Procrastination Station!

Oh boy. I’m failing at life right now. I owe you two blog posts, don’t I? Well here’s one. One thing you’ll learn to become –fabulous- at in college is procrastination. Chances are you will have already had your run-ins with this disorder, but college has its way of amplifying it to an extreme degree. But you can’t just procrastinate any old way, oh no! There are a few college staple websites with which to procrastinate. If you wish to understand half of your peers, you better get familiar with a few websites if you don’t visit them regularly already:

#5: www.digg.com

Digg basically keeps track of the most popular articles, pictures, videos, etc on the internet. If you’ve ever visited a website and seen a little yellow box with a thumbs up and the word “Digg” underneath, that’s Digg. Basically, when people like a website, video, whatever, or just find it particularly funny or interesting, they can click this little button. The more people that click that button, the higher up that link appears on the Digg.com homepage. Basically it’s a great way to keep up with internet trends, funny memes, or disturbing news stories. Get to know it.

#4: FML/Mylifeisaverage

I grouped these two together because the concept is the same, but the attitude is different. FML stands for fmylife.com (I’ll give you one guess as to what the ‘f’ stands for). It’s a place where people submit their crazy examples of why their life sucks. It’s a good procrastination tool because it allows you to feel a little better about your life on bad days, and also it helps you make sense of all the times you hear people say “eff em ell” on campus. Mylifeisaverage.com is just the opposite—people submit stories from their lives that serve as examples of why their life is completely average. A prime example: “Today, I wore Axe body spray. I wasn't tackled by any women. MLIA.”

#3 Textsfromlastnight.com

This site is a 100% must check every day kind of site if you want to understand why you receive some pretty bizarre texts in college. Most likely, people are trying to get you to send it to this website. It’s pretty funny sometimes; it’s basically people that submit the ridiculous, raunchy or embarrassing texts they receive for your enjoyment. You will get plenty of these in college, so read up.

#2 www.playlist.com

Sorry for all you music pirates out there, but Transylvania’s server blocks Limewire and other downloading clients that allow you to steal music, software, etc. If you still want to create that fabulous party playlist, though, or a study playlist, or any other kind of playlist for that matter, this is the website to do it. It allows you to search for music to add to your playlists for free! No downloading, but you can listen all you want, and their selection is typically fantastic! Sign up today!

#1 Facebook (duh).

We are, afterall, ‘Generation Facebook.’ You probably already have one, but there are some things you’ll need to know before you come to college. Since pretty much everyone is now on facebook, you’ll need to be extra aware of the content that goes on your page. Be classy. Set your facebook to private; make your pictures friends only, and please please please untag pictures where it’s obvious you’ve been up to no good. It’ll make your life a lot easier, I promise.

Now get back to studying!