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    Julia Allison's Shill-erific Sea World Adventure

    Julia Allison was paid in cash to blog about her trip Sea World, the "lifecasting" celebrity wannabe has belatedly disclosed. So how have the first few days of the trip gone? Allison, who announced her trip with five exclamation marks, seems belatedly conflicted.


    After nearly missing her flight, the internet fameball didn't hesitate to violate federal aviation rules.


    And then she dove right in to the wining and dining with her hosts.


    But after a few drinks or bites of dead sea creature of whatever, Allison suddenly heard an odd voice in her head. Is that her conscience?? Time to lob some softballs at the flack have a "forthright discussion."


    Whale kiss + dating joke, bwahahaha. Forget about the specifics of that "forthright discussion" on animal rights, those can wait another day (or forever).


    With fellow "sponsored" bloggers. Not her usual crowd.


    Sea World rescued 17,000 animals! They rule!


    Except when they confine polar bears to "tiny rooms" and make them look morbidly depressed!


    This man invited Allison to touch the fat little upright creature on his lap. She was scared at first, but came around.


    She ended up wanting to puke.


    After 22 tweets and 28 blog posts, Sea World seems to have gotten it's money's worth. And Allison's still going! It turns out her benefactor's creepy/hilarious YouTube video was right, after all:



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