It’s over, y’all.
The long, hard battle has ended. William Shatner has unblocked me. This is the point where I would furiously scream “VICTORY IS MINE!” and quote something from Braveheart but I never made it to the end of that movie and also technically this victory is William Shatner’s as well because this means I owe him a beer. But he has to come to Texas for it because I don’t like to travel. This is probably how Abraham Lincoln felt at the end of the Civil War when he freed all the slaves and killed Hitler and reunited all the people who got lost on LOST with their families. It feels good.
Also, a very special thank you to:
1. William Shatner for being such an amazing good sport. For real.
2. Everyone on twitter who spent the week vehemently championing such a ridiculous and entertaining cause with hashtags, memorial ribbons and blogs while they were probably supposed to be working.
3. Everyone who had to stop using twitter for the week because this whole debacle made twitter both awesomely spectacular and also really, incredibly annoying. It’s done now. Pinky swear. You can come back now.
Also, if you are reading this and have absolutely no idea what I’m talking about just skip this entirely and go to yesterday’s post when Victor and I discussed having babies so we could tattoo them and leave them in the road, which (surprisingly) bothered people way less than William Shatner blocking me. Conclusion: William Shatner is a mobilizing force. Tattooing your baby and leaving it in the road? Not so much.
Also, I officially give William Shatner permission to block me again immediately with absolutely no repercussions. Because I am a peacemaker. And because I’d probably block me too. Nothing personal, me.

Comment of the day: Next, we take on the Republican Caucus. And the swine flu. ~ Overflowing Brain (Katie)
now I have to find another worthwhile cause to devote my precious time to. Perhaps I’ll Save the Wallabys. (although what I should do is take a typing course because I had to go back and fix errors in practically every single word here)
.-= kate´s last blog ..Weigh In Wednesday =-.
Congrats! Whom can you piss off next?
.-= muskrat´s last blog ..restricting the g’s on my man junk =-.
Victory! I’m bored now. Can you make somebody else block you? Thanks!
.-= MayoPie´s last blog ..#ba =-.
I’d probably block you too if you weren’t such a sex kitten.
God Jen. When are we just going to get it over with.
Don’t toy with my emotions.
)8
*gets blocked on Twitter)
WOLVERINES! indeed!
.-= Jill´s last blog ..When the kids are away, the mom will… dye her hair? Really? That’s all you’ve got? Lame! =-.
You know what you gotta do now, right?
Block his ass.
.-= Brent Ozar´s last blog ..We’re Moving to Chicago =-.
It was that one tweet where i accused him of watching people through two way mirrors that broke him. I just know it.
Next up: World Peace.
Or maybe getting Prince to get on Twitter and follow me and DM me his number and what time he wants to get together.
And by “get together” I mean “have sex”.
.-= Miss Britt´s last blog ..Why you cannot move in with your grandparents, Son. =-.
I would congratulate you but I just realized that this means you now have to… follow William Shatner. So, congratulations? This is awesome?
.-= Judi´s last blog ..These Things That I’m Learning =-.
Great, but I’m keeping the twibbon. It dead sexy, ties my outfit together, and makes me feel like whatever I’m typing is instantly more interesting.
.-= Kaylynn´s last blog ..10 Things That I Learned From District 9 That I Pretty Much Knew Already Or Would Have At Least Guessed At… =-.
Congrats on the victory! I guess I should take back calling the Shat a douche… I’m sorry Will. You were still an amazing Captain Kirk and I will use Priceline next time I travel.
.-= Scientific Housewife´s last blog ..Day Off Semi-Vintage =-.
My question is – who is “TheBloggess2” that is now following me. Is that you as well?
.-= Princess of the Universe´s last blog ..Question =-.
Nope, it’s not me. I have no idea who that is. ~Jenny, Bloggess
I’m sure your roses are on their way.
.-= amo´s last blog ..Definitely on my Top Ten "This Must be Hell" List =-.
Hooray! Now I can go back to planning a trip. Or start planning one. Or at least look at travel sites.
.-= Melanie @ Mel, A Dramatic Mommy´s last blog ..Wordless Wednesday: Missing My Hometown =-.
The Shat doesn’t just negotiate low prices. He negotiates friends.
.-= Whit´s last blog ..Madness, Bubblegum and What It is I Do =-.
Yay! All that hard work payed off in the end.
.-= Jaime | Fast Times´s last blog ..…in which the Empire State Building brings me to my knees… =-.
the REAL victory would have been if The Shat added your Twibbon to his Twitter picture
.-= fidget´s last blog ..My favorite sammich to NOM: open face gluten free sandwich =-.
I agree with Brent.
.-= hillary´s last blog ..Now The Struggle Has A Name =-.
Thank Baby Jesus and Spock. Our long national nightmare is over. I mean, it was only a week long, but that’s a long time to keep opening twitter and screaming.
.-= lettergirl´s last blog ..Five-O =-.
WOW! You Rock! And what a force you have behind you on the internets!
Please dont have everyone block me :-/ i am scared of you.
I still want that meet and greet though.
-Aman
.-= Only Aman´s last blog ..Ask Aman – Episode 20090810 =-.
Sorry. The screen’s all blurry for all the tears. Oh, dear, I’m SO happy for you!
.-= Becky´s last blog ..Inch by inch, row by row, gonna make this garden grow, all it takes is a rake and a hoe =-.
I’m in for going after someone else…Does Debra Messing Twitter? She’s on my list!
.-= Nap Warden´s last blog ..Ghosts of Dating =-.
I need to talk to you about a little problem I’m having with a man named Brett Favre. Call me.
WOLVERINES!!!!
Hurrah!!! That little evil picture of you on my shoulder worked!!!!
Sorry. The screen’s all blurry for all the tears. Oh, dear, I’m SO happy for you!
Good for you that your blocking saga is over. Bad for me because now I don’t have anything to bore my husband with during dinner when he launches into health care reform. Uh, thanks.
.-= Condo Blues´s last blog ..How to Make Nontoxic Blowing Bubble Mix =-.
It was a very confusing time. Like my love for you is the kind of love that moves heaven and earth and the moon and the stars and so on and so forth. In an actual battle, I would jump in front of a bullet for you. No really. FOR REALS. But my utter annoyance and despair for the state of Twitter this past week was the kind of thing that makes people OFF THEMSELVES. I had to temporarily unfollow a person or two (not you, of course!!) in a desperation move to prevent that end. I am SO HAPPY for things to go back to normal! And happy that you are unblocked! And happy, apparently, I WON’T have to off myself after all. Long live the ever-lovely Miss Jenny!
.-= Lesley´s last blog ..An Um…What?? Dream Sequence! (It’s Just As Stupid As You’d Think) (Except For How It’s Even Stupider) =-.
Yeah! I can now stop worrying about being as cool as you, lol. Try to get Blair to block you. She only lives a few miles from my home.
.-= Screwed Up Texan´s last blog ..I am an Internet Junkie =-.
Does that mean I have to get my #Unblockthebloggess tattoo lasered off my left tit? because it’s really helping me get better tips.
.-= miss thystle´s last blog ..Wordless Wednesday: The Odd Couple =-.
awesome! who are we bothering next?
.-= pamela´s last blog ..Wanchai Ferry – Courtesy of MyBlogSpark =-.
Don’t quote Braveheart because then you would be obligated to moon someone and that is just inappropriate.
Well, I hope Bill still has a sense of humor because I am halfway through my short story on him and I ain’t quitting DANG IT!
When I get done I’ll let you know. I want you to review it let me know if I caught the essence of “The Shat.”
.-= Houston´s last blog ..How I Feel =-.
I love it!
.-= Kim @ Beautiful Wreck´s last blog ..Random Tuesday Thoughts Written While I Binge On Chips (no lie) =-.
“Yay!” for The Bloggess and her hoards of minions! Wow, does that mean that Twitter has actually made a difference in the world? Who would have ever thought.
Can we begin the next assault? I nominate The Hoff.
I am so relieved! You make my life seem so…… normal. Oh maybe you just make me glad that I’M not insane.
But I’m totally with you on tattooing the baby. Though you might have trouble finding someone to do it.
.-= jcaroline´s last blog ..BH&G 100 Decorating Ideas under $100 =-.
