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the "White River Kid" is a leftie ?

a surefire ace to snag the lead role in 2013's "The Mike Ross Story" ?

damn small world ain't it ?

BHO is a leftie.

Sex in the Little City? Are you kidding me? This is awful.

I dunno, girl. I had a thing for blond guys back when. I hope your leftie-focus turns out better than my salivating every time I saw a blond guy. To a man (boy?), jerks all. Thankfully I ended up with -- can you believe it? -- a guy who was gray-headed and nearly bald. And yes, when we started dating. In high school and in the Army, he had a full head of DARK hair, but time moved on and I guess Rogaine, hair plugs and Grecian Formula weren't on the market then, so I got the improved version.

This is dumb. I find it cute this girl has so many martinis and so many boys like on the real show.

However, does this qualify for a crappy blog on those so called "exploits." In this one posting I see references to at least six boys she may have or not had sexual relations. I suppose the innuendo is the point.

Ok, I guess that's cool....and information too. Oh yeah and creative. Guess she's no lefty.

Sign the little lovely up! But there's no use for me to try and understand the writings of anyone not old enough to remember the day John Lennon was assassinated! I used to go nuts for girls with braces. Now the women my age have braces on their legs. Not so sexy, but easier to catch.

I used to chase blondes whose right boob was slightly larger than their left. Before mini-vans that always made driving more fun. Remember this, Little Flower, all men over 50 are lefties......cause we're pretty much left alone.

PS When ya become a mom, quit wearing those big dangle earrings unless you're really into sudden pain and mutilation.

'Yeah, how did you know?" he responded, clearly baffled. "I mean, if I were playing guitar then that would make sense, but drums?"'

Hi-hat on the drummer's right side, i.e. Phil Collins, Joey Waronker (Beck) or Ian Paice (Deep Purple).

Now spotting a left handed pianist would be a cool trick.

The "Sync" and "Sex in the City" approach are truly outdated, even for Little Rock. Look at the reviews for the SITC summer movie. Outdated.

We feel the Times is properly representin' the young and indie, almost even unto excess at this point. We'd love to see more fine arts articles. There IS a happy medium. It's embarrassing when reviewers go to the Symphony or the theater and have no experience in the medium, ain't it?

"Last month I moved into a new residence. I immediately notice a particular neighbor, Steven. He is illegally good looking. The kind of man that makes a girl st-st-stutter. We have since become friends (wink, wink) and I later learn that he too, is left-handed."

--(Yawn..) No offense to Lauren, who seems like a genuinely nice girl who desperately wants to be considered naughty, but this post isn't smart or provocative or entertaining. She's no Carrie Bradshaw, that's for sure.

I love it and I look forward to reading the blog weekly! Great idea and fun! Don't worry bout them haters, if they don't like it then they don't have to read it! Nice picture by the way!

Using your left hand on the high-hat placed on the left side of the kit is the best way to begin.

Whoa, Wes Bentley's from AR. Strange thing is I know someone from Jonesboro who looks vaguely like him.

Hats off to the girl for being brave and honest. I think it's fun reading. Far more articulate than anything you'll find in Sync, that's for damn sure.

It's a hell of a lot more entertaining than listening to the lot of you trying to outwit each other all day long. No offense. The potential title could use some... improvement.

Girl's as cute as a button and just having a good time. Nothing worng with that.

Whoops, w-r-o-n-g. Sorry.

Damn, she's CUTE! Envy the left-handed boy that gets a chance to stain that blue dress!

I smoke left-handed cigs if that counts

Looks like it's a go Max. Couple of hours past noon and this is #17 in commentary count. Give us a hint on how many thread hits?

I'm with you durango holding prurient interests and all.

Just curious... Do you think when she said "random affliction for left-handed boys" she meant "affinity" or "affection?" Affliction sounds kinda... wrong.

b.o.r.i.n.g...
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Like, oh my Gawd! TOTALLY.
What mystery is there when half your siblings are left-handed?
None.
Spare us.

The title is "Sex in the Little City" and your band is called "Almost Infamous?" Honestly, you have got to get away from trying to cash in on successful film titles. We can sit here and make up bad puns all day, and "Sex in the Little City" was your best? The fact that they said "tentative" suggests that no one really likes the title. Try again. Here are some equally bad options:

My Best Friend's Bedding
Sisterhood of the Traveling Rants
Petty Woman
Legends of the Mall
Sweet Home Little Bama
Legally Infringed Upon
How to Lose a Blog in Ten Days
Bridget Jones Diary by Lauryn Smith

Anyway, it is possible that you have a fetish for lefties, but your blog offers little insight. Frank DeFord just did a story 2 days ago on NPR about how left handed athletes have an advantage when facing off against right handed opponents and then he explained why. It was SO much more interesting.

