First of all, I have to preface this by explaining that not too terribly long ago I finally got around to setting up Google Reader, which is an RSS feed, so pretty much any time there's a post on a site that I check in on, I read it there. So strictly speaking, I don't actually visit that many of the sites, especially in the case of the webcomics. But I'm just going to ignore that. Also, I'm not going to bother counting facebook or twitter or hulu or netflix because, well, that's four right there and that's no fun. And everyone knows I'm a facebook junkie so it doesn't matter.
1. Cracked.com. Obviously. Just like, all the time. All of their articles are either incredibly hilarious or extremely interesting or, more often than not, both. We all know I am basically in love with DOB, even though I'm 99% sure that I'm several inches taller than him (or at least the same height) and really just all of the columnists are fantastic. Plus I feel like I learned more interesting things off Cracked than I did during four years of undergrad- take that as you will. I look forward to when it updates in the morning, and really find it the most proactive way to procrastinate (does that even mean anything?) in the mornings.
2. Memebase.com. Yeah, it's related to those icanhascheezburger sites. I'm properly ashamed, don't worry. But I am, above all else, an internet junkie, and this site culls from the cesspool of the internet (i.e. 4chan) to bring you the best of internet lulz, but without all the pictures of dicks. I don't know why I find macros of things so hilarious, but I do, so suck it. I don't care if I'm a nerd. At this point it's more or less working for me.
3. Weather.com. Okay, I could have left this off the list probably BUT I'm really angry with weather.com and the weather in general right now, so I'm using this as an opportunity to bitch about it.
A few weeks ago I got a LivingSocial deal for Bikram Yoga, which is also known as hot yoga. I started it yesterday, but when I was picking days, I thought to myself, "Man, I'm gonna be in a 105-110 degree F room for 90 minutes, and then I'm just going to walk right outside into weather that is only 15-20 degrees cooler." I was upset about this, given that I pretty much can't handle weather above 60 degrees. However, when I got out of yoga this morning (don't even ask me how I made it there at 8am- I was out until 2am, though I blame the Clark bus for being delayed) I'm pretty sure all of my newly stretched and limber muscles promptly atrophied in the cold. According to lovely weather.com, it is currently 44 degrees. On May 15th. And not only is it 44, which I could probably accept in and of itself, but furthermore it is windy (20 to 25 mph) and raining. Seriously, midwest? What. The. Fuck.
4. usatoday.com. This one kind of surprises me, but I guess it makes sense given how much time I waste in my stem cells and neurobiology class on the site, playing sudoku and doing the crosswords. I'm getting alarmingly good at the crosswords- the trick is you have to be able to think like the people who write the absurd clues, which are usually incredibly lame puns or some esoteric hint or outdated reference. One time there was a clue, "Covers the outside of Wrigley" or something along those lines. The answer was "ivy." I run past Wrigley Field 2-3 times a week (hopefully more in the summer and after this yoga thing) and I'm almost positive I've never noticed ivy growing on it. Maybe there's some on the inside or what have you, but... yeah. What I'm trying to say is, it's really sad that I can think like these people.
Then again, I also have a dirty mind (as does Elaine, who also solves these puzzles at her work sometimes) because once the hint was, "It bubbles from the mouth," and the way I had filled the puzzle out already I had "_ U _." My mind didn't go in a comfortable direction with that one.
5. sidereel.com. I'm not sure if I should even post about this one because I'm pretty sure it's borderline illegal- they post links to episodes of things. For new shows it'll take you to hulu or whatnot, but some times I have no other ways to watch the shows I truly love besides these slightly underhanded internet means- namely, Doctor Who. I don't even have cable, and even if I did, I wouldn't upgrade to a more expensive package just to get BBC America. (Well, I say that, but who knows, I might...) Furthermore, while I pay for Netflix, they only just uploaded season five (the first Matt Smith season- so last season) and they won't have season six (current) up until season seven (presumably) starts. So basically, if I want to remain current on the show, I'm fucked. Yeah, I know it's wrong to steal or whatever, but I'm poor and I don't care because otherwise my life would be lacking such fantasticalness as last night's episode, written by the one and only Neil Gaiman and just utterly fantastic all around.So what I'm saying is, I'm a bad person but I don't care.
Also, somewhat related is that they put up ads for the new season on the trains downtown a few weeks before it started. The ones on the Red Line are down now, but the one at the Chicago Brown Line is still up. So my current project is trying to figure out what in the hell they do with the ad posters when they're done with them, and how to get my hands on them.
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I get angry at weather.com almost daily. It's soooo slow, freezes up occasionally, and, as of late, has been indicating rain EVERY day. I dislike it for all of these reasons. but i continue to use it.
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