DISH-PATCH (014B): Jeep-volution Part 2...

While hanging out doing the “SMOG THING”, RC has a nice chat with Happy Puppy KEE-RA — more storytelling related to former Suit, Katie’s various Jeeps and her Journey. Let’s listen in… —The Gang

Previously…

Let us begin, shall we ??

FADE IN:

EXT. SHADY TREE

And so it was that while former Suit KATIE and Happy Puppy KEE-RA’s human, Suit-in-Transition MEREDITH were deep in conversation while waiting for the Jeep to get smogged, RC the GREMLIN /STORYTELLER leveraged the opportunity to elaborate on the whole “IT. TAKES. TIME.” concept.

They’ve found themselves a nice shade tree to relax under while keeping an eye on things.

RC THE GREMLIN
Okay… How does it look?

KEE-RA
We are the FARTHEST from their mind presently.

RC THE GREMLIN
Perfect! Let me give you… an orientation… overview sort of what I was talking about with the TAKES TIME thing.

KEE-RA
Uh… Okay. How do you…?

Before he could get the question out of his mouth, RC does a little RAZZLE-DAZZLE magician like waving of hands and a SLABBY THING appears.

Slabby thing…

RC THE GREMLIN
Ta-Da!!

KEE-RA
Is that…?

RC THE GREMLIN
SLABBY THING on… LOAN… Yeah, that’s it… a Loaner for this particular prOject.

KEE-RA
Okay… What you say… But since we don’t know how long they will be entertaining each other, let’s fire on through whatever you’ve got there…

RC THE GREMLIN
Fair enough. Take a look!

RC hands the SLABBY THING over and on it is a picture of a hand drawn…

KEE-RA
A MAP? Like a Treasure Map or something?

Kee-Ra is playing with stretching / growing the image and then dragging it about to see it “closer.”

RC THE GREMLIN
Not a Treasure Map per se… You can stop looking for an X…

KEE-RA
X-Marks the Spot like INDIANA JONES?

RC THE GREMLIN
Great scene, right? But …NO… What you have here is a scratched out in PEN timeline of Lady Katie’s Jeeps.

KEE-RA
Jeeps as in plural?

Now RC decides the time is right for SHAPESHIFT-ing — into his Storytelling persona.

RC THE STORYTELLER
Well, my friend… if you don’t mind, I’m going to hop into my storyteller persona because… LOTS of stories starting with…

He points to the three Jeeps on the DIAGRAM (NOT MAP).

…I couldn’t remember if we had talked about it… that the one you are FOSTERING is actually number three…

Third’s the winner…

RC THE STORYTELLER
I couldn’t remember if we had talked about it… that the one you are FOSTERING is actually number three.

KEE-RA
Wow! So first in ‘93 and then… TX ‘97, what’s that all about?

The Austin Jeep…

RC THE STORYTELLER
Well… Part of Katie’s journey took her from SILICON VALLEY to AUSTIN, TEXAS.

It was supposed to be an interim [slash] temporary deal … which it actually was but for an entirely different reason.

Kee-Ra nods.

KEE-RA
Heard good things about AUSTIN, but… to leave CA?? Even temporarily… the reason would have to be…

RC jumps in.

RC THE STORYTELLER
An amazing opportunity … one of those… DREAM scenarios…

Letting the words soak into Kee-Ra’s brain, RC pauses and then continues.

RC THE STORYTELLER
She had been chosen to run the company’s CALL CENTER in IRELAND after an “immersive [slash] intensive” TRAINING period in AUSTIN, where the company was based.

Raised eyebrows, Kee-Ra pauses slightly and then chimes in.

KEE-RA
So… Company PAID? Living ABROAD? Wow! That’s quite a…

RC THE STORYTELLER
Gift and serendipitous one at that. You see… during this phase of her journey, she had been deep into her studies of IRISH STORY TELLING… which just so happened to be her area of focus at that point in her JOURNEY… How IRISH SAVED CIVILIZATION… ROAN INISH… THE COMMITTMENTS… INTO THE WEST… She was SPONGE-ZORBING all things IRISH… Dabbling in JOYCE too, through she found Sylvia Beach WAY more interesting…

KEE-RA
WOW!! Okay… sorry. We can drill down another time. Noted that Jeep #1 was born in 1993 and … apparently stayed in TEXAS…

RC THE STORYTELLER
Traded for Jeep #2… Obtained out of … NEED. You see… heck you already know… HERE… air conditioning in a vehicle … especially one with the TOP DOWN most of the time, IS. NOT. NECESSARY.

