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1991

Joey Dipollo came to our school to talk about AIDS. He was so cute. Me and Mia got his phone number. I feel so terrible when I really should feel happy. I fooled around with Blake (1st) and Kris H. (2nd). Now I have to choose??? Tragedy and happiness always seem to come to me in the most bitter ways. I would sometimes feel relieved if I had some incredible talent that I could just crawl right into. Like poetry or ballet. Will I be someone? Will I fall in love? I hope to G-d yes.

I try really hard to like my dad but he always has to ruin everything. I write to you today with tears in my eyes because he can just be the biggest asshole. I got to 2nd with Kris but I don’t like him and Blake is a jerk. Butch hardly ever calls me anymore. What’s wrong with me that I turn guys off all the time? I can’t concentrate with my dad’s fucking music. I hate men! They are all stupid plastic heads with no feelings! I HATE HIS FUCKING MUSIC!!!!!

2005

Not only did Mia and I ask for guy-with-AIDS Joey Dipollo’s number, but we actually fought over which one of us would get him. We laughed it off one day after school, well, because he had AIDS, and everyone knows friendship is stronger than AIDS (mind you he came to our school to educate, not date us).

Although my dad drove me crazy with his baby boomer music (Stevie Ray Vaughn, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, John Hiatt), ironically it is now the music I have come to love.

Is that a becoming-your-parents thing? When my dad overheard me listening to Sick of It All, he rolled his eyes in disgust. I grew up thinking it was a personal attack but see, isn’t that just a My Dad thing?

My parents drove me to dance class and gave me a new diary every other month. They even shelled out the dough for my booming college experience at Hampshire. I was privileged, upper, white, and middle in every way. My terminal uniqueness still gets the best of me. But it could be worse. I could be going out with a guy who has AIDS.

LESLEY ARFIN



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Subject: Joey D.
Date: Feb 06 2006 08:48:59 PM
Author: DFG

This girl I knew from high school was actually friends with Joey Dipallo. I met him at our prom.

He's real skinny and has alot of piercings.



Subject: this column..
Date: Oct 25 2005 03:10:39 PM
Author: lisa.

..is ace.
stick with it.
i don't know why i like it, but i do.
therefore , keep it.



Subject: fuck this dumb bitch
Date: Oct 23 2005 11:02:28 PM
Author: lahns

god i wish you had gone out with the guy with aids. so you couldve gotten it and then we wouldnt have this stupid article or you around.
the sad thing is even if aids boy wasnt a fag he prolly still wouldntve fucked you.



Subject: help
Date: Oct 22 2005 04:51:38 PM
Author: s

i just moved to london and i dont know where to pick up vice, can anyone tell me where they carry it?



Subject: ok, ok...
Date: Oct 21 2005 07:33:13 PM
Author: marlene

i'll take a golden shower and that'll be that. deal?
m



Subject: co-dependency sux!
Date: Oct 17 2005 10:42:57 PM
Author: peter "Bauhaus" murphy

i told you, that wasn't me! i only accused you of being a femi-nazi (which i later apologised for)

oh, don't tell me you're one of those chicks that likes to be insulted. UGH! what a turn-off. i have no venom for you...you needy black hole of emotion!



Subject: bring back the venom...
Date: Oct 14 2005 05:57:57 PM
Author: marlene

you're getting too soft now, where's the cynical, hopelessly negative p.m. that i was so hellishly attracted to? you're showing too much emotion, with the "on the beach" book. go back to insulting my intelligence; i loved that!



Subject: yo girlie!
Date: Oct 14 2005 04:13:09 PM
Author: peter m.

marlene, this is so romantic; i feel like tom cruise (do all scientologists all have "mother issues"?) in "Legend" where the evil Brooklyn has taken you captive and i have to rescue you by shining sunlight in your face or something!

i'm not overly daunted by the thought of your pussy slime unless it's a permanent condition. is anal an option? i know that's putting the cart before the horse but let's keep our options open. yeah, on the beach we'd totally blow each others minds,figure out the universe, then be like..."whatever". have you ever read "on the beach" by nevil shute?
miami sounds rad...we could score some decent yayo there and go to some cheesedick club and laugh at all the guidos and fake tits.

au revoir ma cherie...



