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songtoyou · 4 years ago

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Chapter Two: Never Enough

Would You Call That Love

Pairing: Chris Evans x Raina Morrison (OC)

Rating: PG to PG-13 (Might be 18+ for some chapters)

Description: There was always one person Chris Evans tended to turn to when he was not in a committed relationship, Raina Morrison. He could confide in her about things going on in his life that he did not feel comfortable talking to his family or close friends about. Chris and Raina were able to establish a way to communicate with one another openly but also being respectful of the other’s time and needs. It was the only constant “relationship” he had, but without all the nonsense of trying to build a life together. A “friends with benefits” situation. However, what happens when Chris starts rethinking his “relationship” with Raina and if either is willing to pursue something more?

Chapter Rating: PG with mild swearing

Warnings: None

Word Count: 3,630

Author’s Note: I hoped those who ‘liked’ the previous chapter enjoys this one as well. I went back and made one little change in the first chapter. No longer is Raina a fan of the Seattle Mariners or Seattle Seahawks, but a Mets/Giants fan. Instead of having Raina grow up in Washington State, she grew up in New York on Long Island. It just made more sense location-wise for her to “closer” to Chris. I also changed something that happened during the summer of 2016 that involved another MCU actor. Let me know what you think. Feedback is always welcomed.

Sadly, I do not know Chris Evans or anyone in his family, and this is just a fictional take on his life. I do not permit this fic to be reposted on other platforms.

Thank you to @southerngracela for your support! :)

*Updated for grammar edits.

July 2019

"Christopher Robert Evans! Come here!" yelled his mother, Lisa Evans.

"What, Ma?" Chris asked when he entered her kitchen and replied, "Whatever happened? I assure you that it was Scott who did it."

"Would you stop? You aren't in trouble. Sit down for a sec." Lisa told her oldest son.

Taking a seat at the kitchen table next to his mother, Chris asked, "Why are you on the laptop? You hate using the computer."

"I do, but you need to send Raina some flowers to celebrate her big opening night on Broadway. You were planning on getting her something, right?" inquired Lisa as she turned the laptop over to Chris for him to look through different flower arrangements.

"Uh…I don't know, Ma. I am sure you will pick out something great."

Lisa gave Chris a knowing look and said, "Chris, you spend more time with Raina than the rest of us. You know her likes and dislikes. Now come on, look at the arrangements and pick which one she would like best."

Chris groaned and turned away from his mother to roll his eyes. His mother's behavior was not unusual to always insinuate that Raina was more than a friend to Chris. Well, she was, but that did not mean his mother had to know all of the dirty details. Despite what people might think of the confessed mama's boy, Chris did not always share everything with Lisa.

"Don't get her flowers…" Chris began, but Lisa cut him off.

"Chris! Why not?"

"It would be better to get Raina chocolate, cookies, or brownies. Something edible. Just not cupcakes because she doesn't like them. Call them overrated. Trust me. She'd prefer to have food over flowers," informed Chris.

"Great. You choose something for Raina while I give Carly a call. Choose something good," Lisa ordered as she got up from the table and exited the kitchen.

As Chris perused the website's items, he knew what to get Raina when he saw the object: a personalized gigantic caramel toffee fortune cookie. It was perfect. Not only was it giant, but it was dipped in decadent caramel with fatty toffee bits sprinkled on top and drizzled with dark chocolate. Raina would love it.

"Ma! Come here and look at this! What do you think?"

Lisa entered the kitchen once again. She was still talking on the phone with Carly.

"Chris, whatever you get, Raina, it will be great."

"What should I put on the card since it is from all of us?" asked Chris with a hint of annoyance in his voice.

"No. Just have it be from you. Scott and I already picked out a nice flower arrangement from the two of us for Raina," Lisa informed Chris nonchalantly and added, "Carly is wondering if you could watch the kids this weekend?"

Chris was amazed at his mother's crafty scheme. She had that way about her.

"I'll text her that it isn't a problem, and I know what you are doing."

Lisa feigned an innocent look. "What are you talking about?"

Pinching the bridge of his nose and letting out an exasperated sigh, Chris said, "Ma, it isn't like that with Raina, okay. We are just friends. Nothing more. We can't be anything more. It would ruin what we have already. Plus, we both don't necessarily want the same things. She has shared with me that she doesn't see herself having kids. I want kids, someday."

Lisa put her hands up in mock defeat. She was not going to press Chris press about his hidden feelings for Raina. He was an adult, after all. However, as a mother, it was hard not to step in and help her children no matter what they were dealing with at the time.

"Just be sure to write something heartfelt and sweet in the gift message," ordered Lisa and got up once again left the kitchen.

Now alone, Chris looked over the textbox space to put his message for Raina's gift. He typed and retyped what to write to her. Taking a deep breath, Chris let his inhibitions go and proceeded to write honestly about how he felt.

Raina,

You bring so much joy and love to my existence. I know it would not be the same If I did not have you in my life. You help keep me centered in this crazy world of ours, and I always know I can count on you if I need anything. I am so proud of you. Your determination, hard work, and motivation in achieving your dreams have always inspired me. Sometimes I wished you could see yourself through my eyes because then you would realize how special you are to me. I hope you know much. I appreciate and love you so much.

Love,

Chris

With the gift now ordered and soon to be on its way, there was no going back.

"1, 2, 3, and 4! Turn! Kick leg up! Cross and dip!" shouted the choreographer and added, "Let's do it again from the top!"

Trying to catch her breath, Raina got back into position next to her co-star, Aaron Tveit. The two have been working on this project for the past three years. It amazed them both how everything started at a workshop lab, to a small theater production in Boston, to debut the show on Broadway. It was a dream come true for everyone involved.

For Raina, it was a check-off on her list of career accomplishments. While Raina had been offered different roles for Broadway productions in the past, she never accepted the offers. She was either too busy promoting and touring for her albums. Or the parts offered merely did not appeal to her. Raina was cautious about particular projects and took her time in making decisions on which to pursue or decline. That would often lead to arguments with people at her record company or management as one or the other would tell Raina that she was not reaching her full potential as a star. But the Long Island native never wanted to be "famous for being famous." She was not the type to freely give out information about her private life to maintain relevancy with the press or fans. She wanted her work to speak for itself.

A child prodigy gifted in music, Raina has set her sights on impacting the world through song. Her parents, George and Marie, often worried about the precocious little girl when she would hold herself up in her room for hours and hours a day practicing on her guitar or keyboard while jotting down lyrics.

When Raina was 14 years old, she was discovered by her first manager, Jerry Sullivan, at the annual New York State Fair. Jerry was taken aback by the young girl's mature voice as she sang Reba McEntire's classic hits, "Why Haven't I Heard from You" and "Fancy." He immediately introduced himself to Raina and her parents.

Although skeptical, both George and Marie agreed to a formal meeting with Jerry to discuss their daughter's future. After all, they did not want their only child to get screwed over by some conman. Thankfully, Jerry turned out to be legit and had been in the music industry for 20 years as an artists and repertoire (A&R) personnel at Columbia Records.

"Not many talented singers I have seen in all my years in the music have what Raina has. She has 'it' and could go far," said Jerry.

"Oh, I don't want to be famous," little Raina spoke up and continued, "I just want to make music."

Jerry just beamed with happiness, "That is a great answer, little one. You have your priorities. That is important in this industry. You don't ever want to lose sight of why you started in the first place."

"Trust me, I won't," replied Raina with a toothy smile.

Unfortunately, it was hard to remain authentic in the music industry. Too many times, someone would try to mold Raina into who they thought she should be. She never wanted to be placed in a box or confined to one style of music. All Raina ever wanted to be was Raina.

"1, 2, 3, and 4! Turn! Kick leg up! Cross and dip!" repeated the choreographer, "Great job, everyone. Let us take a ten-minute break. Raina and Aaron, they need another costume fitting."

"I swear, I am at a point where I could do the choreography in my sleep," Aaron joked as he walked with Raina to the fitting area.

Raina let out a chuckle, "Isn't that the truth."

With rehearsals finally coming to an end for the day, Raina gathered her belongings, said her goodbyes, and headed home. Thankfully, her Tribeca apartment was only 15 minutes away from the Al Hirschfeld Theatre. Frank, Raina's driver, greeted her as he opened the black Cadillac Escalade's back door.

