"THE ISLAND"

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WEEK SEVEN:

Due to the horrible way Margaret had been taken off The Island and the fact that the producer and director(s) were tired of hearing the characters kvetching about the island conditions, the contest changed this week. “What Were We Thinking Of?” the producer asked. “There’s going to be ‘Clear Sailing’ from now on. Let’s vote ‘Two People’ off The Island each go round.” The women (and man) couldn’t have been happier. They knew this was not one of the ‘Places You Find Love.’”

Lowenstein was still very disturbed by Margaret’s mental breakdown and afraid for her other patients Claudia, Doris and Daisy. Esther, who was not a patient, was getting more paranoid and obsessed with the vote this week. Convinced she was targeted to be voted off The Island Esther started to watching every move the New Yorkers made and listening in on their every conversation.

Katie Morosky wanted to get booted off The Island so she could get back to The States and be at the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles. She tried to anger her fellow inhabitants by saying anti-Republican things like, "The Republican's idea of diversity is a President and Vice President from two different oil companies;" and "Just like The Republicans paraded The Democrat's core constituents on stage at the their convention, The Democrats should do the same. They should parade The Republican's core constituents -The Nazis and The KKK!"
Claudia, the only registered Republican in the group, laughed and asked Katie sarcastically, "KKK? Ya still stuttering, huh?"
"You're all decadent and disgusting," Katie sneered. Claudia only laughed some more as she ate her eggs benedict.
"YOU FASCIST!" Katie screamed as she stormed off.
If Katie did her polling homework she'd find these insults were helping her not get voted off The Island. Most of her island mates were Democrats.

Meanwhile during their weekly session to help Daisy's effort to smoke less weed and grow more plants, Lowenstein convinced Daisy to use her powers and see how Margaret was doing back in New York. Daisy hypnotized herself and saw Margaret in line at Madison Square Gardens buying closing night Barbra Streisand tickets. As she received the tickets Daisy saw Margaret kiss them and say, “Thank you Dolly!”

Susan Lowenstein was irritated by the vision. She would love to expose Dolly to the group but it would be unethical to divulge information she learned during a session. “But you’ve slept with your patient’s brother” Daisy reminded her. “That was different. We were in love” Susan fired back and then added, "And anyway, as Judy Maxwell always says,  'Love means never having to say you’re sorry.’”

Daisy rolled her eyes and said, "I'm wondering why is a 1990's woman like you is quoting a 1970s girl like Judy Maxwell." “No! Love is the exception to the rule, is it not?” Daisy said with a straight face.  Lowenstein stared at Daisy for a moment and said, “That’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard.”

When the tribal council met Dr. Susan Lowenstein had a hard time holding back her anger as she watched Dolly fluttered around blowing kisses to the group and standing and taking bows for no reason. Susan stood up and said to the group, "I feel I must speak about an impropriety."
"Im-Propriety?" Judy Maxwell said with a smirk.
"Whaddas that mean?" Doris asked handing Judy a dictionary to look up the definition of the word. 
Just then Esther interrupted Lowenstein to tell the group a story she overheard. Esther relayed to the group about Dolly’s dishonest dealings with Margaret. Esther's story made her an instant hero and saved Lowenstein from divulging confidential information.. Esther's story probably saved her this week from the wrath of The New York Alliance (if there is one). Her fellow Californian Hillary was not as lucky. After the group happily sang “So Long Dearie and Goodbye Dolly” they “laced up the glove” and used their second vote to boot off Hillary in place of Esther. Hillary had two words for The New York Alliance and it wasn’t Happy Birthday. Dolly put on her Sunday clothes before the parade of Democrats passes by and went back where she belonged!

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