Here is the story: The naked truth?
Do you believe Williamson?
This is a case posted on my Topic Suggestion Page. Please note that I am taking some time off, away from cases for the next week or so, to regroup, so I won’t be sharing my thoughts or opinions. But in the meantime, I will post cases and you guys can feel free to banter your thoughts amongst each other!
Lie to Me
I was watching “Lie to Me” last night (Monday’s episode) and I couldn’t help but notice that the actors were missing something. Did anyone else notice? It was driving me crazy.
Read moreIt was tension. When the gunman was on the scene, they managed to acted stressed within reason, but as soon as any of the actors did a scene that didn’t involve the gun, they were acting like it was a casual average day. Their tension notably dissipated! When the scenes would switch from Cal and the gunman to any other scene, I noticed it immediately. It kept taking me out of the moment. Repeatedly. Argh. I wanted to say something LOL.
Did you notice?
If any of us had a colleague who was being held at gunpoint, I can be confident we would be so incredibly nervous/fearful/afraid/tense until the hostage situation was over safely that we wouldn’t be able to contain it, but the actors seemed to keep forgetting that aspect when they were acting. There was absolutely no tension when there should have been.
Silly stuff, I know. I can’t help it!
The Dentist
I went to the dentist this week. I got bad news about my once show-stopping pearlies. I wasn’t happy. Cavities. Too many to mention after never having any until my mid-30s. Well anyway, I went to get them fixed and it was the first time I had Novocaine since my last visit. The last time I saw a different dentist and it was really scary! He really freaked me out. He didn’t have an assistant. He and I were alone in the office (outside of his secretary in another area) which was a bad sign, he was socially very awkward and “off”. My intuition was screaming at me to get up and run in the middle of filling. Yet, I ignored it. I was extremely afraid and I could not rationalize it so I sat there ignoring my intuition.
I felt trapped because I didn’t know how extricate myself out of there without upsetting him and I didn’t know where else I was going to go to get my teeth fixed. The stress caused me to stay. Later, after thinking about it all, I had an ah-ha moment. Never let fear or stress stop you from reacting to your intuition. It was stupid of me.
There was one point when he was working behind me where the flight response was strong and my heart was racing at an incredible rate that I almost bolted. I still wonder if he was thinking of doing something to me! I was a dead duck at that point–a perfect victim.
I wrote about it on my blog several years ago, and at that time people told me it might have been the result of the Novocaine, as it can cause a flight or fight reaction. I never had it before with Novocaine and on Monday, when I got three fillings, I didn’t get that response at all.
It just cemented for me that my intuition on this other dentist was right on the money. I will never let my fear stop me from reacting to that feeling again. I can still feel my skin crawl when I think back to that guy! You would know his name involved a variation of the world “cruel”! Freak me out! Thank god, I have a new, safe dentist.
Just random bits from my crazy brain 🙂
Here is an interesting article from the blog of Dr. David Matsumoto, an expert on microexpressions, that I thought you might find interesting.
Are you a musician? If so, this is you:
“Musicians Read Emotions Better“
Do you find music is connected to your emotional memory? I sure do. Songs often mark a spot of time in life and every time I hear a specific song, I am taken back to a specific memory.
This article is courtesy of Russ. Thanks, Russ.
Mayumi does a horrible acting job here, if you want my opinion. After seeing her here, I don’t trust her. Remember emotional memories that I speak about? Well, Mayumi doesn’t have any, and if you thought your child was missing and could possible be killed because of a mistake you or your husband made, let me tell you (well, you all know!), you’d be as emotional as heck. Mayumi? Not at all. Notice she has no recollection memories of what the “terror” was like? She says lots of people helped her, but she can’t say who outside of the police? Her lack of emotional memory here is a gigantic red flag. Add that to what the little boy said, and to the fact he was throwing up, and I really think this was a hoax. The question is when did they decide to go with this hoax? After they accidentally released the balloon? Or before?
Two people have pointed out that I spoke prematurely for myself (Ruth on Facebook and Sarah). I originally wrote in my first post, “So at this point, I tend towards the fact that this was an accident, and not a hoax, but I sure would like to see the boy speak more and ask questions to probe why he said it. That needs to be looked at further so we can understand it, and then and only then can a final determination be made.” At least I was never conclusive.
What a mess this has been!
Some people have been writing me with theories. Is it possible that Richard accidentally released the balloon without a plan, and really did think for an instant that his son might have been in it, but then realized that he wasn’t. I saw Richard make expressions that showed he was distraught over Falcon, but Mayumi doesn’t. Would that explain that aspect? Then they decided to take their “media stunt” and run with it, so they hide Falcon in the attic? I could really believe this is the truth. Everything for me would then make sense.
Update 10-20-2009:
I must say after this whole debacle, my brain is mush and I need to walk away for a while to get clarity. I don’t trust myself at this point to read this case at all right now.
