So the next time I hear from JA it's this...

Trainwrecks reposted an entry, you can view it on TW's page here: http://trainwrecks.tumblr.com/post/78145368/juliaallison-front-row-at-bcbg-spot-the

I replied to TW's repost here:
http://theressomethingaboutmary.tumblr.com/post/78153318/trainwrecks-juliaallison-front-row-at-bcbg

I then get this email:


But she seemed so SUPPORTIVE in her IMs with me?? And remember, as long as it isn't PHYSICALLY hurting someone she doesn't care! That's why of course I got this email from her. In case it's hard to see:

Katrina Kay is her real name. We know each other personally, as in, I have her number saved in my phone, which she typed in, with the name "Katrina Kay."

Stop being so goddamn rude, though.

It's really obnoxious.

Wait, I'm the one being obnoxious? Rude? LMAO, well maybe but... again. Pot. Kettle. etc. Fuck, at least I admit it when I'm being a bitch. My reply:

I wonder if you also emailed "trainwrecks" since that is the individual who initially commented on the name issue?

Since she doesn't professionally go by that name and has not acted under that name whatsoever (though IMDB does list Katie Bowden as an AKA... no Katrina Kay) are you that surprised that it might be pointed out by us lesser people who don't have her number in our phones?

What is obnoxious is that you have twice called me obnoxious. Though I have given you constructive criticism I haven't thrown those kinds of words your way. Mary's, but not yours. It's almost like you want me to hate you or something.

I would think that with your resume you would understand just how personal this reblogging shit ISN'T. It is... but it isn't. And when one goes away, somewhere else another comes along to take their place. It's all part of it.

So stop being so goddamn rude.

PS: Thanks though, for the motivation. After pulling an all nighter working on Life On Blast I was about to nap for a few hours and this email from you has inspired a fresh pot of coffee.

"A fake Goyard weekender you treat like shit is hilarious. A fake monogram Dooney & Bourke you carry with pride is a hate crime."
Obviously I agree. Someone should ask Donna Karan what she thinks.

(via maryrambin)

Someone should ask Donna Karan? Are you still implying this well established designer stole “your” design. A design you admit wasn’t even yours to begin with?

For those of you who question my ill feelings towards this poser… start with this.

Julia Hated This Dress Head To Toe from Mary Rambin on Vimeo.

maryrambin:

“If by different you mean hideous.” — Julia Allison on this dress.

After searching through my limited traveler’s wardrobe tonight, I couldn’t find a thing to wear (go figure). So…I went over to the Vivienne Westwood clothes I pulled for TMI and grabbed the only thing that remotely said winter - the dress Julia HATED! And hated me for choosing for her to wear.

Well, I made it work with my go-to accessories. Watch the video. Not my favorite dress, but it saved my night. This iteration isn’t more Julia either. Admittedly, a bad call for Jules on my part, but like I said, I can’t be right all the time. Let’s throw in one more cliche. Hindsight is 20/20.

This is amazing. Mary is going to work this one to death. Drag it out, hun it’s good for business.

Dark tights and boots with that? Double fail.

“Sorry, bunny”

Can’t win ‘em all…

Mary emailed me referring me to a post where she does in fact say:

“(Payment for these blog posts: The pleasure to bring our readers a new, affordable line of trendy sunglasses that don’t say Rayban on them. And a pair for Meghan and I to sport around town and brag about.)”

If that was there the whole time and I missed it, which is possible… then Mary get’s the point on this one.

Integrity in blogging, and keeping it real: means being honest about your wins… AND your losses. Consider this leading by example. I’m a woman of my word.

xo

Oh lord, I visited her Twitter:

