Monday, October 09, 2006

Emo girl

I've come to the conclusion that Myspace is, for the most part, a pretty weird place.

First of all, it's riddled with bugs, and glitches.

Secondly... it's all very vacuous, isn't it? Ooo, we're an up-and-coming new band, listen to us and then you can say you were our friend if/when we ever make it big. Or, ooo, I'm just seeing how many friends I can collect because then I can say I've got five million friends. Or, ooo, come look at me on my sexy webcam as I do sexy things for free. Did I mention I'm sexy (jiggle jiggle)?

Over the last couple of weeks I've had so many bands and bored slutty 18 year olds with webcams asking to be my friend that I've pretty much gone on a 'deny friend' frenzy.

And I'll be the first to admit that out of the people who are on my friends list, I think I only genuinely know one of them; on the other hand, the vast majority of other people on the list are bands or people whose lives or work interest me (no, really, I actually don't know George Takei personally!). Finally,there's the people who just asked to be my friend, and I clicked 'approve' because it didn't require as much effort as moving the mouse to the 'deny' option.

And that's where emo girl comes into the equation. Emo girl is not her real name, but is what my one and only real Myspace friend referred to her as; he doesn't know her specifically either, but used the term emo girl as a loose description of this specific teenage sub-genre.

For those of you who have used Myspace, you'll know that there's several different ways of getting in touch with your friends; there's mail (obviously), instant message (it sends messages - instantly!), and there's bulletin (which allows you to send an exciting message to all your friends simultaneously). And for those of you that don't use Myspace... well, I just told you how it works.

Bulletins are a great way for bands, for example, to let you know if they've got some gigs coming up. Emo girl is not in a band, but she bulletins anyway.

ABOUT 15 FRIKKIN' TIMES PER DAY.

She bulletins to say she is bored. She bulletins to say she wants to chat to someone PC to PC. She bulletins to say's just added new friends. She bulletins to say she's just been added as a new friend. She bulletins to say she'd like a kitten. She bulletins to say bye. She bulletins to say she wants a cup of tea; well get up off your fat arse and make one, slacker.

Seriously, she must sit at her computer ALL DAY. She can't work, and she's definitely not in education because her spelling is just awful.

And yet, I can't quite bring myself to delete her...

I suppose it's a little bit like watching a monkey flinging it's own poo around; it really shouldn't be allowed, and yet we just can't help but find it intriguing...

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You'll all be super-pleased to know that I went to the doctors today about my manky ears. Yes, they're bunged up and you'll need them syringed, he told me. Well, dur.

Anyway, he's given me some sodium bicarbonite ear drops, and told me that he'll sort me out with an appointment to see the district nurse so she can do the dirty work and flush 'em out. Doctor's these days just don't want to get involved in the nitty-gritty, do they? If it's not a ruptured spleen you've got to go on a waiting list. Yes, I said a waiting list - 10 bloomin' days!

I can feel the pressure in my head increasing. Next time I feel the need to sneeze I'm going to pinch my nose and mouth shut and hope it all goes flying out my ears.

11 comments:

Dinah said...

The sneeze thing doesn't work. I know that from experience.
I've never been on Myspace but I'm sort of doing the same thing on Facebook.
George Takei seems like a fun guy.

Tim said...

Damn! A 10 day wait it is then!!

George Takei does seem like a fun guy... It cracks me up everytime he says "oh my!"

skillz said...

Fanks 4 da add!!!!111

Er hm...Sorry, I've never 'used' myshite but by the sounds of it it's pretty superficial and vacuous. I've been on some pages and they seem to take 3 lunar months to load because they've got a zillion Flash slideshows and music playing at the same time.

They should add a tagline..

MySpace! It's for bloggers who don't know what to say!

Miss Smuggersham said...

Or... MySpace! It's for slutty 18 year olds and old men who are desperate for attention!

What is the story with emo kids? All the progenitors of their race died out back in the 80's when we all realised Morrissey (see, I can't even spell your name - hah!) was just a wanker.

Bah! Emo. Those pants. That hair. Get over yourselves. A classic style dates you less. Oh, shit. That was such a 30 something thing to say, wasn't it?

Tim said...

Yo Skillz - no wrries tlk sn!

*Ahem*

My brother was saying he finds that the pages take ages to load, but then he's on dial-up, so, y'know, everything takes ages.

Myspace - it's 4 poeple who carnt spel rite!

Miss T - I know?! Emo?! Emo what!? I don't quite get the kids of today. Goths, emos, chavs... They're all so... damned irritating!!

Devine Dora said...

Emos need a good kick up the arse. And a freakin' haircut for christ's sake!!!!!!!!!!

I just read that you had put a candle in your ear and it didn't work and now you have to have the wax syringed out. Oh very what wonderful thoughts and mental pictures. Mostly of the candle in your ear. Bloody hippy crap.

Also myspace sucks. BIG TIME SUCKING.

Tim said...

Emos do need a kick up the arse. And a slap round the face!!

It wasn't THAT sort of candle... it was like a tubular wafer... It had a freakin' massive flame though. BOOM! Arrrrgh - my beautiful hair!!!

Dinah said...

Hee. Tubular!

skillz said...

Did you take a picture of your head sideways with a flaming candle in it? You could have used it for your myspace page and set off a new emo trend.

Anonymous said...

myspace is so ridiculous, but as long as we're not taking it too seriously, its good for a laugh. i can't believe some of the things that people post.

and you know, if emo girl has so much time on her hands, perhaps she'd like to help you out with your de-waxing experiments...

Tim said...

Dinah - Are you amusing yourself with the word 'tubular?'

Skillz - No, all photography was banned throughout the house at that point. Because having the family see me with a lit candle in my ear was bad enough, let alone having them be in possession of evidence...

Missy and Chrissy - My sentiments exactly! It is a bit of a laugh, and to be honest there are a few decent music-related bits I get out of it!

Emo girl certainly seems to have the time to spare... Maybe I should bulletin her!

"Oi! Fncy dggn sme wx frm my ers?"

Almost worth a go...!