Comments on: Distractions http://writerunboxed.com/2007/04/16/distractions/ About the craft and business of genre fiction Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:59:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Kathleen Bolton http://writerunboxed.com/2007/04/16/distractions/#comment-8770 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 18:48:44 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2007/04/16/distractions/#comment-8770 I've avoided the Pussycat Dolls, Gloria, as a) I don't want to try another flavor of purple and b) there IS something creepy about girls competing to be a gyrating stripper. Maybe the PC are ANTM rejects? As Janice Dickenson would say, "I don't get it." I’ve avoided the Pussycat Dolls, Gloria, as a) I don’t want to try another flavor of purple and b) there IS something creepy about girls competing to be a gyrating stripper.

Maybe the PC are ANTM rejects? As Janice Dickenson would say, “I don’t get it.”

]]> by: Kathleen Bolton http://writerunboxed.com/2007/04/16/distractions/#comment-8769 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 18:05:26 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2007/04/16/distractions/#comment-8769 Notice how I avoided the mention of blogging, Nienke? koff. Notice how I avoided the mention of blogging, Nienke? koff.

]]> by: Nienke http://writerunboxed.com/2007/04/16/distractions/#comment-8760 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 14:03:41 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2007/04/16/distractions/#comment-8760 My purple crayons include blogsurfing, reading when I should be writing, Survivor, my PVR (so, television in general), reading how-to-write articles and books, blogsurfing, the internet, and did I mention blogsurfing? My purple crayons include blogsurfing, reading when I should be writing, Survivor, my PVR (so, television in general), reading how-to-write articles and books, blogsurfing, the internet, and did I mention blogsurfing?

]]> by: Gloria Hildebrandt http://writerunboxed.com/2007/04/16/distractions/#comment-8758 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 13:40:19 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2007/04/16/distractions/#comment-8758 I am ashamed to admit that I watch Search for the Next Pussycat Doll. It stuns me into open-mouthed silence. This is auditioning for stripper work, and these young women think it is a golden opportunity! What do their families think? Once, long ago, during college days, I was taken to a strip club, and after the initial shock of seeing naked girls cavorting before sullenly silent men, I began applauding the performances and cheering their efforts. The strippers started dancing more for me, and they seemed to have a better time. But I digress. These young pussycat wannabees are too young, too thin and too jerky to be seductive burlesque strippers. It's actually sad to watch, but I get fixated. Is this as high as they aspire? I am ashamed to admit that I watch Search for the Next Pussycat Doll. It stuns me into open-mouthed silence. This is auditioning for stripper work, and these young women think it is a golden opportunity! What do their families think? Once, long ago, during college days, I was taken to a strip club, and after the initial shock of seeing naked girls cavorting before sullenly silent men, I began applauding the performances and cheering their efforts. The strippers started dancing more for me, and they seemed to have a better time. But I digress. These young pussycat wannabees are too young, too thin and too jerky to be seductive burlesque strippers. It’s actually sad to watch, but I get fixated. Is this as high as they aspire?

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