HOW TO: Get Your Parents to Agree to Anything

Simone and I have a long history of writing persuasive essays to get what we want. When we were six and seven, we wrote an essay trying to get our parents to agree to a mere nine hours of phone time a day (it didn't work). Then when we were ten and eleven, we wrote a paper voicing our dissent that while we were at swim team practice, our brothers would get Sonic drinks and we would get nothing but chlorine up the nose (an obvious injustice, I think!). Neither of these essays helped us out much, but on Sunday we figured it was time for another try. Emblem3 - who we've obsessed about for over a year - were coming to Austin the next night. There was only one thing to do - and, amazingly, it worked! 
So, if any of our readers are trying to get their parents to agree to anything, we recommend this strategy. After all, one out of three isn't that bad, right? 

Emblem3: A Persuasive Essay

As you know, Emblem3 will be coming to Austin tomorrow night. We understand that this is a stressful time for you, but how better to relax than seeing a bunch of perspiring, attractive young men (or, in the youthful phraseology, “hot sweaty guys”)? Now, before you stop reading and give a loud eye-rolling groan, please hear us out: these are our four reasons that we absolutely need to attend the concert.

First, and most obviously, the blog potential.  It would be the first real concert that we have seen live, so the review would be more accurate and descriptive than what we’ve seen on a computer screen. Seeing it would provide a basis for reviewing future online concerts and albums.  It would also give us the chance to pre-review their not-yet released album, which will draw more attention from readers. In fact, the relative attraction of the perspiring self-proclaimed “Emblemers” might engage a larger following, especially from fans of the musical group.

Secondly, the event would be paid for by us, making it very inexpensive for you, though we would be willing to reimburse you for gas money.  Although we would for you to be there, you would not have to go to the event unless you really wanted to.

Thirdly, it is cost-effective as the tickets now are very inexpensive at only $16 per person, and as it is their first tour, will be the cheapest they will ever be.  Prices would rise along with their popularity, and next year we may not have the chance to go at all.

Finally, the most basic reason is that it would make both of us infinitely happy, as well as grateful forever.  This concert would give us the chance to hear someone that basically represents a year’s worth of appreciation (that is to say, obsession).  We could see and hear them in person, become the rambunctious young ladies (or, “screaming teenage girls,” as it were) that we have reviled.  

So here’s the proposal: we will basically be your slaves for the day of rest for some groups of religious persuasion, that is to say, Sunday, the fourteenth of June, the Year Two Thousand and Thirteen.  Anything you ask us to do on Sunday we will do willingly as well as cheerfully.  To perform best, we will go to sleep no later than 10:30 P.M. exactly (also with no complaint).  Thank you for reading and please consider our proposal.  

Most sincerely, Maya and Simone 


[disclaimer: my Mom did say that she was planning to take us anyway. But we're pretty sure it was the essay that cinched it.] 

~Maya