• This twitter is pretty much just my headline. She posted it the next day. WTF is THAT supposed to mean, Scary?
• Scary shit talks the Frisky, retaliating of course to their article about her. "of course a gossip blog".
• What does it mean to use Facebook "strategically"?
• Mary thinks Rachel Ray looks like an idiot. I prefer Rachel Ray over you, Scary and that speaks volumes.
• Hey Mary, how about permanently?
• Mary questions her worth to someone who "just isn't that into her". I think she meant "interested IN".
• Mary Twitters from the pisser. Ew.
• I'm not sure what this really means, but it ain't pretty.
• It didn't take her long to blow her resolution, did it?
• Drunk, lonely, and pathetic.
• Starfuckers Inc.
• She wants you to be jealous.
• More drunken patheticness.
• All these posts about being drunk and liquor and all that makes me wonder if Scary has an alcohol problem. Would explain a lot of her wardrobe choices...
• Mary has bad hygiene habits and no one to care.
• One of her Sugar Daddies make Mary an offer.
• Mary claims someone "spotted" her. All things considered, that's just embarrassing for her. And what was our "style snob" wearing? Pajamas. Tres Chic.
• She thinks some guy she wants un-following her means... HE CARES. Um. Wow. Delusional.
• "Spotted" again. And in her "PJ's" again. In public. Walking around like that. Why is it anytime anyone sees her offline she's in pajamas unless there's an event or a TMI taping? PJ's is NOT "style".
• More depression.
• This is definitely one of my favorites. Scary insults the intelligence of an MBA grad and thinks she can teach someone how to "start a business". Her warped view of herself is palpable.
• Proof that you should be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it. Mary did.
• More pathetic desperation and rejection.

The Post Mary Deleted

It seems after her botox blog binge, Mary decides to purge. With a pathetic stream of excuses and empty promises of a statement from their programmer, she had yet another passive aggressive middle finger to launch at us all. Much like buyers remorse, I guess she’s feeling bloggers remorse? But what she should have learned long ago is that once something is posted honey, it’s hosted. Maybe you need to learn when you “keep your trap shut”.

Just a suggestion.

Non Society Violating Google TOS

* soupsoup:

One thing you definitely don’t want to do if you’re a budding web entrepreneur is get your site banned from Google. You might as well close up shop if you’re unlucky enough to get caught violating their Terms of Service.

Non Society is so desperate for traffic that they’ve put hidden keywords in their source code for such ridiculous keywords as “What Is Your Credit Status” in order to get high Google listing for totally unrelated search terms. This is a major violation of Google Terms of Service.

Shill those boob jobs, botox injections, colonics, and crash juice diets while you still can ladies. Your party is about to end.

* maryrambin:

In a nutshell, our public forums (Advice Box and QOD) were spammed three weeks after we launched them. Stay tuned for an official response from our programmer.

A little note from me. We don’t need to add keywords for page views. With hundreds of thousands of loyal readers, a handful of gossip sites, and a few nasty rebloggers, we’re doing just fine thanks. Thinking about it now, I really should write a thank you note to Denton for today’s Gawker and Jezebel posts. So many of their readers click once and become daily visitors.

US:

Giving your “programmer” time to come up with a story to cover this up? It won’t work. There is NO SUCH THING as a “spammer” that would insert hidden keywords into your code. This benefits NO ONE but the site itself. And yes, you DO need to add keywords for page views. You are a NEW site, your content SUCKS, and even WITH the hidden keywords, which violates Google rules directly, based on the stats you post people are only viewing your website ONE TIME. Now, I know a lot of us are going to your page more than once, so WHERE ARE ALL THOSE EXTRA ONE TIME PAGE VIEWS COMING FROM? You are a dishonest, ignorant liar. You are NOT smarter than everyone else. And I hope upon hopes Google takes your BS website DOWN.

And why is it that when I emailed Julia about this, the hidden keywords were only taken off of the page I sent her? Once you see something that like, or discover something like that since you CLAIM it wasn’t done by you (which you of course HAVE to say, just in case Google DOES try to shut you down)… why not immediately check ALL your pages for this “spam” that can literally RUIN your business?

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: you can get all the colonics you want but you will still be FULL OF SHIT!

* caro:

This photograph is perfect. Shirtless Jakob with an expression of astonishment, a “That Guy” in a V-neck t-shirt behind him, and the words “SEX PANTHER” on the wall.

* maryrambin:

Jesus Caroline, I’m trying to eat.

US:

Scary, don’t you mean you are trying to DRINK?

I wish upon wishes that Jakob would come back to his Tumblr.

REASON #1 I CONTINUE TO BLOG: YOUR EMAILS

maryrambin:

Hi Mary,

I have never written to any of you ladies at NS, but lately those reblogging sites are just out of control. They are completely out of line. I don’t know you, but as a stranger it is painful to read the toxins spouted at you for no reason. Especially this weird moral high ground they claim to be taking lately about ethical business practices. I would have quit long ago with hundreds of critics chirping over my shoulder and reading every punctuation mark.

