Boy, your game is tight...
Fade-in: Side profile of Lindsay Troy, sitting at a modest-looking hotel room desk. A laptop sits off to the side, but Troy has several pieces of paper in front of her. With a pen in hand, she addressed the camera, but never looks directly into it.
Anger management? My dear man, I don't need anger management classes. I'm Italian, and my father's daughter. It's in the genes.
First I'm told I belong in a kitchen, and then I'm told that I'm a prostitute. Insults that fall on deaf ears, and claims that are shrouded in falsehood. I've heard it all before, and the stupidity train continues to roll along at a juggernaut pace.
She chuckles.
Boogie, in order for me to "snitch" on you, that would require parties not knowing or seeing that you're lighting up an illegal substance, on camera, for the whole world to see. And since the officials of this fine company watch our mic spots on a daily basis, it comes as no surprise to them the deviant acts in which you are participating in.
Of course, if by "snitching" you mean drawing you out on camera after every response of mine to show the viewing audience what you're doing, then I guess I am, in a way, "snitching".
Any addiction is a serious one, Boogie. The first step is always admittance, Boogie. You've been smokin so damn long, you don't know the line between addiction and necessity anymore. Don't downplay the seriousness of your practices; blazin for 5, 10, 15 years doesn't make it "ok" because the effects aren't as potent as they once were when you first started up. Don't think that I've just fallen off the turnip truck all doe-eyed into the "real world". I've known my fair share of people addicted to drugs and other things. Some clean themselves up, some waste their life and end up sick, dead, or disease-infested.
I'm not stupid, Boogie. It just... ](she clutches a hand over her heart) ...it just pains me to see so many quality brain cells of yours get fried like an egg on a griddle.
Smirk
Have you ever heard the adjusted rendition of the Golden Rule? "Whoever holds the gold makes the rules"?
Exactly.
I may not become the President Elect of GXW, but by beating you and then beating Miller, I am in a position of considerable power in this company. That's not to say that I'll run around abusing the power that I acquire, but if I'm at the helm as world champ, then you can rest assured that the Reign of the Queen will be a prosperous one, and I will have a say in certain things.
Pause
I'm far from perfect, and I'm even farther from sweet and innocent. I'm no angel, Boogie. Never have been, never will be. I'm the one who has issues? (She snorts in disapproval) Please. I think you've been sleeping too close to the cleaning solvents. You sit there and say that I have issues like you're Montell, which is fairly ironic since your "issues" are way more apparant than my supposed "issues" are. The way that you solve your "issues" is by lighting up a fat chronic blunt and smoking until you're in such a marijuana-induced stupor that your problems float away to a back burner somewhere. Since you're always in a "high" state of mind, you're never really coherent. That explains a lot, doesn't it?
I wasn't aware that A1E and NFW are on every television channel, but maybe your reception is limited...in more ways than one. I guess that would explain why you see me everywhere. I'm not suffering from burnout, but I can understand why you would think you're some sort of authority on the concept. If you want to see burnout, all you have to do is look in the mirror.
Like I said: you want to smoke up in the confines of your hotel room, apartment, house, trailer, whatever, that's fine. Knock yourself out. But when I have to see you do it on camera, in a promo, then that's something entirely different. That's a reflection on the company that I'm forced to keep for 10 plus minutes in a match. Lucky for me, the time when I'm going to be done with you is drawing ever closer.
I've got my own "biz" to handle: managing two, that's right...count them: one, two men in NFW (not "erryone" like you so suggested) and taking care of my "biz" in A1E. I believe in payback, not blood feuds. Of course, sometimes blood is shed, but that's all part of the "biz", isn't it?
As far as me getting laid goes, you don't need to worry about that. I get my quotas filled by one man, every night, and sometimes in the morning and afternoon. That doesn't mean I'm a prostitute, or a whore. That means I'm in a monogamous relationship with someone that I care very much about. Cash your change in somewhere else. This bank is closed.
I don't need to go turning tricks like the "hoodratz" you keep company with.
I didn't believe a whole lot of what Sands was talking about, since it was mostly mindless jibberish, but I did feel the need to listen to what he had to say, as round-about and drove as it was. And since I listened, and listened well, I turned right around and made him eat everything that he said.
I'm not looking to rattle you, Boogie. I'm just looking to beat you. That's all. I've got a vision of my own, and I dare say that it's been a vision that manifests itself every time I step into the ring. I've got a fever, and the only prescription...is the big gold belt around Miller's waist.
How far would you go? To what lengths are you willing to traverse to beat me to get to Miller? Don't say you'd leave me a bloody mess and then not make good on your word, because then I'd be disappointed. Losing to a female isn't so bad, Boogie. Far better men than you have lost to me, and they all turned out fine. So you'd better start entertaining the fact that I have a pretty damn good shot at beating you, and if that should occur, then the realization won't hit you so hard afterwards.
Pause
When writing, I most often use a computer for columns or other such manuscripts. However, not everyone can afford that luxury, or they just have no interest in using a computer. To each his own.
So many sit, with pen and paper, and write that way.
Troy stops for a second, and shakes the pen before tossing it across the room into a garbage can.
Sometimes the pens do run out...
She reaches up and produces a second one from a container filled with pens.
...But lucky for us, we always keep a backup lying about.
Your chapter's already been written, Boogie. Your last stand has yet to occur, but whether it's at my hands or not, remains to be seen.
Fade...