Nathan Lee, an AAPI teenager, finds out that he has brain cancer right before he turns 18 and vows to live the remains o | dG1fdlpRcFVNVkQyUXM
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00:00 Have you ever had a fucked up birthday?
00:02 Like, maybe your parents forgot,
00:04 or you got drunk and vomited at your own party?
00:07 My 18th birthday, I found out that I have brain cancer.
00:12 Rare. Terminal.
00:14 How's that for a birthday present?
00:16 [ Sighs ]
00:17 -Heartbeat is... -I'm just literally running out.
00:19 So, I'm documenting our senior year with my best friend, Dash.
00:23 Dash, are you crying again?
00:27 Hey, give me that.
00:29 You promised we wouldn't do this anymore.
00:32 You keep saying, "Oh, the clock is ticking and the sky is falling,"
00:36 but honestly, I really don't think it's ticking as loud as you think.
00:39 I am not gonna die of version, 'cause how embarrassing is that?
00:43 Here lies Nathan Lee. He never got any.
00:45 And one in particular, you have your eye on.
00:47 Are you filming me?
00:49 One in particular.
00:52 I just feel like we've spent so much time studying
00:56 and working our asses off just to get into good colleges.
00:59 -I got his NYU. -You got his NYU?!
01:02 High school is almost over.
01:04 You're right. It's almost over.
01:06 This might be my last summer with my friends.
01:10 I just want to spend a little more time with them.
01:14 I don't know. I feel like I never walked my own path.
01:23 I'm glad our paths crossed.
01:26 Thanks for...
01:29 showing it to me.
01:31 I've been sleepwalking through life.
01:33 Academic decathlon, student council, math league, and what was it all for?
01:38 Oh!
01:51 Never send to know for whom the bell's toll.
01:54 [bell ringing]
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