Better vet them carefully. Or the final reel twist will be that one of them will turn out to be the stalker.
It's like an M. Night Shymalan film, only more complicated.
J.
Or that NCIS epsiode where someone was stalking Abby Sciutto. Gibbs and the team thought it was the creepy ex-boyfriend but, it was really some hit man payed to whack her so she couldn't testify in a trial.
Time for another confession of sorts...
I routinely enjoy playing the part of a Folk Devil and stirring up a Moral Panic, just to see what happens.
I have a fresh example too, courtesy of Facebook.
Today, I re-discovered an old classmate from my World History class in my Senior Year of High School. She was a Freshman at the time and very left-wing. In fact, she was too left-wing for her own good. When you can't even understand the other side's point of view, you don't need to be so stubborn in your own views. This is especially true when the subject in question is only 15 years old.
So, I routinely challenged her assumptions about life (and when you're 15, that's all you really have as far as knowledge about life is concerned) and delighted in saying something to shock her (and the class) every day. The daily quip was also usually quite sardonically hilarious. It was like House, except without any of the racist needling of black co-workers and medical drama.
Anyway, I sent a friend request, which was quickly accepted. She then left a message on my wall saying that I was one of her most memorable classmates. (Go figure...)
I sent her a message, picking up where I left of with her. Here's what it said...
Ah, to live a Carlin-esque type of sardonic existence... It's a shame I have to leave it behind soon...Subject: Since I haven't shocked you in almost a decade...
...I figure you're long overdue. I'll go ahead and use the '3 things' method that's just so popular here on the internet.
1.) As you can tell from the avatar, I'm going into the Army. I'll bet that's no surprise. I do remember a conversation we had one day where I explained how much I could identify with Rambo.
2.) The Army practically begged me to join and offered me over $100,000 worth of incentives and bonuses. Who could possibly say no?
3.) Here's the scary (for you, at least) part. For whatever reason, the Army loves me so much that they let me pick a job that comes with Secret-level clearance.
See? I told you I'd rule the world one day...
So, what are you doing with life?
- msbae
P.S. I'm not as angry, bitter, cynical or quasi-evil as I was back in the day. This is likely to be the last time where I would intentionally shock you for some time.
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