There are trends all around us. This year at my school, it’s Ugg boots and curly hair. It’s T-Pain and Soulja Boy. People who don’t follow these trends, who get cheaper boots and have straight hair, or who like Boys Like Girls and Avril Lavigne, are considered outcasts. This my friends, is the real world.

Like I said, trends and fads are everywhere. At school, on TV, at the mall, EVERYWHERE. You see commercials that say “Wanna be cool? Buy our product.” You see posters saying “UGGS: The latest boot fad.” But you know where I’m also seeing it? The one place that I thought I could escape the latest fashions - my site, and my friend’s sites.

It’s not as bad as the real world though. The trends actually make sense. Like how iFrames are out, and DIVs are in. That deserves a thumbs up. What’s in right now: DIVs, top navigations, one column layouts, and I’ve been seeing a lot of green in layouts lately. What’s out: bright colors, iFrames, layouts with all over patterns, and off-center layouts. Now, you might be thinking “but those were always ‘out’!” Well… maybe. But in my little “community” of people - Lily, Clem, Mari, and Mary - those things used to be cool way back in the day. We all had those “out” things. Then one person moved on, and we all moved on.

I’ll say it again - trends are everywhere. But that doesn’t mean you have to follow them. I’ve just noticed that the Internet trends are for the better. They usually look better, work better, and just are better in general.

Posted: January 23rd, 2008 under Opinions, Personal, Random, Rants.
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Hey everyone, I might be out of it for a few days - I have midterms this week, and I have to study a lot or else I have to retake my math class. I also have Spanish exams, so count on an update soon about how I hate exams and midterms! The new layout is long overdue, but it’s almost done I PROMISE!

Oh, and did anyone else know that they’re making a Twilight movie? IT’S GOING TO BE SO COOL! I mean, my two favorite books (Inkheart and Twilight) are being made into movies in the same year. Go to this site to see who they’re casting!

(Oh, Clem! This little footnote’s for you. I might get to see an Avril Lavigne concert featuring Boys Like Girls for my birthday!)

Posted: January 21st, 2008 under Personal, Random, Site Updates.
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For those of you who don’t watch American Idol, it’s a show that is basically a singing contest. People compete to be “the next American Idol” and get voted off by us viewers each week. Right now, the auditions are going on.

That’s the thing - the auditions. Before the people who are trying out get to be on TV, they have to be listened to by some random people who put them through. These people put the good and the bad through, for TV purposes. But when the bad singers get on TV, the judges laugh in their face and totally destroy them. And, while it’s funny, you can’t help but feel bad for them because they really think that they’re good and they’re being completely embarrassed in front of the entire world. Also, you know that some of the people who audition are mentally ill, and for the judges to completely destroy them is pretty cruel to me.

So I think that the auditions are both funny, and cruel. But they’re pretty much only funny if the person is dressed in costume, or really think they’re good and they’re AWFUL. What do you think?

Posted: January 16th, 2008 under Opinions, Personal, Random.
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