Dear God…(Updated)
by Sonny Bunch | May 22, 2008
…If I ever write a piece of navel-gazing dreck this insipid please remove my hands from my arms as punishment so I may never write again. This piece is the reason why I’ve never understood personal blogs: self-absorption is incredibly unbecoming.
Update: If you managed to get through that NY Times Magazine piece, here’s the NY Post piece Josh Stein wrote that Gould references. I’ll say this: these two deserve each other.
A bonus: Emily Gould getting her clock cleaned on Jimmy Kimmel. I remember watching that live–don’t ask me why I would ever watch LKL live, but it probably had something to do with Jimmy Kimmmel–and thinking “that poor girl doesn’t deserve this.” I take it all back.
3 Comments - add your own
davidwag — May 23, 2008 at 1:15 pm
Wait - Jimmy Kimmel guest-hosts for Larry King? When/how did this happen? And is he wearing Larry’s outfit as a joke, or is that required wardrobe for the post?
Sonny Bunch — May 23, 2008 at 1:36 pm
Yeah, I don’t know why Jimmy Kimmel was guest-hosting. And isn’t that outfit something else? My my.
Next question: Since when does the guy who pioneered “and now, girls jumping on trampolines” get to criticize how someone else seeks entertainment? Furthermore, I get the fact that you felt insulted by someone posting that you looked intoxicated, Jimmy, but a.) you do, in fact, always look intoxicated (he looked like he had smoked about five joints in the above clip) and b.) it’s a joke. Get over yourself.
All that being said: Good on Jimmy. She deserves every bit of merciless excoriation she receives.
S. Aleta — May 25, 2008 at 10:21 pm
She’s a kid. Blame whoever hired her and gave her “editorial power.” Don’t give kids guns or power over gossip pages. The rep for the company should be taking the heat. What cowards, including J. Kimmel, who should pick on someone his own size (in his own income bracket). He’s acting like a cur here.