"How were rehearsals today, Miss Raina?"

"Not too bad," Raina shared with her driver, "I think once the show is finally open to the public, everything will be…a lot easier to handle."

"You're going to be great. The previews of the show went very well, as you mentioned," Frank reminded Raina and asked, "Who you got coming to see you on opening night? I'm taking my wife and youngest daughter to see it before she heads off to school in late August."

It was not uncommon for Frank and Raina to have an easy rapport with one another. Frank was a talker, while Raina was quieter and preferred to listen to his stories about growing up in Queens or his family that consisted of a loving wife and three daughters. Despite enjoying Frank's company, Raina knew that she still had to keep herself wary and not allow herself to be caught off guard. Sadly, her past experiences when allowing others into her world, both private and public, left her feeling burned. Raina learned how to be a master at changing the subject from herself to the other person prying into her personal life.

"Aw! That is wonderful. Where is Alisha headed off to again? Cornell?" asked Raina while thinking, 'Hook line and sinker.'

"Brown University in Providence. Got a full academic scholarship."

"That's wonderful. At least your daughter won't be too far from home. I kind of wish I went to college but never had the time with everything else going on."

"Oh, come on now. I'd say you turned out well. Not everyone needs to go to college to be successful. With Alisha, she always had her sights on pursuing a career in archaeology. By attending Brown, she will have access to the best research and educators the country has to offer."

"Well, if she is anything like her father, then she's got the charms to take the world by storm."

When Frank finally reached the building of Raina's apartment, he proceeded to step out to open her door, but she stopped him and said, "I got it, Frank."

"You sure?" he questioned.

"Yeah. Tell your wife and daughter I said 'hello.' Bye, Frank. See you tomorrow."

"Okay. Have a nice night, Raina."

Upon entering the apartment building, Raina was greeted by the concierge, Winston.

"Hi, Winston. How are you?" asked Raina to make polite conversation as she strode into the lobby.

"Very well, ma'am. Thank you for asking."

Raina cringed at being referred to as "ma'am" despite being two-decades younger than Winston; however, she knew he was only polite and professional. Stopping by to check her mail at the cluster of mailboxes, there was only advertisements and bills. Closing the mailbox with a loud sigh, Raina walked towards the elevator to head up to her penthouse apartment.

The Tribeca apartment was such a great find as the penthouse had its own intimate and homey feel. The condo's main floor greeted guests with an open space kitchen-living room area with a fireplace and powder room. Floor-to-ceiling arched windows dominated the living room, allowing natural light to seep through in the morning and afternoon. Overall, it was ample space for when Raina wanted to entertain her close friends. She was able to accommodate overnight guest stays with two sky-lighted bedrooms with one main bathroom. One floor up was where the master suite was located with floor-to-ceiling French doors that led to a landscaped terrace that included a hot tub, outdoor kitchen, along with fantastic sunset and nighttime views of the Tribeca skyline.

It was a place where Raina felt at home and safe from the prying eyes of the paparazzi or overzealous admirers. Thankfully, the majority of Raina's fans respected her privacy and knew the importance of boundaries.

Unfortunately, only Raina's name was associated with fellow celebrities that things could get out of hand and overrun with speculations. For instance, in the early years of her friendship with Chris, both fandoms speculated if they were more than friends. Whereas with the media, they were relentless in their prying for more information about the two stars. Luckily, it was a dilemma that the two friends worked hard to overcome. The bond that grew between Chris and Raina was not something either experienced with other people. It was unique in how relatively normal both felt around each other. There were no pretenses the friends had to follow or any egos getting in the way.

Sad that the same could not have been applied to Raina's last relationship. The media scrutiny and the online abuse/harassment from the actor's fanbase became too much for Raina to handle that she eventually had to end the relationship prematurely. It was not something that she wanted to do as she cared for the man very much. He was sweet, charming, handsome, and treated Raina with respect. He became someone Raina could confide in outside of her inner circle. She was lucky to have met him at President Barack Obama's final White House Correspondents' Dinner back in April 2016.

'What might have been? Where would my life be if I had stayed with Tom?' Raina often thought.

After taking a quick shower, Raina changed into baggy sweats and a fitted tank top. Stretching out on the couch, she searched through Netflix and selected season five of Schitt's Creek to watch. It was her go-to show that she liked to watch at the end of the day. The crazy antics of the Rose family always helped her relax and ease her anxious mind.

"Oh, David Rose, you are a precious little bean, wrapped in uncertainty and apprehension about the world, aren't you? I connect with you on a spiritual level," Raina commented to herself.

Chris was a bag of nerves ever since he ordered Raina that gift. It was not so much the gift that was causing him to have anxiety, but the message inside the present.

He let it all out in that gift message and was mostly worried about what Raina would make of his words. For instance, would she read them and express the same sentiment, revealing that Chris's feelings were more profound than mere friends. However, what if Chris's words caused her to be upset and that she would not be able to return his feelings in fear of losing their friendship.

'Or she just doesn't love you the way you might want her to,' thought Chris apprehensively.

Now, Chris was beginning to worry that he might have overstepped his boundaries with Raina. 'Why did you have to go and develop deeper feelings for her. I knew our whole friends with benefits wasn't a good idea.

Nothing good ever comes from that arrangement,' he scolded himself while taking Dodger out for a walk on his property. Chris hoped that the cool night air would help relieve the tension and worry he was feeling. It was either a walk or a cigarette, and he promised both his mother and Raina that he would no longer partake in the nasty habit.

The dynamic of Chris and Raina's friendship was a unique one. She was one of the very few that Chris allowed in his world. Over the years, Raina had become acquainted with his close friends from Massachusetts and individual family members outside of his mother, father, brother, and sisters. It was not unusual for Raina to attend one of his Uncle Mike's campaign rallies. That always got the fans on social media talking and wondering if there was something more than friendship between the two.

Chris and Raina's responses were always the same, "We are just friends." It was their go-to answer for years.

It was not until mid-2014 when they decided to add a new element to their friendship: sex.

What started as a fun hookup turned into a full-fledged agreement. For Chris, it was liberating to be with someone sexually with no strings attached. For Raina, she felt safe and comfortable with Chris. There was genuine respect and trust the two had for one another that when sex added to the mix, it did not cause a lot of complications, surprisingly. They took the time to set guidelines and go over expectations that both could abide by and not ruin the aspect of their friendship.

Their guidelines included:

Be transparent with one another as possible. Be open to compromises.

Be open to communicating with your partner.

Never be judgmental.

Be open about what is off-limits and what is acceptable.

Conversations or decisions cannot be one-sided.

Make sure each partner is on the same page.

Check-in with one another. Ask each other about how things are going and how the individual is feeling about the arrangement.

Develop a PR strategy for when friends or family members ask questions about the status of your relationship.

Ground rules: staying over is optional, breakfast in the morning is acceptable, no booty calls as it demeans the overall friendship, and friend-dates are suitable.

Even when Chris was in a serious relationship with Minka or Jenny, he could revert to his non-sexual friendship with Raina. Chris never quite understood how Raina could adapt so quickly whenever he had a new romantic partner. He honestly would not know how he would react if Raina showed up one day with a boyfriend on her arm.

'Liar! You'd flip your shit!' Chris thought, which he did when Raina was rumored to be dating fellow MCU actor Tom Hiddleston back in 2016. Both had been photographed together numerous times during outings and events.

'Six-months of Hell,' Chris bitterly referred that time.

The crazy thing about that time is that Raina did not share anything with him about her relationship with Tom. She kept it all to herself even after they broke up.

"Why does she keep that part of her life secret from me?" Chris asked himself as he walked up the steps on his front porch with Dodger following suit.

"Because it is none of your business how Raina's relationships go down," a voice spoke up, startling Chris.

"Holy shit, Scott! What the fuck are you doing out here?" yelled Chris as he stood in front of his little brother.

Scott replied with a shit-eating grin on his face, "Just getting some fresh air and enjoying the sunset. What have you been up to?"

"Don't change the subject. Why do you automatically assume I am talking about Raina? For all you know, I could have been referring to Shanna," Chris retorted back defiantly as he crossed his arms over his chest and leaned back against the porch railing.