I wonder how Bill feels about all this… Or if he’s read these blogs… Here’s to hoping you get to buy him that beer (if I were Bill I’d let you buy it, but then make you promise you’d never blog about it… Ha!)
.-= Grizzly Kitteh´s last blog ..did someone say =-.
A great victory, yes, but…the cries of those we lost will haunt me forever. Mere casualties of war? Perhaps. Though, we cannot escape this fact, and we must now do what we can to mend the broken hearts of the countless children, husbands and wives, mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters, friends and lovers who have now lost their brave, valiant soldiers to war.
.-= WazNeeni´s last blog ..Acer Tech Support Nightmare =-.
I was recently RT by Brent Spiner. Promptly BlockedbyBrentSpiner became my follower. I’m not sure what this actually means, but I wondered if it was possible to be blocked by BlockedbyBrentSpiner, if that is a paradox which would cause Twitter to implode in on itself, and whether you’d consider that as your next option?
The Bloggess: Restoring my faith in an ordered universe, since 2009.
Oh, zoinks. I fear my previous comment was not very clear. I was wondering if you would consider actively working for a block by BlockedbyBrentSpiner to prove my theory about Twitter paradox and black holes?
Ok, but I am not giving up my shoulder Bloggess. She has started making all my decisions for me and I do not know what I did before I had her.
.-= Laurel´s last blog ..Oh…oh a health care rant! Shocking. Go read it anyway! =-.
Fuck. Now what? I was just getting warmed up.
Next, we take on the Republican Caucus. And the swine flu.
Well….Shit. It took me 3 days to explain what twitter was to my parents – then another two to explain the whole Shatner thing. I’ve just now got them on board that Shatner caused Global Warming…and it’s over. They’ll be crushed. Oh well – they’ll have to learn with disappointment…..
.-= Kerrie´s last blog ..It’s Like Leaving Las Vegas – But It Was Palm Springs =-.
Every Canadian loves you now, I’m sure. *snort* And yay to Bill for kicking his official twitter caretaker’s ass over this whole super fun campaign and for taking it in the spirit it was intended.
Shit, I just realised, even if I wanted to give up my shoulder Bloggess, I’m clueless as to how, so I guess it’s there forever like scar to remember the fun times we shared over kicking Bill Shatner’s twitter caretaker’s ass to hell and back. Rock on!
I would remove that twibbon, but seriously, I have no idea how to. Also, it’s kinda cute.
.-= Mr Farty´s last blog ..We Are A Grandmother =-.
Hallelujah!!!
.-= AmazingGreis´s last blog ..It hurts… =-.
I blocked myself once. Best twenty-four hours I ever had. But then I figured out the password I had used, and I stole my identity and went on a shopping spree that ended up with me buying a monkey and trying to get him a passport and a job at Radio Shack (excuse me … I mean “The Shack”).
Still … best twenty-four hours ever.
.-= Kevin Tumlinson´s last blog .."Where I Write" =-.
Thank God it’s over.
I’m with Laurel – I’m keeping my shoulder Bloggess, too!
Well, what can I spend my time campaigning for NOW?
.-= Aunt Becky´s last blog ..Aunt Becky Cries It Out =-.
OH HELL!!! Now I have to come up with another blamee for releasing my stress? Who else is iconic and on twitter that we can fuck with? Sorry, once you turn on my evil, it’s a little hard to turn off.
.-= Aria’z Ink´s last blog ..I’m Screwed Because God Is A Shat-fan =-.
“Next, we take on the Republican Caucus. And the swine flu.” — Awesome. Count me in. I don’t have enough to do, so I like a cause I can get behind.
.-= emvandee´s last blog ..Drunken Spaghetti. =-.
absolutely wonderful! i see the shat wized up. good for him. there is just no telling where it all would have led. maybe even the 5 o’clock channel 2 houston news. THAT my dear would have been absolutely awesome. but alas, the fun is over. cant wait to see who steps on your toes next time. they will also feel the wrath of ‘the bloggess wolverines’.
yee haw you!!!
.-= Amanda´s last blog ..This Blogtastic World =-.
I think you need to arrange a karaoke duet with the Shat now — you in the confidence wig and he in the toupee. fer. reals. yo.
