Baaaaa.... Ahem.

I've become a little more sheep, a little less wolf...hold on this will make sense in a sec.. Most people in this world are sheep.. following what everyone else does, conforming to the norm, only following the beaten path and never straying. I'm not saying ya kno go completely off the deep end, but being a little different than most people has always been trait of mine I've always liked.. I'm not exactly out there, you wil never see me in like a bright pink 'hawk, but im saying in the way you lead your life and personal intrests. Thank Goddess I found Mary Jane and you wonderful lot.. :D..
Anyway, the point of this thread.. I've finally given in and joined MySpace.. I've been against if forever, and vowed to never join.. Then, my favorite cousin who's in Mexico wrote and asked if i had a MySpace page. I said, "Hell naw, they're a sheep pen.." (dont wanna offend anyone.. but come on!) so since hes in practically a third world country, he only gets like 30 min of internet on his pc.. so he said," yeah, i wanna keep in contact, but i dont have alot of time, and i can usually get to everyone faster if you're all together." So, for my cousin's sake, because I love him and want to be in his life, I joined. I signed on months ago, and not till last week did i put some words down and changed tha layout and color, put up pics.. the whole shebang.. Its actually not so bad, put I still prefer this place.. In a week, I now have 5 friends.. never thought id see the day.. when The Hilder would say "Yeah, I have a MySpace page."

hehe... I only discovered the phenomenon sometime last year. I started an account so I could start tracing and tracking down family and friends.. help set up my social network.

It has proven to be extremely invaluable. I now have a reliable enough contact base to be able to go just about anywhere in the country and find a friend within a couple hundred miles who can help me out with whatever I might need.

EDIT: If it wasnt for myspace, I would never have stumbled upon this wonderful sight, looking for an answer to a question I was trying to answer myself about Matanuska Thunderfuck. I liked this place so much I joined immediately and had 50 posts in like an hour lol. Especially cause theres a Sexuality forum :D

I feel the same way as you about the "sheep" thing...and I felt the same way about myspace..I deleted my account awhile back....I have had a few ask me about if I had one...and I just found out that one of my friends has been looking for me but cant find me...I just gotta tell him to come here to find me..if you wanna see how I am..it is all here..even what i had for lunch. LOL

I have a love-hate relationship with myspace. Today, it is hate.

Tomorrow, it may be love..

It all depends on what people who I don't talk to IRL send me on myspace. It's stupid, but that's how it goes.

LOL.

i don't think there is anything wrong with myspace. people use it to talk to distant family and friends like you do everyday. thats why alot of people have them. its not about conforming, because in that case we'd all be sheep for getting dressed, or using the internet in general. i think its stupid when little kids get on there and use it as a social battleground as a way to argue and talk shit, and act like nothings wrong at school. or get really skanky and take the same monotonous pictures of themselves. you can seriously look at a handful or 12-17 year old girl pictures on there and probably point out 2 different things in their pcitures, besides the fact they're different people.

i think if used correctly its very useful.

Man, I've been getting in contact with people from high schoo. Its amazing how people's lives can change in a few years. - graduated in 03, and im the oldest in the group we call "The Losers Club". Im turning 24 is a couple of weeks, and I'm single, no kids, a steady job which will probably end up being my career if I cant start my own business. I've been talking to one of the girls I was close with and shes been giving me updates on everyone. now keep in mind these people are 23 and under. Five of them are married, three of em have kids, one of em is in the process of divorce at 23. so, im sittin here wondering what the freakin rush is with these people.. They're all working at like wal-mart and gas stations and grocery stores, even though two of the guys went to the Army. Out of the group of about 12 people, only two went to college, and Im the only one making serious money. I was joking with her that im the last one living the Rock and Roll lifestyle. Sex, drugs and Rock and Roll whoo-hoo!! lol It's crazy, In my two year absence from their lives, so much has changed. Hell, In the past 4 years of my life the only things that have changed is my residence and my best friend.
on a hilarious side note, I was talkin to one if the guys that was my food guinea pig was telling me that everyone went and fucked shit up cause i left and i was kinda the Momma of the group. I sent em all an email tellin em to straighten their shit out cause Momma's back bitches!! lol

Congrats on (CONFORM!) getting a MySpace (CONFORM!)! I have one (CONFORM!) but I don't really (CONFORM!) use it often (CONFORM!).

I like Facebook (CONFORM!) better simply because the (CONFORM!) pictures are much more (CONFORM!) organized, and you don't (CONFORM!) have a million videos and pictures (CONFORM!) on your page that take it (CONFORM!) forever to load...

I hate the condescending sheep metaphor. It sounds so arrogant to call a group of people 'sheep' or 'mindless'. I think it says a hell of a lot about somebody. It's surprising that I've never met a humble person who thought he/she was a wolf among sheep. Only arrogant non-conformist jokes. It's shouldn't be about wanting to be 'different' it should be about being true to yourself. If you want a myspace page and think it could be useful, get one. If you don't feel like getting an iPod because you prefer the Zune then get a Zune. If you ou end up being different than the 'masses' then that's great. As long as you are doing it because you truly want to.

With that being said, keep strokin' your ego.

I usually stop in a classmates.com

much more earthy group than myspace.com

i agree with ReUp, if you want a myspace then get one. some ppl i know call it a "cult" and don't know anything about it. they think its like a dating site, but its not for that purpose. you could use it for that, but i sure as hell don't. i use it to catch up with friends and family. some ppl need to have an open mind and try something new. that is what i am trying to do cuz i have always hated change, but i am becoming more open minded now. i just gotta say that i love this site and the ppl on it. i am glad you all have a lot of interesting issues and topics to talk about. thanks again!

There's such a stigma about myspace and facebook. I have them but rarely use them, stay in control, don't become addicted and all will be okay. When emo's starting flooding myspace i think that's when it became 'cool to bash' There are sheep and there are humans.

'If a person possesses any tolerable amount of common sense and experiance, his own mode of laying out his existence is the best, not because it is the best in itself, but because it is his own mode. Human beings are not like sheep; and even sheep are not undistinguishable alike. A man cannot get a coat or a pair of boots to fit him, unless they are either made to his measure, or he has a whole warehouseful to choose from: and is it easier to fit him with a life than with a coat, or are human beings more like one another in their whole physical and spiritual conformation than in the shape of their feet? If it were only that people have diversities of taste that is reason enough for not attempting to shape them all after one model. The same things which are helps to one person towards the cultivation of his higher nature, are hindrances to another. '