{"id":9025,"date":"2012-09-05T00:05:05","date_gmt":"2012-09-05T08:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.godammit.com\/?p=9025"},"modified":"2012-09-05T00:05:05","modified_gmt":"2012-09-05T08:05:05","slug":"me-and-jane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/me-and-jane\/","title":{"rendered":"Me and Jane"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few months ago, several people sent me links to an interview with Jane Aldridge of Sea of Shoes<\/strong>, depicting her as a\u00a0narcissistic, clueless Mean Girl. They probably hoped I would take to my blog, going Nah nah, Jane got dissed!<\/p>\n

My personal interest in Jane and her blog was extinguished long ago, after a staggering outpouring of abuse from her friends and associates. I appealed to Jane’s sense of decency, and she suggested that I write about something safe, “like muffins.” Finally, one of the worst trolls reluctantly agreed to stop contacting me, reporting that Jane was sick of my “whining emails.”<\/p>\n

Thinking about Jane now, I see we’re not that different. I like to buy shoes. I buy shoes that I don’t even wear. I buy shoes that some people would find excessive and even stupid. Here is an example:<\/p>\n

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See? They are still in the box and god knows I don’t need them but I really love them.<\/p>\n

In the spirit of solidarity with Jane, let me compliment her on her fabulous living room, pictured above. It was recently featured in a regional magazine celebrating all things Texan.<\/p>\n

At only 20 years old, Jane has furnished her first apartment with modest but quirky good taste. She has shunned crass opulence in favor of a low key dorm room effect, perfect for a young girl on a budget. \u00a0It’s a welcoming, homey living room where comfort is obviously the priority. And I love the carefully edited knick-knacks!<\/p>\n

As a lazy slob who hasn’t even owned a full-length mirror in twenty years, I say kudos to Jane. May all her dreams come true.*<\/p>\n

*Unless she wants a pair of those silver shoes, then no.<\/p>\n

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