Post by Brianna Casablancas on Feb 7, 2014 23:37:04 GMT -5
BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!
Student: AHHHHHH! That stings.
The student screams as he holds his head in pain as the suction cups attached to his forehead give him an electric shock. He answered an advertisement that was posted by the University of Washington psychology department and now he has this mad smiling woman filling him up with 900 volts of electricity as she holds up a nude picture of Carmen Electra. She flashes him a smile.
Brianna: It is alright, dear. After all, you signed up for this experiment did you not?
Her test subject shakes his head as she puts down the nude picture of Carmen Electra.
Student: Your advertisement did not say anything about using electro therapy.
Brianna: Poppycock! The advertisement said that you would be “shocked by the results.”
He could almost hear the rim shot in his head but then he realized that she was deadly serious in her believe that that was enough of a warning.
Student: I didn’t take it literally. I thought it was a turn of phrase.
Brianna: Well, that was not the case.
She didn’t add anything else and then instead pulled up a picture of Shannon Elizabeth from American Pie.
Brianna: What do you think of when I show you this picture?
He shakes his head
Student: I don’t want to tell you.
She gives him another sweet smile.
Brianna: COME NOW!
Student: No, you are just going to shock me again.
Brianna: That all depends on what your urges say.
Student: It makes me think of sex.
He thought she was WAY too quick to shock him again. Maybe she smiled so much because she got a sick pleasure from this kind of experimentation.
“BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ”
Student: AHHHH DAMMIT!
He shook in his seat as electricity jolted into him. She gave him thumbs up as she did this.
Brianna: Good answer!
Student: What do you mean “Good Answer?”
Brianna: Any results are still results, love.
He pulls himself together as she puts the picture down.
Student: What exactly are you trying to prove here Professor Casablancas?
Brianna: I am using Operant Conditioning to see if I can train males to be one hundred percent A-Sexual.
This concept made him give her a major double take.
Student: Wait …you are trying to kill my sex drive? THAT was NOT part of the agreement. You said this would improve my interactions with the opposite sex.
Brianna: Indeed I did and it will. Without the pressure of having a sexual relationship, you will no longer feel so uncomfortable around women.
Student: But what if I start becoming attracted to men?
Brianna: Then I would have proven that the male sex drive cannot be killed and the mind will find other outlets to use it. Either way, this will provide amazing results that we can research for YEARS to come.
Student: You said I could opt out at any moment.
Brianna: Oh and you absolutely can love …but you would be missing out on the generous pay. But more importantly you would be a hero to the whole psychological practice. Would you really like to give that up, dear?
He paused momentarily as he pondered this.
Student: But …you are…
As he reasoned she cut him off.
Brianna: Tut-tut. Let us not waste experimenting time. Either you will proceed in this experiment of ours or you will not.
Student: I guess …I can keep going.
Brianna: Smashing!
She then held up a picture of Betty White as Brianna had a wide smile on her face.
Brianna: Now does this remind you of sex?
Student: …um …yes …
She presses the switch again as electricity jolts through his body once more.
“BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ”
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Brianna leaves the testing area to head to her office on campus but is then approached by her frantic lab assistant, Kate.
Kate: Brianna …thank god I found you. The phone in your office has been ringing off the hook over the last few days.
Brianna is calm as her assistant follows full of nerves.
Brianna: And you remember what I said, right Miss Kate?
Kate: Yes, I told them that you are not taking any calls while you are conducting your research but this is about more than just your experiment but the administration has been asking a lot of questions about THAT as well.
Brianna shook her head as they walked down the hallway.
Brianna: Ah, are those wankers throwing out the “unethical treatment” diatribe at me again. They should know that anything goes in the name of Science and that is something I explained to them on numerous occasions.
Kate: They are talking about shutting you down.
Brianna rolled her eyes with no concern to this minor threat.
Brianna: They have been talking about doing that for years now. But you said you have been getting calls about issues outside of my little experiment with male sexuality behaviors?
