Posts Tagged ‘myspace’

Keep it secret, keep it safe.

So I finally succumbed to the adolescent abomination that is MySpace.

No, no, it’s not what you think.  I don’t have a MySpace now, and I never will again… but for approximately ten minutes, I did.

Why?  Was I drawn into the mystique of being able to make thousands of “friends” in a matter of minutes?  Did I wish to find out how many teenagers in Yoknap County cut themselves?  Was I missing the exciting drama of reading about my student’s friend’s boyfriend sleeping with his other girlfriend’s mother, along with everything that half the teenagers in three local counties, seven cities in California, and a small suburb in Germany have to say about it?  Did I long for the obnoxious tween-targeted ads featuring the stars and starlets of High School Musical 7?

No, no, nonono.  None of the above.  It’s still not what you think. (more…)