tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post267283683421534750..comments2024-03-22T05:18:29.555-04:00Comments on Romance Bandits: Killer KissesLoucinda McGary aka Aunty Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02217492654108300014noreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-80872891687214590432007-11-08T17:51:00.000-05:002007-11-08T17:51:00.000-05:00Caren, just give me the word. I am pretty much a ...Caren, just give me the word. I am pretty much a home/work body but I have been known to break out on occasion :-Dhrdwrkdmom aka Diannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12520769151419586319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-83908512811570436302007-11-08T16:04:00.000-05:002007-11-08T16:04:00.000-05:00Jeanne, I am SO upset that I missed Donna's "fan" ...Jeanne, I am SO upset that I missed Donna's "fan" moment--I've heard about it--but alas--only second hand. :0/<BR/><BR/>Trish, I hold my hand out for smitation--I haven't seen that POC film yet--I know I KNOW--I'll rectify that ASAP.<BR/><BR/>Oh, Kate, you're so sweet--thank you. I think I just need to record your voice telling me all these nice things, and use that for my alarm in the mornings. Positive reinforcement for the day...<BR/><BR/>Dianna--You sneaked in on me! Glad you could log on successfully (You guys, I told her she had to post today to make sure she could answer questions tomorrow)<BR/><BR/>Okay, I've send the check/payment for your compliments--it's in the mail...I promise....(grin)Cassondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07420982030156788059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-85483297826790600492007-11-08T15:44:00.000-05:002007-11-08T15:44:00.000-05:00Cassondra -What a great post! I have to tell you ...Cassondra -<BR/><BR/>What a great post! I have to tell you the truth, my fate to eventually end up writing romance was probably sealed when one movie made a huge impression on me. It was the original Romeo and Juliet. I hadn't read Shakespeare at that point. He hooked me to the point I was hurt for a long time over the ending, but wow - Romeo and Juliet were so incredibly in love and willing to do anything to be together. The kiss was so passionte and innocent, a very strong mix. <BR/><BR/>Isn't it funny how you can tell immediately if there is any onscreen chemistry, particularly the first time two people kiss?<BR/><BR/>You are one rockin' writer. <BR/><BR/>DiannaDianna Lovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07436951352975780985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-45142049100237765042007-11-08T10:29:00.000-05:002007-11-08T10:29:00.000-05:00OMG!! Somebody pass me Donna's fan, please? I'm ha...OMG!! Somebody pass me Donna's fan, please? I'm having a moment!<BR/><BR/>Cassondra, sorry I'm late but I just needed to say -- you are brilliant! I felt that kiss down to my toes and, well, hmm. More, please?? You are a wonderful writer! Don't even think about stopping, ever. Wow.<BR/><BR/>Okay, where was I? Oh yeah. ;-)<BR/><BR/>I think it's all about those looks from across the room. When you look back, he's still looking. That's anticipation, whew. And that moment, that pause, then the kiss? Oh, my goodness. You nailed it. Where's that FAN???? LOL<BR/><BR/>Fave book kiss? There are so many but I still love Nora's Private Scandals, when Finn gets off the plane that almost crashed and he grabs Deanna and plants one on her, explains he was going to kiss the ground but she looked so much better. Then he grabs her story and takes over. LOL. He's still one of my fave heroes.<BR/><BR/>And thanks for the Daniel Day Lewis visual. That'll get me through the day!Kate Carlislehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16863555050062113192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-33972345775439210292007-11-08T09:35:00.000-05:002007-11-08T09:35:00.000-05:00Dianna, I had a feeling that would get your attent...Dianna, I had a feeling that would get your attention. You have to come out when Cassondra and I pop over to WV to do <I>research</I>. ;-)Caren Cranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12352366686017375279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-52113599255847868222007-11-08T07:08:00.000-05:002007-11-08T07:08:00.000-05:00West Virginia coal mining towns have some good kis...West Virginia coal mining towns have some good kissers Caren, I can attest to that ::grin::hrdwrkdmom aka Diannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12520769151419586319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-55044064532728212622007-11-08T01:50:00.000-05:002007-11-08T01:50:00.000-05:00Totally agree on the Last of the Mohicans kiss. Aw...Totally agree on the Last of the Mohicans kiss. Awesome! One of my all-time favorite movies. Kirsten, I've visited some of the filming sites for Last of the Mohicans at Chimney Rock Park. It's gorgeous there.