sure of *anything,* except that you?re an idiot. *You* were driving. I wasn?t paying attention to where we were. / Manager: Well, doesn?t she have a cell phone, man? Give her a call, and we?ll track her down. / Steven: *My* cell phone?s in *Portstown.* / Drummer: Along with flavor-of-the-month?s number? And *I?m* the idiot? / Manager: Game over, man. When fate speaks *this* clearly, you really oughta listen.
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Out There - Friday, October 23, 2009 Miriam [[talking to bartender]]: This is going to sound crazy, but hear me out. I?m flat broke and a long way from home. / Miriam: But I?m *very* experienced. If you?d let me work here for a day or so I?m sure I could make enough for a bus ticket home. Whaddya say? / [[Bartender stares at Miriam]] / Bartender: Lady, this ain?t that kind of bar. / Miriam: Did I forget to mention I?m a bartender?
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Out There - Saturday, October 24, 2009 Miriam [[sitting on bus bench, talking on cell phone]]: Hey, it?s Miriam. / Miriam: I can?t believe I?m doing this, but sometimes circumstances force us to do things we wouldn?t ordinarily consider. / Miriam: You said I was welcome at your house whenever I wanted. I know you probably didn?t expect me to take you up on it, but?I think I *need* to. / Miriam: Rebecca?
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Out There - Monday, October 26, 2009 Miriam: Thanks for picking me up, Rebecca. / Rebecca: No problem, Miriam. / Rebecca: So, what brings you to Arch City, or would you rather not talk about it? / Miriam: For now, I?d rather not. / [[Silence]] / Miriam: I?m *not* a complete loser. / Rebecca: I?m sure you?re not.
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Out There - Tuesday, October 27, 2009 Miriam: So, is Walter in town? / Rebecca: Yep., already at the ballpark. There?s a game tonight. / Miriam: Are you going? / Rebecca: I might? sometimes I go, sometimes I don?t. Why, did you want to go? / Miriam: I dunno? probably not. I need to figure out what the hell I need to do about my pathetic life which has just come crashing down all around me. / Miriam: Can I borrow a coupla bucks? There?s no way I?m doing this when I?m out of cigarettes. / Rebecca: Sure?
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Out There - Wednesday, October 28, 2009 Rebecca: Well, here we are. / Rebecca: Is there anything you need, Miriam? Are you hungry, or do you want to take a nap, or? / Miriam: A shower. I?d give everything I own for a shower. / Rebecca: That?s okay, the shower?s free. What about? / Miriam: ?I guess I wouldn?t mind using your washer and dryer, too. No, that?s okay. I?m being enough trouble as it is. / Rebecca: Please, It?s no problem. Would you like a drink or something, too? / Miriam: Bless you.
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Out There - Thursday, October 29, 2009 Rebecca: The bathroom?s down the hall and to your right. I?ll bring a drink for you as soon as I get your laundry in. / Miriam: Thanks, Rebecca. You?re so nice. / [[Miriam walks down the hall, taking in the opulence of Rebecca's house]] / Miriam: Holy cats! This is the biggest bathtub I?ve ever *seen!* It?s like a freakin? swimming pool! / Miriam: Is there a lifeguard on duty? / Rebecca [[placing Miriam's drink on the sink]]: Funny. You can bathe in the *sink* if you?d be more comfortable.
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Out There - Friday, October 30, 2009 Miriam [[thinking]]: Okay, Mr. and Mrs. Green, I'll admit it. I'm impressed by your Olympic-sized bathtub. I don't *want* to be impressed, but I *am.* / Miriam [[thinking]]: But it *is,* after all, just a *bathtub.* Isn't it a bit *much?* Aren?t those of us who do without stuff like this still doing okay? / Miriam [[thinking]]: My God. I can *completely* stretch out my legs in here without sitting up. / Miriam [[thinking]]: I don?t care about money. I just want a bathtub like *this.*
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Out There - Saturday, October 31, 2009 Miriam: I think that was the best bath of my life. / Rebecca: Good. You looked like you needed the respite. / Miriam: I did. Now I?ll just make a few phone calls, and be out of your hair. I don?t want to burden you. / Rebecca: Oh, it?s no burden. You are our welcome guest. / Miriam: You turned into such a sweetheart. Walter is a lucky man. / Rebecca: *We* think we?re *both* lucky. We?re very grateful for the life we have. / Miriam: I?d have married him for that bathtub alone. / Rebecca: Well, it definitely sweetened the deal.
