Post by Mercedes Vargas on Nov 2, 2012 22:46:09 GMT -6
Oh...my...God. Merce, I think you should come see this!
T’was the night before Halloween when locked in a bathroom,
This scene opens on Mercedes Vargas admiring herself in her costume.
At the Road to the Gold pre-show in my high wire act,
Me and Davey Ortega won our inter-gender tag match
(Her emotions shows through the mirror, an open mouthed smile.)
It was nothing really to the casual fan,
All it took was my partner to pin Joe Everyman.
Joe teaming with Cynthia Warren, Mike Laszlo with Charity,
The result should have been obvious to anyone with clarity.
Mercedes: I'l be down in a minute, Carmen!
And in other glorious news, Jenny Williams retained her title,
Though I didn't know what to think of my recent arch rival.
Except that the news really made me want to puke....
Mercedes: Argh! Jennifer Williams is such a fluke!
As I came down the stairs of my cousins' Los Angeles home,
I wondered what could be the reason for her tone.
Throughout the living room area, this night followed a pattern,
Candy, orange and on the windowsill, a Jack-o-Lantern
Mercedes: This had better be important because if not, I'm...
(Mercedes stops in the middle of the stairs, stunned by the images she was seeing across the screen. Lower Manhattan, Coney Island in Brooklyn, her native Queens, and the majority of Staten Island and New Jersey were beaten and battered. Subway stations were flooded, New York was left in complete darkness; homes in New Jersey were partially buried in sand, especially in Seaside Heights.)
Carmen: It's like Katrina all over again...
(Carmen mouthed "wow" while Mercedes covered her mouth in shock and horror as they saw an amusement ride in the Seaside Heights plunged into the Atlantic Ocean, the famous Boardwalk and the Jersey Shore left in ruins, and the constant flooding around the communities. Families were wandering the streets, stranded, with nowhere to go and nothing to hold on to but each other for support. It was literally hell on earth.)
Five hours away from my apartment in Queens,
Thanks to Hurricane Sandy New York was quite a scene.
The complete and utter devastation was never before seen,
As the images of New York came across the screen.
Mercedes: This is unbelievable,
I said in a low whisper. The words were so jumbled, I sounded like a lisper.
(Carmen turned off the television, shaken, then turned to Mercedes, as if to say, "Well, what are you going to do now?")
Carmen: Billions worth in damages, people still left without power or have no place to call home. Think your apartment...?
Mercedes: I think I'll be alright. It's those people living out there in Rockaway and Breezy Point, Queens, are the ones who need to worry. Plus you got Staten Island. New Jersey, too. They already had Irene to deal with. You know what I'm waiting for though?
Carmen: What's that?
Mercedes: For the vendors to start selling the "I Survived Sandy" t-shirts.
(The doorbell rings and Carmen answers it to the welcome surprise of trick-or-treaters.)
Carmen: WOW! Great costumes! You guys really went all out! And look what we have here! A ghost, a witch, a fairy princess, a pirate, another witch, and what are you, what is that, a Jason costume? Really? Were you even born when that came out? Here, have some treats!
(Mercedes parts through the multitude as her cousin is giving out candy. Fifteen minutes later, she was all out.)
Carmen: Sorry, I'm all finished.
(Carmen suddenly turns and sees Mercedes armed with a garden hose.)
Carmen: Mercedes, don't -
Mercedes: (turning the hose on the kids) GET OFF HER LAWN!
(While laughing maniacally, Mercedes watches the kids scatter to the utter dismay of Carmen. When the last costume kid ran as fast his feet could carry him, Mercedes could feel her cousin's glare burn through her.)
Carmen: You are pure evil, you know that?
Mercedes: Thanks. I think I'll take that as a compliment.
(So the weekend's lone Starlets match will be featured on Trauma,
A tag match - Opportunity vs BWA, oooooh what drama!
Emma Danielson and Ayla St. James, I knew both all to well
With Kathleen Conway as my partner, this could be hell.
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If I knew then what I knew now, I would know more now. Like this weekend's match on Trauma. I mean, I was the runner-up in the Starlets Road to the Gold Tournament, I deserve better than this! I guess I shouldn't complain. For one, I get to team with Kathleen Conway. And two, it's Opportunity versus Bitches with Attitude.
Excuse me a moment, I feel nostalgia coming on.
Ahem.
The names may be slightly different, but for most of last year, we had some pretty good matches, I'd say. You know what I find so peculiar about this match? It's the way the NEW Bitches with Attitude ended up the same way as the OLD version. Rayne walked away and has not been seen or heard from since, and Alysson Gardner? Well, we know her story, and Lord knows I can go ad nauseam why her second stint in NCW registered on the "overrated" scale. How you've managed to put up with this is beyond me, Ayla, but then again, you were never one to lead, and we certainly have proof of that.
100% proof.
Did I just use a vodka reference? Why, yes, I think I did, Emma. Chances are you probably the one who was in on it. I know you. Well, at least I like to think I do. You’re the type of person who knows BS when she sees it, so how in the world were you convinced to even join Alysson’s group? Was it the chance of doing Charlie’s Angels poses? Was it the free beer, huh? Wait, were you drunk again that night? Spin the Bottle? "Beer Hunter?" Maybe even beer pong? Because that’s the only reason I can think of why you've decided to leave your aspirations at the door.
Look, I can sense the frustrations; I can sense the vibes coming from you. You’re raising your fist angrily in the air, while grasping a cold one in your other hand. And word on the street, honey, is that you’re in rehab, is that right? Wow, that’s surprising, because you’re not known for giving up.
Rehab is for quitters.
I don't know if it's a support group or a self-help groups, maybe group therapy? And by "group therapy", I don't mean having ten different kinds of alcohol in front of you.
And maybe I could use some therapy myself. I mean, all I seem to talk about is everyone BUT myself. That seems to be the problem I have with pretty much, well, everybody. So, you know what? For the betterment of my health, I'm going to do just that. I'm going to start talking about me, me, me. And it starts on Saturday Night Trauma when I, Mercedes Vargas, the Argentine Assassin, former NCW Starlets Tag Team Champion with Kathleen Conway, 2012 Starlets Road to the Gold runner-up and the next NCW World Starlets Champion, will be winning her sixth straight match on Trauma and finishing out this year on a high note.