<BR/><BR/>I also love the kiss between Will and Elizabeth amidst the shipboard battle scene in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.Trish Milburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812010789617982102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-9726469128837702462007-11-07T22:23:00.000-05:002007-11-07T22:23:00.000-05:00Truly, Cassondra I don't remember him saying anyth...Truly, Cassondra I don't remember him saying anything in particular. I suspect my mother ran a bit of interference.<BR/><BR/>That or the fact my younger brother was in his face about why he'd kept me out so late. <BR/><BR/>You see...on top of his many other attributes....he suffered from night blindness. Couldn't see a damn thing in the dark which was why our date had been an "afternoon affair" (snicker). <BR/><BR/>The matinee ran late and by the time we finished dinner it was getting dusk. We lived across the county from each other and I felt sorry for the poor boy as he had to take me to HIS house for HIS parents to drive me home.<BR/><BR/>But he didn't feel too bad as while his parents were changing clothes he cornered me in the den. The other guy's tongue moved fast but "Chip's" hands moved faster. LOL<BR/><BR/>THEN, he wanted me to take a walk outside his house. I remember thinking "Why, he can't see?". Duh. Of course not, Joanie T....he was gonna FEEL his way. VBG.<BR/><BR/>What is it they say? Ya gotta laugh or cry.Joanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12566704374877697300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-65160056367531567462007-11-07T22:08:00.000-05:002007-11-07T22:08:00.000-05:00Whew, Cassondra! You got the whole group going wi...Whew, Cassondra! You got the whole group going with this one. I'm going to have to snap open the fan, a la Donna onstage at National! heehee. Caren, you crack me up about your Jimmy being a used car salesman. No non-self-respecting used car salesmen have dimples. Those are reserved for the pharmaceutical reps. Snork.<BR/>Doglady, you made me tear up too - and with no cold germs to pass on I definately went and kissed my handsome DH. Grins. Thanks for reminding me how precious he is.<BR/>Jo, I'm so with you on Daniel Day Lewis. I've not liked him much in any other film. But in LOTM? ::Sigh::<BR/>BTW, Cassondra, you SO have a gift for antici.....pation. Snork.<BR/>I had to laugh over the wet-fish kisses and the stalker stares. Lord if I had a nickle for everyone of those...and I wasn't even that experienced. As Anna said, so eloquently, BLECH!<BR/>There was that one guy though. He was a "look" guy - hot, animal-magnetism kind of stare; great body, excellent smile, dimples. Yum. And oh, yeah, he could flat out kiss. I thought the top of my head would come off, and some of my clothes too. Snork. As the gentleman caller to the Lair (P226)said, that was what he Really Wanted. But twas not to be, alas. Neither of us was drunk enough, nor did we live near one another. Grins. If we had...ah, well, that's a scene for another play, yes? Bwah-ha-ha!<BR/>Caren, I'm going to be thinking about that "you'll be a knockout when you're 30" line and praying my charming son doesn't learn it too soon. Ha!<BR/>Great topic Cassondra! Grins.Jeanne (AKA The Duchesse)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03492480881584553111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-7336834094139254632007-11-07T22:07:00.000-05:002007-11-07T22:07:00.000-05:00Joan wrote:I went inside and asked where my Daddy ...Joan wrote:<BR/><BR/><I>I went inside and asked where my Daddy was....and he walked in from the backyard. Yup, he'd been out by the garage and SAW THE WHOLE THING! </I><BR/><BR/>OMGOMGOMG! What did he SAY? Anything? Was he mad? Did he threaten to kill your date? WHAT? Joanie T, you can't leave us hanging like that!Cassondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07420982030156788059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-81850956976338206422007-11-07T21:46:00.000-05:002007-11-07T21:46:00.000-05:00Ok, Cassondra.....I live in Kentucky and I HOPE TH...Ok, Cassondra.....I live in Kentucky and I HOPE THAT GUY IS STILL HERE! I'm gonna go look for him.<BR/><BR/>Ok, I'm back :-)<BR/><BR/>Caren, I love your YMCA guy just for being so wonderful and saying something like that to you. How a comment like that would have changed me during my teenage, glass wearing awkward years. HE was a hero.