Most of what I write will never be filmed or performed
live,
but here's some snippets from my past writings... some are
just random thoughts.
Yes, I've paid the $25 it costs to copyright my stuff, so
if you steal it... I'll, like, sue you and stuff.
This
car ride seems eternal with this obnoxious loudmouth. Is this
Iowa or the 7th layer of Hell?
Standing
there. Frightened. Drugged. Alone?
The
sea of people overwhelmed him. Heart racing. Then in a flash
his heart pounded.
The
choice came
stay.
stay and hurt
go.
go and release it.
The
heat beats against me. I close my eyes and try to remember
the feeling of the rain against my skin. I reopen my eyes
to the reality of the world and I remember that if I don't
find water soon I may get sick. I begin to hallucinate.
I
am running toward the dock. I see my brother in the water
exploring the terrain. He rises with a rock of untold wonders.
He waves his geological treasure at me and I smile.
As
I reach the end of the dock I feel like I am flying across
the water I soar through the air and I feel alive.
The
image on the water stares at me. I look deep in it's eyes
until the wind breaks up the reflection I stare at. I will
call my new friend reality. Reality knows that she is gone.
I cannot accept this now but if I stare long enough I will
realize that I am alone.
We
met when I was three. all she wanted that day was a playmateu
maybe that's ll she ever wanter. She asked if I would come
back tomorrow. She always asked that. Through grade school,
high school and even college. Until yesterday.
I
scratch an itch on my nose. The branch keeps hitting me in
the face. The signal is given. The hunt is on.
I
power up the digital camera.
Our
unsuspecting victim lets out a "welp." His hand outstretched
to protect his face.
I
once looked in her eyes and saw a princess looking back at
me. Now that vision has faded. I know the real woman. She
is annoying me to no end. She has reached a new level of suck.
I find time spent with her a waste. I should find a new hobby.
SAM
Brake
lights!
JIM
I
can see the car in front
of me, thanks, jerkoff.
SAM
Jim,
you need to move
to the left.
JIM
I
know where we are
going, okay?
SAM
You
IDIOT! You're too
far over now we are
passing the fist, you
won't be able to turn left.
until after the RenCen.
The
car SMASHES into an empty shopping cart as it swerves left.
JIM
Check
it out! Beubien.
SAM
You
are mad,
we should have died.
JIM
It's
only a one way if a cop is near.
HER
Leave
me alone
HIM
I
can't do that, Cindy.
HER
Why
don't you just
drop it?
HIM
I
need to know.
HER
Why?
So you can
harbor ill-feelings?
Is this some kind
of demented control
thing?
Yes.
I fucked him.
Yes.
I liked it..
Yes,
I know he's an asshole.
You
didn't even know me
then. I would never had met
you if it weren't for him so
fucking open your eyes and
look at me.
HIM
Oh
my GOD, it's TRUE!
My
thoughts turn around. Memory fades.
A
feeling of utmost insecurity fills me. What if it was just
a flash in the pan? A short series of one night stands? Would
she still care, an ocean away?
The
phone rings.
Her,
I think.
You
have a collect call from...
YES!
Joey
Will
you accept the charges?
yes.
Hey
man, I'm stuck in Pheonix!
Joey,
what the hell are you doing in Pheonix?
VEGAS
BABY! Vegas.
It
is raining harder than I've ever seen. I am standing on the
top of the vast hill. She is beside me, nuzzled up close.
We
fear lightning so we step away from the fence.
Detroit
is in the distance, the lights of the city break through the
rain. She looks up at me and is almost looksas though she
is crying. She smiles and asks what it is I am thinking.
My
siblings and I sat on the couch awaiting the flash of light.
He eyed the painting of the ducks behind us.
He
screams. "DUCK!"
As
we scramble for cover the shutter clicks and captures our
chaos.
Bad
Day
AN
ANIMATED ADVENTURE
Brought
to you by Bargain Basement and Danimatian Studios.
Confusion
by Jason Roth. Disillusion by Dan Boujoulian
BLACKNESS
Zoom out from blackness to reveal Protagonist in his room.
Colors are inverted (black is white, etc.) The darkness we
saw a moment ago was the whites of ProtagonistĂs eyes in this
inverted world. An ALARM blares which makes Protagonist agitated
until he finally smashes the thing. Repeat several times.
