3 posts tagged “myspace”
I was looking for a Natalie Dee comic to coincide with my random thoughts for today. Needless to say I stumbled along something in her archives that just made me choke on my own saliva; a drawing of her husband "murdering" Michael Jackson's Billie Jean.
Random Thought # 1
I'm waaaay overdue for a Pap test. Being a woman seems so inconvient and disturbing when you think about a visit to the OBGYN.
Any man out here wanna take my piping and my OBGYN?
Random Thought #2
I pondered last night if I'm too much of the world to make a full connection with my spirituality. Well maybe not too much of the world...I'm just... I don't know what is the word or phrase I'm looking for. Hmmm. I'm not an atheist. I'm a bit quirky. I try to see beauty in everything. While I don't glamorize illegal drug use, I can sympathize and perhaps understand a bit why someone would abuse it. A large part of me wants to break free from anything and just totally let go of any inhibitions I have. While I do attend church, it's only on the Sundays when I feel the need to or just basically when I feel up to it
Was I over churched as a kid; especially in attending religious schools all my life?
What is really going on with me spiritually?
Random Thought #3
I really do hurt for some men out here. The ones who have been taken for granted and are really top picks of the liter. In talking with Papi and other male friends, none have ever felt appreciated or even had partners that took the time to pamper or cater to them for at least a day. They were always the givers, and eventually got took some kind of a way. As a giver (and there are some of us ladies who give) I have felt the sting as well of being taken for granted. That was mainly due to a bad choice on my part to give to someone who didn't deserve it. Yet, when I asked my friends and Papi would they know what they want if given the opportunity to be treated for a day in and outside of the bedroom, no one could fully answer. One guy even asked me for suggestions of what she should look/ask for.
Have we females become so jaded about love or who we are "dating/seeing" that we feel we are entitled to being the receiver constantly?
Random Thought #4
Out of a lil boredom and tired of being referred to as the anti-socialable MySpace Nazi, I revamped my MySpace page a bit. I will say, the song I selected kicks arse! (opps! Irish accent slipped)
But seriously, who really pays attention to me on MySpace anyways?
Random Thought #5
After.................. (okay I can't think of the exact number) of year with my online writing group, I'm thinking about leaving. The group doesn't "feed" my anymore. There are more "off topics," posted than anything pertaining to writing. I've been thinking about it for a while. I don't feel "at home" anymore. It is one of the rare online communities that I have found to be drama free, but sometimes I wonder. I probably won't leave altogether, just change my membership to receive a digest of the latest happenings.
Speaking to self right now ----> Honestly, are you still benefiting from the group?
Why do I do this to myself?
Why did I sign up with MySpace?
I should have left it alone long before it became the national and perhaps international craze it is currently.
As usual, I'm on MySpace checking messages and minding my own business when I get one of those "ignat" messages.
DELETE
Now if you excuse me.. I'm gone back to listening to Jill talking about her version of Crown Royal on Ice... while I get ready to write a lil something.
MySpace.
What the hell was I thinking two years ago when I joined? Well for one, being that I was starting to receive a little more exposure as a writer, I thought "gee what a nice temporary site until I can hire someone professional to create one for me."
*sigh*
Not that Myspace has been a bad place for me, but really...when will the annoying MySpace emails stop? I hardly log on anymore to check my lil corner of the site. I guess I stopped because for one it was obvious people don't read. I have everything spelled out for you on the page, even the lil boxed in profile thingy. Where it says what I'm "here for" I clearly have "Friends, Networking." I don't say anything about wanting, needing or looking for a date, man, or fuck buddy. Yet the emails keep pouring into my inbox inquiring about such.
Pause for a special public announcement..........
READING IS FUNDAMENTAL!!!!!
I won't get started on the number of spam messages in my inbox or the sudden spam comments on my blog. I won't even get into the strange friend request I get from folks that don't even have the courtesy to introduce themselves or if they do it's usually something like this message......
Normally I would use the famous WTF acronym here.. but today I don't feel like holding back.. so again i say...
What the FUCK?!?!?!?!?!
Seriously.. Myspace is soooooo yesterday. I'm beginning to feel claustrophobic. It's actually starting to remind me of how annoyed I became with sites like Black Planet, Urban Peeps and Mi Gente. Yes, I had a site hosted by all three. I guess I'm just a gypsy on the net..or at least very nomadic until I find a "home." Don't get me wrong, I've gotten to know a couple of cool folks on MySpace, especially being that a majority of the folks on my list are those that I know in real time from some point in life or another. Family members, old high school chums, lifetime chums, adulthood chums...those sort of people. Most of the DJs I've gotten to know quite well are through the site as well as a few other artistic people...fellow writers, poets, musicians, etc. etc.
I think it's the sane people that are in my "circle" are the sole reason why I haven't fully vacated the scene.
Seriously, would anyone care if I made an exit from MySpace. It's not that serious.
Speaking of what friends shouldn't let their friends do.....
Friends shouldn't let their friends who can't spell work in a pharmacy.
This evening I had the lucky chance to run an errand for my mother. I went to our local Giant grocery chain to have her prescription filled. Now before I get into this young lady who is obviously a non-speller... I know my grammar isn't really up to par. I too have a tendency to misspell a word here or there. I'm sure we are all guilty of it. However, when you can't spell a simple word and then get goofy about it AND YOU WORK IN A PHARMACY where you have to spell shit as...ooooooooooooooooooooh I don't know....something like
Chlorhexidine Gluconate
ummm "Houston we have a problem."
As the young lady behind the counter was filing out the prescription bag, I was all ready to give her the spelling of my mother's last name. Not that it's tricky, but you would be surprised how many people mess it up, because the hyphen scares them. Now what I wasn't prepared for was her messing up the name of my street. My street is named after a state....Alabama.
How hard is that to spell?
As I recited my address the young lady looked up at me with all seriousness. Are you for real? I have to spell "Alabama?"
A-L-A-B-A-M-A
She giggled the whole way and then she admitted to not being a good speller. Seriously, I didn't know if I should weep for her or smack her. I honestly didn't know how to take her admission. I know there are people in this world with literacy issues... but how do they honestly get by?
Maybe I'm making a big deal over nothing with this chic. Maybe she was having a bad spelling day and I just happened to be a witness to it. Whatever the case, I'm glad she is just the cashier and the one that takes the information and not process it or fill it.
I just pray that I don't ever come across her MySpace page (I'm sure she has one, everyone and their momma does) and see a whole bunch of misspellings.
Okay I'm done.