<BR/><BR/>Anticipation is the key to the ultimate enjoyment of many events....waiting for a huge trip to Ireland (even if it's FOUR years away), the birth of a child, Christmas. The lottery.<BR/><BR/>My kiss history is, sadly, slim considering my cougar status. I find I'm still anticipating "that look", still waiting for "the one" but the key is....I still think it's out there.<BR/><BR/>Like Anna, my first French kiss was a disaster. The fellow kissed me at the door after a first date. It was ewwww and I just chalked it up to my own lack of experience and thought it was a standard "kiss gone bad."<BR/><BR/>It wasn't until the second date that I realized what he'd been trying to do...and in my estimation failed miserably. (His tongue was moving so fast it was like he was trying to start a fire...well, according to p226 he was...but it was with wet matches. Ugh)<BR/><BR/>My very, very first kiss happened in my back yard. My date had brought me home and under the back porch light kissed me. I was stunned but not as much as when I went inside and asked where my Daddy was....and he walked in from the backyard. Yup, he'd been out by the garage and SAW THE WHOLE THING! <BR/><BR/>Cassondra, if you write this wonderful while on Nyquil.<BR/><BR/>Good job, BanditaJoanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12566704374877697300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-19292142551210203662007-11-07T20:33:00.000-05:002007-11-07T20:33:00.000-05:00Great topic, Cassondra! I have too many favorite f...Great topic, Cassondra! I have too many favorite fictional first kisses to choose from. I LOVE first kisses in TV shows, movies and books (sigh) <BR/><BR/>Especially when the anticipation is built up so well beforehand. I loved the kiss in Dear Frankie - great sexual tension - and when Jim kissed Pam in The Office (that show is too funny!)<BR/><BR/>I vividly remember the first time I kissed my husband. He was running the light show for a local band and I was sitting to the side while they set up. He looked over at me and our eyes met and ZING! *g* He kissed me later after our first dance. And now I'm lucky enough to get to kiss him whenever I want ;-)Beth Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01204356784898045866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-87128135033047328822007-11-07T20:27:00.000-05:002007-11-07T20:27:00.000-05:00Donna wrote:Anytime you want to hang out in a bar ...Donna wrote:<BR/><BR/><I>Anytime you want to hang out in a bar to further research this topic, give me a call. Not sure how much scientific analysis we'll gather, but we'll have a h*ll of a good time. </I><BR/><BR/>You're on Donna. I'm there. All in the name of research of course--and it'll be tax-deductible!Cassondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07420982030156788059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-34584999897425649602007-11-07T20:26:00.000-05:002007-11-07T20:26:00.000-05:00Downundergirl said:I think kissing can go by the w...Downundergirl said:<BR/><BR/><I>I think kissing can go by the way side in a lot of long-term relationships and its such a shame because its such an intimate connection - even more so than sex I think (remember Julia Roberts didn't kiss clients on the mouth in Pretty Woman?) <BR/><BR/>Okay, not sure any of that made sense. </I><BR/><BR/>It makes PERFECT sense. And I think you've told the absolute truth. I think a kiss is, or can be, more intimate than sex. Maybe that's why some men prefer to go straight for sex and forget about the lead-in. It's the pre-sex stages that allow you to know someone--to see their vulnerabilities in a way that you don't get when you skip that. <BR/><BR/>Hmmmm.....Methinks downundergirl is our resident philosopher and therapist rolled into one.....;0)Cassondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07420982030156788059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-57584848111857448362007-11-07T18:43:00.000-05:002007-11-07T18:43:00.000-05:00Cassondra -I'm not sure about clubs, but I think a...Cassondra -<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure about clubs, but I think all the hotel bars with dancefloors have a disco ball hidden up in the rafters - just waiting till the 'oldies band comes to play. <BR/><BR/>I love your blog as I met my husband at a bar. He did the look and I melted inside. I think it's more than the lower eyelids, there's something about the brows as well. Maybe something that speaks of vulnerability that lets the woman know this isn't a creepy stalker guy, that makes him approachable.<BR/><BR/>Anytime you want to hang out in a bar to further research this topic, give me a call. Not sure how much scientific analysis we'll gather, but we'll have a h*ll of a good time.Donna MacMeanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10310857800824141312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-34289437366697446332007-11-07T18:04:00.000-05:002007-11-07T18:04:00.000-05:00Hmmm, never seen LOTM. Yes, realise its sacrilege ...Hmmm, never seen LOTM. Yes, realise its sacrilege around here. Anna - hire it for Saturday.<BR/><BR/>Oh there's a great first kiss in The Mirror Has Two Faces - Barbara Streisand and Jeff Bridges. In fact the whole coitus interruptus scene is fantastic. The tension has been buildng and building and there's this really awkward reluctancy from him at the start and then it just explodes and its amazing.<BR/><BR/>I too love the sexual tension in novels/movies/TV shows. If its good enough I dont even need the sex. I think that's why so many TV series go successfully for years as the viewers hang out for the sexual tension to break and for them to finally kiss. But its never the same after. Think Rachel and Ross on Friends. Shelley Long and Ted Danson in Cheers. Bruce Willis and Sybill Shepherd in Moonlighting. Dr McDreamy and whatshername in Grey's Anatomy.<BR/><BR/>I think it was Andrea who mentioned that its the very wonderful "anticipation" that is so often missing in long term relationships are missing. I agree with this. I think its the reason that people have affairs. Its not that they dont love their partners anymore but after the "heat" has faded from their marriage and after decades it does, they miss the "must have that person" imperative. The "slam them against a wall and do it like they do it on the discovery channel" thing that the beginnings of relationships have. I think kissing can go by the way side in a lot of long-term relationships and its such a shame because its such an intimate connection - even more so than sex I think (remember Julia Roberts didn't kiss clients on the mouth in Pretty Woman?) <BR/><BR/>Okay, not sure any of that made sense.<BR/><BR/>AmyAmy Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12690419732247281048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-91182026272932492812007-11-07T16:56:00.000-05:002007-11-07T16:56:00.000-05:00p226 said:95% of the time a Kiss is just a necessa...p226 said:<BR/><BR/><I>95% of the time a Kiss is just a necessary prelude to what I REALLY want to do. Oh, it may indeed be passionate, because I may REALLY want to do that. </I><BR/><BR/>Ah-HA! See! I KNEW IT!<BR/><BR/>It's not the same for a guy. That hottie was staring at me thinking, "I wonder how long it'll take me to get her clothes off..."<BR/><BR/>Darn.Cassondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07420982030156788059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-28598435306375292007-11-07T16:53:00.000-05:002007-11-07T16:53:00.000-05:00Caren, See, what is the difference between the two...Caren, <BR/><BR/>See, what is the difference between the two? We all know it when we feel it. The creepy stalker stare is NOT the same as the "I want you" hottie stare. <BR/><BR/>Is it the chemistry between the two people that defines the difference? <BR/><BR/>Your stalker was just too pushy. If you wouldn't give him your phone number, he should have known better. <BR/><BR/>I know for CERTAIN that my young hottie, if I hadn't kept giving him sidelong glances, would have stared at me all night but never approached. He was interested, but not dangerous.<BR/><BR/>I'm guessing there are women who can't feel the difference between interested and dangerous, but for me, it hangs in the air when the guy is a creep. That's when you move over between the bass player and the drummer and say "that guy over there is creeping me out, don't leave me by myself." Of course, I was also capable of taking care of myself--even then at age 18, if he'd gotten too pushy I would have knocked the stuffing out of him, literally.<BR/><BR/>Nevertheless, I don't recognize the eyelid drop. Maybe it's because I've worked with too many men. I've worked in male-dominated fields my whole life, and I just sort of take them at their word. I'm kinda straightforward and honest and I expect them to be too.<BR/><BR/> Staring? Okay I get that. But that hooded-eye look? I'd be like--"are you okay? You look tired."