http://outtherecomic.com/d/20091031.html
Out There - Monday, November 2, 2009 Sherry [[talking on phone]]: Oh, hey, Stevie, what?s up? / Sherry: Miriam?s number? Why would you need Miriam?s number? Isn?t she with *you?* / [[Sherry holding phone, listening]] / Sherry: Wow. That?s one of those pauses that just *screams* ?gimme a second to come up with a good lie.? / Steven [[on phone]]: I?ll settle for a *bad* lie, it?s better than anything *I?ve* got.
http://outtherecomic.com/d/20091102.html
Out There - Tuesday, November 3, 2009 Miriam: ?so, anyway, I could be completely at these people?s mercy for another couple of weeks, or I could make a clean break. / Miriam: Of course, now I?m at *your* mercy. Ohhh, this *sucks.* / Rebecca: Oh, don?t think of it like that. Just think of it as friends doing each other a favor. / Miriam: But it?s not like that, Rebecca. It?s *you* doing *me* a favor, and *me* not doing *anything.* / Rebecca: It?s okay. / Miriam: Plus, we?re not even really *friends.* / Rebecca: I know. But it?s *still* okay.
http://outtherecomic.com/d/20091103.html
Out There - Wednesday, November 4, 2009 Sherry [[talking on phone]]: Stevie, I have to admit that is one of the most fascinating stories I have ever heard. / Sherry: And yet, somehow I can?t help but think you?re leaving something out? like the part where you take *some* responsibility for it. / Steven [[talking on phone]]: Well, I wasn?t the one who drove off after she got out of the van, and I *certainly* didn?t *push* her out, so if it was *my* fault, I don?t see *how.* / Sherry: Sure you're not leaving *something* out? You haven't even mentioned *cheating* on her. / Steven: It still hasn't been *proven.*
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Out There - Thursday, November 5, 2009 Rebecca: You?re right, Miriam. We?re not really friends. And maybe we never will be. Or, on the other hand, maybe we *will.* / Rebecca: The point is, you are, or at least *were,* a very important part of my husband?s life, and because of that I?d like to get to know you better. / Miriam: Well, I guess if nothing else you?re accomplishing *that.* It?s very sweet of you to sit here and listen to how *stupid* I?ve been the last few days. / Miriam: See, that?s what friends?or people who used to hate each other a long time ago?are *for.* / Rebecca: Plus, It?s *got* to be entertaining in a used-to-hate-me kinda way.
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Out There - Friday, November 6, 2009 Sherry [[talking on phone]]: Tell ya what, Stevie?I think I?m going to call Miriam *myself.* I want to know *exactly* why she got off that van in the first place. / Sherry: Once I hear *her* side, *then* I?ll decide whether or not I?m going to give you her number. Because I may just decide that you?re done here. / Steven [[talking on phone]]: Just get back to me as soon as you can, okay, Sherry? I?m really worried about her, and I just want to do anything I can to make sure she?s okay. / Sherry: That?s so sweet, Stevie. So, I take it you?ve already cheated on her more than *once?* / Steven: Fifty times, Sher. A hundred. I?ve cheated ten times in the past five seconds.
http://outtherecomic.com/d/20091106.html
Out There - Saturday, November 7, 2009 Miriam: I appreciate your hospitality, Rebecca, but I don?t want to take advantage of it. I?m going to call my friend Sherry and have her wire me the money for a bus ticket. [[Miriam's cellphone rings]] / [[Miriam's cellphone rings again]] / Rebecca: Hey, maybe that?s her now. Wouldn?t that be funny? / Miriam [[looking at cellphone]]: It *is* her. That *is* funny. / [[Miriam's cellphone rings again]] / Miriam [[looking at cellphone]]: Oh my God, Steven told her what happened. This is my ?I told you so? call. / [[Miriam's cellphone rings again]] / Rebecca: You can tell all that by the *ring?* / Miriam [[holding up cellphone]]: Totally. Have you ever *heard* a more *smug* ring?
