an observation

I went to see The Informant! today, and got truly squicked out by Matt Damon's character. If there was ever an accurate representation of what I imagine is going on in Janna St James Priggie's addled head, it's this guy's inner (and outer!) dialogue. Holy bleedin' crap.

It's a good movie. Go see it.

As for the other thing, I've just got a lot on my plate right now. Janny can wait.

F is for Fake

Just a little update on my lawsuit against Janna. The judge agreed to proceed with the fraud charge against her, but for some inexplicable reason, decided against a few other charges, including defamation (what can ya do, the original judge retired in the middle of the complaint to-ing and fro-ing, and the replacement is new at his job). But hey, that's what appeals courts are for. So, we're going to go ahead with prosecuting Janna for fraud in civil court, and we're going to appeal the other charges. Fun fun fun. Almost two years and counting. Don't you love the legal system?

I'll tell you, though. I love my lawyer. She is fierce.

I was gonna drop another little bombshell here, but I think I'll do a little investigatin' myself first. Let's just say styx and stones may break my bones, but old handwriting never dies.

How's that for obliquely screwing up metaphors?

...what really kills me...

It's been three years since my dog died. Which means three years since "Jesse" died. And nearly three since Janna St. James Priggie's scam was exposed. I should be clearer and point out that the scam she pulled on ME was exposed. The earlier scams, the one she pulled on the Fogelberg message board folks (not to mention what she did to Anastasia), and the ones she pulled even earlier than that, she was exposed by her victims, too. Luckily for her, though, up till she pwned me, her victims tried simple confrontation, involving various members of her family over the years, and exposure on a small scale, within their group. Clearly didn't work, wouldn't you say? Her entire immediate family knows what she does, has been doing, for decades now. Decades. I'll bet even my lawsuit hasn't made her put the bullshit brakes on.

This crazy lady has been doing this shit to people for AT LEAST THIRTY YEARS. Let that sink in a minute. Janna Saint James has been pretending to know/date people in bands since the birth of disco. What was happening three decades ago? The biggest band in the world was the fucking Bee Gees, and probably the biggest movie star was John Travolta. Ironically, Ted Bundy had finally been captured in Florida. It was Jimmy Carter's first year in the White House. The Sex Pistols were touring. Queen Noor of Jordan had just become Queen Noor of Jordan. Bebe Buell hadn't birthed Liv Tyler. Steve Perry hadn't even joined Journey yet, people! They were still doing nuclear testing in Nevada. Probably many of you reading this hadn't even been born at this point. The internet hadn't even been invented.

Point being, that was a long time ago. Long time. And for all I know, she's been doing it for even longer than that. If she was, I'm sure I'll be hearing from more victims eventually. She didn't need the internet to screw with people's heads - she used baldfaced lies face-to-face with people, forged letters, but the same basic underlying bullshit: mental illness, addictions, firemen, horses, blahdeblah. But the internet, well now, it's so much easier for Janna to pretend to be someone else, in fact, not only someone else, but someone elseS, many many people all at once, and to more than one targeted victim at a time. I'm also not stupid enough to think that she stopped after I popped her Jesse bubble, so no doubt there have been more after me, and although I wish it were otherwise, I'm sure I'll be hearing from them too, eventually.

So, for any browsers that are curious if the person they met online is real, google Munchausen's by Internet and see if that cancer-riddled, bipolar, abuse victim whose gentle soul always seems to rise above their life's challenges exhibits any of the listed traits. Do they flip out when you even vaguely suggest that they might not be everything they say they are? Do they put you on the defensive for even daring to think such a thing?

Look for the red flags, folks. Yes, that person might be the light of your life, you might eventually hook up in the real world, and you will be everything and more to each other. But that person also might be Janna Hopper St. James Saint James Priggie, an obese lunatic senior citizen who is a career emotional vampire who has found her ultimate weapon, the internet, and is wallowing in it like the depraved pig she is.

I think about my beloved dog, who, in the twilight of his years, was deprived of my attention because Janna played her headfuck with me. I will have to live with that guilt always, that I didn't give my pup that extra scritch because I was talking "Jesse" down from one of his many bipolar freakouts. It seems like a small thing, but it's not. I've talked about the squandering of time before, and I cannot stress enough: YOU WILL NOT GET THAT TIME BACK. EVER. So make sure it's worth it. At least make sure this person really truly exists. It may seem embarrassing to have to ask, but in this day and age, would you have sex with someone in the real world without seeing a current HIV test in the negative? Why give someone your valuable time, a chunk of your life, without some sort of hard proof that they really are who they say they are?

Oh, and I'm still doing fine. Thanks for asking.

too good not to mention

There's some sort of serious irony in this post of Janna's. Couldn't not mention it, seeing as how the whole romantic story turned out to be a fraud.

Oh, and I'm doing great. Thanks for asking.

wow

I don't know who all you folks are who're still reading this blog, but hey, I hope none of you are new victims of Janna's.

But still, I'm super-happy that I'm getting more hits on my business website than this blog here. For a while it wasn't that way.

I have been asked this, and I've worked it out a bit in therapy, so I want to put it here, by way of explanation as to why this blog exists. In my journey in learning about Janna's background, I have met other people she has done this to in the past. While I appreciated their assistance and their candor, I could also see how revisiting the dreadfulness that Janna's monstrous mendacity created made them relive it all over again. I felt enough of that while simply going through my receipts for taxes and coming across gifts I'd purchased for Janna last year.

So, in addition to really truly not wanting anyone else to go through what I've gone through these past few years, I also really truly do not want to get a phone call or email from someone in ten years' time, asking the question: "sorry to bother you, but I think I've been the victim of internet fraud by a woman called Janna Saint James Priggie." I would rather put all of this out there now and be done with it. I don't want to be thinking about Janna ten years down the road.

Get it? Got it? Good.

for Anastasia

Thank you for your story about your trial by fire with Janna. I mean really.

I'm nowhere near forgiveness for what she did to me, nor do I quite believe in the whole eye for an eye thing, so I guess I'm hovering in the center of all the Bible's teachings. What I can do is attempt to prevent future victims by endeavoring to ensure that she thinks twice before pulling this crap on anyone else.

Again, thank you.

AMENDED to add: I do have many people, pets and worthwhile distractions in my life that soothe and comfort me. The Janna St. James poison is diluted greatly by them, and I am grateful for that.

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