tids and bits
1) Two high-fives for anyone who knows what movie I got the title of this post from.
2) Uh, hey... Webshots? No lies? The email you sent me last night feels a little flippant given the particulars of my current situation. Jetting off to foreign locales? No. They invented Flickr a few years ago and I got canned from my job on Friday. Your assumptions are a little bit offensive, to say the least.
4) Here are some pictures that I pulled off my camera. Just guess where I took them and what they are of. Your guess is probably as good as, if not better, than the truth.
5) Lastly and most important: To everyone who wrote me emails or sent me messages or joined Vox to comment on my post or whatever to reach out to me during what is a pretty sad time for me in a lot of ways: You're awesome and you don't know how much it means to me that you care. I'm gonna be alright and truth be told, it's been pretty clear that either Gawker or myself needed to make this decision for a hot minute now. I have been pretty visibly tired of this particular grind for awhile and part of me wonders if I sabotaged myself because I didn't want to make the break on my own. I worked there for a over a year (which in some ways is a Gawker lifetime) and I was a fan of Defamer for years. Working for Lisanti was a complete honor and having the opportunity to work for a site that I personally enjoyed so much felt like I was living beyond some of my dreams. Of course, I never expected to be caught up in the blogging world the way I am which is why this also isn't completely devastating. I don't have anything solid planned out in terms of paying my rent in December, but I have two things going for me in that department: 1) A heck of a lotta drive and 2) Complete shamelessness. Those two things considered, I know I'll be OK.
But thanks for reaching out, 'cause it's validation is my favorite color.
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