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The C word
Published: 8/14/2007 5:31 PM
Last Modified: 8/14/2007 5:31 PM

I typically dread Tuesday mornings.

For starters, I’m not an a.m. individual, unless you’re talking 1 a.m. or so. From there, it’s the fear of checking my voice mail on Tuesdays after a column runs in the paper. I could’ve written something innocuous – that tends to be an adequate adjective, actually, if you’ll pardon the assonance. Still, someone will call to complain about a “the” being out of place (although I love me some English critics, especially teachers).

Today’s wrist slap came from someone who chastised me for using the C word. In case I offend someone on here, it’s a four-letter noun that rhymes with “trap.” Got me? Anyway, I apologize if others were offended.

It was a semi-constructive voice mail, despite the fact the reader didn’t leave a number or name – hate that. I can tell it’s going to be a hate-filled call when the message is left early in the morning or late at night, and the number’s been blocked. Usually means some guy or group of guys is calling to sexually harass me. But in my occasional effort to turn lemons into Mike’s Hard Lemonade, I let it roll off my back. Besides, they’ve rarely mastered subject-verb agreement, so why waste the sweat thinkin’ twice?

Anyway, back to the C-trap. Obviously, there are other words I could’ve used to express myself. Like crud. Or junk. They didn’t have a problem with me saying “jerk wad,” which is what I worried about last night as I went to bed. But for every caller who expresses disgust at something, there are usually a few others, too, who share that sentiment. And the red light on my voice mail right this second may be Miss Anti-C-Word’s bff calling. (In case you think I’m being nasty, “bff” is simply “best friend forever.” Felt compelled to clarify the butter.)

OK, I’ve done it – another blog. That’s twice in one week; my editors won’t know what to think.

Peace, love and non-offensive four-letter stuff … xoxo

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Martie (6 years ago)

COWARD!!!! How dare someone leave you an anonymous voice mail??? Blasphemy! Well, since you have risen above the C-word, I'll say it. THAT'S CRAP! C...R...A...P...! What ever happened to free speech? It's your blog! You can say whatever you want honey:) And as for whoever that was that called . . . you're a witch -w+b. You do the math.

Jason Ashley (6 years ago)

Thanks, Martie! You're my hero. Stay cool and hydrated ...

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While other kids were watching "The Smurfs," Scene Writer Jason Ashley Wright was tuned in to "Style with Elsa Klensch." By fourth grade, he knew he wanted to write, and spent almost three years publishing a weekly teen-oriented magazine, Teen-Zine -- circulation: 2. After earning a degree in journalism from the University of Southern Mississippi, he became the medical reporter and teen board coordinator for the Hattiesburg (Miss.) American, a Gannett newspaper. Eight months later, with visions of Elsa dancing in his head, he applied for the fashion writer position at the Tulsa World, where he began working on Aug. 3, 1998. He is now a general assignment reporter for Scene.

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