This Is A Tribute But Not In A Gay Way Dept:
Alex Pareene says goodbye to Wonkette, Washington
I’ve written posts for Wonkette every weekday since May, except on the days I’ve overslept and Alex had to write it. In my second week or something, when I was still doing Metro section and something else that I don’t even remember, I had been late a couple times in a row. Then the third day, I wasn’t late, but for whatever reason the email hadn’t gone through. This is the conversation we had when I signed on the next morning:
11:55:36 AM Gregory William Wasserstrom: hey
11:56:53 AM Alex Pareene: mornin
11:56:58 AM Gregory William Wasserstrom: word up
11:57:02 AM Gregory William Wasserstrom: how goes it
12:00:27 PM Alex Pareene: hey, greg, you’re funny, you seem like a nice guy, but basically i have to fire you, as you’re totally irresponsible, so no hard feelings.
12:00:37 PM Gregory William Wasserstrom: wait wait
12:00:53 PM Gregory William Wasserstrom: did you not get the daily breif/
12:00:58 PM Alex Pareene: no?
12:01:00 PM Gregory William Wasserstrom: cause i definitely wrote it and sent it
12:01:03 PM Gregory William Wasserstrom: at 2:48am
12:01:13 PM Gregory William Wasserstrom: i will now copy and paste it
I copied and pasted it.
12:01:40 PM Gregory William Wasserstrom: i will also take a screen shot of it in my sent mail folder.
12:01:51 PM Alex Pareene: ok ok ok if you say so but it’s not in my inbox or my spam folder.
I sent him the screenshot.
12:02:28 PM Alex Pareene: shit, all right, we can try it again tomorrow if you like
12:02:37 PM Gregory William Wasserstrom: haha yes alex i would like that very much.
And then he made me send him a picture of my penis. It was weird but worth it because he didn’t say anything about the 12 million times I’ve overslept since.
Obviously, he will be missed. Good luck at Gawker and stuff, bro.