.-= VDog´s last blog ..Serenity Now Sunday – August 16th, 2009 =-.
Congratulations. And it is kind of anti-climactic.
I knew it was just a matter of time before the Shat realized his critical error and recognized your true brilliance. By that I mean you are truly a force to be reckoned with and not a big ball of hot gas. Wait. That sounds like the same thing. Oops!
I wonder if William Shatner felt bullied into unblocking you bcuz of the all things he just never realized he was responsible for? And by unblocking you, he was righting an infinite number of wrongs and thus restarting the Earth’s core making sure that twitter (& by extension the WORLD) can survive. The power of twitter at it’s finest. I’m sacrificing a virgin as I write this in order to appease the twitter gods. Gotta love it. (Ok, so I’m not *really* sacrificing a virgin. And, ok, so he’s *really* not a virgin. Anymore.)
.-= uthostage´s last blog ..*updated* It’s blog play time with Stacey. =-.
I think William Shatner really did like my spicy spaghetti.
Damn, I wish that was a euphemism.
On second thought, ew.
P.S. Denny Crane!
The Shat has a good sense of humor – I have to wonder if he was playing you… 😉 Conga Rats in any case.
You just had to go and send your ninjas after that poor man.
.-= Akilah Sakai´s last blog ..Pissed Off The Tooth Fairy … Literally =-.
Awesome. Just awesome. I guess this means I can cancel my planned assault on the Priceline.com headquarters. What am I supposed to do with all these pennies where I put a little sticker of your face over ol’ Abe’s, though?
.-= Maura ~ @MoBurns67´s last blog ..Hey, hey, hey, I like being cool =-.
I’m so happy I could cry….but I won’t. It’s not that I don’t care, I just don’t like showing emotion in public.
.-= boobarella´s last blog ..PSSWR 2010: Virginana =-.
Friggen finally. I had to up my Prozac dosage because of the drama you two created. You should be receiving my therapy bill any day now. And yes…my therapist IS named “Big Daddy.” Don’t ask.
Who’s next?
This matter will not be finished until The Shat follows you back. I think he unblocked you because he we all wore him down, but until he starts following and tweeting @thebloggess, he’s pretty much just trying to make us shut up. And that is totally wrong. Who’s up for #followthebloggess?
.-= Barbara´s last blog ..Word Up =-.
Yay. I love happy endings! I just have to mention that unfollowing stuff, though. Some people take their twittering a little too seriously. Makes me want to unfollow them. BRB. I have some clicking to do.
VICTORY!!
.-= Becky Mochaface´s last blog ..Hump Day Humor: Assume the Position =-.
What day did The Shat unblock you? If it was August 18, 2009, it’s because that was MY BIRTHDAY! Yippee! Now we must start another thread… something like #shatsavedtheworld . What do you think??
.-= gypsy18´s last blog ..Reader’s Digest Tricks & Treats: The Ultimate Halloween Book =-.
I know I was thoroughly entertained.
.-= NaysWay´s last blog ..I’m Afraid The Masquerade Is Over =-.
Can you please make Josh Groban block you because I think he would be much more participatory.
.-= Jenny Rebecca´s last blog ..How Not To Get Shanked By Your Client’s Gangster Daughter =-.
You’re right kinda anticlimactic. Maybe John Mayer or Perez Hilton they are noisy and cause a big media frenzy. You have a good man in Mayopie he has your back. or a huge dirty secret
.-= habanerogal´s last blog ..Oral Fixation slapdown =-.
Now that you’ve successfully brought William Shatner to his knees (oh that’s an unfortunate visual) I’m inviting you to participate in the August 24 Fun Monday meme which I’m hosting. The topic is “Back to School” and what I’m looking for are descriptions of classes people are taking or new skills they’re learning. Am also looking for some wise thoughts on the importance of lifelong learning. Of course, I realize that you may need to save all your wisdom for your sex column so don’t feel badly if you can’t play. I’ll just tell William Shatner that you’re still in a snit. I may also have to warn Victor to stop thinking about having a baby with someone who doesn’t believe in education. . .
.-= faye´s last blog ..Fun Monday Sign-up – August 24 =-.
This is single-handedly my doing. I threatened to expose him for the murder of Michael Jackson.
