Saturday, May 16, 2009

MAYBE IT'S JUST ME

This scene just kind of popped into my head a minute ago. I don't know what it says about me that I want to see this happen somewhere.

INT - A CLASSY WINERY'S TASTING ROOM

It's a classy winery, probably somewhere in Napa or Sonoma. There are some GUYS hanging around the bar, sipping on glasses of wine and making trenchant observations.

GUY 1: (takes a sip) This one has more body than the last, but it's a little fruitier than I'd expect for a merlot.

GUY 2: (takes a sip) I detect a hint of rosemary behind the woodiness of this cabernet. I do have to say I like the ... there's a spiciness to it that I didn't expect.

GUY 3: (takes a sip) This ... oh my god. (clutches forehead) Oh dear god in heaven above.

GUY 3 slams his glass down. Wine sloshes. GUY 3 begins to paw at his own face, his hands sliding over his cheeks, eyes wide.

GUY 3: The taste ... so many layers! A symphony of sensation, too many to catalog!

GUY 3's voice rises to a shriek as he clutches his head, hair sticking out wildly from his bunched fists.

GUY 3: It comes in waves! Each more intense than the last! Flavors -- complexifying! Building on each other in fractal patterns too fast for the mind to perceive or comprehend!!

GUY 3 falls to the floor and curls into a fetal position, his body wracked with shudders and convulsions.

GUY 3: MY MIND -- OVERWHELMED!! ALL IS CONSUMED WITHIN THE FIRE OF WHITE-HOT SENSATION!! THE WINE IS ME AND I AM THE WINE!! TIME AND SPACE CONDENSED INTO A FOUR-DIMENSIONAL LIQUID THAT CANNOT BE DEFINED OR CONTAINED BY HUMAN UNDERSTANDING!! THE WINE IS EVERYWHERE -- THE WINE IS EVERYTHING!! THERE IS NO TURNING BACK -- THERE IS NO UNIVERSE TO TURN BACK TO!!

GUY 3 screams in what could be interpreted as ultimate pleasure or utterly bottomless horror. The other GUYS can only stare, dumbstruck.

After a beat, GUY 3 composes himself and stands back up at the bar.

GUY 3: It's all right, I guess. You guys wanna try it?