Scene: There is a shot of some tall buildings. It goes to the shot from looking out of a moving train. Then to the shot looking out of the front window of a moving car. Then to a shot of a town. A lot of quick shots of city buildings and town buildings as well flash on the screen. Narration is heard over the shots.
Darien (offstage narration):
I still remember. I haven�t forgotten. That day was not a good day. Too much happened. I still recall the day that changed my life forever; our lives changed forever. Life had sneaked up on us and hit us in the back, but we were together. We suffered and died together, and now�and now we are forced to carry on as if nothing is wrong�Yes, I still remember. Do you? Or have you allowed life to grab hold and throw you into the dizzying spiral of our society? I�m still standing here, waiting, for something. What am I waiting for you ask? Huh, well, I wish I could say, but I can�t. I may have already found it, but who knows. It�s hard for a blind man to search for treasure.
There is a shot of Boston. A string of shots of the city flash. The narration continues.
Darien (offstage narration):
Boston: home of Aerosmith, Boston, and the J. Geils Band, and the home of the most cursed and disappointing team, the Red Sox. It�s not really a bad city, a lot better than New York, least I think so, along with every other Bostonian. And no, Bostonian aren�t people from a small country in Europe.
There is a string of shots put together from Six Flags New England. Narration continues.
This is Six Flags, New England to be specific. It�s a fun place, small, but fun. It�s not really a place people come to Massachusetts for, but it�s a great place for friends to get together. A friend and I once had conversations about everything; politics, movies, music, all on a roller coaster, which is a horrible place for a conversation.
There is another steady shot of the town again, however, it does not pan nor does it fade. It is just a steady shot of the town. There is still narration.
And somewhere in between is place. This is Howland. It�s a small town that 6,000 call home. It�s quiet, and peaceful. It�s overall a nice place to live. Not much has happened here in its 132-year history. The Church had recently celebrated its 130 birthday. The Church is in the center of town. Now, according to the local minister, the Church is supposed to be facing Jerusalem. All the other Churches in town do, but this one does not. I guess the man in charge of building it was not very intelligent. After two and a half years of construction, everyone stood around the Church, gazing in awe. The man next to the dude in charge was comparing the actual structure to that on the construction diagram, only to reveal that he had been reading it upside down. That is a true story too. The Church officials have been surprisingly good sports about it. They joke about it all the time. They like to remind the attendees that the world is round, so that technically they were facing Jerusalem, just, in a different direction. That really says it all about this town.
Cut to a shot of a house. The camera is still. The narration continues.
And this, is my home. I�ve lived here my entire life. My brother though has not. He lived in Nevada when my parents still lived there. For some reason, they decided to leave. He tells me stories of when he used to find snakes in his bed. It scared the hell out of me when I was younger. He would laugh hysterically as I searched in fear for some gigantic snake to jump out at me from under my sheets. Now I know he was lying, and that snakes don�t really�jump, but back then�I like to do the same thing to my sister.
The camera is now shooting the inside of the house. A young girl walks into the room where the camera is. She looks into the camera and smiles.
Zoe:
Oh, Darien, Sky called. She wants you to call her back�or�she�ll call back later�or�she�ll see you some�I don�t really know, I wasn�t really paying attention.
Shot of a still picture of Zoe. Narration continues.
Darien (offstage narration):
And this is my sister Zoe. She�s a strange one, that Zoe. No one can explain why she acts like an Alzheimer�s patient. She would do Ronald Reagan proud, God rest his soul. Anyway, my sister and I hada�a unique relationship. We teased each other all the time, but we looked out for each other. We�re about the same age. We have different fathers. Her father is actually the mayor of Howland. My father is the biggest clich� ever, the mailman, but then, my mother did marry the mailman so�
As Zoe walks out of the room, a young man, not much older than Darien, walks by Zoe. He is entering the room.
Cameron:
Yo, Darien. What�s with all that stuff on you walls? It�s so gay.
Shot of a still picture of Cameron. Narration continues.
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