Double-Takes

Don't you just hate it when something happens and it didn't go as expected? And you catch yourself asking whether what you just saw or read actually happened? That was what happened to me at the end of The Scarlet Letter.  I had to do a "double-take" because my reaction to completing it was "Wait, what? why?" Dimmesdale dies at the end. *spoiler alert* I should've put that at the beginning, but shame on you for slacking if you didn't know that!

This happens in everyday life too! A couple of weekends ago, the Saints vs Patriots game was on and until the last 5 seconds in the game, the Saints were leading. It was at the 5 second mark that a miracle shot was threw by Tom Brady and somehow it was caught and it was"legal" and they "beat" the best team in pro-football by 3 points.  This is another example of a time that I had to do a double-take, because it was just so ridiculous that a lucky shot actually caused a touchdown in the last 5 seconds of the game! Another time I had a double-take was just today while watching the MTV EMA's, I was watching to see who won the Worldwide Act and when they announced "Chris Lee" I was in shock. She wasn't a favorite and honestly everyone is confused as to how it happened, because there were 2 favorites and an underdog favorite! One Direction and Justin Bieber were the two favorites, but the Kpop group EXO (best artists ever, like seriously though) had an amazing shot at winning this year despite only having only been here for a year!  The only thought I had was "At least 1D or JBiebs didn't win!" I don't have anything against 1D, but they're not as talented as EXO and honestly who still likes Justin Bieber?! To me, double-takes are ridiculous and I absolutely hate them.  The Saints vs Patriots game could not have been helped but the ending to The Scarlet Letter could have been avoided.