By Misti Velvet Rainwater
Date: 28 December 1999

Ocho

SCENE 8- INT. Nursing home. Day.
An old man in a Black Sabbath t-shirt and blue jeans is blowing bubbles in the rec room. He's wearing headphones and is in a world of his own. Other residents are sitting listlessly in wheelchairs or on the tattered furniture. Some are watching "The Price is Right" on a small TV. A nurse appears and shakes her head at the old man.
Nurse: Mr. Crenshaw, you know that's against the rules.
The old man glares at the nurse. Takes off his headphones.
Mr. Crenshaw: What do you want? My soul? You skanky little soul sucker. 
Nurse: You know you're not supposed to be blowing bubbles inside. They make the floor sticky and someone could have an accident.
Mr. Crenshaw: Accident? Just what do you know about accidents? Every day of my life is an accident! I can't wait 'til my grandson comes and breaks me out of this hell hole.
An old man wearing suspenders appears. Taps Mr. Crenshaw on his shoulder.
Mr. Crenshaw: What do you want, Earl?
Earl: Bingo starts in five minutes. 
Mr. Crenshaw: Screw bingo! I'm going back to my room to listen to my music and look at my Archie comics. My Gladys looked just like Betty when she was a young girl. She looked a helluva lot better than this old goat.
Glowers at the nurse.