回复于：2003-10-02 19:34:27
the foolish dietitian
beth the dietitian was in a dilemma.she was lying in a dilapidated room and the lights were so dim that she couldn't differentiate the walls from the floor.it seemed as if there was an extra dimension.if she lifted her head it felt as if she was lifting it diagonal from the ground.but maybe her pupils just weren't dilating correctly.she had heard that it was sometimes difficult to focus in diffuse light.
she rubbed her eyes and recalled how she had come to be in this place.she remembered that she had been working so much lately that her boss said that she was more than devoted;she was obsessed.but he hadn't stopped her,he just kept on talking and she continued her dictation.but then he ceased to dictate and gave her a strange look.
"would u like to try the new diet i am developing?"he asked.
when she said yes, he began to dig in his pockets.he pulled out a few pills of small diameter and told her that they were called bokidnicks*.the name was from a lost dialect of navajo*.it meant"skinny forever".then he showed her the diagram he had sketched about how the pill worked.beth understood some of it,but not all.
beth fetched a glass of diluted water and devoured the pills.even before she had had time to digest them,however,she began to feel strange. now she was in an abandoned factory and she felt as if she had lost all of her dignity,she tried to pull herself up.no such luck,she couldn't move.then she knew that she was stuck here until someone found her.she hoped it wouldn't be that long.
flying-dance bi 回复于：2003-10-02 20:17:38
expendable diplomats
"u know that i have diplomatic immunity!"said the ambassador,"i strongly disapprove of ur holding me against my will in this room!"
his captor,a man dressed in discreet dark clothing,responded with such calm that it displayed his confidence in his own discipline,"there is nothing special about u,dear sir.that is one of my main goals here,to disabuse u of ur feelings of grandeur."
"i am nothing!i am just one discrete unit discharged here for a certain purpose.when my government notices the discrepancy of my absence,they will discern the potential disaster,and hire a replacement.that is something we are all trained to understand.every diplomat is expendable.we can each be discarded at a moment's notice and our policy will not change."
"a sick system if u ask me!"said the captor,tiring of the discourse and turning to dip his spoon in to stir a cup of tea."and one that needs to be discredited.well,do not discount the power of negative press and death during kidnapping.when i have disclosed the ransom that i want,ur government will pay it and even issue me an honorary diploma from harvard if i so ask for it."the captor stirred his tea and slowly lifted his head,"and they will honor my request for discretion as well,i have ur wife and daughter in another location!"
at those words the ambassador lost all hope and lowered his head.
flying-dance bi 回复于：2003-10-02 20:51:48
a scene caused by discrimination
as the crowd dispersed,a disfigured man was left standing next to a coke dispenser.the level of calm he displayed was disproportionate to the level of chaos that he had just created.
"i am tired of being discriminated aginst because of how i look!"he yelled."the disparity between what i experience and normal people experience is unbearable."
"if u have a dispute with ur employer we can help u get a good lawyer!"
"no lawyer can help me.every lawyer is #%$#^%"yelled the man as he let fly a series of disparaging remarks about lawyers.his disdain for lawyers was made clear in that moment as did his level of disillusionment.the policeman who had spoken knew that he had to handle this man before the situation disintegrated even further.but his first priority was the disposal of the gun that the disfigured man was holding before the man showed total disregard for order and hurt someone.
"i won't disprove ur feelings about lawyers nor can i stop discrimination,sir.but i can dismiss all of these policeman with guns pointing at u if u would just put down that gun!"said the policeman.
"if u dismantle me of my gun then no one will listen anymore.no,this disharmony must continue and u have to get that reporter,buck williams to put me on tv so that i can say what i have to say."
"he isn't that one reporter who was disenfranchised recently?"whispered another policeman.yes it was,but they decided to do anything to buy time and give the disfigured man a chance to speak about the wrongs he had suffered.
flying-dance bi 回复于：2003-10-03 20:59:13
a dissertation on diversity
as marissa distributed her dissertation to her distinguished guests,her attention was diverted by the absence of professor bell.professor bell was her strongest supporter and marissa needed her.the crowd was not as diverse as marissa had hoped.her other supporter had been called to appear in district court and professor bell was all she had.marissa needed the diversity;too many white men in the crowd would lead to a distinct bias against her findings.this began to distil a sense of fear in marissa,but she quickly brushed aside the distraction and continued with her distribution.
as she finished and prepared to begin,marissa hoped for any diversion.after a few minutes of introducing her topic a hand in the back of the room distracted marissa.there were several distinctive bracelets on that hand and marissa smiled to see professor bell coming to the front.the other people were only disrupted briefly,however,and marissa continued talking;now with more confidence.
when her talk was finished it was time for questions.one professor asked about several of the distinctions in her research.another asked if she had included the proper level of diversification in her sampling procedures.when a third began to talk about how they thought marissa had distorted her key findings,the room dissolved into groups arguing quite loudly.
the room only quieted when professor bell stood up to defend marissa.it was quite a dividend to see her rebuke all of those middle-class,white male professors.but as marissa saw the scene here research had caused,she knew that more would come when she disseminated her findings to the rest of the world.professor bell wouldn't come when she disseminated her findings to the rest of the world.professor bell wouldn't be able to calm that storm.
flying-dance bi 回复于：2003-10-03 21:49:14
a docket found
jill couldn't find the docket anywhere.but she kept looking passing by the dormant body of her husband on the couch.the light from the dome in the ceiling made her dominant husband to return to college she would never know.he hadn't taken it well,but he acknowledged that it was better for the kids than a divorce and he sincerely hoped it would make her happy.if she didn't find her documentation.however.she would be doomed to domesticate herself again.
she walked past the wall of plants that marked their division of living room from dining room.nothing.jill was becoming dominated by fear when she remembered that she had taken the documents to her son's divisional soccer playoffs near the dockyard two days ago.she prayed a prayer asking for divine help and left her domain.