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The
English class project had its first
meeting today. Me and Chaz and Dee and
Becca spent about fifteen minutes talking
about stuff. It turned out to be pretty
weird because the girls got into a fight.
I don't know, man, I don't understand
chicks. I don't even think
they knew what they were
fighting about. With guys, we know. You
get in my face, I'll push you away. But
with girls, they have this very emotional
stuff going on deep inside of them that
makes them crazy. My sister Sophia gets
like that sometimes. She just blows up and
me and my little brother. It's like we do
nothing to her and she just gets mad all
of a sudden and starts yelling at us and
crying. It's weird when it happens. It's
like she becomes another person who has no
control over what she's saying and doing.
Afterwards, she won't say anything but
she'll make us charros or
something we like to eat and act really
sweet. I don't say nothing because I know
she feels bad. So that's the way it is
with girls. But you know, it happens to
guys too. Even to me. And I'm a pretty
calm dude - but sometimes, when somebody
says something that I don't like, like an
insult to me or my family, then I just
feel like something inside of me snaps,
like a stick you step on cause you don't
even know it's there. Then everything is a
blur and look out! I don't like when that
happens. I think that violent part of each
of us is how people get killed. They call
it the "heat of the moment." It
is like heat for me, like my
feelings are shooting out of me like a
volcano.
Anyway,
Becca had this idea for the play in
English we're supposed to write. It was
about foreigners not being welcome and it
sounded kinda interesting to me, you know,
because I understand all about being an
Outsider, coming from another country and
speaking a different language and all.
Then Becca asked us what we thought about
her idea. Right away Dee said she really
didn't like it. And Chaz said he thought
it sucked. Then everybody looked at me. I
really thought it could be a cool play to
do and I was going to say that but then
Dee touched my foot under the table with
her foot and gave me a look and I could
tell she wanted me to say I didn't like
Becca's idea either. So I just said that I
didn't get it, which really wasn't true,
but at that moment I wanted to make Dee
happy.
Then the
girls started fighting and Dee told us
about her idea for a play.
Something about being popular or something
(which is another way to look at the
Insider/Outsider thing I guess)... In her
play, I get the part of her boyfriend,
which could be cool. Since neither me or
Chaz had any other ideas, we had to vote.
Then the bell rang and I just wanted to
get out of there. I voted for Dee's idea
and so did Chaz. So that's the one we're
doing. It's not really what I wanted but I
guess it will be all right.
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