Palm Swings

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I love you, Mrs. Hughes.

I love you, Mr. Hughes.

All right, come on.

Hello, neighbor.

We are your welcoming committee.

Ooh, ah, hi, hello, come in.

Oh wow.

I hope we're not interrupting.

Oh of course we're not interrupting.

We brought cherry pie.

Where can I put this for you?

Oh, thank you, I'll take this.

Pardon the mess.

We are really just settling in.

Listen, that's the best pie you're gonna get

in the Coachella valley.

I believe you.

Allison, who's at the door?

Neighbors.

Hey, Jim, Jim Ericson.

Nice to meet you.

Yeah, this is my wife.

Claire.

You must be the man of the house.

Yeah, Mark Hughes, Mark Hughes.

Nice to meet you.

Okay so Allison and Mark Hughes, wow.

What a beautiful couple.

Oh.

And what brings you to our little slice of paradise?

I teach at the College of the Desert.

Oh, an educated man.

Yeah.

And you guys have kids?

Not yet.

No, not yet.

We're just enjoying being married.

Yeah well you enjoy that while you're young.

Wow, Jim, look at those beautiful photographs.

Wow.

Actually, Allison took those.

Oh, you're so talented.

Thank you.

Yeah, every publication in Chicago wanted her.

Oh I don't doubt that.

So Jim, what about you?

What do you do?

I make records.

Wow, that's cool.

Wow, that is neat.

Yeah, we met when he was on tour.

Yeah, I was backstage.

Claire was a groupie.

Love at first sight.

Well, you know, couples that play together

stay together, right?

Mhmm.

Well, it was really great meeting you guys

but I should probably get back to unpacking.

We're right next door.

So don't be strangers.

Sure, and thank you so much for the pie.

Oh it was our pleasure.

Bye.

Bye.

This pie is amazing.

Oh that is delicious.

Right?

Here.

To our new home.

To our new home.

Mmm.

Claire and Jim, they seem nice.

I think they were flirting with us.

Really?

Yeah.

I think you've had too much wine

or maybe I don't know, the desert heat's getting to you.

Come on, they're just friendly.

I guess so.

Baby, are we gonna fit in here?

I don't make pie.

You crave excitement and adventure.

It's one of the main reasons why I love you.

Give it a chance.

Nobody knows us.

We can be anything we want here.

Welcome to Introduction to Philosophy.

Now I know that this is a general requirement, right

and a lot of you probably think it's not important.

But I would argue with you that philosophy

is a relevant part of all of our lives.

Okay?

So I wanna start by asking you guys

does anyone know any popular philosophy quotes?

Yeah.

I think, therefore I am.

Descartes, good.

That's good.

Anybody else?

Um, we are what we repeatedly do.

Aristotle, I love it, I love it.

Yeah.

We must act out passion before we can feel it.

Sartre.

Thank you, uh,

Jennifer.

Jennifer.

Thank you, that was great.

Anybody else?

Your portfolio is fantastic.

Oh, thank you.

Wow, why did you leave Chicago?

Palm Springs doesn't offer nearly as many opportunities.

I moved for my husband actually.

The things we do for love.

Yes.

But I really do think that this will be

a wonderful change of scenery for me.

For us.

Well there may be some freelance work

in another three months or so.

And I will keep your resume on file.

Three months.

Okay, I will be sure to give you a call then.

Do.

I'm ready to call it a night.

Do you care to join me?

I'm gonna do some more unpacking.

I'll be in soon.

I can help.

You've had such a long day.

I won't be long, I promise.

I'm gonna hold you to that.

Morals do change and adapt over time.

Changing from social group to social group.

Kierkegaard said the most common form of despair

is not being who you are.

Right, so sometimes you're going to have to choose.

Are you gonna follow the crowd

or are you gonna follow society?

Or are you gonna choose your own path?

Well, that's all the time we have for today.

But I want you guys to ponder who you are

and who you wanna be and be prepared

to discuss it on Monday, all right?

Have a good weekend.

And the old man says, I can't find my house, right?

The whole faculty laughs and it was really,

it was really great.

Well I told you that joke lands every single time.

You know, I think you're really gonna like the Carters.

I'm just so happy to be out of the house.

Howard golfs nearly every weekend.

Every other Saturday, I golf

for some of the other faculty.

You should join us, Mark.

I'm not actually much of a golfer.

Neither are we.

You have children, Allison?

No, we are focusing on our careers right now.

You're not getting any younger.

That was so boring.

I could have fallen asleep.

Oh, come on, they weren't that bad.

okay, yeah, they were kinda that bad.

Why does every conversation lead to the talk of children?

Like that's the only key to happiness.

Because that's just what couples do.

But we have a different plan.

You're still okay with waiting, right?

Absolutely.

Mm, baby, I got an early day tomorrow.

Okay.

Of course.

Allison.

Did you wanna join us?

Hey.

Be home after work.

Hi.

Did I catch you at a bad time?

Oh, no, no, not at all.

How are you, nice to see you.

I'm good.

How are you settling in?

Good, good.

I'm not, it's fine.

Honestly it's just with Mark gone all the time

I'm very lonely.

So I've been looking online for jobs and stuff.

Is it always so hot here?

Oh, it is the desert, honey.

Yeah.

Anyway, Mark and I, we just,

we haven't really had a chance

God, you sound so frustrated.

You know, Palm Springs just hasn't been the fresh start

I was hoping for.

Why don't you get dressed?