- from new york magazine: "Essentially [U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy] Geithner is sitting over there by himself and does not have a staff . . . . Oh no! Also, he must be lonely."
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- a lonely office in the treasury dep't
- we see tim geithner at his stylish ikea desk, which is empty except for a macbook, a stylish ikea cup to hold his pens in (it currently one or two simple jet-black pens), and a white coffee mug. he is eating a banana.
- tim geithner: (whilst eating banana) guess that economy sure still is sucking.
- silence. tim geithner finishes eating his banana, then throws it over his shoulder.
- tim geithner: *pulling out blackberry* maybe someone has left me a voicemail.
- a moment's pause while tim geithner checks his voicemail.
- tim geithner: not even the vice president. he calls everybody.
- tim geithner pulls out a folder. it is labeled "the economy." he opens it. in the center of the single enclosed page is the word "bad," in stylish helvetica font.
- tim geithner: maybe I should get a new suit in case I have to go to congress to explain this.
- tim geithner puts his blackberry to his ear. a long pause. after a moment, tim geithner puts down his blackberry.
- tim geithner: brooks brothers is closed.
- tim geithner stares at his pens for a long moment. eventually he takes a sip of coffee.
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- tim geithner: closed forever.
- we see, for the briefest of instants, into the piercing depths of tim geithner's dark eyes.
- -fin-
February 25, 2009, 1:20am Comments
