It was late Thursday here when I sent it - west coast time. Of course it's not making any sense to you; I can think of many reasons why it wouldn't. Don't read the GORY DETAILS - that really won't make sense - although because it shifts style back to comment on specific lines, will probably be more familiar.
I can only be here sporadically right now, so don't hold your breath. If Curtis has left the room, than so be it. I'm still going to complete the process. ________________________________ From: Richard J. Williams <rich...@rwilliams.us> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 5, 2012 8:32 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Memorandum 1: Smoothing things out > "Alright, I will say it: Emily did a major number on > my ass." > But, did you enjoy? It's Friday here and you're not even making any sense, yesterday - Curtis has already left the room. LoL! Emily Reyn: > Dear Curtis: I submit this first memorandum in an effort to smooth things > over with you on this auspicious Thursday. Feel free to parse the sparse > details of it at your leisure. MEMORANDUM TWO - GORY DETAILS will follow. I > promise not to write more than three Memorandums. I promise not to exit on > an exotic vacation to "anywhere but here." I have taken the luxury of > stealing your name Emilina for this story (such a cute name; sounds like > Thumbelina doesn't it?), but have switched up your original context just a > bit, in the interest of creative expression and to serve up the larger goals > of coolness and smoothness in my post. I will work hard to prevent what was > "a series of unfortunate events" (to also steal the title from Lemony > Snicket) from turning into an epic fail. > > MEMORANDUM ONE > > To: Curtis, gentle reader on FFL > > From: Emilina, HR Department > > RE: HISTORY BEHIND: "Alright, I will say it: Emily did a major number on my > ass. " > > Acting as the HR department here at FFL Central Cinema (FFL for short), it > has come to I, Emilina's attention that there was a situation a couple of > weeks back that warrants closure. Said situation has the following history > (in summary and paraphrased): > > 1) Emily, a well-nigh saintly actress-in-training, (no relation to me, > Emilina) received a distressing email regarding her "butting in" on an > exchange between Curtis and Robin, two of our most famous lead actors. Emily > had written a post to Curtis which played off of an ironic post by Robin, > that was intended as humor (embedded with a few tiny teasing tweaks). She had > followed up with a post that included a video of "Clash of the Titans" and a > few more teasing remarks to both Robin and Curtis as they moved their > exchange off-line. > > 2) Subsequent to this, Emily received a personal email marked *Private* > where the author, unknown to Emily accept in name only took her to task for > egging on Robin, potentially putting Curtis's employment at risk, and amongst > a few other put-downs, implied that she was taking some kind of sick pleasure > in it all, deferring to an unstated word for what that was. > > 2) Emily, who values her privacy and who currently acts under a false (but at > least pronounceable) name reacted emotionally to this rude and inappropriate > email and replied to Sal, negating several of her allegations and suggesting > she post the email to FFL. > > 3) Emily, in a continued state of emotional turmoil, forwarded, (with no real > forethought whatsoever, feeling the sober reality of having been verbally > assaulted outside the context of FFL), the unseemly email to Judy and Curtis, > two people she remembered knew Sal, and asking for review. Within an hour > or two, Emily realized in horror (I, Emilina go in for drama, you must > forgive me), that she had made a terrible error in judgment. She had, in > fact, *also* crossed into personal domains. > > 4) Emily determined, after additional review, that she was going to have to > address the email more definitively with Sal, not personally, but on FFL, > where it should have been posted in the first place, given that the topic was > directly related to her posts on FFL. Emily was not comfortable sending back > a personal email to Sal setting a definitive boundary. She didn't want to > risk the possibility that Sal might start up an exchange with her, given the > malevolence of her first private email. However, Emily, having a semblance of > ethical standards, decided to respect the private intent of the email, no > matter how aggrieved she was. So, she posted what she thought was a clear > message to FFL the next day, explaining what happened and basically asking > Sal not to ever email her again. > > 5) Emily missed the obvious (thick-headed hun that she is sometimes).... that > she had sent Sal's email to two lead actors that have a history of lengthy > debates. > > Now, by this time, Emily realized she was in a bit of a pickle. Although she > had moved the topic of Sal's unkindly email to FFL where it should have been > in the first place, she had requested that it remain private. Now this > resulted in only three people being able discuss it and its relevance to the > larger situation of how fucked up Emily was or wasn't for writing that > (highly acclaimed by a few) heavily plagiarized offending first post: Emily, > Curtis, and Judy. (Sal was nowhere to be found). Emily was preparing to leave > on vacation to celebrate her upcoming 50th birthday and that left just Judy > and Curtis in the scene. She had exited stage left to attend to her vacation > packing. But, she continued to lurk and she became more and more nonplussed > at the assumptions Curtis was presenting re: her motivations and intentions. > > Note: I, Emilina, will sanction Emily appropriately by labeling her as a > Mistress of the Inadvertent Setup. > > 7) Emily determined once again, actress-in-training that she is, that she was > going to have to go back on record before she left to address the situation > again and correct, as needed, Curtis's representation of her. > > Now Emily has often admitted that she laughs a lot at the scenes played out > on FFL. She has admitted to me (I, Emilina) privately (and she will pay for > this when I find that book on Satan's Scorn) that sometimes she even laughs > at another's expense. She pretends that she doesn't (in order to maintain > her saintly persona), but I know she does. Not because she intends any harm, > but because certain scenes, usually enacted by more senior staff than she > (but including some she contributes to) are so god damn, fuckin' funny to > her. What kind of a sick and twisted sense of humor does Emily have, you > might wonder? Well, I, Emilina asked her just this question. I, Emilina had > to give her the "do or die" routine to get it out of her, but I did. > > She insists her sense of humor delights in the highs, mediums and lows and > the trials and tribulations that go along with being human. It wasn't always > this way, but she insists it beats sobbing all the time. She often uses the > term "tee hee" or "ha" to indicate when she is laughing - but again insists, > not in a mean or devious way, not a cackle....simply more of a spontaneous > giggle, or alternately, a chuckle, or even a full-on guffaw. > > Note: I, Emilina, have had more than one complaint about her refusal to deal > with the seriousness of reality and her devious irreverence for the feelings > of others. I, Emilina promise to incorporate Gigglers Anonymous meetings > into her recovery plan. > > Now, where was I? Oh yes, Emily proceeded with a post to Curtis (see FFL > Games) intended to take responsibility for her abominable behavior and > correct a few of Curtis's errant assumptions made in his exchange with Judy > over Sal's email. Emily left on vacation, confident that Judy, upholder of > Truth and Justice, would do her best not to let the situation spiral out of > its appropriate context. > > Oh dear, so many words, so little time to fact check or confirm Emily's > suspect memory. I, Emilina, need to attend to the cauldron - it must be > boiling for the next scene. But, I am certain I have captured the salient > points (not all of the points, just the salient ones) of the history behind > Curtis's last statement (Or, maybe not, as it may turn out): > "Alright, I will say it: Emily did a major number on my ass. " Which is > also Emily's line. > > Note: It's going to be my, Emilina's call at the end of this fiasco as to > who has covered their ass better (that's CYA in corporate speak) and whose > ass has to wear the sparkly gold shorts to the next rehearsal. > > Now, to get to Part 2 - GORY DETAILS >
