World Famous In San Francisco

I spent my holiday weekend catching up with childhood friends in my hometown. My friend Jess (pictured on the moon) only wanted to talk about Facebook and how "it's the future dude." When Jess isn't selling condos or jumping on his three backyard trampolines, he's on Facebook tracking and stalking Santa Cruz college freshmen girls.

Our friend Marcus (holding the earth) is a geographer but surprisingly has adequate offline social skills, so he's hardly on MySpace. Jess had a hard time convincing Marcus and I (floating in space) that we should set up Facebook accounts. We lost our trust in Jess years ago when he was phishing porn sites and basically stealing anything and everything he could off the Internet. But guess what? This didn't sound so sleazy.

So we set up Facebook accounts. And yes, for friend-to-friend social networking, Facebook does seem better than MySpace. But Facebook hasn't figured out music, and doesn't seem to be friendly to musicians or artists. It's impossible set up a page for your music. It's also impossible to decorate your Facebook page or make anything look aesthetically interesting. You'd never see an Internet celebrity like Chris Crocker develop on Facebook. Everything is set to private and nothing is entirely public. My first impression of Facebook is that it favors the dull and uninterested.

Facebook feels a lot more mature than MySpace. If you poke around on it you'll discover it is polluted with coworkers, classmates and family members. My REI infused Tanzanian sister is on Facebook; and my "HUMANIST~ANIMIST" walking stick sporting santabear of a dad (below) is even on Facebook. Are you on Facebook?

The New Spew

I passed, but if you want him he's only $5,161.50

Just a heads up- I'll go to your Halloween party if you buy The New Spew. Otherwise I'm making a cameo at this party where a chub/chaser couple dress as Mario and Luigi. Talk about hot. Supposedly they will have a sushi chef and security guards too. After that I'm visiting other parties and settling at the 'funnest' one. Why is everyone inviting me to their Halloween party this year?

What are your Halloween plans?

Acquaintance Patrik Sandberg of West Add radio's most listened-to radio show and blog, Cobain In a Coma, believes he is in Rhythm Nation- when he is in fact not.

Last Halloween Patrik sat in my apartment dissatisfied with his ramshackle straight-guy costume. I thought he looked okay in regular jeans; and the Nascar T was fun. Really it was. But nonetheless Patrik looked sad. Way sad. Now, I don't remember how it happend, but I suggested my Janet Jackson Rhythm Nation cap. We put the hat on his head, some black and white clothing AND ta-da! Rhythm Nation backup dancer!

But what started off as a cute Halloween costume has now turned into an every-other day outfit. Go to his party on Saturday. He'll probably be wearing my hat. Snatch it off that redhead and return it to me emkay thnx. I hope it doesn't smell like Chochella. It belongs on one of my teddy bears.


Dethrone the queen Saturday @ Thee Parkside plz MK thnx.