Okay, here’s an odd one for you. (You’ll have to stick with me for a while and unfortunately the story involves Josh Groban--WHY CAN I NEVER BE FREE OF YOU CHERUBIC MAN BOY--but I have a strange tale to tell.)
I mentioned a few posts back that there is a new “Theology Girl” site (or sites, really, because there is now also a Yahoo group and a “Theology Girls” web site.) Well, after I wrote that post, I wrote a second post wherein I commented how I had noticed that the new site was claiming to be the “original and official” Theology Girl since 1994. On both posts I noted how we had in common the (unfortunate) bond that is the Groban. Tonight I was reflecting on these sites, where “Reformed Bloggers” write and I thought, “Huh, Reformed Bloggers, that rings a bell . . .”
I then remembered that on the Josh Groban fan club site, someone had posted a link to my blog where I wrote that he should not sing in French and this whole big thing went down where I was virtually tarred and feathered for hating France or some such nonsense. Do you remember that? I even posted about it gave a shout out to all my Reformed supporters.
I went back to my private messages, because the person who had posted the link to my blog had written to me because I asked her how she came to find it in the first place. This member, “jacyjoypals,” wrote almost exactly a year ago (and I cut and paste directly from my private message inbox):
“Just a note to say I loved your blog entry and posts here and welcome to the group of boycotted FOJG [Friends of Josh Groban] fans to which I am a solid member. You’re great and I love that you stand strong on your own person and opinions and that is what we also like about Josh! Have a great great [sic]!
:D !”
Hmmmm. “Jacyjoypals.” It clicked. The new “Theology Girl” sites are part of the “JoyPal” network, a network of Reformed Bloggers. I had messaged her again about reading my blog and she sent this reply (html links removed, though I included the links the first time I quoted from her message):
"Hi Adrienne, well for one, gals from my JJG group read your blog on occasion. It is here: http://justjoshgroban.blogspot.com. Also folks from League of ReformedBloggers. Your posts occasionally show up on various women’s blogs or are seen via Google and Yahoo Alerts. I am not familiar with the members here at FOJG and their blogs since I only frequent the club for messages and news updates for the JJG blog and don’t get involved in their conversations. You probably have a lot more readers than your realize in a day of RSS feeds. You can find me at my domain, The JoyPals Network, http://www.joypals.com and I have numerous blogs including reformedwomen.wordpress.com.
Best regards, jacy”
Ah. We have total and complete recognition.
So, what do we have here? We have, beyond what I’d call a shadow of a doubt, the same person who a year ago applauded my blog, now claiming her site to be the “original and official” Theology Girl. Which is at best, absurd, and at worst . . . well, absurd.
What exactly were you trying to accomplish, Jacy McCopyCat Pants? Flattery? Maybe. They do say stealing an online identity is the sincerest form of praise a person can . . . wait, no, they say something else. Never mind. Hey, actually, I have a script for a sitcom pilot I’d like to work on with you. Be sure to email me.
Anyway, this has annoyed me, I admit. And it has instilled me in the will and desire to blog every day I am physically able because, dude, “original and official” “circa 1994?” Clearly that is not the case, now, is it? Or else you would have mentioned it a year ago, the funny coincidence that the web site I have on my Josh Groban fan profile is the the exact same as yours. From 1994.
Absurd.
The irony is that her original post on the fan club site drew a lot of traffic here--almost as much as a post on Travis’ site does. (Travis, or as I think of his him, “The Massachusetts version of BoingBoing.")
You know, all of this nonsense is enough to make a person give up the Groban.
Almost.
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