Holly Madison makes a break from Playboy as things with Hef get ‘awkward’

Holly Madison blogged on her Celebrity MySpace page Wednesday night under the title “Annoying!!!!”

She gave three main reasons for recently quitting her job as “Playmate Editor.”  The first was logistical:

“One: I moved to Vegas, and that job doesn’t pay enough to make a commute worthwhile,” she writes. Her new boyfriend Criss Angel, whom she’s been dating before her October split from Hef, performs his illusionist show five nights a week at the Luxor Hotel.

She continues: “I never cared about the salary when I got the job. I made my money doing Girls Next Door, and I did the job because I loved it.”

Madison’s second reason was she “no longer found it challenging” finding the babes to fill Playboy’s pages.

“It got to be routine, which was sad for me, since I was initially so passionate about the job and the creative aspects involved,” she says.

Madison’s third reason, which she only briefly mentions, is the one that makes the most sense though.

Saying working with her ex “was awkward. Not that anyone tried to make it awkward or didn’t treat me fairly…it just was.”

She ends her post with:

“So as you can imagine, when one is trying to move on with their life, it isn’t beneficial to spend so much time on something that doesn’t pay much and, sadly enough, is no longer rewarding to you.

“But I loved my job while I had it, appreciate the opportunity and the experience greatly, and wish whoever takes my place the best,” she writes, before signing off “Love-Holly.”