From: Heather Aldrin
OK I'm on a roll! Here's my second MV ever! This
one is kinda... weird. Well, I was home alone
when I wrote it. And my little brother and sister
(Travis and Katie) are watching me as I do all my
email stuff so if you write between now and
midnight tell us hi!
~Alexandra
"Perfect" Song belongs to Alanis Morisette
Jessie sits in her room half-listening to Race as
he tells her that it's OK that she got second
place at the state science fair, she'll do better
next year. She looks up at him, seeing the
disappointment in her father's eyes.
"Of course, Dad, I won't disappoint you," she
remembered saying before her dad left her at her
display to wait for the judges.
"Second place, Jessica Bannon," the emcee had
said at the awards ceremony. Tears welled in her
eyes but she held them back with
too-many-times-practiced ease as she heard her
father sigh behind her as she stood, a fake grin
impressing everyone- almost.
Jessie remembers Dr. Quest being the same way
with Jonny, always telling him to take off that
VR visor or get off that hoverboard and study.
She remembers how Jonny had signed up for
calculus to impress his dad, and now he was
struggling. She sighs as she sees Dr. Quest get
more and more frustrated and Jonny's spirits sink
lower and lower
She remembers playing in QuestWorld one time with
Jonny, he had just beaten her in another
snowmobile race, and Dr. Quest coming in, a test
paper in his hand. "Please don't compare me to
Hadji," Jessie had heard him say softly to
himself.
Remembers the spelling bee in middle school.
Jonny gets out on his first word, and as he exits
the stage, he sees his father cover his face with
his hands. Jonny wants to run away from this
place but, of course, can't. A few rounds later,
Jessie sits beside him in the 'Out' seats and
takes his hand silently, and they sit there,
glancing between the disappointed faces of their
respective fathers and Hadji, who goes on to win.
"You crashed the entire system!" Dr. Quest
shouted at him, not knowing it wasn't Jonny's
fault at all, but that of the Vice-President's
alien cabbie. Dr. Quest doesn't even wait for an
explanation before blowing up. Jessie wants to
say something but is afraid to.
Remembers vaguely Jonny holding up an ancient
skull and saying something about the Moai. "Alas
Horatio, I knew him well!" Jessie laughed. Dr.
Quest rolled his eyes and told him to put it
back.
Remembers her mother talking before the first
time she went to stay with her dad, saying to be
o n her best behavior, because "a lack of manners
is a sign of an ill-bred child, and no child of
MINE is ill-bred, got it?"
She takes the second-place ribbon home to her
mother and got a halfhearted "Que buena, mi'ja."
Return to the scene in Jessie's room. Jessie
hangs her head as her dad displays his
ever-present 'second place is the first loser'
attitude.
*Not this again,* thought Jessie, looks out the
open door at Jonny's empathetic smile. Race
notices and slams the door.
Jessie pushes the tears back. Looks up and
smiles. "I'm not crying," she said. "Good," came
her father's gruff reply. Race leaves the room,
slamming the door. Jonny comes in a few seconds
later. Jessie looks up at him from where she's
sitting on her bed. "I didn't mean to fail," she
said, "honestly." "You didn't fail," said Jonny.
He sat on the bed beside her and hugged her,
letting her cry. Eventually he started to also.
After awhile they fall on their sides onto
Jessie's floor and stay there, not letting go of
each other, emotionally drained and exhausted.
Dr. Quest comes in and yells at them, takes Jonny
into another room where she can hear shouting.
Then she hears Dr. Quest then telling Race an
awful version of what he'd seen. Jessie prepares
mentally for more shouting, wishing she could
wear armor and headphones.
Jonny's in a bike race against mostly 18- and-
19- year- olds and is trying his best for every
edge he can get
Jessie and Jonny watch as the announcer announces
Jonny's third place and Dr. Quest hangs his head
and sighs in disgust. Jessie takes Jonny's hand
and they walk back to the house, making their own
plans for the evening.
At the local dump, Jessie and Jonny cling to each
other (they're all the other has) as old science
fair boards, honorable mentions, merit badges,
and all the other honors they'd received that
weren't enough burn in a dumpster. After awhile
they put it out with fire extinguishers and walk
home, vowing to live up to their own standards
and not anyone else's, ever again.
***************
Author's Note: I don't know what possessed me to
write this. I just kept remembering this song,
which I hadn't heard in so long, and thinking of
Jessie! Then I took out the tape and played the
song twice, looking at the words and deciding to
add Jonny. Then the first sound of "One Hand In
My Pocket" came on and I stopped the tape, took
the words and ran for my computer. Overexpectant
parents can be a drain. I'm an A-B student for
the most part, and when I show those to my dad,
he'll just say to keep shooting for straight A's.
Neither of my parents are as bad as I've depicted
Race and Dr. Quest in this MV (And I know neither
of them are this bad really, but this is the JQML
so I had to make it relevant), but I can think of
some of my friends in GSP who have those kind of
"Wow! A 98! That leaves two points for
improvement!" parents. I don't mean to sound
preachy, but if you're in a situation like this,
remember: you're not worthless, you're
priceless.
Alexandra Charpentier
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OK I'm on a roll! Here's my second MV ever! This
one is kinda... weird. Well, I was home alone
when I wrote it. And my little brother and sister
(Travis and Katie) are watching me as I do all my
email stuff so if you write between now and
midnight tell us hi!
~Alexandra
"Perfect" Song belongs to Alanis Morisette
Jessie sits in her room half-listening to Race as
he tells her that it's OK that she got second
place at the state science fair, she'll do better
next year. She looks up at him, seeing the
disappointment in her father's eyes.
"Of course, Dad, I won't disappoint you," she
remembered saying before her dad left her at her
display to wait for the judges.
"Second place, Jessica Bannon," the emcee had
said at the awards ceremony. Tears welled in her
eyes but she held them back with
too-many-times-practiced ease as she heard her
father sigh behind her as she stood, a fake grin
impressing everyone- almost.
Jessie remembers Dr. Quest being the same way
with Jonny, always telling him to take off that
VR visor or get off that hoverboard and study.
She remembers how Jonny had signed up for
calculus to impress his dad, and now he was
struggling. She sighs as she sees Dr. Quest get
more and more frustrated and Jonny's spirits sink
lower and lower
She remembers playing in QuestWorld one time with
Jonny, he had just beaten her in another
snowmobile race, and Dr. Quest coming in, a test
paper in his hand. "Please don't compare me to
Hadji," Jessie had heard him say softly to
himself.
Remembers the spelling bee in middle school.
Jonny gets out on his first word, and as he exits
the stage, he sees his father cover his face with
his hands. Jonny wants to run away from this
place but, of course, can't. A few rounds later,
Jessie sits beside him in the 'Out' seats and
takes his hand silently, and they sit there,
glancing between the disappointed faces of their
respective fathers and Hadji, who goes on to win.
"You crashed the entire system!" Dr. Quest
shouted at him, not knowing it wasn't Jonny's
fault at all, but that of the Vice-President's
alien cabbie. Dr. Quest doesn't even wait for an
explanation before blowing up. Jessie wants to
say something but is afraid to.
Remembers vaguely Jonny holding up an ancient
skull and saying something about the Moai. "Alas
Horatio, I knew him well!" Jessie laughed. Dr.
Quest rolled his eyes and told him to put it
back.
Remembers her mother talking before the first
time she went to stay with her dad, saying to be
o n her best behavior, because "a lack of manners
is a sign of an ill-bred child, and no child of
MINE is ill-bred, got it?"
She takes the second-place ribbon home to her
mother and got a halfhearted "Que buena, mi'ja."
Return to the scene in Jessie's room. Jessie
hangs her head as her dad displays his
ever-present 'second place is the first loser'
attitude.
*Not this again,* thought Jessie, looks out the
open door at Jonny's empathetic smile. Race
notices and slams the door.
Jessie pushes the tears back. Looks up and
smiles. "I'm not crying," she said. "Good," came
her father's gruff reply. Race leaves the room,
slamming the door. Jonny comes in a few seconds
later. Jessie looks up at him from where she's
sitting on her bed. "I didn't mean to fail," she
said, "honestly." "You didn't fail," said Jonny.
He sat on the bed beside her and hugged her,
letting her cry. Eventually he started to also.
After awhile they fall on their sides onto
Jessie's floor and stay there, not letting go of
each other, emotionally drained and exhausted.
Dr. Quest comes in and yells at them, takes Jonny
into another room where she can hear shouting.
Then she hears Dr. Quest then telling Race an
awful version of what he'd seen. Jessie prepares
mentally for more shouting, wishing she could
wear armor and headphones.
Jonny's in a bike race against mostly 18- and-
19- year- olds and is trying his best for every
edge he can get
Jessie and Jonny watch as the announcer announces
Jonny's third place and Dr. Quest hangs his head
and sighs in disgust. Jessie takes Jonny's hand
and they walk back to the house, making their own
plans for the evening.
At the local dump, Jessie and Jonny cling to each
other (they're all the other has) as old science
fair boards, honorable mentions, merit badges,
and all the other honors they'd received that
weren't enough burn in a dumpster. After awhile
they put it out with fire extinguishers and walk
home, vowing to live up to their own standards
and not anyone else's, ever again.
***************
Author's Note: I don't know what possessed me to
write this. I just kept remembering this song,
which I hadn't heard in so long, and thinking of
Jessie! Then I took out the tape and played the
song twice, looking at the words and deciding to
add Jonny. Then the first sound of "One Hand In
My Pocket" came on and I stopped the tape, took
the words and ran for my computer. Overexpectant
parents can be a drain. I'm an A-B student for
the most part, and when I show those to my dad,
he'll just say to keep shooting for straight A's.
Neither of my parents are as bad as I've depicted
Race and Dr. Quest in this MV (And I know neither
of them are this bad really, but this is the JQML
so I had to make it relevant), but I can think of
some of my friends in GSP who have those kind of
"Wow! A 98! That leaves two points for
improvement!" parents. I don't mean to sound
preachy, but if you're in a situation like this,
remember: you're not worthless, you're
priceless.
Alexandra Charpentier
_____________________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Free instant messaging and more at http://messenger.yahoo.com
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