<![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real - Gawker Comments]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real - Gawker Comments]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> @TerseNursePornstein: Claire's! that explains so much. @crotchety: The pink dress looks as upscale as about Macy's. The other two are strictly clearance.

cassandra

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> That's the same Julia Allison who in a moment of bitter, petty, and disgraceful ex-girlfriend, she disclosed her ex-boyfriend's (supposed) medical condition on the web?

Is that correct? I think it's her.

If not, I apologize to Ms. Allison. But if it is her, she has a lot to learn about the internet.

The internet, never, ever forgets. No fresh starts. Any reputable VC or money guy doing due diligence will find this behavior and reflection on her character. Of course, people in the entertainment business care little about these matters, so maybe this is a smart move.

(Again, if it is someone else who did this, I do apologize, but I'm pretty sure it was her.)

rick_roll_2000

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> Julia, Mary and Megan... One of these things is not like the other. You pick.

Is it just me or does Megan have more of a thoroughbred horse face than SJP? Mary looks more like a Mark and Julia, well, what is there to say about Julia that hasn't already been blogged to death?

NorCal

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> These girls are nothing special, except that 2 of them try embarrassingly hard. They have zero actual talent or appeal.

ingabelle

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> @cassandra: i'm a little late to the party, but, i agree, this will not end well for ms. rambin.

intothelight

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> Does anybody know who their publicist is? Seriously. I'm just dying to know.

chickenjungle

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> @cassandra: Indeed! If memory serves, did not JA once credit her glamorous earrings to Claire's? (Props to a co-worker who explained to me what this was-- I burst out laughing.) Then again, I imagine that this common lack of taste and sophistication could be key to luring one hundred mid-western, Oprah-watching housewives to a hypothetical show.

You know, this is sure to be great viewing in the vein of Rich Girls, the Lizzie Grubman Debacle and the Rich Housewives monstrosities; not great reading for Gawker commenters, as the site will surely draw the attention of those hundred soccer moms.

Congrats, Nick. Now, be a love and set up a betting pool. I'd be interested to hear TheDismalScience's odds on how long it will take for one of these witless wonders to turn on the others, if not the total dissolution of the friendship /business deal.

TerseNursePornstein

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> Oh, really? NO ONE saw this coming?

TinkishDelight

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> If you stare at the pictures long enough, they start to look like they're made out of wax. Or restylane...

shogun

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> @cassandra: No, the pink dress looks okay, though I'm not sure those shoes fit properly. The two women on the right look like barely controlled panic, JA just looks pointy.

Say, where's Kelly? Kelly never misses a JA post.

crotchety

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> @vulturesquadron: The way they look has nothing to do with showering. It has everything to do with essential lack of style. They look like a TJ Maxx ad.

cassandra

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> From her site: "And why do we look so stretched out? But at the same time I look stubby. ... I can say with confidence that if all three of us didn't shower for 5 days, we would look better than this "version" of us. (Please note hypothetical. We all shower on a regular basis.)"

And then she goes on to list what they are wearing, in total earplugging-nya-nya-nya-I'm-not-listening-to-you denial of her lack of sex appeal.

vulturesquadron

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> @FitnessMadeSimple: [curtsy]
I do feel bad for her in the sense that she has one of those faces that no amount of fashion can elevate. She will just always look average and suburban, which is going to kill any It Girl dreams.


cassandra

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> @cassandra: Hahahaha...it took me a second read to fully appreciate that comment. Thanks for that :)

FitnessMadeSimple

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> creepy hand placement on j.a. -- mary rambin must be a lez

HyphyForLifey

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> They will be auditioning commenters next week..

You can be assured that spin-offs featuring the best commenters will be next...

gawksFromaRock

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> Even the passive-aggressive Mary says on her blog that the article was "quite kind." Ever the optimist, I take that as meaning: "Complete bullshit."

She is also freaking out about her appearance in the photo. I don't know, she looks the same as she always looks in every other photo -- either vaguely terrified or vaguely batshit, can't quite figure out which. JA lacks boobage in the photo, it's true, but it looks to me that she simply left the padded Victoria's Secret push-up bra at home that night and opted for braless.

