One Step Out Of Loneliness: Dave Makes a Movie

The following is the transcript of the animated film:

One Step Out Of Loneliness

What’s wrong?

I made a big mistake.

What did you do?

I was feeling lonely so I talked to my staff about it.

Isn’t that a good thing to do?

Yeah, but when I talked to her I told her that I wanted to learn how to get a girlfriend.

OK, that’s good, what did your staff say.

She said that I had lots of friends, she said that she was a girl and she was my friend.

That’s gross, she’s a staff

Yeah, I said, But I can’t have sex with you.

What did she say.

Well she didn’t say anything she turned red, ran into the office. I heard her calling a meeting.

Oh my. They love their meetings don’t they?

Yeah, an hour later my Mom called and told me that I didn’t need to have sex, I needed to “explore art and spiritual options.”

What did you say?

I said, ‘mom, you’re kidding right.’ She said, ‘no no, art is a good place to get rid of sexual energy.’

And ..

I said, mom, I have a penis and a heart, I want to use them both you know … she hung up.

Then what happened.

Then the group home manager called and asked me if I want to take a sex education course.

Are you going to take the course.

I told her that I’d taken it five times already,  penis goes into vagina wearing a raincoat, I ‘ve learned that – I want to learn how to get a girlfriend. After she hung up the phone rang again.

Who was it?

My vocational worker.

Why would he call?

He said that he hoped I had no plans to start being sexual at work.

What did you say?

I said that I thought he met his boyfriend at work.

His boyfriend is cute. Who called next?

My case manager.

What did she want?

She said that at the meeting she is going to suggest a five year plan, with lots of steps, for me to work on so one day I can have a girlfriend.

Why five years?

She retires in four.

What did you say?

I asked her if I had to be lonely for five more years. She told me that what I’m asking for is very serious and they have to be very careful so that I’m safe.

What did you think of that?

I asked her if she knew what it was like to be lonely. She hung up without answering my question.

Yeah. Spending one day lonely can feel like five years. I know.

Then my behaviour therapist called, I asked him how to get a girl friend, he said he’d draw up a plan with a step by step process.

That sounds good.

Did you know that there are 176 steps that you need to climb in order to get out of loneliness.

That’s a lot. Loneliness can feel like a deep pit can't it?

Yes, you're right it can. Behaviour therapists seem to know exactly how deep it is.

It's good to be precise I guess.

Oh, here they all come for the meeting … oh no … the supervisor has the case with the plastic penis in it. She likes that penis WAY too much.

I know, once when she called me into the office she had it sitting on the desk, I felt like it was pointing at me the whole time.

That must have been weird.

Yes, its one eye watching me the whole time she talked.

Well I'd better go to the meeting.

Yeah, hey, what you doing Saturday?

Nothing, you want to do something?

Sure, how about a movie.

Sounds good.

Wow.

Wow, indeed. It looks like there really is only one step out of loneliness.