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James Frey Answers Your Gawker Internship Questions
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Thu Dec 17
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12/10/08
Will you nominate me as the next Gawker intern? I'm not nearly as beardy, but I do give good coffee.
T.S.
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Also, have you seen the "My Life Experience" or whatever ads in the subway for what must be a ridiculously expansive 8-volume series about a 26-year old Russian woman? What do you think of it?
For that matter, do you even ride the subway or do you have a magic elevator?
Is this too long?
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I need to ask you a serious question. Have you tried the Spicy Sweet Chili Doritos? You have Doritos in your avatar, so I am assuming you are something of a connoisseur. Seriously, they are fantastic.
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@bringmemyTofurkey: And there are only two types of Doritos. Nacho and Cool Ranch. Anything else is like Splenda in my cookies, Coke zero to my Coke classic, vegetables in my lasagna, and for the love of God, bread crumbs in my mac & cheese!
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Now, Nacho and Cool Ranch (especially) are delicious, but if you don't branch out every now and again, imagine all of the things you are missing.
You and I will split a bag one night. You will slowly turn to face me, and with the seriousness of a physican relaying bad news you will say, "I am sorry that I ever doubted you. These are wonderful." And it will be the greatest Christmas miracle of all.
12/10/08
A) " . . . You will slowly turn to face me, and with the seriousness of a physican relaying bad news you will say, 'I am sorry that I ever doubted you. These are wonderful.'" is fucking golden.
B) I will only eat Cool Ranch. The Cool Ranch flavor debuted during the same week that HBO first showed Big Top Pee Wee. It was the greatest Friday night of my life to that point. I can never betray Cool Ranch.
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a) fun
b) depressing
c) relentless, question-asking, maniacs
d) endearing, like a pillowcase full of wet kittens
e) annoying, like Oprah's announcing a new guest, low decibeled voice
f) ridiculous, like not choosing between Cool Ranch and original Nacho Doritos
g) stiff and ineffectual, like a Joan Crawford movie where her eyebrows don't move
or...
h) undeniably fabulous, like a world without corrupt governors
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I would very much like a princess pizza party. Plz to adopt me?
xo-
HD!
P.S. I'm not kidding. Make with the tiaras. And I like mushroom and pepperoni.
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Fine, add a two in front of that five.
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What's your favorite animal?
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How many monies are in your checking account?
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It seems as if everything you've gone through during the past few years would make a fascinating book.
Mind if I write it?
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I'm going to get a lot of people angry at me for saying this, but: as much as we trashed Emily for writing her piece in the Times, I think, all things being equal, we'd prefer introspective self-awareness to the alternative. Which may not mean apologizing or floofing the goof, but it does mean something beyond (admittedly pretty good) snarky one-liners - we already know you're a decent writer, Mr. Frey, so no surprise there - and a general "s'all good, brah. I just live my life, y'know what I'm saying?"
Oh hell, what am I saying? This is Gawker, after all.
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I may also make some parts up, but don't worry -- I'll call them "dream sequences."
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If I asked you if you were answering all these questions honestly, and you said "yes," how would I know you were telling the truth?
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You or Stedman?
You vs. Gayle?
Me vs. Oprah?
Dr. Phil vs. Oprah?
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