The truth. The whole truth. And nothing but the truth.
So, I was stalked. The first time I found out about it, I was surprised to know that I was being stalked. So surprised that I tried to cover myself up because, quite frankly, it's a little creepy that someone you haven't bothered to talk to suddenly starts chatting with you with a "Hello, Clarice" tone.
The second time I denied it, however, it was because I was tired of having him stalk me, so I figured if I just told him the truth, he'd stop bothering me.
Curiosity got to me, so I figured I'd check his website to find out what he did with the information. (And I knew he'd do something with the information he extracted out of it.) Unsurprised, I found that he had made a post that defines his oh-so heightened maturity. While I normally wouldn't be bothered by this, the fact that he got the facts completely wrong is what annoys me.
First and foremost, the "experiment" was made two years ago. And if I remember correctly, he implied more than once that women were nothing more than objects to him. That may have actually been Camo's comment, but he definitely didn't argue. So, yes. I had a reason to think he was sexist. Even on top of that, the fact that he's proud to be heartless isn't a point for him either.
Secondly, he doesn't take into account that, yes, people do change over fairly short periods of time for whatever reason, especially in their adolescence. Of course, two years is definitely not a short period of time, but we can forgive him for that much.
Thirdly, it's amusing that he didn't post the first chat log between us. Instead, he merely made a note that I was "vehemently denying" the fact that Mai and I were once, unfortunately, the same person. Oh yes. Look at me vehemently denying it! Woo!
Session Start (tokyo_ok:bluecladvagrant): Sat Oct 22 10:36:27 2005
[10:36] bluecladvagrant: Heh, writing site. [Offline Message (Sat Oct 22 01:10:31 2005)]
Session Close (bluecladvagrant): Sat Oct 22 10:36:51 2005
Session Start (tokyo_ok:bluecladvagrant): Thu Nov 10 21:24:40 2005
[21:24] bluecladvagrant: Hello, Arlen.
[21:25] bluecladvagrant: Gotta say, you really had the wool over all our eyes.
[21:25] tokyo_ok: ...Do I know you?1
[21:25] bluecladvagrant: A li'l person named Kero Kato.
[21:26] tokyo_ok: Okay.
[21:26] bluecladvagrant: You used the Arlen moniker a whiles back at RealitysEnd for your little experiment, if you recall.
[21:27] tokyo_ok: What experiment?2
[21:27] bluecladvagrant: * looks at profile * This is Mai, isn't it?
[21:28] tokyo_ok: I'm thinking about saying yes, just to see what would happen.
[21:28] tokyo_ok: But no.
[21:28] bluecladvagrant: Really?
[21:28] bluecladvagrant: (Link: http://profiles.yahoo.com/tokyo_ok)http://profiles.yahoo.com/tokyo_ok
[21:28] bluecladvagrant: That says it's Mai.
[21:28] tokyo_ok: I don't go by that name anymore. *shrug*3
[21:29] bluecladvagrant: Oh, well, we all knew you as Mai.
[21:29] bluecladvagrant: TokyoRose or whatever you go by now.
[21:29] tokyo_ok: Right. Ditched that entire "Let's try fan-Japanese" crap in the eighth grade.
[21:30] bluecladvagrant: ... with a name like Tokyo Ok?
[21:30] tokyo_ok: I'd get a new Yahoo name, but I've been using this one for years, and frankly, the Yahoo re-registration process nowadays is a pain.
[21:31] bluecladvagrant: Ah, gotcha.
[21:32] bluecladvagrant: Anyway, somehow, we stumbled upon a post you made a few years back, I guess, when you were under the impression that RE was a bunch of sexists pigs
[21:33] bluecladvagrant: and conducted an experiment posing as a dude named Arlen.
[21:33] tokyo_ok: Funny. I don't remember that.
[21:33] bluecladvagrant: Really?
[21:33] tokyo_ok: No.
[21:33] bluecladvagrant: (Link: http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:0MLB4iC1EOwJ:lothlorien.nu/board/viewtopic.php%3Fp%3D1325%26sid%3Df7a3b5e3f882315b6ff321968f64486b+%22reality%27s+end%22+%22chiriru+mai%22&hl=en)http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:0MLB4iC1EOwJ:lothlorien.nu/board/viewtopic.php%3Fp%3D1325%26sid%3Df7a3b5e3f882315b6ff321968f64486b+%22reality%27s+end%22+%22chiriru+mai%22&hl=en
[21:34] tokyo_ok: Hmm. No, that doesn't quite seem familiar.
