“Meghan is a very different spirit than a “Julia Allison” type. I knew her as incredibly down to earth, friendly, smart, and thoughtful.”

Meghan and I were both raised in strict environments, with parents who are in loving marriages (and still are), who prized academic achievement above all else.

Again, the problem here is that someone - I don’t know who - has decided that, unlike Meghan, I am not “down to earth, friendly, smart or thoughful.”

And a gossip blog has published it, as if that’s the truth. 

I’m sorry, stranger-who-wrote-into-Valleywag, have we met?  Do we know each other?  Quite honestly, other than my love of taking a lot of photos, I’m not sure what, exactly, I’ve done that’s so upsetting.  I don’t do drugs, I rarely drink, I don’t sleep around, I’ve never smoked a cigarette, I have two jobs, I love to read and rarely watch tv, I’ve never been late with my rent and I pay all of my credit card bills on time, I take good care of my dog, and I would do anything for my girl friends.

Which part of this says “bad influence”? 

Anyway, this most recent post just underscores my point below.  I never want to believe perception is everything, but I suppose it is, isn’t it?