This has been an interesting week. On Tuesday the Washington Post published the long awaited profile on me and youth rights. It has been in development since September and initially it was more a profile of the cause itself and the issues we work on. But a new editor came into power at the Post and decided to gut that angle and instead focus on me personally and my personal crusade for youth rights. Eh… not as nice as it could have been. Katrina has been keen to point out all the errors and problems with the article, but it is still incredibly important exposure for the cause. I’ve gotten many supportive e-mails from people, so this article is definitely to our benefit. Not all the response has been supportive of course, but Bryan does a damn good job straightening them out (as does Justin who ventured into the comment section of the Post). I’m grateful too for friends Adam and Jared posting quick responses to the article as well. Hell even Avi Hein had something to say (as only Avi could…).

Far and away the most interesting response to the article is a blog entry on Jezebel.com, a site devoted to celebrities, sex and fashion for women. Apparently my profile has risen near enough to celebrity status to be included on the site. Have I made it? Am I a celebrity? I read on.

In addition to introducing me and the article (much thanks!) the author, Moe, discusses whether she thinks I’m fuckable or not. And in a backhanded way she concludes that I am:

His president Stefan is more of a looker, but I’m choosing Alex for an occasional series I may decide to start tentatively titled “Dudes in the News Who Totally Remind Me Of The Type Of Dude I Would Fuck,” because I usually don’t date the looker

Thank you Moe, I’m blushing. You’re not bad yourself. The site, which appears quite popular, then attracted 77 comments of folks chiming in with their thoughts on youth rights, my life, and more entertaining subjects such as how I would be in bed and the attractiveness of NYRA staff members. Some of the more amusing ones:

I’m with Moe on this one, he’s totally fuckable, but not a keeper. “Huh, what’s that Alex? You want to be on top this time? No, I’m afraid you didn’t pass your competency test for that yet!”

And:

I think there should be a poll as to who can be considered the “looker” of the two. But, yes, Alex reminds me of the type of guy I would eff.

Plus:

1- Hotties!
2- Living on Ramen and driving the car you bought when you were 16 just means you’re poor - not creative.

Also- How the hell does he live in DC on 8k a month? I couldn’t afford to live there on my sad 35k salary. Nerd alert: At the rent he lists, he’s paying half his salary on the apt. There’s no way he’s living on 8k alone.

Also 2- Dude is sorta fuckable. I just imagine him being all “I’m really smart; let’s talk about teenagers” afterward.

A dissenter :

Ah, see that’s why I’d consider him unfuckable. He’d be ok for a quick shag if he wasn’t allowed to talk, but no orgasm is worth listening to someone stridently babble about a cause I couldn’t care less about.

Ah well, can’t win them all. There are plenty of other, far more negative comments about the issue and about whether I’m in this only so I can have sex with little girls. (uhh, no). But all the negative attacks don’t really dissuade me from thinking this is the coolest fucking blog entry ever. Talk about an ego boost, whew. For folks like Brad Pitt or something it might, after a while, get old to hear random girls have discussions about having sex with you, but I’m not quite to Brad Pitt celebrity level yet, so this is just incredibly incredibly incredibly fucking cool. Tom from SSDP agrees:

“this is hilarious man. you have finally surpassed SSDP in media superstardom, we can only dream about people blogging us like this”

I’ll trade ya for $100,000 or so of your budget.

Ah well, it was fun to read their comments, but I just couldn’t resist the temptation to make a personal appearance. So I made a comment:

Hey ladies,

Do I respond seriously to the criticisms made and thus confirm the “I’m really smart; let’s talk about teenagers” view, or just be funny & crude and confirm the immature pedophile view? Looks like I’m screwed either way, oh internet bloggers, you truly are the masters of the Catch-22. I guess I’ll just try both and let the chips fall where they may.

TITANIA1285, sorry to hear about your brother, that is exactly the kind of crap I’m talking about. Parents, and many commenters here, do everything in their power to make kids completely dependent on adults. So when those kids grow up they have no concept of how to live independently, make good choices or be responsible. So you see plenty of man-childs still living at home with mommy & daddy because they’ve never had to face tough choices on their own. Keeping children safe is important, but people grow from challenges, not being babied until they’re 20.

If you treat someone like they are immature and helpless, surprise, they are gonna become immature and helpless.

As for me, I may be poor, but I’m far from immature and helpless. I don’t look to handouts from my parents for support or financial help like many in my age bracket, or turn to the government for handouts like many in my income bracket. I do work other jobs and while I don’t live extravagantly, I’m comfortable, not in debt, and work hard. That is more that can be said for the millions of Americans (of all ages) out there overloaded with credit card debt and facing bankruptcy because they never learned to manage money. Say what you will about a shoe-string budget and tiny salary, but I’m a wizard with a check-book.

That being said, I enjoyed this post immensely. I am honored to be on Moe’s “Dudes in the News Who Totally Remind Me Of The Type Of Dude I Would Fuck” list. For the record, you’d easily make my list of “Blogger Chicks Who Totally Remind Me Of The Type Of Chick I Would Fuck And Call Back The Next Day” (I’m a gentleman), and I know this will come as a shock to many of my fans out there, there aren’t any girls under 18 on that list (or any other list of mine). This might be shocking, but I actually enjoy normal, healthy relationships with women my own age. I also think people might want to consider the idea that it’s possible to care about youth without having an… undue fondness for them. I also, for the record, do not own a van.

But if I did, oh damn, what a van it would be. I could put flames on the side and hang up my Spider-Man poster inside. Maybe I could keep a mini-fridge in the back and store some limes in there to help ward off scurvy. A guy can dream.

Anyhow… Moe, look me up next time you’re in DC.

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