<BR/><BR/>Hopeless, I know.Cassondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07420982030156788059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-5881604321047414672007-11-07T16:50:00.000-05:002007-11-07T16:50:00.000-05:00Ahahaha, I guess I'm a pig. 95% of the time a Kis...Ahahaha, I guess I'm a pig. 95% of the time a Kiss is just a necessary prelude to what I REALLY want to do. Oh, it may indeed be passionate, because I may REALLY want to do that. <BR/><BR/>To me, the most memorable and meaningful kisses are tied to an event. And a first kiss of a powerful relationship certainly qualifies. But for me, the memorable ones are memorable for other reasons than just the kiss itself. Our first kiss. That heartbreaking never-want-it-to-end kiss as the bagpipes played while we boarded our bird for deployment. (they really did, they played freakin' bagpipes) Last kiss with the summer girlfriend before school starts. A kiss while sharing a scenic view. It's more often than not the environment and situation which etches the kiss into my memory than the kiss itself.<BR/><BR/>Though, there was this one girl... our first kiss... she bit me! Right on my bottom lip! It was odd, and well, hilarious. And it was on a deserted wooded path that was a shortcut behind some neighborhoods. And I'll never, for a minute forget my "WTF was THAT!?" reaction. It was hot in an odd sort of way. ;)p226https://www.blogger.com/profile/05502193525250005347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-60909760738534222702007-11-07T16:42:00.000-05:002007-11-07T16:42:00.000-05:00Cassondra, we may have to find a faraway baaaaaa t...Cassondra, we may have to find a faraway baaaaaa to find The Look in San Francisco during an RWA conference. *g* We'd have better luck in, say, West Virginia in a coal mining town!<BR/><BR/>I'm sure you've received more Looks than you have recognized. I'm with MsHellion (I think it was) who said The Stare (a derivative and cousin of The Look) can be creepy. I had a guy giving me The Stare one night at a club in college. He was really cute, blond, kind of a lanky hottie type. But The Stare kind of freaked me out in its singlemindedness. <BR/><BR/>He found out my name and, within an hour, decided he had found his future bride. Um, no. I did <I>not</I> give him my phone number, but I lived on campus so he found it out fairly easily. He left several messages for me to meet him at a local restaurant on a certain date at a certain time. I never returned his calls. <BR/><BR/>I got chills every time I drove past that place for years! The Stare, on that guy, had a weird "I want to own your soul" vibe that I couldn't shake. Ugh. I gave myself chills just thinking about it!Caren Cranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12352366686017375279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-84655380969274857342007-11-07T16:22:00.000-05:002007-11-07T16:22:00.000-05:00BUFFIE WHERE DO YOU GET THOSE HUNKS YOU USE FOR AV...BUFFIE WHERE DO YOU GET THOSE HUNKS YOU USE FOR AVATARS?<BR/><BR/>Every time you post I start to sweat.Cassondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07420982030156788059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-50713988177658710522007-11-07T16:21:00.000-05:002007-11-07T16:21:00.000-05:00Buffie.You CAN NOT leave us like this.You have to ...Buffie.<BR/><BR/>You CAN NOT leave us like this.<BR/><BR/>You have to tell.<BR/><BR/>Come on. <BR/><BR/>Give. What comes out in the lair stays in the lair.<BR/><BR/>Pinky Swear.Cassondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07420982030156788059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-5458311573083815152007-11-07T16:17:00.000-05:002007-11-07T16:17:00.000-05:00"Buffie OMG!! And I know, you're happily married"..."Buffie OMG!! And I know, you're happily married"<BR/><BR/>Cassondra, someday I'll have to tell you the story of how I met my husband. It involves my parents being out of town, my best friend, a high school dance, the "other" woman (who turned out to be me!), and kisses in the moonlight and on the dance floor. It's a great story!! <BR/><BR/>And I know what you are all thinking about me, but I was a good girl, really I was!!!!!!Buffiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18320253744501589352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-81449232953261288202007-11-07T16:06:00.000-05:002007-11-07T16:06:00.000-05:00Caren, when we go to SanFran, you and I are going ...Caren, when we go to SanFran, you and I are going to hang out in the baaaaaaa, and watch men. And you're going to point out that "look" to me so I can recognize it. Kay?Cassondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07420982030156788059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-37824732033004840912007-11-07T15:39:00.000-05:002007-11-07T15:39:00.000-05:00Oh Keira, thank you so much!Hmmm...in the race for...Oh Keira, thank you so much!<BR/><BR/>Hmmm...in the race for BEST FIRST KISS, North & South seems to be in the lead by...well....a kiss or two....Cassondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07420982030156788059noreply@blogger.com