Megan Meier commits suicide due to cyberbullying...

In October 2006, a young, nearly 14-year-old girl hung herself in her closet while her family sat downstairs. Why did she do this? What drives a young child to kill themselves when their lives are only just beginning?

It was a boy. There was a young boy that wrote messages back and forth via myspace.com to young Megan Meier. Megan, bullied by classmates, most of it a result of a confrontation with another girl her age that lived four houses down from her. This young boy, Joshua, approached Megan online and wooed her for 6 weeks. At the end of the six weeks, he broke off the relationship with no warning, telling her what a horrible person she was, suggesting she should kill herself, that the world would be a better place without her. Described by her mother as shy, overweight, less than social, Megan was prime for an online predator.

Oh, did I say predator? Yes, I did. Turns out "Joshua" wasn't a young boy at all but a woman named Lori Drew, mother of the little girl Megan had a falling out with a few weeks earlier. For weeks, Lori Drew religiously wrote messages to Megan, some of them suggestive and sexual in nature (per the newspaper reports) and also shared the password on the account with her daughter, some of her friends and a part-time employee so they could harass Megan as well. As a result of the "boy" breaking up with her, Megan committed suicide. It wasn't until weeks later the parents of Megan found out about the cyberfraud... Imagine their surprise when they found out it was their neighbors, the Drew's. Also, in the midst of this cyberbullying the Drew's asked the Meier's to store a Foosball table that was a Christmas gift for their wonderful cyberbullying family.

Here's the funny thing - the police knew absolutely nothing about the cyberbullying until Lori Drew herself told them about it. See, the Meier's, upon hearing the whole story, smashed up the Foosball table and parked it on the Drew's' front lawn. (I can't believe he had that much restraint, to not set their house on fire with them in it.) When Lori Drew FILED THE POLICE COMPLAINT she told them of the cyberbullying and subsequent death of the girl she did it to.

Wow, does that take an incredibly large pair of brass balls on this lady. She actually felt THAT above the law that she admits to the police of her criminal actions? Oh, wait, the prosecutor there can't understand the law of the land well enough to figure out what to charge her with. So, I guess she IS above the law because the prosecutor is too stupid to charge her with, I don't know, cyber stalking, being an online predator, negligent homicide (her intentional actions led to an unforeseeable death). After this bitch ATTENDED THE FUNERAL OF THE GIRL SHE KILLED she gave an interview and told the reporter she felt bad about it until she heard at the funeral that Megan had tried suicide before, and then she was okay with it all. What a stone cold bitch... What a psychopathic moron this is... This whole family is nuts to take part in this... Had Megan not attempted suicide in the past would Lori Drew feel badly THEN? Is Megan's suicide somehow more acceptable because she'd tried it before? To somehow mitigate the loss of this young life at her hands is simply a psycopath making excuses for their bad behavior.

I don't know what else I can say at this point that hasn't already been said. I did find the address of the St. Charles County prosecutor. Maybe a letter writing campaign would help this guy read a law book? Anyway, his contact info is as follows:

Jack Banas, Prosecuting Attorney
Courts Administration Building
Room 601300 North Second Street
St. Charles, MO 63301
PH: 636-949-7355
Fax: 636-949-7360

Also, I found out on another site that Lori Drew created a new site here on blogspot pretending to be a teenage girl, her own daughter. The link for that site is http://meganhaditcoming.blogspot.com/. I read the site and couldn't believe what I saw. This whore actually wants people to believe that Megan was such a horrible person death was the only satisfactory solution to her place in this world. To be honest, if anyone is a waste of air on this planet it's Lori Drew. That she condones and defends what she did tells me she's a total psychopath who is probably a danger to others, forget herself. (writer's note: I have read in other blogs that the daughter, Sarah Drew actually was the writer of the blog. Wow, is she sick as well! Her parents are doing as bad s job raising her as their parents did them, to have no conscience at all?)

And usually I'd say "who am I to judge" and I'm not going to say that this time because this is a woman who NEEDS to be judged. See, it was much more important to her that she be a "friend" to her kids and be the cool mom with "See what I can do!" attitude that she helped a little girl kill herself. What a sick child this Lori Drew is. I know, I know, chronologically she's an adult but emotionally she's a child in every sense of the word, to take part in a charade as harmful as this is.

