Another reason I prefer LiveJournal to MySpace...
Bots. Or, I suppose, there is a slim chance that they really pay people to write messages in the style of goofy girls attempting to befriend everybody on MySpace. But they're most assuredly not real people.

Case in point:

CutiePiez
http://www.myspace.com/173446365
Date: Mar 29, 2007 2:37 AM
Subject: howdie
Body: H3Y BABE !!!...Cool myspace u got there.. was just browsing people who live near me and found ya..... Feel free to add me to your M~S~N or A~I~M (both are listed on my MS page..I prefer M`S`N as A'I'M freezes on me so I may not get ur messages...I jusst m0ved so try!ng to meeet sum new people.. xoxox chat soon cutie xoxoxo Paris

I got three messages from three different SNs all containing that same text. The actual pages only differ in that they have a different AIM SN (also, who puts tildas in between letters in instant messenger programs?). I was pretty sure that they were spam when they said "Cool myspace you got there" and mine features the default colors and multiple messages saying "this MySpace site has no purpose, look at my LiveJournal."

Also, I get, like, 900 friend requests a week from, according to the picture on the profile, the exact same half-naked girl. Of course, there will be two or three that look legit until I get there and Tom is their #1 friend, followed by fifteen "yer hot wanna meet me sexylady thanx 4 da add you wanna get @ me"-esque messages left by geeky-looking teenagers (or wannabe gangstas) and a "go to another site to see my pics, they're too 'revealing' for my space lol"-type blurb. Then, penile enhancement pill spam written from the point of view of a girl attached to the comment of somebody with a guy's picture for their avatar start creeping into the comment section. Also, they've all put "I don't want kids," obviously because they're pornstars and that would really mess up their career. :P

I even found one that was booby-trapped; no matter where you clicked on the upper half of the page, it would link you to some cheapass dating site. At least some of them are changing their pages from the default look. It's ironic, somehow, that these porn spam bots have better-looking MySpace pages than I do. :P

Then, I find Badger amidst all of the friend requests. Well, Badg, you nearly got mass-deleted with a bunch of bimbos--not a bad way to go, all things considered.

It's getting about time to head to work, where I have large quantities of bottles waiting to be labeled. It snowed suddenly and for no reason last night, and still continues to do so even now, so this should be an interesting day (or a deathly slow one). Since the majority of our seating area is actually outside, there probably won't be that many people coming in for beer today. I figured I'd at least post this much before I left because I don't know how the wireless signal will fare against the elements today.

Have a nice day!
The Insane Space Hunter