Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Watching Wind

Check out this real-time visualization of wind in the United States. Here's the link.

http://hint.fm/wind/

Scene

Here is a short scene from the play I am working on.


RESTAURANT

Lights come up.

Podrobka is sitting at a table in a busy restaurant. Brinner runs in an sits down at the table.

BRINNER
I’m so sorry I’m late. The traffic. The traffic was just terrible. Have you been waiting long?

PODROBKA
No worry. I sit three thousand one hundred and twenty five seconds only.

BRINNER
Oh, I’m, I’m glad I wasn’t too late then. So how was your day?

PODROBKA
The sun rose.

BRINNER
Yeah, my day was pretty boring too. So what do you do for a living?

PODROBKA
Living? What? Aren’t living now?

BRINNER
No, like, for a job?

A waiter walks up to the table. He is in his 20s and classically good looking.

WAITER
Are you two ready to order?

PODROBKA
Please
(Pause)
Chicken.

BRINNER
The sausage pizza.

WAITER
Excellent choices. They’ll be out shortly.

Brinner and Podrobka hand the waiter their menus. Brinner’s gaze lingers on the waiter.

BRINNER
Thank you.

PODROBKA
I much like you, so why you much look at him?

BRINNER
I, I, I didn’t...

PODROBKA
It do me much happy to be here with you. Why your heartbeat much rapid?

BRINNER
You just accused me of...

PODROBKA
(Interrupting)
Here fact interesting?

BRINNER
Sure.

PODROBKA
Government pay Maniac Project to do calculations much H Bomb. But calculations led to the computer.

BRINNER
So digital life was born from death?

PODROBKA
Say so if you will.

BRINNER
You were a kid in the 90s, right? Please tell me you were alive in the 90s.

PODROBKA
Yes.

BRINNER
Do you remember that one cartoon? The one with the dog and the cat and the bear?

PODROBKA
Universe digital expanding is at five trillion bits second per storage.

BRINNER
And they would always run around and get into some crazy trouble.

PODROBKA
Like ours digital universe is unpredictable crazy.


BRINNER
I’m sorry, you were speaking?

PODROBKA
I very much like the I Love Lucy. She is much funny girl.
(Pause)

I really much enjoy you.
The waiter walks out to the table. He is carrying the food.

WAITER
Food’s here.
Brinner doesn’t make eye contact with the waiter. The waiter hands Brinner is food.

BRINNER
Thank you.

Podrobka stares at the waiter as he hands him his food.

PODROBKA
You. Thanks.
The waiter walks away.

BRINNER
We’re you, we’re you just starring at him?

PODROBKA
Right you. He nice very for eyes.

BRINNER
Hey, so, do you have any plans later?

PODROBKA
No. Was going to go back to home building, but much fire in home building. Big emergency for very humans.

BRINNER
Your, your apartment burned down.

PODROBKA
Si, as the Spanish say.

BRINNER
That’s a big deal , are you sure your...

PODROBKA
(Interrupting)
I had very little savings and all my belongings are with building.

BRINNER
I mean, if you need some money...

PODROBKA
Would you wire me premium funds?

BRINNER
And if you need someplace to live, I mean, you could always move in with me or something.

Podrobka stands up, walks to the other side of the table and embraces Brinner.

PODROBKA
Oh, you are much premium man. We make hokey spankey tonight.

Lights go out.