Each time is simply a dream of him wanting to smash the alarm.
The time on the alarm changes with each blast. The ALARM is
heard again, but smashing the clock does nothing. Repeat.
Eventually the motion becomes him simply pushing snooze on
the clock (instead of smashing it.) Protagonist looks around
and sees the phone rising from the table. It sounds just like
the alarm. He places the reciever to the phone on his ear
and and explosion occurs from the phone. His charred face
intently listens to the voice on the phone informing him he
is late for work. He stands and walks past a calender. Every
date on the calender contains a question mark as one numeral.
He slams into the doorway to the hallway. Pauses and opens
the door. There is now bright sunlight pooring in from the
hallway.
INT.
HALLWAY INT. BATHROOM
PROTAGONIST opens eyes. They are red and pulsing. He eyes
the empty roll of toilet paper. Perspective changes as he
views the new roll. The roll appears to be humongously far
from him.
INT.
LIVING ROOM
He walks into the living room to find his car smashed through
the wall. Stray animals are running about and a bum is sleeping
on the hood of the car. The DOORBELL rings. He turns to face
the door. MORE OBSTACLES TO COME! He passes out a foot from
the door. Exhuaustion setting in. Again the spectrum inverses
and the camera zooms into his eye. It is white because he
is sleeping. Awaiting him outside at the conclusion to all
of this is a team of sweepstakes winnings providers. They
walk away in frustration when Protagonist does not answer
the door.
Thom's iBook
an
animation of Thom Yorke from Radiohead doing a commercial for
an iBook G4. I am gonna try to track down an English guy to
do the voice so we'll have a hilarious sountrack to sync to.
Then we draw a slanty eyed cartoon somehow and we're golden.
Dan
Boujoulian
Scriptwriting 1
Tuesday, March 31, 1998
SFX:
Radiohead 'Fitter, Happier'
JIMBO:
Man, turn that down.
(MUSIC
FADES DOWN BUT NOT OUT)
BRAD:
That is so weird. People controlled, everything about how we
lived can be commanded by computers and we wouldn't even know
it.
JIMBO:
I'm not commanded by anything.
SFX:
(flicking of flint on lighter starting slowly and then fast
paced)
BRAD:
Our entire existance is predefined.
JIMBO:
Piece of crap.
SFX
of lighter hitting dashboard
BRAD:
No, it's true, we could all be commanded by satelliteu
JIMBO:
Shut, up, I don't want to hear it, I was talking about the lighter
anyway. Like I listen to anything you say. I shouldn't have
listened to you anyways, I should have got the Bic instead of
the lighter with the naked woman on it.
SFX:
Fade in Fitter happer again and Cut after words "an empowered
and informed member of society (pragmatism not idealism)"
"Fitter
Happier" © 1997 Capitol Records, is a freaky computer voice
telling you how to live example "fitter, happier, more productive,
comfortable not drinking too much, regular exercise at the gym
(3 days a week) getting on better with you associate employee
contemporaries" etc. It's really freaky to hear. In the background
is very dramatic string instuments orchestrated to drive you
into a utopian frenzy. It is found on the Radiohead OK Computer
album.
This
was written by Mark Samp and I in 1993:
THE
UP NORTH STORY
It was probably easily the best and weirdest experience of my
life. I couldn't believe it. She was naked, I was wearing
a duck suit, and the dog was anorexic. Anyways, on with
the story.
The
night was dark, as most nights are, but I digress. I was
hungry so I
got out of my bed, walked downstairs to the refrigerator for
a little bite
to eat if you don't know what I mean. I stared into the
open refrigerator
for about 3 minutes looking for something to eat but alas there
was nothing
but ketchup and a couple moldy sardines. I opted for the
bottle.
I
went over to the liquor cabinet and found a large bottle of
Scotch and
proceeded to go to town. Like most of my ex-girlfriends, the
over-warm
liquid tasted bitter yet pretenscious... yet.. it easily went
down. I became
queasy, and mistaking the kitchen for a mosh pit, I began to
dance. I used
to think that the worst person to be next to in a pit was the
smelly preppie
jock, but a jock is no match for the hard surface of the formica.
When I
think about it, I can still feel the pain of that head butt.
Funny. When
your body is numb, there is a warm fuzzy feeling in one's stomach,
but that
didn't matter when I realized the floor was approaching my face
at a rather
fast rate. It was then I saw her. Somewhere between the side
of counter and
the linoleum floor. Although at the time I couldn't make out
a feature on
her body, except for the basic hourglass figure shape and her
legs which
seemed to go up to her neck. She was naked wearing nothing but
a cock ring.
That still baffles me, but true nonetheless. I guess it didn't
much matter
because at this point as you can probably guess, I was fully
clothed. Then
it happened and it happened in a big way. I hit the floor,
and it hurt
really bad. I think she felt the vibrations because the
cock ring then fell
off her forehead. How she had it there I still can't understand,
but again
I digress. She came over to me like a swan gracefully
swimming in a pool of
wet tar. It took her a while, but she made it...eventually.
She bent down
to examine my wounds when I saw that she wasn't a natural brunette,
and
either I was excited or it was a tad bit chilly outside, because
her nipples
were rock hard. I decided it was the latter because I
was in too much pain
to be excited. Then again, seeing as how I was face first on
the kitchen
floor, I guess it's the obvious choice that it was cold to me.
Then I heard
her voice and I couldn't help but think she said something to
this effect:
"Did you order the large pepperoni with the side of thighs?"
At this point,
I was seeing two beautiful naked women standing in the doorway
to my
apartment. I managed to reply to her question with a "I'll take
the thighs."
She laughed in a way I've only heard Eddie Murphy laugh, but
that didn't
matter because at this point I realized she hadn't been in the
doorway for
at least two minutes. So there she was, crotched down before
me. At let me
tell you, when there is a woman crotched down before you who's
naked there
is only one thing that crosses your mind: But for me, the only
thing I could
think of was the Blind Melon song "No Rain" was playing. I quickly
jumped up
to change it. I lost my balance and started to fall. She sprang
up and
caught me. "Do you need me to spend the night?" she asked. "Not
really, but
if you'd like me to, you can stay so I can wax your toes." "What
the hell
are you talking about?" she asked almost crossly. "Nothing,
nothing at all."
I blurted out. "Well, it looks to me like I should stay the
night." she
said. "That'd be nice, thank you very much." I said in a polite
gentlemen
like voice as to say the only thing on my mind was the toe waxing,
but I had
other things on my mind...LET ME TELL YOU! She walked me up
to the upstairs
bathroom where she began to brush my teeth. "What are
you doing this for?"
I said as I spit toothpaste all over her left breast which was
now covered
with enough of my presently unused play-do that it could've
been used to
fill the gap in the ozone layer. Speaking of lay her, let's
get back to the
story, shall we? Unfortunately, at the exact time the look in
her eyes said
"Kiss me, stick your tongue down my throat and inch your hand
over to my..."
<RING> Fuck. <RING> Fuck. <RING> Maybe the machine
will get it. "Hi, you've
reached the home of Massoula Trent, I'm not home right now,
but if you care
to leave your credit card number and expiration date, I'll return
your call
when I get done with the redhead who's over and covered in whipped
cream
sucking cherries." "TRENT! This is your boss! We've searched
every inch of
your office looking for the rolling papers. WHERE ARE THEY?"
"What's that
all about?" said the chick. "And who's the redhead?" "Umm..
it's nothing..
don't worry about it. And the redhead is my friend's girlfriend,
she's a
waitress." "Whose girlfriend?" "His name is Denny." "Oh" "Ok,
the important
thing here is that you ask 'why.'" "Why is he named Denny" "Well,
otherwise,
people would just call him "hey you" or "hey guy" or something
like that."
"But is there any significance to his name?" "His parents conceived
him in a
stall." The name fit him like a condom, he frequents the place
often. Mind
you, not like the broken condom being used during his conception,
more like
those condoms you wear when you end up going back to the store
to buy a
bigger one. Denny was a ladies man. On each night of the week
if he didn't
already have a date for that night, he was out getting 5 sometimes
6
numbers. Of course they were sometimes social security
numbers, but that
has nothing to do with this story. Now, where was I? Oh
yeah. So the pizza
chick, who is now horny as hell and covered in play-dough is
now wearing the
cock ring again. I still don't know how she attaches it
to her forehead,
but she's just asking for it. In fact her exact words
were, "Will you have
sex with me? I'm just asking for it." I thought that was weird,
but then
again I thought my underwear turning purple in sunlight was
weird too. But
that was in another place, another time, and another acid trip.
