John Mayer is not happy with the way he’s been portrayed in the press lately. He’s only been photographed occasionally as he makes his way to the studio, and the gossip magazines are focused on his girlfriend Jennifer Aniston’s non-pregnancy instead of his newfound devotion to her. He blogged that he’s not in the dark place the paparazzi photos may suggest and that things are going great and we should focus on how excited we are for his next project:

A quick point about all things media/gossip/paparazzi related, as I know there’s been some chatter amongst the fan boards lately…

I am not darker, angrier or moodier these days. In fact, it’s just the opposite. All that’s happened is that I’ve given up on trying to find a way to use unwanted media as a form of entertainment. (It still was worth a try.) A walk to the car isn’t the best time to try and analyze my mood or disposition, so you’ll probably always get a bad read from it.

Here’s what I think some of you might be missing… I’m enjoying off time right now. That means I’m not really playing any shows as I concentrate on making the next album. Traditionally that would mean that you never see me at all, and my absence makes your hearts grow fonder, and then I appear again with my next collection of work and we all get grooving again. Things have changed a bit, and the decision to slide on and off your radar isn’t so much my own anymore. But I’m too young to stomp my feet about it. All I can do is concentrate on keeping my heart and soul correct and then redecorate around it.

So the life you see in pictures of me might not resemble the one you saw when you first picked up my music, but I’d be willing to bet your life looks different since then, too. All that matters is that the evolution of being a person stays correct, and I think when you hear the next album you won’t regret a thing…because I sure haven’t.

And I get it… I don’t apologize for a lick of it, but I get it… I just think sometimes in the middle of all the gossip madness you just need to hear my voice to let you know that I’m still here. So here I am. Well, not “me” me. I’m dictating this to my assistant Rolando while I enjoy an invigorating Watsu massage. And maybe from now on I’ll give you some more updates so that you don’t feel as if I’ve disappeared and been replaced with a robotic clone, like in that movie The Last Starfighter, though if I had been, I’d want you to know that I’m very happy where I am defending the great planet of Rylos, long may she prosper.

Sorry. Sorry. Where was I?

I think that covers it, just a quick check-in… Hope you’re all well and as excited about the future as I am. I’m looking forward to the show on December 6.

[From John Mayer’s blog via Us Weekly]

John Mayer just bugs me no matter what he says. Sometimes I try and have an open mind about it, like when I defended his rant to the paparazzi after his relationship with Aniston ended for the first time. He acted really upset and seemed honest about it, but a lot of you pointed out to me that he was making it all too clear with the way he worded his statement that he was the dumper, not the dumpee, and wanted us to know about it. Now he wants us all to know he’s still around, but it’s like he’s annoyed that he’s not getting as hounded by the paps as he was a few weeks ago when he first reconciled with Aniston.

What’s more is that he titled this blog entry “Hi!!” I really dislike when people do that in e-mail. Make the damn subject descriptive even if it’s just a quick hello. Mayer could have titled this “Working hard in the studio” or something. Leave it to him to touch on one of my pet peeves. Maybe I’m just annoyed that he reminded us he’s still around.

Do you think he really dictated this to an assistant while getting a water massage? I hope that’s not true because if he did do it that way it’s incredibly pretentious to admit it. Maybe the assistant used “Hi!!” for the title then and it wasn’t his fault.

John Mayer is shown strutting his stuff outside the gym on 11/10/08. He is said to have spent the night before at Aniston’s house. Credit: ODuran/Fame Pictures