100 Degrees Below Zero

"Ryan Foster: I wonder when that cloud is going to reach us? Taryn Foster: Hopefully not until dad and what's her name get here. Ryan Foster: Lacey. Taryn Foster: Whatever. Okay, so we have four... No, five stops until we get to Gala Dulles. Then we got to take a bus to the airport? Or should we just take a train? [Ryan Foster gets distracted by a woman walking by him] Taryn Foster: Ryan! Hello? Ryan? It's like the freaking end of the world coming. Can you stop being a perv long enough to pay attention? Ryan Foster: There is nothing perverted about admiring a beautiful woman. Taryn Foster: It is when you do it to every single woman that walks by. Ryan Foster: It's Paris. You know? I mean the whole reason I'm going to Grad school here is to experience another culture. Taryn Foster: Right. And I thought it was cause every single woman in America shot you down. Ryan Foster: Anyway, it's probably not the end of the world. It's just an ash cloud. It's like when that I in gen fur. whatever how you pronounce it, went off years back they just cancelled some flights and that was the end of it. Taryn Foster: Do you think it'll affect Dad's flight? Ryan Foster: Let's hope not. Man you know, I really got to visit that thing. Before I graduate. [Points to the Eiffel Tower] Taryn Foster: What? You haven't been to the Eiffel Tower? Oh my God, Ryan, what is wrong with you? Such a loser. Ryan Foster: You know Taryn, you really might consider being nicer to me. You really think that Mom and Dad would have let you transfer to the Parson's program here if I wasn't already in Paris? Their little girl. All alone in the foreign country. No way. Especially with your history. Taryn Foster: I don't need a baby sitter. I'm fine. In fact, I'm doing great. Ryan Foster: So glad to hear it. Taryn Foster: That's why I want to get to the airport. Not on time, but early. I want dad to see that I'm not this little girl anymore. And this semester has matured me. Ryan Foster: So he'll pony up for the summer session? Taryn Foster: I just want him to be proud of me. Even though he is midlife crisising. Ryan Foster: Ah Taryn? Taryn Foster: What? The ink is not even dry on the divorce and he runs off and marries some random chick. Ryan Foster: Mom left him! What do you want him to do? Sit around crying and apologizing for the rest of his life? Taryn Foster: Yeah. Sounds about right. How many nights did Mom spend crying and alone? Ryan Foster: The guy's a pilot, of course he's going to have to... You know what? We're not doing this. You and I are not gonna have our little version of the same fight Mom and Dad had for 20 years. They divorced. Dad remarried. Taryn Foster: Yeah, some chick he knew five minutes who's my age. That's gross. Ryan Foster: She's older. Taryn Foster: Still. Ryan Foster: Well, we are still doing all right on time. They probably haven't hit England yet, so... Taryn Foster: Alright, I just don't wanna take any chances. You know how Dad is about punctuality. If we're late we're grounded... For life. Ryan Foster: For life."

"Dr. Goldschein: Are these figures just preliminary? Lacey: Yes, the eruption began only 15 minutes ago. Dr. Goldschein: And yet, it's exactly as we predicted. 12 Kilometer high plumes, 2000 tons of ash per second, the multiple earthquakes. This is going to carry on for a few days. We'd better start revising the model. We'll need data from the other sites as well. Call the monitoring stations. I want facts before I call the authorities. Lacey: You really think this is it? Dr. Goldschein: If the data holds to the model, I think it is."