Kate grabbed her phone and started reading off some of the other concerns she fielded.
Kate: Yes, a lot of the calls refer to that article you wrote for the Today’s Psychology Journal. Many are straight up perplexed on why you would post something that ALL about your other career on a respected psychological journal website. Many feel that you are turning the profession into a mockery by even associating it with the business of wrestling.
Brianna: Pish posh, love. It is NOT my OTHER career and those critics are merely just confused because lack scope and understanding on how deep psychologists should go while performing an experiment. They do not understand that I am a psychologist in every aspect of my life. My job is to observe people’s behaviors, find their issues, diagnose and then record my findings. I do that in the ring just as much as I do it on this very campus. That journal was merely just me reporting my findings thus far. And I will tell you, they are intriguing findings to say the least.
Kate: What you are saying is that your time in OCW is just ANOTHER experiment you are conducting.
Brianna shook her head in response.
Brianna: There is no such thing as “JUST ANOTHER EXPERIMENT,” love. My whole life is an experiment. Everything I do is a matter of breaking down behavior. I love grappling and being in the ring as much as I love the business of studying the mind. There is no reason that the two cannot co-exist in my life. And if both industries do not understand how the two relate that is their lack of vision and innovation.
Kate: How in the world can you possibly say you are performing any kind of experiment when what you do in that job is essentially beating people up?
Brianna: Oh dear, it is more nuanced than you even know. Actually, it is more nuanced than even the performers even know. I am actually on the verge of a breakthrough in my upcoming match on Massacre. I will get to see two men’s reaction to Operant Conditioning in the ring. The one I am more curious to see is Noah Mackenzie. Though I am very much looking forward to seeing how Mr. Jared Black relates to the fight or flight method. Will he step up or will his loss last week cripple him so much that he will not be able to compete this week? While I am hoping that he proves me wrong for his own self-esteem, I think him failing horribly will prove my hypothesis about most wrestler’s reactions to that of loss.
Brianna: As a matter of fact Noah Mackenzie and Jared Black are fantastic examples of “Before and after” as it refers to competitive motivation. Right now you have Noah Mackenzie who is so enthusiastic to be considered one of the guys on top in the company. This man is so confident that he can climb to the top of the mountain so much so that he believes that he is entitled to a slot in the World title match right out of the gate. He is so eager to make an impression …but that eagerness is ruled by his lust toward gaining the gold. It is an addiction, an addiction that he shares with my playmate Ian Bishop. It is an addiction that will be broken. Jared Black stands as an example of what happens AFTER that addiction and enthusiasm is broken. He enters the ring as a man broken of his dreams of making ANY kind of impression on management. He has been CONDITIONED to not even try against his two opponents on Massacre.
Brianna: He is my control when it comes to my little experiment with Noah. What I am going to do on Monday is break him of this entitlement towards gold; of this addiction to the world title. By beating him in the ring, I will accomplish this step …and then it will be a matter of observing his behavior. My theory is that like Jared Black, he will be so defeated that he will not even try. Honestly, I think his behavior would be worse given the fact that he is so cock sure that he is the greatest wrestler that ever lived. My prediction is that the moment he realizes that he isn’t the amazing athlete he thought he was that he is just going to take his ball and go home. There will not be bragging about how he is a contender or putting other prospective talents in his way so he can prove they are nothing compared to him …I believe that once he loses this coming match, whether he is pinned or not, there will just be silence from him until he disappears to the same abyss a lot of folk who lose for the first time in a company go to. We have seen this several times before, but I have been granted the chance to test it. Isn’t that exciting? Is it not something that should be in every respectable journal in the states and the U.K?
Kate: I am sorry; I just don’t really understand how the two relate.
Brianna: That is fine, love. It will become more apparent as I continue my research on the roster as a whole.
Kate: That brings me to the last issue you have been getting calls about. There are apparently a bunch of wrestling publications, which I didn’t know existed until this week, that want to get a quote from you in regard to this Ian Bishop guy.