However, Scott was not falling for what his brother was trying to sell. "Don't bullshit a bullshitter, Chris," Scott reprimanded and continued, "I know you and Raina have had a friend with benefits situation going on for the last five years. Of course, only when neither of you was in relationships with other people, that is."

"How the fuck did you know about that?" questioned Chris. His eyes looked like they were about to pop out of his head.

"Well, I had my speculations, but your reaction just now confirmed everything. What the fuck were thinking. Nothing good comes out of a friend with benefits relationship. Hell, I could have told you that while also saving you the eventual heartbreak that will eventually happen. So again, I ask, what the fuck were you thinking?"

Letting out a huge sigh, Chris moved to sit next to Scott on the porch swing. "I was thinking…that this is someone who I love and care about, you know. At first, the arrangement was, I don't want to say that it was just for fun. With Raina, it felt like a natural progression for our friendship. I don't know. I guess maybe…"

"You hoped that it could turn into something more down the road," Scott finished for his brother.

"Yeah. I felt we were getting to that point, but Raina kept pulling back, you know. Like, she was too scared to move in that direction with me,' Chris confessed as he leaned back on the porch swing.

Scott continued to stare at Chris as he contemplated what to say next. He felt terrible for his older brother and realized Chris's dilemma.

"I wish I could give you some sage advice, but honestly, I am at a loss on what you should do. Raina is special to you. To all of us. But, no one can deny that she has always had a little hold on your heart. The sad thing is that I don't think the poor thing fully understands the effect she has on you. All I can say is to tread carefully. Don't do anything rash," advised Scott and got up to go into the house.

'Too late.' Chris thought to himself.

"Fuck it! I need a cigarette."

#chris evans #chris evans x ofc #chris evans x original female character

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macdentrash · 6 years ago

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I have some issues that I want to talk about...

Ok so I’ve been thinking about macdennis (as one does 25 hours a day) and I just wanna share something... so we all know Mac and Dennis are gay for eachother, as does anyone who’s seen them interact in the slightest, and that’s been apparent since the literal first episode of the show (this isn’t necessarily related but I think it’s cute that the literal first lines of the show are between these two gays but to continue on...) and the levels of said gayness have evolved over the seasons. We have season 1 twinks who are subtle (at least for the most part) in their homosexual subtext and this could be played off as two “really good friends” but nothing beyond that (not how I choose to see it but some do and that’s not necessarily invalid just because some of us disagree), moving on through the seasons the gayness becomes more blatantly obvious, it’s brought to the viewers point of focus in a more straight(lol)forward way and the climax of this really shows in season 5 with the tipping point being Mac and Dennis Break up. Other than the few scenes with Frank/Charlie this whole episode is devoted to the blatant codependency of Mac/Dens relationship, not to mention the sexual tension (which is completely unsubtle imo), they literally cannot function without eachother and there is NO heterosexual reasoning that can explain the extended scene (beautiful lips!)... as we progress further in the show the homosexual undertones only become stronger (I could site every point in individual episodes and have a thesis level of critical analysis but for the sake of brevity we won’t go there today) which can be seen in the double parter Mac Fights Gay Marriage/Dennis Gets Divorced, any Mac and Dennis titled episode really and many more (every episode or at least most of them shows some level of interaction between the two that makes the viewer go “hmm well that’s gay as fuck”). Continuing on though, I’m writing this mostly to get into the newer seasons (11/12 respectively) so obviously in season 11 we have the ICONIC suburbs episode where they literally move to a house together and take up their individual “marital duties” (i.e. honey do list, Mac staying at home and taking care of things in his way lol, and Dennis going to work, etc) and we learn a lot about their dynamic and see that the codependency has not in fact weakened over time but grown to incomprehensible levels, in the rest of season 11 there’s fairly limited interaction and Mac/Dennis team ups but in the 2 part finale of The Gang Goes to Hell there are some important pieces. To start Dennis in the beginning is the one who supports Mac’s decisions (saying something along the lines of “you don’t have to mean it, just say what he wants to hear” etc) and it shows how well he knows Mac compared to the rest of the gang, again we have limited interaction until the end of the first part but there’s some really interesting stuff once they do get to interact. I’d like to start with Dennis’ reaction to Mac coming out and how “he always knew”, he always knew and still acted the way he always has (and knowing that he knew, makes one doubt Dennis’ own self proclaimed heterosexuality), moving on, when the boat first malfunctions Dennis automatically reaches his hand out to steady Mac and doesn’t show any real concern for anyone else, fuck even after the boat steadies he keeps his arm reaching out towards him... there’s definitely more in part two but I’m going to skip ahead a little to the tail end of part two. Dennis hid the letters that Mac’s dad sent him from prison and he looks heart broken when Mac gets upset, showing that Dennis actually gives a shit no matter how much he tries to pretend that he doesn’t (this is pre onion that I’m talking about here) and I believe that he honestly was just trying to protect Mac from his shitty father (which could have to do with Dennis’ own daddy issues but we won’t get into that here), also in the end of this episode we have Charlie saying something along the lines of “send us a miracle” and Dennis looks @ Mac in that super love sick way (he is his miracle! i’m so soft i apologize). The last thing I want to touch on in this episode is that when Mac is shoved back into the closet at the end, Dennis makes a very frustrated face... the face of a man who just wants his best friend to come out already... wow ok this is long but let’s move on to season 12, that will continue in the next paragraph break for the sake of breaking up this wall of text...

Ok so in season 12 is where imo everything kind of culminates and comes to a head as far as Mac and Dennis’ dynamic goes...to touch briefly on Making Dennis Reynolds a Murderer, we have “Well if Mac’s going to do it... I’m going to do it” (which speaks for itself) as well as Mac and Dennis just generally being portrayed as spending quite a bit of time together. Moving on to where everything really kicks off in this season imo is Hero or Hate Crime. We have Mac finally escaping from the closet but there’s a lot that’s woven into that, Dennis encourages Mac to come out of the closet until he actually does so (we’ll get to that in a minute) and when Mac leaves Dennis is the one who encourages the gang to just let him enjoy his first day out. The importance of Dennis pushing Mac to come out and then getting uncomfortable when he actually does is because HE NEVER THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN, and when it does he makes the same fucking face as he does when he’s trying to hide his emotions during the RPG scene... after this episode Dennis becomes “emotionally distant” (to quote Mac himself) and he generally is just kind of weird about Mac being out, I personally believe that’s because he’s too scared to admit his own feelings and scared to have to explore his own sexuality and how that impacts his overall identity. Obviously next we have PTSDee and Mac’s dream/subsequent reality, so at this point it’s well established that Mac has a thing for notorious 5 star man Dennis Reynolds but now we have to ask the question “does Dennis reciprocate those feelings?” (spoiler alert: yeah he does but moving on), in this episode it’s made apparent that Dennis is aware of Mac’s attraction (and has been for a long time) but even though it comes very close, he does not act on that attraction in a substantial way and we as an audience collectively heave a disappointed sigh (in gay) and hope for better next time. Next up is the The Gang Tends Bar, which is a fucking masterpiece... so from the beginning we have Dennis trying to avoid Valentine’s day and get the gang to “just do their jobs!”. Later we have the parallel between Mac trying to talk to Charlie about Dennis and Dee trying to talk to Frank about Charlie (both convos are interrupted by that intruding Jerry) and that is really solid evidence for the Chardee Macdennis Theory™... to get to my point here we have the “I have big feelings” speech and Mac coming in to save the day with his gift. So this is where it goes off, Mac who is now openly out gives Dennis a Valentine’s Day gift and makes no move to clarify this as a friendly/unromantic gesture, and the way that Dennis looks at him (other than being hella gay) is one of realization and just realizing that someone actually loves him (our collective hearts break for the bastard man), and going back to Hero or Hate Crime, he makes that same face when he glances back at the gang which is him trying to hide his emotions and how much Mac/the RPG really mean to him. Lastly in season 12 we have DDL, imo the most crucial part of this episode as far as Macdennis goes is in the beginning when they are coming up with the plan, I’ll insert the script here because it says more than I ever could:

Mac: Look, I think the point is, maybe we got to close the emotion door for Mandy by telling her that you're gay. Dennis: Yeah, right, but I already had sex with her. How am I gonna convince her I'm gay?

