DISH-PATCH (026): Pondering The Follow...

Kicking around in former Suit KATIE’s mind ALWAYS is the phrase: AWARENESS IS JOB ONE !

And so it was that one day, beginning during her MORNING MUSINGS then continuing through her RUN and beyond, the topic of THE FOLLOW took a hold of her and pretty much didn’t release until she FINALLY settled into some writing.

Let’s see if WE can FOLLOW her FLO…–The Gang.

We’ll begin at the beginning.

FADE IN:

INT. KATIE’S KITCHEN

It is a NON-SHIFT day, so Katie is bouncing around the house doing various activities here and there with interrupts.

As for the breaks in the action, her pal RC the GREMLIN has the scoop…

RC THE GREMLIN
Whoa! She’s dusted off her notes from… FRANKIE ?? Looks like her dive into his NAME ABOVE THE TITLE and… Lots of what she calls NOTABLE QUOTABLES are called out in her… questionable hand writing. I’ll take some pictures while she’s doing her TAZ CHORES**

And so… RC gets his snaps and then has his own DING! moment. Listening for her whereabouts, he smiles and sneaks into the cabinet where Katie keeps her JOURNALS.

Aha! Wonder if…?

RC THE GREMLIN
She thinks out her thoughts here so… Just a few …

He waves his RAZR phone.

RC THE GREMLIN
Research NOT distribution. This is SACRED…

RC’s eyes say it all as he takes in what he sees…
[Imagine anime / manga eyes.]

RC THE GREMLIN
Whoa! Lots of… ponderables… The WHAT. The WHY. Looks like… she’s referencing different books and one is… a LAY FLAT about the start of TWITTER…

He pauses to ponder.

What interests people most is people…

RC THE GREMLIN
What interests people most is people… Ms Katie was interested in a founder’s journey… How Mr Biz got TWITTER off the ground — the story behind the… what’s now X and…

Flips some pages.

RC THE GREMLIN
Alternate forms of following… but … WHY FOLLOW? There’s a FLOCKING thing mentioned by Biz… but birds also– do their own thing. Huh…
More flipping between the JOURNAL and the BIZ BOOK.

…proactively pursuing… learning about PEOPLE and why they do / did what they do /did …

RC THE GREMLIN
So she’s on about… proactively pursuing… learning about PEOPLE and why they do / did what they do /did … including the challenges faced… The WHY? As in Why do this kind of research?

DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. SWIFT STREET
It is later in the day and RC has taken time to wander around pondering what he read… trying to make sense of it.

Somewhere near NEW LEAF grocery, he gets jolted back to reality as he finds himself airborne and spiraling followed by a cushioned fall.
Shaking his head, he looks around and sees WONDER / WANDER (WANDER / WONDER) Kat, MR SQUEEK.

MR SQUEEK
You can thank me later… Then again, why wait?

RC THE GREMLIN
What the…??

MR SQUEEK
Ya got more street sense than that, right? You just wandered into the path of some kind of eSUV… Now I don’t know how many lives ya think ya got, but that would’ve been…

Shakes head while recovering the RAZR that RC flung into the air while spiraling.

He FLIPS it open.

RC THE GREMLIN
Is it…?

…Takes a lickin’ and keeps on…

MR SQUEEK
Takes a lickin’ and keeps on…

RC THE GREMLIN
Tickin’ Really?

MR SQUEEK
Really what…? A TIMEX reference or the phone??

RC THE GREMLIN
I guess… both.

Mr Squeek is now scrolling through PHOTOs. He shows RC what he’s looking at.

MR SQUEEK
This is what you were…??

RC THE GREMLIN
Ju… Just pondering what I saw… What I SNAPPED… Trying to understand Ms KATIE’s musings…

A Spock-like raised eyebrow, is followed by tossing the RAZR back to RC.

MR SQUEEK
Here… Now FOLLOW ME!

RC THE GREMLIN
Follow? But… I’m already doing that… See??

He waves his RAZR.

MR SQUEEK
Dude… FOLLOW ME… Like let’s get out of the ROAD and …

RC THE GREMLIN
Ah! Gotcha! Lead on…

DISSOLVE TO:

INT. COMPANION BAKESHOP ON MISSION

They settle in and observe the creation of fine baked goods while talking…

Mr Squeek has re-acquired RC’s RAZR phone and is doing fast swipe / deleting while RC squirms.

MR SQUEEK
You know… it’s sacred. Can’t have those… keep those.

RC THE GREMLIN
But… it was … I was in a hurry and wanted to…

MR SQUEEK
Hey, I get it. However, you must Do. Better.
Memorize your eyes. Visualize the gist and … we’ll talk-it-out… like we are now.

He pauses and RC bows his head. Then he jumps up and grabs some napkins. Pulling a pen out of his pack, he starts doodling, which brings a smile to Mr Squeek’s face.

RC THE GREMLIN
Gotcha! Scribble down themes…

Pushing the napkin towards Mr Squeek, he relaxes and looks about the Bake Shop.

RC THE GREMLIN
So this is where it happened… The sourdough bread workshop?

Talking out loud, he doesn’t realize that Mr Squeek is in his own zone and has borrowed the pen and more napkins to doodle-write.

The word Catharsis appears. Then Group / Community.

He’s twirling the pen and then looks up.

MR SQUEEK
Have we talked about Red Dog?

RC THE GREMLIN
Uh… From … your travels? Your wanderings?

MR SQUEEK
Close… Told to me during my wanderings… an Aussie tale NOT TAIL … actually, it’d be brilliant to show outside… My hang at FAIR.

RC THE GREMLIN
It connects to…?

Hands back the RAZR.

MR SQUEEK
You’ll need this for some quick GOOGLing… I see a FOLLOW thread with multiple paths… but my mind leaped to the GREEK concept of catharsis… which you most definitely will want to GOOGLE.

RC nods and is about to engage with the RAZR, but Mr Squeek taps the table.

RC THE GREMLIN
Huh?

MR SQUEEK
Not yet. Let’s … talk this out a bit. Observations… Like that quote from Capra about what interests… People… Totally makes sense as… your @TheSEA storytime sessions are a proof point, yes?

RC THE GREMLIN
Yes.

MR SQUEEK
Well… I don’t exactly know why this popped into my head, but the catharsis thing — a group experience — something the Greeks were onto and maybe it is a way to connect with others while also allowing yourself time to FEEL and PROCESS… you walk away from the experience… different. And if in a group, you all are different… changed… So…

RC is jotting and talking out loud.

RC THE GREMLIN
Catharsis. Greek. Group. Red Dog.

Mr Squeek taps the napkin and says…

MR SQUEEK
Like Cinema Paradiso-style… Ya know? Project it… on the side of… I had this in my head and tabled it, so to speak, but maybe now is the time…

… maybe now is the time…

They are so engrossed in conversation that they don’t notice that Happy Barista / Uber Driver KIMBA has entered the bakeshop with a bounce in her step.

And Kimba seeing her pals hanging out, has a huge smile on her face.

KIMBA
How perfect is that?

Stay tuned…

Epilogue / Preview of Coming Attractions…

Kimba’s creation…

And so it is that Kimba finds a friendly audience to talk through her YOSH PIN idea — showing the connection to the HediGEAR patch model — and fast forward, RC’s RAZR captures some magic to share with Happy Puppy KEE-RA for him to share with his human — it’s an energetic flow. STAY TUNED.

FADE OUT.