How to be Awesome | Week 7 | Period 6 | Mon. 8/17

[suit-of-awesome.livejournal.com]

Barney was a hot ball of Awesome at the front of the room, all dressed in grey with hints of appropriate black for the highest level of GQ he could potentially attain. "Oh-tee-pees! One TRUE Pairings for the Luddites out there who don't have an iPhone or know what text messaging is. It seems Fandom is suffering from a rash of OTPs - relationships that, rather than going as far as they can and then crashing and burning in the blissful blow of a breakup--" he paused because this was really important "-continue on into eternity! 'Oh, we'll never be apart! We were em-tee-bee!'" The sicky sweet tone assured the class Barney did not subscribe to this idea of relationships at all.

"No, you weren't meant to be, you were meant to get your hands on as many hot seventeen-year-olds as possible before you turned eighteen and they became illegal! Embrace your youth! Or soon you'll become like my alleged friend Robin, a hot and talented bro who has decided to marry a Mountie! And while yes, this will provide me with more jokes than the average marriage? I am horrified for her loss. I was told copious amounts of alcohol and strippers would not defeat her engagement plans and thus, I have begun plans for the last resort to really show a bro how to return to the world of Being Awesome - an INTERVENTION!" With a theatrical wave of his hand, a large banner, displaying the word 'INTERVENTION' in large red letters unrolled from the top of the white board.

"For engagement and," a pause for shuddering, "marriage Interventions, I have devised a fantastic form letter to be completed by the bro worrying about their formerly Awesome friend and read aloud during the actual Intervention. Feel free to take a look at that as you devise your very own Intervention letter." He pointed to a stack of papers he intended to make the TAs pass out, had they deigned to show for class.

"This is your final task as students of Awesome. Luckily, I've yet to hear disturbing news of any students becoming engaged lately. And despite knowing engagement is often the gateway to marriage (the leading cause of monogamy) we're skipping the relationship Intervention today in favor of different, yet equally dangerous topics. It is up to you to convince your bros that whatever it is they are doing is hurtful and/or wrong on a biblical level. Now, get with a partner and enact your assigned intervention with GUSTO!" And yes, when he said 'gusto' there was an impressive display of sparks appearing in front of Barney. He loved a little theatrical magic to accent his words on Intervention Day.

A list of their assigned interventions was then made visible beneath the glory of the INTERVENTION banner.

Alex Karev - Your bro will not stop singing...everything.
Bobby Drake - Your bro relates everything to hockey. In a Canadian accent.
Chuck Bass - Your bitch chews and crunches all of his food louder than a T-Rex ripping up a vegan.
Claudia Kishi - Your bro wears skirts with pants. Need we say more?
Effy Stonem - Your bro is turning into a crazy cat lady.
Elena - Your bro asks the Magic 8-Ball for its opinion before doing anything.
Eva Rodriguez - Your bro starts every story with, 'This one time, at band camp...'
Fiona Post - Your bro will not stop using air quotes no matter how annoying.
Griff O'Conner - Your bro thinks they know stuff.
Harper Finkle - Your bro dyes their hair so often you never know what you should be looking for when you meet them at the bar.
Hurley Reyes - Your bro insists on wearing the lamest red boots known to man everywhere she goes.
Jack Burton - Your bro wears leggings. With stirrups.
Jo Harvelle - Your bro is still talking about Michael Jackson.
Layla Miller - Your bro quotes the weather channel. About the weather.
Leto Atreides - Your bro hums loudly and off key during all lulls in conversation.
Priestly - Your bro won't stop speaking in French.
Prince Edward - Your bro calls other bros 'bro' instead of 'dude' or 'man.'
Sam Winchester - Your bro won't shut up about that new ABC Family gymnastics program.
Sam Witwicky - Your bro continually comes up with 'witty' nicknames for everyone. You are 'Spunky.'
Wendy Watson - Your bro wears socks with sandals. Are we 60?
Yakko Warner - Your bro dances with his hands above his head. He's one step away from being a woo girl.

"Oh, and I so look forward to watching your videos! Don't forget to turn them in! As always, you've been Awesome!"

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INTERVENTION! [Awesome W7]

[suit-of-awesome.livejournal.com]

Find someone to present your Letter of Intervention to! Read it aloud, it's more fun that way.

Re: INTERVENTION! [Awesome W7]

[longislandiceme]

Okay, so Bobby liked hockey (and any other winter-type sports) as much as the next guy with sweet-ass ice powers, but relating everything to hockey? That was a bit weird.

