Cover Girl Lost…
August 6th, 2008 by Sarah Morrison
The new Wired magazine was sitting on Rose’s coffee table this weekend. I glanced at the cover, back up, and then realized what I saw and grabbed it. The cover is Julia Allison the most New York example of Internet celebrity one could use. The cover story is about Internet fame.
As most know I am more than a little unorganized. My voicemail box is usually full. I return Myspace messages once a month. I tried to read all my emails, responding to even the important ones is a difficult task. I can’t even keep up with my text messages and BBMs. It’s not you, it’s me.
A few months ago, I was contacted by Wired magazine. They wanted to do an interview with me about Internet celebrity and my journey to the top of the Internet fame mountain. They didn’t say that. I just made that up. Like the mountain part, the first part was true.
I managed to return said email within the first week, the phone call with in another week. He called me back. It took me another week to return that call. Dude was on vacation by that time. He said he would get back to me in two weeks, when he returned. I don’t think he ever did. He may have, and I missed it. Either way, interview never happened.
When I held the magazine up and told this story aloud in front of Alexis and Rose, their jaws dropped. Neither of them knew what to say. After a few minutes of Alexis talking in circles, she mumbled something fate and patted me on the shoulder. When I told to Olivia, she literally lost it. Worded a little more sensitively, she basically said you must hate yourself right now. She asked a billion questions about the correspondence whether dude said it was a cover. I shrugged. I couldn’t remember. It could have been a cover from the beginning. It could have evolved to a cover story. Who knows? I sort of shrugged at all the questions. Olivia’s jaw remained dropped.
Strangely enough. It didn’t bum me out at all. Maybe Juilia Allison made it a cover. Maybe it was a cover from the beginning. Maybe I need an intern or four more hours in my day to be able to keep up with correspondence. I am not kicking myself. I just figure if it was meant to be it would have been. Plus daily Gawker stories regarding oneself and dating a 30 year old billionaire makes for a way more interesting story then an alleged sordid history with Steve Aoki, a cult following from a blog and assorted Youtube videos, and a grand or so worth of 4am Cobrasnake photos.
Fate? Chance? Me? Who knows?
Is this post by Sarah or Olivia, I was confused, but I kinda figured it out…I think.
Oh hai, I really WISH you would have made the cover Sarah. I still bought this on the newsstand, and am mildly fascinated by Julia, but you are way more relatable and less fake and annoying.
FUCK.
Weird, now it says your name. My computer is possessed.
its sarah. im using olivias computer. ive done it on emilias too and not noticed till morning. i am sarah i switched
sarah morrison…gotta say you are pretty nauseating.
I think sarah morrison is amazing i need some sarah morrison advice check your myspace messages! or missbehave can return and post my desperate plea for advice. i did the whole ask missbehave deal maybe someone will eventually give me feedback…
i puke at the sound of my name in full. i just puked on this computer.
i thought you had an intern sarah…sky ferriera…? regardless, that cover thing would have been kind of cool…but it would have brought you to the mainstream and you are uber famous regardless.
wait, what did i just say?
sorry, trying to watch the new project runway episode. sarah is awesome!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28943869@N06/2739458313/
the real cover girl
sorry if i made you puke im almost there myself.
I want to intern for you! I think it would be a pretty fun internship…im serious
You are way more interesting, trust me.
Fuck, I’ll be your intern. I’ll get you pinkberry and help you return calls (just don’t give me your phone I’ll lose it).
But for real I have no idea who that woman is, I’m probably going to wikipedia her ass now.
Whatever things happen for a reason, Wired is rad but being on the cover of a magazine=hella scary. Can’t they just put you on the cover of Missbehave or some shit?
maryberry is lame, i should be your intern. im like a genius and i make great drinks. and have the ganja hookup. and i will make you look uber responsible and never take credit for stuff. but, why would i want to do this, you may ask - well my logic is very simple. i need to move to ny and i love missbehave more than any publication ive ever read. and sarah your posts/articles are always fucking hilarious. i can hear you talking when i read them. now thats authorial voice! so…anyways…also serious…
dude thats kind of mind boggling
id rather see you on missbehave magazine
and what if you like did that story
and then a billion people tried to get famous
then there would be too many famous internet people
and then bizarre people wouldn’t be as interesting
&&I would totally be your intern
somehow
She only got the cover cause she’s fucking the editor-in-chief, or did fuck him once? Whatever, Julia Allison is easy on the eyes but pretty much a waste or space.
I’ve heard she’s pretty good friends with the people over at gawker.com
dont worry about it, wired is for nerds. Get back on your feet and start anew with more famous and current DJ’s and get to the top of the internet.
would it make you feel better if i told you i had no idea who the fuck Julia Allison is??
i will be yr intern!
there is so much irrelevance to this…
Do you think FIT would give me credit for being a Sarah Morrison intern?