[stylebymaryrambin.com]

Trixie from Toronto

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> I don't understand why Mary Rambin has all those injections and then ends up looking like the head of the PTA for Peoria Middle School dressed up for a night on the town at Appleby's.

cassandra

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> They need a name for their startup. Something fresh, something catchy, but something that isn't afraid to be post-feminist and aggressive. Most importantly, something that sounds like Google.

By jove, I have it. Nipple.

ADismalScience

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> @MisterHippity: So it's "A Dream Becomes Vapourware" eh?

raincoaster

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> @MisterHippity: I hope you are fucking right.

Unfun

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> @The One: Goodness. I think I will order one and glue curly hair onto it.

ragepotato

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> Yeah...I'm watching.

guevara284

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> @lieschenmueller: I just clicked over to see if anyone else had noticed that.

@raincoaster: I thought it was more the "I was so trashed when Julia asked me about doing this show and now that I've sobered up, I cannot believe I agreed to this" look.

@vulturesquadron: Maybe someone will give her a ring of invisibility.

Moff

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> Who's the villain?
The Website Gawker, who made her famous, only to knock her down.

So will this be the first reality show with an interactive Greek chorus of commentors,
using
specially rageful keyboards?

rosaluxembourgeoise

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> @ragepotato: Mary makes and (allegedly) sells them.

The One

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> @Tippi from Toronto: At least Mary will finally get to realize her dream of meeting Nick.

The One

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> @MisterHippity: You are like a balm for an agitated, anxious soul. Thank you, Mr. Hippity! Thank you!

Trixie from Toronto

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> So I guess it'll be The Worst Man In the World's turn next - good job Gawker. Good job too on feigning horror at this development, I think you've been secretly hoping for this all along. The power to make a star is very intoxicating, I hope you don't overdose Nick.

mz_wysiwyg

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> How does Denton get compensated for popular posts?

sing_michael_sing

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> "THE NETWORK: Rumors say Bravo (or possibly its parent company NBC)"

"Rumors say"? Ha!! Translation: Someone pitching this show concept had a meeting with someone at Bravo, who said "Um ... we'll see."

This "show" apparently has no commitment to air on any network, and probably doesn't even have the financial backing or production company in place to even start shooting. Right now, it's wishful thinking on the part of whoever is backing it (I'm guessing Nick Denton).

My question is: How much money did someone (Nick?) pay the money-losing, soon-to-be defunct Page 6 Magazine to plant this piece of publicity for a lame reality show concept that's probably being shopped around and rejected as we speak?

Prediction: This show will never air on any network, ever.

MisterHippity

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> If I was MR or MA, I would be waaaaaay pissed off at PageSix for publishing such a horrendous photo of me. If I was JA, I would be thrilled for getting to stand next to the other two in that picture.

FitnessMadeSimple

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> THAT WAS THE BEST LAUGH I HAVE HAD IN A WEEK@vulturesquadron:

Dorothy

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> anybody else amused by 'trends: reality bi' as a headline for at least 2 of the ladies who are notorious husband-hunters / gold-diggers, yet can't seem to keep their hands off each other?

lieschenmueller

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> @moff: If she really hasn't had Botox, howcum she's got that trademark anxious "what do you mean my husband is sleeping with his PA?" look?

raincoaster

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> @hamburgerhotdog: Aside from the obvious fact that this presages the end time, those bags on JA and MR definitely look like wrist-scrotums. Is this a fashion trend I've missed?

ragepotato

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> She's wearing a cheap $120 beach dress from J. Crew, when was this pic taken? In the winter? Classy!!! She's worn crappy print dresses before, she has the worst fashion sense...I guess she doesn't have style or a stylist...

Jezebabe

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> Wow, those bags are u-gly. Can you imagine carrying one of them? Hilarious.

I wish Tionna could get her own reality show.

Bunsy

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> @Nick Denton: Yes, but he bought the company stock at 6$ a share. Instant heiress.

