Rise of the Computer People

8/13/2019 Rise of the Computer People

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RISE OF THECOMPUTER

PEOPLE

1ST DRAFT

Written by

Jeff Grant


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EXT. JOHNSONS USED TEXTBOOKS - DAY1 1

An old, faded brown brick, one-story building with big windows all over the front sits in the same spot its been at

for over 50 years in a small northwestern town.

A dated sign out front reads Johnsons Used Textbooks - Est.1958.

A dark blue, 7 year-old Honda Civic pulls into one of theparking spots out front. Inside, Daylight Fading byCounting Crows plays, pumping but muffled through the closeddoors. The guy inside sits in the drivers seat and singsalong as he unfolds a heat shield into the front windshield.

He kills the engine and stereo, cracks the windows and stepsout, carrying a Taco Bell cup. This is IAN MANN, 28, dressedin Target business casual. Hes bland with a heart of bronze.

He checks the time on his phone and enters the front door.

Just in time.

INT. JOHNSONS USED TEXTBOOKS - FRONT ROOM - CONTINUOUS2 2

Its dusty in here and it looks like it hasnt beenredecorated since the 70s, at least. The carpet is thin andlight brown and the walls are covered with fake woodpanelling.

Ian nods at the receptionist, BETTY, 54, large and not-so- much in charge.

BETTYTaco Bell, huh?

He pats his stomach.

IANIt tastes good, at least. What didyou eat?

BETTY

I brought my lunch.IAN

Good for you.

Ian makes his way to his desk about 15 feet away from Betty.This main front room is filled with file cabinets and a fewlarge desks.


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Ians is covered in random papers, mail and legal pads. Hetaps his keyboard and his computer screen brightens back up.His computer is from 2003 and its probably the newest thingin here.

He gets to work.

A few moments later his boss BOB JOHNSON, 52, stops by. Hesa hefty guy with a mug of coffee with the word BOOKS on itin his hand. He passes Ian a sheet of paper.

BOBThat order from Pocatello finallycame in.

IAN(reading)

Oh okay. Wonder what took so long.

Bob shrugs and takes a sip of his coffee.

BOBThey finally got that BSU orderloaded.

(shakes head)45 boxes of Biology books. There

mustve been a book burning.

Ian nods with a small grin.

BOB (CONTD)Well, Ill leave you to it.

He walks off.

Ian looks over the fax Bob just handed him. He scratches hishead, trying to make sense of it. He looks over at Betty andanother coworker, DARREN, 44, both are focused on whatevertheyre doing.

Ian looks back at the paper and cant seem to get his headinto it. He sets it thoughtlessly on the gigantic desk infront of him where its just one more of too many sheets oforder forms.

Hes bored.

He turns and looks out the huge window next to him. A fewlonely cars pass by quietly. Theres an abandoned buildingacross the street with its windows all boarded up.

Ian cant take his eyes off it. Hes thinking aboutsomething. He looks back at his paper and its Greek to himright now. He blinks and tries to get back to work.

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INT/EXT. HONDA CIVIC - LATER3 3

Ian cranks the ignition and the Counting Crows CD starts backup at the same spot. He taps forward a few times until itgets to Recovering the Satellites.

He buckles up and backs out of the little parking lotdirectly onto the road out front.

He drives and listens to the song as he passes an old gasstation, a post office and a little storefront with a donutplace next to an insurance company.

His town looks pretty barren. There arent too many cars outeven though this is 5 oclock traffic.

Ian looks out the window and doesnt seem too impressed withthe small town around him.

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He turns onto a gravel driveway next to a house that coulduse a paint job. An old, chipped-white Chevy truck sits nextto a side door.

Ian gets out of his car and walks inside.

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The door creaks as he enters. An older woman stirs a pot onthe stove, looks over, smiles and waves.

IANHey Mom.

He gives her a hug. Ians mom GRETA is 70, a sweet lady whoruns the show at this house. His dad, ROGER is 73, notcompletely present, and at the moment in the living room inhis recliner watching World News Tonight with Diane Sawyer .

GRETA How was your day?

IANIt was okay, how was yours?

She hands him some plates with silverware on them.

GRETA Fine. Could you go set the table?

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IAN(dutifully)

Yep.

INT. LITTLE OLD HOUSE - LIVING/DINING ROOM - MOMENTS LATER6 6

Ian, his mom and dad are all sitting at the table eating meatloaf and green beans. He sips some milk.

GRETA So, whats going on at work? Howsyour boss?

IANIts okay, still pretty boring, youknow.

ROGERJust be glad you have a job. Noteverybody has one.

IANYeah, I know.

His phone starts vibrating. He pulls it out of his pocket,his parents dont seem to notice. He got a text: hey u wannado anything tonight?

He types back: sure. Eating with my parents right now. illcall you later. SEND.

GRETA Did you want any more meatloaf?

IANSure.

He reaches over to spatula some out.

His phone vibrates again. He sets down his plate and checksit. k. He puts it back in his pocket.

IAN (CONTD)

Sove you talked to anybody? Anynew grandkid stories?

GRETA Rebecca had a play a few days ago.Katie posted pictures on facebook.

IANOh yeah, I think I saw those.

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GRETA Did you see the video where Kennyate the dog food?

IANUh, what? I dont think so.

ROGERHilarious.

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Ians sitting on a couch with a blonde girl, SARA, 26. Shespretty in a comforting, young, motherly way. Theyre watchingParks and Recreation and giggling.

His apartment isnt huge and its modestly decorated. Nothingfancy, pretty normal deal. Theres a couch with a coffeetable in front of it, all in front of a 47-inch TV. On oneside of the table sits a La-Z-Boy recliner. An acousticguitar is on a stand over by the wall.

Somethings up.

Sara pauses the TV.

SARA Whats wrong with you?

IANNothing. Whyd you pause it?

SARA Youve been acting weird since Igot here.

IANI dont know what youre talkingabout?

He reaches for the remote but she pulls it away.

SARA

Hold on a second.IAN

What?

She looks at him like shes trying to figure him out. Helooks back and suddenly gets self conscious.

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IAN (CONTD)What do you mean Im acting

weird?

Shes staring at him.

SARA I dont know. Are you tired of yourjob again? You dont like it?

IANSara, its just a stupid job. No,Im not passionate about sellingused textbooks , if thats whatyoure wondering.

SARA Where were you earlier?

IANWhen?

SARA When I texted you.

IANI was eating with my parents.Didnt I mention that in my text?

SARA Oh yeah. Howd that go?

IANFine.

SARA What did yall talk about?

IANGood Lord, why are you asking allthese questions?

SARA Im just CURIOUS.

IANWe just talked about my brother andsisters and their kids.

SARA Oh.

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IAN(melodramatic)

Look, I guess Im just sick ofliving here. I feel like I camehome to this sleepless town just to

watch my parents get old and die.

The rest of my family all hasfamilies. I just get sick of thisplace sometimes.

(to quote a song)Of recovering these satellites..

Saras not laughing. This bothers her, he can tell. Shesheard it before.

IAN (CONTD)(frustrated)

What?

Shes thinking.

SARA This is so stupid.

Ian shrugs.

IANGosh. What do you want me to say?

SARA I dont know why I come over here.

Ian looks at the wall and doesnt say anything. Hes not intothis chicks drama.

SARA (CONTD)Just admit it, man.

Hes quiet for a few seconds.

IANI like watching TV with you.

This isnt what she wanted to hear.

SARA Im such a moron.

IANThis is -- goofy .

She gets up to leave.

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IAN (CONTD)Listen, I like you being around. Ilike hanging out with you.

SARA I cant do this anymore. You know,

you really lead me on.(a beat to make it sting)All the time, I think yourethinking more is going on.

She shakes her head at herself. He does the same.

IANWhat do you want me to say? Do you

want me to lie to you?

SARA This is just.. easy . Thats allthis is. Were just 2 sad people who dont have anything else to do.

Ians tired of the conversation.

IANLets just.. Lets finish thisepisode at least. Its almost over.

Shes just standing there.

SARA Ian, do you.. Do you have any kinda

plan ? I mean, what are you lookingfor?

This is a good question. Shes really stumped him now. Hescratches his head. A few seconds pass.

IANI guess I dont know. And I want tonot know for -- I dont know howlong.

She shakes her head.

SARA (sadly)

And I thought you did.

Theyre both looking at different walls. Sara out of romanticfrustration. Ian out of conversational weariness.

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IAN(lifting the remote)

Look, Im gonna unpause this andfinish this episode. Thats all Ican tell you right now. You canstay and watch or you can go pout

or whatever youre wanting to do.Sara thinks, then..

SARA This is the last episode. And no

more text messages after tonight.(sits down)

Im leaving when this is over.

IANDo you want any chips?

SARA No.

IANOkay.

He unpauses the show. Something funny happens. He forces alaugh.

LATER ON...

Ians sitting alone in the dark, slouched on his couch. Sarais long gone. Hes watching some late night talk show, Conan or The Charlie Rose Show or something. Its a sad scene, ishe even awake? He looks like a zombie.

You can tell hes thinking about his conversation with Saraearlier. Hed love to block it out but its just not working.

The TV noise fills the room.

Suddenly he starts to get up.

INT. IANS APARTMENT - KITCHEN - MOMENTS LATER8 8

Ian wanders into the kitchen looking like maybe one of hislegs fell asleep. Its not a total wreck in here. The sink isfull of dishes and the trash looks pretty full but thatsabout it. Its not out of control.

He opens up a big cabinet door and pulls out a bag of chipsheld closed by a clothespin. He turns to the fridge.

