My Relationship with The Bloggess – It’s Complicated
Dedicated to Lawsbians Worldwide
I’m not one to get starstruck and be one of those fans with tattoos like “Beiber-4-Eva” who ends up on the receiving end of a restraining order.
[Note – I haven’t done this since my thirteen-year-old-self’s obsession with Kurt Cobain, when I thought it would be hilarious if I convinced everyone his departed spirit lived in my flower-power necklace. I don’t do that anymore, okay?]
But lately, I’ve been catching myself flirting with that edge of appropriateness with a famous blogger.
I found myself, quite by accident, involved in a virtual book club celebrating The Bloggess’ new book Let’s Pretend this Never Happened (super-funny and offensive in an entertaining way, by the by – I highly recommend to friends who laugh at oddities, as I am wont to do. I do not, however, recommend this for my mother. See, I’m looking out for you, Mom). I’ve been following this blogger, a.k.a. Jenny Lawson, pretty much since I finished school and got married and suddenly had free time during my lunch hour again. She writes about such penetrating global issues as her ethically taxidermied animal collection and about the time Morgan Freeman totally stole her idea to balance a live kitten on her head. I read her posts, loved her book, followed her on Twitter – all within the realm of ordinary-fandom at this point.
Until the book club happened.
It was held online, with hundreds of people participating in this virtual extravaganza of quirkiness and mutual interest in the zombie apocalypse. It was epic.
Some didn’t want it to end. We few, we happy few, we band of brothers random strangers formed a Facebook support group for those who love Ms. Lawson, and who also need to laugh, need a refuge from the world and its endless woes, or who need to see pictures of kittens and get advice about which version of Dr. Who is the best (points to those who get the Shakespeare reference – you are my people).
Yes, I posted a picture of myself holding twine on Twitter for The Bloggess.
I guess I got swept up.
This is verging on Kurt Cobain territory, folks. I think I might need an intervention.
For those asking themselves what the heehaw? Why a picture with twine? you would need to understand the Nathan-Fillion-holding-twine saga featured here:
YOU’RE RUINING NATHAN FILLION FOR ME, NATHAN FILLION. Alternate Title: But I forgive you
Ferris Bueller sent her a picture of himself holding a spoon in that one, so I assure you, it’s worth the read.
All I can sufficiently answer here is that when The Bloggess has a bad day, a true Lawsbian will promptly tweet a picture of him/herself holding twine to make her feel better. Even if The Bloggess doesn’t follow her back and probably never even saw it and all my Twitter followers were like, “huh?”
24 Comments
JestheMess
We stalk because we love. We are totally not creepy. Okay, maybe just a little bit. But we are also adorable, so that balances it out. And you shall never receive the intervention, because you are not wrong. Ever. <== See? That totally didn't sound creepy 😀
Natalie the Singingfool
I so love that you called us adorable.
Irene
OK, I do indeed get every one of those Lawsian references so you are not alone in your freaky fandom! I was not aware of the FB page though….might be good I didn’t know.
I tweeted a picture of a smaller version of Beyonce chicken in a convertible in a parking lot somewhere in the San Juan Islands. Does that count as obsessive stalking?
Natalie the Singingfool
Oh, Irene, we have so much fun on there. And if you tweeted a Beyonce chicken photo, you probably should join us.
Erica O
ME, ALSO, TOO! Well, I didn’t take a picture of me with twine. But I have fully fallen into the obsessive stalker category. I feel so sorry for poor Jenny Lawson…but then, after being in our club for, what? Two months now? 9 weeks? I kinda think I’d LOVE to have all of us stalking me because, dayam! We’re great. I love The Bloggess and I love us, too.
Natalie the Singingfool
Sometimes I wonder if she is ever creeped out by some of her fans, lol. It’s good that we have a place for all our shenanigans, otherwise she’d probably get so much weird stuff mailed to her.
I love us, too. 🙂
Robyn
Creepy stalkers? What? Us? NO WAY!
*shifty eyes*
Natalie the Singingfool
Muahaha!
Shannon Fielding
I’m right there with you girl. Don’t forget the spatulas. I, along with Matthew Broderick, Jeri Ryan and Wil Wheaton, and many others sent spatula pictures. That’s not creepy-stalkerish at all, that’s being supportive.
Natalie the Singingfool
You know, when you put it that way, we are in esteemed company.
Lindsey
I love this post and I’m right there with you. This is the closest I’ve ever come to being obsessive about anyone I don’t know in real life, and it’s so lovely to be surrounded by all the other Lawsbians to make me feel “normal.” 🙂 Lawsbian love!
Natalie the Singingfool
Haha, I know, my definition of “normal” has totally changed, and I think it’s a good thing!
Erica Schatz
You so beautifully said everything that I’ve been thinking lately. So thank you. I don’t think I’ve ever been this obsessed with someone (and I was pretty damn obsessed with Alyson Hannigan back in my college days). Twitter and Facebook have allowed us to go fan crazy, and it’s been so much fun! I love our little Lawsbian world!
Natalie the Singingfool
Me too! And don’t freak out, but I totally met Allyson Hannigan. I have her autograph and a picture with her, too, along with the rest of the cast of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. They filmed it at my high school, so we were always lurking for photo ops. Yes, I went to Sunnydale High (not really called that).
Michele DeYoung
Huh?!? I guess it’s a good thing you specifically told me not to read it, because I am old, and don’t follow any of what you are saying. Thank you also for saving me from the dead-body thing in Paris a couple of posts back. I will have you know I did see the King Tut exhibit a couple of years ago, so I am not a COMPLETE wimp!! XOXOX
Natalie the Singingfool
Haha, that’s the reaction I expected from those who don’t read The Bloggess. That’s how far gone I am, Mom. I don’t even know if an intervention would help at this point. 😉
I went to the King Tut exhibit with you. As far as the catacombs go – creepy dark passageways made of human bones? I thought I’d let you sit it out.
Erica B
I saw your picture of you holding twine, and I totally got it and thought it was fine and not stalkery (that is totally a real word btw). If i wasn’t so busy driving and working I probably would’ve done something witty like that too.
Natalie the Singingfool
I went with my gut on that one.
Reading (and chickens)
I am a total fangirl of The Bloggess, and yes, I GET IT. Sigh.
Natalie the Singingfool
I’m not as alone with this as I thought I would be…
Mary Pierce (not the tennis player)
I was there the whole 4 mad crazy nights of book club! I felt like I had truly found my tribe. Somehow I missed that there was a FB support group (Hi. My name is Mary, and I’m addicted to following The Bloggess!).
So glad I found my way to your blog. Now, I’m headed over to FB. 🙂
Natalie the Singingfool
Aha, then you belong! Come join us, it’s a lot of fun!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/Lawsbians/
Linda Roy
Okay, so I’m a little over a year late on this one, but I HAVE to comment because ME TOO!!! I was one of the adoring hundreds who helped crash the interwebs with that book club and dangit, I was hooked! I wish our beloved Bloggess would do another one. She actually answered a couple of my questions and I was all beside myself with excitement. “You tawkin’ to me?? You tawkin’ to ME??!!” Oh, and I didn’t know about the Facebook club (going now to join…) but I did put #Lawsbian on my Twitter description and I had a few people thinking I was a lesbian. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, it’s just that I’m not. I did want to get one of the T shirts though, to wear when I picked the kids up at school just to further confuse people. Love your twine pic. It’s okay. We all go there at some point. 😉
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Natalie DeYoung
I know. I KNOW. The obsession has subsided with the *maturity* that passes with time.
And yes, I got the Lesbian question too. 😉
I actually sport the “Unicorn Success Club” T-shirt on occasion…