This is Ashley's manager. i was updating for Ashley because i have heard complaints from Ashley and Jennifer that people on here are very rude. if this keeps up i will take whoever is being rude and report them to xanga and have them banned. This is true because i have gotten someone banned already. This is not meant to be mean it is to protect Ashley's wellbeing. if this keeps up i will move this site to a private one-- which means not everyone will be able to view it. Probably no one will if it keeps up. Take this as a warning. i check up on Ashley's site a lot but this is the first time i have had to make a complete post. So please, dont make me do it again!

Bill Perlman

(http://www.xanga.com/ashley_1n_only/440911127/item.html)

Stupidity has reached epic heights as of late. By browsing this sad, sad website known as "Xanga", people's stupidity is put on full display for the world to see.

Generally speaking, the blogs of fellow students maintain status as fairly good reading material. The problem comes when looking outside of this community and into what could be considered the "outside world", when idiocy comes hitting you head-on with the approximate force of a locomotive.

One of the well-known running examples of this on Xanga is people who impersonate their favorite celebrities. Common targets are selected from the popular show of the moment (Laguna Beach has been quite hot as of late). Sometimes, if someone does a particularly good job of impersonating a celebrity, they'll get enough eProps (sigh) that their blog is featured content on the front page.

Now then, take a moment to observe these sites.

http://www.xanga.com/ryan_luvs_musicals06

http://www.xanga.com/ashley_1n_only/

These are allegedly Lucas Grabeel and Ashley Tisdale, stars of the Disney Channel's recent teenie-bopper sensation High School Musical. Except that they aren't.

Here are a few choice nuggets from "Lucas's" site:

Monday, January 30, 2006

hey sup??? sry me and ash jus went to the mall she got some SEXY clothes and i got some SEXY shoes lol!!!!






      so keep those comments rolling!!

and...

Me and Vanessa went out to lunch today no not on a date besides i am going out w/ ash! but anyway ash couldnt go but me and Vanessa had fun we went to a really cool place to eat but i cant say the word it is to weird lol!! And then we went to play bumper cars lol she is good and now i am bored and have noting else to do so ya. Thanks for all ur comments keep them coming haha!! Ok bye!

And my personal favorite:

hey guyz this is me and my weird face lol!!!! dont ask please.

So sry sometimes i wont comment u guyz back but sometimes i will its just cause i am busy so ya ok well still keep the comments coming!!!

Yes i am the Real Lucas!!!!!!!! Stop asking me and ashley please.i actully look good here.

And yes me and ashley r going out so yes.

I particularly like how he linked to that black-and-white image from TVTome.com. That's classy.

And a couple prime cuts from "Ashley's" site:

and also the REAL Lucas Grabeel is

http://www.xanga.com/ryan_luvs_musicals06

AND HE IS MINE SO ALL OF YOU GIRLS OUT THERE POSTING ON HIS XANGA THAT HE IS SOO HOTT AND TO FORGET ME AND GO OUT WITH HIM-- YOU AREN'T DOING ANYTHING GOOD BECAUSE HE LOVES ME NOT YOU SO GO BOTHOR SOMEONE ELSE PLEASE!!!!! THANKS!

Yeah, go bothor someone else, ya jerks.

Even better yet is this post:

and also a lot of you are saying that im fake because on my website (([www.ashleytisdale.com])) it says i DO NOT have an xanga. that is WRONG. i do not have a myspace. my agent helped me make this and she has to get my web designer to change that. hopefully it will be changed soon!

Some (gullible) person might say that I'm engaging in hasty generalization; who's to say that maybe these kids do type in common internet lingo? Except for one problem. They aren't kids.

According to the always-wonderful International Movie Database, both Tisdale and Grabeel are 21 years old. Now tell me, would any dignified 21-year-old man (college age) say "And yes me and ashley r going out so yes"?

Even worse than the extremely embarassing attempt at celebrity impersonation so vividly exhibited on these sites is the fact that people actually fall for it. Here is a comment on "Ashley's" site that punched me in the stomach.

well me and my friends watch the suite life of zack and cody all the time! i dont think i have ever missed an episdode! is this really ashley tisdale? cuz im your biggest fan!!!!! call me (717) 6517756! i would love to talk to you to see if your actually real! leave me a comment please! bye



love, hannah

In case that's still sinking in for you, let me make it abundantly clear. SHE POSTED HER HOME PHONE NUMBER. ONLINE. On one of Xanga's most-visited sites. To illustrate how horribly insecure this is for her, try pasting that phone number into Google. Go on. I'll wait.

Yes. While rampant stupidity might elicit a chuckle or two from the real actors (both of whom probably very much enjoy visiting their impersonators' sites), it could conceivably be considered dangerous.

I honestly don't have much more to say. I merely request that you use your heads in your online dealings. Don't be stupid, k?

That is all.