Mayer on MySpace, YourSpace, OurSpace

By Jefferson Reid Mar 28, 2008 12:01 AMTags
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We like John Mayer when he's calling himself a douche bag, and we like John Mayer when he's not. And today, the talented musician is getting all sensitive and introspective on his blog. And we like that, too. A few highlights from his post, "about us all":

 

This is about the girl in her bedroom who poses in front of the camera she's awkwardly holding in her outstretched hand. She'll take a hundred photos until coming up with one she's happy with, which inevitably looks nothing like her, and after she's done poring over images of herself, will post one on her myspace page and then write something like " I don't give a f*ck what you think about me."

This is about me, the guy who walks through a throng of photographers into a restaurant like he's Paul Newman, but who leaves a "reject" pile of clothes in his closet so high that his cleaning lady can't figure out how one man can step into so many pairs of pants in a week.

This is about a young guy who maintains a celebrity blog that subsists on tearing other people down but who has wrestled with a lifelong battle for acceptance as a gay man. 

 

And so it goes. After zooming-in micro, Mayer pulls-out macro and opines on the big picture of giving your best in life with what you've got. A good idea, and a very good read.