I’m not sure what the point of this message is other than to say you are very brave and often hilarious and your new haircut looks really great and fuck haters. You guys are doing really well for a venture started in this economic shit storm, and it IS inspiring to see women going completely out of their comfort zones to start a business (though I guess this is really your second business so double yay :)…

Please keep smiling and damn the torpedos! I’m sure you get a ton of messages from fans (and if not, they ARE out there), its just the silent, odious minority of gawker commenters who have run amok all over the internet drowning out anyone else with a different opinion.

Take care,
Megan

(via Facebook)

US:

Oh for the love of God. This little air head on Facebook OBVIOUSLY does not know that they the only toxins are the ones Mary is constantly (and fruitlessly: pun intended) trying to rid herself of. With Blueprint cleanses that are today’s Fish Oil. A SCAM. The girls know this. They have read Gawker, the NYT and other REPUTABLE publications that have exposed this. This Facebook chick obviously also doesn’t know that They have pulled illegal punches like HIDING KEYWORDS in their page codes to get the results they have gotten so far. I wonder what their results would be if they RAN THEIR BUSINESS WITHOUT CHEATING.

PS: A reader pointed out in the comment box that THERE ARE STILL HIDDEN KEYWORDS ON THE ADVICE BOX PAGE. Fucking shady. And disgusting. And I am livid that I sent this information to Gawker and they have not reported on it.

You can report this to Gawker: Tip Your Editors:

tips@gawker.com or 646-214-8138

The link to the STILL THERE ILLEGALLY keywords is: http://www.nonsociety.com/community/advicebox/

Also please, report this to GOOGLE! Their site CAN BE TAKEN DOWN PERMANENTLY FOR THIS. That means this is a SERIOUS INFRACTION. Google does not remove sites from their search engine for something that “ISN’T WORTH WORRYING ABOUT”.

“FURTHERMORE”: I have personally emailed Julia and let her know she’s CAUGHT RED HANDED and she removed the illegal coding from JUST ONE of the pages and not all. SHE KNOWS this is ILLEGAL as per Google and she is DOING IT ANYWAY.

Still.

THIS is where you can report this unscrupulous activity to Google:

http://theressomethingaboutmary.tumblr.com/post/72038653/google-report-a-spam-result

Make sure you include the advice box URL as the URL that shows this, as they DID remove it from the QOD coding. But not the advice box coding, of course, conveniently.

So, dear Facebook airhead WTF do you have to say to THAT?

Julia writes back.

Hi,

We asked our programmer about that, and it's apparently the spam that was sent to us when we first launched Q of the Day without the spam filters. I don't really know any more than that, but I wouldn't worry too much about it. I barely have time to sleep, let alone think of ways to scam the system.

Listen, I don't know you, but I really think you should devote your time to something else. We're not worth it. I promise. It really fucks with our minds, no matter how hard we try to ignore you. And what's the point?? You know? I mean, ultimately, what do you stand to gain from critiquing every single thing Mary (and Meghan ... and me, on occasion) says and does?

I'm too exhausted and really sad about things that have nothing to do with this, so I don't want to write more, I just want to cry, but please - think about letting it go. There are things you could be doing that really matter!

I'm so so tired.

goodnight,
julia

meghanasha:

Got Juice?

We’re stirring up more discussion than a juicer in this week’s episode of TMI.

I know there’s been some discrepancies about the NonSociety’s involvement with Blueprint Cleanse. Just so you know, we approached Blueprint this summer after testing it out and loving the way it made us feel. When it comes to endorsements NonSociety has a strict policy of transparency. In short, we only partner with brands we believe in, like Blueprint.

US:

Megs, this is a direct question meant to be responded to. You believe in a brand that has been called dangerous? You believe in this product REALLY? What do you have to say about the NYT article and the Gawker post and the Us Magazine article on this very “cleanse”? You are irresponsibly recommending this product to people who might not have read that information. If I was promoting a product and discovered it was not the healthy thing I thought it to be, I would then reveal that information to my readers and let them know they should NOT continue to use it, rather than go on to post multitudes of postings convincing them they SHOULD use it, even though I KNOW BY NOW HOW UNHEALTHY AND UNSAFE IT IS! This is why people are hating you all! You know this fast is unsafe and unhealthy by now and are STILL promoting it to people!

