a new, 'really retarded' ('yet functional, i feel') gimmick has arrived ('again,' i guess)
my myspace account is on ebay, if bidding exceeds $666 i'll block out all information that causes people to think my myspace account 'isn't really tao lin' and affirm to people that 'it's really me' even as 'the new owner' is repeatedly myspace-messaging adrian tomine or whoeverseems like it 'doesn't matter at all' if my identity doesn't exist
is the internet real, is the internet becoming 'more concrete'
feels like the opposite, like the internet is becoming 'even more abstract,' is almost now 'beyond my range of "comprehension" or something'
if people cause people to associate 'bad things' with the concept of 'tao lin (b.1983),' causing people to 'treat me differently' 'in real life,' like hate me more or something, in concrete reality, will i be able to 'trace back' how people are behaving toward me to 'me not being in control of my myspace account anymore' or 'me not doing a lot of work to dispel rumors about me'
or will that be too complicated for me to think about, and i'll just feel more amused, and less 'sad' or 'bored,' or something, that people hate me for 'no reason that i can remember' or are talking to me about 'things i have no memory of'
seems almost preferable to 'have no identity' and 'have little or no agency' re what people know about me or how people behave toward me
in concrete reality, at any point in my life, currently, i 'see' maybe 1-4 people 'regularly'
everything else seems 'really abstract,' like it's all 'inside the internet,' a strange place where i feel okay with anything, it seems
i'm glad i won't have a myspace account anymore, i feel that my internet presence is 'making more sense' now
in the past i used garamond and had a .blogspot url
after this week i can type 'in the past i had a myspace account' and have it be accurate
not sure about the tone of this post, seems like i've 'given up' in some ways
in other ways it seems like i 'finally care,' in that i 'finally' am 'getting rid of' my myspace page
perhaps i have 'simply' 'evolved' to a different 'level' of [something], 'leaving behind' 'even' the concept of 'giving up' or 'not giving up,' in the same way if i had half my brain removed i would lose 'even the possibility' of certain concepts, 'hehe'
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I really want this, but bidding will exceed my financial means. Wow woe woe wow.
"even more abstract". i agree with that.
haha, 'adrian tomine.'
this venture is "asethetically pleasing."
i think ill try to buy your myspace account so i can delete it. i feel like that might be artistic or something.
You feel less real to me because you have used far too many of these 'little fellers'. Perhaps it was 'deliberate', designed to 'make a point'. It gives the impression that you don't want to actually commit to anything you 'say'. Do you know what Jimi Hendrix said when he was accused of being all gimmick and no content? Don't give up, Tao Lin, the internet would be a far less interesting place without you.
myspace is lame
good for you
i hope you make a lot of money and then laugh at the idiot who paid for it
Can't wait to friend the new Tao Lin. Hoping Facebook account is up for grabs in future.
if i had the money i would buy the account and use ur azn persuasion to holler @ 12 year old myspace angelz and attract some fbi attention. that kind of press u can't buy man srsly you should just give it to me and i will work my magics.
i just bought your blog and sold it back to you. i advised you via twitter and the sale was made with ' elvis isn't dead' by scouting for girls playing on mute on the radio in the 'background' (html is a great thing)
i will trade you my myspace account for your myspace account. I feel that this would be a reasonable trade for both of us as you can then pretend to be a musician with DIY and 'faux lo-fi' leanings and this can be a distraction and would perhaps provide you with 'hours of fun'.
whoa
seems highly relevant
thanks for the books
wait, gingatao: what did jimi hendrix say?
you have issues.
roo, hi
thad, hi
reynard, 'hehe'
david, glad you think that
t.r., that would be funny, i encourage you to do that
gingatao, interesting
thomas, hi
evan, nice
tyler, nice
kerri, nice
chris, i will 'pass' on the offer but thank you for thinking of it
adam, you're welcome, thank you for buying
james, hey bro
andy, hm, interesting
i had something important or something to say but then pandora radio started playing a new song that's kind of like the others but i don't like it but i don't want to check 'don't like it' because that might change everything but this song i don't like continues... oh good it's finally fading away... what is this? i'm not sure what i think about it yet
maybe everything will just be 'medium-bad' today. that's not so bad. i'm going to order a veggie sandwich w/avocado delivered maybe now
jimi hendrix, ok
Wow. This Post Is Interesting to Me!
people still use myspace?
I can imagine the winning bidder experiencing "buyers remorse" quite soon after the purchase of someone else's myspace account.
It's a shame that myspace deletes your "Sent Mail" after 14 days. At least then they could release some sort of 'Myspace Messages of Tao Lin' I guess.
giles, i think messages i sent can be read by reading messages people sent me and reading my replies, they are quoted or something, i think
maybe after everyone gets over facebook and twitter and whatever i don't even know about there will be a myspace revival..that will be rad.
hahahaha
what kind of cover letters do you use when submitting stories? what is your rejection rate?
short ones
i don't submit anymore
i have 'backlog' of non-paying solicitations
Genius? Insanity? Stupidity? Whatever this is, I like it.
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