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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