Life has been in mild chaos for a short while, hence the lack of blog posts but here I am now, and with a semi-rant too. The media. I have mixed feelings at present about the media. On the one hand I had a rather nice article written about me in Chat magazine
And on the other hand The Sun have struck again: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4323785/Wacky-Sarah-spends-20k-on-a-lot-of-Pony.html
The first article is the one that was planned all along when Natasha posted on the Arena about a potential article. Although they still managed to get "now that's bonkers" in there I am happy with this piece and it's what I imagined it would be; a fun article in a slightly trashy magazine that was just for a bit of a laugh.
After this came out last week The Sun decided they wanted in on the action and Natasha contacted me to ask if I would be interested in selling the story to them. What I'd wanted to do had been done, the Chat magazine piece that is, but with cash as tight as it is I accepted purely based on that. I was promised a magazine article, a read-back for accuracy and no online coverage. Guess what? No read back, it's in the newspaper instead and it is online! I haven't even entertained the idea of looking at the comments online, bunch of arse holes who don't know me making comments on my life and what I do with it, I think not! Despite my Arena post saying "please don't tell me" about the comments, people have mentioned them, so I know they're there.
Some people really suck and to those who do, how dare you pass judgement on me and what I do?! I think you assume that MLP is all I do too, based on the comments on the Daily Mail website in March. Comments such as 'get a life'. I have got a fucking life thank you very much you silly twat, unlike some of you who have nothing better to do than bring others down! Well, you ain't bringing me down this time sunshine! Fuck you and the horse you rode in on (pun very much intended). There are many aspects to me, not just my pony collecting; I love to spend time with friends and family, I like a good night out at the pub, cinema, gigs, I love my garden, my cats and most of all my husband. I'm loud and brash, I swear like sailor, but I'm basically a good person who doesn't deserve ripping to shreds because I also love to collect My Little Pony. It's just a bit of fun, they're cute and pretty: GET OVER IT!!
There, I said it. I've tried not to get all defensive over narrow-minded comments up until now but I can't keep quiet any longer.
And now that's out of my system, to all my wonderful family, friends and pony collector compadres, I hope you enjoy the articles and don't mind my ranting too much, it was much needed.
In conclusion, the media suck. This post should have been a happy one regarding the Chat article and it ended up being negative due to the fucking Sun again.