Brianna: Oh, he is still fighting to get the last word?
Brianna asked with great humor.
Kate: That seems to be the gist I gathered.
Brianna: Don’t tell them anything. If this is all about insults and talking to Mr. Bishop then he can very well have the last word if he so desperately needs it …and it sounds like he absolutely does need it more than I do to assure himself of being a “dream breaker and a world destroyer and a monster” and whatever else he prattles on about. I’ll let him have that meaningless feather in his cap.
Kate: The press also wants to know how you plan on getting “even” with him and what are your thoughts about the possibility of facing him with the Central title on the line?
Brianna: Firstly, I have no intention of getting “even.” I thought what he did smashing. It was his motives I didn’t like. This is not going to be an “eye for an eye” bollocks. This is not going to be a one ups man ship. This will not be about vengeance or revenge or what have you, this is about CONDITIONING him into the opponent I thought he was; the opponent I want him to be. I don’t want a man controlled by such rudimentary concerns of “being the best” or “holding titles.” I want to face a man that the killer instinct to take me to that limit JUST because he can. Instead I get a walking insult machine that is too busy paying attention to me and the world title before even winning his first match. If he is indeed chosen for the Central title or wants to have a final showdown with me …shouldn’t he save some of his energy on those things and give his opponents his proper attention? It is funny that these publications are trying to predict my retaliation but I don’t think neither him nor the press will predict what I have planned on Monday. And as far as our showdown being for the world title? Winning gold or matches are of no concern to me …but what is a concern to me is finishing my Conditioning in the most creative way possible. That Resurrection main event provides the place to have the most creative results to said experiment what with all of the options of a brutal match. But rest assured, for me it isn’t about winning, losing, or titles …it is about having a blast in the ring while performing my experiments and Ian just might become my favorite test subject.
The two ladies arrive at Brianna’s on campus office and exit the hallway of the campus as Brianna continues to explain more about her experiments in OCW.
Student: AHHHHHH! That stings.
The student screams as he holds his head in pain as the suction cups attached to his forehead give him an electric shock. He answered an advertisement that was posted by the University of Washington psychology department and now he has this mad smiling woman filling him up with 900 volts of electricity as she holds up a nude picture of Carmen Electra. She flashes him a smile.
Brianna: It is alright, dear. After all, you signed up for this experiment did you not?
Her test subject shakes his head as she puts down the nude picture of Carmen Electra.
Student: Your advertisement did not say anything about using electro therapy.
Brianna: Poppycock! The advertisement said that you would be “shocked by the results.”
He could almost hear the rim shot in his head but then he realized that she was deadly serious in her believe that that was enough of a warning.
Student: I didn’t take it literally. I thought it was a turn of phrase.
Brianna: Well, that was not the case.
She didn’t add anything else and then instead pulled up a picture of Shannon Elizabeth from American Pie.
Brianna: What do you think of when I show you this picture?
He shakes his head
Student: I don’t want to tell you.
She gives him another sweet smile.
Brianna: COME NOW!
Student: No, you are just going to shock me again.
Brianna: That all depends on what your urges say.
Student: It makes me think of sex.
He thought she was WAY too quick to shock him again. Maybe she smiled so much because she got a sick pleasure from this kind of experimentation.
“BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ”
Student: AHHHH DAMMIT!
He shook in his seat as electricity jolted into him. She gave him thumbs up as she did this.
Brianna: Good answer!
Student: What do you mean “Good Answer?”
Brianna: Any results are still results, love.
He pulls himself together as she puts the picture down.
Student: What exactly are you trying to prove here Professor Casablancas?
Brianna: I am using Operant Conditioning to see if I can train males to be one hundred percent A-Sexual.
This concept made him give her a major double take.
Student: Wait …you are trying to kill my sex drive? THAT was NOT part of the agreement. You said this would improve my interactions with the opposite sex.
