The adages of live and let live, let bygones by bygones, and forgive and forget serve me well in most cases, but sometimes, revenge is the best way to have closure on a situation. I’m not talking about criminal offenses or anything will ruin someone’s life. I’m talking about little jabs that make you feel better and cause just the slightest bit of inconvenience to your victim.
If you visit the official Sweeney Todd movie site, you’ll see what spurred all this talk of revenge. Sweeny Todd is a fictional character from 19th century literature that is being portrayed by Johnny Deep in the upcoming movie. A better actor could not have been cast as this barber turned serial killer who cut his victim’s throat with a straight razor and who’s lover, played by the incredible Helena Bonham Carter, baked the corpses into meat pies!
It sounds like a terrific movie and reminds me of another Johnny Depp movie, From Hell, where he plays Jack the Ripper. The whole dark and moody theme of the movie convinced me to confess to the Demon Barber my most vengeful moment, in which I recruited my boyfriend to be my accomplice.
I have no recollection of what spurred the fighting or why my freshman year roommate and I didn’t get along, but I knew her weak point, and that was her complexion. She had terrible acne and was highly self conscious. In my revenge, I had to play on this weaknes, so I stole her acne medication while she was in the shower, threw it in my boyfriend’s backpack, and instructed him to throw it in the dumpster on the way to class.
When she realized it was missing, she asked both of us numerous times if we had seen it, and we both played dumb, never letting on that we were the culprits…unless she reads my blog.
I know I’m not the only one that has succumbed to vengeful moments, so fess up, and visit Sweeney Todd on MySpace.
The BYU Honor Association is unknowingly amusing thousands of internet junkies with their modesty and grooming standards campaign.
