A Book About a Blogger Who Could Have Been Me

This morning I finished reading Why Girls are Weird by Pamela Ribon, of Pamie.com fame. It was published in 2003 and I'm not sure why I didn't read it back then. Especially when I had a friend, AB, who knew the author. I was probably a bit too wrapped up in the MBA program at the time.

Anyway, the book is great. Fabulous. It took me back to 2001 when I started my blog and lived much of my life online. So much of this fiction book resembles events in my life. Like having my family read my blog even when I wasn't quite ready for it. Like the numerous online-only relationships I had with guys in far-away cities. Like how people questioned me putting so much of my life out there for people to read about. The book resembles what many bloggers have gone through and related perfectly.

One of my favorite parts was straight out of my own life. I can't seem to find the part in the book to quote it from, so I'll just tell you. One of her fans told her that he missed his exit on the freeway because he was too distracted thinking about her. Years and years ago, I had a guy tell me that exact thing. The funny thing is I totally believed him and was swept away. It's only now that I read it in a book that I realize it was a lie. I totally fell for it.

Is life always filled with revelations years later? I hope so. It keeps things interesting.