The Internet

Now that I have a whole month off of school, I've got time to comment on my typically insane American family, and a lot of things to bitch and reflect about. So I'm gonna put it out there.

"So", you say, "Amy, you spend a lot of time on the Internet. What's up with that?"

Well I like information. And I like to make fun of people. Generally indirectly, and the Internet does that.

Now I'm not one to go through through these new fangled 'fourms' and 'boards' to critique teeny boppers on their latest asymmetrical haircuts or Disney channel celebrity crushes, but I DO like to watch other people do it.

Or just see people point out the flaws in people's poorly crafted outfits.

I generally pass my time by gathering my information at:

Go Fug Yourself
http://gofugyourself.typepad.com/

All time favorite bitches. With pages and pages dedicated to lycra and spandex mishaps, gold lamae hot pants, and a love hate relationship with footless tights, these girls embody everything I think everyday, only with more famous people.

While I hold back screams of terror when I see cable knit uggboots paired with cut off denim skirts, they give an internal monologue for Britney Spears. So different, yet so much the same.


I Watch Stuff
http://www.iwatchstuff.com/

So this guy has three blogs in one, that are fairly different, but work seamlessly together. My favorite, and the most informative of these is "I Watch Stuff". It's got a hell of a lot of leaked movie information and trailers, some even so illegal they're taken down within hours of being posted. So scandalous.

Also has "The Superficial" and "Geekologie". Great for fairly unreliable yet entertaining celebrity gossip and cutting edge/over the top/strange Japanese inventions.

Group Hug
http://grouphug.us/
Okay this might be a scam, and I swear it hasn't been updated in at LEAST a year, but it's got thousands of posts, and it's way addicting. Just click random and there you go, entertained for hours.

I'm sure most of these are bogus, but just to think someone can dream this shit up gives me hope that I'm entirely normal.

A Softer World
http://asofterworld.com/
The best absolute best web comic out there. Also the weirdest thing I've ever seen.

Sometimes I feel like it's the only web based outlet that understands me. And that's kind of saying a lot.

McSweeney's
http://www.mcsweeneys.net/
If you don't know about this then you don't know about the Internet. You are also probly not my friend.

As a customer service worker and city employee with full Internet access and a lot of slow business days, I can confidently say I have read upwards of 90% of McSweeney's lists.

Mindy Kaling's Blog
http://mindyephron.blogspot.com/
As one of the biggest "The Office" fans in functional society, I cannot get enough of Mindy Kaling. (If you're out of the loop, or mentally unstable, she plays Kelly Kapoor) She is super hip, super funny, and super the girl I want to be when I grow up.

Her blog is basically a list of all the things she's bought with her newly found disposable income from "The Office". Screw investments and real estate, this girl is buying underpants and Slanket's (it's a blanket with sleeves ya'll, think about that).

Radar Online
http://www.radarmagazine.com/
Now in my effort to be environmental (which is a very small effort, I assure you), I have made a conscious decision to read radar online instead of get the pesky magazine delivered to my door. This is also great because this way it's free.

It's like my Newsweek and people put together in a much more fun and photo manipulated, edgy, and way inappropriate kind of way.

Fark.com
http://www.fark.com/
The best news source of all time. I spend can entertain myself for years on this thing. It's like that five minutes of morning radio when the overzealous DJ talks about all the weird news of the day. But hundred's of stories at a time.

Awesome, and great for passing time, if you need to.


So when you're done picking the perfect song to emulate your mood on your myspace, 'checking up on' the kid you sat behind in English last semester on facebook, and catching up on the latest "Hills" episodes, pick something on that list to rot your brain further.

That's what the Internet is for, it's just a series of tubes.