The key, though, if you were there, is how, at the end of the video, Rudy is in a Santa suit. Ha! You thought I forgot about that, didn’t you.
Witch-doctors are screaming
Nymphs are dreaming
This girl’s lost someone
Who is that someone
She’s leaving
Hot latitudes, cool atitudes
She’s leaving
Moon in her mirror
Chasing northern lights
She goes ahhhh
Remember wherever you go
There you are
Writing Girl From Ipanema Goes to Greenland was tough. I was determined to be scrupulously fair to Harriet and respectful of how she might feel about what happened, and perhaps I belabored the point that I only wanted what was best for her, in my opinion, but would respect her decision no matter what. Heck, I’m sure I belabored the point with Harriet as well, which likely led to the whole situation being dragged out, as she tried to let me down easy.
The Return Policy dialogue with Claire still makes me (and Claire) laugh to this day, and my first impression when Sandra in HR told me about Harriet’s ‘negotiation’ with Simon really was “well played Harriet!”
Claire telling Harriet about the ‘analyst in Poughkeepsie’ wasn’t exactly how all of that unfolded, but I thought it was a funny way to show the die was cast.
Culture was the second Sorceress scene I wrote, not as well as Reckless Driving in my opinion, though it has its moments. I could’ve set the scene better, describing the white tile walls and floor, Sorceress’s robes, etc. This was a quick phone call I had with the Sorceress and occurred after Alabama Getaway, but I thought it fit better here as an interlude, similar to the Mission Creep interlude (Chapter 20, Devil Song) near the end of Gray Rock.
The scene title Alabama Getaway is a tiny little snarky tribute for my dear Harriet, I hope she smiled at that little inside joke as much as I did when I thought of it. RT.
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