Reblogging Julia

Weekend warrior parsing, part uno.

Christ, so much content to parse.  There is a 6000 word piece on Mediabistro, the always amusing ramblings of the Handmaiden of Passive Aggression, and some (dare I say) bipolar-like twittering.   I will start the parsing with the more vocal member of the Homecoming Court.  

• The impassioned defense of Our Lady of Introspection seemed very sincere.  It isn’t like Mary is tipping the baugher line about her friend Julia - hell, quite the opposite situation exists. 
• And yet.  It is disingenuous to screech ”I’m sure it seems like Julia Allison is a persona not a real person.  NOT TRUE! ” when Julia herself freely admits she promotes a caricature of herself and, indeed, interviews that “I love being a caricature,” says Allison … I’m creating the caricature so it’s totally fine. I love watching how people react to what I’ve created.”. 
• If people are skewering her caricature or persona, doesn’t that mean, by the transitive property (ask Scrunchy about that) that she isn’t being attacked personally?  Doesn’t it also mean that the Pink Lady loves reading baugher?  Doesn’t that render your whole defense meaningless and outsidery?
• See, I am afraid I am going to have to ask you to reread the question and think about your answer before you speak.  Actually, that is just really good advice for you generally.  
• “Often a little too loud and aggressively social, Julia has a difficult time containing her enthusiasm.”  This roughly translates into “Julia embarrasses the hell out of me on a regular basis,” but the more interesting angle is when Mary got in the business of reviewing her friends like an elementary school teacher.   I find myself in the unfamiliar territory of defending JA, as she would never say anything like that about Mary.  At least not publicly.
• Well, wait.  Allison’s friend Mary Rambin has now joined her. As with all of Julia’s friends, Rambin views Allison with equal parts affection, amusement, and a desire to blow dart her with a lethal potion…..Julia then hipchecks Rambin out of the frame’s sweet spot..  I stand corrected.   Simpatico!
• “It’s really unfortunate because she ALWAYS has EVERYONE’S best interest at heart. ”  Like, by way of a totally hypothetical example, revealing the personal and professional confidences of her ex on a website she knows is hostile towards her in an effort to garner favor with people she doesn’t know. Her current non-hiatus from blogging is surely owing to her tireless efforts to serve the less-fortunate at soup kitchens.  She is probably growing those extensions for eventual donation to cancer patients.
• “Julia is fucking smart.  You can see it in her writing.  She really would have made an amazing lawyer because her arguments are always accurate and perfectly constructed.”  Yeah, I can totally see how you would think that, but she doesn’t care about winning.  Just likes the sound of her own voice.
• I suspect Our Lady didn’t authorize this picture as it shows the Forbidden Side of her face.  And while you say you are “not sure how people find time to constantly write mean commentary about her,” you might want to take a look at the number of pages on your blog compared to others before you talk about other people constantly posting .  Sure, math is hard, but that whole thinking before speaking thing?  Good advice.  You like advice.
• Oh, and while I am here?  How is Leven?