Ok, so I've been thinking about the myspace thing and I must say, despite the negative feelings I've had towards it, there are also some really positive things about it. The biggest thing of all, I suppose, is that it can give you the feeling that you are one step closer to the celebrity world. I mean, there is a chance that my message will go to some one famous - that they will, in fact, receive it. There is this sense that it's possible to meet someone with fame.
In case you all have missed it, I am so interested in the notion of fame. Being famous, photographed, the paparazzi, the lifestyle, the talent, the lack of talent, the rights, the freedoms, the fashion. It's so interesting to me. It's shallow but then it's not. It's trendy and fake, but it's not. It's ridiculous, but it's fascinating. It's hard to believe that these people are real. I would love to meet a celebrity so that I could finally fully understand that they are real human beings, living in this world as you and I are, and that they are flawed and funny or not likeable, real.
This blog entry popped into my brain a minute ago because I stopped by the Zach Braff website (such a beautiful design) and finally visited his myspace page. Yes, Zach Braff, like so many artists out there, has a myspace page. He's got a bunch of friends, like 700 or so and you know that he actually types in the profile info and writes what he wants. He's mentioned on his website that he's actually quite obsessed with his myspace. It makes him so human. It makes him closer to real. It makes it possible for me to talk to him.
The internet is amazing to me. Suddenly, now that I've become so immersed in my blog and now even further immersed in myspace, I am feeling such a strong connection to the world. In these few short months, I have seen the shift...watched people become more real...the perfect non-human, human connection. Real people connecting from behind a screen and keyboard. Connecting through typed phrases. Letters.
Words.
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Last weekend, I received a "friend request" from a woman in Texas. She wrote me a nice message and in it she congratulated me on winning the bronze medal in the olympics. I wrote back to her saying that "I'm happy to be your friend, but you must have me confused with someone else. I've never won an olympic bronze medal."
Well, she writes back shortly thereafter saying that the friend request she sent to me was really intended for Deena Kastor, the Woman's Olympic Marathon bronze medalist. Apparently, Deena has a MySpace page too.
As of yesterday, Deena had not replied! ;)
LOL. That's really cool. It's really surprising how many people are on there...
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