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Originally posted by bridge of love
posted only for research purposes, for those of you were flamed and wondering what options you may have- not posted for comment






So this is the first time Paigow attacked me, and I knew I had to respond, or I'd forever be her bitch- like when I did that prison stint. I though the process I went through in ultimately getting to a non-confrontational response might help other newcomers who are attacked in the future, and wondering what to do. The following is a Journal of my drafts/thoughts as I went through the process. These are not posts, so please don't take them as finished work, or quote them, etc. I post this only for research purposes.

Problem is, about a year ago, Paigow was kind to one of my socks when everyone else was mean. I have always felt kindly towards her for this, and at first didn't want to attack her.
So, my first thought was something tying into the school thing that would let me keep my head up, while not really attacking her. Something like:

"Listen Heather, you ain't flunking me noway. I'm not in your class (however defined). I'm the new guy who gave up trying to join. Maybe I just left shop class to pee, or I'm cutting class or expelled, but I'll still be on the playground, and you'll still have to call your friends for cover, and I won't be hurt. All I'm trying to do is bother you, so I don't care if you don't let me play."


Then I thought, no, I don't feel like that was adequate. I asked myself, how do I really feel about Paigow? First thought was a line from Alkaline Trio's Crawl:

Never had a drink that I didn't like, had a taste of you,
Threw up all night......

So then I tried to get a response that conveyed that feeling. I know lots of people call Paigow skanky, but I don't see her that way. I think she is clean, or as clean as she can get given the rolls of fat.

I had 2 psych classes in school (at an accredited University), so I'm pretty good at predicting what people are like based upon things like forums posts. I'm pretty sure Paigow is severely myopic, like -9.5 diopters. She has glasses that are 3/4 inch thick. She would like to try the lasik, but like much of what "she'd like to do", in the end, she is too afraid.

If you ever meet her though, the immediate thing you'd notice is that she has a weight problem. That's why I had to laugh when one of the other posters said Paigow knows what runner's high is; Yeah, right. She weighs between 240 and 275 lbs., I'd estimate.

So, anyway I was going to do something like:

"Paigow, you great cow! You never played boxball or any other sports at school. Your Coke bottle glasses couldn't help with your pathetic, wild swings at the ball. Plus, just carrying your fat ass made you sweaty enough. And the only thing you ever did "quick" in grade school was to sneak into the boys bathroom to show little Johnny what you claimed to be the first tits in the 3rd grade, when really they were just fat; not secondary sex characteristics."

So, I was going with that, then I thought, I don't want a war with her. It's almost like she doesn't have a job. She posts dozens of very long things every day. Most of the others with 1000 posts do real short thoughts; not Paigow, its always long. I can't get into a flame war with her, because ultimately I have to think of my law practice. So, in the end I posted something more circumspect.

I hope this journal helps other in working through whether/when to get into forum flame wars. I've choosen the high road, and will not.

It quite obvious that those psych classes are now paying valuable dividends.

Really I just wanted to quote all of that, partly to bug E/O.

So, it is self-evident that I have perspicacious perception when it comes to music. My problem is, despite the fact that I despise the Dandy Warhols for releasing cd after cd of consistantly poor toss-off tracks (much like Ween, but not as bad as FOW), the more I hear from the new release "Welcome to the Monkey House," the more I like it. What am I to do? Is this new release actually worthy of indy-pop recognition, or should I wait a few weeks for it to reveal itself as the acousticaly empty offal that I am sure it is?

Edited to add that I consumed asparagus and large quantities of New Castle last night -- if that makes any difference.