Myspace is Finished

…At least it is for me.  I had an account with MySpace for years.  It was kinda cool at first.  It was very customizable, I got in touch with a few old friends, and it wasn’t all cluttered with slime and mold [see picture below].  Now it is all about music [which I love music], movies, celebs, and TV [to quote their homepage].  If I wanted to know more about Beyoncé or the Green Lantern Movie, I know where to find the info.  I don’t care about Beyoncé or the Green Lantern Movie – suxville

Not MyCrockpot but reminds me of MySpace... gross lol

Seems to me it should be called THEIRSPACE!  It would appear that the famous people have taken over a site that once made simple people feel famous in their own little world.  I never needed it for any desire to be famous [duh, that is why I have a WordPress... lol jk].  I just wanted to keep in touch with people.

But just like most things, the advertisers have cluttered it with all the junk you could expect with any free site.  On one hand it is good that it is free, or nobody would use it.  On the other hand, it has gotten super annoying and spammy.  MySpace needs more balance.

For these and other reasons, I have canceled my MySpace account, and I don’t think I will ever start another one.

… now the question remains, should I start a Facebook page [lol]?  I mean, most of my friends I do try to keep in touch with have one, so I am hoping that the ones I have lost touch with will have one as well.

I have been reluctant to start one, simply because the buzz about it just didn’t feel like me.  But now that I feel the need to get back in touch with people, I may just have to fold and sign up.

Wish me luck on my decision, and any advice or comments on the subject would probably be helpful.

Hope all is well

SB

p.s. The story behind the crock pot is simple and silly… someone I know made stew and then left the thing sitting in their apartment for who knows how long.  It had like 1.5″ tall hairy mold coming out the top.  You can see it if you look closely… if you dare!

Seattle Cheese Festival

So I went to the Seattle Cheese Festival yesterday!  It was delicious, to say the least.  The event took place on May 14th and 15th in downtown Seattle’s Pike Place Market.  This is also the home of the famous fish throwing/yelling guys and the first Starbucks ever.

Despite the rain, there were a ton of people here.  This doesn’t surprise me as it rains here all the time.  I guess the people just get used to it here [something I am still struggling with myself].

So we gathered our rain coats and umbrellas and went down to check it out.  There were a ton of different booths and types of cheese.  Since I love cheddar, that is what I was most interested in.  I found one that I thought was the best and got a chunk of it for $6, which is about half as much as it would be in the store.  There was an organic smoked jack cheese that I was also impressed with, but after eating all of that cheese, I was satisfied with my chunk of cheddar.

Crowded but fun...

Walking past the large pig statue and the Pike Place Fish Market itself, we came upon the second destination of interest.

Oink!

Pike Place Fish Market

We visited a small doughnut place called the Daily Dozen.  They have this cool automated doughnut maker that spits out about 4 every minute.  They are small, crispy, and very good.

Best machine ever!

While waiting for the group to all get their snack, I found my self standing amongst the engraved hoof path that leads up to the pig.

I noticed that even the silver living statue guy was taking a break from all of the activities that were going on.  His bubble maker continued to run while he rested.

Just chillin'

Now it was time for us to rest.  We had lunch at a place called the Seatown Snack Bar.  The food was tasty and fairly reasonable for the location, at least in my opinion.

Although it was a rainy day, I had a good time and ate lots of cheese.

Yummy!