{"id":67,"date":"2016-02-07T18:25:41","date_gmt":"2016-02-07T23:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/thea350-16s\/?p=67"},"modified":"2016-02-24T14:52:05","modified_gmt":"2016-02-24T19:52:05","slug":"story-5-you-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/thea350-16s\/homework\/assignments-turned-in\/story-5-you-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Story 5: You & Me"},"content":{"rendered":"

Object 1 – The World & Us<\/p>\n

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Object 2 – Act I<\/p>\n

He crashed into me. Literally. We met when his car rear ended mine in the middle of bottleneck traffic during Manhattan rush hour. He bought me a cup of coffee while the cops came. And by the time they did, we were gone. Panting and out of breath we raced down the street and out of the city. We didn\u2019t know where we were going.<\/p>\n

And that was okay.<\/p>\n

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Object 3 – Act 2<\/p>\n

He gets calls every day. They\u2019re looking for us. People need us to return to reality. People want us to return to reality. But all we want is each other and this fantasy. He promises we\u2019ll be fine. So do I. And it is fine. For ten years, it\u2019s all fine and we live happily together. We adopt a kid. We buy a house. We get married. It\u2019s all worked out. People stop needing us to return to reality. People don\u2019t want us to return to reality. This is our reality.<\/p>\n

And it was all okay.<\/p>\n

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Object 4 – Act 3<\/p>\n

Until we gave up.<\/p>\n

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Object 5 – Dead End Love<\/p>\n

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Object 6 – Is This What Love Feels Like?<\/p>\n

\"Is<\/p>\n

Object 7 – The Catalyst<\/p>\n

Love is the catalyst for human endeavor, in all its forms. If it wasn\u2019t for the love of comedy, we wouldn\u2019t have comedians to tell us why it\u2019s so stupid to be in love. If it wasn\u2019t for the love of science, we would have no chemists or biologists to tell us that love is nothing but a series of chemical responses in the body. If it wasn\u2019t for love, we would have no reason to attend our sister\u2019s wedding and meet the one person who can treat us how we deserve to be treated \u2013 like humans. When we don\u2019t spend our lives doing what we love most, we can\u2019t laugh. When we can\u2019t laugh, we can\u2019t love. And when we can\u2019t love, we break that subtle harmony of the universe.<\/p>\n

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Object 8 – A Recipe for Love<\/p>\n

A Recipe for Love<\/strong><\/p>\n

Serves 2<\/em><\/p>\n

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1 cup of passion<\/p>\n

2 cups of dedication<\/p>\n

\u00bc cup of constructive argumentation, finely chopped<\/p>\n

\u00bd cup of laughter<\/p>\n

1 teaspoon of serendipity<\/p>\n

1 tablespoon of adventure<\/p>\n

1 cup of personal growth<\/p>\n

1 \u00bd cups of shared experiences<\/p>\n

\u00bc teaspoon of uncertainty, rough chop<\/p>\n

\u00bc teaspoon tears, happy and sad combined<\/p>\n

Memories and laughter, to taste<\/p>\n

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Instructions: Combine, stir gently, and cook until all is well done. Serve warm.<\/p>\n

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Object 9 – A Quick Poem on Love<\/p>\n

Like an ocean breeze,
\non a warm summer\u2019s day, that\u2019s
\nveering its way across the sprawling shoreline
\neach time finding its way back to the sea<\/p>\n

That is how my love for you exists,
\nin endless motion,
\nalways returning to you no matter how far we wander.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Object 10 – Let Go<\/a><\/p>\n

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