We are looking for a distraction.
(Maybe I was looking for a distraction from the book; the writing was going slowly).
After the attacks, Mr. Melo says, he was looking for a distraction, and he responded to a poster for tango lessons.
"If I were cutting funds from schools to provide tax cuts to the wealthy, I'd be looking for a distraction, too".
Whether you are an avid surfer or merely looking for a distraction as winter looms... the second annual London Surf Festival is worth checking out.
A few months later, I was deep into writing the fourth Night School book, Resistance, and looking for a distraction, when I started idly researching medieval texts on demonology and magic.
Workers looking for a distraction make for a tremendously receptive audience, so watch for catalogs to start flooding corporate mailrooms.
He's finishing his PhD in chemistry, and was looking for a distraction from research and an impetus to follow the news more closely: only to find that he, too, had the skills necessary to become a super.
If you're looking for a distraction on Election Day until the results are in, check out my reviews of a new boxed set of Hitch and other releases.
The moment you catch yourself dwelling on your shortcomings and you find that you're not equipped to deal with it, look for a distraction.