[21:34] bluecladvagrant: Chiriru Mai, Reality's End, Tokyo Rose... sure sounds like you.
[21:36] tokyo_ok: Eh. If you think it sounds like me, that's your opinion, I guess.
[21:36] bluecladvagrant: I'm still trying to figure out if I have the right person...
[21:36] bluecladvagrant: Are you trying to mess with my head again?
[21:36] bluecladvagrant: If you are in fact the person who messed with it the first time 'round?
[21:37] tokyo_ok: There's a lot of people out there who used to -- or still -- call themselves Mai.
[21:37] bluecladvagrant: Well, I followed to this Y! ID by chaining through this Mai's blogs and the ID toykorose and whatnot
[21:37] tokyo_ok: Ever try Googling the word? Yeah. You get a lot of stuff. I think some of it is porn, if you're interested, but I haven't tried looking it up in a long time.
[21:37] tokyo_ok: Ah. So you're a stalker then?
[21:38] bluecladvagrant: No!
[21:38] bluecladvagrant: Well, yes!4
[21:38] bluecladvagrant: But for other people!
[21:38] tokyo_ok: Frankly, I don't know whether to laugh or be really creeped out right now.
[21:39] bluecladvagrant: Okay, right now, I'm at a devArt account that says "tokyo_ok"
[21:39] bluecladvagrant: as the Y! messenger.
[21:40] tokyo_ok: Oh yes. deviantART. That place has issues.
[21:40] bluecladvagrant: It's web site URL is listed as the one used as the URL as the TokyoRose at the site I posted to you.
[21:40] bluecladvagrant: I still think you are the right Mai and just trying some funny business :/
[21:42] tokyo_ok: Hypothetically speaking, if I am, then what? I mean, what would a stalker want to do with his favorite stalkee? Are you the paparazzi-psycho stalker who just takes pictures of them nude, or are you just the killer-stalker who stabs them in their sleep?
[21:42] bluecladvagrant: Hmmm...
[21:42] bluecladvagrant: Okay, what about this:
[21:43] bluecladvagrant: The geocities site for Tokyo_Ok is obviously the site for the person I think you are
[21:43] bluecladvagrant: and if the account Tokyo_Ok was dropped by the person I think you were and then assumed by you (considering you are not the same person)
[21:43] bluecladvagrant: that geocities site would have vanished!
[21:44] bluecladvagrant: There was some point to my trying to track you down, too,
[21:44] bluecladvagrant: I just can't remember what it was...
[21:44] tokyo_ok: Or, alternatively, I could have set up a Geocities site where it once was.
[21:44] bluecladvagrant: But it links -- again -- to the site (other site) owned by the TokyoRose
[21:44] bluecladvagrant: (Link: http://lupe.lothlorien.nu/)http://lupe.lothlorien.nu/
[21:46] tokyo_ok: Funky.
[21:46] bluecladvagrant: What? Do you really hate ol' Kero Kato this much?
[21:48] bluecladvagrant: (by the who, nice job on the writing guide; I wanna use it to knock some sense into the writing n00bs at RE)
[21:48] tokyo_ok: If I could remember who you are, then I'd be able to hate you. Then again, after this point, I wouldn't hate you. I'd just be thinking about changing my username and possibly street address.5
[21:50] bluecladvagrant: That sounds a li'l more like the Mai I remember...
[21:50] bluecladvagrant: Well, I just came by to give kudos for that whole Arlen escapade,
[21:50] tokyo_ok: Female humor has many common points, by the way.
[21:51] bluecladvagrant: but this went on a bit longer than 'spected.
[21:51] bluecladvagrant: So once again, Mint Man disappears, never to be seen again. Peace.
[21:51] tokyo_ok: Bye.
Session Close (bluecladvagrant): Thu Nov 10 22:09:02 2005
Footnotes:
1: Honest question. I had no idea who the hell this guy was.
2: Another honest question. Do you really think I remember every stupid thing I do on the Internet?
3: Also true.
4: And I'm sure this speaks for itself, but I felt like pointing that out for emphasis.
5: And the explanation for my actions in a nutshell.
So, in conclusion, MintMan: god of the web or creepy stalker who twists the truth more than I? You decide.