Like you even had to fucking ASK!!!
Bastard comes back
June 6th, 2003, 2:21 PM by GoddessThis shit is never going to end. Misspellings maintained from Asshat’s e-mail:
Ms (Goddess Dawn, spelled correctly this time),
As a colleague I would think that you would avoid the pitfalls of a defensive response to a well intentioned attempt on my part to simply point out some serious defeciences in your article. The fact that there was a typo in your name seems trivial but IĀ appologize for pressing the wrong key. I think you are saying that I should be thankful that you took the time to read my comments given my criticism of your article. Well thank you. Now let me inform you that given your unprofessional response to my comments, my wife and I and our many colleagues who were anticipating an informed response from you will be sure to drop our subscriptins to (Veggie Patch Gazette) and (The Veggie Patch) as a serious read.
I took it to my supervisor. She understands why I did it — I hate being bullied by assholes. Hopefully I will not get into further trouble. I wrote back to the fucker to tell him I meant no harm and that a professional and I would be in touch with him to discuss the professional concerns he raised.
Is it Friday yet? LOL
Update 2
When asshat responded, he only included two sentences of my e-mail. So when I forwarded the mess to my boss, I had to also re-send her what I originally wrote. Demure didn’t flip — she realized I handled it the best way I could manage, and she told me to simply turn it over to someone else to deal with the professional inquiry that was buried among the hate mail. So now I can have a good weekend without this eating away at me.
Bitch strikes back
June 6th, 2003, 9:45 AM by GoddessRemember that asshole who ruined my day yesterday? I responded to him, and I’m sure Dipshit will send it ’round the planet to show what a bitch I am:
Mr. (Asshat),
It is not typically my practice to respond to letters to the editor, because at that point, I’ve already had my say and my readers are entitled to theirs.
You do bring up some very good points, a number of which I did not convey in the article. But I admit, I wasn’t really keen on reading beyond the first paragraph. The best way to get an editor to consider your points and subsequently publish your letter is to not assault the editor. I will look past the fact that my name wasn’t spelled correctly, but I read as far as “ostensibly written by you” and “BI-line” and stopped reading. I revisited the letter today only because I really did want to read what you had to say, but most editors would not have revisited a letter that started off in such a way.
I thank you for your input and will consider it during any follow-up articles, and you are more than welcome to write to (The Veggie Patch Gazette) at any time. But as we are in fact colleagues, I would appreciate being addressed as one in the future.
Sincerely,
Dawn
Update
Asshat did make some good points, after it took me a fucking hour to EDIT the goddamned letter. He pointed out that I didn’t clarify something, which is true, but what he’s got to understand is that, while he’s the practicing professional in our field, I am the practicing journalist who hates his misspellings and grammatical flubs as much as he hates the fact that I referred to “credentialing” as “licensure.” So we’re even. Nyah. Fucker.
Friday Five
June 6th, 2003, 7:00 AM by GoddessThis one’s gonna hurt.
1. How many times have you truly been in love?
In the truest sense of being “in love,” I’d say never. But I’ve had strong, strong feelings for certain people, and I’m fairly certain that those feelings were reciprocated, only with much less passion that I possessed. But then again, maybe they were just as scared as I was.
2. What was/is so great about the person you love(d) the most?
The funny thing about the passage of time is that you tend to forget all that was wrong during what was then the present, so when you look back, you have to be careful of not getting whiplash — most of the hurt has gone away, and times past seem so much more ideal than they were at the time. And because I always get a song in my head when I write, the tune of the moment is Vertical Horizon’s “Grey Sky Morning”.
But to answer the question, I fall in love with hearts — I truly don’t care what is on the outside. And of the three people who are on my mind as I answer these questions, each one was funny and caring and dynamic.
3. What qualities should a significant other have?
I’ve gotta go back to the kind heart thing. And an IQ over a certain number wouldn’t hurt, either. š It would take a strong person to put up with me, so I need someone who’s attentive and caring, yet who knows that I need my space, and a lot of it. Trust is such an issue for me, and it takes me a long time to develop it, so I need someone who is emotionally and physically expressive, or I will be wondering what s/he is doing behind my back.
4. Have you ever broken someone’s heart?
As I’ve been told, yes. Quite a few times, actually. I didn’t mean to, but in one case that’s fresh in my mind, I didn’t know what else to do, and yes, my heart aches because of the way things had to be.
5. If there was one thing you could teach people about love, what would it be?
I don’t know a fucking thing about love. I fear it isn’t meant to be in my life, as far as a significant other. (I’m almost 30 — bear with me.) I don’t regret loving those whom I’ve loved, but I wish I would have been bolder, stronger, more confident — because I would have held on for dear life and shown them how much they really meant to me. One was a single straight guy, one was a woman and one was a married man. That just goes to show that your heart is blind when it comes to finding its match, so I s’pose my advice is to do what the little voices tell you to do. š