Mac: Just go with me here. Brian's not above having a one-night stand with a woman, but he's got no room for her emotionally - because he's in love with me.

Dennis: With you?

Mac: Well, yes, the lover is me, of course.

Dennis: Mm.

So this to me is just the writers pointing out the nature of Mac and Dennis’ relationship, they literally change the dynamic in no way and they’re almost screaming “THEIR IN LOVE YOU FOOLS”... the rest of the episode shows Dennis being confused at Mac’s actions (”why would you say you want to raise the kid?!” and showing discomfort when Mac launches into the same “he’s my bottom” speech from Mortgage Crisis) and Mac becoming more brazen with his obvious huge crush on Mr. Reynolds. Dennis leaves dramatically at the end and takes about 10 times longer to say Mac’s name than any other member of the gang, while Mac looks on with that sad puppy dog look on his face. This is how they leave it, other than Mac and the rest of the gang blowing up the Rover.

So to get to the original point I was trying to make before going the fuck off... now that we’re in season 13 we all are kind of wondering where they’re going to take this. After all the evidence I’ve discussed here, plus literally the entire roster of episodes, I just want to say that something with a capital S is going to happen. I mean, why would they be focusing so much on their relationship (to the point of it being uncomfortable *cringes and thinks about the sex doll*) and not ... take that anywhere? I mean they’ve been upping the anti since around season 10 and I feel like that character development and plot evolution is not for nothing, RCG know what they’re doing and I truly believe that we may get something at least resembling canon Macdennis this season, add in the factor of promo like “The Machelor” and it’s almost impossible that we aren’t going to get anything... also in the promo for the new episode we have Mac and Dennis holding a fucking heart shaped object between their hands...HEART SHAPED and that’s a level of metaphor that’s not even trying to be subtle... anyways I’m gonna go now but these are my surface level thoughts on the matter and if you want to hear some more specific analysis (on episodes/scenes) don’t hesitate to ask and I’ll type out something similar and not as lengthy. If you made it this far, I wish your heart luck moving further in this new season and we can all cry together

#macdennis #iasip #meta #long posts #come scream at me about macdennis

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foursprouthappiness-blog · 7 years ago

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14 Ways To Make Journaling One Of The Best Things You Do In 2018

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14 Ways To Make Journaling One Of The Best Things You Do In 2018

@MagdalenaRikanovic

The list of successful and wise and brilliant people who made time to journal is almost unbelievable: Oscar Wilde, Susan Sontag, Marcus Aurelius, John Quincy Adams, Anne Frank, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Virginia Woolf, Henry David Thoreau, Joan Didion. And those are just the people we know about, who talked about it, who didn’t ask that their journals be burned upon their death. Why were they so dedicated to this daily exercise? It was because, to paraphrase Susan Sontag, in a journal they were able not simply to express themselves openly, but in those pages, they were able to create themselves. I like Kafka’s observation about his own practice:

“In the diary you find proof that in situations which today would seem unbearable, you lived, looked around and wrote down observations, that this right hand moved then as it does today, when we may be wiser because we are able to look back upon our former condition, and for that very reason have got to admit the courage of our earlier striving in which we persisted even in sheer ignorance.”

But of course, there is often a big difference between doing something and doing something well. If you’ve struggled to journal, or had trouble seeing much in the way of results, don’t despair. It’s a habit that many have trouble getting to stick. The following tips and best practices should help. They certainly have for me.

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[*] Set a Time — The Stoics believed that the two best times for reflection were in the morning and evening: Prepare for the day ahead; Review the day that just passed. Marcus Aurelius likely wrote his famous Meditations in the morning, while Seneca seems to have preferred the evening. As he put it, “When the light has been removed and my wife has fallen silent…I examine my entire day and go back over what I’ve done and said, hiding nothing from myself, passing nothing by.” The lesson there is not that one or the other is better but that you need to set a time and make a practice of it. If you just do it whenever you feel like it, too often you will find that you don’t feel like it and it will not become a habit.

[*] Make Time — Tony Robbins once said, describing his morning routine, that there was no excuse for him not to find ten minutes each morning to meditate and prepare himself for the day ahead. “If you don’t have 10 minutes, you don’t have a life,” was how he put it. The issue is not whether you have time or not to journal, it’s whether you are willing to make time for journaling. Is there anything more important than taking time each day to clearly define what you want to accomplish, how you want to act, clear your mind and prepare yourself for the day ahead? Maybe you don’t have 10 minutes today. But surely you have five. Or one minute. Can you start with journaling for one minute tomorrow morning?

[*] No Pressure. Just Write. — The great General George C. Marshall refused to keep a diary during World War II despite the requests of historians and friends. He worried that it would turn his quiet, reflective time into a sort of performance and self-deception. That he might second-guess difficult decisions out of concern for his reputation and future readers and warp his thinking based on how they would look. This was admirable, but most of us are not George Marshall. Don’t put the burden of history on yourself—safely assume that nobody will ever read what you are writing. Not even you. It’s about getting your thoughts on pages. As Tim Ferriss has described it, journaling is really about trapping your worries and fears on a page so you can get on with your day. To see things clearly and so that your worries don’t “bounce around all day like a bullet ricocheting inside your skull.”

[*] Have Easy Things You Put In Each Entry — Another way to make journaling more fun is to jot down little things each day which are easy to do. I would write down each morning how far I walked, how far I swam or ran, one thing I am grateful for as well as how many hours of deep work I have done the previous day. There are like little throat clearers. It helps get me started. I never look at the blank page and think, “What should I say?” because I have a bunch of go-tos that I start almost without thinking. For instance, writer James Clear records his pushups and reading habits, Nobel Prize winner Danny Kahneman suggests keeping track of the decisions you’ve made in your journal, and the Quantified Self community uses all sorts of gizmos and gadgets to keep track of different metrics in their everyday life.

[*] Keep a Logbook — Bestselling author and artist Austin Kleon has talked about keeping a logbook—writing down each day a simple list of things that have occured. Who did he meet, what did he do, etc. Why? For the same reason many of us struggle with keeping a journal: “For one thing, I’m lazy. It’s easier to just list the events of the day than to craft them into a prose narrative. Any time I’ve tried to keep a journal, I ran out of steam pretty quick.” But this still has the effect of recording what he has done and paint a portrait of each day that he can flip back years later and see what his days were like. It’s easy enough to combine this strategy with the one above. If you’re having trouble starting a journal, don’t. Start with a logbook.

[*] Start Your Private Idea Book — Thomas Edison would keep a notebook titled “Private Idea Book” in which he kept different ideas that popped into his head, such as ‘artificial silk’ or ‘ink for the blind.’ This is similar to what bestselling author James Altucher does to exercise his “idea muscle.” He carries with him a waiter’s pad and forces himself to come up with at least ten ideas per day. Personally, I keep a separate journal I call a “commonplace book” that is a collection of quotes, ideas, stories and facts that I want to keep for later. I’m not the only one who does this. You can even look at the commonplace books of people like Lewis Carroll, Walt Whitman, and Thomas Jefferson.

[*] Don’t Break The Chain — “I’ve tried journaling before but after a couple days I just stopped doing it.” The comedian Jerry Seinfeld once gave a young comic named Brad Isaac some advice about how to write and create material. Keep a calendar, he told him, and each day that you write jokes, put an X. Soon enough, you get a chain going— and then your job is to simply not break the chain. Success becomes a matter of momentum. Once you get a little, it’s easier to keep it going. Start journaling every day, build a chain and then work not to break it. Don’t ruin your streak.

[*] Be Grateful—For The Good and The Bad — One common journaling practice is to write down the things you are grateful for. And the candidates are usually pretty obvious: We should be grateful for our families, for our health, that we live in a time of peace. But what I’ve come to do is that now in the mornings, when I journal, I try to find ways to express gratitude not for the things that are easy to be grateful for, but for what is hard. The Stoics saw gratitude as a kind of medicine, that saying “Thank you” for every experience was the key to mental health. “Convince yourself that everything is the gift of the gods,” Marcus Aurelius said, “that things are good and always will be.” No matter how poorly a situation went, or how a person treated you, find the good within them and what you can be grateful for.

[*] Develop a Shorthand — One trick that I’ve come to adopt is using little acronyms that only I know what they mean and that makes the practice more fun and efficient. For example, I’d write TAF (tired as fuck) when I am running myself ragged. This is something I saw bestselling author Robert Greene do—whenever he would encounter in a book an example that illustrates the Stoic concept of amor fati, he would write AF in the margins. I’ve come to use this both in my notecard system and now in my journaling practice. It helps speed the process up. Depending on how elaborate your shorthand becomes, you might accidentally end up like author Charles Wesley whose diary took nine years to be cracked by scholars because of its elaborate shorthand script.

[*] Unleash Your Creativity With Morning Pages — Back to the timing thing: Author Julia Cameron has become known in creative circles for her practice of Morning Pages. That is, writing three longhand stream-of-consciousness A4 pages early in the morning. Writer and producer Brian Koppelman (Billions, Rounders) has been one of the most vocal proponents of this practice and swears by it, saying he does it each morning, to get himself going creatively, “priming the pump, …getting the creative juices flowing in a very free way.” Other proponents include bestselling authors Oliver Burkeman and Tim Ferriss.

[*] Give Your Thoughts Room to Marinate — But evening pages work just as good. For instance, the founder of Linkedin, Reid Hoffman, jots down in his notebook things that he likes his mind to work on overnight. Similarly, chess prodigy and martial arts phenom Josh Waitzkin, has a similar process: “My journaling system is based around studying complexity. Reducing the complexity down to what is the most important question. Sleeping on it, and then waking up in the morning first thing and pre-input brainstorming on it. So I’m feeding my unconscious material to work on, releasing it completely, and then opening my mind and riffing on it.” By journaling questions and problems during the day, you can let your unconscious do the work and then you revisit first thing in the morning.

[*] Practice The Art of The Unsent Angry Letter — Whenever Abraham Lincoln felt a pang of anger towards someone, he would write them a letter…which he would then never send. He would “put it aside until his emotions cooled down,” as one historian explained. Your journal can similarly become an outlet for your emotions and feelings towards someone so you can then approach them in person in a calm and rational manner. Say the things, process the things that you would love to be able to say out loud but can’t or won’t. You’ll feel better—and you’ll always have something to say.

[*] Ask Yourself the Tough Questions — Journaling isn’t just about patting yourself on the back and listing all your accomplishments. I also think it’s important to wrestle with big questions and to hold yourself to account. When we created The Daily Stoic Journal, we added for each day a helpful prompt to provide guidance for the day’s reflection. These can sometimes be the tough but necessary questions you need to reflect and meditate upon. Some helpful examples: Where am I standing in my own way? What’s the smallest step I can take toward a big thing today? What blessings can I count right now? Why do I care so much about impressing people? What is the harder choice I’m avoiding? Do I rule my fears, or do they rule me? How will today’s difficulties show my character?

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The last tip is the most obvious one:

[*] Just Do It. — People tend to intimidate themselves about it: What’s the best way to do it? What’s the best journal? What time? How much? Forget all that. There’s no right way to do it. Just do it. You can use The Daily Stoic Journal or The 5 Minute Journal or The Bullet Journal or Austin Kleon’s Steal Like an Artist Journal. Or the One Line A Day Journal. Or a blank notebook or an Evernote file or an email on your iPhone. Or use a combination of these things. It doesn’t matter. Just start. Refine and improve as you go. You’ll get into a rhythm and find what works best for you. You can only optimize if you actually start.

I remember visiting the filmmaker Casey Neistat’s studio and seeing shelves and shelves of notebooks on one wall. They dated back to the very beginning of his career. I felt an instant pang of regret—why hadn’t I been doing this?—and then reminded myself that although the best time to start journaling would have been years ago, the second best time would be right then. So I did. If you want to get a chain going, start to day.

Good luck and happy journaling!

And if you want to try The Daily Stoic Journal (which is built around these principles), it’s available on Amazon in the US and the UK.

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The last tip is the most obvious one:

Good luck and happy journaling!

And if you want to try The Daily Stoic Journal (which is built around these principles), it’s available on Amazon in the US and the UK.

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Written by smoothie smith

We see Curtis at center with albert and Zach

Curtis

“hello guys you are here because I have an update on the center and Ryne “

Zach

“what is it “

Curtis

“Marcus is going to walk but he is going to need psychical theperty “

Albert

“wow “

Curtis

“yes, the other thing is the special needs floor is going to re-open starting next week so I need you albert to call in “

Zach

“so, you want us to help out “

Curtis

“your smart “

They get up

Curtis

“there is one more thing “

They sit

Curtis (countie)

“my husband got a job offer in los altos California and we agree that I move in after the season so I will be resigning but keep it hush hush “

Albert and Zach look at each other

They leave

Albert keeps walking without saying anything

Zach approaches hazel

Hazel

“hey Mootz, what’s up”

Zach

“have you talk to your boyfriend “

Hazel

“he’s still down”

Zach

“I know it’s been two weeks “

Hazel

“I know give it time “

Zach

“he’s my best friend “

Hazel

“I know, when is Marcus coming for PT”

Zach

“in fifteen mins”

Hazel

“I will talk to him before the game “

Zach

“ok”

Hazel puts her hand on his face

Hazel

“hey, it’s going to be ok”

She leaves for her office

We see Rebecca with her staff and the media

Rebecca

“why do we have a press conference before the game “

Craig

“I am doing it “

Amdana

“why”

Rebecca

“cause he’s my press Secretary “

She leaves

They look at her

She goes in her office

Amanda

“she is going through a lot right now “

Craig

“yes”

Alan

“guys it’s Rebecca fisher “

Craig

“your point”

Alan

“she has been around for 18 years she has a 299-72 record she has 5 state appearance 2 state titles she will survive this”

Donna

“he’s right let’s get ready for film session “

We see Jake and his staff

Everyone bringing papers and tapes

Jake

“so, with an 8-10 record we can get four more we get a 3 seed “

Everyone looks like Jake is crazy

Dinna

“who do you think gets the one seed “

Jake

“Dalton Prep “

John

“he’s got a point “

Josh

“why”

Curtis comes in closes the door and sits down

David

“wow 17-1”

John

“yes, they beat Mid town memorial and a total of 12 teams in the top fifth teen in Divison 1 “

Jake

“we have 3 “

Diana

“what about the rest of the sectional “

Jake

“Ryan!”

Ryan who is the student Asst. for the team comes in

Ryan

“yes coach “

Jake

“do you have the sheet that I had you type up”

Ryan

“yes, right here “

There are 17 teams in the sectional four bracket

Jake

“thank you, Ryan, “

Ryan

“thank you, coach,”

Jake gives the sheet to everyone to look at

John

“this is so weak Nathen Johnson at 3-14 South Divison is 5-11 riverside is 7-11”

Diana

“Vincent doesn’t have a win”

Curtis

“no”

Jake

“even Hamilton has 5 wins”

David

“hey John Hayes, 9-10”

Jake

“3 seed look at who they play”

Everyone looks at the website and look up and Jake and Curtis

Curtis

“yes”

David

“You’re kidding”

Jake

“yes, now let’s get to work on Oak York high school “

They all head down stairs

We see the center as the camera moves inside in the point of view of someone walking

We see Tracy walking into rehab room number 318 were he see Marcus getting ready for Zach

Marcus (sign)

“where is Mootz”

Tracy (sign)

“he will be here in 3 mins he is upstairs in Sandy office working on your paper work”

Marcus (sign)

“ok,who do you play on Friday”

Tracy(sign)

“oak York Knights “

Marcus (sign)

“who is playing tomorrow”

Tracy (sign)

“the lady generals against South Divison “

Zach comes in with the papers

Walks over in a big smile

Zach (sign)

“hell Tracy, you ready Marcus “

Marcus (sign)

“ready “

Tracy leaves them

We see a study hall people are working and chatting if they don’t have work we see Evan and Jace

Jace

“do you want to get out of here”

Evan writing his paper and looking at his friend who is just writing notes

Evan

“we are done in four mins”

Jace

“oh my gosh”

Everyone looking at him

Mr. Nelson

“what are you doing”

