On my first day of my first internship in this industry, I was warned that this business would come back to bite me in the ass.

Of course, that advice was given to me by a woman who'd just been fired, so at the time I figured she meant something else entirely. Now, however, I'm beginning to understand. And I'm sure there are many out there who think I'm getting exactly what I deserve, that since I work in the "gossip" industry, I don't have the right to get upset about this at ...