The Stranger: Airport-Dating

An offbeat diorama about what comprises traffic-magic in the West, presented in a tale of a collector/celebrity pair chatting about 'strange' deals.

A fun metaphysics-oriented airport-Earth 'doctorate' inspired loosely by the unusual K-Pax (Kevin Spacey). Thanks for reading, 

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A stranger kept visiting LAX (Airport!) and kept depositing and withdrawing/lifting his amazing Matthew Stafford Rams American football sports trading-card in the airport security-boxes, and people started noticing and wondering what was going on inside this stranger's mind!

AMLAN SATAN ('Stranger'): I've been 'swept' away by the architectural design/splendor of the Los Angeles airport interior(s)!

Satan kept visiting LAX and taking stock of security-consciousness in the post-9/11 era of traffic/transit paranoia mindfulness and began to think of himself as an eccentric pedestrian/consumer, and he wandered around the terminals/halls taking iPhone-shots (photos!) for his Facebook page.

AMLAN SATAN ('Stranger'): I've become a Los Angeles airport 'officer' of traffic-IQ evaluations and wonder what others think.

Now, this 'stranger's' funny and magical/charming Stafford Rams trading-cards collection was quite impressive, and after the iconic American football team won the Super Bowl title, the cards rose nicely in value/appeal, which is why Satan liked kept depositing/withdrawing these cards from the LAX (Airport!) security-boxes.

AMLAN SATAN ('Stranger'): I might become the 'subject' of a sardonic American novel about fanfare for strange photography!

Satan happened to be an Algerian-American prince with inherited fortunes and invested in Northern Cali wine valleys and considered his newfound appreciation of the 'investment' in Earth terrain rather magical, and Napa (Northern Cali) is a 'fantastic' wine-area in Western civilization.

He particularly enjoyed one special brand of Napa-wines (Cali) that he liked ordering inside one of the fine eateries inside LAX (Airport!).

This 'stranger' became a regular at LAX (Airport!) and took bikes, rented cards (Avis), and taxis to the airport and just walked around, claiming he'd been there to look for people he knew were arriving/departing that day and used his special security 'pass' to just enjoy the amenities as a post-9/11 era traffic securities patriot/diarist/driver!

AIRPORT MANAGER: This guy's a real 'stranger' and he just waits for friends in the gates/terminals and uses security-boxes.

CYBER-FANZINE (American Football): Satan the prince's Stafford-Rams cards-collection is among the best in North America.

Finally, one day, inside LAX (Airport!), this princely 'stranger' from Algeria encountered a media-duo, a man and a woman tied to a film about blood-diamond production in Africa and wanted to approach them about the symbolism behind capitalism 'diadems' (like his Rams cards-collection!) which exemplified the 'cinema' value of modern magazine-culture dialogue surrounding commerce/media vanities (and photography).

SATAN: Are you a fan of sports-cinema, miss?
ACTRESS: Yes, of course (Jerry Maguire!).
SATAN: I've got this outstanding Rams-cards collection inside this airport security-box!
ACTRESS: Very interesting, good sir, but why're you telling me this now?
SATAN: I'd love for you to be photo'd in my cyber-blog about commerce/media fanfare.
ACTRESS: For what?
SATAN: Capitalism-IQ diffusing/dissuading illegal immigration and the negative impact on commerce.
ACTRESS: Interesting...I do like magazine features about commercial ritual(s).

SATAN: I got you this Rams sweater (Xmastime).

ACTRESS: Wow...this is very cool, good sir.

SATAN: You're such a bright commerce messenger, ha.

ACTRESS: Why, thank you.

SATAN: I've got this 'secret' about commerce-romance/cheers, ya know.

ACTRESS: Alright, so what's this 'special' secret about commerce/media-IQ?

SATAN: It's got to do with my Stafford cards and my Rams-color sports-shoes (I'm wearing now!).

ACTRESS: Cool...so what's this 'amazing' secret, dude?

SATAN: I'm not a human...I'm an alien (from Venus!).

ACTRESS: What the hell are you saying...and why're you telling me this now, man?
SATAN: I want you to believe in my cheerfulness about American commerce/consumerism.

ACTRESS: Why?

SATAN: So...you'll become a Rams fan (like me!).

ACTRESS: Weird (hmm).

Two years later, this prince-stranger won the Pulitzer for his novel about consumerism vanities/thrills and became a UCLA assistant teacher and ran across the same actress he'd met at LAX (Airport!), claiming to her that he was an 'alien' visitor from Venus. She didn't believe him (obviously!) but was pleased to see him at the UCLA symposium about media-money which invited multiple celebrities, including her. He told her again, "I'm an 'alien' from Venus!"

ACTRESS: I guess I'm starting to become 'fascinated' by your persistence, Mr. Satan.

SATAN: Why wouldn't you believe I'm a 'real' alien, Ms. Hollywood?
ACTRESS: It's simply not a 'straightforward' claim, man!

SATAN: Yes, yes...but admit to yourself that I'm rather 'cheerful' and with a clear goal.

ACTRESS: Yeah, I suppose you're a 'delightful' cheerleader of commerce/media/sports.

SATAN: That's my point, fine lady...that's my 'proof' I'm an alien (Venus).

ACTRESS: Huh?
SATAN: I'm a media-marketing 'specialist' of fantasy (or idealism!).

ACTRESS: Oh, that's funny...you're implying 'optimism' about capitalism is somehow...alien?

SATAN: Maybe that's not such a 'damned' belief, eh?

ACTRESS: Funny times yield 'funny' diary, right!

SATAN: See...it's you who's charmed me (with your celebrity).

ACTRESS: Ha.

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"Money is everything" (Ecclesiastes)