Subject: i think peter m. & i are falling in love
Date: Oct 14 2005 03:21:15 PM
Author: marlene

dear, dear petermurphy, will you take me with my vaginal bacterium and all? i got the feeling it kinda freaked you out a little. we could just sit and talk on the beach; you with your bourbon, me with my ex-lax. i'm sure we'd jizz in our pants from all the compulsive intellectualizing that'd be going on. after that, we could go to the really bad part of miami and throw rocks at all the rabid stray dogs together. i love you, p.m.



Subject: my bloody valentine marlene
Date: Oct 14 2005 12:27:26 PM
Author: pm

scew off you marlene imposter. who the fuck doesn't know what yayo is, you dillrod? let me flirt with marlene in peace...as i was aying dear, when can you come to FLA? i make no guarantees for the weather other than it'll be warmer than brooklyn (and more rednecks too). i also cannot vouch for the quality of our blow but nothing beats sitting on the beach with a bourbon on the rocks at sunset. i'm flush with anticipation!



Subject: yayo (llelo if you's a wetback like me )
Date: Oct 13 2005 04:59:53 PM
Author: marlen'

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=yayo&defi
d=12007



Subject: Discharge was a bit overrated...
Date: Oct 13 2005 03:34:34 PM
Author: Peter M. (Marlene's new lover)

ooooh...short hair, this is getting interesting. I'm more of a leg/ass man but having large mammaries is good for feeding the children so I don't mind. Your Spanish backgroung intrigues me...are you from Basque? I heard they are some bad mutha's!Can you make good nachos?
I would love to meet you but I'm about 5,000 miles away in Florida...could we have phone sex or meet in the astral plane somehow? Just kidding about the phone sex, I'm out of "phone condoms". Scat parties huh? You are devlish aren't you. That would be a new experience for me unless you count the time my older brother threw a dog turd at me after school...the bastard. May I ask, what is yayo? Did you mean "mayo"? I prefer Hellman's (it's a Southern thing).If you meant Tony Yayo from GUNNIT, I hate pop music and the cuntrags that "rap" it. Please try and figure out when you can come to FLA so we can get hammered!YAY!



Subject: one step closer to world domination, pm.
Date: Oct 13 2005 02:32:18 PM
Author: marlene

yes, i hail from spain, with the short hair, massive titties and the tiny chotch with a bit of smelly discharge at the moment... meet me at the wild turkey in williamsburgh on sunday at four and i'll show you my cans. we can talk about all the articles in vice magazine while we get hammered, then we could go back to my place and have a scat party on eachother. you bring the yayo, master of astrology.



Subject: marlene-is your last name morreau?
Date: Oct 13 2005 01:58:07 PM
Author: p.m.(peter murphy)

google me? isn't that some sort of Easter Island sexual sacrifice ritual? i want to meet, you touched me deep inside with your words and made me realise that i was being overly mean to you. i was just trying to look tough in front of everyone. you seem deep...are you a pisces?


P.S.-i googled you under the "images"...this is what i got-

http://www.vipclip.com/FOTO/integrali/Celebrity/Marlene_
Morreau/Marlene_Morreau_09.jpg />

is this you?



Subject: ptothamuthafuckinm
Date: Oct 12 2005 08:42:36 PM
Author: marlene again

only if you let me google you like i asked before, pm.



Subject: spelled wrong
Date: Oct 11 2005 05:19:14 PM
Author: bizniss

His name is spelled Dipaolo.



