fmylife.com <-- my new obsession

The other week, while daydreaming in my Creative Dance class (yes, I am allowed to take such ridiculous curriculum as this is my last semester as an undergraduate) I overheard a girl complaining about how the http://www.juicycampus.com website was down, but that followers of the college gossip site had turned to http://www.fmylife.com for temporary entertainment until its revival. "If you're having a bad day and think your life sucks, go to this site. I was laughing for hours!" the girl proclaimed. Intrigued, as I love anything that will keep me from my schoolwork, decided to check out the site. Boy, was I in for a treat. Under the heading, F*** My Life: My life sucks, but I don't give a fuck, were anonymous posts from people detailing certain incidences that had happened to them, followed by the letters FML. They range from raunchy to embarrassing to just flat out pathetic, but you cannot understand the humor that ensues from these posts unless you go to the site yourself. Let me give you a little preview...
Today, I spent $20 on a spray tan, $30 to have my make up done, and $50 on a pretty new dress all for a special date with my boyfriend. It turns out I spent $100 just to get dumped. FML
Today, I went to a plastic surgeon's office with a friend. The doctor walked in and before he could look at the consult papers, he started explaining the lipo suction procedure to me. I had to interrupt him and tell him that I was only there for support for my friend's nose job. FML
Today, the 9th grade dean called me into his office to talk. He asked me if I was new because it seemed like I was having trouble making friends. I've been going to the same school, with the same people, since kindergarten. FML
This is just a sample, but I had to tear myself away as the site could potentially keep me occupied for hours. I highly recommend it to those trying to avoid studying, or maybe to those who have just had a rough day. Enjoy!

Although I have never seen myself as the blogging type- I can see how people can get really into one. Sitting here thinking about what part of my life is interesting enough to be posted on the internet is exhausting... but at the same time, this feels exactly like my dolphin shaped notebook that I called my diary as a kid. Seriously, blogging is an online diary for adults. I can make it as private or as public as I want, and can rant about whatever I can possible think of. My childhood diary consisted of mainly terribly misspelled words (thank god for spell check), and announcements to myself of who my crush of the week was. Looking back on the many diaries I tried to keep as a kid, I love knowing what honestly was running through my head when I was 10. Although life was a lot simpler then, some things just never change. I still have to sit down with a friend just to tell her the dumb fight I got into with my roommate that morning (even though my roommate at 10 was my older sister, but a roommate nonetheless).
All in all, even though I am not blogging for myself, but for my internship through Platform One Entertainment, I'm excited about the chance to try something total out of my comfort zone. This week we were assigned to have listening parties with a few of our friends here on campus to show them what our bands were all about. I met up with a bunch of my sorority sisters at the local roller skating rink and I had them listen to a few songs. Most of the girls really enjoyed it and were excited about new music to download.

Campus Music Invasion

As Lauren stated, we all had our very own listening parties to spread the word about this new compilation of up-and-comers, some of which I have found myself playing on repeat to the delight of my roommates. Some of my favorites were Lions by The Features and Fred and Gin by Glasko that got me jamming out as I wrote a 5-pager. As I listened to these new songs, it reminded me of when I used to be that girl whose span of musical knowledge came solely from MTV's Total Request Live and the iTunes top 100, but with the help of my roommate who always seems to find underground artists that reach beyond the pop circuit, I have been exposed to much more than Katy Perry and T.I. Now, don't get me wrong, I cannot deny the catchiness of "Hot 'N Cold" and in my eyes, T.I.'s Paper Trail was one of the best albums of 2008, but websites like http://www.pitchfork.com/, a favorite of the roomie, give music news on a wider breadth of artists beyond those that highlight hit music radio stations. I discovered such artists as The Sounds, Santogold, Feist, and The Tings Tings, on this website, before they reached the MTV and VH1 airwaves. Stepping out of my music "comfort level", if you will, has allowed me to learn about a bunch of new bands and great songs, that I don't think I would have encountered otherwise!

Campus Music Invasion

2/5/09
So this week we were sent music from 16 featured artists to download and have a listening party for Campus Music Invasion. Lauren and Tina had their listening parties are their respective sorority houses with their sisters. Sarah had some friends and neighbors over to listen. Over all there was a mix of opinions about all the different artists but pretty much everyone found something that they liked. We handed out the complimentary download cards at the listening parties, to people we know, people in our classes, and people around campus. I think its safe to say that we all had fun doing our first interactive assignment!
Have a great rest of the week!
peace out,

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Lauren, Sarah, and Tina