Okay, complete the following sentence.
This woman is...
a) Malibu Barbie
b) the illegitimate child of Pamela Anderson and a snake
c) what your mother has nightmares about when you tell her you're "bringing your new girlfriend home for Thanksgiving"
d) Chelsea, the infamous blog plagiarist
e) all of the above
... Shit. I made it too easy, didn't I.
Yes, that's right -- the mess above is Malibu Viper Nightmare Blog Stealer Chelsea, who made waves all over the internet yesterday when a bunch of people (including me) discovered en masse that she'd been copying their posts and attempting to pass them off as her own. It was incredible. Drama! Intrigue! The fabulous photo above! Which a person with more restraint would probably have not posted!
(Note to those who would chastise me for not displaying the aforementioned restraint: You must be kidding. Have you met me?)
Alas, her blog has since been deleted-- most likely by the Google Police. Her legacy, however, will live on forever.
The plagiarized bloggers were, by turns, understandably upset, inspired, and bemused. I, myself, experienced a range of emotions that started out with abject rage --
scene: My apartment, 8:00 am
Kat: (screaming and thrashing around at computer) What the fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck!!!!!
...followed by several hours indulged in the concoction of elaborate revenge fantasies. My favorite was a reinterpretation of an early scene from Terminator, in which I imagined myself knocking on Chelsea's door, confirming her identity (Kat: Chelsea? -- Chelsea: (cautiously) Yes?), and then, with no further explanation, punching her in the mouth.
Ultimately, I landed somewhere in the land of bafflement.
scene: My apartment, 8:00 pm
Kat: (hand cupped to chin in thoughtful contemplation while puffing a meerschaum pipe) I am rather surprised that anyone would have the time, let alone the inclination, to put so much effort into an activity which is not only morally bankrupt, but yields neither money nor recognition for its perpetrator. Couldn't she have just taken up knitting?
Which seems like a good place to stop, especially in deference to the wishes of my mom (who has urged me to waste no time analyzing the indubitable emptiness of Chelsea the Plagiarizer's life, and just "have fun tossing the carcass around", which all adds up to further proof that my mom is both wise AND awesome). I can't even find the energy to be pissed off.
I could, however, find the energy to create this lovely tribute in MS Paint.
What can I say? I'm a creative soul.
And it's suddenly struck me that all of this, at base, is a really good excuse to go shopping.
14 comments:
What she did was really shitty (and by shitty, I mean totally INSANE), but I did find awesome blogs out of it -- like yours! That's got to be a good thing...right?
Incredible. Why...why? Seriously, why? Her self esteem must be as low as her morals.
Oh seriously, you made me laugh out loud with the movie poster. That was completely worth the knowledge that some people are so lame they will copy blog posts.
Though I was upset when I first found out, I now just feel sad. And actually, sort of grateful. I found a few new blogs through it all. None of which are written by insane unoriginal writers. Awesome!
that was so weird. and it was more like a publicity blog than a real blog. I still cannot figure it out.
Haha! Yeah, it woulda at least had made some sense if she'd had any sort of following or advertising or ANYTHING. My friend was wondering this was a made up background for Dateline. ;)
Still it's nice to make your acquaintance.
Dude, that's so fucking ridiculous. She clearly needs a life of her own.
I had one of my blog posts stolen last year, I promptly then decided the whole world didn't need to read by blog and made it by permission only. Sucks though, I miss all those internet friends I didn't know.
Heh. Loooove the poster.
:)
Wow. How did I miss this?
That girl has too much time on her hands and too little imagination of her own.
Bad Chelsea! Bad!
I have to agree with Brandy on all points- 1) I love the poster, 2) I never would have found this blog (plus a few others) if it weren't for the drama, and 3) I do feel sad for this chick - her photo sums her up: Supposedly having fun drinking a cocktail, but she's looking to the side to see if there is someone she might be impressing at the same time.
(Oh, and re your comment on my blog - I only came across one post of yours)
Oh yeah. When I started hearing about this on Friday, I spent like, I dunno, 2 hours reading "her" posts and pretty much harassed the shit out of her with comments on every post she copied...
Though I didn't recognize any of my stuff, I did from at least 5 different bloggers, and those are just the ones I read.
I was pissed for all of you, and was like "oh no you didn't"...
she's a fake, her tan's a fake, her tits are fake, she's a plagiarist, and I hope someone besides karma kicks her ass...
is that mean of me?
btw - my captiva word is "mkturlet" - like mctoilet? dunno, found it funny... :)
Ha, where did you get that picture?
I'm glad her blog has been deleted, and would have totally had the same reaction you did. Lots of "what the fuck"s, with many, many u's
know what I love about that picture of her? She's looking at nothing... even the "candid" moment was manufactured...
also: this chick is fucking bonkers (seriously). let's not send her completely over the edge... who knows what she's capable of...
also, also: my captiva word is "cwjlkbmn" - y'know... like, uh... quadralickabumen... uh, yeah... never mind...
i'm going to create a blog by stealing other people's posts and passing them off as mine!
somebody's peroxide done seeped into her scalp. or she got smacked in the face one too many times with a dick.
i hate to hate, but you know how i do.
Wow. I slack on the blogs for a week and this is what happens?
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