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He opens the door and light shines through the room. Hecovers his eyes for a moment and just stands there looking inthe fridge, slow thoughts cycling through his head.

He grabs a beer to go with the chips and heads back into thedark living room.

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He sits back down and cracks his beer open as he stares at acommercial for car insurance. Its supposed to be funny butIan doesnt laugh.

He takes a big swig and then leans back with his chips. Heisnt doing too hot.

Hes lost interest in the show hes watching. He grabs hisremote from the table and turns the volume all the way down.

He sets the chips back on his coffee table.

He walks over to the guitar by the wall and takes it off thestand. He piddles with it on his way back to the couch.

He takes a few sips of his beer and then gets serious. Hesstrumming randomly in that private way you do when no onesaround. It isnt anything in particular and its just basicopen chords, nothing real spectacular. He seems to know about6 different chords and hes sticking with those.

He starts to mumble-sing along with the chords.

IANHmmm.. doo dee doo dee doo.. Nananana nana nanadoobidoobidoobidoobie..

He makes unfocused trumpet sounds with his mouth. None ofthis is clicking into anything worthwhile and its nothelping his confidence.

IAN (CONTD)(to himself)

Stupid..He opens up a notebook on his coffee table and pulls a penout of his pocket. Hes wanting to write a song.

Hes strumming and making up words.

IAN (CONTD)(mumble-singing)

Whats going on with this girl..

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She dont wanna watch my TV no more..

(thinks)Hmm..

He writes the words down in the notebook.

IAN (CONTD)(again)

Whats going on with this girl..She dont wanna watch my TV no

more.. Whatd I gotta do to keepher round.. Shes.. Shes..Going.. Shes going to.. the..car.. Whatd I gotta to do keepher round? Shes going to thecar..

He nods and writes down the new words. He seems somewhatpleased with himself.

Note: Heres how the song goes:

C G

Whats going on with this girl?

C F G

She dont wanna watch my TV no more

C G

Whaddo I gotta do to keep her round?

Am G (C)

Shes going to her car - So she can go far

He strums some more of his weirdo song.

A few minutes later hes digging through a backpack and he

pulls out a laptop. He sets it on the coffee table.He unzips a pouch and pulls out an AC adaptor.

He plugs one end into the wall and the other into the laptop.He opens up the clamshell and hits the power key.

It takes a few seconds to power up. I dont know what kind ofcomputer it is. Maybe just some standard PC thing.

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As he waits he takes another swig of his beer, which isalmost empty. He eats a few chips and looks at a clock on the

wall. Its about 11:15.

The screen comes up and he moves the mouse over to the GoogleChrome icon and clicks it. It opens up.

He hits a bookmark and it takes him to his e-mail site.

He puts in his password. Enter.

It opens up and he has 4 new e-mails. Cool. He scrolls downand sees theyre all junk mail pretty much.

They are:

1) An ad for Guitar Center about a guitar BLOWOUT sale this weekend.

2) Target wants him to sign up for a special debit card.

3) Somebody commented on a status update he commented on onFacebook.

4) One of his tweets has been favorited and retweeted.

Unimpressed, he clicks all 4 to delete them all.

IAN (CONTD)(to self)

Ads..

Hes about to execute it and he hesitates for a moment. Helooks at the one from twitter. Hmm..

He unclicks it and deletes the other 3.

Then he clicks the twitter e-mail to open it and read it.Maybe hell see something new.

A friend retweeted something he tweeted the day before. Histweet was: Just another memorable day in the world of usedtextbooks.

His friend sent an @ reply to him: @IantheMann ha ha! Hesmiles a weak smile.

He signs out of his e-mail and goes to twitter and enters inhis login information.

His feed opens up and its all recent tweets from only minutes ago. As he scrolls down 1 hour ago becomes 5 hours

ago. He gets to the spot he was at when he last checked.

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He starts skimming through the tweets of all the people hefollows. Its a lot of gobbledygook.

He stops at some here and there to read them.

@kyle223: Watching The Dark Knight Rises again. I think I

like this one more than The Dark Knight to be honest.@DEFNews: POTUS Comments on Congressional Scandal in Speechto Diplomats. [link to article]

@bluraynews: The Criterion Blu Ray of The Life Aquatic withSteve Zissou is coming out NEXT WEEK!!

@DEFJohnWeather: Expect partly cloudy skies in the morningbut it should be sunny after lunchtime.

Ian is mildly interested in these tweets but then anothercatches his eye.

@upcomingmovies: Check out this fun new trailer for Blueby2: The Greench Who Stole Labor Day!! [link]

He immediately retweets and then clicks the link, apparentlyhes a Blueby fan.

WIDE SHOT of Ian sitting alone in his dark apartment livingroom, staring at a glowing computer screen.

He takes another quick swig of his beer. Hes smiling. Heclicks on the screen to get it to play.

Close up on his eyes. The light flickers over them as he watches the trailer.

DETECTIVE (O.S.)Everythings great. Blueby solvedall of our cases. I think thepeople of 100 Dollar City arefinally learning that crime doesntpay. Hey, wait a second!!

Cartoonish music plays. Ian laughs at whatever hes seeing.

GREENCH (O.S.)You idiot detective! I switchedyour case files to make you think Blueby saved the city!

DETECTIVE (O.S.)But.. But.. What have you done withBlueby?!

The sound of a door creaking open.

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DETECTIVE (O.S.) (CONTD)NO!!! BLUEBY!!!

Greench cackles manically.

NARRATOR (O.S.)

This summer, Blueby may or may notbe BACK for an all new adventure in100 Dollar City.

HENCHMAN (O.S.)You were right, boss. WithoutBlueby around to save the day wellbe able to steal all the diamondsin 100 Dollar City!!

BLUEBY (O.S.)Not so fast!

HENCHMAN (O.S.)Blueby!! GREENCH (O.S.)Blueby Smith!!

A random fart noise.

BLUEBY (O.S.) (CONTD)Ha ha! You didnt know I could cutthrough rope with my fingers!!

Dramatic music.

NARRATOR (O.S.)Blueby 2: The Greench Who StoleLabor Day

(beat)This film is not yet rated.

The clip ends and Ian is giggling to himself.

IANI love those stupid movies.

An image near the bottom of the page catches his eye. Theresa headline that reads: Cat Skanking. He uncontrollablyclicks the link.

IAN (CONTD)Cat skanking?! Its my duty as anAmerican to watch this..

A page opens and we see a quick article about how much theinternet loves cat stuff. Ian reads for a few sentences andgets bored.

He clicks the play button. It doesnt load right away.

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IAN (CONTD)(frustrated)

Ehhhhhh..

This thing is taking forever to load.

IAN (CONTD)These cats better be amazing.

He takes another sip of his beer and its out. He thinksabout it for a second and then goes to the kitchen.

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He tosses his bottle in the recyling bin and grabs a new onefrom the fridge.

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He reenters as hes twisting off the top. Another swig as hesits down to see the progress.

IANWhat?! Come on!

Its not loading much at all. This is frustrating. Hesgetting impatient.

He leans back and looks around the room. He looks at a clock,its just after midnight now. Probably should go to bed. Heskind of pouty at the moment.


Just watch it and go to bed, Ian.(answering self)

Yes sir.

As its loading he moves his mouse curser around on thescreen, just trying to find something to look at to pass thetime. Nothing is very fascinating until:

In the corner theres an image of a girl. She is CUTE. Thepicture isnt very clear. He leans in closer to get a betterlook. Its not working.

He mouses back over to the cat video, which isnt moving muchat all.

IAN (CONTD)Ehhhhhhhhhhh.... Bye cats!

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He clicks the picture of the girl.

It pulls up a low quality video of her talking to a webcam.It says her name is DAY OPAL-IRIS. Her video is called DOI(which is her initials). Shes this brown-haired chick thatseems to be going for the quirky, hipster look.

Ians eating this all up. His mouth hangs agape.

She talks to the camera.

DAYHello universe, Day Opal-Iris here.Whats going on with you? Ive hadan okay day. I had a manicure this

morning and I know some of you aresaying, Wow, Day, so fascinating.But it WAS..

She goes on about the manicure or something as Ian scrollsover and sees that the video is about 3 years old.

Day continues, sounding in a way like a stand-up comedienne.

DAY (CONTD)Anyway, I was out with this guy,

who was kind of lame but.. there was something about him, and I just

couldnt figure it out.. and then Irealized he was on a TV show..

Ian scrolls down and reads some comments for the video.

BUTTGUY: MARRY ME, DAY!!

VIVICA123: I know what guy youre talking about. HESHOTTTTT!!

Neil2me: this gurl is so full of herself. this is EXACLY whats wrong with obamas america. I talkd about this on my

blog. chek me out here and dont 4get to coment!!!!!!!! [link]

Just as the video finishes, maybe right in the middle, Ianopens up a 2nd tab and types her name into the Google search

bar.He hits ENTER and some pages come up..

A few are for other people who have the same name. A famousbiker chick. A female body builder. A plump singer-songwriter.

He scrolls through and finds an article about some hip TVshow by a girl named Day Opal-Iris. He clicks that one.

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A page opens and he scrolls through the article to the bottomand theres a bio with a picture.

CLOSE UP on the picture as a very professional voice, like asudden narrator or news person is reading it aloud to us.

BIO READERDay Opal-Iris is a one of a kindvoice speaking boldly on popculture. Her wit was refined atWashington State University, but

more famously on her twitteraccount, @SleepDog, which has beenquoted in Time Magazine, Salon, andThe Huffington Post. The headlineof her twitter page reads, Wheresleeping dogs can lie. When askedfor comment she responded with,Woof. No comment.

