Original Cast of Ordinary Days
I’m Trying
[CLAIRE]
Um, what is this?
[JASON]
Oh, come on!
A childhood memento
Let’s put it there on the shelf
[CLAIRE]
How ‘bout the back of the pantry?
[JASON]
My brother made it himself
[CLAIRE]
Good thing your brother doesn’t live here
[JASON, spoken]
Hey, do you think we could clean out some of the stuff in your closet?
[CLAIRE, spoken]
What stuff? Didn’t we make room for all your things? Look, your drafting table fits perfectly over there
[JASON, spoken]
Honey, what is all this old junk? Do you really need it?
[CLAIRE, spoken]
Just things I want to hold on to
[JASON, spoken]
Oh, come on. Old birthday cards, ticket stubs, I’ve never even seen you wear this sweater!
[CLAIRE, spoken]
I want to keep it, okay?
[JASON]
Hey, let’s take the day
Just unpack
We’ll both be given more space
Once everything is in its place
[CLAIRE, spoken]
Oh my God, Jason
[JASON, spoken]
What is it?
[CLAIRE, spoken]
You kept this?
[JASON, spoken]
Of course I did
[CLAIRE]
"Top Ten Things To Do In New York Before You Leave It."
[JASON]
The cover story in this magazine
I threw it in the trash
[CLAIRE]
And I said, “Go retrieve it
Nine of those things are things you’ve never seen.”
Number Ten, eat a bagel
[JASON]
That’s the one I’ve done
[CLAIRE]
Number Nine, root for the Mets
[JASON]
Does this go on?
[CLAIRE]
All the way to Number One
[JASON]
Number Eight insists we go to Brooklyn
[CLAIRE]
To see where they make beer!
[JASON]
Number Seven calls for
[CLAIRE]
Trapeze lessons!
[JASON]
She grabs my hand
And suddenly we’re at the pier
[CLAIRE]
They’ve got a tent set up right by the river
This whole circus thing, who knew?
You go in a classroom for an hour
And they show you what to do
[JASON]
Then, one at a time
They make you climb
So high into the air
And as I go up
It’s hard not to throw up
But I’m trying
[CLAIRE]
Every week we pick a number
And work our way on down the list
[JASON]
Broadway shows
[CLAIRE]
Botanic gardens
A tour of City Hall
[JASON]
There wasn’t one we missed
[CLAIRE]
Number Three describes some cooking classes
At the Institute Francais
[JASON]
I’m allergic to the French, you know
[CLAIRE]
He makes a face
I sign us both up anyway
[JASON]
She’s got a knack for flipping over omelets
She becomes the teacher’s pet
[CLAIRE]
Meanwhile, he’s got yoke stuck in his egg whites
And he’s getting quite upset
[JASON]
I am not upset
I’m simply letting
Breakfast stir my soul
[CLAIRE]
So he can’t cook
[JASON]
But honey, look:
I’m trying
[CLAIRE]
In my head, I draw a map
That shows the whole entire city
I put a mental pushpin
At the places where we laugh
Like Number Four, that fancy store
[JASON]
The salesman who ignored us
[CLAIRE]
Or Number Two
[JASON]
The zoo!
[CLAIRE]
And that giraffe
[JASON]
It was fun, you know, to see the city
I would do it all again
But that was what, a year ago?
And all those places...
Well, we haven’t been since then
[CLAIRE]
I remember when we finally got finished
The Number One thing to do
I hadn’t been to Central Park in ages
So I’m soaking up the view
We’re just standing still
The city’s silhouette against the sky
And I think
“Why can’t this moment last
Instead of slipping into the past?”
I want to keep
That moment with me
All of the time
And heaven knows
That I'm...
[JASON, spoken]
Hey. Let me be your tour guide this time. I know exactly where to find Number Eleven
[CLAIRE]
I’m trying