Internet Hijinx

Alrighty peeps. Here is a tale of the most bizarre thing I have ever had happen to me personally.

You may have recently seen my post about my childhood friend, Laura. I was excited because she was coming to town and I was going to see her again after a number of years. The time came and passed that she was to be in town. The dates she had sent me that she would be able to meet with me arrived and the phone never rang. I was concerned, but knew she was supposed to be visiting family and probably got tied up. I also figured she was a grownup who wasn't in any danger and didn't need me to track her down like a loon. So I sent her message and said I was sorry she hadn't had time to see me, that I missed her, but I understood. No response. I thought "Maybe she isn't back home yet. Maybe she will still call." But then the week passed. Her Myspace profile suddenly had shrunken type. She had logged on several times and I had sent a couple of messages, but she wasn't responding. I started to think I had misread something in our communications. Maybe I was supposed to pick her up and didn't. Maybe she was mad. Maybe she was a raving crackhead (the only excuse/reason I could come up with for a totally uncharacteristic behavior like this). Some tears were shed when I came to believe I had been blocked from her Myspace account. What had I done? What could be wrong?

So fast forward to today. I had recently registered on another networking site at the invitation of another friend and I got a message from guess who.... LAURA. Not just one, but several. None of them referenced the trip, my messages, anything. So I sent her a message explaining what I was confused about. And discovered the Myspace profile wasn't even her! She hadn't come to town to see family (which I had suspected, because she doesn't have any here).

I am left to wonder who would create a pseudo Laura site, contact two other friends from high school, fake a trip to town with flight info, and then give me the cold shoulder. Who would do that? More importantly, why would someone do that? I believe that whoever it was reads my blog. Some of the references wouldn't have been found on myspace (kids being ill and that sort of thing). And I don't link to this blog from there nor do I blog on myspace. SOOOOO....below is an open letter to the person who played this ridiculous prank:

Dear Poo-poo head,

You have way too much time on your hands. I am not sure what satisfaction this has given you, but I hope it has brightened your dim little life. Laura is aware of the fabrication now and I will be alerting the other friends who were fooled. If I had such immense time as yours to waste, I would try to figure out who you were so that I might beat you about the head and neck with a wet noodle. But I have a life to live. A real sweet humdinger of a life. One that keeps me busy and fulfilled and happy. So I will just write this off. Enjoy your jollies, but may I suggest you do it elsewhere. Thanks ever so much.

Adios gross,
Heather (the sane, based in reality, totally hip chickie you wish you could be ).