College scene and a new idea

I finished the first rough draft of my USC Creative Challenge B scene! Huzzah!

I also have an idea to spice up Creative Challenge A--the elevator scene. Two men get on in a lobby. One has a relatively cushy job (successful banker, something like that) and is dressed as such, coming home to the eighth floor at nearly midnight on New Years Eve to catch heck from his wife while he watches the ball drop. The other is on his way to a costume party on the twelfth floor; he is dressed as a cartoon platypus. Cartoon platypus guy has a lot of energy, and starts dancing to the elevator Muzak. The elevator gets stuck at the seventh floor, and the formal guy is not pleased. He tries pressing the call button (no go), then the emergency call button (goes through), then his cell phone to call home (no reception). Meanwhile, cartoon platypus dude is also worried about missing the party, but this manifests in being more fidgety and tense. Temperatures rise.

One more thing: I was talking TV with my family last night, and we mentioned a show, Max Headroom, that was on about twenty-five years ago. I know the show because my parents recorded several episodes; it's about a future in which the world, or at least the US, is controlled by the TV networks. I think that, if it was reworked, it could compete in today's market for shows, at least on SciFi (or however they spell it now). Instead of being controlled by TV networks, Earth would be owned by Googlesoft, controlled by the Internet. The hero would spend the first season trying to rid the world of Googlesoft's influence, only to find that the company is only creating miserable conditions on Earth to stop an alien invasion. The hero would change sides, trying or unable to explain to his former allies, and would fight the aliens for at least one more season.

One more thing: New House tonight!