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April 27, 2007
Digging the Dirt
A Confession.
The other day I was at my computer, surfing away on the Internet, when George crept up behind me.
“I can’t believe you’re looking at that,” he said reproachfully.
I jumped, and quickly closed the screen.
“You know, you shouldn’t sneak up on people like that,” I snapped.
“I just never thought you’d be into that,” he said.
“What? I’m not. I was just . . . you know. Browsing.”
“It’s like I don’t know you at all,” George said, shaking his head sadly.
I waited until he left the room, and then quickly pulled the screen back up, ready to indulge my guilty little pleasure.
And, no, I wasn’t looking at porn. Get your minds out of the gutter, smut hounds. It isn’t that bad.
Okay, maybe it isn’t much better.
I was browsing through celebrity gossip websites. You know the ones: who’s dating, who’s divorcing, who’s secretly gay and pretending to be straight, who’s secretly straight and pretending to be gay. Whose life is Paris Hilton screwing up . . . why is Britney Spears shaving her head . . . and why did Prince William break up with that cute girlfriend of his?
I can’t help myself. I know, I know -- it’s trashy, and sensationalistic, and a complete waste of time. Half of it’s made up, and the other half is fed to the columns by the publicists.
And yet . . . I can’t help myself. I continue to read. And George continues to mock me for it.
So what’s your guilty little indulgence? Come on, I know I’m not alone . . .
Posted by Whitney at 6:00 AM | Comments (9)
Comments
Icky confession... I love watching Dog the Bounty Hunter. Yes, it's sick and twisted, but so trashily watchable.
Posted by: Chez at April 27, 2007 6:08 AM
I'm right there with you Chez. I like watching Dog too. I don't know if I should feel guilty about this one, but I also love watching the old 70's, 80's and early 90's game shows on GSN. =)
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at April 27, 2007 7:52 AM
My guilty little indulgence is a type of music I can only call 'hard alternative' and some old hard rock. I know it's bad for me, but I can't help myself. Besides, it's really helpful when I'm writing a tense scene. Ummm... Yeah. That's why I listen to it. ;o)
Posted by: b at April 27, 2007 8:45 AM
Oops. That was me up there as 'b'. Maybe I was subconsciously being anonymous.
Posted by: B.E. Sanderson at April 27, 2007 8:46 AM
LOL I do the same thing, Whitney!
Posted by: Amber at April 27, 2007 9:36 AM
It's actually your fault, Whitney. You're the one who told me about The Superficial. It shames me, yet I can't stop looking at it. I try to go to Slate.com right afterwards to cleanse myself.
Posted by: The LC Eileen at April 27, 2007 10:34 AM
I suffer from the same sad addiction. In case you haven't come across these sites yet, check out:
popsugar.com
and
Pink is the New Blog (http://trent.blogspot.com/)
Posted by: Christina at April 27, 2007 3:45 PM
I posted, but it doesn't seem to have gone through. If it duplicates, sorry-my bad.
I suffer from the same sad addiction. If you haven't already seen these sites, check out:
popsugar.com
and
Pink is the New Blog (http://trent.blogspot.com/)
Posted by: Christina at April 27, 2007 3:48 PM
Chez I do the same !!!! dont feel quilty!
Posted by: Lucy at April 30, 2007 8:09 AM
