I have raised the ire* of the online celebrity role-playing community.
Let me explain. Over the weekend, while perusing my stats, I noticed a huge spike in blog hits. Heart aflutter, I quickly checked my referrers. I knew name checking Robert Guillaume would pay off! But no, upon further inspection, it seemed that the increase in traffic was due to a blog entry on the Live Journal of one Jakob Dylan. Jakob Dylan? Could he have come across my liberal interpretation of his crappy song and actually responded? (See previous post.)
But that bag of douche wasn’t the only celebrity to visit my blog that day. I had hits from the likes of Gina Gershon, Penelope Cruz, Sheryl Crow, Cillian Murphy and Natalie Portman as well. Is this where all the cool kids came to play? I decided to investigate.
Turns out, it wasn’t the real Jakob Dylan, it was just some guy involved in a massive online role-playing community entitled Must Be Pop. With all the traffic being generated, I wanted to check out the post and see what these so called “celebrities” had to say about my song interpretation. But the journal entry was restricted to “friends only,” so I had to go undercover.
“Neeeeeeerrrrrrrds!!!”
I spent days (two) immersing myself in their world, learning their ways. I pieced together a disguise, adopting a celebrity moniker of my own so I could walk amongst them. I became my celebrity, almost losing my own identity in the process. Then, when I had finally earned their trust and was accepted into the bosom of their cloistered community, I was granted access to the Holy of Holies.
I’m pretty sure this is some sort of internet faux pas, but here is what I found. I will keep updating the info as long as possible, but I fear it won’t be long before I am found out and exposed. Tell my children I love them…
*Alright. So it’s not so much ire as it is laid back amusement.