Ian takes another swig of his beer. Hes intrigued.

He scrolls back and reads a little of the article beforeclicking over to another article.

IAN(to self)

I like her writing style.

He looks again at her picture. CLOSE UP.


Im also attracted to her,physically.

He keeps staring for a second and has to shake his head tosnap out of it.

He hits back until he returns to the original googlesearch. He clicks images.

Many come up, many from the other women, but some are of theDay hes looking into.

Shes doing some random things:

Heres a casual shot of her with her laptop wearing glasseslooking like a real hipster.

Heres one where shes dressed up very formal for some fancyawards event.

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Another where shes cooking in pajamas in what looks like anapartment kitchen. It looks like it couldve been just anInstagram a friend posted.

Next we see Day in running clothes smiling with her armaround some other girl. They both look flushed like they just

finished a race.Now were looking at a shot with Day surrounded by a bunch ofpeople that looks like an extended family photo taken atThanksgiving.

Uh oh, the next one is her standing with some dude that lookslike he could be her boyfriend.

Ians eyes get big. Hes looking a little creepy at thispoint.

IAN (CONTD)(to self)Hes probably a brother..

He keeps clicking through more photos.

Now shes on skis at some mountain resort. She looks happyand awesome.

Now shes wearing sunglasses and smoking in what might be anironic shot, though its difficult to tell for sure.

Next shes standing with about 4 other girls who are extraexcited and seem to be celebrating New Years a few years ago.

And here she is on a boat with the same friend from the run.

Finally, its a casual shot of her just standing by a pinball machine. It doesnt look planned or staged, more like

somebody just grabbed a phone camera and took a picture andeven though its not perfectly framed they caught a greatpicture of her.

Ian is staring at the picture, completely absorbed.

He does a keyboard command and blows the picture up to cover

the whole screen.He leans back in awe.

IAN (CONTD)Wow.

NEW TAB. He opens twitter, signs in real quick and searchesher screen name: @SleepDog. It comes up, a profile pic wehavent seen yet, but thats her. Ian clicks it.

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He reads the bio there: Where sleeping dogs can lie. It has alink back to her page at the news site she works for,Untrained Eye.

He scrolls through her tweets. We get a cavalcade of voiced-over stuff, all done in Ians imaginary version of her voice

from the youtube video saying the tweets:DAY (V.O.)

I may be a sleeping dog, but thisis a picture of a sleeping cat, forthe internet.

He clicks it and its an image of a sleeping cat.

He continues scrolling through her tweets.

DAY (V.O.)Its Obamas fault.

(next)Nice to see Don Draper hasnt losthis gift of womanizing.

(next)I ate lasagna today. Like Garfield.I hate Garfield. #lasagna4Odie

(next)Im not really a dog.

(next)A self-effacing tweet about groceryshopping. #subtexttweets

(next)A modest tweet about meeting acelebrity. #subtexttweets

Ian is eating this up. He laughs at most of these.

More:

DAY (V.O.)Sleepless in Seattle. Seriously.And it sucks. Big day tomorrow.#romance

(next)Singleness is a gift. Tweeting this

makes it feel more true, right?Hello?(next)

Cannot deny the thrill of getting my hair done and wearing a dress.

#girlatheart(next)

At Walmart/Why am I at Walmart?(next)

Having brake trouble today.

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On my car, not my mouth. Thanx forasking. #snark

(next)Not enjoying the new Arcade Firealbum as much as I *feel* Imsupposed to. #hipsterfail

(next)Just read an article about ahamster who couldnt move his

wheel. #hamsterfail(next)

A tweet about being a girl whodoesnt watch the Super Bowl.#subtexttweets

Ian has a goofy grin on his face. He goes back to her twitterhomepage. She has over 25,000 followers.

IAN(to self)Holy crap.

He sees her most recent tweet from 4 hours ago.

DAY (V.O.)Hanging with @AmyCooper4U from@NapkinParadise at @TowelTowntalking about toilet paper.

IAN(to self)

What a clever mouthful.

Hes in a daze and just sits at her page continuallyrefreshing it without even realizing what hes doing.

After about 45 seconds of this he stops himself.


Weirdo.

He finishes off his newest beer, gets up and stumbles lazilytowards the kitchen. He takes his bag of chips with him,

which he clothespins shut.

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He tosses the 2nd beer bottle in the recyling bin and returnsthe chips to the pantry.

Out of habit, he opens the fridge and nearly grabs anotherbeer and then catches himself.

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IANNo no no no no.

He shuts the fridge and finds a glass in an upper cabinet. Hefills it with tap water and takes some slow drinks.

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He sits back at his laptop and is about to shut it down whenhe decides to refresh Days page one more time. What theheck?

Theres a new tweet!

DAY (V.O.)Im crazy. So are you. Were ALLcrazy. Its the only way wellsurvive. #seal #batman4ever4ever

Hes, of course, charmed by this.

He favorites it and the retweets it immediately, laughing tohimself.

Immediately after that he gets a self-aware look on his facelike, whoops..

IAN(to himself)

Uh oh..

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Its midmorning a few days later. A few cars pass by at 30 mph.

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Ian sits at his huge desk. Its quite a bit more IN ORDERthan it was the last time we saw it. He has a stack of paperin front of him that hes going through with a pen. We dont

know what hes doing but he does.Theres a lightness to him now. His job doesnt seem any lessboring but he looks less bothered by it.

He sips his coffee with pep.

He draws a line through something on his page and pushes hischair back to stand up.

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He walks past Betty, whos working with some papers of herown.

IAN(chatty)

Hey hey hey.

Betty looks up and smiles as he passes. He turns into theback hallway.

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Ian quietly whistles to himself as he enters the emptybreakroom. He looks at a clock on the wall that says its10:30 AM. Cool.

He opens up a cabinet and finds a Nutty Butty. Then he grabsa Coke from the fridge and sits down at a table.

He chills like that for a few seconds.

Out of habit, he reaches in his pocket and grabs his phone.He looks around real quick to make sure nobody can see him.

Hes alone.

He swipes the phone on and heads straight to his twitter App.He scrolls through the last few hours of tweets. He seems tobe looking for something specific.

He lands on something Day tweeted about an hour ago.

DAY (V.O.)Having a Starbucks around thecorner from work is both a blessingand a curse. They know my name now.Im one of *those* people.

Ian smiles. He starts typing an @ reply without eventhinking.

IAN (V.O.)(like an enthusiastic

idiot)@SleepDog ha ha! I think theclosest Starbucks to me is 30 milesaway! Be thankful!

Hes about to tweet it and his thumb freezes. Hes havingsecond thoughts.

His boss Bob walks by the open door and sees him preoccupied with his phone. Ian turns and Bob taps his watch.

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He nods back, getting the message. He looks quickly back athis phone, composes himself and hits SEND. No big deal right?

As he stands he shivers in excitement.

Twitter can be such a rush.

INT. JOHNSONS USED TEXTBOOKS - HALLWAY - JUST THEN17 17

As Ian exits the room and heads to the hallway he hears ading on his phone. He immediately spins and heads into theempty bathroom.

INT. JOHNSONS USED TEXTBOOKS - BATHROOM - CONTINUOUS18 18

Shutting the door behind him, he pulls out his phone fast andchecks his e-mail.

Its from twitter. Day favorited his @ reply.

Ian has the biggest, most pitifully happy smile on his face.

IAN(to himself)

You dog..

INT. JOHNSONS USED TEXTBOOKS - FRONT ROOM - MOMENTS LATER19 19

Back at his desk hes trying to conceal his excitement fromhis diligent and clueless coworkers. Its pretty easyactually.

He opens up his computer and goes to check his mail on it,just to get a second view.

She really did favorite his tweet. This is REALLY happening.

Ian blushes alone at his desk. He wags his tongue and shakeshis head in an unseen expression of his personal excitement.

INT. GROCERY STORE - LATE AFTERNOON20 20Ian stops his full cart in the middle of the wine aisle atthe local grocery store. Hes perusing his options. Does he

want red or white? Cabernet? Hmm..

FEMALE VOICE (O.S.)Ian!

He turns his head and sees Sara.

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IANWhoa, whats up? What are you upto?

Sara approaches, pushing her own cart.

SARA Just grabbing a few things. How areyou? You having a party?

IANHuh?

He realizes hes holding a bottle of wine.

IAN (CONTD)Oh! No. Just realized I hadnt hadany wine in a while.

Shes looking at him like shes still trying to figure himout.

SARA Ok.

Ians got other things on his mind. They arent reallyconnecting, though it seems Sara would like them to.

A few nothing beats.

SARA (CONTD)So..

IANWhats up?

Saras got thoughts.

SARA (lost for words)

I dont know. Hows work?

IANIts good. Hows Applebees?

SARA Its fine. Its been slow this

week.

IANYeah. Hopefully itll pick up.

Sara is baffled by this guy.

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SARA Hey..

(hesitating)Did you think any more about..

(hesitating)You know, what we were talking

about?Ian turns away, looking like he doesnt wanna talk aboutthat.

IANUh. Yeah. No. Not really.

SARA (annoyed)

Seriously?

Ian just nods.

IANSara, I really dont want to getinto this right now. Can we justdrop it?

Sara is getting angry and not hiding it very well. Herbafflement has heated.

IAN (CONTD)Im gonna go. I need to get home.

He starts to walk away.

Shes still staring after him.

SARA Ian, I..

He turns back around, waiting for whatever shes trying toget out.

SARA (CONTD)Id really like to talk about this.

IAN(disinterested)Ok. Whens a good time?

SARA Would tonight work? Are you doinganything?

Ian breaks eye contact. He doesnt want to talk to her aboutall this tonight.

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IANIm sorry. I just really dont wantto talk about this stuff tonight.Its been a long day. I cant dothis today.

Sara is trying to accept it. Shes really sad about this.SARA

Okay, Ian. Sorry to bother you.

He nods, not sure what to say.

IANIll see you around, Sara.

He pushes his cart away. She watches him go.

EXT. GROCERY STORE - PARKING LOT - MOMENTS LATER21 21

Ian pushes his cart full of now-bagged groceries across theparking lot to his trunk. He sticks his key in and unlocksit.

As hes loading his stuff hes mumble-singing to himself.

IAN(quietly)

G-g-g-groceries to the trunk, girl.G-g-g-groceries in my trunk, baby.

He catches himself and shakes his head at his dumb words.

He loads a couple more bags and cant resist mumble-singingagain.

IAN (CONTD)What are you doing today, Day?Oooo.. Computer girl, what are youdoing to @ me?

JUMP CUT TO:

INT. IANS APARTMENT - LIVING ROOM - LATER22 22

Ian sits on his couch wearing an old Counting Crows shirt andstrumming his guitar. Theres a half full glass of wine onthe coffee table next to his pen and paper as hes trying toperfect his song.

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IAN(singing)

What are you doing today, Day? Imhere wanting to say Hey. Whereare you going today, Day? I wannago there with you, girl..

(to himself)Hmmm..

Scribbles on the paper, fixing something.

Note: Heres how the song goes:

G Em

What are you doing today, Day?

Am G

Im here, wanting to say, Hey.

G Em

Where are you going in this world?

Am G

I wanna go there with you, girl

Even if the words are pretty corny hes singing with supersincere earnestness. Its slightly sad but he seems pleased

with his work.

He strums some random chords, trying to figure out the nextpart. Its him moaning and whining over basic chords. Hestrying to make it sound like Counting Crows, who are hisheroes.

Were really getting a view of the process of writing a song.Think of it like a meth-making montage on Breaking Bad .Anticlimactic music plays on the soundtrack.

CLOSE UP of his hand making chords on the neck of the guitar.

CLOSE UP of his pen scraping across the page.CLOSE UP of his face being really into it.

WIDE SHOT of the dark living room around him. Looks kind oflonely.

He continues scribbling down words. He takes another swig of wine. Hes rocking and rolling, oblivious to the empty world

around him.

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He gets to the chorus.

IAN (CONTD)(mumble singing)

Computer girl.. Computer girl on myscreen.. Computer girl on my

screen..The camera backs up, we cant hear what hes coming up with,

we can just see his sincerity.

Note: This is how the chorus goes:

C D

Computer girl on my screen

C (or Am) G

I favorite you, you know what I mean

C D

Computer girl, youre my dream

C (or Am) G

But will you ever download me?

After this he switches into the 2nd verse. Its just asredundant and strange as the first.

IAN (CONTD)(mumble singing)

I found you the other day, Day..Google took me your way..

Note: This is how the 2nd verse goes:

G Em

I found you the other day, Day

Am G

Google took me your way

G Em

I typed you with my keyboard

Am G

And now to my heart you are C-4

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Next he moves onto the bridge. He has to google binarycode.

Note: This is the bridge:

C C C C

I want your (L) 01001100 (O) 01001111 (V) 01010110 (E)

C G

01000101

After hes done he starts over from the beginning and startsto mumble his way through. We just see the first couple oflines.

He seems pleased with himself.

JUMP CUT TO:

He digs in a crate he just pulled out of his closet and pullsout a usb microphone, a cord and some headphones.

He plugs the mic into his computer and sets it near him. Heconnects the headphones to and puts them on his head.

He opens up Garage Band and starts a New Song.

He double checks his notebook and lays it right in front ofhim so he can read it. He does a couple test strums and

moans.

He starts an earnest take.

A few seconds later he has to stop because he messed up aline. Dang!

He starts again. We just see bits and pieces of this.

We hear the whole song together:

Vs. 1:

G Em What are you doing today, Day?

Am G

Im here, wanting to say, Hey.

G Em

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Where are you going in this world?

Am G

I wanna go there with you, girl

Chorus:C D

Computer girl on my screen

C (or Am) G

I favorite you, you know what I mean

C D

Computer girl, youre my dream

C (or Am) G

Oh, wont you ever download me?

Vs. 2:

G Em

I found you the other day, Day

Am G

Google took me your way

G Em

I typed you with my keyboard

Am G

And now to my heart you are C-4

(repeat chorus)

Bridge: C C C C

I want your (L) 01001100 (O) 01001111 (V) 01010110 (E)

C D

01000101

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(repeat chorus)

The way he plays the song seems to take all the goodness outof it. Its funny to the audience but mostly because of howserious hes taking it. He isnt kidding. He MEANS this song.

After he finishes a good take he does a quick mix and bouncesit to iTunes. Then he makes an MP3. He calls it ComputerGirl.

He opens up SoundCloud and logs into his account. He loadsthe MP3 in. This is all very robotic, like hes done thisbefore.

It all goes pretty quick. We see the progress bar sadlycomplete itself.

He immediately goes to twitter and sends an @ reply to Day with a link. It says very simply, I wrote this song for

you. Hes got a surprisingly satisfied look on his face. ISTHIS GUY A PSYCHO?? Or Romeo incarnate?

He leans back and takes a sip of his wine while shaking hishead in smug disbelief.


Modern technology is the BOMB!

He looks back over his tweet. Seems awesome.

He clicks to open his @ replies and surprisingly he doesnthave any.


She might not be at a computerright now.. And the song will takea couple minutes to listen to..Its only a matter of time before Ihear from her..

He leans back into his couch and continues to talk to himselflike a crazy person. He looks at his watch.


Its probably dinner time where sheis. I bet shes out someplaceeating a salad, I dont know. Idont know what she eats.

(a few beats)Shes gonna LOVE this song.

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2 HOURS LATER

Hes still sitting in the same spot, waiting. Hes in azombified daze and the computer is on some screen saver. Hisconfidence has gone stale.

He leans back in his chair, holding his wine bottle a littletoo loosely.

It drops on the floor and shatters.

He jumps up, shaken from his funk.

IAN (CONTD)No!

He runs towards the kitchen.

INT. IANS APARTMENT - KITCHEN - CONTINUOUS23 23

He pulls out a bunch of paper towels and soaks them under thefaucet. He opens a cabinet and grabs a paper grocery sack.


Hes sopping up the wine as best as he can. Hes grimacingand doesnt seem happy with his progress.

IAN(to himself)

This is dumb.

He keeps cleaning, shaking his head in disappointment.

IAN (CONTD)I cant believe this. Moron!

He keeps wiping his poor floor.

DING.

His phone!

He drops the paper towels and grabs his phone. He got a message! He checks it.

CLOSE UP: Its an e-mail from Best Buy to inform him that ifhe buys a new phone with a 2 year service commitment he willreceive a $50 gift card.

IAN (CONTD)Shut up.

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He deletes the message.

He looks at the time. Its 11:30. Gosh. Hes looking prettydefeated and tired. This whole thing was a MISTAKE.

He goes back to his twitter page and sees his post from

earlier. He shakes his head in shame and deletes it.That was dumb. He rubs his eyes, this is a new sort of low.

He looks around the room and all of his recording equipmentis still set up. He needs to clean it up.

He starts dismantling everything piece by piece. He seems tohave a process.

He puts his computer to sleep.

He unplugs the headphones and rolls them up.

He unplugs the USB microphone and rolls up the cord.

He puts the headphones and the mic and the USB cord back inthe crate and puts the crate back in the closet. (Did he usea mic stand? Was that a part of this? Should it be if itisnt?)

He picks up his guitar again, it was laying wrongly on thefloor. He seems to feel sorry for it. He strums a few out oftune chords. Eh..

He puts the guitar back in its case and then into the closet(unless he just puts it back on the stand?). Maybe he wantssome distance from the instrument, just to get it out of hissight. Yuck, guitar!

INT. IANS APARTMENT - BEDROOM - MOMENTS LATER25 25

He turns on the light in his room and yawns. He takes off hisshirt and tosses it in a hamper.

INT. IANS APARTMENT - BATHROOM - MOMENTS LATER26 26

He walks in, flips on the light and goes to start the shower.He stands at the sink and starts brushing his teeth and seemsto want to avoid making eye contact with the guy in the

mirror.

Spits.

Moments later in the shower he looks like hes trying to washaway the sick feeling hes got going on.

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He dumps way too much soap on his head. Its the most emobody wash commercial youve ever seen.

A little unhinged, or maybe its sudden sanity, he laughs athow goofy this all is. He shakes his face in the water.

INT. IANS APARTMENT - BEDROOM - MOMENTS LATER27 27

He walks back into his bedroom in some shorts and crawls intohis unmade bed. It looks pretty cozy. He squirms a little,trying to get comfortable. He takes some slow, measuredbreaths to calm himself down.

He looks over at the clock. Its just after midnight. He wont get much sleep. He reaches over to the alarm clock and

double checks it to make sure its still set. It is. For 6AM. Nasty stuff.

He lays there in the dark, trying to doze off. Its notautomatic.

After some silence we hear him laughing pitifully at himselfsome more.

INT. IANS APARTMENT - KITCHEN - MORNING28 28

Early morning bits of sun shine through the windows. Ianstumbles in, still yawning and looking half-zombie.

He starts up the coffee maker and makes a bowl of cereal as well.

A few moments later hes sitting at the table trying to eatand wake up. He stretches his hands out, trying to get somecirculation going.

Suddenly, something seems to enter his mind and he hops up.He walks to the other room for a brief few seconds andreturns with his cell phone.

This seems to energize him more than the coffee.

He opens up twitter and scrolls through the nights tweets ashe shovels cereal into his mouth. This must be a normal partof his morning routine.

He passes a bunch of normal stuff. Breaking news tweets.Random things from friends. A retweeted joke.

Suddenly he sees a tweet from Day. Whoa!

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DAY (V.O.)Slept like a well-drugged baby.Thats right, I just said that.

Even though the tweet has nothing to do with him he gets afunny grin on his face. He shakes his head.

He cant help it, he likes this girl.

IANTheres just something about thatgirl.

He continues scrolling, looking woken up now.

INT/EXT. HONDA CIVIC - LATER29 29

Ian drives calmly. Hes listening to some poppy morning radio music. He seems better than he was last night.

Its a new day.

Today is a new day.

INT. JOHNSONS USED TEXTBOOKS - FRONT ROOM - LATER30 30

Ian works at his desk, not exactly focused. Hes got thingson his mind, like usual. He taps a pen to the song from theprevious scene, which has wormed its way into his head (andthe audiences too, of course).

Darren comes over with his coffee.

DARRENHey Ian, did you hear what time Bob

was supposed to be back?

IANHes gone?

He looks out at the parking lot out front.

IAN (CONTD)Oh, I didnt even realize his truck wasnt there. Whered he go?

DARRENHe said he had to go check on anorder at the warehouse.

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A little later on, Ians still sitting, stumbling his waythrough whatever hes working on.

Bob approaches him.

IAN

Hey Bob. Hows it going?BOB

Im fine. How are you?

IANFine.

Bob nods.

BOBWhat are you working on?

Ian lifts a spreadsheet.

IANJust double checking this Nebraskaorder.

BOBHows that coming?

IANNot bad.

Bob looks at the wall. Somethings on his mind.

BOBOkay.

Ians not picking up on anything. Bob turns and walks away.

What a square.

INT. JOHNSONS USED TEXTBOOKS - BREAKROOM - LATER31 31

Ian opens a can of soup with a can opener and pours it into a

bowl. He puts it in the microwave, covers it with a papertowel and sets it for 2 and a half minutes. The bowl beginsto spin.

He grabs a Coke out of the fridge and sits down at an emptytable, occasionally looking back at the soup.

He pulls out his phone and immediately starts scrolling. WIDEANGLE on him sitting there alone in this little room.

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Now to his phone. Hes looking through his e-mail and all hehas is ads from Best Buy.

Hes disappointed.

He goes back to twitter. He scrolls through the morning

tweets and nothing really catches his interest.He looks up, the soup is still cooking.

Suddenly he stops scrolling because he sees that Day hastweeted. ZOOM IN.

DAY (V.O.)Life is too short to

At first Ian is a little confused, but then he rereads it andseems to get it.

IAN(considering)Hmm. Clever.

His calm nodding switches to sudden amazement. Wait a second!


Me. Shes.. Is she talking to me?

Ian tries to stand and bangs his knee on the bottom of thetable. He grimaces as he scoots his chair back a little too

much and knocks it to the ground. He tumbles clumsily, hislimbs sprawling. He seems to have lost all control.

From the floor, he reaches back to the table and looks atDays tweet again, convinced its a message for him.

DAY (V.O.)(repeating)

Life is to short to

He starts to laugh in pure foolish joy.

IAN

(to Day)..to live without each other! Haha!!

DING. His soup is ready. He stands up, picks up the chair andcomposes himself.

He opens up the microwave, takes it straight over to the sinkand dumps it out.

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Hes lost interest in soup.

He shakes his head. His thoughts are spinning. He mumblesindecipherable things to himself. This dude is losing it!

INT. JOHNSONS USED TEXTBOOKS - FRONT ROOM - MOMENTS LATER32 32Ian wanders back towards his desk, still in a tailspin. Heaccidently kicks a file cabinet, which makes a loud BANG.

Darren and Betty turn and look at him confused.

Betty walks over.

BETTYIan. Are you okay?

Ian turns to look at her.

IANIm WONDERFUL, Betty!

He hugs her, which makes it even odder. Bettys got a weirdedout look on her face.

Bob enters, wondering what the commotion is.

BOBWhats going on?

DARRENIan banged into that file cabinet.Hard. It sounded like it hurt.

Bob looks at Ian.

BOBAre you okay, kid?

IANIm fine!

Bob and Darren and Betty all look at each other. They all

seem uneasy.Bobs at a loss for words for a few seconds.

BOBIan, did you hurt yourself?

Ian smiles and rubs his knee.

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IANOh, Im fine.

BOBDo you need to go look at it?

IANOh. No no no no. I think its okay.

This is an awkward moment.

Ian limps towards his desk and gets an idea halfway.

IAN (CONTD)Actually, I think I need to take afew days off.

This surprises Bob.

BOBHuh?

IANI need to go on a trip.

BOBIs there some kind of emergency?

IANIn a way.

BOBWhen do you need to go?

IANRight now.

BOBWhat? Whats going on?

Ian is quiet.

IANI dont want to say. Its a private

thing.Bob is thinking.

BOBIan. Is somebody dying? Did someone-- die?

IANNo. No, thats not it at all.

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Bob isnt sure what to say.

BOBIan, you gotta help me work withyou here. Do you just need the restof the day off?

IANI dont know how long I need.

BOB(professional)

Now, you know, youre reallyputting me out here. We count onyou. Can you at least give me ahint of whats going on?

Ian shakes his head.

IANIts not important.

This makes Bob think the whole thing is over.

BOBOkay. So, are we good? Are yougonna be able to do your job?

Ian wants to answer yes but he cant. He shakes his headno.

BOB (CONTD)Ian, if you leave like this I cantguarantee youll still have a job

when you come back. If you comeback.

(a beat)Im gonna need more information.

Ian is indignant, he really believes in this thing in his mind.

BOB (CONTD)Look, just take the rest off today

and think, get your head together.Maybe itll pass. Its probably nota big deal, whatever it is.

This gets under Ians skin.

IANNo. No, it is a big deal. It is,Bob!

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Bob is shaking his head.

BOBWhat is going on?

Darren and Betty are just watching in confusion.

BOB (CONTD)Are you just going to throw awayyour job? What about your bills?Your student loans? Ian, think fora minute..

IAN(a little manic)

Im tired of thinking! I dont like working here! I hate this stupid

town. Im not a happy person! I want to be happy!

Ian gets to his desk and seems to have a sudden moment ofself awareness. What is going on? He sits down, deep inthought. He hasnt looked at the other 3.

IAN (CONTD)Im.. Im sorry. I dont know

whats happening.

BOBIts okay. Just give yourself sometime.

The phrase give yourself some time just echoes in Ianshead. Some time. Some time. Just give yourself some time..

He looks up at the clock and imagines it spinning faster andfaster. He imagines himself sitting in the same sad desk justgetting older and older and older and older and..

He shakes himself out of the vision.

IANI HAVE to go. If I dont now Inever will. Ill be here forever. I

cant live with that!He grabs whatever belongings he has around him and walks outthe door.

The other 3 just watch him go.

BOB(disappointed)

What a moron.

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INT/EXT. HONDA CIVIC - DAY33 33

Ian drives like a bat out of/straight back into hell. HaveYou Seen Me Lately? by Counting Crows BLARES through hisspeakers. His manic/scared/excited eyes are ripping up theroad in front of him.

This is 4 seconds long.

INT. IANS APARTMENT - BEDROOM - DAY34 34

Ian slams his suitcase on his bed and starts opening drawersand throwing clothes in from across the room. He looksaround, making sure he hasnt forgotten anything.

CUT. Now toiletries are flying from the doorway into/towardsthe suitcase. Much of it is on the floor but it just keeps oncoming. Toothbrush. Toothpaste. Deodorant. Toilet paper,unravelling uselessly.

CUT. Ian body slams his suitcase and somehow is able to zipit up. Maybe he takes a few things out to make it work. Apair of boots.

Still on the suitcase he stares at the wall, thinking.Thinking..


Hes on a travel site on his computer. Hes searching planetickets for Seattle.

He looks at the time and then clicks to buy one.

INT/EXT. HONDA CIVIC - DAY36 36

Hes driving again. He pulls into a small airport. His eyeslook less insane now, but he isnt turning back. Hes sure ofhis strange self.

He turns into a parking garage.

EXT. LOCAL AIRPORT - ENTRANCE - DAY37 37

Ian drags his suitcase through the sliding doors, ticket inhand.

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INT. TICKET COUNTER - DAY38 38

Ian hands his ticket to an airline person. They scan it andhe passes.

He just made it. He drags his suitcase behind him into the

jet bridge.

EXT. SKY - DAY39 39

The plane takes off. Whoosh.

EXT. SEATTLE SKYLINE - LATE AFTERNOON40 40

The plane drops its landing gear and touches down. Its stilldaylight out. Its about 5 or so. What a lovely city.

INT. SEA-TAC AIRPORT - LATE AFTERNOON41 41

Ian drags his suitcase through a much larger airport than theone he left from. His eyes are HUGE, looking at all thepeople and all the life here. Its washing over him, hesdrinking it all in.

Whatever crazy look he had is gone now, he looks like acompletely sane person now, who still could use a shower. It

may be the most calm and happy hes looked the whole movie sofar.

He rides a gigantic escalator to a lower floor. He cant stoplooking at the airport around him. Ian is awe-incarnate.

INT. SEA-TAC AIRPORT - CAR RENTAL COUNTER - MOMENTS LATER42 42

Ians talking to a lady on a computer. We cant hear whattheyre saying.

She says something.

He nods.

He slides over his credit cards.

She gives him some papers and a key.

He thanks her and walks away.

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INT. PARKING GARAGE - LATE AFTERNOON43 43

Ian opens the trunk on his bright green Volkswagen Beetle andputs his trunk in. Does it fit? (Dont ask Jeff) If not, hecan just put it in the back seat or someplace.

He slams the trunk (or door) shut.

INT/EXT. BEETLE - LATE AFTERNOON44 44

Ian drives through the streets of Seattle as the sun sets.City lights dance on the windshield in front of him. Hepasses some cool landmarks(dont ask me what, Ive never beenthere).

The city looks fantastic and Ian is silent and impressed.

After a bit of driving in circles, and looking at the map onhis phone, he pulls into a Motel 6 parking lot.

INT. MOTEL 6 - FRONT DESK - MOMENTS LATER45 45

Ian talks to the guy at the front desk.

Slides his card.

EXT. MOTEL 6 - ROOM 237 - MOMENTS LATER46 46

Ian parks the beetle just in front of his room door, grabshis suitcase, and drags it inside.

The look on his face says hes very satisfied with himself.

Night descends.

EXT. SANDWICH TOWN - PATIO - NEXT DAY47 47

Ian cuts into a chicken sandwich and takes a big bite. Hesslightly dressed up and hes sitting alone on this patio,thats basically the sidewalk right outside a sandwich shop

in the middle of downtown Seattle.He keeps looking up and over at the building directlyopposite of where he is. He looks down at a piece of tornpaper with the buildings address on it with the words DaysWork above it.

Ian has a look on his face that says I know this is crazy,but I need to do this. Hes quiet and focused, he doesnt

want to mess this up.

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He opens up his phone and scrolls quickly through twitter. Hedoesnt see any updates from Day.

He shakes his head, aware of how creepy this seems.

He takes a deep breath to calm down.

He takes a few more bites and sips some soda.

Nobody around him knows anything of whats going on.

He looks up for a second and suddenly Day is there. RIGHTTHERE. Day in the flesh. Shes just walked out the frontentrance. Shes dressed in a professional yet casual way.

Ian cant believe it. Hes trying to process this. Shes notas tall as hed envisioned. Shes walking quickly. Wheresshe going?

Ian knows this is his moment to shine. He stands and carrieshis food and drink to the trash and tosses them away.

Hes off.

EXT. DOWNTOWN STREET - CONTINUOUS48 48

Ian turns and checks himself out in a storefront window as hepasses. Hes looking ahead at Day, whos on the other side ofthe busy street. Hes gotta walk pretty fast to keep up.

She goes a couple of blocks and then turns right behind abuilding and is out of Ians sight.

He makes it to an intersection and has to wait a bit beforethe light signals that its okay to cross over. He does.

He goes around the same corner just in time to see Day entera door. As he gets closer he realizes that its a Starbucks.

He walks fast to catch up.

INT. STARBUCKS - MOMENTS LATER49 49

Ian opens the door, trying to look as normal and casual as hepossibly can. No one notices him but he cant help feeling alittle ashamed of himself.

But his nervous excitement is stronger.

Day is in a line of about 5 people, waiting to order. Ianfalls in, 3 spots behind her. The look on his face isridiculous.

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Be cool be cool be cool be cool.

The line where Day is zigs back in the direction where Ianszagging. She looks at him for a brief second and they makeeye contact. Some sort of electricity runs through Ian,though he plays it down. He nods back, politely, but shes

already turned away by that point.Hes seriously 2 feet away from her and she has no idea

whats going on.

Suddenly she gets this goofy grin on her face and pulls outher phone.

Smiling silently to herself, she types something in. Ian isseeing this, trying not to stare. DID SHE JUST TWEET?? DID IJUST SEE HER TWEET IN REAL LIFE??

She puts her phone back in her purse and approaches thecounter. Its her turn.

BARISTA GIRLHey Day! Hows your day going? Haha.

DAYIts good. Days day is deigned --good. How are you, Cheryl?

BARISTA GIRLNot bad. Anyway, what can I get forya? A grande Caff latte?

DAYSure, why not?

The barista girl grins. This happens every day.

Behind Day, Ian is in momentary shock, having just heard hertalk out loud in real life for the first time ever.

Day pays and walks over to wait by where the drinks come up.She spots another girl she knows and runs over to give her ahug.

Ian is paying attention to them. Hes a little uncomfortable.

DAY (CONTD)Kali! How are you??

KALIHey Day! You taking a break? Whatsuuuup?

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DAYYeah. Had to get out of the office.Needed my fix.

KALICool.

DAYHave you been here long?

KALIAbout an hour. Probably gonna run.The Wi-Fi isnt working too well.

DAYYeah.

The person in front of Ian pays and walks away. He gets tothe counter.

BARISTA GIRLHow you doing today, sir? What can

we get started for you?

Ian looks at the menu for the first time.

IANOh, Ill just take a coffee.

BARISTA GIRLOkay, and what size?

IANJust a.. Medium is fine.

BARISTA GIRLSure.

(hits a button on atouchscreen)

Any room for cream?

IANUh, sure. Thanks.

He pays and another barista drops his coffee off on thecounter in front of him. He takes it and walks away, rightpast Day and her friend.

Unsure of what to do, he walks over to an empty table nearthe entrance and sits down. He looks around at the prettypacked out morning crowd and is just not feeling verycomfortable. This isnt his world.

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He sips his coffee. Its pretty hot. He sets it down. Helooks over at Day, who is still talking to her friend, thoughhe cant hear anything.

Oh yeah! He pulls out his phone to check if Day just tweeted.

DAY (V.O.)(the V.O. sounds a little more real now)

10:30 AM. Latte #4 of the day.#noregrets

He doesnt grin exactly, hes more impressed that he wasright by her when she tweeted it.

A barista calls her name and she grabs her latte. Ian triesnot to stare, but sees her hug her friend and say bye and

walk in his direction.

He looks at a wall and tries another sip of hot coffee. Eh.

She passes him and looks his way. This time she smilespolitely but she doesnt seem to recognize him.

Shes out the door.

Ian sits there processing what just happened. He rubs hisface, relieved this moment is over, but also looking like hefeels like the worlds greatest fool.

He shakes his head at himself. He seems to be having a wakeup call moment.

IAN(whispered to himself)

Im done.

He gets up and walks out the entrance.

EXT. STARBUCKS - CONTINUOUS50 50

As he leaves, he sees Day walking away. In frustration anddefeat he tosses his full coffee cup into a trash can, which,

unbeknownst to Ian, was just changed, so the full cup slamsthe bottom of the can MUCH louder than he intended.

Whoops.

People turn to look at him. He seems pretty sheepish. Then:

DAYDo I know you?

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Ian is startled to look up and Day is looking straight athim. He fumbles for words.

IANHello. What?

DAYI feel like I know you. Your faceis familiar. Am I crazy?

Ian looks at her, wondering how she could feel like the crazyone here.

IANI dont -- I dont know. Are you --do you live here?

DAYYeah. Im sorry to bother you.

Ians eyes arent believing this.

DAY (CONTD)I probably just see you atStarbucks. Im in there way too

much.

IANOh. Um. Actually, that was my firsttime in there.

DAYReally?

(a beat)Hey, did you just throw your drinkin the trash? Is that what thatsound was?

This embarrasses him a hair.

IANYeah, I didnt like it.

DAY

Well, you probably couldve gottena refund, or at least a credit orsomething.

IANYeah, that sounds smarter.

Ian has no idea what to say here.

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DAYOkay, who are you friends with?Maybe I know you from somebody.

IANOh, I bet nobody you know.

DAYWell, try me. I know a lot ofpeople around here.

IANIm not actually from here.

DAYOh.

Shes thinking.

IANDid you need to go anywhere?

DAY(brushing it off)

Its okay.(thinking)

Do you live in --

IANI live in Idaho.

DAYIdaho?

Ian nods.

IANYeah.

DAYWell, what are you doing here?

Ians trying to think of a good lie and then changes his mind.

IANI think -- are you on twitter?

DAY(interested)

Yeah. Do we know each other fromtwitter? Im trying to place it.

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IANI think -- I know you . I dontthink you know me. I mean -- Imfollowing you but -- I dont thinkyoure following me.

Day is thinking.DAY

OOOOOHH. Huh. Im trying to thinkof how Id know you then.

Ian is slightly uneasy.

IANUm -- Ive -- Ive @ replied to youbefore. I think youre -- funny onthere.

Day nods.

DAYOh, well thanks. Thats nice of youto say.

IAN(stating the obvious)

This is weird.

DAY(totally agreeing)

Yeah. Youre right.

A couple beats.

IANListen, I dont want to bother you.

Day is thinking.

DAYI have to be honest, I have a lotof followers and I RARELY run intoany. Im kind of excited about

this. I mean, a lot of them arefriends but I dont know if Iveever actually met a follower of

mine.

IANHmm. Congratulations.

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DAYI mean, what are the odds of thishappening?

Ian shakes his head.

IANI dont know.

Day is thinking.

DAYSo.. What did you say your name

was?

IANIts Ian.

DAYSo Ian, what are you doing inSeattle?

IANUm, I have a..

(lying)A cousin here. He lives not far.Im just vomiting I mean visiting.For a few days.

(clears throat)Hes working today. My cousin. Hesa lawyer. At a firm. I was justexploring. The city. Got thirstyfor coffee.

Day smiles.

DAYThats cool! Theres a lot to seehere.

IANYeah. Yeah, Ive noticed.

A couple of beats.

DAYOkay, I have some narcissisticquestions.

IANOkay.

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DAYHow did you find me on twitter? Imalways curious how that happens. Icant help it.

Ians thinking. How honest should he be?

IANUm, I think I maybe saw an articleyou wrote. I thought it was funny.I liked your writing.

Day cant hide a smile.

IAN (CONTD)(lying)

I dont remember what it was aboutto be honest.

DAYYeah, those things are alwayspretty random.

Day is thinking about this all like its some sort of socialexperiment. She isnt catching on that Ian basically stalkedher. The nicer she is the more guilty Ian seems to befeeling.

Hes kind of like a trapped animal at the moment.

DAY (CONTD)You know, I feel like I shouldapologize. I honestly tweet too

much, probably. I sometimes feellike I burn people out.

IANNo. I dont feel that way. I thinkits -- entertaining. Its amusing.

Day doesnt hate the compliments.

DAYYou know, I have to say, meeting

someone from twitter is prettycool, in my opinion.

IANYeah. Yeah, its neat.

DAYSeriously, I bet this never happens. Like never.

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IANSure. Statistically. I wouldnt besurprised. What are the odds?

Day is thinking.

DAYWhat are the odds, do you think? I mean, I have around 20,000

followers. Id say I know about --500 of them, maybe. And theyrefrom all over the world. Some arerobots, of course.

IANSpams. Yeah.

DAYBut most are real people.

IANYeah, were real!

Day smiles.

DAYIm sorry. Im really a nerd aboutthis kind of stuff.

IANIts not a problem.

A semi-awkward silence.

IAN (CONTD)Hey, Im gonna leave you alone. Idont want to take up all of yourtime.

DAYIts really not a big deal.

(a beat)Hey, how long are you in townagain? Did you say?

IANYeah, just a couple of days.

DAYWell, I dont know if youre freebut we should try to get together.I dont mean to be forward.

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IANNo. Uh..

DAYIm not too busy the next couple ofnights. Which nights are you free?

IAN(apologetically)

Um. Im free tonight actually.

She takes a piece of paper and a pen out of her purse. Shescribbles something on it.

IAN (CONTD)Whats this?

DAYOkay, theres this nifty pizzaplace a few streets over that youhave to try. You like pizza, right?

IANOf course.

DAYWell, its called Pans Pizza. Im

writing down the street. I dontknow the address but its between4th and 5th streets. Whats a goodtime for you?

IANWhenever.

DAYHow about.. 7:30? Does that work?

IANYeah.

DAYGreat.

She hands him the paper. It has a phone number on it.DAY (CONTD)

Thats my phone number in case youget lost somehow. But you should beokay. And Im buying.

IANWhat? No, you dont have to dothat.

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DAYDeal with it. Youre a visitor.Its my social responsibility.

Ian shakes his head at how nice she is.

IAN(cant help it)Youre nicer than you seem ontwitter.

(a beat)Is that an insult?

DAYHa! No. See, thats what I want totalk to you about. And its goingto get annoying. Thats part of whyIm buying you food.

Ian cant think of anything to say.

DAY (CONTD)Lets finish this conversationtonight, okay?

Ian nods.

IANOkay. That sounds good. Nice to

meet you, Day.

He extends a hand. She shakes it.

DAYMy pleasure.

He smiles, somewhat afraid of her suddenly.

DAY (CONTD)Okay. Bye!

She waves and walks away. Ian just stands there and watchesher go.

He has no idea whats going on.

INT. MOTEL 6 - ROOM 237 - AFTERNOON51 51

Ian lays on his bed, completely dressed, unmoving and staringat the ceiling.

His brain is completely unravelling.

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EXT. PANS PIZZA - NIGHT52 52

Day stands just outside the door, waiting for Ian as heapproaches. Theyre both slightly dressed up but more casualthan fancy. Neither is dressed in a way that might intimidatethe other, in other words.

Ians got a funky look on his face but he also seems excited.Hes got 2 brains tonight.

DAYHey, you made it.

IANYeah yeah. It wasnt hard to find.I googled it on my phone too. Youhavent been waiting long, I hope.

DAYNo no no. Come on, I hope yourehungry.

IANStarving.

They go inside.

INT. PANS PIZZA - DINING AREA - MOMENTS LATER53 53

Ian and Day are sitting in a booth with 2 sodas and a flag onthe table that says 5 on it.

IANSo, do you eat here a lot?

DAYYeah, too much, I think. Probably 2or 3 times a week. Its close to

work so I eat lunch here quite abit.

IANYou write? For your job? Thats

what you do, right?DAY

Thats right.

IANHow does that work?

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DAYI work for this pop culture site.We cover TV and movies and some

music things.

IAN

That sounds fun.DAY

It is. Im lucky.(a beat)

Yeah, it used to be more fun.

IANYeah?

DAYI guess at some point even yourdream job is just a job.

IANHuh. Thats kind of sad. Is it notyour dream job anymore?

DAYI dont know. I love writing but Iget tired of the kinds of stories

we do. Some are interesting butsome are just trash people want toread about. Celebrity gossip stuff.Whos together? Who broke up? Whosfat now? Thats like all I wroteabout today. It gives our adseyeballs but..

IANWhat would you rather do?

DAYId like to write books? I thinkthats the long term goal. I dontknow, some stories that are moresatisfying than others.

IANWhat kinds of stories do you liketo write?

DAYUh..

(thinking)I like writing about the behind thescenes of making movies and TVshows.

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Its fun to interview people,especially when Im a big fan. Butjust reporting celebrity gossipfeels gross. I dont usually care

what rapper is dating what sitcomperson.

IANDo you have any book ideas?

DAYNot specifically. I have some vaguethoughts. I think it would be funto write a memoir but more like anentertaining one. Do you know whatIm talking about?

IANMaybe.

DAYKind of more conversational. Kindof like stand-up comedy but madesitting down.

IANOkay, I think Ive seen those.

A GUY walks over to them carrying a tray with their pizzas onit.

GUYNumber 5. Both pepperoni.

IANYes. Thanks.

DAYThank you.

He hands them both their food and takes the flag with him.

They unravel their silverware from their napkins.

IANThis smells really good.

DAYThey have some fancier things butyou cant go wrong with plain oldpepperoni.

IANIm not complaining.

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They start digging in, still talking between bites.

IAN (CONTD)So are you originally from Seattle?

DAY

No. I grew up around Portland. My mom still lives there. I went tocollege here and got the jobthrough a professor. She knew oneof the editors. I had been doing atumblr blog so the transition

wasnt that bad.

IANSo you like Seattle pretty well, Iguess?

DAYIts nice. I wouldnt mind tryinganother city though.

IANReally ? Where?

DAYWell, my big dream would be to moveto New York and just try to writethere. Ive always envisionedhaving a writing office in the

middle of the city.

IANWell, dont you already have thathere?

DAYYeah. Its just a dream Ive alwayshad. I dont think its veryrealistic. Ive got it good here.For now.

They both eat some more, sip some soda.

Ian wipes his mouth with a napkin.IAN

New York City. I went there on afamily vacation one time. It waspretty awesome. That place is HUGE.

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DAYYeah, I think a lot of myfascination comes from TV and

movies. I went a few years ago. Apart of me thinks Id die there,like just end up homeless.

IANI know I would.

DAYWell, yeah, where are you from?

IANOh, nowhere special. Its called

______. Its in Idaho, just a smalltown. Its where my familys from.My parents live there. I grew upthere. I have 2 older sisters andone older brother, but theyve all moved away. They have kids and allthat stuff. After I graduatedcollege I thought Id move back tokeep an eye on Mom and Dad.

(a beat)Its not that exciting.

DAYWhat do you do?

IANUh, I work at this family ownedused textbook supply company.Basically its been in this onefamily since the 50s. Its just 4of us who work in the office Imin. Its so small, you wouldntbelieve it.

DAYYou sell textbooks?

IANSort of. Colleges usually order

them in bulk to sell in theircampus bookstores. I mostly makesure all the orders are rightbefore they go out. Theres alarger warehouse about 2 blocksfrom the office where they get theshipments together. And we havesome drivers who go all over theplace. Sometimes Im just keepingtabs on those guys.

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DAYIs that something you can seeyourself doing for a long time?

Ian smiles. Then he remembers something.

IANActually..(how should he put it?)

I dont -- I dont know if Imstill working there.

DAYWhat? What does that mean?

Ian is scratching his head.

IANI had a -- disagreement with myboss.

DAYOh? When was that?

IANYesterday.

DAYYesterday ?? What happened?

Ian isnt sure he wants to keep talking about this.

IANUh..

DAYHey, you dont have to sayanything. Its really none of mybusiness.

Thats nice of her. Ians got a guilty look on his face. Hestrying to come up with the right words here.

IAN

He just -- you know -- I wasdistracted. He got sick of it.

Days trying to process this vague information.

DAYHmm..

Ian feels like crap.

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IANI -- I think I should tell yousomething. Its kind of -- itsvery weird. I dont know whatyoull think.

DAY(confused)Okay?

Ians sweating.

IANUm. Wow. See, youre nicer than Ithought youd be.

This sounds odd to Day.

DAYAlright.

IANI didnt think -- Um. How should Iput this?

DAYJust say it. This is gettingstrange.

IANYeah. Okay. Um..

(trying to spit it out)I like you on twitter.

He looks away and covers his face.

DAYWhat?

He looks back.

IANI -- I like your tweets a lot. Ithink youre funny. I think I -- I

think I like them too much. I thinkIve liked you too much. I dontknow if Im saying this right?

DAYUh..

IANUm. I.

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I think Ive developed an unhealthyobsession with you on twitter. Thatsounds bad. Maybe it is. I dontknow. Im okay. Anyway I came hereto try to meet you and it didnt

work out how I thought it would and

your much nicer than I thoughtyoud be and I feel like an idiotnow and this pizza is really goodand I dont know what to say now.

Days taken aback by this. She, in fact, leans back in herseat and looks away.

A few uncomfortable beats pass. Finally:

DAYYou think youre obsessed with me?On twitter?

IAN(embarrassed)

I have a crush on you. From theinternet, it seems.

DAYA crush? Like in -- MiddleSchool?

IANActually yes, its a lot like that.

DAYWait. Wait..

IANUh huh.

DAYToday at Starbucks..

IANRight. Yeah, that wasnt as plannedout as.. I was trying to find you

and this is weird..Hes staring at the pizza.

DAYUh huh?

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IANOkay, I knew where you worked fromthe internet and I found theaddress and I.. I sat at thatsandwich place across the streetand.. whoa boy..

DAYAnd then you followed me into theStarbucks?

IAN(bracing himself)

Yeah, thats pretty much whathappened. Yep.

Day is thinking..

DAYThats creepy, Ian. I mean, I thinkthats really creepy.

She has more questions.

DAY (CONTD)So, do you do this kind of thingoften?

IANNo. I dont ever do this. Ivenever done this.

Shes thinking.

DAYDoes your cousin know about --

IANI dont have a cousin.

(catches himself)I mean, I have a lot of cousins.But I dont have one here. That was-- that was me lying.

DAYAre you really from Idaho?

IANYes.

DAYAnd you really work at a usedtextbook company? Thats obviouslya bunch of bull crap.

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IANNo. Thats true. Or.. I workedthere until yesterday. I guess Idont technically work thereanymore.

DAYYou came straight here from yourjob?

IANUh, I stopped at my apartment topack and get a plane ticket but..Yeah, thats about what happened.

DAYMan, that is a weird story.

IANIts gross. I need to see a doctor.

DAYHmm.

They sit there in silence.

IANSorry about all of this. Im gonnapay you for this pizza.

Day waves her hand.

DAYIts not a big deal.

(correcting herself)The pizza is not a big deal. Youknow.. Can I ask you how long thishas gone on?

(a little embarrassedherself)

Now youve got me all curious..

Ian realizes she isnt as upset as he thinks she should be.

IANHow long have I been obsessed with you?

DAYWell, how long have you beenfollowing me?

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IANOh. Um..

(thinking)Its been maybe a month or 2. Not areal long time, you know?

DAYWhat do you mean when you sayyoure obsessed with my tweets?

IANI dont know if I said that but..Maybe I did. I mean, I guess I am.I just.. I think youre funny and

maybe you just have a cute profilepicture but.. I guess its thecombination of the picture and yourfunniness.. Its like this thingthat I cant ignore. You know, Imsure Im not the only person whofeels this way. Theres NO way Imthe only one.

Day is thinking.

DAYWhy does this sort of thing happen?

IANWhat do you mean?

DAYWhy do we get so obsessed withpeople we dont know? Its allimaginary. You dont know me.

IANWell, Ive known you a little. Ivelearned a lot more about you today.You are more of a person to me now.

DAYInstead of..?

IANInstead of an image or some sort ofcharacter.

Days thinking.

DAYIts just crazy that thats how weall look at each other these days.

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I always wonder if its a goodthing or a bad thing.

IANYeah. Probably a little of both.

(a beat)

Does it bother you?Days thinking.

DAYUh.. Wow. Maybe I ask for it. Itsuncomfortable. Youre not.. I mean,you dont seem like a total creep.

(a beat)Maybe if I hadnt been talking toyou already.. You know, itssurprising but.. I dont honestlyfeel as uncomfortable as I keepthinking I should be feeling rightnow. I feel like.. Maybe a part of

me just understands where yourecoming from. Sadly.

Ians face says hes relieved to hear this.

IANIts a relief to hear that.

A beat.

DAYWhat made you decide to come? Doyou hate your life where you are?

This is a big question. Ians thinking.

IANHuh. I dont know. I dont like myjob. I really dont. I dont wantto do it forever. I sometimes feellike -- like theres more out therefor me to do. I dont like thinkingthat theres this big, exciting

world going on and Im stuck inthis boring place. I wonder iftheres something more for me.

DAYYou know, maybe there is. Is theresomewhere you would rather be?

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IANUh.. I dont know. I love myparents but I dont care about thetown. I dont have a place in my

mind like New York City .

Day nods.DAY

You ready to get out of here?

IANYeah, sure.

EXT. PANS PIZZA - MOMENTS LATER54 54

They walk out the front door.

IANThat was good. Well, the pizza wasgood.

Day laughs a little.

DAYWhat time is it?

Ian looks at his phone.

IANAlmost 10.

DAYWow. I need to get some sleep.

IANOkay.

DAYDo you remember where you parked?

IANUh, yeah. Just around the corner.

You?DAY

Im good.

IANOkay. Well, I guess Ill -- see yalater?

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DAYSure. Its was -- nice to meet you?

IANHey, listen. I know this is weirdand all but -- for what its worth,

Im glad I met you. I feel stupidbut better, which is probably good.

DAYYeah, this has definitely beeninteresting. Not what I wasexpecting.

Ian shrugs, looking like hell be glad to move past this.

IANWell, have a nice night.

He puts out his hand so she can shake it.

She does, though not super excited about it.

DAYBye Ian. Have a good flight back.

IANThanks. Take care, Day.

They nod awkwardly, turn and head in opposite directions.

EXT. MOTEL 6 - ROOM 237 - LATER55 55

Ian parks his rental in the same spot as before and walks tothe door. For the first time he looks particularly sober-

minded, as if he just almost ran over a dog and got freakedout in a very real way.

He walks slow and steady and calm.

Hes lost in his thoughts, as usual.

INT. MOTEL 6 - ROOM 237 - CONTINUOUS56 56He opens the door and tosses his keys and wallet and all thatstuff on a dresser as he walks in.

He heads towards the bathroom.

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INT. MOTEL 6 - ROOM 237 - BATHROOM - CONTINUOUS57 57

He flips on the bright bathroom lights and sees hisreflection in the mirror. Hes amused by how ridiculous hethinks he is. A doubtful smirk.

It hasnt been a horrible day, just unique.

INT. MOTEL 6 - ROOM 237 - LATER58 58

Maybe an hour later hes laying in his bed watching some latenight talk show. Its blandly interesting. He looks like hesgetting bored.

He reaches over to grab his phone from the night stand nextto him. He starts to open up twitter.

A second later he catches himself and thinks again. He shakeshis head, realizing he could care less.

In a big personal moment he turns off his phone and sets itback on the night stand.

He rolls back onto his pillow and watches some more of thetalk show. He turns the volume down pretty low. Its justvisual noise to him. He blinks his tired eyes.

EXT. MOTEL 6 - ROOM 237 - MORNING59 59

Ian opens the door wearing sunglasses and somewhat dressedup. Hes shaved and hes got his shirt tucked in.

He drags his suitcase to the trunk of the rental and thenheads to the front desk to check out.

Its a new day, and its time to go home.

INT/EXT. BEETLE - MOMENTS LATER60 60

Ian drives the bug through daytime Seattle. He passes a lotof neat-looking places but he doesnt slow down to look

around. Hes all business.He pulls back into the airport.

INT. SEA-TAC AIRPORT - CAR RENTAL COUNTER - MOMENTS LATER61 61

He gives the keys back to a guy at the front desk.

He turns and drags his suitcase back towards the terminal.

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INT. SEA-TAC AIRPORT - METAL DETECTORS - MOMENTS LATER62 62

Ian makes his way through security. They have to take anextra minute on his huge bag, but its cool.

INT. SEA-TAC AIRPORT - BOOKSTORE - MOMENTS LATER63 63Ian stands in front of the magazines, flipping through one

with his suitcase parked right next to him.

INT. SEA-TAC AIRPORT - WAITING AREA - MOMENTS LATER64 64

Ian flips through a magazine he just bought, sitting and waiting at his gate to go back home. There arent too many

other people waiting for the flight, it seems.

Some light on a wall comes on, informing him that its timeto board so he stands and drags his suitcase that way.

EXT. SKY - MOMENTS LATER65 65

The small jet takes off.

INT. JET - CABIN AREA - LATER66 66

Ian sits in the small, mostly empty jet and looks out the window. Something about him seems sad.

INT. SKY - LATER67 67

The jet lands.

INT. LOCAL AIRPORT - TERMINAL - MOMENTS LATER68 68

Ian drags his big suitcase back through the small airport.

EXT. LOCAL AIRPORT - PARKING LOT - MOMENTS LATER69 69

Ian drags his suitcase back to his old car, where its beenparked the last day. He pops the trunk and shoves it in.

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