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Wednesday

There are 900 million things that I would love to expound on so - to start with something light but be forwarned I'll be talking about Israel and Bush and on and on. Tag a long, leave a comment and

Apparently, myspace.com has become a "dating" site and ... honestly - no one actually reads and comments on people's posts - so here I am.

When, you might wonder, did myspace become a dating site? Well, in Omaha, yesterday morning a lady on the radio called in to say that 17 people a day/ nationally, make myspace.com sites. When asked what myspace was she replied, "A dating site."

Because myspace doesn't have enough flak coming at it as it is, we now have ignorant people paying only half-attention to the news. I'd rather she be completely clueless. Wasn't there a quote... "a little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing."

I would love for parents to start parenting. You should be watching what your kids are doing. Then I think of the woman who drove all the way over to campus to complain because her son signed up for an orientation online (ORIENTATION, not a class, not a vital thing) and he received a flier in the mail reminding him to sign up. It was a mass mailing. I (a current student!) received one and where are you from? Atlantic? 45 miles away? You drove here because your son got a postcard in the mail??

here are some scissors - cut those apron strings, lady!

So, aside from the crazy parents -- you know your kids are swearing when they aren't around you (or, their friends are) and you know that things like, oh... sex, drugs and local artists have come up. Check their myspace, their emails, their school notebooks. If it's really terrible (I'm going to kill... or it vaguely reminds you of Mein Kampf) I'd recommend removing the computer and a good psychologist. Are they (we) going to complain? Yes. Are we going to mope? Yes. But guess what? It's your job!!

Perhaps you remember that evening 18 years and 9 months ago??
This is the consequence, darling, deal with it.
But for those of us that are "of age" (Oh... 25 and counting) keep your opinions off my myspace.

talk to you later

posted by meg @ 1:52 PM