Now it was
Berlin, in 1940. General Steindorfenmikalsteipeinheimer was
leading
Shiestbeister to Markdofer for a quick game of Russian polo.
That still
baffles me seeing as how the Germans were on the Axis powers
and Russia was
part of the Allies, but this isn't a history class now is it.
Or is it?
<twilight music plays> The German army were mean sons o'
bitches, and they
hated to play polo seeing as they had no horses or any balls
for that
matter. So needless to say they were looking forward to
looking up Heidi
Himmler's dress which is what she let everybody do after they
played a game.
In fact sometimes they would even get pizza delivered to their
houses when
they won a game. Which brings me back to present day seeing
as how we're
going to get sex from this pizza chick with play-dough boobs.
But what else
is new, really? I mean c'mon. My uncles Dan and Mark knew enough
about this
subject to write TWO volumes of the "Sex, and other things do
with women"
handbook/encyclopedias. So here I am with the German chick with
the
play-do'd tits. Well, we didn't make it to the bedroom. I think
we made it 3
feet from my door by the time I started pumping inside
her.
"And
that's what you think of every night while you're masturbating."
"Yeah,
Pat." I said, "that's it." "Shit. I never get that complicated,
it's more
like...
And
I ventured into his mind while he tells his story. Come on the
highway... past 55... past overdrive... let's travel into Pat's
sex
drive...
It
was a dark and gloomy place, yet it still had a warm and gentle
feeling
to it. The walls were red with plaid polka-dots on them.
Which brings me
up to the subject of underwear. Why does it do this, because
Dan and I are
a little bit high right now so we want to talk about underwear
and now
dammit. Yet one more time, I digress. So I have this pair
of silk boxers,
they have polka-dots on them and sometimes cheese whiz, but
that's only when
I eat Ritz Crackers. <Nabisco jingle plays in background>
So the thing is
that when you wash the boxers, the color runs hence making it
the same color
as the background throughout. Oh, yeah.. Pat's masturbation
preference...
There
I was. Watching people log on Aaaaaaaaaauuuuuuuugggghhhhhh.
But this
time was different. This time a Niki Taylorish chick was sitting
on my bed.
She was wearing nothing but a STuSSY hat. Her long blonde hair
came down
past her shoulders. Her sky blue eyes looked at me only in the
way that Dan
looks at any cheerleader with two legs, and she had a laptop
laying and a
place that just wasn't flat. Pat dove for it. The laptop
was now in his
reach. He could extract it from above her thighs, and
make a break for it.
He put one hand on her left pinky toe and his other on the laptop.
As much
as the pinky toe thing excited her and turned her on, she dragged
her
thoughts away from it and blurted out a hearty, "Not so fast
little camper,
I'm sending you to jail where you'll meet a really nice man
called Mike
Tyson who likes little boys about your age. Pat just said, "You're
not going
to get me this time bitch." and he grabbed the laptop and kissed
her goodbye
on his way out to work at the NASA Do it Yourself store to buy
a part to
build his new rocket which would take him to the real climax
in this story.
Now it was another place, another planet, another acid trip.
Now it was
Berlin, in 1940. General Livinculurinheimer was leading Shiestbeister
to
Markdofer for a quick game of Russian polo. That still
baffles me seeing as
how the Germans were on the Axis powers and Russia was part
of the Allies,
but this isn't a history class now is it. Or is it? <twilight
music plays>
Deja Vu is weird, eh? The German army were mean sons o' bitches,
and they
hated to play polo seeing as they had no horses or any balls
for that
matter. So needless to say they were looking forward to
looking up Heidi
Himmler's dress which is what she let everybody do after they
played a game.
In fact sometimes they would even get pizza delivered to their
houses when
they won a game. Then they would skank all night. Which brings
me back to
present day. He arrived on Mars with Dave Kirchgessner. We walked
for what
seemed like hours before we realized that there was the most
beautiful
creature I had ever seen on that particular planet. We were
immediately
attracted. Since Dave is really hot she went for him. Leaving
me, of course,
with her best friend Shann-N. She said what translated into
"HELL-O!" and
was on top of me."
"Cool,
eh?" "Yes, hoser." "Ok, Dan. What about you." "Umm.. well,it's
not
that exciting really. I wait until dark, or sometimes
afternoon, or even
morning. Then, when the mood strikes. I just for it." "You don't
think of
anything?" "Well..."
