28/08/2008

Hollywood

Image you and a group of friends decide to build a house for you all to live in. You find a nice idillic spot in a remote part of the countryside, surrounded by nature with wonderous views all around. You and your friends all chip in to get the materials you need, and all help each other with each of the tasks; digging the foundations, laying the groundwork, raising the frame, filling in the walls, and finally tiling the roof. It takes you all about 6 months of hard work but finally you all stand infront of your house and feel damn proud that you've created this impressive structure yourselves. You all leave to tell everyone about your new home. But when you return you find out someone has cut down a line of trees and in a clearing nearby is a huge mansion, gleaming white with an east and west wing and a huge fountain in the front garden.
"Where the hell did that come from?" you say. "That wasn't there when we left!"Suddenly everyone turns up and sees both the houses.
"Wow that house is amazing" people say, pointing to the mansion, "Is that yours?"
"Um. No this is ours...."
"Oh. Well it looks like its going to rain so were going to go to that one as it looks like theres more room inside"
"But...we spent ages building this....." Too late, everyone has ran off to hide from the rain. Feeling slightly miffed, you head back into your own house to escape the rain and have a cup of tea. After a while a real storm starts brewing, battering the windows and shaking the house. "Good job we took our time on this place" you all think. Suddenly theres a banging on the door. You get up to look and it's the group of people who went to the mansion earlier.
"Whats wrong?" you ask.
"Well we got there and the whole place was empty! There were no rooms or stairs or anything! Just a hollow building! The storm started getting violent and it started to cave in!"
"Oh thats too bad" you say.
"Um...can we come in, its really starting to rain out here."
Thats Hollywood.