Someone Want To Fill Me In?
I've just got online — it's 7:30pm — after having spent most of the afternoon in garden centre type places looking for plants for my front garden. It's north-facing so shadowy and damp most of the time, which presented a bit of a problem (I've brought back some Fuschia).
Anyway, upon opening my inbox I find a horde of comments telling me that I'm all kinds of stupid, how dare I insult some chick's site and that my blog is a 'pisshole'. Does someone want to fill in the gaps and let me know exactly what it is I've supposedly done this time? Starting drama while I'm not even here must be a newly developed talent of mine... Apparently — from what I can tell — someone is pretending to be me on a few sites, and pretending to be those site owners on mine. *yawn*
PS. Thanks for all the help with names in the previous post. Several of the ideas were bounced around, and I know a few were quite popular with the family, but my mum decided on Merlin in the end.
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On Mon 5th May 2008 @ 19:45, Emsz said:
Maybe it was your alter ego? Anyway, I like you, am clueless. You could ofcourse always send a WTF?! message back to them.
On Mon 5th May 2008 @ 19:49, Hev said:
Hmm....geesh you have a talent you didn't even know, Jem. Whatcha know? I have no idea. You haven't insulted any site lately. Maybe Hex is surfing the web while you were outside.
On Mon 5th May 2008 @ 19:50, Rachael said:
Je ne comprends pas.
On Mon 5th May 2008 @ 20:50, Aimée said:
Haha, I agree with Hev. It must've been Hex!
On Mon 5th May 2008 @ 20:50, Brenda said:
Oh my gosh Jem, do you have an evil twin?
On Mon 5th May 2008 @ 20:57, Amelie said:
You had drama dreams and you know it. OMG JIM U SUK.
On Mon 5th May 2008 @ 21:03, Julie said:
What was the site in question? Maybe it was someone else (probably Hex, yes) posing as you on someone else's site?
On Mon 5th May 2008 @ 21:07, Amelie said:
...and by drama dreams I mean you sleep-drama'd. Yepyep.
On Mon 5th May 2008 @ 21:26, Wally (Walter) Wilson said:
I'm still going through your site and to-date I have yet to find any piss holes. :-) In fact, I'm quite happy with this latest find.
Fuchsias do better (generally speaking) in hanging baskets if they are the large-flowered versions. There are some hardy fuchsias that are very nice plants (provided they don't suffer too harsh a freeze). However, fuchsias generally prefer full sun for at least an hour a day in northern climates (e.g., Seattle, WA, US).
There are some hybrid climbing roses (smaller blossoms than normal) that will do fairly well on a north side. Pulmonaria (lungort), Dicentra (bleeding heart), Leucothoe, many Rhododendron species, Acer palmatum (Japanese maples), Hydrangeas, Lilies of the valley, Cymbalaria aequitriloba (Kennilworth ivy -- but it isn't actually an ivy), linnaea borealis (twin flower), many types of Daphne, many evergreen ferns (Polystichum munitum, Blechnum spicant, etc.), and all sorts of other plants.
Feel free to drop me an Email if you want to get some ideas about plants/foliage/blooms/colors and evergreen versus deciduous stuff (oh, and sizes of mature plants/growth habits)...or, I'll be happy to reply here.
FWIW, I'm an environmental horticulturist/urban forester/restoration ecologist here in Seattle.
On Mon 5th May 2008 @ 21:41, Vanesa said:
Hmm... Hex insulting other sites does seem to make sense.
Or maybe someone was impersonating you on other sites. Who knows... (I don't. 
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On Mon 5th May 2008 @ 21:54, Soph said:
Hey! My site got haked =( as you realized! This is my IP! I hope I havent caused you too much trouble! Im installing wordpress as you suggested.... Damn cutenews! This isnt the first time I have been hacked.... Its getting me down... Was my site really that bad?
On Mon 5th May 2008 @ 22:09, Mike Haddad said:
Any links in the emails about it? Something you can google?
On Mon 5th May 2008 @ 22:16, Nyx said:
Wanna bet it's a bunch of followers of the xoxmariah craphole that have suddenly discovered your hypocrisy post?
On Mon 5th May 2008 @ 22:41, Katie said:
I'm with Nyx. It sounds like some stragglers from the xoxmariah junk... that's all I can think of off the top of my head.
On Mon 5th May 2008 @ 23:02, Holly said:
*scratches head*
Nope, not a clue, sorry!
On Tue 6th May 2008 @ 00:07, Louise said:
"Jem", now synonymous with "drama lama"... X_x
On Tue 6th May 2008 @ 00:28, Barbilee said:
omg thats said they bring up something that old? if it is the xoxo one but ?
what site is this? that they are sayign this on? and what site they say your saying this about?
this is sad
On Tue 6th May 2008 @ 00:49, Amanda said:
I admit it. I was me. FLAME ME!
On Tue 6th May 2008 @ 01:21, Lene said:
How come everyone is blaming poor Hex? Poor kitty.
What an ass, whoever is posing as you and other webmasters to start drama.
On Tue 6th May 2008 @ 02:27, Aimée said:
Hahaha @Louise!
And as for the truth of people having too much time on their hands as to cause unnecessary and stupid webdrama... I just feel sorry for them. Good detective work finding that out, though.
On Tue 6th May 2008 @ 03:39, Mike Haddad said:
AMANDA SMELLS LIKE A DRUNKARD.
true story.
On Tue 6th May 2008 @ 05:08, Stepherz said:
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, right? And drama makes the world go round. Or at least makes me giggle when it's not happening to me.
And on a sidenote... Did you happen to notice that Ashley on Timebombreview (I read their reviews for shits and giggles) told a 12 year girl that she "...should burn in hell for being a copier, a stealer, a liar, and a horrible person." Ashley has such a way with kids.
And of course Merlin is a wonderful name.
On Tue 6th May 2008 @ 05:41, Vera said:
*is awed* So you can type blog entries while you're not even near your computer? I want that talent too. Any idea where I could learn that?
On Tue 6th May 2008 @ 06:55, Mumblies said:
Wow! First wireless and now fingerless blog entries
Although being copied does show admiration I would see what I could find out and make sure those people know that these insults did not come from you. Mind you, it must be flattering to know that people find the need to imitate you hehe. Shallow minded idiots Jem, not worth your time or effort really.
Thanks to everyone for the help in name chosing
On Tue 6th May 2008 @ 09:25, Sarah said:
You blogged with your mind, Jem.
On Tue 6th May 2008 @ 12:55, Paddy said:
Merlin suits him surprisingly well!
On Tue 6th May 2008 @ 18:08, Jabed said:
ZOMG it was teh cat Merlin!!!!
On Tue 6th May 2008 @ 19:59, echo said:
MERLIN! It suits him. I didn't sugget Merlin because that's my dog's name, and thought that would make it self-aggrandising in some way. Incidentally, Merlin gave me a funny look when I told him about the new Merlin across the pond. I'm pretty sure it's because the new Merlin is a cat, and my Merlin hates cats.