Evan

“nothing “

Mr. Nelson

“you can transfer to another pod “

They hear the bell

Mr. nelson

“you are excuse”

They leave

They walk in the halls where they are meet up with cade and gunner

Gunner

“hey Evan “

Cade

“any news on the Marcus “

Evan

“Zach hasn’t said anything hazel hasn’t either “

Cade

“when do you think it will be normal “

Gunner

“never”

They sit there as students keep walking by them

We go back to the rehab room where Zach is working with Marcus as Sonny comes in

Marcus (sign)

“what’s next”

Zach (sign)

“we want to get your legs moving so I want us to go down to the pool so we can work with on that”

Carol comes in

Carol

“sonny Jorgensen is here “

Zach

“bring him in”

He turns to Marcus

Zach (sign)

“give me five mins”

Zach goes by sonny

Zach

“what up Coach “

Sonny

“how is everything “

Zach

“he’s doing good I am ok “

Sonny

“good “

Sonny leaves

Zach goes back to Marcus gets a text from albert

Zach (sign)

“albert is coming to help if that is ok with you “

Marcus (sign)

“yes. when do you have practice “

Zach (sign)

“coach Scahlow gave us the day off for the day after the funeral “

They leave for the pool

We see Rebecca and her staff talking as Rebecca writes up stuff on the board, the board says O and D and well as pre-game

Rebecca

“so, this what South Divison dose and what we should do to prep for them “

Donna

“so, they are running a 1-3-1 “

Craig

“when did they ever run a 13”

Alan

“just this year”

Rebecca

“we need to attack it by going to basket hard and cutting to the basket “

Amanda looks at papers

Amdana

“so, what is our zone offense “

Fade in to a view of Rebecca who give them the papers on that

Rebecca

“so, we want to attack using a diamond cut so we are going 1-4 low you’re going to Haley come in attack down on the low block “

Alan

“this is going to work “

They all look each other

Music in the background

Fade out

Fade In: Rebecca is walking in the center going by the front desk

Rebecca

“where is albert “

Jerry

“in the pool “

She looks at jerry and then to frank who is on the phone then she looks at carol and helea who are the phone thinking about who knows this

Rebecca

“carol when did we get a pool”

Carol

“last year “

Rebecca

“oh”

Rebecca walks to the stairs

Rebecca (whispers)

“what the fuck “

to the pool we see Rebecca walking with her shoes off in a blazer she sees her daughter and two best friends with Marcus who is doing rehab she walks over there

Rebecca

“when did we get a rehab pool “

Hazel

“last year”

Rebecca looks still in shock

Rebecca

“which father did this “

Hazel

“well the one that is still at the house did since the other one papa is in los altos “

Rebecca turns her head in shock

Rebecca

“what”

Hazel turns to her mother

Hazel

“you don’t know “

Rebecca

“no, I don’t “

Hazel

“my father and papa separated “

Rebecca

“when did this happen “

Hazel

“last week “

Rebecca looks mad

Fade out

We see Curtis in his office working on a scouting report for the Vincent game watching tape and writing notes and rewinding tape over and over as marge screams

Marge

“Curtis! “

Curtis

“I am right here”

Marge

“it’s Coach fisher “

Curtis

“crap let her in “

Rebecca lets him have slams her hand on the desk

Rebecca

“do you want me to take your daughter away from you”

Curtis stands up

Curtis

“I thought we could talk about this openly as honest parents of our girl who is going to college “

Rebecca

“she is also sexually active with her boyfriend “

Curtis

“I am not worried about that “

Rebecca

“just tell what happen”

Curtis

“Matthew and I are on rocks he took a job in National city to be a doctor for a college in human behavior at UC Sand Diego “

Rebecca

“your daughter told me los altos “

Curtis

“that is where he is living “

Rebecca starts to cry as she looks at the family picture of Curtis and matt and the kids

Rebecca

“fix this “

Curtis

“I am trying “

Rebecca

“I will not take her away from you I am sorry ok it’s just that I love you too fix this “

Curtis

“we will be soulmates “

Rebecca

“I wanted to ask you before I go to walk through when did we get a pool “

Curtis

“last year actually “

Rebecca

“oh”

We see Jake in his office as his PA comes in

Sarah

“Jake your wife is here”

Jake

“send her in were done for today thank you Sarah “

We see Morgan coming in kissing Jake

Morgan

“how was your day “

Jake

“not much just waiting for Diana to come to me with press question for me and I have Jill who needs a follow up on an IEP”

Morgan

“so, you’re going to come home early “

Jake

“yes, we had practice in the morning “

Morgan

“are you going to stop by the center before heading home”

Jake

“yes, actually I have to check up on Marcus “

Morgan

“ok so 6pm tonight “

Jake

“yes, tomorrow though I got the girls game if they win it will be Rebecca 300th win at the school”

Morgan

“oh, ok I better get going I will see you when you get home “

They kiss

We see Diana and Curtis going to the pool

Diana

“when is the game tomorrow “

Curtis

“tomorrow at 3pm “

Dianna

“when do you think shoot around will be “

Curtis

“9am “

Diana

“oh “

They arrive we see them go by the boys who are helping Marcus out of the pool and into the wheel chair

Marcus (sign)

“towel please”

Albert hangs the towel to him

Marcus is wheeled away they stop by Curtis and Diana

Albert

“hello coaches “

Curtis (sign)

“hello guys good day one Marcus “

Marcus (sign)

“very good actually “

Zach (sign)

“we will get there “

Marcus (sign)

“that’s right “

Curtis (sign)

“do you have a ride home”

Marcus (sign)

“Zach and albert are taking me home “

Curtis (Sign)

“good”

Diana

“remember guys shoot around is at 9am tomorrow “

Zach and albert thumb up coach hardy

They leave

Zach (sign)

“you ready “

Marcus (sign)

“yes”

Albert (sign)

“do you need help with changing “

Marcus (sign

“that’s why you’re here”

We see hazel talking to her friends in her office on the morning of the game there eating a pre-game meal before the game against south Divison there talking about everything

Cade

“I think the one thing I love about this center and our high school is that it’s very open “

Cindy

“yes “

Megan

“what do you “

Hazel

“well you guys all know that Luke is hard of hearing Evan is gay Zach is pansexual that is everyone on the boy’s team that is open “

Cade

“don’t forget about your father “

Hazel

“true “

Cindy

“and look at all the girls that so open I mean so many I am truly blessed “

Gunner sits down after getting an orange juice

Gunner

“so, what are the chance that your mother coach fisher gets her 300th win “

Hazel

“well if we beat and kill the 1-3-1 we win”

Cade

“that will be simple “

Cindy

“let’s hope so “

Hazel

“so, does everyone want an update on Marcus “

Cade

“yes “

Hazel

“he completes his first day of rehab we had him in the pool for about an hour yesterday “

Megan

“That’s good”

Cade

“yes “

Cindy

“should we girls get going “

Hazel

“yes “

Megan

“it’s show time “

They kiss the guys

Cade

“good luck “

They leave

They go into the locker room

We see the office we see the coaches in we see Amanda giving each there spread card

Rebecca in a blazer

Rebecca

“so, what do we want to start with “

Craig

“I think we should go with 20 to start off with “

Alan

“I agree “

Donna

“can I ask you something before we go out “

Everyone looks at her

Music in the background

Fade out

Fade into the locker office we see everyone looking at donna

Donna

“I am just saying if there running zone should we run zone “

Rebecca

“I know what you mean I know James did that “

Donna

“but we feel comfortable in 20”

Alan

“I think we will be fine “

They go out

We see the gym full of people

We go to the starting lineups

“now let’s meet the starting lineups for the Rufus king lady generals starting at guard a 5”7 senior number 10 hazel Anderson -Gosz starting at the other guard a 5”7 senior number 21 Megan Kendrick starting at forward a 5”10 junior number 22 Stacy Gilbert starting at the other forward a 5”10 junior number 34 Cindy Jackson and starting at center a 6”4 Junior number 44 Alexis Cunningham “

Alexis

“let’s go lady”

“and the Head coach of the lady Generals is Rebecca Fisher Asst by Donna Bonnell Craig Mcuhut Alan Jackson and Amanda Johnson “

Rebecca sits down

Rebecca “let’s go “

We see the student section pumped up as Zach and albert come in wearing Hawaiian outfits and sunglasses

Zach

“let’s rock this show”

Tracy

“dam boys “

Everyone

“Mootz”

We see Jake and Curtis in the audience watching the game with the other coaches behind the bench

Jake

“show off”

Diana

“no kidding “

John

“well that’s why he’s the class clown “

Curtis

“please if anyone is the class clown it’s albert “

Diana

“he’s right have you seen Zach’s other brothers “

David

“especially troy doesn’t smile at all”

Jake

“got a point “

They jump the ball

Fade out

Fade in to hazel dribbling up the court

Hazel

“X”

Rebecca

“hit “

Stacy hits a three its Rufus king 12 south Divison 2

Timeout south Divison

Ref

“timeout 30 second “

Hazel

“yes baby!”

