[The Drew step saver:BOSTON TERRIER]
Now,to my post:
Ella:Well,if isn't my good old friend,Don.How ya been?Here,have a seat,let me move it towards the center for you.
Don:Ha,ha,thanks...Hey!
Ella:Oh,I'm sorry.I'm just getting into the habit of 'taking' seats 'away' from you:-)
Don:Again,hardy har har.I'll have a Guinness,please.What are you drinking?
Ella:Just some little girlly drink.Ever hear of a martini?
Don: Ouch.
Ella:So,honey,what ya been up to?
Don:Just went to see the new,'Tron Legacy',movie.
Ella:And you didn't take me?!? How was it?
Don:Sorry,your phone went to voice mail.
Ella:Soooo?!? How was it?
Don:There's the rub.Do you want the short answer or the long?
Ella:I like for them to begin small then grrrooow larrrger:-)
Don:Um,how many of those martini's did you say you had?Three?Ok
Ella: :-)
Don:Ok,well the short answer is that it was a good satisfying movie,It had a plot,good special effects.While the first ,'Tron',was universally panned,this one should get generally good reviews.
Ella:Buuut...
Don:The effects were great..except for the The character,Clu,I mean,he looked just like a young Jeff Bridges.The likeness was crazy dead on realistic...except for the eyes.
Ella:The eyes?
Don,Yeah,you ever see the movie version of ,'The Polar Express'?The animation was fantastic..except for the eyes.
Ella:Yeah,I know.They couldn't capture the range of human emotion in them.It gave them a soulless creepy like feeling..
Don:Yes,yes,exactly.Besides that I thought it was a really really good movie.Kept me on the edge of my seat.
Ella:Ok,the key word in your sentence is,'thought'.How come you don't think it is,now?
Don:Because I now believe I was told what to think.
Ella:Thus...the long answer...proceed.
Don:Once upon a time around ten years ago I was working as a product selector at a food distribution warehouse.Ever see those blue pallets in grocery stores with different cans of food piled high on top of them,wrapped in Saran wrap?
Ella:Oh,yes,wonderfully contraptions,love seeing them.U.S.A.;U.S.A.;U.S.A.
Don:Well,my dear,dear,Ella,I used to do just that.I would walk beside or ride this double electric pallet jack,and stack these cases of produce on one or two of these pallets.Some orders were so big,that when I was through selecting the order I would have lifted more then a ton!
Ella:My Hero:-)
Don:Yes,well to slowly,but surely get to the point,while we were selecting these orders,they would pipe in this muzak.But there were different types;pop,rock,country,rap,etc.
Ella:Did you actually say,'etc.'?No no ever actually says etc.Hmpft.But go on.
Don:Well,not all the speakers worked.Since some aisles played music and some didn't,it just became like background noise.Sometimes you heard it,sometimes you didn't.It was just something to make the night go by quicker.
Ella:One martini is not enough and two is too many..and I am on my third.
Don:Then I have some catching up to do.Another Guinness.
Ella:Good boy.Go on.
Don:This one night I caught myself singing,'Like A Virgin'.I hate that song.It was the song that made me determine that no matter how terrible a song was,if you heard it enough-over and over and over again-most people would begin to not only accept it,but actually begin to like it,too.
Ella:Hmmm.
Don:The same principle works in movies.How many people's favorite Christmas movie is a terrible piece of tripe just because they have seen this movie over and over and over again?
Ella:Idon'tcarewhatyou say...I still like ,'Scrooged'.
Don:I'm getting off point.Here was a song I just couldn't stand.Hated!And here I was singing it!
Ella:I hope you like Usher.I really like Usher.
Don:Stick with me,here,my dear.I stopped in my tracks.I thought,'Why in hell am I singing this song?'And then it hit me:'Like A Virgin' was playing over the speakers.Until that moment,I did not realize that I was even listening to it.I had NO recognition,no recall.I evidently was,but I had idea that I was hearing this song.NONE.
Ella:Whoa.That's sobering.WoW!
Don:I know.Here's the kicker.I got good at noticing it.It got to the point where my body would automatically draw up in response to this ..this...subliminal manipulation.It became like smelling smoke,or being timid around an electric wire.It would snap me to attention.SNAP.
Ella:You really need to get a life,you know that,right?
Don:Well,while watching Tron Legacy today,my body snapped!
Ella:I bet it was the music,you thought you were hearing,'Like A Virgin',again.
Don:You drunkenly have a point.This 'is' Disney we're talking about.The music was very fitting.It did grab you.It was very intense.But,no.I was literally grabbing my armrests when the first snap came.I thought.This moment isn't that intense.They over played it....I was being subliminally manipulated.My body doesn't just snap on it's own accord.
Ella:I'll see about that.:-)
Don:Whoa...hold on,tiger.
Ella:What's wrong...can't,can't take a joke?
Don:I tell ya what,Ella, [ let me get us a taxis to ride home] you,my dear,are probably right...it's all in my head.
Ella:Hey,why don't cha treat us to a taxi ride home?That would be so kind of you.
Don:Sounds like a deal to me.You ever drink martini's before?
Ella:No never,you?
Don:Only once,at a nephew's wedding.I don't talk about it much.Let me help you with your coat.
Ella:Come here,come here...You are soo sweet.
Don:Thank you.So are you:-)
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