Brianna: Indeed I did and it will. Without the pressure of having a sexual relationship, you will no longer feel so uncomfortable around women.
Student: But what if I start becoming attracted to men?
Brianna: Then I would have proven that the male sex drive cannot be killed and the mind will find other outlets to use it. Either way, this will provide amazing results that we can research for YEARS to come.
Student: You said I could opt out at any moment.
Brianna: Oh and you absolutely can love …but you would be missing out on the generous pay. But more importantly you would be a hero to the whole psychological practice. Would you really like to give that up, dear?
He paused momentarily as he pondered this.
Student: But …you are…
As he reasoned she cut him off.
Brianna: Tut-tut. Let us not waste experimenting time. Either you will proceed in this experiment of ours or you will not.
Student: I guess …I can keep going.
Brianna: Smashing!
She then held up a picture of Betty White as Brianna had a wide smile on her face.
Brianna: Now does this remind you of sex?
Student: …um …yes …
She presses the switch again as electricity jolts through his body once more.
“BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ”
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Brianna leaves the testing area to head to her office on campus but is then approached by her frantic lab assistant, Kate.
Kate: Brianna …thank god I found you. The phone in your office has been ringing off the hook over the last few days.
Brianna is calm as her assistant follows full of nerves.
Brianna: And you remember what I said, right Miss Kate?
Kate: Yes, I told them that you are not taking any calls while you are conducting your research but this is about more than just your experiment but the administration has been asking a lot of questions about THAT as well.
Brianna shook her head as they walked down the hallway.
Brianna: Ah, are those wankers throwing out the “unethical treatment” diatribe at me again. They should know that anything goes in the name of Science and that is something I explained to them on numerous occasions.
Kate: They are talking about shutting you down.
Brianna rolled her eyes with no concern to this minor threat.
Brianna: They have been talking about doing that for years now. But you said you have been getting calls about issues outside of my little experiment with male sexuality behaviors?
Kate grabbed her phone and started reading off some of the other concerns she fielded.
Kate: Yes, a lot of the calls refer to that article you wrote for the Today’s Psychology Journal. Many are straight up perplexed on why you would post something that ALL about your other career on a respected psychological journal website. Many feel that you are turning the profession into a mockery by even associating it with the business of wrestling.
Brianna: Pish posh, love. It is NOT my OTHER career and those critics are merely just confused because lack scope and understanding on how deep psychologists should go while performing an experiment. They do not understand that I am a psychologist in every aspect of my life. My job is to observe people’s behaviors, find their issues, diagnose and then record my findings. I do that in the ring just as much as I do it on this very campus. That journal was merely just me reporting my findings thus far. And I will tell you, they are intriguing findings to say the least.
Kate: What you are saying is that your time in OCW is just ANOTHER experiment you are conducting.
Brianna shook her head in response.
Brianna: There is no such thing as “JUST ANOTHER EXPERIMENT,” love. My whole life is an experiment. Everything I do is a matter of breaking down behavior. I love grappling and being in the ring as much as I love the business of studying the mind. There is no reason that the two cannot co-exist in my life. And if both industries do not understand how the two relate that is their lack of vision and innovation.
Kate: How in the world can you possibly say you are performing any kind of experiment when what you do in that job is essentially beating people up?
Brianna: Oh dear, it is more nuanced than you even know. Actually, it is more nuanced than even the performers even know. I am actually on the verge of a breakthrough in my upcoming match on Massacre. I will get to see two men’s reaction to Operant Conditioning in the ring. The one I am more curious to see is Noah Mackenzie. Though I am very much looking forward to seeing how Mr. Jared Black relates to the fight or flight method. Will he step up or will his loss last week cripple him so much that he will not be able to compete this week? While I am hoping that he proves me wrong for his own self-esteem, I think him failing horribly will prove my hypothesis about most wrestler’s reactions to that of loss.