HORRIBLE! HOW DO YOU GIRLS SLEEP AT NIGHT???????

This is not meant to be snark, I want ANSWERS!

maryrambin:

We, as a nation of moral, democtaic people, wouldn’t be where we are today if the leaders who had the balls to push the boundaries let themselves be silenced.

All men are created equal. That took a while. So have hope. One day, we’ll get there with the issues that continue to plague us today. Gay marriage, abortion -they will all be inherent rights. Keep talking people. In fact, yell!

And, as for all of you traditionalist media folk who refuse to acknowledge the digital revolution, here’s a tip. Bloggers are about to take over the world. And guess who we’ll elect president….

US:

We as a nation of illiterates… “democtaic” people??? It’s obvious you are TRYING to sound like you have brain cells but you finish your sentence with use of the word “balls”. So classy Mary, really. Ew.

For your information there are people who do more than talk, blog, or yell. There are people who go out and VOLUNTEER their time, attend PROTESTS, and MAKE CHANGE instead of just propagating everything that is WRONG WITH SOCIETY TODAY.

And you do that SO well.

Bloggers are taking over and electing WHO president? YOU???

Gag me with a fucking spoon. Save the “deep thoughts” for Julia. At least she has some writing talent. This was like reading something a second grader wrote. It really was.

* maryrambin:

Today’s Question of the Day.

You all* had some great insight and seem to align with specific traits from each of us. As for those of you who are still a little confused or disgruntled, I offer you a direct response (scroll down to the bottom).

Our goal here is to be as real as possible so you know us. I feel like this is the mission of many Tumblr bloggers, which is why I enjoy my little dashboard community.

*In real life, I would say y’all.

* READER REPLY 1:

I’ll defer to the other two girl’s blogs as being a little more ‘real’ and compelling than my own. I’m obsessed with Mary’s sense of style and Julia’s self-reflective very poignant posts. Truth be told, I have a hard time expressing myself, I like to keep my emotions to myself at times. When comments get to me (like yesterday), I retreat to deal with my feelings versus putting it out there for the world to dissect. As I’ve said before, my blog and the selective coverage of my life is still a work in progress. I’m slowly learning to not let comments ruin my day. But to be honest, some days are better than others.

Even during this weekend’s competition, I was rattled at just how far the lynch mob is willing to go, posting on various sites with personal attacks that seem unwarranted. My mother found her way to one of the heated areas filled with vitriol and promptly responded under a code name. I can’t begin to express how sad I felt knowing that my mother had read such remarks about her daughter. To all of you that get a kick out of posting hatred, next time, please put yourself in my position and think of how you’d feel if your parents read the anonymous slander. Even though it was painful to know that my mother had read that crap, I take this experience in stride and will be stronger because of it. To all those that want to hurt NS with anonymous words, you will NOT shut us down, you will NOT shut me down, you are in fact just making us stronger able to take more hits than a ball in a baseball game (weird analogy, but I’ll just go with it).

We’re not hurting anyone, we’re three women brave enough to put ourselves out there and push the envelope. Like anyone, we make mistakes. We’re not trying to put others down, we’d only like you to be inspired to succeed, to learn from our mistakes by living vicariously through our own experiences. We want nothing but the best for everyone we work with and for you as a reader.

Our stunts mean no malice, it’s all for the sake of entertainment, for you to feel engaged. Why you feel the need to bash us anonymously is beyond me. You say I’m a fraud, I never said I was an expert, I’m just a girl that likes tech, likes to know how things work, and stays up late at night reading tech news. I personally know and respect the REAL tech hackers that have crossed my path, just so you know, I’m not pretending to be one of them. All I can offer is advice on general lifestyle technology. Subjects like: what to do when your computer poops out, what gadget is worth purchasing, and what new websites to explore.

