Wacky Internet and the Offspring

Hello everyone. To be honest, I am not doing too well at this moment in time. I want to go to the Verizon Headquarters [wherever that may be] and stab out the eyes of every single person. Then I want to choke them with their unreliable phone cords. Before you call the cops on me, just let me clarify that I am NOT a psycho, and I would NEVER do those things. I mean, I’m a pacifist people! Jeez. But yes. It seems that with all of the strides the human race has made in technology, we haven’t really improved anything. Sure, dial-up Internet service was as slow as a slug, and the dial-up noise made you want to pull your hair out, but it was reliable, am I right? I miss CompuServe with a passion right now. I’d give anything for the drab-looking background and the annoying “You have mail” announcement. I don’t care that I couldn’t surf the web while gabbing on the phone; I didn’t need to. But now, when the love of my life is 70 miles away, the telephone is the only way I can contact him. As I look at those evil green lights going on and off at odd intervals, I can’t help but wonder WHY people would pay so much for a stupid little box that can’t recognize the username OR the network after you reconfigured it 3 god-damn times! Technology sucks, my friends; it’s as simple as that.
Anybody know what song is playing on 93.3 WMMR and 94.1 WYSP incessantly??!?! It’s “Self-Esteem” by the Offspring. I like the sound of this song, but not what it represents. The singer is describing himself as in a relationship where he “knows he’s being used” but it’s okay because he “likes the abuse.” Are you honestly going to feed that to a population of teenage boys, most of which puberty wasn’t kind to [to say the least]? I mean, it’s enough to tell female listeners that it’s okay to reject them and use them like they’re maxed-out credit cards, but to make it seem like it is okay for a male to take advantage of a drunken teenage girl, even IF she’s asking for it! I mean what the hell? Is this what adolescence has come to? Are these the standards by which our young are supposed to live?
Sorry. As I step off of my soapbox, I just have one thing to say to Vonage: [kiddies, cover your eyes]
F*** YOU!