I sleep soundly for thirty minutes at a time, and wake up thinking I'm late for something. I used to wake up to my alarms, now I just wake up to hazy eyes and a glaring green digital alarm clock and a sinking feeling that I'm missing out on something by being in bed.
I've wasted a lot of time online as of recent sleeplessness.
Myspace.com is quickly becoming the 'people-I-used-to-know-in-high-school' who are curious to see where I've ended up as if I were some sort of strange past tense idea of a person, instead of wondering what i have become. It's interesting to see where others have ended up. What others reveal they thought of me, the social introvert.
But myspace also has groups of people interested in what I am, music, photography, etc. Gone are the early nineties ideas of chatrooms and here are the bulletin boards that allow for documented communication. The evolution devolved so quickly; yet having done so for very good reasons.
I've also wasted a significant amount of time on LDSLinkup.com, a myspace-esque site that is similar in many ways, but different at the same time. It is heavily moderated and geared at LDS, Mormon, aged 18+ who want to communicate with people of suggest-able similar faith, desire, and ambitions. While the similarity may not always be easy to find, the moderated nature of the site makes it less prone to my theory regarding myspace.com.
The theory is that myspace.com is simply a manner in which prostitutes can branch out, porn vendors can expand their markets to even younger audiences with itchy click fingers, and musicians can feel special as it gives them a running total of people who click on their page everyday. Everyone wants to be famous.
Ryan Adams croons gently this evening; in his lustful and mournful manner he soothes heartache and headaches.
"Come Pick Me Up" from heartbreaker (released in 2000)
"La Cienega just smiled" from gold (released in 2001)
"Afraid Not Scared" from Love Is Hell (released in 2004)
"Avalanche" from Love Is Hell
"Cry On Demand" from Demolition (released in 2002)
And oh so many more…
