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johnny georgy brown
Jul 2015
the day when my uncle ray became sunday rose kidman urban
you see when my uncle ray pocock died in 2006, buddha was having a hard time trying to put him in
another family, and then uncle ray asked cronus to force keith urban to have *** with niciole kidman
to create a new life, and ray has been trying to search for a way to enter nicole’s body, it was like a
blessing for my uncle ray, you see my grandma who died in 2004, 2 years before ray, decided to
hold a sunday roast when her family went to bed, you see they had methane plants and chicken
and potatoes, and uncle ray decided to die and enjoy this sunday roast of the cosmos, ya know like help make it
and my grandma said, ray, how about when you reenter this world, your earth bodies name will be sunday rose
but you will force barry to hate the name, trying to explain that it sounds like sunday roast, which is cooked by me
and then my grandma invited cronus and buddha and athena to the sunday roast, so that uncle ray can be reincarnated
into nicole’s ******, with the help of keith and when they did the initial bit, it was a good wait, and then in 2008, sunday rose
was born, and it was ray pocock, and ray brought on the roast in her name, sure ray is a girl in his current life, but whether
he is a she or vice versa, it doesn’t matter, you see from the day that sunday was born and then named, this was going to
be a bumpy ride, seeing that ray pocock was a reverend, and died to be apart of the celebrity life, you see from that day ray and
my grandma has been hosting a big nightie conference with the whole family, to reform violence in the family unit, and ray brought
barry allan up there to get him to change the way he talks to brian, and also ray would invite nicole and keith in to meet his
previous life’s family, you see as nicole and keith are preparing to be good parents to their two kids sunday and faith, and ray
was given a job as our family’s joining, so he can make sure we are alright, and that is why sunday rose, is just walking around with keith and
nicole instead of being big youtube junkies, you see they were famous, but they wanted to be there for sunday and faith, for every turn
of their lives, ray was brought toward nicole in a party on jupiter and they bonded, just like mother and daughter, and ray went to buddha
and said, i want to be nicole kid man’s daughter, i want to learn how a famous person goes about living their lives, i like to bring barry allan
closer to liking the famous way of life, and i want to be named sunday roast, and force barry to get puzzled, so the name was not very long away
as the name was sunday rose and then ray was given the new life and buddha and cronus said i now pronounce nicole and keith’s new daughter
as sunday rose kidman urban and in the rose, r meaning ray and o as the second letter of pocock, but nicole and keith has a better meaning to the word
rose, and now sunday rose is 7 years of age, and ray pocock is considering himself the new GOD, flying around keeping all the families together, but the
problem is, families aren’t perfect as we are still having kids being kidnapped and people being stabbed or murdered, and ray has a lot to do
and another thing ray wants to do, is reform brian allan, by getting into his mind and telling people what is going on, even if it destroys other families
but if it destroys the family, ray explains to brian to write with a messed up brain, so you don’t reveal much about what cronus is doing, but if it makes
you as messed up as a hooligan, you must tell, and expect people not to like it, and then ray said, he is the NEW GOD, he is trying to keep domestic violence
and aggression out of his old family, now every time a picture of sunday rose goes on the internet, you can feel that ray pocock is at peace, you see sunday
is enjoying her life on earth, and i suggest to nicole and keith, that they have a little angel amongst them, and this was the sort of angel to lure brian away from
his old mate, because he was too negative, and from that moment brian’s mate was getting panic attacks, and ray and ivy forced brian not to help him, as
he was a little negative ****, and he needed to stand on his own two feet, as ray got another mate to tease him and getting another mate to make ******* comments
driving him mad, and ray knew this was a hard job, so he made brian rave on about sunday rose and forced a conversation about when celebrities have babies
and then ray teased my mate, by making him think he controlled the world, to, i don’t know, lure him away from brian, because brian was trying to keep positiveness
with his mate, and then as it was hard to get his new mate out of his life, ray pocock forced an old friend to tease brian in his mind, treating brian like a little negative ****
to get rid of his negative friend, so that ray, can enjoy life as sunday rose and ivy can enjoy life as annie from brattayley and lucky can be baby **** and barry can enjoy life
