Small Places : Nick L Belardes [88 of 128]

• "The beast dances and everything," Mike says. "It moves its hips like a squirrelly Elvis. Check it out." He sets a camera on the desk.
• He's right. The squirrel doesn't just dance but plays annoying music while swiveling its hips. I'm suddenly caught up in the malaise.
• Me: “You know the office digital camera takes fifteen second movie clips.” Mike: “You don’t say? I get full credit as director.”
• In our newfound freedom from work boredom and magazine ad creation we have completed a short film titled "A Rodent Affair." It's PG-13.
• The film stars two squirrels who fall in and out of love in a matter of two and a half minutes. The dialogue is French; English subtitles.
• Mike posts the movie online and we opt for a 9 a.m. world premiere. Even Kira de Frito shows up. "I do so love the novellas," she says.
• Kira is dashing in her inability to grasp Hollywood. "I like Jamie Dupp, Harrison Fork and Rene Shellfishsugar," she says.