Baby Steps
Column
FADE IN:
INT. RONNIE’S APARTMENT - NIGHTRonnie is on the phone. Vanessa is on her iPad, chuckling.
RONNIE: (into phone) Jeremy, calm down – I understand. You need the "Baby Steps" column in three days. No problem, man, I'm on it... Okay. Cool. (he disconnects) Damn. (to Vanessa) What’s so funny?
VANESSA: This comic I follow on Twitter.
RONNIE: Did you know that Twitter is built on Drupal? So is YouTube and Facebook and –
VANESSA: – Glad to see you’re getting somewhere.
RONNIE: Hey, I already downloaded a WAMP server.
VANESSA: A what?
RONNIE: WAMP. It’s an acronym for Windows... Apache... MySQL... PHP.
VANESSA: Which means?
RONNIE: I have no idea.
VANESSA: You’re procrastinating.
RONNIE: No! Yeah. I didn't realize, when I proposed writing the column, how complicated Drupal is. You want coffee?
VANESSA: It's eleven o'clock. I'm going to bed.
RONNIE: I'll just watch one of the instructional videos they have.
VANESSA: Like last night?
RONNIE: Yeah?
VANESSA: You watched Pulp Fiction for the hundredth time.
RONNIE: Pulp Fiction has always been an inspiration.
VANESSA: And the night before that, American Psycho.
RONNIE: Also inspiring.
VANESSA: Goodnight. Don't wake me up.
She’s gone. Ronnie grabs the remote.
ON TV: The Big Lebowski.
INT. MIRA SUSHI - NIGHT
Ronnie, gloomy, sits at the bar. Polo pours a martini and removes the empty glass.
POLO: She broke up with you?
RONNIE: No, man, we're just... we're on, like... a hiatus. Until I have my website built.As Ronnie slurps down most of his drink –