I don't really "get" MySpace.
Oh, I understand the whole social-networking shtick. But I really don't understand the collection of friends business. Who the fuck has 2845 friends? What is the point of trying to collect the most possible number of so-called friends when you have no idea who all but 10 of them actually are? (Or however many of your ACTUAL friends are also on MySpace).
Maybe it's a generational thing. Gen X (of which I am a member) proudly forged the way of growing up around early internet technology. Why, when I was a kid we used things called acoustic couplers and ASCII. The generations that followed have never known life without the modern internet. My youngest sister is in her mid-20s. By the time she was born I already owned my 2nd computer and soon thereafter got my first modem. By the time she was 10 the true modern internet was rapidly becoming widely used by average folks. She has a MySpace account. Checks it regularly, from what I can tell. Gets into social dilemmas based on interactions she has via MySpace.
When I see that website, all I see is a contrived group of social whores. I don't mean whores in the literal sense of the word. SOCIAL whores. Attention whores. People who have some kind of odd hole in their lives that is filled by the supposed friendship of every celebrity or half interesting person who accepts their "friend" request.
Give me a break. What a waste of time.
Oh, I understand the whole social-networking shtick. But I really don't understand the collection of friends business. Who the fuck has 2845 friends? What is the point of trying to collect the most possible number of so-called friends when you have no idea who all but 10 of them actually are? (Or however many of your ACTUAL friends are also on MySpace).
Maybe it's a generational thing. Gen X (of which I am a member) proudly forged the way of growing up around early internet technology. Why, when I was a kid we used things called acoustic couplers and ASCII. The generations that followed have never known life without the modern internet. My youngest sister is in her mid-20s. By the time she was born I already owned my 2nd computer and soon thereafter got my first modem. By the time she was 10 the true modern internet was rapidly becoming widely used by average folks. She has a MySpace account. Checks it regularly, from what I can tell. Gets into social dilemmas based on interactions she has via MySpace.
When I see that website, all I see is a contrived group of social whores. I don't mean whores in the literal sense of the word. SOCIAL whores. Attention whores. People who have some kind of odd hole in their lives that is filled by the supposed friendship of every celebrity or half interesting person who accepts their "friend" request.
Give me a break. What a waste of time.
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Anyway, I got my truck today. An 05 KW w900 with 242k on it. On the grungy side for a werner truck but I got the lowest miles of the three of us who got trucks today. it needs a couple of things in the shop and doesn't have a permit book so I shan't be able to get out and about on it till monday at the earliest. I could have spent the next couple of nights on it i guess but I'm gonna play dumb and say i thought i was sposta go back to the motel. if they bill me for it what the fuck, at least I can get access to someplace to eat without risking driving the truck around with no registration papers.
I don't like the visibility with the stacks right behind the doors, the huge nose and smaller windows, but the truck does have style, albeit in an old beat up sort of way. no room between the seats to store my bike but I think i might be able to fit it in between the seats and bunk if i can finesse it over and between the seats. today i learned that some truckers who are very big guys have trouble squeezing between the seats to get back to the bunk. the KW t600 must not be a favorite rig of theirs.
Those fleets of new werner KWs you've seen are likely the ones with 2007 engines which aren't moving and not a penny has been paid for, since the engines have dying at 140k problem that wants resolving. I'm told they've bought up as many 06 engines as they can get to see them though till the new engines have their problems ironed out.
One better thing about werner is you can fuel anywhere in their network. should help with getting the free showers and keeping me less stinky. so now if i'm stinky it's only attributable to my antisocial nature. helps to keep the christians at a distance. hee hee. They are a little more controlling with regard where and when you can move the truck, but it should be manageable.
Well, I hope you're enjoying this fine day.
My cousin has twin girls and she moved to my hometown when they were born. I thought that was gonna be enough to tide her over. It was for a while. They are getting older so now the pressure is back on me!
I think I am just gonna borrow some of my friends kids the next time I go back to ohio to visit!