00:03:01,149 --> 00:03:02,Come on.

00:03:51,566 --> 00:03:53,Hello, this is Beth.

00:03:56,104 --> 00:03:58,Oh, hey.

00:03:59,140 --> 00:04:01,How are you doing tonight?

00:04:01,241 --> 00:04:03,Um, I'm okay.

00:04:03,978 --> 00:04:06,I just wanted to talk,
if that's okay.

00:04:08,683 --> 00:04:09,No sleep?

00:04:11,018 --> 00:04:12,Yeah...

00:04:12,385 --> 00:04:13,I'm a bit off.

00:04:13,921 --> 00:04:15,I don't know.

00:04:15,089 --> 00:04:17,Just haven't found
my rhythm yet.

00:04:17,225 --> 00:04:18,What do you mean?

00:04:20,194 --> 00:04:21,Well...

00:04:22,597 --> 00:04:24,uh, you know,

00:04:24,431 --> 00:04:26,I g***t out of prison last year.

00:04:26,134 --> 00:04:27,Oh.

00:04:27,334 --> 00:04:28,Congratulations.

00:04:28,636 --> 00:04:30,Yeah. Yeah, thanks.

00:04:31,038 --> 00:04:32,Thank you.

00:04:32,272 --> 00:04:33,So...

00:04:34,041 --> 00:04:35,big adjustment.

00:04:35,610 --> 00:04:37,Yeah!

00:04:37,245 --> 00:04:38,Yes, ma'**.

00:04:40,214 --> 00:04:42,First, I was sleeping
all of the time,

00:04:42,817 --> 00:04:46,like too much stimulation,
you know?

00:04:46,921 --> 00:04:49,I was like a puppy
at the dog park.

00:04:50,024 --> 00:04:54,Like, as soon as I g***t home,
I just... I needed sleep.

00:04:54,195 --> 00:04:55,I can imagine.

00:04:55,730 --> 00:04:58,But it's all good. I'm blessed.

00:04:58,633 --> 00:05:00,I'm so happy for you.

00:05:00,234 --> 00:05:02,Yeah, thank you.

00:05:02,537 --> 00:05:03,You're welcome.

00:05:03,971 --> 00:05:07,Wait, ** I saying thanks
too much?

00:05:07,307 --> 00:05:08,Don't worry about it.

00:05:08,943 --> 00:05:11,You don't need to thank me,
but it's fine.

00:05:11,712 --> 00:05:13,You're doing great.

00:05:14,882 --> 00:05:16,So, uh...

00:05:17,718 --> 00:05:19,You-- You work--
You work nights?

00:05:19,319 --> 00:05:20,Sometimes I'll do a day shift,

00:05:20,855 --> 00:05:24,but nights
is when most people call.

00:05:24,258 --> 00:05:25,Hmm.

00:05:27,460 --> 00:05:29,You been doing it a long time?

00:05:29,897 --> 00:05:31,A few years.

00:05:32,233 --> 00:05:34,This is my last month, actually.

00:05:36,103 --> 00:05:37,At least for a while.

00:05:37,572 --> 00:05:39,You gotta recharge
the batteries, or...?

00:05:39,339 --> 00:05:40,You could say that.

00:05:42,710 --> 00:05:46,The last year
has been pretty intense.

00:05:46,346 --> 00:05:49,Yeah, I can imagine.

00:05:49,083 --> 00:05:51,You know, it's-- It's funny.

00:05:51,152 --> 00:05:55,I-I-I've been out six weeks
when the 'rona went off.

00:05:55,723 --> 00:05:57,Everybody was bitching about

00:05:57,191 --> 00:05:59,having to stay home
and I was like,

00:05:59,459 --> 00:06:02,"Bro, you're telling me
I can eat what I want

00:06:02,096 --> 00:06:05,"and sleep when I want
and wear what I want?

00:06:05,733 --> 00:06:07,That's supposed to be hard?"

00:06:07,802 --> 00:06:09,That's funny.

00:06:09,402 --> 00:06:10,I mean, I don't...

00:06:10,838 --> 00:06:12,Sorry, I don't mean funny,
I just mean...

00:06:12,707 --> 00:06:14,Oh, it's okay.

00:06:14,175 --> 00:06:16,I'm the one who said
it was funny.

00:06:16,277 --> 00:06:18,Right.

00:06:18,246 --> 00:06:21,You know,
to tell you the truth, it...

00:06:23,050 --> 00:06:24,It was good for me.

00:06:24,484 --> 00:06:26,Was it?
Yeah.

00:06:26,486 --> 00:06:27,In prison, you know,

00:06:27,755 --> 00:06:29,they g***t these
transition units.

00:06:29,790 --> 00:06:32,They give you a little bit
more freedom,

00:06:32,260 --> 00:06:34,a little bit of time,
you know, so you don't...

00:06:34,862 --> 00:06:36,You start getting used to it.

00:06:36,797 --> 00:06:38,I-I-I didn't go through that.

00:06:38,766 --> 00:06:41,I went straight
from the shoe to the street.

00:06:42,803 --> 00:06:44,You know, it's probably good
that I g***t--

00:06:44,437 --> 00:06:47,I g***t some time to adjust,
right?

