Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Choosing Silence for Liberation

Scenario:

John, 19 years-old, had decided to ask his girlfriend Arianna, 21 years-old, what she was going to do for the day because he said he was bored. She said that she planned to hang out with her old friend Ben and he was taking her out to dinner that night.

He said okay and left it at that. She thought nothing of it and he tried to think nothing of it.

Unfortunately that didn't work and he became sorely insecure.

Arianna eventually turned off her cell phone and began ignoring John after his many texts and calls about him worrying about her cheating on him. She had told him there was nothing between Ben and her but John refused to believe it. Soon thereafter these two broke up and shared no contact afterwards.

FICTIONAL RECONSTRUCTION:

John, 19 years-old, had decided to ask his girlfriend Arianna, 21 years-old, what she was going to do for the day because he said he was bored. She said that she planned to hang out with her old friend Ben and he was taking her out to dinner that night.

He said okay and left it at that. She thought nothing of it and he did think nothing of it.

She had told Eric months ago (after two and half years of dating) that he was on her mind in the most deep and loving way possible. He believed her and told her he felt the same.

That night when Arianna and Ben went out, they caught up with one another and connected the same way they had years ago: best friends: brother and sister. Eric went out and played basketball with his friends and random people.

Eric and Ben became good friends and Eric asked Ben to be one of his groomsmen at his and Arianna's wedding.

Monday Nights Entertain to Utopia

Chuck is the best overall show on television with Heroes following just behind it. Ironically both of these fall on monday nights on NBC. In accordance with the Pacific time zone, Chuck appears on at 8 p.m and Heroes proceeds it at 9 p.m.

Both of these shows force the mind to wrap around multiple concepts at any given time. All the characters are vital and each actor that portrays the character is perfectly cast. The stories are amazing.



Chuck has all though: Drama, action, comedy, love, hatred, anger, and all the emotions, along with great acting and scene setting.



Heroes is amazing and dark. That's the best thing about it. Not afraid to step out of boundaries while keeping boundaries and restrictions for all the characters.

Surprise parties

Scenario

My friend (to remain anonyomous) sent a text to Victoria, ruining her surprise 21st birthday party that myself and two others had been planning for over a week.

I almost lost it because it took so much damn effort to pull this off and not get caught but this friend ruined it. But fortunately after thirty minutes or so, I realized that this would actually help the surprise party.

The final decision came down to this: The three party planners (again, including myself) decided to tell everyone that her party was the following Sunday and she was completely skeptical, still believing it to be the Saturday night before.

I took Victoria out to dinner at the Elephant Bar and took her back to her house after eating where she believed the party to be. No one but her parents were home so she became oblivious as to what was to happen next. We left and went to dessert at Flames and walked around Santana Row as the people began to pour in and set up her surprise party at her house.

We came back about an hour and a half later.

She was happy and tearful with joy when she was actually surprised by her friends. And the rest of the night was amazing, celebrating her 21st birthday.

FICTIONAL RECONSTRUCTION:

My friend (to remain anonyomous) sent a text to Victoria, ruining her surprise 21st birthday party that myself and two others had been planning for over a week.

I lost it and refused to plan out the rest of the party because I was so damn frustrated and pissed off.

Victoria's party came around and no more was her party a surprise. It was still a good party but she didn't enjoy it nearly as much as if she had been surprised.