That's just my two cents.

Owen Wilson and his first interview...

Owen's back interviewing... His first interview, though, was with Wes Anderson and it was posted on YouTube. I find that a little strange. Why not People? Why not Nutcases Monthly? Why not the National Enquirer? Why not someplace where it was guaranteed to reach a large audience? Why not put it out there as an inspiration to the world that one CAN overcome depression and a suicide attempt? Why not talk about depression and the suicide attempt?

Owen was in a position here to make some REAL impressions. The idiots in Hollywood are well-known for being, well, idiots, with their drinking, drugs and walking away from car accidents with no other thought in their heads but, "I'm famous and nothing can happen to me." Here we have a guy who suddenly seemed incredibly human to the rest of the world and he doesn't use his personal story to inspire others?

I don't know... Call me crazy, but if I had the soap box to stand on that he now has, I'd use it all day, every day. There have to be people out there who are in such dispair that hearing from Owen Wilson that he not only survived his suicide attempt but THRIVED! He could help these people hear that life really is worth living, if you look hard enough, through the depths of your darkness.

No, he can't DO that... Is he planning a book or screenplay to tell the story? That might actually be a movie worth seeing. If he's planning it, can he make some kind of announcement so I don't go around thinking what a dick he is for not sharing his personal struggles?

As I read this, I find myself thinking, "Wait, Nancy... But you are one of those people who really couldn't care less about the Hollywood brats. You tell people all the time there's much ado about nothing there."

True, I DO say that, all the time, to the chagrin of my family. But, depression is an issue that affects my family. It affects a lot of families, some with suicide, some with suicide attempts, some with the daily darkness that lives in the minds of the depressed. I'm sure there were other suicides and attempts when the news hit that Owen did this. I mean, seriously, if his life sucks enough to chuck it all... My life pales in comparison to his so should I cut myself loose from the world?

Owen, you would touch so many lives were you to just tell your story. Go on Oprah, go on Montell Williams, go on Ellen or The Tonight Show. Any of these people would treat you with dignity and respect and allow you to share in a manner that is SURE to have some effect.

Anyway, I'm glad he's doing better. Depression is a terrible thing to combat and I was sad at the thought of a world with no Owen Wilson. He's an incredibly funny and deep person. His brother, Luke, is the same and I hated the idea of seeing him sad, too.

But who am I? This is just my two cents.

And now, let's touch on the whole Owen Wilson thing...

Okay, I have to admit, I was kind of stunned yesterday when I first heard the news that Owen Wilson attempted suicide Sunday.

My first response, my first knee-jerk reaction, was, "What the heck does this guy have to be unhappy about? What's so bad in his life he feels he can't live it any longer?"

My second response was more empathetic, however, when it occurred to me, anyone suffering from depression would have a similar response to any kind of stress. Who knows what drove him over the edge?

Was it his breakup with Kate Hudson? Did a movie of his not do as well as he thought it should or would? Did his dog just die? Was he just having a really bad day and the thought of another one was too much?

The truth of the matter is this - none of us will ever know. Depression, and a person's reasons for committing suicide are all personal. But, as personal as something like this is, I believe the following to be true: Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. Like it says in the bible, this too shall pass.

I had two friends from High School commit suicide after graduation. Suicide is one of the most extremely selfish things to do to the people left behind. You can leave a note if you wish, it still won't answer all the questions you'll plant in the minds of those who love you. It can be a note the size of War & Peace and it won't answer all the questions...

That being said, Owen, I hope you get better. I hope you get the help you need to become as whole as someone with your condition can become. My husband suffers from depression in a pretty big way and it's not easy to contend with. Get better... Do everything you can and live a long, healthy life.

But, and this is a big but, don't do this to your family again. These people love you, no matter what, and your death won't change that, it enhances it, the memories of what they had with you as a part of their life and the angst that goes along with a life cut short. Every birthday, every Christmas, every Easter, everything, revolves around the lack of (fill in the blank). People might not say it out loud, but they're all thinking it, and it dampens the joy of the occasion.

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