Thursday, October 19, 2006

Juju

Juju: [joo joo] noun: ju.ju.ism
  1. object with supposed magical powers: an object revered among some West African peoples for the magical powers that it is thought to possess
  2. spell effected by juju: a spell put on something or somebody by means of a juju. Also known as spiritual wickedness in high places.

So a woman who has waltz uninvited into my life along with her daughter have decided to threaten me with juju. I hear about these things, actually, I watch it on tv, I don't think I've ever heard of an actual instance, but yeah....
I would tell you the whole story but it is too long, and quite frankly I have not only forgotten most of it but recalling it all will surely piss me off. But I'll hint ;)

Let's call the woman Cruella and her daughter Deville.

Act 1:
Deville interferes with my life as often as she can even though I barely know her. I think she got a rush off doing that, don't ask me why. She'd call me with unknown numbers and drop calls, She'd attempt to hack into my email account, actually once, she sent me an email pretending to be one of my friends. This interference goes on for 3 years. She had summed me up and figured I was no threat to her agendas.

Act 2:
And then a few weeks ago I found some remnants of her interference in my car. I tried to get an understanding of why, how, what and where, but all I could come up with were lies. Eventually within a few hours of hot air, cuts and bruises, I pass on this object to a few friends. I woke up the next morning with a heavy heart. I should not have sunk to her level I thought. While she relished interfering with my life and I wished I could slap her silly, it appears she was invited...well, or this juju that Cruella in waving in the air was in the works a while ago.

Act 3:
Cruella wakes me up in the middle of the day and asks for damage control and peace. I think to myself "all I've ever wanted is peace". I didn't have the heart to tell her the only damage control possible was Deville changing her approach to life. She hangs up the phone after talking to me for hours. By the weekend she had gotten my father in-law's number and proceeded to harass him, with everything you can think of, including juju. My first thought was "Wow! In flesh and blood?"

Act 4:
She keeps harassing my father in-law even though I seemed to be the object of her anger. Eventually, my mom gets word of the threats and decides to let Cruella know it was enough seeing as she seemed to have found her niche of full control to manipulate and cower others. My mom calls Cruella and Cruella starts to threaten once again with juju. Obviously, she doesn't know my mother or father. A few minutes, perhaps an hour later I get a call from Deville's good friend who has allowed herself to be an orchestrator of meetings. Knowing I will never call her and have never called her, she still felt inclined to call me and ask me not to call her. She hung up the phone and I got the feeling she simply wanted to experience some weird satisfaction from that. I was going to ignore her completely after all she was happy, but I thought to show her the foolishness of her actions so I texted her. A summary of the text: I will never call you, you know that, don't call me again either. Oh, did I mention she went off about how my mom cursed Cruella? Apparently she gave my mom Cruella's number and Cruella went off with the juju remarks. Knowing my mom, she must have told her the juju will work right back on her and her own. She didn't like that too much, so she called Deville's good friend and reports to her about the incident. I'm pritti sure she forgot to mention her juju threats, but she told Deville's good friend that my mom cursed her.

Whew! That was a stretch!

I would say you should look out for Act 5, but I doubt there will be any. If there is any it will most likely be in the realms of the spirit. You know, juju vs. God? I'm pretty sure Cruella will not be talking to my mother any time soon and my mom will not be interested in talking to her either. Although she might revert back to her comfort zone and keep up her harassment of my father in-law and my better half. Who knows.

With all sincerity I now have pity and compassion for Deville. I hope she repents and overcomes any hurdles that come her way. I hope all involved repent. I have. Cruella though...well, even the hearts of kings are in God's hands. Maybe if she goes ahead with her juju and it falls on her head she will then repent. I just hope she does.

As for me, I have since moved forward.

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