Watching a major terrestrial channel on a Saturday evening is like being trapped in a burning cell with a crying, attention-seeking lunatic who screams and punches himself in the face whenever he thinks you're about to look away.
Between the "Subject" and "From" lines, you need to answer the question, "Why should I care?" Out of all the messages crying for attention in my inbox, why should I care enough to open yours?
"We want to expand out back," said Mr. Tustian, referring to a sagging building of wooden slats and some land crying for attention.
Matthew says that he generally likes Bosley, but that the puppy is always crying for attention and making a mess in the house.
"We never want those things to be overbearing or crying for attention – they're all subtly put in there and, ultimately, if it doesn't work for the song, it doesn't work for the song".
She has no concept that they're simply mirroring her own erratic nonsense or crying for attention from their mostly absent father.
While its name may be embedded in the nation's consciousness -- with its BlueLight specials and its battle cry "Attention, Kmart shoppers" -- many shoppers have been unclear for years about just why they should go to Kmart.
It turns out that human babies also have fattier vocal cords, and Dr. Titze suspects that may make their crying especially attention-grabbing.
The blue jays cried for attention, expertly mimicking the "keeeeer" of red-tailed hawks.
At the calls' conclusion, Julissa's seven-year-old half brother, Isaiah — the product of her mother's relationship with a drug addict who was subsequently imprisoned — removed a Pop-Ice from his mouth and cried for attention.
That "look at me" cry for attention is something that is stifled in us from childhood.
