Does Chris Brown Have A New Girlfriend? And Has She Not Picked Up A Newspaper Since February?

Rumors are swirling that persona non grata Chris Brown has a maybe-girlfriend, and it's either his former girlfriend Erica Jackson OR Girlicious "star" Natalie Mejia.

Recently, Chris Brown's been spotted out and about with both Natalie Mejia and Erica Jackson, which begs not one but TWO questions...

1.) If either Erica or Natalie Mejia (or, GOD FORBID, BOTH!) are dating Chris Brown, have they been living in a media-free vacuum since February 2009, WHEN CHRIS BROWN (ummm... "allllllegggedddddllly") beat the crap out of Rihanna?

2.) WHY GOD, WHY!? WHY WOULD ANYONE DATE CHRIS BROWN? If you need publicity THAT badly, walk into a 7-11 naked, or go shoe shopping somewhere fancy in L.A. and call Perez, or make an amateur p0rn video with Ray J or something, but seriously, if you really are dating Chris Brown, take Gnarls Barkley's unintentional advice and RUN!