Comments about Lasqueti on TV

Here's one idea for a new 15 minute article that we could pitch to "16x9," or similiar T.V. shows:
Opening scene of waking up at 6 a.m. to make the first ferry, wake up in freezing shack. Go downstairs.Make coffee.Teakettle almost boiling, but then propane goes out, (tank is empty) Put flashlight in mouth, go rifle through toolbox + find 7/8 size wrench to change tank.->Close up shot on rain falling onto propane tank fitting as cold hand turns wrench. Hot coffee being poured into pint canning jar. Jar is balanced on dashboard as car drives down dark road. Car hits pot-hole, coffee jar spills onto passenger seat and purse. >(Loud profanity here overrides CBC on car radio) Next shot; Red, cold hands lift up totes that have overturned and spilled contents all over back seat of car. Contents get put back into totes, totes get strapped onto dolly and wheeled down onto dock. Camera pans over many people all going down ramp. Rear shot of feet in too-big gumboots tripping over crude, newly installed 2x2 "safety ladder" that runs down side of ramp.>(Swearing here .) Camera studies ride over on ferry with many cheery, independent Lasquetians chattering away in cabin, or plugged into ipods and iphones, reading books,or sleeping. Camera goes into zoom mode here > Windsor Plywood / Credit Union/ S.O.S./ Naked Naturals/ Station Farm + Feed/ Co-Op Gas/ Spunkys/Kendor Nursery/ Quality Foods/ (>shots of money leaving hands, debit card machine being punched, over and over) Scene of loading totes and bags onto incredibly crowded ferry. Camera closes up on fingers (with band-aid on index finger) pulling pop-ring off beer can. Hands go into pocket and pull out tattered wallet.Hands fumble and find one five dollar bill and four loonies and one quarter and finally,a dime, nickel and ten pennies.Hand puts this money into another, cleaner, large male hand, then puts beer can to mouth.->Camera close up here as beer can hits teeth hard when big wave throws cheery, independent Lasquetian sideways into stack of dog food bags and bicycles. Scene cuts to ferry banging into dock and hordes of cheery, independent Lasquetians rushing to get off ferry, struggling with totes, chicken food, lumber, etc.> Camera closes up on large bag of dog food ripped open and dribbling all over dock. Sound of car engines, headlights, dogs barking,gumboots squeaking as goods get carried up ramp and onto upper dock. >Close up here of piles of garbage in freight shed,posing in dim incandescant light. Fast forward to cold hands pushing up and down on bicycle tire pump attached to flat car tire,- up and down, up and down, up and down. Car engine starts. >Close up of canning jar rolling around on car floor and lodging under gas pedal. Driver swears and attempts to dislodge jar while steering.Car drives down dock. Goods get loaded into car.Camera goes down dark road, then follows down dark driveway. Headlights shine on large dead alder tree across muddy road, camera follows hands gripping and slipping on the wet trunk and finally throwing tree trunk into dark roadside;>(sound of bushes smashing.) Camera follows car to house in darkness. Car engine turns off.Flashlight in mouth, totes get unloaded from car, doors get kicked shut and all goods are loaded across muddy path and up wet steps and into dark shack.Lights turn on, sound of beer can popping open, onions frying, radio noise, etc. Then darkness and quiet.> Sound of mice chewing on wood. >Swearing here, and sound of hand banging on wall. Scene opens up with morning sunshine glowing through alder trees, then camera pans over to cheery, independent Lasquetian putting pillow over face and rolling over into blankets for another forty winks before resuming their independent, unique lifestyle.

Filmmakers note:This is only one of a series of six 15 minute scenarios depicting aspects of our unique off-grid lifestyle. The five remaining scenarios focus on repairing ripped tarps, making blackberry wine, fixing flat tires, and using key words to properly shop for solar panels on Craigslist.