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The hounds are closing in on the catty anonymous blogger who tracks the every move and saying of Julia Allison, the Star magazine talking head and reality TV star in the making. Allison, who says she's too scared of her online "stalker" to expose the person's identity, will say only that her critic is a fortysomething Seattle lawyer, divorcée—and Gawker commenter. But we hear ABC News is on the trail.
Finding Julia Allison's Shadow
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5:51 PM on Thu Apr 24 2008
By Nick Denton
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I AM NOT.
A lawyer and a Gawker commenter. There's a special room in Hell just for "those" people.
OMFG
Where in the World is Julia Allison's "Not Really A Stalker" will be available at all flash game sites shortly.
@BullfightsOnAcid: the Gawker commenter part will really cut down on how hard this person is to find. You have no idea how many fortysomething divorcee lawers Seattle has milling about. Seriously, we're up to the wahoo in them.
@BullfightsOnAcid: yup - it's called the VIP lounge. I'm hoping if I ply them with enough bourbon they'll invite me to play their reindeer games, or at least provide lapdances. (are we gonna start guessing, ps?)
I love the fact Julia points out her "stalker" is a divorcée. My response to Julia -- at least she got married in the first place.
Oh, Mantooth, the hounds, the HOUNDS! (I know it's not you, but 'twould be awesome if it was.)
Karion?
It could be any of us, oh noes!
(This could be a fun guessing game, I guess. Out the Gawker commenter.)
After that, she's going to subpoena Verizon to reveal the identity of Gossip Girl.
@BullfightsOnAcid: easy on that. There's more than a few lawyers here, and they're not afraid to sue**
**fracturedacetabulum is not a lawyer.
OBVI IT'S A GAWKER COMMENTER. HELLO?
COURTNEY LOVE!!! (She would be a divorcee...you know.)
Between the debate and this scoop, ABC has been on fucking fire lately. I smell Pulitzer...
Tom Hanks
Bridget Fonda
@richardmarxhatesmyhair: RMHMH is not a Seattle resident, nor, would I waste my time trying to stalk someone who so desperately desires to be stalked.
Daphne Moon
@mathnet: I suspect it might be Jack's father.
My $ is on Wookie (for absolutely no reason at all).
@FracturedAcetabulum: sshhhh.
@BullfightsOnAcid: @FracturedAcetabulum: Indeed, beware the mindlessly litigious wrath of Gay, Flipper & Mantooth, LLP, inter alia.
Clearly it's McDreamy.
@FracturedAcetabulum: But it takes a train to cry is a lawyer and a Gawker commenter. I have to fill those billable hours somehow.
@the supergoddess: This reminds me of the time Foxy Brown parsed my laughably narcissistic ramblings and then I got in a snit about it instead of just keeping quiet until the whole thing blew over.
@FracturedAcetabulum: Hey, I've seen every episode of 'Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law' so I consider myself a semi-pro Solicitor.
@LolCait: Or Laura Palmer!
She should just be honored that I even care so much. Jesus!
@ExecutiveIntern: I don't think she's gotten her first divorce yet.
you know, it's almost like JA has never heard of TOR.
Cody Banks obvs.
Isn't every Gawker commenter either a writer or a lawyer?
@CaptainFantastic: Too classy.
@ExecutiveIntern: Too Canadian.
Maybe it's Kristen Bell?
@mathnet: *snort*
KUO?
@mathnet: Or the ghost of Kurt Cobain!
the fabulous Michelle Pfeiffer
@LolCait: It was Lou Reed. In the Starbucks. With the MacBook Pro.
You know who it is?? Effing Lili Taylor!
@BK_KT: I think it's the wrong city for the UhOh. This is a very interesting game of "how much actual information do we have on each other?"
OK. I have it narrowed down to Harry and The Hendersons.
@mathnet: She's still busy writing songs about Joe.
@BK_KT: KUO is chicago-based. (and you're all about to find out how deep my encyclopediactical knowledge of the gawker commenter base runs. don't fear me, I mean no harm.)
@Mary Mouse: She's in Chicago (why do I know this? Anyhoo)
When it comes to our enjoyment of "criticizing" Julia, I'd say we're ALL divorced fortysomething Seattle lawyers. And quite happily so.
@richardmarxhatesmyhair: Well, whoever it is, she's a total Mimzy.
It's got to be Kat Stratford.
Lloyd Dobbs.
@BeRightBack: (he!)
If ABC News is on the case, will it be a question at the next Democratic debate?
It's Dan Savage.
@the supergoddess: Stalkertwins Unite!
@LolCait: Totally. She's not an officer or a gentleman.
@Mary Mouse: @the supergoddess: I was going with the lawyer thing, and the fact that she's probably the only person witty enough to parse the way Baugher parses. But my geographical ignorance has foiled me again! Drat.
Young Tobias Wolff.
@the supergoddess: I had been wondering about that lately!
Diane Court became a lawyer?
@BettyCrocker: 30-something and New York.
And living in sin.
... but perhaps I've said too much.
Nah, I'm gonna start the Fake BullfightsOnAcid blog! That's obviously where my calling lies!
@mackintosh-toffee: or Lou Dobler.
@mathnet: Julia's all "Give me space! Needle me no more."
And, uh, how exactly would Julia Allison know that it is a Gawker commenter?
Y'know, unless someone at Gawker told her so...
Linda Powell?
tracy flick?
@LolCait: So much laundry! Washington!
@flipper baby: You have no idea how touched I am that you remembered that!!
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