as betty campbell, and not worry about, brian’s stupid mate unleashing his negativity onto brian, because what ray was thinking, brian would be positive without his mate
constantly around sprouting negativity in his head, and hopefully find out what brian really wants to do to keep positive, and one thing brian likes to do, is write out his hooligan
and cronus is a hooligan, because he is old, and brian needs to tell us all what is going on with cronus, to clear his mind, and one thing is, to never have brian and his mate dan
walk past and ray pocock is watching over his old family as well as watching over his new earth body sunday rose
you see when my uncle ray pocock died in 2006, buddha was having a hard time trying to put him in
another family, and then uncle ray asked cronus to force keith urban to have *** with niciole kidman
to create a new life, and ray has been trying to search for a way to enter nicole’s body, it was like a
blessing for my uncle ray, you see my grandma who died in 2004, 2 years before ray, decided to
hold a sunday roast when her family went to bed, you see they had methane plants and chicken
and potatoes, and uncle ray decided to die and enjoy this sunday roast of the cosmos, ya know like help make it
and my grandma said, ray, how about when you reenter this world, your earth bodies name will be sunday rose
but you will force barry to hate the name, trying to explain that it sounds like sunday roast, which is cooked by me
and then my grandma invited cronus and buddha and athena to the sunday roast, so that uncle ray can be reincarnated
into nicole’s ******, with the help of keith and when they did the initial bit, it was a good wait, and then in 2008, sunday rose
was born, and it was ray pocock, and ray brought on the roast in her name, sure ray is a girl in his current life, but whether
he is a she or vice versa, it doesn’t matter, you see from the day that sunday was born and then named, this was going to
be a bumpy ride, seeing that ray pocock was a reverend, and died to be apart of the celebrity life, you see from that day ray and
my grandma has been hosting a big nightie conference with the whole family, to reform violence in the family unit, and ray brought
barry allan up there to get him to change the way he talks to brian, and also ray would invite nicole and keith in to meet his
previous life’s family, you see as nicole and keith are preparing to be good parents to their two kids sunday and faith, and ray
was given a job as our family’s joining, so he can make sure we are alright, and that is why sunday rose, is just walking around with keith and
nicole instead of being big youtube junkies, you see they were famous, but they wanted to be there for sunday and faith, for every turn
of their lives, ray was brought toward nicole in a party on jupiter and they bonded, just like mother and daughter, and ray went to buddha
and said, i want to be nicole kid man’s daughter, i want to learn how a famous person goes about living their lives, i like to bring barry allan
closer to liking the famous way of life, and i want to be named sunday roast, and force barry to get puzzled, so the name was not very long away
as the name was sunday rose and then ray was given the new life and buddha and cronus said i now pronounce nicole and keith’s new daughter
as sunday rose kidman urban and in the rose, r meaning ray and o as the second letter of pocock, but nicole and keith has a better meaning to the word
rose, and now sunday rose is 7 years of age, and ray pocock is considering himself the new GOD, flying around keeping all the families together, but the
problem is, families aren’t perfect as we are still having kids being kidnapped and people being stabbed or murdered, and ray has a lot to do
and another thing ray wants to do, is reform brian allan, by getting into his mind and telling people what is going on, even if it destroys other families
but if it destroys the family, ray explains to brian to write with a messed up brain, so you don’t reveal much about what cronus is doing, but if it makes
you as messed up as a hooligan, you must tell, and expect people not to like it, and then ray said, he is the NEW GOD, he is trying to keep domestic violence
and aggression out of his old family, now every time a picture of sunday rose goes on the internet, you can feel that ray pocock is at peace, you see sunday
is enjoying her life on earth, and i suggest to nicole and keith, that they have a little angel amongst them, and this was the sort of angel to lure brian away from
his old mate, because he was too negative, and from that moment brian’s mate was getting panic attacks, and ray and ivy forced brian not to help him, as
he was a little negative ****, and he needed to stand on his own two feet, as ray got another mate to tease him and getting another mate to make ******* comments
driving him mad, and ray knew this was a hard job, so he made brian rave on about sunday rose and forced a conversation about when celebrities have babies
and then ray teased my mate, by making him think he controlled the world, to, i don’t know, lure him away from brian, because brian was trying to keep positiveness
with his mate, and then as it was hard to get his new mate out of his life, ray pocock forced an old friend to tease brian in his mind, treating brian like a little negative ****
to get rid of his negative friend, so that ray, can enjoy life as sunday rose and ivy can enjoy life as annie from brattayley and lucky can be baby **** and barry can enjoy life
as betty campbell, and not worry about, brian’s stupid mate unleashing his negativity onto brian, because what ray was thinking, brian would be positive without his mate
constantly around sprouting negativity in his head, and hopefully find out what brian really wants to do to keep positive, and one thing brian likes to do, is write out his hooligan
and cronus is a hooligan, because he is old, and brian needs to tell us all what is going on with cronus, to clear his mind, and one thing is, to never have brian and his mate dan
walk past and ray pocock is watching over his old family as well as watching over his new earth body sunday rose
Kurt Philip Behm
Apr 25
Libby’s Retreat
January, 2056
It was January 2056, and Rays membership to Libby’s Health & Romance Retreat was about to run out in just two more weeks. Ray had been a member now for three years but lately had started to feel very empty every time he left Libby’s. It was a feeling that he couldn’t quite explain and one that he had never felt before.
Libby’s was a franchised location of the large ‘Cymax Personal Health’ system. It had been on the corner of Snyder avenue and 14th street for the past seven years. Since the fatal STD Porex had been discovered over twenty years ago, free and organic *** was almost entirely a relic of the past. Now almost all singles got their ****** gratification from spa’s and clubs like Libby’s. They found in the androids and simulators there something that was now far too dangerous to find with someone else.
Porex was both dangerous and deadly for two reasons. There was no early detection, or screening, to see if you were infected until the disease was already at stage #3, and there was no cure or treatment once you were there. At that point death came early — and with much pain attached.
Aids had been cured over twenty years ago, and those same scientists and laboratories were now working on a cure for Porex. Unlike Aids, which started with the *** virus, Porex had no early warning signs. It surfaced almost overnight and killed 100% of its victims within ninety days.
Free *** among humans was still being practiced by the adventuresome few, but it was literally a life or death enterprise. Neither party could know for sure if their partner was disease free or not. Many times, if not most, the infected party never found out until it was too late.
The only fail-safe method was *** between two virgins,
and then only between those two. Many prominent families were using ****** consulting firms to determine if their prospective daughters qualified, but there was still no concrete way of telling if their male suitors had been celibate or not. Many young women had paid the ultimate price for believing what their ‘hormone raging’ boyfriends had said in a moment of passion. In more cases than not, these men didn’t even know they had been infected — the signs always showing up too late.
Personal stimulation devices had been available for home use for many years but were boring in their one-dimensional ability to give pleasure. Clubs like Libby’s had over 55 different devices that could take you to the promise-land and all for the cost of a car payment every month.
Ray’s favorite device at Libby’s was Amanda. Amanda was a life sized, full featured, android, and the one Ray used was sculpted to look and feel exactly like the supermodel Alexis Andrea. In the dark, and under blind test studies, over 80% of the males tested could not tell the difference between Amanda and the real thing. Many, literally fell in love (lust) during their first encounter.
Amanda never said no, never had a headache, and was always available. She was 5’7’’ tall and came in all races and nationalities. She was the most expensive ‘release’ mechanism at the club so appointments were always necessary to book a session with her. Amanda was busy twenty-four hours a day and could actually be booked for in-home use for twice the hourly rate.
Ray had recently met someone he liked at the Coffee and Cake Emporium downtown. Her name was Elizabeth, and Ray thought she was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen. Ray asked Elizabeth to play Cybernets one night, which was the virtual tennis rage that was sweeping the country. Elizabeth said yes, and they walked together from the C & C Emporium to the Cybernets Room at Game-Central. They had a great time together and scheduled a second date to play again.
Ray wondered what ‘real ***’ with Elizabeth would be like. He was now having trouble going back to Libby’s, and his last two sessions with Amanda had been awkward and vacuous. He kept seeing Elizabeth’s face on the head of the android and wondered what his grandfather would think if he could see him now.
Some Things Are Worth Dying For, Grandpa Had Often Said
Ray’s wrist implant went off one Tuesday afternoon. It was showing a ‘virtual’ of Elizabeth in her new bathing suit and sitting around the pool in her downtown modular building. Ray wondered why she had sent this to him. Could she be thinking the same things as me, he asked himself? For the rest of that day, Ray could neither work nor eat. He was now obsessed with both the fantasy and the real possibility of having something that before seemed so forbidden. Elizabeth was now dominating not only his waking, but his sleeping thoughts too.
At 8 O’clock that evening, Ray video encrypted Elizabeth. Video Encryption was as close to the real thing as technology had developed — creating a full scale and life-sized hologram of the two parties in three-dimensional form. Elizabeth looked amazing!
Ray Was Falling In Love
Elizabeth told Ray that her office was shutting down for two weeks for cyber-regeneration and that she was thinking of going somewhere REAL. The last two ‘virtual’ vacations she had been on had left her feeling empty and alone. ‘Trans-Virtual Vacations’ was the largest company in this field. They allowed the visitor to experience any place on earth while in a dream-sleep state of consciousness. They even had vacations to over 1500 fantasy locations, and all were available without ever leaving home.
Elizabeth said: ‘How about the Grand Canyon?’ Ray couldn’t believe his own ears. She was actually asking him if he would like to go along. She then said that by booking a two-seater shuttle they could be there in less than an hour. They could still see the sun come up over the south rim tomorrow morning if they packed, and got to the sky-transport terminal, within the hour.
There was only one answer and Ray quickly said YES. Since he was already home, he packed in under five minutes, called the Inner-city Air Transport and was at the ‘Trans Shuttle Terminal’
in less than forty minutes. Elizabeth was already there. She was dressed in a blue taffeta shirt and slacks, and Ray thought he could see right through them as she moved through the waning light.
Elizabeth said she had booked a ‘Northern Star’ direct two passenger and was that all right with him? Ray said: “Only if you drive.” These smaller two passenger direct shuttles were computer driven, but passenger monitored and controlled, with full override being available in case of emergency. Both Elizabeth and Ray had gone to civilian ‘flight’ school for certification and were both more than capable of getting to the ‘Canyon’ and back.
As they took off in a vertical lift, Ray asked Elizabeth where she would like to stay. She said the ‘Old Lodge’ still had 7 rooms and they were holding two on the second floor overlooking the South Rim for them. Two ? Ray couldn’t help but wonder, as he heard himself repeating her words to him again. As they flew over the eastern rim they slowed and dropped in elevation. The Canyon never failed to inspire, no matter what technology its pilgrims took to arrive. The panorama was breathtaking as they descended into Desert View. The lodge was visible in the distance, and Elizabeth suggested after docking that they walk the final two miles.
The Lodge stood timeless and defiant against what the modern world had now become. It had remained identical to its 19th Century design and harkened the visitor back to a time when life was more balanced and when most things were real. Modern life had tried to remove all of the trials and challenges of previous generations while forgetting that good and bad would always be two dependent halves of the same whole.
Elizabeth and Ray entered through the large double front doors and walked across the immense lobby to the front desk. Elizabeth gave the clerk their Transit I.D.’s and said she had booked two rooms earlier in the day. The clerk said: “The two adjoining rooms that look out on the South Rim, right miss?” Elizabeth said yes, and then looked toward Ray and wryly smiled.
As a throwback to an earlier time, a live bellhop came and carried their two small bags upstairs to the second floor. The view from Ray’s corner room was spectacular. Looking out the large canyon facing window, he realized that Elizabeth had taken the lesser room for herself. As Ray was becoming transfixed, watching the remaining light emptying out of the canyon, he heard a knock on his door. It was not coming from the outside hall but from the interior door that connected to the adjoining room — Elizabeth’s room!
Ray walked toward the door with a mixture of trepidation and delight. As he opened it, there in front of him was the most heavenly sight he had ever seen. Elizabeth was standing before him and the taffeta was now gone. She was standing beneath the doorway that connected her room to his,
And She Was Standing In The Doorway Naked
Ray took a deep breath as he attempted to speak. Elizabeth slowly shook her head and stepped toward him as she put her right index finger to his lips. Not now she said, as she wrapped her arms around him. I’m a ****** Ray, so you have nothing to worry about. I love you and can no longer bear the thought of never feeling you inside me.
As Ray carried Elizabeth to his bed, he realized for the first time that life was ultimately good. What had been troubling him for all those years had only been a warning and a preparation for what was to come. Ray thought to himself about love, real love, and the chance that Elizabeth had been willing to take. He then smiled to himself, knowing that the inner voice that had been speaking to him for all those years had been telling the truth …
For Ray Was A ****** Too
In two more weeks, Rays membership card to Libby’s would
expire never to be reactivated. The sterile and impersonal pleasure industry had been beaten by the timeless power of human love.
January, 2056
It was January 2056, and Rays membership to Libby’s Health & Romance Retreat was about to run out in just two more weeks. Ray had been a member now for three years but lately had started to feel very empty every time he left Libby’s. It was a feeling that he couldn’t quite explain and one that he had never felt before.
Libby’s was a franchised location of the large ‘Cymax Personal Health’ system. It had been on the corner of Snyder avenue and 14th street for the past seven years. Since the fatal STD Porex had been discovered over twenty years ago, free and organic *** was almost entirely a relic of the past. Now almost all singles got their ****** gratification from spa’s and clubs like Libby’s. They found in the androids and simulators there something that was now far too dangerous to find with someone else.
Porex was both dangerous and deadly for two reasons. There was no early detection, or screening, to see if you were infected until the disease was already at stage #3, and there was no cure or treatment once you were there. At that point death came early — and with much pain attached.
Aids had been cured over twenty years ago, and those same scientists and laboratories were now working on a cure for Porex. Unlike Aids, which started with the *** virus, Porex had no early warning signs. It surfaced almost overnight and killed 100% of its victims within ninety days.
Free *** among humans was still being practiced by the adventuresome few, but it was literally a life or death enterprise. Neither party could know for sure if their partner was disease free or not. Many times, if not most, the infected party never found out until it was too late.
The only fail-safe method was *** between two virgins,
and then only between those two. Many prominent families were using ****** consulting firms to determine if their prospective daughters qualified, but there was still no concrete way of telling if their male suitors had been celibate or not. Many young women had paid the ultimate price for believing what their ‘hormone raging’ boyfriends had said in a moment of passion. In more cases than not, these men didn’t even know they had been infected — the signs always showing up too late.
Personal stimulation devices had been available for home use for many years but were boring in their one-dimensional ability to give pleasure. Clubs like Libby’s had over 55 different devices that could take you to the promise-land and all for the cost of a car payment every month.
Ray’s favorite device at Libby’s was Amanda. Amanda was a life sized, full featured, android, and the one Ray used was sculpted to look and feel exactly like the supermodel Alexis Andrea. In the dark, and under blind test studies, over 80% of the males tested could not tell the difference between Amanda and the real thing. Many, literally fell in love (lust) during their first encounter.
Amanda never said no, never had a headache, and was always available. She was 5’7’’ tall and came in all races and nationalities. She was the most expensive ‘release’ mechanism at the club so appointments were always necessary to book a session with her. Amanda was busy twenty-four hours a day and could actually be booked for in-home use for twice the hourly rate.
Ray had recently met someone he liked at the Coffee and Cake Emporium downtown. Her name was Elizabeth, and Ray thought she was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen. Ray asked Elizabeth to play Cybernets one night, which was the virtual tennis rage that was sweeping the country. Elizabeth said yes, and they walked together from the C & C Emporium to the Cybernets Room at Game-Central. They had a great time together and scheduled a second date to play again.
Ray wondered what ‘real ***’ with Elizabeth would be like. He was now having trouble going back to Libby’s, and his last two sessions with Amanda had been awkward and vacuous. He kept seeing Elizabeth’s face on the head of the android and wondered what his grandfather would think if he could see him now.
Some Things Are Worth Dying For, Grandpa Had Often Said
Ray’s wrist implant went off one Tuesday afternoon. It was showing a ‘virtual’ of Elizabeth in her new bathing suit and sitting around the pool in her downtown modular building. Ray wondered why she had sent this to him. Could she be thinking the same things as me, he asked himself? For the rest of that day, Ray could neither work nor eat. He was now obsessed with both the fantasy and the real possibility of having something that before seemed so forbidden. Elizabeth was now dominating not only his waking, but his sleeping thoughts too.
At 8 O’clock that evening, Ray video encrypted Elizabeth. Video Encryption was as close to the real thing as technology had developed — creating a full scale and life-sized hologram of the two parties in three-dimensional form. Elizabeth looked amazing!
Ray Was Falling In Love
Elizabeth told Ray that her office was shutting down for two weeks for cyber-regeneration and that she was thinking of going somewhere REAL. The last two ‘virtual’ vacations she had been on had left her feeling empty and alone. ‘Trans-Virtual Vacations’ was the largest company in this field. They allowed the visitor to experience any place on earth while in a dream-sleep state of consciousness. They even had vacations to over 1500 fantasy locations, and all were available without ever leaving home.
Elizabeth said: ‘How about the Grand Canyon?’ Ray couldn’t believe his own ears. She was actually asking him if he would like to go along. She then said that by booking a two-seater shuttle they could be there in less than an hour. They could still see the sun come up over the south rim tomorrow morning if they packed, and got to the sky-transport terminal, within the hour.
There was only one answer and Ray quickly said YES. Since he was already home, he packed in under five minutes, called the Inner-city Air Transport and was at the ‘Trans Shuttle Terminal’
in less than forty minutes. Elizabeth was already there. She was dressed in a blue taffeta shirt and slacks, and Ray thought he could see right through them as she moved through the waning light.
Elizabeth said she had booked a ‘Northern Star’ direct two passenger and was that all right with him? Ray said: “Only if you drive.” These smaller two passenger direct shuttles were computer driven, but passenger monitored and controlled, with full override being available in case of emergency. Both Elizabeth and Ray had gone to civilian ‘flight’ school for certification and were both more than capable of getting to the ‘Canyon’ and back.
As they took off in a vertical lift, Ray asked Elizabeth where she would like to stay. She said the ‘Old Lodge’ still had 7 rooms and they were holding two on the second floor overlooking the South Rim for them. Two ? Ray couldn’t help but wonder, as he heard himself repeating her words to him again. As they flew over the eastern rim they slowed and dropped in elevation. The Canyon never failed to inspire, no matter what technology its pilgrims took to arrive. The panorama was breathtaking as they descended into Desert View. The lodge was visible in the distance, and Elizabeth suggested after docking that they walk the final two miles.
The Lodge stood timeless and defiant against what the modern world had now become. It had remained identical to its 19th Century design and harkened the visitor back to a time when life was more balanced and when most things were real. Modern life had tried to remove all of the trials and challenges of previous generations while forgetting that good and bad would always be two dependent halves of the same whole.
Elizabeth and Ray entered through the large double front doors and walked across the immense lobby to the front desk. Elizabeth gave the clerk their Transit I.D.’s and said she had booked two rooms earlier in the day. The clerk said: “The two adjoining rooms that look out on the South Rim, right miss?” Elizabeth said yes, and then looked toward Ray and wryly smiled.
As a throwback to an earlier time, a live bellhop came and carried their two small bags upstairs to the second floor. The view from Ray’s corner room was spectacular. Looking out the large canyon facing window, he realized that Elizabeth had taken the lesser room for herself. As Ray was becoming transfixed, watching the remaining light emptying out of the canyon, he heard a knock on his door. It was not coming from the outside hall but from the interior door that connected to the adjoining room — Elizabeth’s room!
Ray walked toward the door with a mixture of trepidation and delight. As he opened it, there in front of him was the most heavenly sight he had ever seen. Elizabeth was standing before him and the taffeta was now gone. She was standing beneath the doorway that connected her room to his,
And She Was Standing In The Doorway Naked
Ray took a deep breath as he attempted to speak. Elizabeth slowly shook her head and stepped toward him as she put her right index finger to his lips. Not now she said, as she wrapped her arms around him. I’m a ****** Ray, so you have nothing to worry about. I love you and can no longer bear the thought of never feeling you inside me.
As Ray carried Elizabeth to his bed, he realized for the first time that life was ultimately good. What had been troubling him for all those years had only been a warning and a preparation for what was to come. Ray thought to himself about love, real love, and the chance that Elizabeth had been willing to take. He then smiled to himself, knowing that the inner voice that had been speaking to him for all those years had been telling the truth …
For Ray Was A ****** Too
In two more weeks, Rays membership card to Libby’s would
expire never to be reactivated. The sterile and impersonal pleasure industry had been beaten by the timeless power of human love.
Shari Forman
May 2013
Everybody Loves Raymond
“The Long, Unforgettable Wednesday”
[Setting: Barron’s home]
[The kids and Debra are at the table eating breakfast.]
DEBORA: So Ali, John, did you guys finish your homework for school?
ALI: yea mommy, we finished.
DEBORA: Good.
[Long pause; Debora smiles]
DEBORA: Ok, you kids get your bags ready for school; I’ll go and wake Daddy up.
[Debora comes charging up the stairs.]
DEBORA: Ray, you have to drive the kids to school now.
RAY: It’s my turn already?
[Groans loudly]
RAY: Ok, here are my car keys. Tell them to call if they hit traffic.
DEBORA: Ray, this isn’t funny! I have to go to work now and have two new patients coming in! Get up!
[Debora pulls the quilt off him and opens the blinds]
RAY: [smiles confidently] There’s no way you can get me out of bed Deb.
DEBORA: [seems aggravated with him] Fine then Ray.
[Tries pulling him off the bed when the whole bed collapses.]
RAY: Holy Moly.
[John and Ali walk in petrified]
DEBORA: Hey kids! You have your bags I see.
ALI: Should I be worried?
[Ray quickly jumps out of bed.]
RAY: No, no Ali. Mommy and Daddy were just meditating.
[Debra gives Ray a nasty look]
[End of scene.]
[Ray, Ali and John are in the car heading to their school]
JOHN: What were you and Mommy doing before?
RAY: I told you guys; we were meditating.
ALI: It looked like you were fighting though.
[Ray seems tense]
RAY: Meditating and fighting are very different; therefore, we were originally meditating Ali.
[Children look baffled]
[Children arrive at school at 9:30 a.m.]
RAY: You know pretty soon; John, Ali, you’ll be able to drive.
[Ray chuckles and the kids smile]
RAY: Love you. Just for future references, don’t go around like me telling the world that people should try meditating; you’ll end up in an environment like me and mommy.
JOHN AND ALI: [Kids laugh] Love you too Daddy.
[Ray arrives home to find his brother and parents in their house and an enormous shopping list to do.]
ROBERT: Ray, what happened to the bed upstairs?
RAY: It wasn’t like you were going to use it anyway Robert.
MARIE: Come Ray, sit down. I made you a roast beef sandwich.
FRANK: I thought that was my ravishing roast beef sandwich!
[Ray walks over to the T.V. and looks at the screen]
RAY: Jets are playing?
FRANK: Oh forget it, we’re done. He’s not going to get the yard goal.
[Makes the kick]
RAY: Yea! Woo!
[Gives Frank a hug and a high five]
FRANK: This calls for a celebration. Marie, go make me a tuna sandwich!
MARIE: What am I, the chef?!
FRANK: That’s why I married you…
[Marie gives Frank a serious look]
FRANK: And because you’re the love of my life ***.
RAY: Oh, God, see you two love birds later; have to go food shopping
MARIE: You didn’t even eat yet!
[Ray smiles and closes the door]
ROBERT: I’m sorry to have spoken, but may I ask kindly if I can have that sandwich?
MARIE: [surprised] what?
ROBERT: What, Rays gone and I just don’t want it to spoil.
MARIE: [Smiles] Good thinking Robbie; I’ll put it in the fridge for him later.
[ROBERT frowns.]
[End of scene.]
“The Long, Unforgettable Wednesday”
[Setting: Barron’s home]
[The kids and Debra are at the table eating breakfast.]
DEBORA: So Ali, John, did you guys finish your homework for school?
ALI: yea mommy, we finished.
DEBORA: Good.
[Long pause; Debora smiles]
DEBORA: Ok, you kids get your bags ready for school; I’ll go and wake Daddy up.
[Debora comes charging up the stairs.]
DEBORA: Ray, you have to drive the kids to school now.
RAY: It’s my turn already?
[Groans loudly]
RAY: Ok, here are my car keys. Tell them to call if they hit traffic.
DEBORA: Ray, this isn’t funny! I have to go to work now and have two new patients coming in! Get up!
[Debora pulls the quilt off him and opens the blinds]
RAY: [smiles confidently] There’s no way you can get me out of bed Deb.
DEBORA: [seems aggravated with him] Fine then Ray.
[Tries pulling him off the bed when the whole bed collapses.]
RAY: Holy Moly.
[John and Ali walk in petrified]
DEBORA: Hey kids! You have your bags I see.
ALI: Should I be worried?
[Ray quickly jumps out of bed.]
RAY: No, no Ali. Mommy and Daddy were just meditating.
[Debra gives Ray a nasty look]
[End of scene.]
[Ray, Ali and John are in the car heading to their school]
JOHN: What were you and Mommy doing before?
RAY: I told you guys; we were meditating.
ALI: It looked like you were fighting though.
[Ray seems tense]
RAY: Meditating and fighting are very different; therefore, we were originally meditating Ali.
[Children look baffled]
[Children arrive at school at 9:30 a.m.]
RAY: You know pretty soon; John, Ali, you’ll be able to drive.
[Ray chuckles and the kids smile]
RAY: Love you. Just for future references, don’t go around like me telling the world that people should try meditating; you’ll end up in an environment like me and mommy.
JOHN AND ALI: [Kids laugh] Love you too Daddy.
[Ray arrives home to find his brother and parents in their house and an enormous shopping list to do.]
ROBERT: Ray, what happened to the bed upstairs?
RAY: It wasn’t like you were going to use it anyway Robert.
MARIE: Come Ray, sit down. I made you a roast beef sandwich.
FRANK: I thought that was my ravishing roast beef sandwich!
[Ray walks over to the T.V. and looks at the screen]
RAY: Jets are playing?
FRANK: Oh forget it, we’re done. He’s not going to get the yard goal.
[Makes the kick]
RAY: Yea! Woo!
[Gives Frank a hug and a high five]
FRANK: This calls for a celebration. Marie, go make me a tuna sandwich!
MARIE: What am I, the chef?!
FRANK: That’s why I married you…
[Marie gives Frank a serious look]
FRANK: And because you’re the love of my life ***.
RAY: Oh, God, see you two love birds later; have to go food shopping
MARIE: You didn’t even eat yet!
[Ray smiles and closes the door]
ROBERT: I’m sorry to have spoken, but may I ask kindly if I can have that sandwich?
MARIE: [surprised] what?
ROBERT: What, Rays gone and I just don’t want it to spoil.
MARIE: [Smiles] Good thinking Robbie; I’ll put it in the fridge for him later.
[ROBERT frowns.]
[End of scene.]