As you may be able to tell, I just deleted over 3,000 of my MySpace "friends."  Yup.  I went through and got rid of all the bands and people I didn't remember, the defunct bands, the people who haven't updated in 2 years, and I started from scratch.  If you're reading this, you're one of the lucky 700-ish who stayed on the list.  Congratulations.

Gosh...I feel so catty, haha...but it had to be done. It felt nice.  Like spring cleaning.  I did leave a few "classics" who haven't updated in a while, like my high school allies Dover Falls (one of whom just graduated college with me) and obviously, Brynne Calleran, my very first indie influence, who just graduated from Cornell. (Brynne, if you're reading this, COME BACK! You don't know how badly I miss your live shows and rough acoustic mp3s!)

If I missed anyone or accidentally deleted you and shouldn't have, feel free to add me back. But please note that I'm no longer accepting random requests from bands, filmmakers or comedians. If you are one of those, and would like to add me as a friend, please send me a message that's at least vaguely personalized. I no longer want to just add people for the sake of adding them. I want to make MySpace MINE again.

The other thing I'm not doing is accepting application invites. If I add any, they will be on my own terms. So far, I have Sorority Life and I'm planning to add Li'l Green Patch, because those are the only two I actually like. Li'l Green Patch has been a favorite of mine since its Facebook inception because my mom is an avid gardener and the characters are just too cute for words...and obviously you help save the rainforest. (Wow, Firefox doesn't recognize "rainforest." Shameful.)

And Sorority Life...oh man...I had a bad cold last week and I spent way too much time in bed playing that game and now I'm slightly addicted. It's like World of Warcraft meets Orange County. You get to spend five digits on shoes without ACTUALLY spending five digits on shoes, you get to change your hair and clothes anytime you want without ACTUALLY changing your hair and clothes, you get to attend designer gallery openings and throw ridiculous parties without ACTUALLY putting in the effort...and best of all, you get to sabotage other girls without ACTUALLY sabotaging other girls. Y'know, like "The Crayon Song," only less creative.

Please join my house, I'm getting good at the game, but I've already been terminally depressed once because I don't have enough "sisters."

I'm really disappointed in myself that I haven't totally memorized the color scheme from Joseph yet. I know I can do it, because we sang the songs in fourth grade chorus and we ALL memorized it. I'm gonna get on that.

Love and red and yellow and green and brown and scarlet and black and ochre and peach and ruby and olive and violet and fawn and lilac and gold and chocolate and mauve and cream and crimson and silver and rose and azure and lemon and russet and gray and purple and white and pink and orange AND BLUE, <3 ~ Ashley.