My Blind Brother

What's my time?

4:50.

Robbie, Robbie, can we ask you a few questions?

Of course, of course.

I've got to say, you look very pretty today.

Well, thank you, Robbie.

You have so many supporters that came out today.

Yes I do!

I have all my supporters here today.

How's everybody doing?

Robbie. Robbie.

Robbie.

You've been such an inspiration.

How are you feeling right now?

I feel great.

The only way I could feel better is

if we turn around and go back, start over, with all of you

waiting for me at the end.

Thank you, Robbie.

Thank you so much.

Robbie is an example to us all.

Brave, strong, focused, determined.

So it gives me great pleasure to present

him with this check for $6,548 to the Out of Sight Foundation.

Yeah!

Oh man, this thing's heavy.

Just kidding.

OK, I have a few special thank yous I'd like to make.

First and foremost, my mom and dad for their support.

We love you, Rob.

I don't know what I'd do without you.

I love you.

And perhaps most importantly, I have just

got to thank one individual who is next to me the whole time

I'm running down that road.

Doubts, sure, I have doubts.

But there's this voice right next to you telling you

that you can do it.

I, of course, am talking about...

God.

He took my sight away from me.

Ow.

My bad.

Who's that?

Oh, what's up GT?

Oh, Bill.

What's good, my man?

Be able to see with my heart.

You just ran 26 miles, man.

That I did.

Yeah.

Yeah, dude, marathon man.

Come on.

I bet you glad that bull shit's finally over, though.

No doubt.

No doubt.

Yo, you wanna go smoke some weed?

I didn't get it.

I didn't get it.

One more time.

Oh, OK.

There was a lot of wind that way.

Can I just do it?

Ye... nah, I'd rather you didn't, actually.

I need you...

All right, let me know if it's lit.

You know, I mean, just talk to me.

There, that's hot.

You good?

Yeah.

That sound good.

Yo, you want something else?

Take the edge off.

Like I got this bomb ass Klonopin.

Have you ever hear of Klonopin?

It's crazy.

What?

There are cops here, you gotta be careful.

We good, though, for real.

I could shoot up in front of those dudes

and they don't care.

Bill?

Yeah, coming.

Where were you?

What?

No.

Have you been smoking pot?

I just ran a marathon.

No.

I am so proud of you running all that way.

Jocelyn says I'm going to make the front page.

She thinks I should do a swim next.

What do you mean, next?

For the next fundraiser.

I think it would be cool to swim across the lake.

But I thought we said that we were done after this, that we

could stop after the run.

Well, kids don't stop being blind, Bill.

I know that, I just...

You wouldn't have to get in the water,

you just guide me from a boat or something.

How about right here.

Good, Robbie?

Yeah, let's do this.

OK, it's all clear ahead.

Ease out, that's it.

Good.

Just a hair to the right.

All right. I got it.

All right, good.

There's a car about 300 yards ahead of us.

Sure, I heard it.

Is someone eating?

Yeah, I am.

OK, could you just chill out a little bit.

Trying to focus.

You should clean your oven.

I made moussaka, your favorite.

Thanks, mom.

I'm so psyched.

You can just take the egg plant out.

So dad, how long do you think it would take?

Probably about 14 miles or so.

Four or five hours at least.

Yeah, we're going to have to start training right away.

But we're in shape from the run.

It's different.

You're going to have to concentrate

on more upper body stuff.

It's all in the shoulders.

You got your anterior deltoid, lateral, posterior.

Swimming's a whole different ballgame.

I'm just going to take off.

Where to?

I'm just going to go have a beer.

I thought we were going to look at the video of the race.

I'll watch it later, mom.

Hey, Bill, just don't drink too much.

We don't want you dehydrated, OK?

OK, Robbie.

You... you stay hydrated, too.

Who do you think you're talking to?

All right, see you guys later.

Hey, Bill.

Yeah?

Have fun.

What happened to him?

Hit by a bus.

Makes you think, doesn't it?

You gotta really grab each day, man.

Check, check.

This one's for you, Fred.

Did they take him to the hospital first?

Or was it like instant?

Uh, I'm pretty sure it was pretty quick.

It was a bus, so...

Did he just step off the curb without looking?

Uh, no.

Actually, get this, he was in an argument with his girlfriend.

Fuck.

He was chasing after her when it happened.

- Fuck. - Yeah.

You want another drink?

Let's do it.

I killed him.

I killed the boy that died.

I had just dumped him when it happened.

You want to know why I dumped him?

I dumped him because he licked his lips too much

and I didn't like how he spoke to waiters.

And that's why he's dead now.

And that I didn't like his nipples.

I am a judgemental cunt.

Can't like everyone's nipples.

Sometimes I fantasize about being disabled,

like I'm paralyzed and people have

to push me around all the time.

And I get to watch a lot of TV.

That's really terrible.

I know.

I love TV.

Me too.

I still have use of my fingers so I

can, like, control the remote.

We're off now, Rose.

Call us or drop by whenever you'd like.

It would be great to see you.

Uh, OK.

Thank you.

Those are his parents.

It was their son that I killed.

Do you want a real tissue?

I'm a superficial narcissist.

I'm lazy and resentful.

I slept with a married man and I

didn't even like him very much.

I almost killed my brother.

Why? you didn't like him?

No, I liked him quite a lot.

I challenged him to a diving competition.