http://outtherecomic.com/d/20091107.html
Out There - Monday, November 9, 2009 [[Miriam is on the phone with Sherry]] / Sherry: Oh, I?m just glad to hear you?re okay. We?ll figure out a way to get you home, don?t fret over *that.* / Miriam: Okay? / [[Sherry walks by John, they wave to each other]] / Miriam: So how are things going over there? Is everybody falling apart without me? / Sherry: Mmm? no? we?re managing? / [[Sherry looks over at James, who is serving a beer to Clayton]] / Miriam: You haven?t found a better bartender to replace me, have you? / Sherry: No? not a *better* one? / [[Chuck, at the bar with a beer, smiles at Sherry]] / Miriam: And you *certainly* haven?t found someone you?d rather *live* with? / Sherry: Um? no? well?
http://outtherecomic.com/d/20091109.html
Out There - Tuesday, November 10, 2009 Miriam [[talking to Sherry on the phone]]: No. that?s fine? let me think about it a little and maybe *I?ll* call Steven? and I?ll let you know. ?Kay? Okay, thanks, hon. Later. / Miriam [[after hanging up]]: *That* was kind of awkward. / Rebecca: What?s the matter? / Miriam [[heading towards the door]]: Nuthin?. Hey, do you feel like doing something? Going to the game? Or going dancing? We should go have a wild girls? night out. / Rebecca: Um, okay? / Rebecca[[standing in the doorway]]: You know you?re still just wearing a bathrobe, right? / Miriam [[outside]]: Check, maybe not *that* wild.
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Out There - Wednesday, November 11, 2009 [[Miriam is in the bathroom drying her hair, Rebecca is in the hallway]] / Rebecca: Miriam, is everything okay? What did your friend say? / Miriam: A bunch of stuff. She?s dating my ex-boyfriend, for one. / Miriam: It?s not as bad as it sounds. In fact, I?m happy for them. She feels guilty about it, but she doesn?t need to. / Rebecca: You?re very understanding, Miriam. I?m not sure I? / Miriam: Well, here?s the thing, Rebecca. I take so many liberties with my friends? patience and understanding that it really wouldn?t be reasonable at all for me not to expect them to occasionally do the same to *me.* / Miriam: Now, you still think you want to be my friend? / Rebecca [[noticing Miriam?s state of undress]]: Sure. One suggestion, though. This is the Midwest. We wear clothes when we go out.
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Out There - Thursday, November 12, 2009 Miriam: Oh, the other thing Sherry said is that Steven is apparently claiming it was an ?accident? that they left me behind. / Miriam: He also claims to be out of his mind with worry, and he?s not leaving town until he knows I?m safe. / Rebecca: Wow. / Rebecca: Do you believe any of it? / Miriam: I don?t know. I?m not sure I believe *anything* he?s ever told me. And yet, I?m not sure I *don?t* believe it either. / Rebecca: Well, I guess you?ve got a lot of things to think over right now. / Miriam: Uh huh. Hey, do the players? wives? friends get free beer at the ballpark?
http://outtherecomic.com/d/20091112.html
Out There - Friday, November 13, 2009 Miriam: So it?s really okay if I stay with you tonight? You don?t think Walter will mind? / Rebecca: Miriam, it?s fine. / Rebecca: You?ve seen our house. We have plenty of room. We won?t even know you?re here. / Miriam: Okay, one night, and then I?ll be on my way. / [[Miriam looks at a newspaper while Rebecca slips into a dress]] / Miriam: Do I have to put in a request now for the bathtub tomorrow? / Rebecca: Geez, you and that bathtub. You can *sleep* in it if you?d like.