Alan

“hey always know you can make a move and dribble hard to the basket always think that in the back of your mind when your one on one “

Rebecca

“keep playing hard on d we got this “

First half 12:29 to go Rufus King 12 South Divison 2

Donna

“where doing great “

We see the student section

Albert

“let’s get fired up “

Student section jumping

Cindy takes a and 1 to the basket makes 22-9 mid way through the first half

Cade

“yes baby “

Harry

“300!”

Rebecca gives them the quiet sign

We see the boys coaching staff talking as derrick comes in the gym who is Rebecca husband

Curtis

“hey Derrick “

Derrick

“hey Curtis “

Jake

“you want to sit “

Derrick

“sure “

Dianna

“we will have to leave at half time “

Jake

“I am only allowed to do that “

Sonny comes in

Sonny

“coach fisher how is you doing “

Derrick

“good “

They here the whistle blow

Half time

Score Rufus king 29 South Divison 13

Jake

“all right I have to go “

We see the half time

Fade in: we see the staff as Jake comes with them

Rebecca

“so, what are we doing well”

Alan

“I think we need to talk the basket at all the time that zone is going to counite to break down “

Craig

“I agree “

Donna

“I think we can attack it each way “

Amanda

“defense we need to do better on help side defense that player is driving to basket hazel or Cindy or Megan have to help and recover “

Rebecca

“I agree what do you think Coach Schalow “

Jake

“I agree with everything that has been said the only thing that I want you guys to foucs on in the second half is ending the game the right way “

Rebecca

“thank you, coach, “

He leaves as the coaches go and talk to the team

We see the students

Albert

“so, what’s going to happen in the second half “

Everyone

“same thing!”

Everyone laughs

Zach

“I love ya brother “

Tracy

“ha-ha “

Luke(sign)

“ha-ha”

We see the second half start south with the ball king is in a 2-1-2 zone

Rebecca

“let’s pack this shit “

Turnover and 2 points for Cindy 31-13

Rebecca

“that a way “

The coaching staff watch Rebecca from time to time

We see Jake and the staff who are happy talking

We go to the end of the game

“that’s the game the final score Rufus king 52 south division 29 don’t forget to stick around for the pre-game ceremony as we honor coach Fisher with her 300th win “

Rebecca

“what’s this about “

She sees derrick

Derrick

“hello babe “

They kiss

“we will hand the mic to AD Sonny Jorgensen “

Sonny

“thank you Mr. Miller I am so honor by tonight event that with this win Rebecca Fisher has achieve a record of 300-79 in her 14 years at the school 13 of those being the head basketball coach for the lady generals I am honored to give you this plaque as you are the winningest coach in girl’s history at Rufus king and second most wins in Rufus king athletics program behind the great James gosz so enjoy coach fisher and go Generals “

We see the post-game

The news outlets are there

Rebecca

“thank you very much “

Curtis and the boys staff come by

Curtis

“congrats “

We see sonny walking with a camera guy

Sonny

“Donna “

Donna

“yes”

Sonny

“this mike Anderson of NYSN he wants to interview coach fisher “

Donna

“yes, I’ll get her”

Donna goes by Rebecca

Donna

“mike Anderson wants to see you”

Rebecca

“thank you, give me 10 mins ok guys “

Mike and Rebecca agree completely

Mike

“congarts here you go, now tell us what does feel like about your achievement tonight “

Rebecca

“you know it’s a tremdous honor of getting all 300 wins at Rufus king a lot of hard work by a lot of girls that come and gone through the program being in the state tourney creating a youth program with former coach Alena Cunningham and pam Kruse a coach at New York JFK Prep school I got this program to a high level and I plan on keeping it to that level “

Connie

“you know that you have had a lot of coaches that have help you over the years but Craig Mcahut has been with you since day one what has he been like to work with for you “

Rebecca

“this program would not be here nor would I be here if it weren’t for Craig Machut he has may back through the good and bad times of this program and I am very grateful for him “

They leave

We see celebration

Fade out

Fade in: We see Curtis getting home from the game we see him getting ready for film session before going to bed we see him watching film on New York Vincent taking notes his phone rings

It said Matthew on it

He answers

Matt on the phone

Matt

“before you say anything I just want to let you know that I am sorry for this mess that I put our marriage in I am sorry for everything I really am, Curtis I love you I still love you I will always love you I should of thought about this decision with you more before making it “

Curtis looks crying as he countie to watch film he turns off the tv

Curtis

“I wasn’t expecting you to call at all I thought you wanted a divorce I thought you wanted out, but I guess that is not the case now is it “

Matt

“I love you Curtis “

Curtis

“now I can talk, I was on the breaking point I lost everything I feel like I will consider moving out to los altos after the season please I need more time I want our daughter to sign her letter before I move with you “

Matt

“that’s fine “

Curtis

“ok, I love you I will see you soon”

Matt

“I love you too “

Curtis hangs up and just starts bawling his eyes out

Hazel comes home

Hazel

“what’s wrong “

Curtis

“my marriage “

Hazel looks at her father

Hazel

“come here “

Hazel and her father come together

Hazel

“I will talk to him ok I will “

Curtis

“I love you “

Hazel

“let’s go to my mother’s house for the party “

Curtis

“that sounds like a good idea “

We see albert and Zach with Marcus the next morning

Zach (sign)

“we are going to the see how many steps you can take today I am going to be right here albert is going to be over on the side hazel is going to be in middle and Luke will be on the other side in the middle ok”

Marcus gives them the thumbs up

We start seeing him walking he falls and gets up slowly Luke and albert pull him up Marcus turns around to albert

Zach (sign)

“you can do it “

He starts over and gets closer to hazel

He gets to hazel

Everyone is proud

Zach (sign)

“we got five months of this we can do this “

Albert (sign)

“we will be here two “

We see Ryne come in

Ryne(sign)

“and I will be here for you all the way”

They all get out rehab

We see cade and harry with gunner and the other basketball players come into the center

Cade

“hey, we would like to know how to be volunteer here “

Jerry

“you all a part of the basketball team “

They nod

Jerry

“carol!”

Carol comes over

Carol

“yes, jerry what is up”

Jerry

“these high school players from Rufus king want to know where they can sign up to volunteer “

Carol

“prefect come with me guys “

They enter the room

Carol

“so, we have a wide range of areas where you guys can volunteer everyone tell me what you guys want to do here”

Cade

“I want to work with the kids who have special needs “

Carol

“that’s good”

Harry

“I sort of want to have an area of sports rehab “

Carol

“good we have a lot of that “

Carol gives everyone paper work

Carol

“Does anyone have any questions “

Gunner

“do we have to have a requirement “

Carol

“good question there Is only two requirements the first one you have to be willing to work with every issue that come through the center, number two is you have to know some type of Sign Language “

They all sign the paper

Carol

“welcome to the smoothie Anderson center “

Fade out

Fade in: we see hazel and albert in a room where they are waiting for the news

Albert

“what do we do “

Hazel

“well we are waiting in the gym what’s the point “

Rebecca and Jake come in with Curtis and Michael

Alan

“hello, you guys I am here to deliver these too you “

They hand their letters

Zach opens his letter first

Zach

“I got in “

Everyone hugs him

Luke (sign)

“I got in “

Hazel

“I got in “

Albert doesn’t want to open his letter

Albert

“I am scared “

Zach

“you’re going to get in “

Hazel (sign)

“we are right here “

Albert opens his letter

Albert falls to the floor

Albert

“I got in”

Group hug

Fade in: to the house boat we see hazel and albert looking out towards the ocean as the full moon

Albert singing good ol moon

Albert

“wake up I’m lonely let’s talk about how we love to talk on the telephone we would hang up and go back to absolutely nothing and by absolutely nothing I mean pick up the phone sun is out the moon is smilling in the corner of his eyes he’s crying for his next new arrival for the rest of the night good ol moon is like me”

Hazel turns to albert

Hazel

“dam albert you woke the ocean up “

Albert

“but “

Hazel puts her finger up to his lips

Hazel

“but I love it “

He smiles

They kiss

End of 10.5

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Written by Jason S. Capps, Crelate. Published in The HR Tech Weekly® on January 10, 2017 ▸

Hollywood Legend Jerry Weintraub

The biography of Hollywood legend Jerry Weintraub is truly extraordinary. He was a American film producer and actor whose films won him three Emmy’s. Weintraub is also known for being a talent manager (one could say a recruiter) and concert promoter. The list of musicians he represented includes: Elvis Presley, John Denver, Frank Sinatra, Neil Diamond, Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin, and The Four Seasons. In many ways Jerry was the “Godfather” of concert promoters and a true showman.