My guess is that you are actually attracted to some other traits with which left handed people tend to be more common. Wikipedia mentions that they more common in twins, for instance. Actually, this is the full quote, "Left-handedness, in comparison to the general population, also appears to occur more frequently in both identical and fraternal twins, and several groups of individuals with neurological disorders (such as people with epilepsy, Down's Syndrome, autism, mental retardation and dyslexia)."

Anyway, I hope there are no hard feelings. It isn't that bad. It just isn't good. Maybe your band can play a show with us sometime! We're "The Non-Commitments."

Damn, some serious hatin' going on here.

Figures you would play the "Hate" card, idiotmoron!

It's better than the awful "A Boy Named Sooie." That guy should stick to ruining the Oxford American and not writing about anything having to do with the University.

"Using your left hand on the high-hat placed on the left side of the kit is the best way to begin." - Public Service Announcement

Yeah, the best way to begin your career as the lamest drummer in town.

This is going to be a popular item if Lauryn can keep up the quality writing. And yeah she is pretty hot.

But I have to say I don't think this is so much a left handed boy thing as it is Lauryn you are a hooker thing.

I too fancy left handers but that seems to be the only requirement to breach Lauryn. The blind date, the friend of a friend, the waiter, a drummer, 2 justins, and a neighbor...and you hooked up with all of them?

Were they all at least funny? Witty? Smart, Charming? or just excessively tall and lefthanded? I mean anything over 6'2" is just a little freaky in my opinion.

I mean I am a 6"1", right handed, Aquarius so I guess I am out and just jealous.

And Billy Clinton is another notable left hander.
Oh yes and so is Barack Obama.

Maybe Lauryn is on to something!!

Although every person in My Morning Jacket is right handed... so at least we got the best rock band in America on our side.
And I think everyone in the Drive By Truckers is a righty as well.

Righty here.

She hot enough. But lets not forget that Maxim totally dogged SJP ....and im just guessing here, but i would bet that Ms. Lauryn doesnt want to get dogged by Maxim. Maybe we could get her to audition for a spread in Maxim..."Real Life Southern Carrie--Revealed!"

but sure. lets see what shes got. Im willing to give her a chance. Im over 6'2" so maybe Orval might think Im a freak but whatever, I'll read her stuff. maybe she will push the envelpe a tad bit more...that might make it a bit more interesting.

then theres the fun game that guys play, and im sure that chicks play it too..."would you do her?"

I'd do her.

This would seem to be an intriguing "water cooler" topic of discussion, and thusly, appropriate for blogging.

Wes Bentley still looks great. I always wondered what happened to him. He seemed to disappear, and then I read a brief blurb about him having suggested Heath Ledger for a role which he thought Heath Ledger would've been better suited. There wasn't much of an update about Wes or any projects he might be pursuing, though. This was around the time that Heath died.

Interesting blog... I think some of the aforeposted comments have been a bit unneccesary and harsh. I look forward to reading more from Lauryn.

The peanut gallery is alive and kicking with put downs today. If you can write a better blog, by all means show us what you've got. Otherwise, keep your trap shut and give Lauryn a chance; it is absolutely asinine to judge someone based on a single blog entry.

Hey, the math is simple.

Run the blog, find persistent occasion to flash the smile that looks like a strobe light in a photo studio and the cleavage that would do justice to Helen Mirren doing Shakespeare from a balcony (we all read Broadsheet in Salon, right?).

(If not, click the blue for what this intriguing infant can only hope to become.)

Maybe two-thirds of the regular readers will be offended, but half of those will need to check in regularly to keep their umbrage-meter pegged. The other third will check in regularly out of curiosity variously motivated, and of those, some will be able not only to spell but to embody (are you with me, DBI?) prurience.

the single blog post does make it sound as though "Sweet Connie" may indeed now have a successor. (pardon the pun) who can also play and write, so whathehell, let her rip.
after all, people my age have been mortally envious of people her age for ... forever.

ARK. BLOG: Before my mail crashed, I was expecting a note from Lauryn to reply to some of the presumptuous folks here. It may be lost currently in the ether. But I think she'll handle all that in the fullness of time.

This was fun, it made me chuckle a couple of times, and I didn't click away until I was done. It seems like other readers are coming here expecting a literary breakthrough. I'm guessing that they didn't realize that they are in the same state as this magazine.
Oh, dear. Did Ijust imply that the people who are coming down on this are just a bunch of elitist snobs who like to pretend they live in a cultured, well educated, city? I have a couple of suggestions for you:
1) Leave Kavanaugh for a little while and look around. You're still in Ahr-kansas.
2) Quit taking yourselves so seriously, it's only going to make you (more) bitter.

Keep it up Lauryn. Hope to see another soon.

