Celebrities – Page 2 – The Cameraphone Diaries

I found something even better than search terms: spam comments!

WordPress is awesome in that it filters out spam comments. And lucky it does, or I might be tempted to think some of these are real. They’re just so flattering! How can I resist? What if this comment really is from a person, they just have a weird email? And they really do like me?

Well, I think I have to get over that.

I guess you know it’s spam when it’s a generic, complimentary statement, attached to a random person’s name, and then an overly complicated web address. For example, Thalia:

Thanks Thalia. But your URL and email suggest you don’t exist. Also, I think calling my blog “exiguous” (“excessively scanty”) is not a compliment.

Or take Michael, Pamelia, and Janessa’s comments:

A better product than what exactly, Michael? And Pamelia, I’m glad you are beginning to much like my post. Janessa, I appreciate you checking with me here. But I’m sorry to say, I think all three of you might be bots.

That one might have fooled me, if it wasn’t from someone named “Subscriptions.”

This one is suspiciously like what Michael had to say:

There’s P90X Home Fitness:

And then there’s…Christian Louboutin.

Jeez, relax, Christian.

So I accept that these are not real comments, and are tools (but to do what, exactly? I’m not sure I understand the point of any of this. Am I supposed to click on the addresses, and then they can advertise to me or something?) – but I might just save this one, because it’s nice and not too generic, and there aren’t any egregious misspellings so I can pretend it’s from a human being:

Thanks, Forex Investment!

Winning

Charlie Sheen was fired from Two and a Half Men earlier this week, or late last week, or something. I’m not sure, I’m a full week behind in my Sarah and Vinnie podcasts. But so he was fired, like, officially. Fired! I thought about all the times I’ve been fired.

Oh wait. I’ve never been fired.

I’ve left jobs the right way, with 2 weeks’ notice and a decent, above-board reason for leaving (Wild Greens, Entertainment-Link).
I’ve left jobs the shady way, emailing to say I’m not coming back (Jazz at Lincoln Center, and, I’m sorry to say, the SF Opera).
I’ve left jobs because my time there has clearly expired (school jobs, Marin Theatre and other stage management gigs).
I’ve left jobs and been totally relieved (box office for the NYPL, anyone?) and I’ve left and been totally bummed (Samuel French, Nightmare Haunted House).
I even left a job halfway through training, day 1 (‘wichcraft).

But I’ve never, ever been fired from a job.

Even when I might sort of have deserved to be fired.

So I guess aside from the fact that I’ve had about 25 jobs over the last 8 years, I’ve actually been pretty lucky.

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