Please keep in mind, you are looking through a window of what we put out there, it’s not the entire story. I know you feel the need to judge it. I do the same sometimes, it’s human nature. But please, for those of you that still need to spew particularly venomous comments, please look at why you are doing so, what is making you so unhappy that you feel the need to make rude comments about virtual strangers? I know most of the time when I speak ill of someone else, it mainly has to do with how I feel about myself. I want all of you to find peace (even the haters), as I doubt that nastiness makes for a very fulfilled life. That’s all the Namasté I have for today. X

* US:

You guys are always talking about the “anonymity” of the haters. Would you feel better if you knew our names? What difference would that make? Count on this. Soon enough you will know mine. I promise. But… what’s the difference? And it isn’t that I don’t have a fulfilled life, I do. I have made it very clear that I am not hating on Mary for the sake of hating on Mary, because my own life is lacking or because I am reflecting what I hate about myself onto her. I am doing this because public female figures should take more responsibility over the image, the stereotypes, and the types of things they base public businesses on. There are more women than men in this world and if you don’t have your own behind you, who do you think will stand there?

And what makes me even more frustrated is that this IS your business. And you make it immaturely clear that you DO see and read all this negative feedback. But also immature, like a child, rather than NOT take it personally, but logically incorporate this feedback as you evolve and modify you business, you dig in your heels like defensive toddlers, insist you have a plan, and refuse to change a thing. THAT will be the end of you, not all us “haters”.

READ MY WRINKLE

maryrambin:

“I saw your video on your blog today and I have to say I was appalled. It’s awful that you’re promoting that kind of frivolous, unnecessary behavior to young girls, not to mention that you don’t NEED any of that. You’re 26 or something, right? That’s tragic.” — Reader

Frivolous - You can argue anything is frivolous.

Promoting - Not what I am doing. I’m telling you what I do to/for myself.

26 - Why should age factor into how you look naturally (or unnaturally)? Has anyone seen Benjamin Button?!!! Ok, that was a bad joke. But some people aren’t blessed with ageless skin and have the desire to correct it. I don’t think there should be shame in that. Yeah it sucks our society judges people on looks or that we care about our appearance. It’s just the way it is. Some parts I buy into (a little restylane to fill a wrinkle) other things I’m okay with (being confident with my boyish figure).

You decide for yourself.

US:

It’s this kind of apathy, and this kind of “if you can’t beat ‘em join ‘em” attitude that keeps these pressures and unrealistic expectations going in the first place. And it’s strong women who truly ARE confident in who they are in their own skin who change that slowly but surely, by showing that what is natural and HEALTHY is truly, wholly beautiful.

You, though, are Scary from the inside out. And this post is just example #48954686.

* jdel:

The Chrystie was a glorified fruit-ini, and The Allen was a souped up Tom Collins. This is why we have recessions.

* maryrambin:

This is why you order a real cocktail.

And the hangover. If you could afford more than one, you would certainly have a pounding sugar headache to wake up to.

Stick to “rocks” or “neat” boys. It might also lend credibility to the fact you have balls ;)

* jdel:

Rebuttal: This was round one, and the fruitini was for a lady friend. After realizing this was a massive rip off/sugar rush waiting to happen, I went ahead and had vodka on the rocks. Still $15 bucks worth of shitty vodka, but at least it got me tipsy.

* maryrambin:

Lady friend? You took a date to The Eldridge?! You have bigger troubles than the cocktails. At that point, switch straight to guns Goose and order shots.

You seem like a fun, witty guy on my dashboard that I follow….I forget why. I think someone told me I would find you amusing. Or I might have to credit Denton for the introduction. Whatever. $46 should get you a decent meal and a glass of wine. And I promise she would be much more impressed with your charm across the table than your pull with the doorman at a trendy club.

US:

For the love of god. What’s next? Want to go shopping with me, Scary? Maybe I can help you pick out some actually STYLISH and fashion forward pieces?

"If one more young woman refers to herself and her girlfriends as "crazy," I'm burning this whole thing down. "

maryrambin:

—Richard from Gawker on our alternative coverage of CES

We’re crazy, crazy, and more crazy.

Now someone hand the man a match :)

US:

What a fucking bitch.

juliaallison:

Mary posted the following:

Julia has just written me an email implying my resolution to stop snapping at people is not enough. I think it is, and I’ll explain why:

I don’t believe in resolutions because I attempt to improve myself on a daily basis. Sometimes I fail miserably, but tomorrow is another day to try.
This is a “chronic” habit that needs serious attention. Sure I have plenty of other problems, but this one is no longer acceptable to me.
You can bet when I read Julia’s post demanding more resolutions I sent a reply that wasn’t so pleasant, but I believe justified. In this next year, I have to watch my words to distinguish if emails like that are justified or not. In this scenario, I believe it was. But, as per my resolution, I will rethink it.