Subject: marlene...oh baby
Date: Oct 11 2005 02:50:30 PM
Author: PtothamuthafuckinM

Sorry dear, I am not that other person who thinks you're a dipshit. I musy say though, you won me over with your inspiral carpet. I'm not in New Jersey but would love to get together (only if you're hot...do you have a myspace?). Be forwarned, I am obsessive/compulsive & manic/depressive so it'll be the funnest/worst time you ever had hanging with a stranger! I am 6',190,blue eyes,white,play analog synths in a Throbbing Gristle/Lambrettas/Ian Dury cover type band. In women-I love brown eyes, pixie haircuts, pale skin and spanking. Hope to see/hear from you soon!



Subject: plop,plop,fizz,fizz.
Date: Oct 11 2005 02:47:06 PM
Author: paolo muscadine

oh man, if i ever meet lesley, i'm gonna ask if i can spank her...of course she'll submit (she's nasty that way). once her buttocks are pink and tingly, i'm gonna roll her over and give her a big dumpy cleveland steamer *squish*

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...yummy



Subject: Whores, the whole lot.
Date: Oct 10 2005 12:56:00 PM
Author: Ryan Adams Is Gay

Lesley A. sucks a mean cock. She really does. Hey Lesley, post the entry where you blew three of us that night after that show...

You people think I'm kidding. I have photos.



Subject: aids
Date: Oct 09 2005 11:40:19 PM
Author: dj legendary set

i like this column too.
its not about being a cunt.
love
ben



Subject: Feelings
Date: Oct 07 2005 11:46:10 AM
Author: B. M.

Hey Shut the Fuck Up! This aint Oprah !!!!!!!!

Hey Canida, Dont remind us your up there, winter coming and we need oil and wood, so shut up...!

Feelings, are u fucking kidding me........?



Subject: p.m. or uh yeah
Date: Oct 06 2005 12:25:04 PM
Author: marlene

can you leave your real name next time so i can google you?



Subject: Yeah, sure.
Date: Oct 05 2005 10:50:14 PM
Author: Heh, yeah.

Absolutely not, frankly you seem really boring. And intellectually you leave alot to be desired. Listen: Dear Dairy sucked, ok? That doesn't automatically mean people have something "missing" in their lives or some such other ridiculous shit.



Subject: all of this
Date: Oct 05 2005 05:36:19 PM
Author: speedy

marlene gets it. all you assholes, pressumable canadian, do not.



Subject: >
Date: Oct 05 2005 11:35:33 AM
Author: <

i can't wait for that guy that always talks about lesley's ass n' shit. he's funny.



Subject: p.m.
Date: Oct 05 2005 10:15:57 AM
Author: marlene

can we hang out? i think you might actually dig how utterly gay i really am. you have no idea.



Subject: Hahahaha
Date: Oct 05 2005 06:10:44 AM
Author: Heh, yea gain

Marlene, where do you get your uplifting advice? Is it "Deep thoughts" by Jack Handy? Please tell me it's Jack Handy, because that shit you just pooed is far too gay to be original (even for a girl) and far too seeped in comedy to be taken at face value. Is gay-volution a word, yet?



Subject: Um.
Date: Oct 05 2005 06:00:52 AM
Author: Heh, yeah

Dear Miss Arfin,

You are not unique.

Signed,
Someone smart enough to know the fucking difference.



Subject: p.... m.....
Date: Oct 01 2005 04:56:35 PM
Author: marlene

it's hilarious that you think i'm a feminist. my point is this: you, p. m., presumably a man, can do whatever you want with your life, anything you want! do something outstanding with it, man. seriously. there are so many huge things you could be a part of, so many batshit-awesome projects you could be involved in. do something great with your time. fall in love with something and do whatever it takes to chase it. don't worry about what other people are doing. it doesn't matter. just get out of new jersey and take over your world. and don't pay attention to people who try and take your fire from you. they'll only be doing it because they're unsatisfied with some part of the way their own lives are going and they don't know how to make it right.



Subject: )
Date: Sep 30 2005 08:51:52 PM
Author: -

"unique breasts" ???? please, explainnnnn.....



Subject: oh well...
Date: Sep 30 2005 11:37:56 AM
Author: Ha!

