Good day, subjects. Your little Prince has been hard at work during his hiatus. If you've read the original post, then I am sure you are quite aware of my fascination with the tangled web of mysterious blogs that I stumbled upon early last year. I have done countless amounts of research and I thought it would bring some closure to share a bit of it with you all. In the last installment of uncovering this mystery, I honed in on the first member of the elite blogger circle that I came across: Aurora.
Aurora was a young, Romanian debutante who moved to the Los Angeles area. She was rich, bored, poetic, and had little to do but contemplate her distressingly empty life and drown her nihilism in indulgent wines. I was fascinated with her blog not only for the beautiful photography and literary illustrations of her existentialism, but for the mystery of how she acquired so many peers with almost identical themes in their blogs.
At the time, I focused my efforts on finding Aurora because I thought focusing on a single detail may be the only way to find clarity in this jumbled web. It turns out that I was quite wrong and the way to see the whole narrative was to focus on the big picture. In that effort, I spent time combing through any/all of the relevant blogs. There is a lot to cover, but I don't wish to blather. I will share with you my notes. But I warn you; they seem as if they are the scrawlings of a madman. Here is roughly 35% of the research I have saved in my drafts:
1. http://awindowapart.blogspot.com/ (Aurora C.W., 09/09-04/10) (Romania, LA)
2. http://soonitwillbeme.blogspot.com/ (Signe Engis, 09/09-10/11) (LA, Sweden)
3. http://ice-age-heat-wave.blogspot.com/ (Kim, 09/09-05/10) (LA)
4. http://bellearmed.blogspot.com/ (Belle Armed, 09/09-11/11) (LA, Paris, London)
5. http://themostawesomethings.blogspot.com/ (Luke, 09/09-11/09) (LA)
6. http://posthollywoodcondition.blogspot.com/ (Winona, 09/09-11/09) (LA)
7. http://ratherlovelything.blogspot.com/ (Sarah Johnson, 09/09-08/10) (LA, Sweden)
8. http://belledehiver.blogspot.com/ (Victoria, 09/09-04/10) (Norway, LA)
9. http://mymotherfuckedmickjagger.blogspot.com/ (Avy Stanford, 12/12-present) (LA, NY)
Allow me to elaborate on the above list. This index contains all of the publically available blogs that were a part of this blogosphere of directly-connected, depressed Hollywood girls. Next to their links are their names/pseudonyms, the dates of their first & last post, and the geographic locations that they are associated with. If you pay close attention, you will notice that there is a common thread: All of these members started their blogs in September of 2009 and resided in LA at one point. (With the exception of Avy, who also started on Blogger in September 2009 but deleted/privated all posts before 12/12 sometime after 2012.)
Ordinarily, this would be no surprise. A normal assumption would be that these girls were friends and all decided to blog at the same time. However, that raises the question of how these girls came to meet. It's unlikely that they attended the same school as there are some decent age gaps between them. Also, not all of the members were directly connected with each other; so if it was a coordinated effort, it would have had to move down the line of friends in order to encompass all of them.
In addition to these nine members, there are some other influential players that do not have public blogs. Two of the members rendered their blogs private. Unfortunately, we can only speculate on their reasons for doing so as no explanation exists in any of the public blogs. Here are their private blogs & public profiles:
http://nevertheleona.blogspot.com/ (Leona [Mills?], 09/09-02/16) (London) [https://www.blogger.com/profile/16922964023568557690]
http://theaohthea.blogspot.com/ (Anthea Kiddo, 09/09-08/15) (LA) [https://www.blogger.com/profile/10007255616184361375]
Lastly, as far as the most influential members are concerned, there is still one more. Miri is a figure that is mentioned by almost every author. They speak very highly of her and she seems to be the primary link between many of the members. However, upon first inspection, one may think her blog was deleted. In fact, she changed the URL and rebranded her blog. First titled "California Noir", Miri's blog was retitled as "HOLLIDAY". However, all the posts have either been drafted or deleted as there are no visible posts on her blog. All that remains is the template, follower list, and view stats.
http://www.californianoir.blogspot.com/ (Miri A.K.A. Hannah Holliday, 09/09-?) (LA, Berlin)
http://hannahholliday.blogspot.com/ Miri changed URL and deleted all posts.
[https://www.blogger.com/profile/15795638565078579966]
After gaining and understanding of these primary players, (and several secondary ones), I began to cross-reference events between the different blogs. Seeing as those people of interest lead such fantastic lives, many of their followers scrutinized how much of their tales were real. With that being the case, I thought it best to search for any discrepancies between the narratives. So far, I haven't seen any inconsistencies. If this was some creative conspiracy, these gals would have paid incredible attention to detail.
I mentioned in my original post that the last known player in this circle was Avy Stanford and that she may be the sole key in finding anything about this elusive group. After months of piqued curiosity, I finally decided to make contact with the illustrious Avy. At the time, I only thought to seek her help in finding Aurora. She wasn't able to assist with much, but here is what she said:
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Sorry for not replying earlier, I'm on some sort of permanent vacation and don't check my emails as often as I should.
Either way, thank you for reading my disparate words, I often wonder who it is that does. As I'm sure you understand it's a cheaper form of therapy, but I get these questions a lot from people that want to know more than I'm able to share. I wish I could say I know Aurora but I really don't, although I could probably put you in contact with Belle. The last I heard she was in Singapore but I will write to her and ask if she knows anything.
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The trail ended shortly thereafter. It's no surprise that young Ms. Stanford is uncomfortable sharing details of her personal life. (Although I do hope to get her to consent to an interview someday.) It was clear that I wasn't going to be able to see behind the curtain of these blogs. But at least we have enough to construct a vague narrative of these Hollywood girls (and Luke) combatting life in the big city. I would love to retell the many stories I found on their blogs, but I don't think there is room on this ever-growing post to accommodate the archived adventures of a collective sixteen years of experiences.
Thank you for bearing with me on this long excursion. I'm disappointed that I wasn't able to bring you a conclusion to the mystery; but some things just seem destined to remain unknown. I hope that this summary and index of hyperlinks will be enough to get you started if you desire to browse these beautiful blogs filled with somber beauty. And if you have any suggestions to help solve the mystery, please let me know! I could really use a proverbial Watson.
Long live the King
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