Wow.

Because the 2nd Amendment Hates Fruit

I may have taken a walk to this song.

Preview #1

One of life’s greatest tragedies is that we are not allowed to choose what we dream, thought Minni Plemie as she watched her children lay on the sand. The Plemie Children were unaware of their mother’s gaze as they argued about what certain cloud formations looked like. The morning fog was burning off. Zlo saw a plane and thought that the jet stream looked like a little slit, a view into heaven. For some reason, he didn’t want to share this detail with his siblings.

Elsker lay next to Zlo and housed a handful of pebbles in her mouth. She liked to pretend that the rocks were analogous to ice cream, but rumor had it that she liked the taste.

Zlo watched a few ducks waddle from the bay to the shore. Brinner, Zlo’s younger brother, stood up and took a candy bar out of his pocket. He crouched down and inched towards the ducks. Two crows squawked at Brinner and flew into the air. It was unclear if they were mocking him or warning the ducks about the impending snack. Brinner, conscious of every movement, watched his feet as he walked. At a proximity that would make a survival wilderness semi-envious, Brinner unwrapped the candy bar and held it towards the ducks. However the ducks, either not hungry or in the mood to antagonize a young boy, ignored the candy bar, and went straight for Brinner’s finger. Flies buzzed in the air and a scream was heard before first blood was drawn. Brinner held his finger and ran towards Minni. At the sight of her son’s tears, Minni laughed. She had no idea why.

“Mom! Mom! I’m going to die. I’m going to die!” Brinner said.

Minni ran a hand through her hair and touched all her fingers against her thumb. She fell to the floor in laughter.

“Help! Mom, I need help. Can’t you see, I’m going to die!?”

Zlo and Elsker, bored with the clouds and curious about the commotion, stood up and join their brother and mother. Elsker spat the rocks out of her mouth. Despite her general tomboy nature, she still wanted to seem like a lady.

“Mom! Mom! Can we get ice cream? You promised we could get ice cream.”

            “I’m bleeding! Make it stop mom, make it stop!”

            “My favorite flavor is Chocolate, but I’ll also settle for vanilla and a topping.”

            “It hurts! You don’t understand!

            Minni lied on the grounds and gasped for air. She massaged her skin as she laughed. The flies momentarily stopped buzzing as Timothy ran towards his family.

Zlo saw his father and thought of those old airplane ads where the family stands on the runway in order to greet their returning father.  He wished his life were an advertisement.  Elsker runs up to her father and grabs his leg.

“So daddy, I want two scoops and three droppings. Vanilla and hubbleberry and ross vigor, and gummy hair and…

Timothy just dragged his daughter along on his leg. He would respond, but he had nothing to say. He reaches his family, unties his tie, and tries to catch his breathe.

“What? What did you guys do?” Timothy said.

            He had taken off his tie and let it rest around his neck.

            “The duck, it bit me and it’s bleeding and I don’t know what I’m going to do.”

            Timothy bent down and made eye contact with Brinner. He took his tie and wrapped it around his son’s finger. Once he completed the makeshift bandage, Timothy walked over to Minni and put a hand on her back.

            “Ready for the picture, babe?”

            “You said you would be here by eleven o’clock?”

            “I got held up. I’m sorry, but I said between eleven and noon.”

            “It’s twelve past eleven.”

            “I can’t do it.”

            “How about tomorrow?”

            “Busy.”

Timothy broke into a smile as tears streamed down his face. He grabbed Minni’s hand, raised it to his lips, and kissed it.

            “Lets take this picture!” Timothy said.

            Timothy stepped over Minni, pulled a small camera out of his pocket, and put it down on a nearby rock. The quality and composition of the image were irrelevant; it just had to be a memory. The family arranged itself behind a laughing Minni. Timothy stood directly behind his wife and put his arm around Zlo, who, for all future record, was the only one smiling. Brinner sat on the ground next to his mother and held his finger for dear life. He thought that if he squeezed hard enough maybe he would never bleed again. Elsker stood behind Zlo, partially obscured from view. She had two rocks in her mouth. The flash took and for a moment, the time between breathes, all of their lives stood still. However, the earth continued to spin, and as soon as the flash dissipated the family scattered. Timothy picked up the camera, looked at the picture, and slipped the camera back into his pocket. He took of his jacket and laid it on the rock, determined to enjoy the afternoon. Zlo walked up to his father and tugged at his pant leg.

            “Why are you taking you clothes off? It’s cold out.”

            “Didn’t you have fun?”

            “That’s not what I asked.”

            “Yeah… I, I guess your right.”

Six year olds can read emotion with remarkable accuracy.

Guys, I have a great idea.

That drummer is way better than Tommy Lee

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.