This post has been removed.

Well obviously not removed cos it’s still here. But this post isn’t what it was anymore.

I was really affected by a comment (which is still below) which pointed out how bitter word battles just end up making the blogs trashy – although  the commenter put it bit more nicely than that lol! And as much I maintain my stance on everything I have said, this is now a post that ranks in search engines (as of 31st August) within the top 5 for searches around the name of the individual it was about. I have changed this title and content and those rankings should soon disappear. I can’t deny that I carried out work to make it rank. Immediately after posting and in my anger about the things she was saying about my RL r/ship, I schedules an article with a backlink to this post under the appropriate anchor text, to distribute to a number of article sites. I don’t deny it. I deliberately made it rank. And now, with a much calmer outlook, I am deliberately making it ‘unrank’.

Granted, it’s not a massively searched keyword according to Google’s data. Not at all. But the point is that the few people who do search that are looking for information about that individual and while I maintain everything that was posted here was the truth, I have no right to force my drama down the throats of people just looking for a bio or some info about someone.

What one of the commenters below pointed out is that this blog isn’t supposed to be about drama. And I absolutely concur with that point. Posting drama really does make people who come here for lighthearted fun (which is what the blog is supposed to be about) feel uncomfortable. So I made the decision to remove the stuff that was in this post, change its meta title and change, in turn, the sour mood that’s been hanging over Pixel Scoop.

I have no interest in even a civilized friendship or acquaintance-ship (is that even a word?) with that individual but, as the commenter below said (something that really struck a chord with me) there’s dignity in silence. In my ideal world what I would get from her is silence and she the same from me.

She can continue to lie about me if she likes and that’s all fine. The only people who matter are wise enough to know that it’s a tabloid version of events!! But I feel an entire sense of a weight shifting by removing this and being done with drama and hideousness.

So I apologise to the people who read Pixel Scoop purely for light hearted entertainment, for the heavy and sour note that plagued the blog over the last few days. I also apologise to the friends who had to put up with my bitching like a teenage girl the past couple of days and I apologise to my beautiful girlfriend for having to show her every bit of correspondence/blog post etc between the said individual and myself (just to justify my actions). She didn’t particularly care to see the stuff and like she said, “Childish and really lacks perspective.”

We’re all change and moving into much more fun territory

I’m drawing inspiration from the quotes of friends, family and famous:

Gf: “In the grand scheme of things, what does this all matter? It doesn’t affect me and you, it doesn’t affect your son and it doesn’t make an iota of difference to anyone who cares about you. Let it go.”
Sister: “Grudges only ever end in tears.”
Best friend: “Fight fire with fire and you’re gonna end up accused of arson, mate. Don’t fight fire at all… run as quick as you f***ing can out the door and get away from it.”
Dr. Seuss: “Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.”
William H. Walton: “To carry a grudge is like being stung to death by one bee.”
Jill Niedzwiecki: The High Road can be a lonely place, but the smooth ride and the beautiful view are much more satisfying.”

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