Brianna: As a matter of fact Noah Mackenzie and Jared Black are fantastic examples of “Before and after” as it refers to competitive motivation. Right now you have Noah Mackenzie who is so enthusiastic to be considered one of the guys on top in the company. This man is so confident that he can climb to the top of the mountain so much so that he believes that he is entitled to a slot in the World title match right out of the gate. He is so eager to make an impression …but that eagerness is ruled by his lust toward gaining the gold. It is an addiction, an addiction that he shares with my playmate Ian Bishop. It is an addiction that will be broken. Jared Black stands as an example of what happens AFTER that addiction and enthusiasm is broken. He enters the ring as a man broken of his dreams of making ANY kind of impression on management. He has been CONDITIONED to not even try against his two opponents on Massacre.
Brianna: He is my control when it comes to my little experiment with Noah. What I am going to do on Monday is break him of this entitlement towards gold; of this addiction to the world title. By beating him in the ring, I will accomplish this step …and then it will be a matter of observing his behavior. My theory is that like Jared Black, he will be so defeated that he will not even try. Honestly, I think his behavior would be worse given the fact that he is so cock sure that he is the greatest wrestler that ever lived. My prediction is that the moment he realizes that he isn’t the amazing athlete he thought he was that he is just going to take his ball and go home. There will not be bragging about how he is a contender or putting other prospective talents in his way so he can prove they are nothing compared to him …I believe that once he loses this coming match, whether he is pinned or not, there will just be silence from him until he disappears to the same abyss a lot of folk who lose for the first time in a company go to. We have seen this several times before, but I have been granted the chance to test it. Isn’t that exciting? Is it not something that should be in every respectable journal in the states and the U.K?
Kate: I am sorry; I just don’t really understand how the two relate.
Brianna: That is fine, love. It will become more apparent as I continue my research on the roster as a whole.
Kate: That brings me to the last issue you have been getting calls about. There are apparently a bunch of wrestling publications, which I didn’t know existed until this week, that want to get a quote from you in regard to this Ian Bishop guy.
Brianna: Oh, he is still fighting to get the last word?
Brianna asked with great humor.
Kate: That seems to be the gist I gathered.
Brianna: Don’t tell them anything. If this is all about insults and talking to Mr. Bishop then he can very well have the last word if he so desperately needs it …and it sounds like he absolutely does need it more than I do to assure himself of being a “dream breaker and a world destroyer and a monster” and whatever else he prattles on about. I’ll let him have that meaningless feather in his cap.
Kate: The press also wants to know how you plan on getting “even” with him and what are your thoughts about the possibility of facing him with the Central title on the line?
Brianna: Firstly, I have no intention of getting “even.” I thought what he did smashing. It was his motives I didn’t like. This is not going to be an “eye for an eye” bollocks. This is not going to be a one ups man ship. This will not be about vengeance or revenge or what have you, this is about CONDITIONING him into the opponent I thought he was; the opponent I want him to be. I don’t want a man controlled by such rudimentary concerns of “being the best” or “holding titles.” I want to face a man that the killer instinct to take me to that limit JUST because he can. Instead I get a walking insult machine that is too busy paying attention to me and the world title before even winning his first match. If he is indeed chosen for the Central title or wants to have a final showdown with me …shouldn’t he save some of his energy on those things and give his opponents his proper attention? It is funny that these publications are trying to predict my retaliation but I don’t think neither him nor the press will predict what I have planned on Monday. And as far as our showdown being for the world title? Winning gold or matches are of no concern to me …but what is a concern to me is finishing my Conditioning in the most creative way possible. That Resurrection main event provides the place to have the most creative results to said experiment what with all of the options of a brutal match. But rest assured, for me it isn’t about winning, losing, or titles …it is about having a blast in the ring while performing my experiments and Ian just might become my favorite test subject.
The two ladies arrive at Brianna’s on campus office and exit the hallway of the campus as Brianna continues to explain more about her experiments in OCW.