Yep, Mary, I’d rethink it if I were you.

——-

From: Mary Rambin
Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 11:31 PM
To: Julia Allison
Subject: please

Don’t actively call for my resolutions when I already posted what mine
is along with the fact that I’m not blogging for another day.

Thanks for being a good blogger

——-
From: Julia Allison
Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 11:39 PM
To: Mary Rambin
Subject: Re: please

huh? That was your resolution? Stop snapping at people?

——-
From: Mary Rambin
Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 11:42 PM
To: Julia Allison
Subject: Re: please

I think I made it pretty clear I don’t like resolutions on any particular
day.

Night night

——-
From: Julia Allison
Date: January 1, 2009 11:46:31 PM EST
To: Mary Rambin
Subject: Re: please

wow. mary, you’re on the most beautiful, amazing vacation I’ve ever seen, and you still manage to be a cranky bitch. Truly impressive, my dear.

It makes me especially mad, because I just wrote you a really sweet Christmas card.

Happy New Years to you, too.

——-

January 2, and there goes my Zen-like calm. Sigh.

US:

OHMYGODITSHAPPENING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ugh see Scary this is why I hate you and this is why I have a soft spot for Julia. You are a CUNT! Wow.

Coming from Julia’s perspective, she is not just saying one quick sentence to get her homework done, she is practically outlining her goals for the year in many areas of her life. Even if you “attempt to improve yourself on a daily basis”, is there any real harm in outlining it? Or writing it all out for your own benefit, something to keep in mind throughout the year as you “improve yourself on a daily basis”? So arrogant, so lazy, so obnoxious and rude.

And this is how she talks to her FRIENDS! If one of my friends who is also a business partner, was not putting forth equal effort (one sentence?) and I let her know I wanted more in a fun and friendly way, and got THIS response? I would have posted it too.

Fucking bitch.

maryrambin:

I’m reading the Question of the Day after a fantastic evening of good food, witty company, and ridiculous karaoke. And I hear from the captain of the boat I’m being bashed on my own website.

GET A FUCKING LIFE.

You people have no manners. Didn’t your parents teach you to be cordial in public? Congrats you get to hide behind a screen name when you answer, or rather say whatever the fuck you feel like, on our Question of the Day page.

Yes, I am on a nice vacation. Yes, I am still broke. Yes, I am a lucky bitch for being able to travel the way I do. And I appreciate every second of it. I don’t have to share it with you…but I do. You want a piece of my life, here it is.

And as for the other negative comments…especially about my mother, fuck you all. She is one of the most amazing people I know. You don’t know her. All you have to know is that she is reve(red) by everyone she knows and raised a child you can appreciate or shun. YOUR CHOICE.

The Question of the Day page is a forum for discussion about that question. If you want to be critical, send your comment to Gawker. If it’s valid, I promise they will post it.

Now, attempt to have a pleasant holiday. Drink too much. Each chocolate. But get the hell off my shoulders, my mother, my vacation, and leave us alone.

I contemplated not sharing this trip because of people being hyper critical. I went against my gut because it’s a fun experience I thought you might enjoy. Pictures will come in the future, but not at the same frequency.

Goodnight for now.

US:

I’m coming in on this a little late. I didn’t catch Mary’s rant about all this, but I was able to find it reposted. I’m sure you can imagine my eagerness to sink my teeth in.

Mary. Listen. You aren’t wrong for accepting a free trip on a yacht to spend time with your mommy. That’s not the issue here. What IS the issue is that you are posting pictures in excess, of this, during a time when the economy is shot to shit. Tens of thousands of people are losing their jobs every day who do NOT have mommies and daddies (sugar, or otherwise) to sponge off of. People with children to feed.

Even the fashion industry, a luxury industry (and you SHOULD know this) is showing respect to this economic time. Numerous well known designers have pulled out of New York fashion week and opted to do more low key presentations rather than showing in Bryant Park. Shameless displays of wealth only accomplishes in making those who are struggling in serious and real ways very angry and resentful. DUH.

“Get a fucking life”? I have New Years plans that involve friends my own age. I too blog, outside of this one, and currently write about things a little more reachable to the average reader than I used to because even I can not afford as much Louis Vuitton as I used to. It is almost unpatriotic.

