Hello my name is Thaila Riden
I am currently self represented
I'll be presenting an excerpt from Zach Braff's Garden State


What I did. What I did.

Okay, let's-let's do it. Okay, we're here, right? Le-Let's do it!

I'm gonna forgive myself for what I did. Are you ready?

I was a little boy, and somebody made a shitty latch.

That's what I think. That's what I think about the whole thing, okay?

And I'm not gonna take those drugs anymore. They left me completely fuckin' numb.

I have felt so fucking numb to everything I have experienced in my life, okay?

And for that...

For that, I'm here to forgive you.

You always said all you wanted was for us to have whatever it is we wanted.

Maybe what Mom wanted more than anything was for it to all be over.

And for me...

what I want more than anything in the world is for it to be okay with you...

for me to feel something again.

Even if it's pain.

...

This is my life, Dad.

This is it.

I spent 26 years waiting for something else to start.

So, no, no, I don't think it's too much to take on...

because it's everything there is.

I see now it's all there is.

You and I are going to be okay. You know that, right?

We may not be as happy as you always dreamed we would be, but...

for the first time, let's just allow ourselves to be whatever it is we are.

And that'll be better, okay?

I think that'll be better.