KEE-RA
True. Around here… natural air conditioning plus, RAINY SEASON is usually winter when it’s cold, so the Jeep would be fully buttoned up.

RC THE STORYTELLER
You got it… In the Bay area it’s warm with top down or cold and buttoned up.
And then there’s TEXAS weather — rain year round and weirdness like warm one day and HAIL the next.

KEE-RA
Yucko! I’m imagining a hot rainy day in Texas… Forced to button-up so … it was like… driving inside a steamy, sweaty baggie. Yikes!!

RC THE GREMLIN
Yup! You nailed it. That’s what she said. PLUS… sheepskin seat covers were the rage back then. If those get wet… say from a sudden downpour…

KEE-RA
Sponge-Jeep PLUS … Stinky.

Pauses to shake the image out of his mind.

KEE-RA
Gotcha… Image now erased… The Cali-Jeep swapped for an Austin-born Jeep. And then… after training, someone down there FOSTERED?

Not exactly… IRELAND never happened.

RC THE STORYTELLER
Not exactly… IRELAND never happened.

KEE-RA
Really?

RC THE STORYTELLER
A shame too… but her little company … let’s just say… they poked the BEAR, and then…

Shakes his head.

KEE-RA
What happened…? Short version please…

RC THE STORYTELLER
They were making MAC CLONES — affordable APPLE COMPUTER knock-offs in the shape of regular PCs… like DELL, GATEWAY, COMPAQ… little beige towers with officially licensed MAC OS… At MACWORLD, they were the ones FIGHTING BACK FOR THE MAC. Apple was a non-entity…

By “Fighting Back” a bear is poked…

KEE-RA
And then… The BEAR ??

RC THE STORYTELLER
He returned… STEVE JOBS... came back to APPLE, BOUGHT her COMPANY and shut it down along with the licensing program. Which led to…

Squinting his eyes to make out the writing.

KEE-RA
MARIN?

RC THE STORYTELLER
Yeah… when she returned to California, she settled into the NORTH BAY for new adventures… this time, she thought she was going to run into GEORGE LUCAS in MARIN.

KEE-RA
That’s… funny… Mt TAM??

RC THE STORYTELLER
EWOK ADVENTURES trail running through the woods up there… but first… a notable.

RC points to the DIAGRAM

KEE-RA
ROAD to PURGATORY… A Dante reference??

RC THE STORYTELLER
An interesting visual for you as… how the AUSTIN JEEP got back to California.

KEE-RA
Uh…

RC THE STORYTELLER
There was an OFF-ROAD adventure. From Purgatory to Telluride… a friend from that company who knew his way around Jeeps, took her… bouldering a bit… nice and slo…

Detour through CO…

KEE-RA
So Colorado?

RC THE STORYTELLER
Durango was base camp. Then the climb to PURGATORY …

KEE-RA
That’s cool.

RC THE STORYTELLER
I believe the Jeep hitched a ride via car carrier from New Mexico and she flew back. Left a lot of her things behind in storage, which was the game plan anyway IF she HAD gone to IRELAND.

They hear sounds and look over.

KEE-RA
Party is breaking up.

RC THE STORYTELLER
At least I got you to …

KEE-RA
Looks like… EWOK ADVENTURES in MARIN …

Pointing to the RIGHT SIDE of the DIAGRAM.

RC THE STORYTELLER
See the TIMEFRAME? 3rd Jeep in ‘02… that’s your FOSTER baby.

KEE-RA
Imagine the transition… 98 to oh-2 … lots happened, yes?

RC THE STORYTELLER
Yes, indeed. Longer tale… lots of backstory too. Maybe I’ll arrange for another OVERNIGHT hang… either your side or my side of the hill.

KEE-RA
Sounds good.

Quickly RC stows the SLABBY THING away.

KATIE
Hey, Kids! You hungry?

They both nod.

MEREDITH
SKILLET TIME…

KEE-RA
YUM-YUMs!!

RC THE STORYTELLER
Woo-hoo!!

And with that, the FOURSOME piled into JEEP #3 and with music only they could hear… they disappear down the street.

FADE OUT.

Pencils down…

Interesting, right? Well, there’s a lot more where that came from as our Storyteller had a front row seat for Katie’s Jeep-volution So, stay tuned!