Further, Weintraub is also known for producing films such as Nashville (1975), Diner (1982), The Karate Kid (1984), Vegas Vacation (1997) and the Ocean’s franchise (2001). More recently, Weintraub was the executive producer for a couple of HBO series – The Brink and Behind the Candelabra (both 2013). In 2011, HBO broadcast a television documentary about Weintraub’s life, called His Way. Weintraub was an amazing story teller and his book When I Stop Talking, You’ll Know I’m Dead: Useful Stories from a Persuasive Man and documentary are worth checking out for sure. I want to focus on one of my favorite Weintraub stories that hits home [as the time it was written we get ready for Thanksgiving 2016].

Weintraub Refused to Go Quietly

As the story goes, in 1969, Weintraub was living in New York on 54th Street and awoke at three o’clock in the morning to proclaim, “I just had a crazy dream” to his wife Jane Morgan (an enormously talented singer in her own right whom he managed). Jane said, “What was the dream?” Jerry proclaimed, “I saw a sign in front of Madison Square Garden that said ‘Jerry Weintraub Presents Elvis.’” Jane then said, “That’s crazy. That’s nuts. You know, you don’t know Elvis and you don’t know Colonel Parker. You know, how do you expect to do this?” Jerry then quipped, “I don’t know them now but I will.”

For the next year from 1969-1970 Jerry’s first phone call of the day, at 8:30 in the morning, was to Colonel Tom Parker and (as reported by Weintraub in his memoir) here’s how it went.

JW: Good morning, Colonel, this is Jerry Weintraub. I want to take Elvis on tour.

Colonel Parker: What are you, crazy? Why do you keep calling here? You’re wasting your money. First of all, Elvis is not working right now. Second of all, if he were working I have a lot of promoters that I owe dates too. A lot of producers I owe dates to. And it’s not gonna be you. It’s never gonna be you.

After a solid year of rejection one morning, in 1970, Colonel Parker had something different to say than the usual dismissive “No” “not interested.”

Colonel Parker: You still want to take my boy on tour?

JW: Yes, very badly.

Colonel Parker: Okay, you be in Las Vegas (in two days) at 11:00 o’clock with a million dollars and we’ll talk a deal.

Weintraub Gets a “Yes” Finally

The year was 1970 and, therefore, securing 1 million dollars in two days had long odds. Jerry didn’t have a million dollars and, in fact, owed a bank about $65k. By sheer persistence and phoning practically everyone he ever met or knew within a 48 hour period, low and behold, he found a wealthy business owner in Seattle, WA that said “Yes.” The Elvis super-fan, from the Pacific Northwest, was willing to wire Jerry a million dollars site unseen for a chance to fund an Elvis concert tour. Weintraub showed up in Las Vegas at the bank 2 days later and worked out a deal with Colonel Parker.

Elvis proceeded to put on an incredibly successful and lucrative concert tour. The tour would also be remembered for providing concert goers with reasonable ticket prices. As the tour came to a close, Elvis, Weintraub and Colonel Parker cashed in on the tour for sure.

What’s more, at the conclusion of the tour Colonel Tom Parker took Jerry to a back room (behind the stage) and proceeded to reveal a huge pile of cold hard cash. Jerry proclaimed, “What’s this?” Parker exclaimed: “This is the money from the t-shirts, the hats, the buttons, and so on that have been sold throughout the tour.” Jerry then said, “We didn’t have a deal for the merchandise.” Parker then said, “You are my partner 50/50.” He then took his cane and smacked the table and said, “Half is mine and half is yours. Are we good?” After the tour with Elvis, Weintraub went on to have a storied Hollywood career partnering with some of the biggest stars in music and television.

The Power of Persistence is Undervalued

It’s funny how we often only see the ‘final product’ of a person or group’s success and assume that they must have had amazing breaks, luck, or connections to get where they are at. What’s often lost, by people, is the struggle of how difficult it is to achieve truly extraordinary things. It takes persistence and sheer will to do hard things. Often many obstacles must be conquered along the way.

George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Andy Garcia, Julia Roberts, and Matt Damon (just some of the star-studded cast of the Ocean’s franchise) have all commented on the amazing power Jerry had of getting everyone to a “Yes” when the odds were incredibly long to do so. In order to get all of the A-list actors to align their schedules to shoot the Ocean’s movies was nearly impossible. The odds of any other producer being able to make it happen would probably be about 0%.

However, Weintraub would call each cast member and tell them when the dates were for shooting and when they would inevitably say, “Jerry I can’t do it I’m busy during that time… no seriously I’m out.” Jerry would respond with, “Yea, I know you are busy but everyone else is in and you will be able to do it.” Famously he would tell each actor that all the other actors were all “in” even though they had said they were “out.”

Through sheer force of will Weintraub made it happen. There’s a lesson here.

The Weintraub Way for Business & Recruiting

When recruiters or business professionals are told “No” this can lead to cracks in their resilience, resolve, and self-confidence. We can begin to think we aren’t good enough, don’t have the necessary skills and abilities to do awesome things and, therefore, become unmotivated and depressed. But the Weintraub Way is to turn that negativity on it’s head and go in the opposite direction. When people say “No” or “It’s not going to happen” maybe you should double-down. The thought should be “Oh, it’s going to happen all right.” One of the great motivators for the human spirit is the ability to overcome obstacles and ‘win over’ the folks who aren’t on board with what we are ‘selling’. What is more, there is little in life that compares to the incredible high of ‘proving everyone wrong’ and accomplishing big things despite those that don’t believe.

There’s little doubt that there had to be mornings, in the 300+ phone calls that Jerry made to Colonel Parker, where he doubted his abilities and his power to persuade. But he didn’t let it hinder him or his ‘dream’. In the end he made the deal and was a key player in one of the most successful concert tours of all time. By sticking to a plan and being determined to see it through (no matter how difficult things get) individuals get a true sense of accomplishment. There is no substitute for the euphoria that comes from “Beating the Odds.”

So, you might be asking, “What the heck does this have to do with Thanksgiving?” Thanksgiving is a time for reflection. This year I’m going to think about how glad I am that over the years I’ve been told I couldn’t do something. Even though I didn’t appreciate it at the time, hearing this skepticism has likely helped light the fire within me even hotter. The fire to prove the doubters wrong is powerful.

I’m Thankful For…

When you sit down for Thanksgiving this year with your family and friends take a moment to say thank you to those that have told you “No” or openly questioned your ideas, motives, abilities, or work ethic. It’s highly likely that those folks, that you may have perceived as shutting the door on your ambition, have helped to make you the success you are today.

Thanks Jerry Weintraub for sharing with us this incredible anecdote about the power of perseverance, pride, and not taking “No” for an answer.

In your own experience, are you able to pinpoint particular times when someone doubted you or said “No”? Did the rejection serve as a motivation for you to work even harder to prove them wrong? Have you ever thought to be thankful for those that weren’t on board with what you were selling? What other forms of motivation do find the most useful?

Source: Hollywood Legend Jerry Weintraub Always Heard “Yes” – Crelate

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