Myspace has gotten too popular for it's own good. 9 in 10 people must have it now. Every where I go, to a party, to a club, people are giving out their myspace page name like it's a phone number. That's all cool, as I do it myself. I am even guilty of saying, I'll leave a message on your page (instead of saying I'll call you sometime). I even hear people talk about it on radio. This local DJ was giving out his myspace page on the radio. There's a fucking myspace cd in the stores. All this is great, Tom is a genious. There have been plenty of these kind of sites over the years, myspace is just the one that really took over the world.
Anyway, here is why I hate myspace. About a week ago, it was my mother's birthday. The whole family, about 20 of us, is out at a restaurant. In conversation, someone brought up myspace. To my surprise, almost everyone had one, even my 50+ year old uncle. I felt weird about everyone in my family having myspace. Then they asked me if I had one, I said no I did not (I have had one for almost a year). Here is why I have a problem with this. Myspace, the internet in general, is a place where I can go without my family critizing what I do. I mean, I'm not leading two seperate lives. Who I am on here is who I am in real life, but I'm allowed more freedom here without critisism I have to worry about. I know not everyone is like this, but a lot of you must to be. I'm not secretive..okay maybe I am but it's only because they wouldn't understand. Would yall want people in your family knowing you post on a message board? Would you want them reading your posts? Hell nah, I know I dont. I guess not cause I'm embarassed, but I don't like questions. "What's a pwn mean?", "Why are you making fun of people's pics?", "What's Alcatraz?", "You're in an online gang...are you ok?"...etc. They know I do my music thing, but that's it. They hear me in my basement playing Shirley Temple's Animal Crackers 50 times until it turns into a beat. They hear me record sometimes. But that's it. No questions asked. I guess I don't like when my family asks questions because it makes me uncomfortable, as though I'm being critiqued. They wouldn't understand why I'm making songs about eating mcs...or what that even means...I mean that's why I like the net. Yes, it's public domain, but you feel like you have privacy. When I post on the board or when I do my myspace thing, yeah I know I got an audience, but I do it like I'm just venting to nothing because that's all I need. I guess I'm a little kept to myself about things and thats why my family likes to ask questions. I guess that's why I'm mad and don't like this shit. But aren't we all like that??
k.
PS: If you're wondering, at the dinner conversation, I said no I don't have myspace. Then it came up that one of them said I was and I was like no I'm not!! But I can't lie well, and I said to anyone that finds me, I'll give them a cookie. My mom came past me today and said 'You owe me a cookie'.
Anyway, here is why I hate myspace. About a week ago, it was my mother's birthday. The whole family, about 20 of us, is out at a restaurant. In conversation, someone brought up myspace. To my surprise, almost everyone had one, even my 50+ year old uncle. I felt weird about everyone in my family having myspace. Then they asked me if I had one, I said no I did not (I have had one for almost a year). Here is why I have a problem with this. Myspace, the internet in general, is a place where I can go without my family critizing what I do. I mean, I'm not leading two seperate lives. Who I am on here is who I am in real life, but I'm allowed more freedom here without critisism I have to worry about. I know not everyone is like this, but a lot of you must to be. I'm not secretive..okay maybe I am but it's only because they wouldn't understand. Would yall want people in your family knowing you post on a message board? Would you want them reading your posts? Hell nah, I know I dont. I guess not cause I'm embarassed, but I don't like questions. "What's a pwn mean?", "Why are you making fun of people's pics?", "What's Alcatraz?", "You're in an online gang...are you ok?"...etc. They know I do my music thing, but that's it. They hear me in my basement playing Shirley Temple's Animal Crackers 50 times until it turns into a beat. They hear me record sometimes. But that's it. No questions asked. I guess I don't like when my family asks questions because it makes me uncomfortable, as though I'm being critiqued. They wouldn't understand why I'm making songs about eating mcs...or what that even means...I mean that's why I like the net. Yes, it's public domain, but you feel like you have privacy. When I post on the board or when I do my myspace thing, yeah I know I got an audience, but I do it like I'm just venting to nothing because that's all I need. I guess I'm a little kept to myself about things and thats why my family likes to ask questions. I guess that's why I'm mad and don't like this shit. But aren't we all like that??
k.
PS: If you're wondering, at the dinner conversation, I said no I don't have myspace. Then it came up that one of them said I was and I was like no I'm not!! But I can't lie well, and I said to anyone that finds me, I'll give them a cookie. My mom came past me today and said 'You owe me a cookie'.
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