Madoff-ed Alexandra Penney is now blogging and it is Really Awful

Hilarious how bad this is. Is it possible that it is satire?

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I love con10t's comments re. turbo-capitalists communities.

We watched (daughter of Robert Redford) Amy Redford's film The Guitarist last night. It is a beautiful film and it hasn't won awards, to my surprise. It is worth watching because the heroin is diagnosed with cancer, and doesn't have long to live. She is poor, but she sees an ad for a short lease on an empty penthouse, and decides to take it - and doesn't leave the building.  She uses her credit cards to buy all the objects she has always wanted – "they speak to me". She surrounds herself with beautiful things, orders in large quantities of good food, has heartwarming affairs with the delivery man and the pizza girl.  She learns to play electric guitar. She has created a stress free environment. – and she discovers she is cured! Then, when her credit runs out, and her 2 month lease is up, she sells everything for a fraction of it's value to the pawn shop, and busks, ..and life goes on.

OK,  I just saw this posted on the comments --if you don't have time to look at the original Bag Lady's Papers, this posting pretty much sums up the ridiculous tone of the blog itself:

(Posted by 'notafan')

Bag lady Diary Post IV

Today I walk outside and look into the lined and leathery face of the man on the corner. Does he have something to eat? Will I one day be similarly leathery? I clutch my hands and am reassured, they are still soft. (larry bird walks away to his car).

I go to get some breakfast. I'm at Starbucks. Oh my gawd, this cruller has so much more fat than sashimi. It's unbelievable. As I order my latte (oh my gawd HOOOLD the sugar--you have to ASK when you're among the rabble) the woman at the register looks at me but doesn't say the amount due. And I slowly realize, she can't read. She probably grew up playing with wires and eating food from garbage cans. Jesus, are her nails yellow. Are my nails yellow?? (Still half a xanax left ,thank good---oh OBAMA, pleas I nEEED my scrip renewed, is there any way to expedite your inaguration??????? WAAAAAHH) Ok, get hold of myself, someone is looking at me, and because I'm not wearing my white shirt I feel vulnerable. I think he is going to mug me. Oh wait, you made my latte? But you look poor, how do you know how to steam milk......

No one can know where Ms. Penney will go with her new education, and her new still-fresh wounds. I can only suspect that with her self-made know-how and creative can-do attitude, she will indeed resurrect herself. In so doing, she will show us all examples of how we can regain our footing and confidence as well. I further suspect that she will share some of her wealth with organizations that lend a hand-up to those less fortunate--those women in particular who lack the "back-up" assets that Ms. Penney fairly admits will buy her some valuable time.

Curiously, I can't stop thinking about her last name. Ms. Penney isn't Penniless literally. This self-made woman would never be penniless, due to her creativity, work ethic, sense of humor, and some luck. Yet you do remember that old, still true saying about luck meeting tons of preparation don't you? So, while a lot of her money is gone, no one can steal Ms. Penney's mind. (I'm not Jewish, and I know and respect that.)

Not that you asked for my advice, yet if you have not yet "made it" to the extent that Ms. Penney has, curb the urge and save the time it would take you to write jealous remarks, and reread the part where she outlines her working three jobs, etc.,. Only in America, right? Refocus any veiled contempt and busy yourself writing the last chapters of your own success. Yes, you are on the road, and you CAN finish big, but never by quitting.

We are all richer for Alexandra Penney (and anyone) telling her truth, and for a country which allows us to do so, and finally for an internet to give us both the instant and far-reaching platform in which to share.

Let's create and embody solutions. Let's continue to offer a shoulder to anyone who is suffering, much like the inscription on the pedestal of our proud lady, the Statue of Liberty: "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breath free". Let's not excoriate people who say they feel down-trodden, especially when they flat out exclaim they don't want our pity.

We can do it Women!