Photo: Courtesy of Jessica Roy

It is, unfortunately, not enough to be honest in this city. I will not give blowjobs for bylines. I will not laugh at peoples' unfunny jokes because I want them to be impressed by me. I will not become someone else so that I can be absorbed into this elite, nefarious world where people trade intellect like currency … I am getting out of New York for awhile, from August-January … New York is not a place for serious people.

It got us thinking all of the things that had happened to us and our friends when we were younger that have could put us off writing forever. Like when a Vanity Fair editor said our friend could "make the words do the mambo, but you don't have any new ideas." Or the time an Observer editor responded to a friend's pitch by saying, "Sorry, we only do INTERESTING stories." Or just those times when we've realized: Everyone knows each other. And it's kind of awful.

Anyway, we were intrigued. What sort of terrible thing could have happened to turn this young girl so jaded that she was actually driven out of town? We asked. After the jump, Jessica tells us about her long, dark night of the soul (with Keith Gessen).

Today the blog Guest of a Guest has a diary entry by Devorah Rose, aspiring reality star and editor of Social Life magazine, from the Paws for Fashion event earlier this week. The party is best known for being the place we all learned that Lauren Conrad is a dog-hating diva. But yeah, Devorah was there, too. You probably don't quite know who she is — this video of her with socialblogger Emily Brill will help — but we promise you, in watching the above video post, you will see into the young woman's soul. It is a full 1:08 of her on the red carpet, holding a small dog. It is mesmerizing.

Devorah’s Diary: Paws For Style [Guest of a Guest]

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Mr. Boone, who had noticed the many requests Ms. Meadow had made to the staff during the flight, confronted her in anger when she showed him the screen, the complaint says, exclaiming: "You destroyed airline property! There is no way this could have come off by itself." Ms. Meadow claims she followed him into the galley, where he said, "From the moment you 'shushed' me during takeoff, I knew there would not be enough attendants on this plane to take care of you." Mr. Boone, she said, would not hear her explanation and told her, "The authorities will deal with you on the ground." At that, she began to cry and was comforted by other flight attendants.

O'Neal, scot-free.Photo: AP

Fast-forward six weeks. Her legal team was able to get Tatum off with a $96 fine, with an agreement that she would go to two-day drug counseling sessions. She spent only a night in lockup. Garcia, on the other hand, spent all of the intervening time in Rikers. When he emerged yesterday, he was nabbed by immigration officials who will deport him.

Unfairness level? Medium high. Surprise level? Minimal.

TATUM'S DRUG MAN 'BOOTED' [NYP]

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Now, it turns out, someone already has — and it was one of the last people you'd expect. Obama ally and civil-rights leader Jesse Jackson, in another segment of the Fox News tape where he said he wanted to cut the candidate's "nuts out,"* he also used the N-word. According to TVNewser yesterday (and later confirmed by Fox), Jackson said of Obama: "He's talking down to black people … telling n—s how to behave."

Now, this isn't as catastrophic as it would be had someone of another race used the charged word — but it is the moment watchdogs have been waiting for since Obama announced his candidacy. Now it's out there, in headlines connected with Obama and on all the morning talk shows. We're guessing it won't happen again, but even the most politically correct commentators are probably a little more nervous this week.

What Else Jesse Jackson Said on That Tape [TVNewser/Mediabistro]

*Why does no one ever talk about how weird this phrasing is? What, exactly, is he intending to cut them out of? Are Barack Obama's testicles secretly beating away in his chest, or something?

"The rules of hair care are simple and finite."Photo: Getty Images

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