[MEDIUM ALISON]
Dear Mom and Dad
Thanks for the care package
I was running out of granola bars so it came just in the nick of time
They sell a kind here I swear is made of paste
Nothing else worth writing home about
Har-Har
Al
I could draw you some posters
[JOAN]
Nah, we need them tomorrow night
[MEDIUM ALISON]
I could do it right now
[JOAN]
Really?
[MEDIUM ALLISON]
Yeah, just some simple drawing, right?
Sure
So, you want them to say?
[JOAN]
We just need some really good "No Nukes" posters
[MEDIUM ALISON]
Right
Okay
So I was thinking...maybe...maybe something like...
[JOAN]
Oh. That's funny
That's really good
[MEDIUM ALISON]
This?
No, this is just quick and stupid...
[JOAN]
Who's this?
In the photo?
[MEDIUM ALISON]
My dad
[JOAN]
That's your dad?
[MEDIUM ALISON]
Yeah!
[JOAN]
He looks cool
Did he teach you how to draw cartoons?
[MEDIUM ALISON]
Oo, definitely not
[JOAN]
Why's that funny?
[MEDIUM ALISON]
Oh, it's not funny, he's just more, uh, refined?
[JOAN]
I think it's amazing he's cool with you being a dyke
[MEDIUM ALISON]
What? Could we talk about something else?
[JOAN]
Sure
Why?
[MEDIUM ALISON]
Because I don't know how my parents feel about...
I just figured it out myself
[JOAN]
Oh
[MEDIUM ALISON]
About two weeks ago...
[JOAN]
Huh, with who?
[MEDIUM ALISON]
"With who" what?
[JOAN]
Who were you with?
[MEDIUM ALISON]
Oh, nobody...
Nobody!
Oh my God. I'm so embarra**ed
I was in a bookstore...
[JOAN]
In a bookstore?
Nice!
[MEDIUM ALISON]
What?
No!
Two weeks ago I was downtown. I just wandered into the bookstore. I was just browsing, and I picked up this book
[JOAN]
Oh- word is out
[MEDIUM ALISON]
I was like, "oh interviews, this looks interesting" then I was like "these people are all..uh..."
[JOAN]
Gay?
[MEDIUM ALISON]
Yes, gay
And then I was like
"Oh my God. I'm [JOAN]
A lesbian." A dyke
--Yes, a dyke. Yes
And I totally flipped out and shoved the book back on the shelf and then I left
But then I came the next day and bought the book, and then I came back the next day and bought all the other books in that section and then I made myself go to the meeting at the Gay Union, and then, uh well...and then... it's now
Hi
[JOAN]
Hello
That's a powerful book
[MEDIUM ALISON]
It is
[JOAN]
So I should probably go
[MEDIUM ALISON]
Okay
[JOAN]
Will I see you at the union meeting tomorrow afternoon?
[MEDIUM ALISON]
Uh, yeah. I'll be at the meeting
I'll bring those posters. Finish them up
[JOAN]
Cool
See you then
Bye, Alison
[MEDIUM ALISON]
Bye, Joan