War/Peace - Part II. Clarissa Daisy Huntsman
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Then you know what we gotta do next? We gotta make like Snooki and The Situation and head to Miami [8.]!
CLARISSA
Miami?
EMILY
Miami! It's en route to Utah . . . sort of . . . if we stick to the shoreline.
CLARISSA
Well, ask Julian. He's with us now.
EMILY
Oh my god! That's so good.
EMILY GIVES JULIAN A HUG.
EMILY
You are going to love Utah. I'm so happy for you. You'll be seeing it for the first time. So, how 'bout Miami as a first stop? You're with us now so you don't have to worry about your old boss no more.
JULIAN
Yeah. Yeah. I love Miami.
EMILY
Miami! Whoo! We'll have to visit the gelato joint the Jersey [8.] guys worked at [10.]!
CLARISSA LIES DOWN ON THE SAND. THE OTHERS FOLLOW SUIT. CLARISSA ROLLS OVER ONTO HER STOMACH. SHE QUICKLY DRAWS A LINE IN THE SAND WITH HER FOREFINGER.
CLARISSA
Julian, do you notice anything different between the sand to the left and right of this line?
JULIAN
No. Not really.
CLARISSA
Em?
EMILY
Nope. It's the same sand.
CLARISSA
Exactly.
CLARISSA PICKS UP A HANDFUL AND LETS THE GRAINS TRICKLE THROUGH HER FINGERS.
CLARISSA
And state borders are just like the line I drew; completely arbitrary. We're in Miami right now if we wanna be.
LIKE A MIRAGE A MIAMI BACKGROUND APPEARS. BUT THIS DISAPPEARS JUST AS QUICKLY.
CLARISSA
Borders only exist in our minds [3.] [4.] [12.]. And think about how often we impose a border between states, nations, . . . people. Like monogamy. What's with that [2.]? It ain't natural. And just imagine if instead of seeking closure through conflict nations sought closure through cooperation [1.]. I'm sure there are so many seeds for every grain of sand on this beach [7.], enough to feed the entire world. Instead we're always fighting. But now . . . now we have Twitter [6.]. Now the grains of sand are gonna rule the world with their tweets. Ha ha. Ain't that a sweet sound?
EMILY'S WATCHING THE CLOUDS. JULIAN ALSO. HE NODS.
EMILY
The clouds are telling me we need gelatos. Just can't figure out what flavor; vanilla? Coconut? White chocolate? White truffle? I wonder where we can find a light blue cone.
CLARISSA
Julian, Emily clearly has her head in the clouds. So I guess it's just you and me. Maybe we can walk to Miami and leave her lying here.
EMILY
I'm too cute. No one can leave my side. Now, about that gelato . . .
CLARISSA SMILES.
CLARISSA
You've always gotta have your cone.
EMILY PLAYFULLY SHOVES CLARISSA.
EMILY
Hey; if you can't smoke . . .
WATER COVERS OUR LENS. THE IMAGE BLURS AND THEN TURNS BLACK.
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1 Golec, A., & Federico, C. M. (2004). ["Many people crave simplicity. A high need for closure, or simplicity, only seems to lead to competitiveness when an individual or group disagrees with another and has a hostile conflict schema (ie: when competitiveness is the "normal" response). Should cooperation be considered the obvious dominant response then the need for simplicity can be satisfied through cooperation and not competition."]. Understanding responses to political conflict: Interactive effects of the need for closure and salient conflict schemas. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 87 (6), 75-762. doi: 10.1037/0022-3514.87.6.750 Retrieved February 3, 2012 from http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/psp/87/6/750/
2 Triedman, E. [Writer], Whelpley, J. [Writer], Rhodes, M. R. [Director], & Priestley, J. [Actor] (1998, January 21). The Elephant's Father: Beverly Hills, 90210. [Television series]. Los Angeles, California: Fox Broadcasting Company. ["You are forgetting one very important thing - my man - and that is that we are men, homo sapiens. It's not in our nature to be with one woman . . . Does the mighty elephant live with one elephant woman? No. He doesn't. You know what he does? He lives by himself, by his own terms . . ."]. Available on YouTube (8 minutes and 19 seconds into the clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmQPAY6UzRQ).
3 Blame your brain for your bias. (2012). New Scientist, 213 (2850), 17.
4 Molenberghs, P., Halász, V., Mattingley, J. B., Vanman, E. J., & Cunnington, R. (2012, in press). [Abstract]. Seeing is believing: Neural mechanisms of action–perception are biased by team membership. Human Brain Mapping (Online). doi: 10.1002/hbm.22044 Retrieved February 5, 2011 from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hbm.22044/full
5 Marks, P. (2012). Drones for all take to the skies. New Scientist, 213 (2850), 20-21.
6 Mason, P. [Interviewee], Else, L. [Interviewer] (2012). The revolution will be tweeted. New Scientist, 213 (2850), 28-29.
7 Campbell, M. (2012). [Vavilov's seeds]. Lost. New Scientist, 213 (2850), 42.
8 Polizzi, N. [Actress, reality star], DelVecchio, P. [Actor, reality star], Sorrentino, M. [Actor, reality star], Farley, J. [Actress, reality star], Ortiz-Magro, R. [Actor, reality star], Giancola, S. [Actress, reality star], Guadagnino, V. [Actor, reality star], Pivarnick, A. [Actress, reality star], & Salsano S. [Developer] (2010). Jersey Shore: Season 2. [Television series]. 9560 Wilshire Blvd, 5th Floor, Beverly Hills, California: 495 Productions.
9 'Jersey Shore' cast not angry with NJ city's snub. (2012). MSN: Entertainment (Online). Retrieved February 5, 2012 from http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=700317
10 Lecca Lecca Gelato Caffé (http://leccaleccagelatocaffe.com/)
11 Huntsman, C. D. (2012). Art needs a heart [not] (letter). New Scientist, 213 (2850), 31.
12 RSA Animate - The Empathic Civilisation (http://t.co/uLAAOsjG) [6 minutes, 8 seconds in: Empathy].
13 Today - Skiggy Rapz and Tienus (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SO3z_IjwErE)
14 Lunenfeld, P. (2011). Curing cultural diabetes. New Scientist, 211 (2819), 26-27.)
15 Rigby, B. (2011). One man's hacker... (letter). New Scientist, 211 (2819), 30.)
16 Citizen Of The Planet - Alanis Morissette (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmnLBPENNys)
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EXT./INT. CNR MAIN STREET AND PORTER LANE - DAY
(SAMANTHA, MATT)
"DRONE ONE, WE'VE SPOTTED MATT. DO YOU COPY? CORNER MAIN STREET AND PORTER LANE!"
"DRONE TWO, COPY THAT. SAMANTHA HAS BEEN SPOTTED ALSO. INSIDE A CAR; BLACK COAT WITH BRIGHT FLOWERS. CAN'T MISS IT."
AS THE SECOND DRONE WE DESCEND, JUST SLIGHTLY, TO GET A BETTER VIEW OF OUR MALE PROTAGONIST: CLOVERFIELD-STYLE [4.] WE WATCH AS HE WANDERS DOWN PORTER LANE.
AS THE FIRST DRONE WE'RE RACING AFTER THE CAR - BLACK WITH BRIGHT FLOWERS LIKE POLKA-DOTS, MANY OF THEM WITH BEAUTIFUL YELLOW PETALS AND A SPHERICAL ORANGE CENTER; WITH OUR GAZE WE LATCH ONTO THE CAR, THEN IT ESCAPES US, AND THEN WE LATCH ONTO IT