It’s an odd, unsatisfying book that emphasizes at best mildly amusing personal anecdotes over his actual career and thoughts on filmmaking. A good editor would have steered this into something more substantial. For example, he completely skips over “The Wild, Wild West” and there has to be a lot to dish about there.

For the first guy*

To Educationally Exhausted:

LW2's partner should also look into if their school will award them a Masters degree for the work they’ve completed. Most schools will award a masters if the student passed their quals, but doesn’t want to finish the full PhD.

But he was a GENTLEMAN. She was BRATTY.

“You can’t fire me, I quit!”

L2: PhD won’t ever be finished and even if it is your partner isn’t getting a job in academe. Being ABD is probably fine for getting a job in whatever their field of study is, but working retail and pretending to work on a dissertation is just a waste of everyone’s time. 

LW1, I’m surprised Doc didn’t bring this up, but, MOVE THE FUCK OUT! I really hope you’re not locked into a long term lease and are stuck there, but honest to god, if I was starting going out with someone and it turned out they still lived with their recent ex I’d nope the fuck out of that shit real quick.

“We eventually started scheduling monthly sex just to try and get back into the groove, but even that fell apart.

Word. The “i don’t love you anymore” ord about as breakup as it gets.  But he really sounds like someone that just doesn't get the hint at sll. 

HM, buddy... it’s over... it’s been over for a long time.

I was the one who ended it with her as she told me she no longer loved me.

“you have to wonder if it’s really society, and not just the screenplay, stacking the deck against the Turners”

My theory with this crap is that they think if you sign a piece of paper with numbers on it, you’ll be more obliged to “do the right thing” and honor what you signed. Ironic when what they’re trying to do is screw you through dishonesty. 

It’s amazing how the internet truly harnesses the power of making me hate people without ever meeting them. Take most of you, for example.

1) Maybe someone will bring her a hot pocket with a saw blade in it.

I feel like I’ve heard your story of this girl in another column

‘honestly just sidestep the whole religion talk ... if they ask me about my “faith” I’ll fill them in’

Considering this is a site generally aimed at nerds, I recommend that Jealous and Guilty read Spiderman: Blue.

LW1: