Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Unlikely Pairings

10 people I would like to interview.
Barack Obama 
Winston Churchill
Abraham Lincoln
Albert Einstein 
Michio Kaku
Jules Verne
Chuck Norris
Steve Jobs
Dali lama
Sun Tzu

10 locations that would be visually interesting to shoot.
Rome
Paris
Tibet
Easter Island
Dubai
Machu Picchu
Sahara Desert
Cairo Egypt
Iceland
Parthenon 

10 things you feel passionate about.
Photography
Design
Raising children
Computers
Technology
Music
Motorcycles
SciFi movies and TV
Sales
Success


It's early morning and there is a mixture of the smell of saltwater, and cool scent of rain, Abraham opens his eyes and lifts his head off of the warm sand.

Abe: Wha?! Where am I, I don't... Who goes there?
Chuck: Chuck... Chuck Norris. Who are you?
Abe: My name is Abraham Lincoln. Where are we?
Chuck: I have no idea. Wait, stop for a second... Abraham Lincoln? Former President Abraham Lincoln?!
Abe: Former? No, last I checked, I was still the President.
Chuck: Huh?! What's the date?
Abe: Why it's April 14, 1865. Why do you ask?
Chuck: Because it is actually January 22, 2012.
Abe: No, it can't be. I was just sitting with my wife Mary about to enjoy a comedy at the Ford Theater.
Chuck: No buddy, that's ancient history. If my memory serves that is the night you were assassinated.
Abe: What? Assassinated? How?! Why?!
Chuck: I don't know, but maybe a more pressing matter is how did we end up here? And where the hell is "here" anyways? I am going to go inland and try to figure out where we are. You coming?
Abe: Sh sh sure. Assassinated?

A few hours into their hike, the unlikely pair are confronted with an amazing sight.
Abe: What by golly are those?!
Chuck: The look like giant stone heads... I think I know where we are. It's an island called Easter Island.
Abe: That still tells us nothing of how we ended up here, or how you seem to know things that haven’t happened yet.
Chuck: I told you I am from the year 2012 almost a 150 years from the date you say you’re from.
Abe: What were you doing just before you got here?
Chuck: I was filming a exercise equipment commercial.
Abe: None of what you have just said made any since to me. Where you were you?
Chuck: L.A… Sorry, Los Angles California.
Abe: Huh? Well Charles, what do we do know?
Chuck: It is going to be getting dark in a few hours I suggest we find a spot to set up camp. We don’t know how long we are going to be stuck here.
Abe: Sounds good.


Later that evening, just as the sun was setting, something even more miraculous happened.
Chuck: What the hell is that?!
Abe: What?
Chuck: That! Up in the sky. That ain’t normal!
Abe: No sir it is most definitely not normal.
To be continued… If we get another assignment like this one that is.

1 comment:

Lynn Langston said...

If Abraham Lincoln and Chuck Norris were on Lost... I love that AL calls Chuck Charles, very appropriate to the character. You've actually created 3 scenes here because of the time and location change.