There
I am, 69ing with a good friend of mine. And then he says to
me..."
"Dan,
stop." "That was one of the most incredible blow-jobs I've ever
had,
Dan." "Dan, stop." "Thanks, man. It's fun, though." "Dan. Stop.
This isn't a
homosexual story, ok? Will you fucking stop it, I don't want
you packing
fudge with some fag." "Ok, Mark.. chill." "And stop looking
at me like
that." "Ok.. can I fucking go on..." "Stop playing with yourself."
"It
itches" <Mark goes into a weird laughing state.>
Ok.
This incredibly beautiful blonde walks in. She's got green eyes
that
seem to go into infinity when you stare at them. Wait. I think
Liz has Brown
eyes.. fuck it's been weeks since I've seen her.. I can't
believe I don't
remember.. shit.. Anyway... let's just get her out of my mind.
Like I can't
stop thinking of her.. ARGH.. At least Mark isn't here this
second to make
fun of me for being in love with someone I can never have. <cue
NiN music>
Maybe I'll continue what I started writing at Marks Grandma's
now. Lemme
find that paper with the beginning first tho.
The
rain beats down upon me. Washing away the tears. Mixing in with
the
blood. I can't feel the cut anymore, the cold air has long since
made half
my body numb. Yet, I can still taste the salty remains of the
tears you shed
when we were last together. "Say it again," you pled. "I want
to hear you
say it again." "I love you," I shouted, as you seemed to cringe
away from
the volume of my booming voice." "I love you, and I'll
never let anyone
hurt you ever again." It seems like it was last week when that
happened. In
reality it was over 6 years. But here she was, standing in front
of me. Her
cheeks were red. Her eyes were tired. Her clothes were wrinkled.
I think a
sock was missing. None of this mattered, though. What really
mattered was
making curing her from whatever was tormenting her, and getting
her back on
her feet. As ragged as she looked, I could still see a glimmer
of the
beautiful girl I had once been in love with. Once.. Hell.. I
still think of
her. What could've been.. but what never had the chance to bloom.
"It was
Him again." "Him? Fuck, I didn't know god was in on this." She
laughed. I
had not seen her laugh in ages. Her mouth even did the curling
thing I'd
always found so cute. "So tell me, beautiful, what's eaten'
ya?" "It's
Aerik." "Didn't you dump him on the bus in '86?" "No, that was
Todd."
"Didn't you dump him by the shore in '89?" "No, that was Jim."
"Didn't you
dump him at my house in '91?. "No, that was Todd
again." "Didn't you you
dump him at school in '94?" "No, that was Tom." "Didn't
you dump him at
Silver Dairy in '92?" "No, that was the other Todd." "Did you
ever go out
with this guy before?" "Yeah. in '88, '89, '91,'93, and my senior
year,
too." "Oh. Well. What's the problem this time?" "He lost my
car keys." "Dump
that bastard." "I wish it were that easy. He's mafia now." "Keep
fucking
him." "Really? Wow! That makes so much sense. I knew I could
count on you,
Dan." <peck on cheek> She gave me a hug, and headed out the
door. It was the
last time I saw her.
But
that was another time, another place, another flashback, and
another
acid trip.
Now
it was Berlin, in 1940. General Kurdtkobainenheimer was leading
Shiestbeister to Markdofer for a quick game of Russian polo.
That still
baffles me seeing as how the Germans were on the Axis powers
and Russia was
part of the Allies, but this isn't a history class now is it.
Or is it?
<twilight music plays> Deja Vu is weird, eh? The German army
were mean sons
o' bitches, and they hated to play polo seeing as they had no
horses or any
balls for that matter. So needless to say they were looking
forward to
looking up Heidi Himmler's dress which is what she let everybody
do after
they played a game. In fact sometimes they would even
get pizza delivered
to their houses when they won a game. Which brings me to Pizza
Hut. I worked
at a Pizza Hut in Florida. But only for eight days. I started
on June 11th,
1994. It was the day SHE arrived in the Sunshine State. Her
hair was blonde.
I first spotted her as she walked past the lobby.
To
Be Continued.
Circa
1993.. written by Mark Samp and Dan
while Up North at Pat Murphy's Cottage
(Like
most of the things we wrote, it was never actually 'continued.')