Kris H. is married now. To a really hot chick. I think he would die of embarassment if he knew this was printed and he had to actually remember touching your teminally unique breasts. Ha! You are way more fun as a tormented lesbian. Then maybe you would be slightly unique.



Subject: p.....m.....
Date: Sep 30 2005 08:17:13 AM
Author: marlene dietrich was HOTT!

Hey marlene,
Did it ever occur to you that Lesly A. knows and blows the people who make this rag? Contrary to your "women's studies 101" theories, not all women are where there are because of "fighting the odds" and "sticking it to oppressive males". Do a little reading and you'll quickly discover that most of the people that contribute to Vice drink with, socialize with, and fuck each other. Grow up, this isn't a Gloria Steinem article, dumbass!



Subject: yoyo
Date: Sep 29 2005 10:59:52 PM
Author: nono

first time i read your article :)



Subject: damn
Date: Sep 29 2005 08:34:12 PM
Author: guy who doesn't have aids

looks like there's a lot of butt-hurt guys with AIDS in here, judging from all the nasty little comments. Don't worry, guys with AIDS, they'll have that shit cured in a few years, then you can stop taking your anger out on Lesley Arfin, and go back to your all-nighter, meth-fueled, unprotected-ass-plundering festivals.



Subject: oh boy oh boy
Date: Sep 29 2005 07:44:59 PM
Author: fwanboy

i can't wait for that guy that always talks about lesley's ass n' shit. he's funny.



Subject: jeez, all these people...
Date: Sep 29 2005 06:44:32 PM
Author: marlene

taking all this time to trash, trash, trash. do you guys have your own column in a nyc magazine? show us your insightful, regularly published column and if you're still into ripping this girl apart, then humor the world and figure out the reason why you have a job working 50 hours a week and live somewhere in new jersey while this girl has the balls and the drive to survive in the most expensive city on the planet and still have time to sunbathe and have coffee in the park while she reads her piece in a friggin' magazine that's distributed all over the world.



Subject: Circle Jerks!
Date: Sep 29 2005 06:17:05 PM
Author: Jacob

Vice puts this column on so you 'tards (yep i said it) can write back saying how shitty-sappy-pittied it is you dumbfucks, let the bitch whine about what she wants and stop whining abou...fuck...shit...im doing it too! im whining about your whining about her whining...fuck...god...i mean g-d...wait was that worse?

well im off to set fire to my pc, lates



Subject: yep
Date: Sep 29 2005 05:53:02 PM
Author: sigfried and roy

if you think this column is bad, try reading her poetry. i have not seen worse even in my goth-heavy high school. for real, this girl is a big pity party.



Subject: Comments
Date: Sep 29 2005 04:48:30 PM
Author: Ryan

I'd just like to say I love this column and hope the magazines sticks with it. Ignore the angry 14 year olds who talk shit every month, if that's possible. Thanks.



Subject: uh..
Date: Sep 28 2005 11:55:48 PM
Author: deedee

stop writing this column already. Can't you people think of anything new?



Subject: stuck on stupid
Date: Sep 28 2005 01:02:33 PM
Author: peter murphy

It would be perfect if, at the end, you heard this nasally horn sound go "wah wah waaaah". Like it was a Woody Woodpecker cartoon and someone just did something stupid.



Subject: Sigfried Kracauer
Date: Sep 28 2005 12:09:40 PM
Author: DOOF

AIDS LOL



Subject: Remedial diary rehashing
Date: Sep 28 2005 11:02:24 AM
Author: Sigfried Kracauer

There is something unseemly and cheap about the sentence grouping: "My terminal uniqueness still gets the best of me. But it could be worse. I could be going out with a guy who has AIDS." First, there should be a colon between the last two sentences, and second, I can't believe you are still writing things that sound like they should be in the diary you wrote when you were fifteen. I thought the idea was to bring some perspective and wisdom to the thing. Did Jesse say something like, "We need an insensitive Vice joke at the end of this," or did you come up with that mean, tawdry mess on your own?



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