.-= Janelle (@bookinz)´s last blog ..Book Review: Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates =-.
Wow. That was incredible. You need to use your power for some good in the world. Like, say, bringing back New Coke.
Also, horribly disappointed you’re not TheBloggess2. I actually think I wet myself when I was followed first. Now I have to go block “her” and then she’d going rally Twitter to get me to unblock her. Meh. It all smacks of effort.
.-= harmzie´s last blog ..Raggedy Ann =-.
huh. now what?
.-= bea´s last blog ..it’s the middle of the night, do you know where your blogger is? =-.
what i really want to know is how many times did you hit refresh on Twitter to see if he finally changed his mind?
.-= gorillabuns´s last blog ..feed me seymour =-.
Eh. It’s like prom night. All built up and then… eh.
.-= Carolyn Online´s last blog ..Because I really want to call it a "strap-on." =-.
This actually is the New Coke.
David Caruso? I’ve said some pretty horrible things about him and it is a lot of fun. Plus, I’m pretty sure he despises the written word, therefore hates Jenny. I think it’s a fair deduction. #whydidyouleaveNYPDBLUEdouchebag? I think we can make it trend. Let me know.
-Morpheus
.-= MayoPie´s last blog ..#ba =-.
Happy smiles all around here. What an entertaining series of asinine posts. Nothing better to brighten up my day. Keep up the awesome posts. I am killing cats for you as we speak.
.-= Julia´s last blog ..Wordless Wednesday =-.
Alls well that ends well.
.-= annie´s last blog ..Talking with My Mother =-.
Health care reform isn’t even going to be a challenge for you.
it’s because i own 6 shares of priceline. and i wasn’t involved in any hashtags or twibbons. so he likes me. and that’s why he unblocked you.
also, because he was afraid i’d sell my 6 shares…which, by the way, used to be 100 until that damn reverse spilt…
and i’d singlehandedly cause priceline to collapse thus causing william shatner to have no more reason to do those damn priceline commercials.
aren’t you lucky that i come to your blog every now and again.
or not.
.-= melissa´s last blog ..Exposing Myself =-.
So which one of you ended up paying for the Asian hookers?
WIN!!! That’s awesome.
.-= Taylor´s last blog ..Wordless Wednesday: Double D Edition =-.
I’m totally keeping my twibbon.
.-= peedee´s last blog ..Once a monster always a monster. =-.
Oooo, ooooo(!)….Now try it with DeForest Kelley. Wait. He’s dead, I think.
Fuck it. Try it anyway.
.-= cIII´s last blog ..Sneak Thief =-.
Another Bloggess victory!
.-= Abby´s last blog ..#27 – Day 257 =-.
Now you owe him a beer (or ten) AND a hooker (or ten, or a ten dollar hooker) #BA Baby
.-= Marla´s last blog ..I’M LIKE A BROWN RECLUSE, BUT PASTY WHITE WITH ONLY TWO LEGS AND NO DESIRE TO GO TO WORK =-.
and I never got the twibbon because I WAS working and it would look like you were my long lost child that I had cast aside many years ago…more years than I have been of child bearing age…hold on that sounded like I think you look older than me which is totally wrong since I said you look like my child…of fuck it…I just didn’t get the twibbon…seriously, I think the word twibbon is made up and I really hate ribbons which is why I never got one.
.-= Marla´s last blog ..I’M LIKE A BROWN RECLUSE, BUT PASTY WHITE WITH ONLY TWO LEGS AND NO DESIRE TO GO TO WORK =-.
Wow. Congratulations on such a stunning conclusion. Totally awesome.
.-= Crystal´s last blog ..The Bloggess vs. William Shatner Twitter Showdown =-.
*long time reader, first time commenter. I have no idea about the whole story of William Shatner with
you. I would like to tell you that I laughed hard when I skimmed the comments and saw ‘Shat’.
Now, years ago, William Shatner was hired to autograph at a place where I was modelling.
The line-ups were long with anticipation of so many people – (this was at the height of his Star
Trek career) and I think he was signing for 3 days.
The last day, he didn’t bother to show up at all. I have pictures with him and his bodyguard,
who was nice. Him, well, he was a self-centered egotistical man, who disappointed l00’s,
if not l000’s of people who were so disappointed.
