tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315182885484172538.post6001528481017873481..comments2009-07-07T05:59:40.984-07:00Comments on A Year in the Life...Miss Vermont 2008: Miss Vermont 2008http://www.blogger.com/profile/01580581717666656508noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315182885484172538.post-66713178124724050512008-07-08T18:59:00.000-07:002008-07-08T18:59:00.000-07:00Hi Ashley!Just read your comments from a few weeks...Hi Ashley!<BR/>Just read your comments from a few weeks ago on my blog and felt that I should respond (as well as edit my original post.)<BR/><BR/>You, <I>very understandably</I>, misunderstood the direction of my post and for that, I am truly sorry. It wasn't meant as an attack on you or even towards you.<BR/><BR/>What I was trying to point out was that the hectic schedule the pageant winners are put on often has them running from place to place without ever actually really knowing where you're going -- and that's a shame.<BR/><BR/>In the Brattleboro instance, I believe that had you known that you were going to be sitting among the hay behind Charlie Robb's tractor, you probably would have chosen a different outfit. Perhaps I'm incorrect.<BR/><BR/>I think it's totally cool that you planned on black and white to go with the whole cow theme -- really, that's great! But it's too bad that you're put in the position of having to walk into these appearances blindly.<BR/><BR/>I see it all the time in my line of work -- the pageant winners arrive dressed to the nines only to find out that they're expected to do a three-legged race with terminally ill children, or participate in a pie eating contest or, no joke, they're supposed to do an hour in a dunk tank for charity.<BR/><BR/>All too often, the girls are completely unaware until, like you said, they arrive. That's not a potshot at you -- it's a potshot at the, well, I don't know exactly -- whichever organization is booking your appearances and passing the information (or lack of) on to you.<BR/><BR/>As for your attacks towards me, I won't let them bother me because I'm certain that you haven't read much more than that one post on my site and that's fine. Reversing roles, I won't read another word of my site either.<BR/><BR/>My accomplishments are mainly financial and my topics regularly detail my financial successes and occasional failures. I realize that that's not for everyone. <BR/><BR/>But I'm not trying to take anything away from <B>*your*</B> accomplishments -- though very different from my own. <BR/><BR/>If I were your father or brother, I'd be very proud of your being named Miss Vermont. That's big deal. No doubt about it, you're among a select few and that is definitely something to hold your head up high about.<BR/><BR/>And really, I don't even see a problem with wearing the t-shirt on campus. I'd wear it too -- you earned it. Now wearing the sash around town when not at events, well, that might be pushing it! ;)<BR/><BR/>But in the end, I just wanted to say that I'm sorry.<BR/><BR/>-brainyBrainyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11947753976461109260noreply@blogger.com