Ahh...the socialite elite of Little Rock. I would say something in reference to your braying but I think a suitable response would be silence...as you are very obviously more concerned with making your own point of view the dominant, self-felating truth. As Lauryn would probably say "You're so vain...you probably think this blog is about you."

Be that...as it may.

Love the blog, Law-Dawg! Looking forward to the next one.

>>Sure, this blog will surround a lot of my dating adventures (and misadventures), but it is not what defines me.<<<

And you name your blog "Sex in the ...."
what happened to -
"people comfortable in their own skin," ??

Welcome to blog-land with cowardly anonymous blog responders lamely leaping to extreme innuendo. If you survive this onslaught, you could become Governor. Someone with your courage should try to save the world. The Green Party is looking for candidates for the 2010 elections. Incidentally, we're leftists.

Cute enough story...though I am not sure the market is out here for this particular type of journalism. Most bigger cities have some sort of Carrie Bradshaw-ish columnist, so good luck to you, I thought it was kind of lame, but guess what-I am not your target audience.

However, I would NEVER NEVER apologize for anything I wrote unless I specifically offended a large group of people. If you write a column, leave it at that. If you try to back peddle and explain what you meant for every Tom, Dick and Harry (left-handed of course) your entire column has lost any meaning. Write and write unapologetically. You will find people that hate what you write around every corner, they don't have to read your column or blog. If that is the case then they are not your target audience anyway. Let them wonder what you meant and hate you for not writing something they understand.

There would be more problem if I actually like your article as I am guessing you are not writing for a middle-aged man who has not had a date since getting married some many years ago. However, your article did leave me questioning, how many lefties do I know? How many people are in my life that happen to have a particular, especially random, trait. So there, you go, job well done.

So I was looking up lists of famous left handers (because of this blog, I'll admit) and was surprised to find a large number of musicians who play right handed are actually lefties. David Bowie, Paul Simon, Bob Dylan, David Byrne, Duane Allman, the Everly Brothers, Ringo Starr, and Richie Valens to name a few. I had no idea. Of course, Paul Simon's website states he's left handed despite playing and writing with his right hand. I don't know, that sounds right handed to me.

The whole thing inspired me to download a new ringtone (Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant) for my cell phone.

Oh we're so pretty
Oh so pretty we're vacant
Oh we're so pretty
Oh so pretty
A vacant

Applethief,
(So you're the one who's been stripping my fruit trees. You're so brazen that you stop the car on the road carrying with a WalMart plastic bag, pull the fruit from the trees (breaking branches even if not necessary), and drive off as soon as someone yells at you, usually signally your thanks with a middle finger.)

If you watch TV and movies carefully, you'll notice that a disproportionate number of actors and politicians are lefties. As lefties, we improvise quite a bit and that is an important trait in those professions and in impressing women.

I continue to be amazed at the sheer number of people online who will use their valuable time to not only read something they're not interested in, but to compose often lengthy comments just to tell the writer how much they don't like what they've read--and to toss in some personal judgments and insults while they're at it. It would be hilarious, if it weren't sad.

Come on over to BlogHer.org, Lauryn. You'll be welcome! Welcome here, too, by the way.

I would suggest that those of you who read Lauryn's post and didn't care for it, for whatever reason, to just move on to the next thing in your life *as quickly as possible*. Everyone will be happier. This goes for any "personal" type blog. Try to remember that it's not so much journalism as it is public journaling. Every journal is not going to be interesting to every reader...nor should it be.

On a side-note, I suspect that Lauryn's post would not have evoked the number of hostile responses that it did, had it not led to a photo of her. Her worst crime, apparently, is being young, attractive, energetic...and female--all at the same time. That just won't do, will it?

I think some of you seemed to not understand that this story was for entertainment purposes. I don't think this was meant to be "serious and important" writing like your English dissertation that "you almost finished" before resuming your job as a waiter at US Pizza in Hillcrest.

I agree with you that the name of the blog should be changed, but think the writing was sharp and humorous ( except maybe not so many friends names next time - that got a bit confusing). I look forward to reading your next installment..

Some more lefty trivia for you Lauryn -

--Both leading presidential candidates this year are left-handed writers - Barack Obama and John McCain.

After one of them becomes president that will be 5 out of the last 7 (71%) when only about 10% of the population are left-handed -

Previous lefty presidents
Gerald Ford (1974-1977) 38th
Ronald Reagan (1981 -1989) 40th (actually a right-handed writer)
George H.W. Bush (1989-1993) 41st
Bill Clinton (1993-2001) 42nd

Someone should add a link to this blog on Lauryn's blog page (I'm assuming that's what the two simultaneous blogs posted last week were supposed to be) and predate it July 18th so that readers can find all this in one place.

OR if that wasn't a blog page, at least create one for her so that her writing can be together in one central location.