PandoraSpocks

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> @moff:

* Strength 6
* Intelligence 3
* Wisdom 3
* Dexterity 6
* Constitution 10
* Charisma 3
* Comeliness 4

Nick Denton: Purrrfect.

vulturesquadron

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> @Tippi from Toronto: I think Nick will be like an anti-Charlie calling the "It Angels" each week to give them a business assignment like changing the toner cartridge or downloading email.

belltolls

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> Oh Megan Asha, how one of kind you are. See you again soon.

NTBoulton

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> I think it's awesome! Cause I definitely enjoyed seeing Bravo document the ever entertaining Paula Abdul's adventures.

MsMuffinMcGuffin

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> @AndSheSaid: "John Wayne was a fag"

EddieTheDane

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> @Nick Denton: At last you explain! Thank you!

You know somehow you will end up on that reality show. They will find you lunching somewhere and ambush you with a large camera crew in tow. Beware, Dr. Denton, beware!!! Your monster will find you!

Trixie from Toronto

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> Any chance they're having an open call? I'd like to go up for the part of Karl Hungus, expert cable repairman.

EddieTheDane

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> I'm guessing there will be a lot of Miami Beach meetings.

BalknChain

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> @Nick Denton:
Duke: I know a life of crime has led me to this sorry fate, and yet, I blame society. Society made me what I am.
Otto: That's bullshit. You're a white suburban punk just like me.
Duke: Yeah, but it still hurts.

SheWalkedWithAZombie

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> I will bet their online business will be a website on how to start an online business.

belltolls

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> they look like they are posing at a sweet sixteen party

steven_scareplanes

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> At least, they had the decency to put "actress" in scare quotes for Annabel, although Fiery Diamond Heiress might be pushing it. It's like Lipstick Jungle Gym.

SeaBassTian

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> This is the second time a nightmare of mine has actually come true. The first time, it involved a swarm of ladybugs, and I woke up in a cold sweat.

This is most certainly worse.

jack-of-all-trades

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> i'd rather watch tionna smalls

if_i_only_had_a_heart

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> @RocketRockit: It will be revealed in Season 1's cliffhanger that a cameraman from the show accidentally knocked her unconscious with his tripod. The penultimate shot will be the ambulance trailing off screen, carrying Julia Allison to Lenox Hill Hospital, where her ultimate demise awaits. The last shot will be grainy, black-and-white security camera video, showing a producer surreptitiously sitting at her computer, going to the "Dashboard" link on Julia's site, and typing in those immortal words - "I'm done. I can't do this anymore..."

In Other News...

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> flying cross-country for exclusive Silicon Alley events

They've even scared the NY tech scene all the way out West...

Clarence Rosario

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> I'm done.
I can't do this anymore. It's ruining my life.

I thought that people could see through the bullshit, but they can't. And it's not their fault. It's mine.

If all of this comes at the expense of my personal life, I don't want it.

So … thank you for reading.

I don't know when or if I'll be back, but at the very least I need a little break

...at least until my reality show comes on the air.

Calaverius

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> Seriously!

I hope we (gawker posters) & maybe, perhaps, probably Nick Denton, would be getting a cut of all future earnings of JA et al; afterall we created this monster, hence should be compensated for the agonising birthing pain!!

I mean, its only fair, ne pas?

Zouk!

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> ellagood CAN BE THE VILLAIN. I call Guildenstern-esque minority commenter!

mathnet

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> But I thought JA quit blogging to get her life back? Or something? Who cares, I give up.

RocketRockit

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> Guys, look at it this way: some of us commenters might get into a macro shot which will show JA's real-time response whilst taking in our scathing commentary on her life! In short - POSSIBLE INSTANT SCHAUDENFREUDE RAMEN!!!!!

In Other News...

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> There is absolutely nothing "IT" about any of these girls.

derby

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> Balk started it

narnio

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> @moff: Do you mean I T! Would you like me to explain I T to you! I T would be no problem, really!

mathnet

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> Denton gave us the bait ... we bit ... click and comment, click and comment (mea culpa) ... however, right from the beginning it was clear that the fatal flaw of JA et al is their complete oblivion to the truism: less is more (you'd think a dating columnist would know this ... no wonder she's single ... who needs to "get to know her" ... it's been done ad nauseum). Anyway, I predict implosion. Then more desperate grasping ... I don't want to think beyond that.

