Like many hare-brained ideas. this one started with an online chat about the pros and cons of starting a YouTube channel. Many of my work friends have different tasks that they do. Some, like me, are online counselors. We talk to people who just need to be heard sometimes. Some are tutors (I do that, too!) some naughty ladies, and others are variations of kindly agony aunts who assure their clients about the future whether it's love or the general zeitgeist.
We were talking about clients who seem to continue to walk the opposite direction from lives that would make them happy to the same mistakes that they repeat over and over and flipping over. They never seem to learn!
"Oh, my goodness," wailed E. "Somes I want to tell them they are too pretty, smart accomplished... Just too everything to waste so much energy over the slugs they pine for!" In our own little Brady Bunchy Zoom windows, we all nodded. We'd been there. We wished there were times we could say what we thought.
Then the conversation turned to some of the YouTube creators we liked, loved, and loathed. loathed.
"What we need, said R., is a late middle-aged woman with a two pack a day rasp to tell these youngsters to cut out the nonsense and just be their smart selves."
"What does your bear say?"
The bear in question is an old stuffed panda who lives on the bookcase in my bedroom. Pandora is 53 years old. In the past, I have given her Selma Diamond's voice and a feisty attitude. My excuse is I also design toys. The truth is, she'd probably live on my shelf whether I built toys or not.
That night, she told everyone to get a life. We thought it might be nice to givere a place to field questions about life, the universe, and everything. This was how we came up with "Ask Pandora." Some days she'll answer letters from the lovelorn. Other's she might answer why it's better to not be such a jerk about what people eat. It's all one big gallimaufry to her.
Want to ask Pandora a question? Send your letters to ZenDixieArts@Gmail.com and be sure to put "Ask Pandora" in the subject line. Remember: This will be seen by our eight-person crew if the witty, wise, and me. We will not respond to questions about legal issues, medical issues, finances, or politics. This is stupid fun.
We were talking about clients who seem to continue to walk the opposite direction from lives that would make them happy to the same mistakes that they repeat over and over and flipping over. They never seem to learn!
"Oh, my goodness," wailed E. "Somes I want to tell them they are too pretty, smart accomplished... Just too everything to waste so much energy over the slugs they pine for!" In our own little Brady Bunchy Zoom windows, we all nodded. We'd been there. We wished there were times we could say what we thought.
Then the conversation turned to some of the YouTube creators we liked, loved, and loathed. loathed.
"What we need, said R., is a late middle-aged woman with a two pack a day rasp to tell these youngsters to cut out the nonsense and just be their smart selves."
"What does your bear say?"
The bear in question is an old stuffed panda who lives on the bookcase in my bedroom. Pandora is 53 years old. In the past, I have given her Selma Diamond's voice and a feisty attitude. My excuse is I also design toys. The truth is, she'd probably live on my shelf whether I built toys or not.
That night, she told everyone to get a life. We thought it might be nice to givere a place to field questions about life, the universe, and everything. This was how we came up with "Ask Pandora." Some days she'll answer letters from the lovelorn. Other's she might answer why it's better to not be such a jerk about what people eat. It's all one big gallimaufry to her.
Want to ask Pandora a question? Send your letters to ZenDixieArts@Gmail.com and be sure to put "Ask Pandora" in the subject line. Remember: This will be seen by our eight-person crew if the witty, wise, and me. We will not respond to questions about legal issues, medical issues, finances, or politics. This is stupid fun.
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