What It's Like To Own John Mayer

I own John Mayer. It's true. He's mine and he has to do everything I command him to do. If I want him to hug a friend of mine, he has to. If I want him to wink at someone, he does it. He'll even poke the people I want him to.

What I'm talking about is the Myspace application "Own Your Friends." It's basically a game where you accumulate "money" for doing certain activities, and if you have enough you can purchase your Myspace friends as virtual "pets." Once you own them, you can make them poke, hug, wink at, smack, and high-five your other friends.

Well, JMMA has owned John as a pet for about a month now and during that time I've received a handful of requests from people I don't even know saying, "Can you please make John poke me?!? Pleeeeeeese!!!" Uh... okay. I almost want to write them back afterward and say, "Was it good for you?"

Anyway, my point of this is... I'm going to begin leasing John out. If you want him, please post a COMMENT at www.myspace.com/jmmagroup and let me know when you want him, how long you want him for, and what you're willing to pay for him. What you do with him is your business. Just please hose him down after and let him drip-dry. (He shrinks and fades in the dryer.)

Any takers?

Sincerely,

John Mayer's owner,
Otherwise known as,
~ Rob

Get a personalized JMMA Membership Card!

Want a personalized JMMA membership card for your Myspace page? Just message me at the JMMA Myspace page and let me know how you want your card to read.

Name:
Number (in this format: xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx):
Member Since (must be 3/07 or later):

Thank you to Bri for suggesting this!

JMMAer of the Day

If you'd like to increase the circle of your JM friends on Myspace, complete the questions below and we will feature you as the "JMMAer of the Day" in a Bulletin. Please cut and paste the questions below into a message and sent it to us at the JMMA Myspace account (www.myspace.com/jmmagroup).

First name:
Where do you live:
Favorite Quote:
Interests/Hobbies:
Three things you love besides John Mayer:
What 'table' did/do you sit at in high school (popular, jocks, geeks, band, etc):
Three words you'd use to describe yourself:
Would you like other JMMAers to add you (yes, no):
Anything else you'd like to add:

Also, please specifiy what picture you'd like us to use from your Myspace gallery.

That's it! Have fun with it, kids. This isn't a test. :)

xox,
~ Rob

JMMAgazine: How to be featured on the cover

The JMMAgazine covers have bonded JMMAers in a way that I never would have dreamed. Once I started posting these in our gallery, JMMAers started commenting on each other's covers and the next thing you know, they were adding each other as friends.

We've had lots of people ask us how they get one themselves. It's simple: Just ask. Well, there's a little more to it than that. I'll lay it out in steps:

1. Send us a message at the JMMA Myspace page saying you'd like a JMMAgazine cover.
2. Include the picture that you want on the cover, or let us know which picture in your gallery to use. Remember that it has to be a decent sized picture to work.
3. If you have any specific headlines you want on your magazine, let us know. Otherwise, we'll make them up on our own. *evil grin*
4. Give us a couple days to complete your cover, and we'll email it to you at your Myspace page when it's done.

Simple, huh? And all that we ask in return is that you comment on a few of your fellow JMMAers covers and make friends. :)

Mayer and DRH

Have you ever wondered what the initial conversation was like between John and DRH when they came up with the idea of playing each other's guitars? Hmm...

*dreamy fade out*

*fade in to John and DRH, at John's apartment*

JOHN: Y'know, I was thinkin' it might be cool to play each other's guitars on stage.

DRH: Sure, you can use my guitar anytime, Jo--

JOHN: No, not using each other's guitars. PLAYING each other's guitars... while we're wearing them.

DRH: While we're... What?

JOHN: Like this...

*John gets up, walks behind DRH. Puts his arms around him and cups his stomach*

DRH: Ah, you know... I'm not really sure--

JOHN: WTF? You don't like it when I touch you there?

DRH: I'm not saying THAT, John! It's just--

JOHN: Chaves didn't want to do it either, and look what happened to him.

*DRH thinks*

DRH: So, I get behind you?

JOHN: Now you're talkin', bitch.

Everyone sees something different in clouds...

... and John's package.

Forgive Me For Underestimating You... Again!

Okay, I've been running JMMA in one form or another for over four years now. During that time, I've had lots of crazy ideas on how to get people more involved in the discussions in an effort for us to get to know one another better. The funny thing is I'm always thinking, "It's not going to work - they're not going to respond." But you always surprise me! And the latest is this JMMAgazine thing.

What I love most about it is the interaction between JMMAers - the compliments on each other's pictures; the good-spirited poking fun at one another and the headlines; the general kindness we're showing one another. THAT'S what this Group is all about! Yeah, we're all here because we love Mayer's music. But it's starting to go beyond that: We're all here because we're fucking cool. =)

So thanks for always surprising me with your responsiveness to everything we do at JMMA!