00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:49,Yeah, I get it.
Yeah, I was--

00:06:49,409 --> 00:06:54,I was sitting with my grandma
one night and she said, uh...

00:06:54,515 --> 00:06:56,"Michael, it's so weird.

00:06:56,684 --> 00:06:58,"The day is so slow,
but then at the end,

00:06:59,053 --> 00:07:01,it feels like
it lasted a minute."

00:07:01,856 --> 00:07:03,I know, right?

00:07:03,791 --> 00:07:07,You know, I told her,
"That's prison time."

00:07:07,662 --> 00:07:09,The day is slow
because nothing happens.

00:07:09,864 --> 00:07:12,And when it's gone,

00:07:12,166 --> 00:07:14,it feels like it never
even started, you know?

00:07:14,268 --> 00:07:18,You don't even remember nothing
because nothing happened.

00:07:18,372 --> 00:07:20,Wow.

00:07:20,207 --> 00:07:22,That's deep, Michael.

00:07:22,475 --> 00:07:23,You know what was weird,
though?

00:07:25,012 --> 00:07:26,What's that?

00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:29,Wearing a mask in a store.

00:07:30,551 --> 00:07:32,I-I couldn't even get a mask.

00:07:32,787 --> 00:07:34,I mean, first time,

00:07:34,355 --> 00:07:37,I had to use this bandanna
my sister gave me.

00:07:37,358 --> 00:07:39,And I was like,
"I don't know about this."

00:07:40,061 --> 00:07:42,I mean, because last time
I entered a store

00:07:42,630 --> 00:07:44,with a bandanna on, I g***t shot.

00:07:44,598 --> 00:07:47,I mean, shot and arrested.

00:07:47,535 --> 00:07:49,She was like,
"Never mind that

00:07:49,770 --> 00:07:52,because now they won't even
let you in without a mask."

00:07:52,573 --> 00:07:56,So I go shopping
with this bandanna on.

00:07:56,143 --> 00:07:57,I mean, I always
had this feeling

00:07:57,945 --> 00:07:59,that people check me out.

00:08:00,014 --> 00:08:03,I mean, I know they can tell
I've been inside, so...

00:08:03,317 --> 00:08:06,I think that's probably
just in your head though, no?

00:08:06,821 --> 00:08:08,Mm, no, it isn't.

00:08:08,723 --> 00:08:10,Trust me.

00:08:10,391 --> 00:08:13,I mean, even if they don't know
what it is exactly,

00:08:13,527 --> 00:08:16,they can tell there's something
different about me.

00:08:17,497 --> 00:08:19,It's like they can smell it.

00:08:20,401 --> 00:08:22,I don't mean literally.

00:08:23,904 --> 00:08:27,I smell real nice these days,
believe that.

00:08:27,708 --> 00:08:29,I believe it.

00:08:31,178 --> 00:08:36,Anyways, I'm already
stressing out

00:08:36,917 --> 00:08:38,about being around people,

00:08:38,652 --> 00:08:39,and now I g***t to wear
a bandanna

00:08:40,021 --> 00:08:43,like I'm robbing the place.

00:08:43,924 --> 00:08:46,The guy at the cash register,

00:08:46,227 --> 00:08:48,I'm thinking he's gonna pull
a shotgun any second.

00:08:49,063 --> 00:08:51,So I start sweating, you know,
and my heartbeat's up.

00:08:53,701 --> 00:08:57,And he rings me up and he goes,

00:08:57,371 --> 00:09:00,"Did you find everything
you were looking for?"

00:09:00,074 --> 00:09:01,And I'm like, "What?"

00:09:01,876 --> 00:09:03,I don't understand
the question,

00:09:03,512 --> 00:09:05,which I actually didn't
because I'm spaced out

00:09:05,246 --> 00:09:07,and I g***t
a f***g bandanna on,

00:09:07,248 --> 00:09:09,and I'm not even used to
hearing this kind of question.

00:09:09,817 --> 00:09:11,So he repeats the question.

00:09:11,986 --> 00:09:15,And I'm like, "Uh, yes, sir."

00:09:15,423 --> 00:09:19,And then I skip a beat,
and then I go, "Thanks."

00:09:22,596 --> 00:09:24,And then what happened?

00:09:25,332 --> 00:09:26,Nothing. Nothing.

00:09:26,535 --> 00:09:27,You know what he said?

00:09:27,735 --> 00:09:29,"Have a good night."

00:09:30,037 --> 00:09:33,And then I walk out,
and then I realize...

00:09:34,275 --> 00:09:35,D***n.

00:09:36,043 --> 00:09:39,No, I-I didn't find
everything I was looking for.

00:09:41,550 --> 00:09:43,I was in such a rush
to get out of there

00:09:43,851 --> 00:09:46,that I forgot like half of it.

00:09:47,621 --> 00:09:49,That happens to me
all the time.

00:09:50,658 --> 00:09:52,Yeah?

00:09:52,293 --> 00:09:53,Oh, yeah.

00:09:53,327 --> 00:09:54,Unless I have
a written-down list,

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