I had an epiphany the other day. I was talking to people online about how I had finished my script and that I was just leaving to submit it to the person running the competition and then it happened; I had my ephiphany.

No-one can hear you die.

Granted, it has nothing to do with script writing, but for some random bizarre reason it just popped in there. Think about it - no-one can hear the moment that someone dies. Sure, if you had been shot you may be screaming, but the moment you die you fall silent. So is this a problem? No, not really.

But what if you were trapped in a room of a building that had collapsed with a blind man? What then?!? They could hear you screaming, you may even have a little chat. But then what if you died? They wouldn’t know. They can’t see that you’re dead. Heck, they’ll probably just think that because you’re not talking anymore that you’re just being rude. Next thing you know, someone finds you in the wreckage of the building and the blind guy is swearing his head off at you and has no idea that for the past week you’ve been dead!

But it could be worse! What if, for instance, he knows you well. He might think that you’ve even escaped when he can’t hear breathing. Once free, he might even try and sue you, your mother, your father, your loved ones - even your dog! Why? He might have thought that you’d found an exit and tried to follow you out, only to break his leg on a wooden duck’s beak - the duck that once hung from the walls of the room you were trapped in. Did he see the duck? Of course not - he’s blind and now has a broken leg. And you have a dog that can’t afford the bill.

So remember - it’s no joke that people can’t hear you when you die. Dave’s twin brother Chris (who he also likes to call his “womb-mate”) told me that that theory is a bit morbid. I guess this is why Dave and his Dad don’t think that I should be allowed to come up with anymore theories.

What’s weird though is that I prevented the death of something that belongs to me. I recently bought a bluetooth headset for my phone. Last night when I was at the theatre watching a rehearsal I tried to turn it off but it wouldn’t. In fact, it wouldn’t do anything. The battery is a rechargeable one and built in with no entrance hatch. So basically, with no way of getting into it, there was no way to turn it off. Worse yet, because it wasn’t responding to any commands it wouldn’t do anything even though it was on other than blink. At that moment even a blind man with a broken leg and a wooden duck would have been more beneficial to me.

But I went home and thought of something that would fix it. You know when your heart fails in hospital and they use those pads to shock you and get your heart beating again? Well I attempted something similar on my bluetooth headset.

I plugged it into the mains and then unplugged it. And bizarrly enough, it worked again! It’s been fine ever since.

Weird.

On an unrelated note; I think that the big one should go next to the small one but only if it’s repainted blue and renamed to a “munchkalokinan”. I also think that my subconscious should let me in on WHAT THE HELL IT’S TALKIN’ ABOUT?!?

Maybe it should be painted green?

Anyways… I’ve got an idea for a script that I’m going to start writing with the hopes of submitting it to the BBC as a two-part drama. I’ve spoken to a couple of friends about it so far - one of whom used to work for Granada Television, and they both seem to think it sounds like a solid idea. I’m not going to describe it and I don’t have a title for it yet but once it’s all copyrighted and sent off I’ll keep you updated on its progress, just as I will do with my One Act Play submission.

As I end this post, I have these two things to say. I’m up-to-date with Lost now (WOW that’s awesome) and for those of you in the UK who haven’t got that far yet, here’s a minor spoiler for ya; In the first quarter of Season 2, one of the original survivors will be lost forever!

I’ve also seen the first 4 minutes of Smallville’s 100th episode entitled “Reckoning”.

OH. MY. GOD.

The intro alone is everything I’ve waited 5½ years to see! I’m not allowed to watch the rest yet until tomorrow when I watch it with Dave (it is the 100th episode after all). But seriously, if you get the chance - WATCH IT!!!

Time to get back to planning out my script….

…and maybe some more theories. But shhhh - don’t tell Dave!

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