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13 June 2006

Asia Carrera recently lost her husband in a car accident. She's currently pregnant with their second child. She writes about it in her bulletin. It's pretty fucking sad too.

post by: puke & cry at: 01:59 | 11 comments

Poor woman. I know what she's going through, the shock and grief of a sudden death of a soulmate is the worst thing imaginable.

But I found the 'send me money through PayPal to help a poor widow' pretty distasteful.

posted by essexjan 13 June | 03:09

eh well, she seems like she's pretty desperate and in shock. Not really surprising to me.

posted by puke & cry 13 June | 03:37

I'm very sorry to hear about her husband. And with a baby on the way, too. Heartbreaking.

posted by LeeJay 13 June | 03:47

But I found the 'send me money through PayPal to help a poor widow' pretty distasteful.

I didn't. Sounds like her only career was porn. She quit that, she's still pregnant, she has a problem with anxiety and leaving the home, her husband had the only vehicle (it was totalled), her husband was the bread-winnder, they had no insurance, there's one child and another to be born in a month.

Asking for money is completely appropriate.

posted by kmellis 13 June | 05:11

I learned a long time ago not to pass judgement on what people do while grieving. That's not to say running out and killing someone in that state is acceptable; merely that things that don't seem to fit to outside eyes should be respected as coping mechanisms for one of the loneliest times we can have.

posted by chewatadistance 13 June | 06:09

Aw, sad. I've seen much less compelling requests for money online.

posted by scarabic 13 June | 07:48

Yeah, it's really sad. I relate to the part where she says that she's socially phobic. I hope she gets some money.

Here's her husband's site/blog.

posted by iconomy 13 June | 08:57

Life sure can hurt sometimes.

posted by Miko 13 June | 09:35

Yeah, knee-jerk reaction from me early this morning. I was too harsh on her.

posted by essexjan 13 June | 09:38

Ugh. How horrible. I've always been a big fan of Asia, and she sounded so happy in her retirement.

posted by eamondaly 13 June | 10:21

Wow, she's had a pretty rough life. I used to read through her website back in the day.

Usually young people don't even have life insurance, not expecting to go at any time, you know.

posted by delmoi 13 June | 11:55

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