Ideas for the Road

I originally wrote this at an hour of the morning in which it was unnatural for me to be up when technically I didn't have to be. The house was entirely still, a soft and deceivingly cool morning breeze was drifting through the open balcony door, the dogs, cats, rats, baby and man were still all sleeping blissfully and yet my brain decided to be wakeful. 

Charming. 

I'm not quite sure how well these ideas will translate because at the given time that I was attempting to come up with something to scrawl down and post here, clarity was defiantly an issue with my brain so, hopefully they don't sound too too entirely stupid. If they do, hell...that's okay too, why not?

 On a side note, I need to become much better at thinking up titles and/or for prospective ideas. I really draw a blank most of the time when it comes to this. I know at  least one of these I have put up before and discussed with people but I'm revisiting the idea so therefore I would like to pretend like its a new idea (ha ha, yeah I don't know either).

Anywhody...

1. "The Loudmouth" ~ Gary is an obnoxious, hypercritical former athlete and much maligned sports radio host who's most beloved target for abuse is his home town, "down on their luck" hockey team and their coaching staff. Even when the team puts forth an astounding effort and manages to squeak into the post season, they cannot escape Gary's blatant hateful trash talk. Things become interesting when a wager is made on the air between Gary and the team's general manager. If Gary can coach the team through a successful playoff run, he will be offered his dream job; a permanent coaching position on a professional team. It's put up or shut up time, and the team's biggest critic now must become their biggest supporter in order to make his life long ambition come to fruition. 

2. "Virus" ~ For the Hailey's  family vacation time without their dog Max. When Max jumps overboard in the middle  of the night during a tropical sailing vacation, the family fears the worse; their beloved pet has been lost to the deep. Broken hearted they return home a couple weeks later only to learn that miraculously Max has been rescued by a passing cargo ship and will soon be safe and sound at home with them. When Max returns home, however, something is not right; over the course of his ordeal, Max has been infected by an unknown virus. Mild changes in temperament soon escalate into full blown terrifying aggression. The situation becomes more dire for the family, and the neighborhood alike, when it becomes clear that the virus Max is carrying is transmissible to humans.

3. "The Money Grab" ~ Harrison Winterhaven is a down to earth, average Joe, who just happens to have been born into a great deal of money. Exhausted by his friends' constantly two timing and backstabbing each other to get into his good books for their own selfish needs, Harrison informs them all via video taped message that he needs a break from his social circle and will taking an extended vacation. He also informs them that he has arranged a challenge for them before leaving town; at five secret locations, he has planted a bank note valued at one million dollars a piece. The group of friends must work as a team without sabotage lest they want any and all money they happen to find be forfeit. Will they be able to set aside their selfishness, or will Harrison's test prove too be a little too much for the gang of money hungry leeches?

4. "OMG Stuck!" ~ Jillian is stuck in a life, or lack there of, she cannot stand. Crippled with social ineptitude and a paralyzing fear of rejection, day by day she watches the world pass her by from her near constant perch behind a computer screen as she continuously creates fraudulent personas and virtual lives on social networking websites. When her secret "life" is discovered by anonymous contact via instant messenger, Jillian is consumed with uncovering the source that is threatening her lively hood. Can this seemingly mysterious new "friend" give Jillian the push she needs to kick start her real life, or is she just a lost cause.