And so he went to work writing his letter. After a few minutes, he glanced up and started looking around for someone to present it to. He didn't think any of his actual classmates were Canadian, but maybe someone would be willing to pretend for the assignment's sake?

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[gudspellr-claud.livejournal.com]

"Wanna pair up?" Claudia chirped, bouncing over.

Wearing a rain barrel.

...on her it looked great?

Re: INTERVENTION! [Awesome W7]

[longislandiceme]

Bobby blinked at the barrel briefly. And then he gave a little shake of his head and grinned at Claudia. "Um, sure!" he chirped back.

[ooc: apologies for the alliteration. i'm weird first thing in the morning. and most other times of day too]

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[gudspellr-claud.livejournal.com]

Because clearly Bobby would have been a prime example of someone who would abuse the skirt and pants together rule. Oh, Claudia.

"Yay! You want to go first or me?"

Re: INTERVENTION! [Awesome W7]

[longislandiceme]

Well, no. But in the future he'd think a trenchcoat over Hawaiian shirts was a valid fashion choice.

"Ladies first," Bobby said generously."

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[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

Alex had his Letter of Intervention written (and he even edited out some of the curse words) so now he was just waiting for someone to read it aloud to. He loved these easy last classes.

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[youcantfollow.livejournal.com]

"Ready to intervene?" Griff asked, coming over with his very own completed letter. "I feel like I should get to do some terrible singing before we start."

Re: INTERVENTION! [Awesome W7]

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"You're offering to sing?" Alex asked, snickering. "Really? Let's hear it, irritate me with your singing voice, Griff."

Re: INTERVENTION! [Awesome W7]

[youcantfollow.livejournal.com]

"What's a song you really hate? It's supposed to be extra annoying, right?" Griff said, having no actual intention to sing, but feeling like he could at least drag something from Karev in the process.

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[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"A song I really hate?" he repeated, thinking about it. "I dunno, anything by Manilow, probably."

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[cutsthestrings.livejournal.com]

Fiona wasn't sure that she could find anyone who would use 'air quotes' (what did that even mean?). That said, she went to work writing up a letter and by the time she was done, was reasonably sure she'd fulfilled the assignment properly. Possibly. Or something.

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[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"Hey Fiona," Hurley said. "You, uhhh, want to pair up?"

Re: INTERVENTION! [Awesome W7]

[cutsthestrings.livejournal.com]

"Sure!" which came out a little overeager, but that was to be expected when you'd just spent the last five minutes writing the most unnecessary letter ever composed.

"Did you finish your letter thing?"

Re: INTERVENTION! [Awesome W7]

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"Yeah," Hurley said. "It's probably not any good, though."

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[cutsthestrings.livejournal.com]

"You first or me?"

She'd leave it up to him. Be nice about it.

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[rocksthescarf.livejournal.com]

Chuck could totally do this. This will be practice for when he had to give Nate an intervention about his manbangs.

Re: INTERVENTION! [Awesome W7]

[likethegun]

"Why don't you have to give an intervention to your bro?" Sam asked, scowling like he already knew the answer to that question.

Re: INTERVENTION! [Awesome W7]

[rocksthescarf.livejournal.com]

"I have no idea, Sam," Chuck said innocently. "Must be a typo."

Pfft yeah right.

Re: INTERVENTION! [Awesome W7]

[likethegun]

Sam glared in Barney's direction. "Thank God this class is over after today."

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[lovemykilt]

Priestly looked around for someone to partner up with, making a mental list of all the most outrageous French stereotypes he could think of.

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[findingelena.livejournal.com]

Elena smiled at the boy as she slid into the seat nearest to him. "I'm fully prepared to pretend I know French," she said helpfully.

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[lovemykilt]

Priestly grinned. "And I'll pretend to have a magic 8 ball. You wanna go first?"

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[findingelena.livejournal.com]

"Absolutely," Elena said.

She bit her lower lip and tried to look very, very concerned. "Listen," she said. "I know that you ... really like that magic 8-Ball of yours. It's helped you through some major decisions, like getting that tattoo. Which is great."

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[yakkoyaks.livejournal.com]

Yakko was holding a thick manuscript. It looked to be at least three hundred pages long. The front page read "Learning How To Dance Like a Guy: An Intervention."

Apparently he was a fast writer.