ThereMustBeAPony

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> Mary Rambin looks really scared.

As well she should.

Moff

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> Oh, Valleywag looked up Megan Asha. She used to date the Valley's influential-but-creepy tech blogger, Michael Arrington. Sun Microsystems heiress? Hmm, not really. Her dad was a senior engineer there.
[valleywag.com]

Nick Denton

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> @mathnet: Actually, I don't. I want to, though.

Moff

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> @mathnet: ah, clever!

Nick Denton

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> @AndSheSaid: I'm not talking to him anymore. He deserves the silent treatment for the next hour or year or however long this reality series is on the air.

Unfun

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> @AndSheSaid: Also, are you trying to make us swallow the "It's not my fault, society made me do it!" line? Yes.

Nick Denton

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> I T Girls! GET IT??

mathnet

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> @Nick Denton: Why didn't you try to create Gawker characters that are cookie cutter versions of everyone else that Page Six writes about?

Also, are you trying to make us swallow the "It's not my fault, society made me do it!" line?

SheWalkedWithAZombie

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> @Nick Denton: Yes! It seems to be done now doesn't it! Understatement of the decade! Thanks so much Mr. Denton!

Unfun

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> Mary Rambin is checking to see if Damian is kicking yet.

surfbeavernsb

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> @Nick Denton: When you created these characters, couldn't you at least have tried to roll them higher Charisma scores?

Moff

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> i hope you drink tonight because of this, denton.

i've just added this to my "reasons why i'm drinking on a work night" alongside "it is a work night" and "if i drink enough, food network becomes the best network."

mitchel_stevens

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> This is like watching your favorite indie band graduate to theater gigs except the exact opposite.

J. Henry Waugh

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> @hamburgerhotdog: Don't you just love how they wrap around your wrist, so when you hit the can after six Caramel Mango Melon Martini Splashes you can totes forget you have it on and dunk it the bowl when you go to wipe?

JessicaLovejoy: Heart of Dykeness

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> I've always thought the posts on these people pointed out their banality, and their lack of awareness thereof. Does that translate to good television (as if such a thing existed)?

rod

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> @Hot Foot: That's part of the nightmare. It starts out as a bit of harmless fun, an attempt to create some Gawker characters that haven't been simply handed to us by Page Six. And, then, at some point, they take a life of their own, and we cover them, not because we want to, but because they generate reader attention; and, then, because other people cover them. Well, it's done now.

Nick Denton

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> You misread the article - it will actually be a PPV Cage Match elimination tourney among the people shown in the pictures; to make teams even, Emily will join team "I famewhored for years and all I got was Gawker fame."

it takes a lot to laugh

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> @CaptainFantastic: She left them in the hamper.

hamburgerhotdog

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> I saw a pile of those Moe bags in a dusty corner at Bloomingdales. Can you believe she charges $150 for that shit?

The Real Soon-to-Be Housewives of NYC

hamburgerhotdog

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> In paranoid fit, Rambin rubs everyone's stomachs looking for Lodwick spawn...

drugman

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> @collegecallgirl: She doesn't have a dog. Yet.

TallulahSkankhead

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> I can see LolCait's fingerprint, just left of Julia's handbag. Also, where'd Julia's boobs go?

CaptainFantastic

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> Julia Allison: The It Buttereverything.

JessicaLovejoy: Heart of Dykeness

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> Do you look at this and think "I made this!!"?

BK_KT

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> The Death of New York. Again.

Nic Fit

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> Totally worth watching for the angle-angling.

mathnet

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> You created this monster, Gawker. Don't act like you're not complicit in the nightmare.

Soup

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> @collegecallgirl: Clever idea -- play them off each other.

vulturesquadron

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> Allow me to be the first to wretch vomit all over the walls and ceilings.

vulturesquadron

]]> <![CDATA[A Nightmare Becomes Real]]> How come Megan Asha doesn't get a tag? She's the hottest one.

collegecallgirl

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