So who here MySpaces?<\/p>\n
I know — you are now wondering if a time machine has suddenly transported you to the magical year 2003(ish). But look, I’ve been quite firmly on the anti-MySpace bandwagon for a good bit now. Not that I think the thing is bad, it just riddles an awkward person like myself with all sorts of anxieties. For example:<\/p>\n
1. That having a MySpace page will allow people that I have left firmly in the past to find me and try and talk to me and shit. Blah! With the talking!<\/p>\n
2. That the whole “top friends” thing will make me throw up a little. First of all, how do I CHOOSE AMONGST MY FRIENDS? I guess I could be cool about it…like my pal Mary, who “doesn’t do top 8” and still has that diabolical genius Tom as #1. But I have a feeling this would fill me with anxiety as well. And what if nobody deigns to deem me a “top friend”? Won’t this send me back to the cold, cold halls of junior high, when nobody wanted to be my locker partner and someone scribbled a monkey face on the Danny Wood portion of my New Kids poster?! (I didn’t care that much because Danny was my least favorite.) What if I am everybody’s NINTH FAVORITE FRIEND?!<\/p>\n
3. That my MySpace page will simply sit, unloved, like my long-forgotten Friendster page, and will just give me another thing to not update on the internet.<\/p>\n
HOWEVER. I have been advised by others that MySpace can be used for happy things! Such as…<\/p>\n
1. Re-connecting with people I actually DO want to talk to! And keeping in better touch with other friends.<\/p>\n
2. Putting up a little link to this here blog, in order to direct curious users to our nerd corner of the web!<\/p>\n
3. Being able to view all sorts of funny\/cute pix of friends and their offspring and shit like that.<\/p>\n