As you know, we here at GOMI have one of those stupid formspring things. It’s handy for a website like this, were people have questions about things we can’t do full posts about.
I don’t have one for myself, though. Personally I wouldn’t enjoy it because I think it shows a level of narcissism that even twitter can’t match. I really hate how everyone suddenly has questions about themselves popping up on their tumblrs from I suppose random readers of their…tumblrs. Ya know, because having a blog where you write about yourself day in and day out just isn’t enough; now we need to get strangers to help us perfect the skill of exposing ourselves online.
Well, that rant over, here is a perfect example of formspring being used to give some tumblr slug’s ego a handjob:
brittanyabeijon asked: You are a great writer! Did you go to school for journalism?
Thank you! I declared a journalism major at the beginning of my freshman year but switched after a semester to study English and creative writing. Add a history major to that et voila! 100% nerd with a quick pen.
Is this chick for real? Has she read any of Cary’s crap? Any of it? Other questions from her ‘readers’ include telling Cary she has a great sense of style (lulzilepsy) and where does she shop! Bidges please.
I guess I just don’t understand why these idiots can’t just EMAIL Cary and ask her this crap, and she can answer personally and privately? Oh yeah, because then the whole world wouldn’t know that someone thinks she’s Emily Bronte. Congrats, with formspring you’ve gone from sort of boring and full of yourself to full on self-involved mirror hog.
OMG. She did the exact same thing I did in college, minus the history major part. She is not as good of a writer as she thinks she is. And I called it. Formspring is going to be a GOLDMINE for snark.
Long Live Formspring!
She’s not a good writer at all. Almost every single post contains the word “sartorial.” GET OVER YOUR SAT VOCAB WORDS. They’re not that impressive.
‘Sartorial’ bothers me because either people won’t understand it (the meaning isn’t self-evident) or they won’t be impressed by it. People read the Sartorialist! Get over your fancy vocab.
Okay, so, can someone help me understand this…. Cary covered fashion week for NonSociety, but she’s also friends with a number of people on tumblr who have been um, openly critical of JA. Obviously, a friend’s friend isn’t always going to be your friend, but still…that’s a little awkward, right? Isn’t it at least a little strange? Did she do the gig just because it was open and a way for her to get her name out there, or was she genuinely interested in working for Julia?
As for her writing… well, I’m probably in the minority, but I like her writing style okay enough. I wouldn’t give her a book deal, but it’s leaps and bounds better than Intern Kate…that girl can’t formulate a thought or a sentence to save her life. Cary comes off as a snoot and a half and I still think that most of it is unwarranted, but her writing at least seems more focused? than anyone else associated with NS.
Jinx on FattyKate!
She could’ve benefited from a journalism major, big-time. She is an editorial nightmare. And her writer friend FattyKate can’t write complete sentences.
Also, history has taught me to question people who identify themselves as a nerd or geek. Really? You went to college and declared a major and a minor? Wow! Nerd alert!
Intern Kate reads a newspaper every morning? Wow! Nerd alert!
Remember when a nerd was someone LARPing or attending LUGs? Now everyone with a blog and an iphone is a “geek” or a “nerd”.
zomg! I’m a total nerd! When I wake up in the morning, the first thing I do is check my email! I tag photos on facebook! I send txts to twitter about the smelly cabdriver! NERD ALERT LOL HALP ME LOL
holy crap I haven’t heard/said/seen LARP in forever. Just gave me some odd flashbacks to listening to megadeth in the basements with my cousins. Mostly so I wouldn’t have to hear them talk about LARPing
I myself wear ironic T-shirts of 80′s tv shows.
Today “It’s a Living”
Tomorrow is going to be a “Perfect Strangers” kind of day
omg what a nerd! I bet you wear old bowling shirts that have names like “Jedediah” sewn on the pocket too.
Did Cary ever find a job? or is she still coasting along on her parents dime?
I think she’s a temp. BURN!
Worse yet: I think she’s a J Crew salesgirl.
There are many, many people out there who see big words and pretentiously constructed sentences and assume that, if they don’t get it, it must be literary and thus good. Clarity and brevity are much undervalued virtues among the Tumblring class.
I like how she styled the top half of her body in this picture, though.
I will admit the top half is cute. She’s very good at dressing like a fashionable lesbian.
I believe that’s the outfit she wore when she de-pantsed. She belted that white shirt as a kicky dress! TREND!
Wow. I obviously missed the de-pantsing. That is…special.
What kills it for me is that she borrowed my mom’s purse.
I have empathy for this girl, though, in all seriousness. People have probably told her her entire life that she’s a great writer, and as someone said above, she’s never been in a position to have a real editor school the shit out of her. She obviously likes the written word, which is more than I can say for most of the glib dick chickens that get featured here. She just needs to stop being so delighted by her own floridness.
Fashiongirl, you do backhanded compliments better than anyone. <3
I knew there must be something really likable about her — she loves the Three Stooges!
“I like boys who wear bow ties
And fresh blueberry pies,”
http://caryrandolph.tumblr.com/post/308326597/i-like-boys-who-wear-bow-ties-and-fresh-blueberry#disqus_thread
Formspring: “I am so special! You all want to interview me! I am practically a celebrity because I have a Tumblr and/ or use Twitter!”
As for Cary, we all know F. Scott Fitzgerald ran a pretentious fashion blog for YEARS before writing his novels. Wait, sorry, no.
That was Zelda. Oh wait, I bet it’s the guy who wears the white suits and writes on the side.
Mr Rourke?
Fabio up there is so effortlessly fashionable. Such a wonderful writer too. And she runs. And drinks beer in Manhattan sportsbars.
Really, is there anything Fabio CAN’T do?
She looks great.
Who the fuck talks about their college major as evidence of ANYTHING about them as a person? I do that in job interviews for Christ’s sake and I hate myself when I do.
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