Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Rapid Action Mechanism

"Live every day of your life as if it were your last". I've heard that crazy pessimistic meaning of life so many times.

For those seeing death at the end of the day anyways, my yesterday's realisation would be more profound
Live every single day so, that even if you die by the end of it, there will be no regrets. The day should build up and leave you on such a high that you are supremely confident of your purpose and virtues. There has to be no evaluation. There has to be no could-haves. Preliberation is the word for the day, and bliss is the only parting way.
Something at the edge of the counter catches his eye, and he reaches for...

CLOSE on a framed PHOTOGRAPH as he picks it up: It's the photo we saw earlier of him, Carolyn and Jane, taken several years ago at an amusement park. It's startling how happy they look.

Lester crosses to the kitchen table, where he sits and studies the photo. He suddenly seems older, more mature... and then he smiles: the deep, satisfied smile of a man who just now understands the punch line of a joke he heard long ago...

LESTER (cont'd)
Man oh man...
(softly)
Man oh man oh man...

After a beat, the barrel of a GUN rises up behind his head, aimed at the base of his skull.

ANGLE ON an arrangement of fresh-cut ROSES in a vase on the opposite counter, deep crimson against the WHITE TILE WALL. Then a GUNSHOT suddenly rings out, ECHOING unnaturally. Instantly, the tile is sprayed with BLOOD, the same deep crimson as the roses.

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