Reblogging Julia

All politics is local.

It was a rough day on the internets for Our Lady of Introspection and her ladies in waiting.  Some went so far as to call it internet suicide, but I have more faith in the Pink Lady.  Sure, we are in a Julia, Unplugged moment, but we have envisioned that place, and nobody wants to live in that America.

So let us turn our thoughts toward a more hopeful time, kind of like Barack Obama, and envision the Resurrection of Our Lady of Introspection, kind of like Hillary Clinton!   She has two realistic options at this point: the right thing to do (from a personal and public relations perspective) and the Julia thing to do.  Up first is the former, something I assume a wise public relations expert might advise her to post upon her return [Ed. Note: she is still editing her suicide note, having replaced “at the expense of not having love” with “at the expense of my personal life.”  Have you no shame, baugher?]

Dear Readers:

Thank you all - hundreds of you - for your kind words of support and encouragement.  You have no idea how much they comfort me during this very painful time. 

But I am not sure I deserve your positive thoughts.  Until recently, I really didn’t understand what it felt like to have your offline thoughts revealed publicly.  I didn’t realize how I had betrayed someone’s privacy until my privacy was betrayed.  I now know how that feels and it feels horrible!!!!  How did I not realize this until now, I will never know, but in any event, some apologies are in order.

First, to JL.  I am truly sorry for violating your privacy and revealing personal and professional details you shared with me in confidence.  I behaved badly, like a stereotypical woman scorned.  I hope that one day, you will believe the sincerity of this apology, as it is not given solely to rehabilitate my internet image.

Second, to my readers and the internet at large.  I know I wrote about being positive and sincere, and some of you may now think that I was putting on an act.  I really do want to be that kind of person and still believe I am, at least some of the time.  I will take more time before posting anywhere or emailing anyone, and I hope that one day, I will regain your trust and support.   I won’t let you down, and if we ever meet in person, I will be really sweet. 

And then, there is the Julia way, which an awful lot of you are predicting:

Thanks for your supportive emails!!!!!! I decided to follow your wonderful advice!!!!! I am going to just ignore all the negativity in the world and internet and blog on for those of you who love me and appreciate how hard it is to PUT IT ALL OUT THERE!!!   There will always be people who criticize people who PUT IT ALL OUT THERE and I don’t write for them - this is my space!  Well, not myspace.com, but my space to write whatever I want, and I am not going to let the losers and anonymous haters win!!!

I’m doing a lip dub to “La Rose En Vie” right now and will post it in a just a second, bunnies!!! I have to talk to my ex boyfriend from third grade who wrote the MOST AMAZING EMAIL of support, even though he is undergoing treatment for lupus!  See, the internet can be a great place!!  Tra-la-la!!!!!! Love to all my admirers, Just Julia.

As a final reminder, the pool closes at midnight EST.  Date and time, please, for the rose.  Use the email listed above.