MySpace a place for friends

In all the time I was growing up, I only saw Dad cry two times. After the first time, I didn't say anything. But after the second time I left a note on his dresser saying, "See a psychiatrist." I don't know if he ever did, but at least I didn't see him cry again. - Jack Handey

Chances are I am just like you, trying to find happiness. I love to do things like people watching at airports and malls. It may sound lame but if you pay attention you can learn a lot about ourselves. I love music. I try hard to appreciate/respect every type of music thats out there. It's pretty tough, though, 'cuz there is some awful stuff in the world today. I also love free food and new socks.

If this is your first time to the Chen Profile, read a blog or two, comment, yadda yadda yadda. If this isn't your first time here, let me know what I did to make you come back so I don't do it again. All joking aside folks, thanks for wasting 5 minutes here at my little corner of the interweb.

The Rules of MySpace, by David Creamer:

DO…Make contact. If you want to be my friend, add me, and if I already know you, I'll accept the request. Within a few days of that request, please make some contact with me, whether it be via message or comment. Don't put me on your list just to get lots of friends.

DON'T…Complete endless surveys. These are dumb, and written for teenagers by teenagers.

DON'T…Overuse bulletins. Bulletins should be used to spread the word about an event or give information to everyone on your friends list. Keep in mind that all your contacts could be reading this, and most couldn't care less about the last time you snuck out of your parents' house.

DO…Change your password. As if the bulletin space wasn't cluttered enough with stupid surveys, many of you still haven't figured out that someone has hacked into your space and is posting bulletins in an effort to infect everyone else's space.

DON'T…Ask me to visit your page. There's nothing more irritating than when a person informs you that they have changed their page and they want you to check it out. People will check it out sooner or later.

DO…Use messages. Please don't try to carry on a conversation with me via comments. I don't know why this bugs me, it just does. So many people think their comment space should be a measure of their self-worth. If you're using any part of MySpace to measure your self-worth, it's time to get a life, right after you let me punch you right in the mouth.

DO…Clean up your page. Some profiles have so much crap on them that my computer almost crashes every time I try to look at them.

DON'T…Post gross pictures. Occasionally they're funny, occasionally I'll delete them. But I don't want a "funny" picture on my comments every day from you. If you're doing this, I will never give you my email address, because I'm sure you send more garbage on email than you do on MySpace.

DON'T…Believe what they're telling you in chain letters. You won't get a bulletin from Tom, so don't repost it thinking it's real. You won't have bad luck if you don't repost a bulletin within 6 minutes.

DO…Learn to spell. "Your" is different from "You're". "Your" denotes possession, i.e. your house, your mom, etc. "You're" is just another way to say "you are". You're very pretty, you're an idiot, etc. Learn the difference between "there", "their" and "they're" since you didn't in the 3rd grade.

I'm not pointing any fingers, although I do have a few of you in mind. These are just a few things I've been thinking about that I think can make MySpace more enjoyable for those of us over 20 years old