At 10:09 PM 3/27/03 -0700, Kestrel wrote:
>
>ok, so here I am, sick and couch-ridden, a bit depressed because I'm so sick
>and tired, 

Ooooo!  Hugs and virtual hot tea.  Get well quick.

>and flipping channels on the tv in extreme boredom, when I come
>across an HBO "doumentary" on exotic dancers (aka strippers).
But watching
>this made me feel... "well, at least I'm not an exotic
dancer" because boy,
>let me tell you... these women were *depressing* 

In spades!  My sister (well, biologically she is, but I don't much claim
her) and her husband thought that a good time, when I was about 18 or 20,
would be to pair me up with some co-worker of George's (at least this was
someone with some education, working at the University of Illinois, but
that was about all he had going for him) and go up to Rantoul near the Air
Force base to some strip joint.  The poor woman doing the -- ahem --
entertaining was replete with cellulite and had a C-section scar
mid-abdomen.  I was depressed and bored to tears.  I'd rather have gone to
just about anywhere else!  

>One woman... 50 years old
>and desperately trying to look 20, another *clearly* past the stage she
>should be doing anything public with no clothes and yet thinking she's got
>it going on...  one under 40 who looks like she's nearing 60. Good grief...

Yup.  What we're shown in television dramas about these gals is pure fiction.

>and almost universally they had no money, no education, and the thought that
>they had no opportunity to do anything else but get naked in front of a
>bunch of drunks. What a life. 

Gads!  It is depressing, for sure.

>Made me long for something a little less seamy
>and depressing like a documentary on teenage runaway crack addicts or
>something.... blech

Makes me thankful for my education and a good family.

>all you teachers and parents out there -- keep those kids in school!

Amen!

>

Veloci--I'll see you and raise you a --raptor
 

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