“You people”. Didn’t YOUR parents teach YOU to be cordial? It’s like sitting in front of a starving child from a Third World country and chowing down on a steak dinner right in front of them, and then going “What? I just thought the kid might enjoy seeing it.”

He doesn’t.

What irritates me further is that you continuously “admit” to being “broke” when you obviously don’t have a fucking clue what that means. Broke people often times HAVE to turn down a wonderful FREE trip on a yacht BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO ACTUALLY WORK and can not miss the days. Broke people can not afford gym memberships, juice fasts, colonics, botox, restylane, etc.

You aren’t broke, you’re broken.

“I don’t have to share it with you…but I do. You want a piece of my life, here it is.” You say this as though you don’t have to share this with us but you do because we are all just pleading with you to PLEASE tell us every detail of your life and every vapid thought that runs through your empty head. No one besides Julia ever asked you to. And no one really wants a piece of your life. WHO DO YOU THINK YOU REALLY ARE?

I skimmed the comments you talk about here and I didn’t really see anything said about your mother. If I missed it, fine, I’ll give you that. But if you don’t like the negative things said about her THEN DON’T BLOG ABOUT HER. Anything you blog is open for comment. You KNOW THAT BEFORE YOU POST IT. You can’t have your cake and eat it too. There will be good comments and bad ones. Every person isn’t going to agree with you, like what you say, love you, etc. And really, dear, if way more people are telling you that something is offensive, IT PROBABLY IS. Rather than curse everyone out everytime you can’t take the heat, either quit blogging, screen yourself, or shut the fuck up.

“If you want to be critical, send your comment to Gawker.” Ok so no one can comment on your Non-Business website unless they are praising you or kissing your non-existant ass? “Leave us alone.”??? Leave US alone. Obviously NO ONE really seemed to like or appreciate your endless stream of slightly embarassing pictures of you with your big mouth open wearing the same fucking outfits we’ve seen a million times in the same tired ways that didn’t work in the first place. Making an excuse for your still and always fugly hair, self-consciously, in every post, while at the same time speaking and behaving as though anyone who dare say you are flawed should be condemned.

When you said to get off your shoulders… did you mean for that to be a pun?

maryrambin:

Reader Rachel wrote me an email saying, “I don’t want to hate. But do you do go to LA just to workout?”“

Actually Rachel, yes! One of my favorite parts about visiting LA is my Equinox in WeHo. So, if I can, I go twice a day. Usually one class is spin (Keith, Colin, Eileen, Reilly) combined with abs (Keith or Colin), and the other is either sculpting or yoga (Kristen, Colin).

The reason this sounds strange is because most people see the gym as something they HAVE to do, not as a pleasurable experience. And when I’m in NYC or Houston, I agree with you. I go just to purge stress and stay fit. Not to mention the fact that most days I just don’t have the time or the energy after a long NYC day to move from the couch.

On the other hand, in LA, going to the gym is social and fun. The classes are super challenging, and my friends and I go together. It’s the closest thing I can get to team sports. We truly enjoy the intensity and chat about the obstacles we encountered afterwards. The reason I blog about the classes is for people in LA to be aware of what instructors are worth getting up at 7am to go see. (I hate motivating to get to the gym and then having a bad instructor.)

Coming to LA is so refreshing for me mentally. The weather brightens my spirits, old friends get together to catch up, the restaurants aren’t comparable to New York so eating healthy isn’t a challenge, I get to push my body to its physical limits, and I get more sleep.

US:

Oh, enough already. You’re beating a dead horse. Yes, it’s part of living a healthy lifestyle to be active. To work out, to eat well. But it’s just a normal part of life, not something to constantly talk about.

Hmm. Where do we go with this?

“In terms of the world around us, let’s be honest here, no one knows what the hell is going on. We are in the midst of an economic crisis and are forced to choose between the lesser of two devils to lead us out of it. This election, I’m up in the air to be honest with you. The bail out, I can’t tell you how to deal with it. This isn’t what I know. Of course I have an opinion, but I’m not sharing that with you.”

I mean, if you’re going to do a whole post about how you’re going to change your approach, and start keeping it real, shouldn’t you, um, deliver? You can’t tell us that the whole problem you’ve had so far is that you’re not being yourself, and then say that you’re not going to tell us what you feel about this whole crisis we’re in.

http://markcoatney.tumblr.com/post/53004653/ive-come-to-a-realization