I also was disappointed, especially when I saw kids crying, and moreso when I found out what
his fee was.
I never watched Star Trek -and after that, every time I see his mug, I turn the t.v. station.
I also wonder about the death of his wife in the swimming pool … ? I don’t like him one bit,
I wouldn’t even give one thought about the blocking or unblocking of the ‘twit’ terer .
Yuck.
Now I must go and read more about this with you and him, but I will say this, I have never
told anyone the story of the sadness he caused that day, and I now feel better.
Thanks.
I’m just not sure I’m ready to give up snorting your tiny head with my avatar on twitter. I like to pretend it’s covered in powdered Xanax. I can’t quit you tiny bloggess.
.-= califmom´s last blog ..Tied Shoes and Ponzi Schemes =-.
Congrats! And that final Braveheart quote as Mel Gibson’s head is chopped off? “Freedom”—It’s what his wife is orobably shouting as she files those divorce papers!
.-= MYSUESTORIES´s last blog ..Sweet Child Of Mine =-.
It wouldn’t have been possible without super Bloggess minion @mayopie.
That guy’s nuts.
In a good way.
.-= JChevais´s last blog ..New Work Monday #29 =-.
This is such good news. I think I’m gonna cry.
.-= Lynn from For Love or Funny´s last blog ..Is that blood? =-.
Not so sure that Shatner exists . . . . . except conceptually in his own mind. . . . . you may have been chasing swamp gas all along here, Jen.
You would not be the first to be fooled , to lose her mind in this foul and fetid morass.
Anyway, . . . .Can you get me a super sweet deal deal on Priceline ? Or on an Asian hooker?
Are you sure this isn’t Captain Kirk’s clever way of mocking you? Again.
You’re welcome.
Wait, that’s not enough of the story. Did he tell you he was unblocking you? Send you an e-mail? Apologize? What did he say? (Was it even him who blocked you, or just a minion?) Or did you just happen to notice that you weren’t blocked any more?
I suppose this now paves the way for you getting great deals on hotel rooms, too.
The entire world is your oyster now.
And by ‘entire world’ I mean ‘not much.’
.-= moooooog35´s last blog ..Burnin’ Down the House =-.
I had no idea this was happening. Very glad you have brought this out into the open so everyone in the blogosphere can be aware of this.
Red letter day whenever one can say “Congratudolances”.
Yay!
.-= M´s last blog ..Personalized Decadence =-.
I have wondered for some time if you ever bothered Twitter blocking that giraffe that molested you.
Wait, does this mean that I have to remove your picture from my Twitter avitar?? I won’t do it and you can’t make me.
.-= Ally B´s last blog ..Devil Kitty =-.
Now how about getting Gawker.com to unban me for life. 50 years should be good enough. I promise, I’ll be snarkey/funny by then. Love ya. That crazy bitch from Arkansas. P.S. The Shat secretly loves Yo Gabba Gabba.
I’m getting a William Shatner tattoo, and maybe having his baby now.
.-= Cathy D.´s last blog ..In my face =-.
You do know that at the end of Braveheart he is chopped into pieces?… This is only the beginning my friend, only the beginning.
Ok, I ended up here via a long and odd series of twists and turns about William Shatner. A friend sent me a link to the gawker site & from there I am here. Given I find his talk-singing to be like a choir of angels singing perhaps you could just play that while you read tweets?
.-= beth aka confusedhomemaker´s last blog ..3 for 3 Friday =-.
Damn that will shatner! He’s moved onto another victim…
http://sympathypains.com/?p=26
I’m so glad you two kids got back together. I always thought you belonged together.
.-= kathcom´s last blog ..Vote for Your Favorite Pole Dancer =-.
If you have not seen Shatner in “Impulse”, find that shit on Ebay … bad movie heaven…
My research into my own autoimmune problems suggests *everything will be just fine* if I just give myself a tapeworm. There’s even a medical supplies company that sells them.
I’m pretty sure this is some sort of plot to put “Dr. Google” out of business.
Does this mean you owe him an Asian cheerleader hooker?
that is what i was imagining ninth of nov wasn’t away from this planet