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I have my own business cards now.
Does that mean I'm a grownup?

Date: 2006-02-13 08:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pisceandreamer.livejournal.com
Never did for me... :)

Date: 2006-02-13 08:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] enmascarado.livejournal.com
what's the font? are they bone or off-white? do you have a watermark?

Date: 2006-02-13 08:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] enmascarado.livejournal.com
hmm... I take it you haven't read or seen American Psycho.
From: [identity profile] enmascarado.livejournal.com
BATEMAN
New card. What do you think?

McDermott lifts it up and examines the lettering carefully.

McDERMOTT
Whoa. Very nice. Take a look.

He hands it to Van Patten.

BATEMAN
Picked them up from the printers yesterday

VAN PATTEN
Good coloring.

BATEMAN
That's bone. And the lettering is something called
Silian Rail.

McDERMOTT
(Envious)
Silian Rail?

VAN PATTEN
It is very cool, Bateman. But that's nothing.

He pulls a card out of his wallet and slaps it on the
table.

VAN PATTEN
Look at this.

They all lean forward to inspect it.

PRICE
That's really nice.

Bateman clenches his fists beneath the table, trying to
control his anxiety.

VAN PATTEN
Eggshell with Romalian type.
(Turning to Bateman)
What do you think?

BATEMAN
(Barely able to breath, his voice a croak)
Nice.

PRICE
(Holding the card up to the light)
Jesus. This is really super. How'd a nitwit like you get so
tasteful?

Bateman stares at his own card and then enviously at
McDermott's.

BATEMAN (V.O.)
I can't believe that Price prefers McDermott's card to mine.

PRICE
But wait. You ain't seen nothin' yet.

He holds up his own card.

PRICE
Raised lettering, pale nimbus white...

BATEMAN
(Choking with anxiety)
Impressive. Very nice. Let's see Paul Owen's card.

Price pulls a card from an inside coat pocket and holds it
up for their inspection: "PAUL OWEN, PIERCE & PIERCE,
MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS." Bateman swallows, speechless.
The sound in the room dies down and all we hear is a faint
heartbeat as Bateman stares at the magnificent card.

BATEMAN (V.O.)
Look at that subtle off-white coloring. The tasteful thickness
of it. Oh my God, it even has a watermark...

His hand shaking, Bateman lifts up the card and stares at it
until it fills the screen.

He lets it fall. The SOUND RETURNS TO NORMAL.

CARRUTHERS Is something wrong? Patrick...you're sweating.



of course, Bateman would go on to kill Owen in the next scene.

Date: 2006-02-13 08:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] oceanic.livejournal.com
that was a freaking hilarious scene, though.

Ry, you should check out that movie sometime.

Date: 2006-02-13 08:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] blimey85.livejournal.com
I don't know what it means in reality but my fist cards made me feel more like a grownup. Now that I'm self employed and don't take new clients I don't have any... *sigh*

Date: 2006-02-13 08:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] oceanic.livejournal.com
No. Not at all. Meg made me business cards that listed me as a Zen Assistant Editor, I mean, come on. ;)

Date: 2006-02-13 11:24 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] jjjiii
If you have to ask, the answer's still no.

Date: 2006-02-14 02:15 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rainbow-spork.livejournal.com
Nah, I've had business cards since 1999, and I certainly wasn't a grown up then! Nor am I now. ::blatantly ignores the fact that she's turning 30 within the next 2 years::

But now you can win...

Date: 2006-02-14 03:13 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gatz.livejournal.com
Free lunches at Applebee's! Or whatever your favorite eatery with the business card fishbowl is.

I reccommend the taquitos.

Date: 2006-02-14 04:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bluewillowtree.livejournal.com
No way! I've had cards for a couple years now, and i'm definitely not a grownup.

Date: 2006-02-14 06:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] andy-the-poodle.livejournal.com
Arf! Will you add me as your friend? I promise not to bite!

Date: 2006-02-14 08:47 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
Grrrrrr RUFFF, what kind of human doesn't like a puppy?

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