You Can Have It All
Dear Internet,
Ah. You know what? Perhaps I shouldn’t have published that post, four years ago. If I were going to insist upon publishing that post four years ago, however, there were a few, very reasonable options you gave me. And there’s no use feigning naiveté, I was aware of all of them. I could have kept it to first names, for example. I could have used an alias. I could have deleted all of my archives, when I switched over to a new address last January.
Internet, occasionally I am a lazy and careless woman.
Facebook to me
show details 11:51 PM (9 hours ago)Robin added you as a friend on Facebook. We need to confirm that you know Robin in order for you to be friends on Facebook.
Robin says, “A girl that I have gone on a single date with sent me a link to your blog about me dating 4 years back. Kinda freaky, but I’m not offended.”.
To confirm this friend request, follow the link below:
http://www.facebook.com/n/?reqs.php
Internet, I perhaps unwisely publish this correspondence for one reason: oh, it’s on.
May 21st, 2008 at 3:56 pm
Ahhhhahahahaha! Robin demonstrates some gumption, at least. I’m trying to remember this guy… was I aware of him? More importantly, do you now have a new friend?!?!?
May 22nd, 2008 at 6:32 pm
See? Halfway to unemployed and you’re already getting great feedback on the work you’ve already published.
There must be a breaking point with this. Don’t you think there are people who went to high school with David Sedaris and tell all their friends that a character in one of his stories is really them with a different name?
May 23rd, 2008 at 3:42 pm
I really need to start writing fiction. Or just embrace the horror/embarrassment of my family/friends/acquaintances.
May 23rd, 2008 at 4:53 pm
That is fucking hilarious….I played tackle football with Robin in 6th grade at recess. He ripped all the buttons off my shirt. I hadn’t put on an undershirt that day and I had to walk around school for the rest of the day (shirt open bare chested) like Tom Selleck in Miami Vice.
May 25th, 2008 at 8:23 pm
i believe this means that the girl he went on a single date with has already googled him
May 28th, 2008 at 1:51 am
That girl liiiiiiiikes him!
May 30th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
Let’s pretend I’m as good of a writer (< --- clumsy phrasing) as Michael Chabon, who justifies: