Oedipa Maas' Journal

Hi, serial adder. You missed one. Many, actually.
I don't normally respond to these, but this one was curiously personal. It's obvious this has something to do with

tengoo. But not only did you approach it in a remarkably passive-aggressive way, you're wrong. I'm not who you apparently think I am.

Listen, it's admirable if you're trying to stand up for a friend here, but I apologized and moved on. All I ever wanted to do with that one comment is give her a little taste of her own snarky medicine. At least I confronted her directly with the problem I had with her, and would've been happy to talk it out if she hadn't just banned me for one tepidly sarcastic comment.

But you couldn't even be bothered to get my journals right. You did correctly identify one countertroll journal, one I've mostly abandoned. It's not my best work and I can't say I'm proud of it, but it's not like I didn't openly admit I screw with mean people who screw with innocent people. I just didn't screw with the one who's your friend (or possibly you?).

I can forgive you for trotting my real name around -- even though that gives me a real good guess at who's behind this. Certain of your buddies always liked to toss that information around casually, and I don't know why you think I'm that guarded. I can even forgive the double standard between "your trolls" and "my trolls." But I can't forgive sloppy detective work.

I don't think I've touched Shoesie's journal since that apology -- not that I'm not still often tempted to smart off to her, when our paths cross by accident. But I don't seek her out, I swear. I have a rotten memory and I might've said something else to her on a community or something, in a moment of pique. (If I have, you know my e-mail; point it out.) But the fact I thought there was a truce would've given me pause.

As far as I can remember, I haven't had any contact with her since I "thanked" her for her charming little artistic contribution to my MUCK. I never got the luxury of telling her how low I thought that was or how much it upset my friends when it happened; having finally done so, I felt better. One teasing LJ comment. That was my entire "attack" against her. If there were other comments, and I don't think there were, I posted them in a moment of ill temper. Maybe she should stop provoking those moments on purpose if she can't handle them. Just friendly advice.

But given your incorrect guess about my identities, it looks like whoever got your panties in a bunch is totally unrelated to me and you just jumped to a conclusion. I really don't care about Shoesie enough to be making any knowing attempts to annoy her; I have plenty of more deserving targets, I'm sure. But I do care about being falsely accused. And I guess your presumption is the only thing I really resent. If you had a problem with me, there were more productive ways to get in touch with me. In future, please endeavor to blame me only for the many immature things I have actually done.

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