Lackluster conclusion to wierd IM

[18:57] SNRemoved: im srry.im tryin to find starses adresses.i dont have many friends and i wnt some stars as friends.u dont know me so i dnt wnt u to think im hacking or anything.i did read ur link.srry for any inconveinince
[18:57] *** Auto-response sent to SNRemoved: If you are the guy who keeps asking if I am from some Disney Channel TV show I have a message for you at the link below.

Feel free to respond here or on my blog. I eagerly await your answer.
http://tsgarp.blogspot.com/2005/09/message-to-guy-who-thinks-i-am-from.html

Ok, apparently he hasn't made an attempt to improve his grammar. If anything, it's now worse.

I can't decide whether the message itself is sad or hilarious. Apparently he really is randomly messaging people in the hopes that they are one of the few stars he is looking for. Listen kid, this is not the way to go about finding friends. The internet should not be your primary source for social interaction. Messaging strangers in the hope that you can become friends with them is not only foolish, its dangerous. If you have trouble finding friends in real life, it probably has something to do with how you act. When I was in elementary school I didn't have many friends either. At the time, I thought it was something to do with poor luck or the world being unfair. In reality I either didn't socialize with people, or when I did, it was me having emotional outbursts that either led to me being mocked, or avoided. If you don't have friends, try talking to people in real life. No one is going to take you seriously if you just search randomly for friends online. And no one online is going to take you seriously if you can't write properly.

-Brandon

A message to the guy who thinks I am from "The Suite Life of Zack & Cody"

I've received a few perplexing messages this week. Unfortunately he/she is gone by the time I find them. This is understandable. I've been out quite a bit and I've been leaving my PC on to share downloaded files.

[19:47] FakeScreenName: im not tryin to hack but my friend thinks ur from the suite life of zack and cody.am i correct?
[19:47] *** Auto-response sent to FakeScreenName: I am currently away from the computer.

and

[20:29] FakeScreenName: are u from the suite life of zack and cody?
[20:29] *** Auto-response sent to FakeScreenName:...

What confused me first was just poor sentence structure. It's typical internet kiddie stuff, like no caps and "ur". Then I was trying to figure out who Zack and Cody were and if I was ever friends with them. Was I part of their sweet (I mistook suite as a weird misspelling of sweet) life? A friend had to inform me that "Suite life of Zack and Cody" (see the capitalization there buddy? and those quotes help me to differentiate a title from the rest of the sentence) was in fact a Disney channel TV show.

Now I want to know a few things. First of all, why does said kid suspect me of being part of this show? Second of all, does this kid really think that he/she is hacking by asking random people personal questions?

Now, perhaps the actor or actress he/she thinks I am, is in fact a very large fan of Stalin, and this being a rare occurrence, could likely suspect that someone with the SN StalinFan101 was the sought after actor and not someone who takes too much enjoyment out of the unlikely idea that anyone would be his fan. Doesn't seem too likely, but you never know.

I'm posting a link to this post in my away message so that the next time he/she contacts me I can perhaps get an answer to some of these questions.

If you are the person asking my, and you haven't understood, I am not who you think I am. Although I would also be curious if you could tell me the name of the actor or actress you have mistaken me for. As an added bonus I have decided to correct your atrocious grammar in the hopes that you will one day successfully master the English language. I'm not looking for perfection (I certainly don't have it) but an attempt at presentation would be nice.

[19:47] FakeScreenName: im not tryin to hack but my friend thinks ur from the suite life of zack and cody.am i correct?

Should read...

[19:47] FakeScreenName: I'm not tryin to hack but my friend thinks you're from the "Suite Life of Zack and Cody." Am I correct?

-Brandon

Spam

This spam is simultaneously amusing and annoying. It's apparent that it only pops up on new posts. Blogger seemed to do a decent job of blocking it before but somebody found a way around it. I don't want to turn off the ability to comment anonymously, as I don't think people should be forced to make a blogger accound if they want to comment. So I won't. So far the amount of spam I get hadn't exceded 10 comments on a post, so it isn't a huge deal to delete.

-Brandon

Christ...

If half of the things in this boing boing post are true, someone in charge needs to be brought down. There are all sorts of scary stories popping up about negligence in the part of government workers. If authorities aren't even able to keep the astrodome under control, something needs (probably someone) needs to change.

-Brandon

I'm not sure why but I find the fact that Amazon sells bologna incredibly amusing.

In totally unrelated news, Broken Flowers is awesome. The movie relies heavily on subtle actions in order to define each charecter and Jarmusch does such a good job at making sure the viewer notices it. Bill Murray plays pretty much the same role he has had for the last few movies. Which isn't necessarily good or bad. The camerawork is beautiful and the pacing is slow and relaxing without getting boring.

-Brandon

Upcoming concerts I am going to/want to see.

4-Sep Tell Julia Gabe's Oasis, IC

20-Sep Atmosphere Scope Ballroom,IC

22-Sep Tilly and The Wall Gabe's Oasis, IC

7-Oct Fiery Furnaces Chicago

26-Nov Andrew Bird w/Head of Femur Chicago

-Brandon