One of My Craigslisters Makes Contact
This e-mail was at first very confusing. The subject line was Your Own Website (I still haven’t figured that part out).
How terrifically vain.
I received an email alerting me to your “I heart Gawker” post. Just received it, actually; I’ve been in a remote location with no net access for the last few weeks.
Perhaps no one whose post you have Roberta Glass’d has emailed you because no one cares?Of course, for an entertaining hypothetical, how would you feel if your posts led to someone losing their job, family, etc?Gossip isn’t cute.Sincerely,Eva
I took the bait and sent a short response:
You’ll have to forgive me but I have no idea what you’re referring to. Of course, I gather that you’re a reader but the subject line “your own website” and the content are confusing.
Here’s what Angry Eva shot back in less than 90 seconds:
Oh, but did I overestimate your wit? I’ve faith that you can do better.Occasional reader. I’m only in Dallas a couple weekends per month, but my primary residence is there so I try to keep up with the local news.I am a craigslister you profiled (?for lack of a better word) on the blog, and so a friend emailed me your “I heart Gawker” post; my initial email was simply asking why you question that no one whose CL post you have blogged about has contacted you, and if someone you blogged about was outted and it ruined their life, would you actually be able to sleep at night?A fan of Eliot Spitzer,Eva
Let me sleep on that.
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Now really. Was it that hard for her to just SAY that in the first email? Apparently so.
Me? I’d sleep just fine.
But then again, the person copped to placing ads in Craig’s List for side action, and tried to make you feel bad about the outcome if he/she gets caught from you pointing out the ad. Um, here’s a wild idea: Don’t put the ad out there. It’s the Internet, and anybody can go on Craig’s List and do a search by Park Cities, Highland Park, or University Park, you reason-why-god-invented-Gardasil-and-Valtrex-and-Panty-Cricket-Killer.
Or you could be more circumspect, like my captcha words suggest, and “afford $2,500″ and quietly hire someone, IJS.
Wah wah wah! I can’t seem to wring a tear from either eye for slimy critters such as “angry eva”—if that is even her true name.
Good ol comedy first thing on a Monday morning! Beautiful! I love it! I can’t believe this “Eva” is blaming others for her actions and potential consequences! That is classic!
I’m interested in the fact that “Eva’s” friends know that she’s the one posting the ads. She’s not so discreet anyway.
So it’s okay to cheat on your spouse but not okay for others to gossip about it? And we’re supposed to feel sorry for the cheaters if they get caught and suffer the consequences? Eva, your moral compass appears to be pointing in the wrong direction.
Eva is not one of the ones that is looking to cheat on a spouse she is the one that made the posting about the Sylvan wedding announcement. I am sure Merritt can find the link to it
True, but she said she was: A) a fan of Eliot Spitzer, a now known philanderer, B)the “I Heart Gawker” post links to what is mostly CL cheater posts.
But still, let’s say for giggles she’s not one of the cheater posts, She posted something to the Internet, for everyone to read, and gave a very specific area of town.
If you don’t want to end up as Merritt’s blog fodder, don’t ID yourself as a Parkie. It’s the braggin’ that’s getting ya every time. Just put Dallas.
Update from Eva:
In a tell-all society discretion and decency are in small supply. I suppose I am simply failing to understand how this business of exposing others makes anyone feel superior. It only manages to make me feel a little sick: perfectly decent and honourable people are sometimes ruined, all because some jackass with esteem issues need to hinge their superiority complex on the actions of others.
I am now officially lost, possibly as confused as Eva.
But on a more important note, how can anyone go a couple of weeks without access to this blog?
What movie is she quoting now?
Dear Eva dearest darling,
When trying to be discrete, it’s always best to not give too many deets when posting diatribes on the Internet, I’ve found.
It’s also good to quit while you’re ahead, you know. Like um, now.
Behany and Sway, you’re killing me with laughter. When I read Eva’s posts, I can only come with lame word descriptions such as “ick” and “yuck”. But with phrases such as “reason-why-god-invented-Gardasil-and-Valtrex-and-Panty-Cricket-Killer”, you’ve totally nailed Eva. So to speak.
Captcha words are “Femina prospect”.
How does someone with esteem issues also have a superiority complex? Miles, a little help here.
Also, are you sure Eva isn’t related to gmom?
I think we have a person here who might be grossly immature emotionally. They externally place all blame, much like a child would when he says “Jimmy did it,not me.” You might find that a person like this is unsuccessful in multiple areas of his/her life: trouble keeping jobs, multiple failed relationships, poor parenting of their own children.
Miles my child, you might find your head up your all knowing ass. All Eva said was how it’s not right to post things about someone that would cause that someone to loose thier job. Can you not read and process? Apparently not.