http://outtherecomic.com/d/20091113.html
Out There - Saturday, November 14, 2009 [[Miriam and Rebecca are in Rebecca's car]] / Miriam: Is Walter going to be able to see us? / Rebecca: I dunno. Only if he looks for us. He probably won?t. Why? / Miriam: Well, remember he forgot how to play baseball the last time he saw me here. / Rebecca: Oh, Miriam, I think we?ve exorcised *those* demons. It?ll be fine. / [[Miriam and Rebecca are silent, looking thoughtful]] / Rebecca [[handing Miriam her sunglasses]]: Maybe you?d better wear these. And could you tie your hair back? / Miriam: I shoulda borrowed some of your wife clothes.
http://outtherecomic.com/d/20091114.html
Out There - Monday, November 16, 2009 Sherry [[talking on cellphone]]: No, Stevie, *no!* The ball?s in Miriam?s court now! If she wants to talk to you, she?ll call you! / Sherry [[to Chuck]]: I?ll be just a sec. / Chuck: Okay. / Sherry: Stevie, I should probably go now. My buh? ?um, my *friend* is here. / Chuck: It?s an honor to be your buh? ?your *friend.* / Steven: *Bowmp bmp bmp bowm bow,* Sher.
http://outtherecomic.com/d/20091116.html
 
Out There - Tuesday, November 17, 2009 Miriam: I really appreciate your helping me out, Rebecca. And I?m going to insist on you letting me repay you as soon as I can. / Rebecca: That won?t be necessary, Miriam. Just call it a gift. / Miriam: It *is* necessary. It?s not necessary for *you,* but it *is* necessary for *me.* / Miriam: I know you don?t need the money, but I *do* need to give it to you. I can?t *stand* owing people money. I never borrow unless it?s an emergency. / Rebecca: But didn?t you say you maxed out your credit card? / Miriam: I said I didn?t like owing *people* money.
http://outtherecomic.com/d/20091117.html
Out There - Wednesday, November 18, 2009 Sherry: I should have mentioned this earlier? I had to tell Miriam about us. Well, I didn?t *have* to, but I *did.* / Chuck: Okay. / / Chuck: There wasn?t really much *to* tell, was there? All we?ve done is hang out together a few times. / [[Sherry and Chuck stare at each other]] / Chuck: Um? not that it hasn?t been *totally amazing, ohmygod* / Sherry: Okay, okay. We?ll work on speeding it up.
http://outtherecomic.com/d/20091118.html
Out There - Thursday, November 19, 2009 Miriam: You know, it?s kind of important to me now that you trust me. It wouldn?t have been if you weren?t so nice, but since you *are?* / Rebecca: I *do* trust you. / Miriam: But *why* do you trust me? Considering the past, considering everything else?I?m not sure *I* would trust me if I were you. / Rebecca: I dunno, Miriam. The past *you?re* talking about was like a lifetime ago, and I don?t really know *what* you?ve been up to *since* then, so? / Miriam: ?Innocent until proven guilty? / Rebecca: Oh, good *God,* no. I *trust* you, I *don?t* think you?re *innocent.* / Miriam: Good, good, *I* couldn?t have trusted someone who was *that* naive.
http://outtherecomic.com/d/20091119.html
Out There - Friday, November 20, 2009 Chuck: I think you misunderstood me, Sher. I?m in no hurry here. I?m just enjoying spending time with you. / Sherry: Thank you, that?s sweet. I?m enjoying it too? I almost wonder if *I?m* not the one whose patience is being tested. / [[Sherry's cell phone rings]] / Steven [[on phone]]: Sherry, gimme that number! She *still* hasn?t called! / Sherry: Of course, depending on one?s *definition* of patience?
http://outtherecomic.com/d/20091120.html
Out There - Saturday, November 21, 2009 Miriam: So? as you probably guessed? it was difficult for me to call you. I pretty much had to swallow what was left of my pride. / Rebecca: Yeah, I know. / Rebecca: But I?m glad you did. Although, as *you* probably can guess? it?s not exactly ?automatic? for me to be this nice to you. / Miriam: Uh huh. / [[They each take a sip of their beers]] / [[Without looking at each other, they "clink" the beer cups together]]
http://outtherecomic.com/d/20091121.html
 

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