Too Tired to Die

Hi! It's me Kenji. I'm not in right now so please leave a message

and I'll call you back

Kenji this is mom are you still sleeping?

Hello mom?

No I wasn't sleeping I was taking a shower

Yeah, I'm fine How's dad?

Did you send the money?

Still? Please...

I am going to get a job next month

what?

I can't be bothered

okay, wait

When is it?

Tomorrow?

What time? Eleven thirty

Where?

At JFK

How long is he staying for?

What?

Gosh! Mom, he's not like my friend or anything

He's your friend's son

All right okay, anyway

I'll take care of it

I'll show him the statute of liberty

but more importantly don't forget the money

Alright, take care

- Hi - Hi

I'm waiting for my friend

But I'll have an espresso now

- Do you know what time is it now? - No, sorry

- Here you go - Thanks, excuse me

What happened to the clock? It was always there

What was it you just ordered?

Never mind

- It's decaf? - Oh, is it? I'm sorry

See today's my first day here but you can really tell?

Wow that's amazing

I mean I can tell the difference between diet coke and regular

But decaf from caffeinated

- It's just from drinking a lot of coffee - I drink a lot of coffee too

But I actually they say you Japanese are much smarter than us

Thank you

Hey, you okay?

Sorry your watch

- I wanted to know the time - Are you okay?

Do you need an ambulance? Or menu?

No

- A double espresso would be fine - All right

Do you want my espresso? - Oh thank you

It's decaf actually but you want?

Thanks, I need some strong coffee now

I just had a strange deja vu

Oh yeah? I had a very strange dream this morning too

Really? What kind of a dream?

It was...

I forgot

- Are you French? - No

- Swedish? - No

You are definitely European what other countries I'm missing?

Dutch?

- Danish? - I'm from Germany

Oh, what a great country

You know what, it's too bad that you didn't make it to the finals in the World Cup

I think you should've played against Brazil

Because it was a really good team

Germany always had best players like Beckenbauer Schumacher, Rummenigge

But the greatest of all was Gerd Muller

- No? - I don't watch soccer games

This is mine

And this is yours

This is her first day

Wait! Hey!

Wait!

Who are you?

- Thank you - No, Thank you

What?

He said he didn't blow up the world trade center

Just kidding

- He said he stopped you for no reason - No reason?

No, I saw him in my dream I saw you too

- Who are you? - I?

I am...

But?

- He also wants to thank you - Thank me? For what?

He's been running all his life he must've been tired

- We must go - Wait wait wait

I don't get it okay?

- How do you want me to disappear? - What?

Never mind I'll see you

Leaving already?

Can I see you again? I mean maybe we can go to a movie

I'm leaving tomorrow

- And I live in Paris - Whoa Paris

- What about tonight? - Tonight?

If you don't have any plans I'm sure you do, but

I won't talk about soccer anymore I promise

6 o'clock over here at the cafe

You don't have to show up if you're busy but I'm gonna be here anyway

But um... I have to find out what my friend is up to

You can bring your friend if you want 7 or 8?

Six

- But I can't promise - Yeah sure

Au revoir

- You are late - I'm not, I was here earlier

Excuse me can you tell him that I was here earlier?

See, I told you

Actually I thought you left without paying

- Oh I'm sorry - No it's okay she took care of it

Who?

The girl, you know the one who's like...

- You want anything else? - No

- Wow she likes me? - She like you, what do you mean she likes you?

She asked what you want she likes me, she touched me see?

Not her, I'm talking about someone else

Now this one's caffeinated it's not decaffeinated

Anyway sorry I don't wanna be late again

My mother she call us when I'm gonna go out the door you know

She wanna talk about my cousin wedding you know,

The party they're gonna have after the wedding

the food my aunt's gonna make and the people who gonna come...

You know how mama is I'm not gonna hang up, you know?

It's alright, actually I was going to thank you for being late

Or otherwise I couldn't have the chance to talk to the girl

Did you see her? She just left

She was beautiful, I have never seen such a beautiful woman

I mean for a German woman actually I thought she was French

But no wonder, she lives in Paris

Another tourist girl eh?

What was your first line?

First line?

What you say to her?

Hey baby? Oh I said...

- You mind if I tell you? - Yes, um no um, sure

Are you okay?

That was your first line

Why you say that? Why she look awful or something?

No no no no no...

She fainted

And he ran over to her and held her in his arms it was quite something

So I said to myself this guy just won the lotto but

unfortunately it was downhill from there

He offered his decaf but she wanted something caffeinated

Then it took him four countries to guess where she was from

And when he found out she was German,

He started talking about soccer which of course she wasn't interested

Snob

And then suddenly he jumped up and ran outside

And she had to pay for his drink

And I'm seeing her tonight

- No, that's impossible - We are having dinner together

I'm impressed

From what I saw here it was a pretty lousy pickup

Maybe she changed her mind

But then a woman's mind is mobile as a car

Come to think of it they call a car 'une voiture' in French

But other cultures have spoken of the unpredictability of the woman

And I didn't dare to write a song about it

La do les mobile

do da do da do da

um ba um ba be le

You know Pavarotti sings it

You are Italian aren't you

You are Japanese and the woman's...

I have an interesting story for you guys

A Japanese friend of mine his father was on business

In small town in Milano of course you know Milano is in Italy

What am I talking about you are Italian you know that

- Milano - Yeah

You don't mind me telling you this story I'm not boring you am I?

May I? So anyway

This Japanese fellow goes into a local bar by himself to have a drink

Now not only is this tiny man the only oriental...

Excuse me the Asian person in the bar but also...

The very first since the bar opened back in the days of Mussolini

Bartender wouldn't serve him one man stood up for him, a German

businessman who also had come into the bar for a drink by himself

Finally the bartender gave in

And these two were having a drink together talking

and they discovered that both their fathers had fought in the war

so as they were reminiscing about the good old days

the German

raises glass to propose a toast and guess what he said?

Next time, without Italians

It's a 35

They're yours?

Are you a film maker?

Could see... May I?

Wait a minute

I see Sean Connery here

and Ursula Andress

Look at her body now she is a woman

Whatever happened to her? What do you think became of her?

Nobody know Nobody know this

Maybe now she drive in a convertible Mercedes with a jigallo

Maybe now she nun she live in Himalayas nobody know

That's why I'm going to make a documentary called

Whatever happened to all the Bond girls

Hey what is that book you are reading?

Balzac

I used to know a boy in school they throw him out of school because