This addresses the UPmom. Don’t forget that morality is an opinion before you start pointing your moral finger.
Charles is going to start doing his own yard and using a push mower, a broom, a rake and a bag.
Lolita, my child, it’s next to impossible to respect your opinion when you don’t know how to utilize the spell check feature that’s conveniently included in this comment box. “loose thier job” should have been “lose their job”. Look for the red dotted underline the next time you type and review your verb conjugations. And then we MIGHT read your opinions with more respect. By the way, the spell check feature is having trouble with your name.
Kristin: I did say that in the first emal. See second email: I clearly overestimated(and OH! in more ways than one).
Bethany: You’re a pill. Your ambitious mind would do well to reel in its assumptive nature. Yes, I am a fan of Spitzer since he kicked Wall Street’s arse all over the place. He is human, he is not a god. The good he did far outweighs his sexual indiscretions.
UPMom: My moral compass isn’t pointed in the wrong direction. My compass is simply European as opposed to American. As for cheaters, see my response Miles.
Sway: Oh, I *quoted* a movie, did I? What movie did I quote, pray tell???
Gadfly: Good seeluts get tested frequently, and demand it of our partners. Apparently you’ve never had the pleasure. Frigid much? And when you have to resort to slamming spelling errors, you generally know you have nothing.
Miles: I was going to ask how you arrived at your conclusion, but I’ve a feeling it would make my brain ache. Firstly, I’m not concerned about my identity(though, my exact location is another matter)nor have I any reason to feel shame or blame: I wouldn’t have given identifiable information had I given a damn. Nor am I blaming Merritt for the actions of the CL’ers. Rather a question is being posed: would she-and her CL postings fans-clarify their feelings on their potential culpability in the crumbling and possible DEATH of a human life? Perhaps the initial emails were to snarky for the good of the point being made, but gossipy moral judgments and a desire to nail someone to a cross are imo among the least moral and decent ways to behave. Bet Jesus would have agreed(you’re such good god-fearing folks).
What on earth has everyone so concerned about a Parkie male attempting-and discreetly to the extent possible in Dallas-to satisfy his natural biological urges(and likely some emotional urges given how some are treated)? The only reasonable conclusion to which I can arrive is that it eases some internal guilt you would rather not face. After all, it is easier to point and judge than to acquire the strength to take a long, hard look in the mirror and deal with oneself. Thats the crux of the tabloid mentality: delight in the foibles, failures, and wrongdoings of others. It’s nearly sociopathy. (Gawker and the Rage of the Creative Underclass!)
Further, Miles, as a headshrinker you should know that if ones needs are not satisfied they will be sought elsewhere. Very few people are cheaters by nature. They go elsewhere because they *have* to. Are personal ads sad? I think so to such an extent that even matchdotcom and the like make me sigh; but these things are symptomatic of more problems than I can list. The men whom Merritt has encouraged readers to bust need therapy(they should drag their likely-frigid wives along), not ridicule. Your offsprings contention that instead guilt, shame, and possible destruction is the way to go-and with such an entertained manner-you honestly support that?
Bethany: You are right, I should quit while I am ahead. Expecting Americans to be thoughtful, decent, reflective, reasonable, or anything similar thereto is asking to much. Rationally I know this, but my mind is still young and hopeful enough that sometimes I forget. Sigh. And one wonders why I begin all sentences regarding where I am from with “Well, I’m from Dallas BUT….”
FWIW: I’m not a parkie. My zip code is superior.
Gadfly darling, What a futile attepmt to insult. One mistake in “their” whilst using a crappy ass keyboard and you foolishly overlook the entire point I was making which I will repeat and put in lamens terms. “It sucks when someone is a cheater and it is wrong but it does not constitute someone loosing THEIR job” , “THEIR livelyhood, the means to care for THEIR children” “Glad to see all of you know what’s really important”. Are you guys reading this stuff under water? Bethany- if you see anything that Eva wrote in the context of your panty cricket rant then all I can say is if you spot it you got it.
I must add one more thing. Eva and I made a simple comment about how even if you are a cheater one should not loose THEIR means of stability and I really wan’t all of you to go back and seriously look at what you turned it in to. It’s like none of you even read the post. Like Eva said “most cheaters go elsewhere because they are being neglected and cheated like ****”. Empathy, anyone? Put the shoes on. If you made some bad judgments which every human person does would you think that you would deserve to loose your job because a jaded lover was hurt. Honestly use your common sense and your brains. IT’S LIKE ONE HAS TO SCREAM THINK ABOUT IT AS IF IT WERE YOU! Concept selfish americans, CONCEPT!!!!!