Blogflog: Am I A Cougar?

[pith]

Sorry for the lacklustre 'flog: I'm in a wee bit of a rush, so I may edit some things in later.

Link: http://blog.laurellkhamilton.org/2008/08/am-i-cougar.html

Comments

[pastygothchick]

I thought she was trying for something in the blow-up doll direction.

[suzycat]

I've never understood why cougar is not complimentary. You're 40-odd and you can score 20-somethings. How is that bad? Men do it all the time.

[brandiweed]

I think "cougar" is supposed to connote the vaguely icky "hitting on young guys way out of her league" woman (as opposed to a "MILF" who can be too old for you but hot all the same). Think of the older guy/younger woman pairings that make you kind of go "ewwww". (I'm sure there's a term for that kind of guy too, but I can't think of it right now.)

[katekat1010]

To keep you from makng some horrible mistake, modern technology takes the edge off guys, get a grip on your creepy selves.

I think, once again, she's inappropriately punctuated. The sentence might read: To keep you from mak[i]ng some horrible mistake modern technology [can] take the edge off[.] [Thus allowing] guys [to] get a grip on [their] creepy selves.

Or something like that. But honestly? It's indecipherable.

Thank you for rapidly flogging - i was waiting for someone to beat this up. And the Meow is absolutely horrible.

[notadoor]

Actually, I think what's happened is that "guys" is supposed to be vocative, and it's a poorly constructed and punctuated sentence.

I think what she was going for was, "Hey guys? [Here's some advice] to keep you from making some horrible mistake: modern technology takes the edge off, so get a grip on your creepy selves."

Also, did anyone notice it was posted by Jonathan? Probably just a case of wrong log-in, but it did give me a moment's pause.

[dreadnot]

I thought she was talking about how modern technology aka vibrators takes the edge off aka helps with the horniness that might make her need a guy.

[plum_arden]

That was my first thought as well.

[merchendiver]

Is this one of her failed attempts at being introspective. Really she should just quit. Her blogs make her sound awful, I agree. For someone that loves to tell us how progressive she is, she sounds more like Ward Cleaver than anyone I have read in a long time.

[windiain]

So… she wants to date Peter Pan? Well, that explains a lot.

Dear god, woman, I did not need the image of Jon dressed as Peter Pan in my head! O_o

[windiain]

Worryingly, that's slightly less disturbing than Jon in green tights. XD

[pith]

He does believe in fairies! He does! He does!

(Considering the videos of him prancing around on screen... yikes. The photoshopping possibilities are frightening.)

[siedhr]

I had a moment of sheer disbelief when I read this one. Then I promptly burst into laughter.