I'm taking a BREAK, I NEED a BREAK! Entertaining internets for work-time break-time.

Better than reading the newspaper

I’m always looking for something-I want to move, I want a new job, I want to read the odd things that people request in the wanted section because maybe I have it and getting rid of junk is a great feeling.

Craigslist piles all of that together and throws in a personals section that is entertaining in itself.  The missed connection section is my true weakness.  I find myself so intrigued by these people who cross each others paths to never see one another again. 

PLEASE Italian, kinda hairy appliance guy at Sears the girl wearing the nail polish that matched the washing machines is sweating you big time!  All she asks is that you respond with the kind of pants she was wearing. 

Is finding true love truly this easy?

She's made of awesome.

And she’s my big (only in age) sisther.  And yeah, Megan Hart is kind of a big deal. So, folks, check her out.  Read her books.  Hey…she’ll even send you a signed book plate(and probably some other goodies) if you ask her real nice.  She video blogs, interviews a bunch of interesting people, and holds contests for FREEEEE merch. 

I should warn you (if only for warnings sake) that her books aren’t everyones cup of tea.  But, hey, I’m not asking you to read her books…er…well…I did…just up there…in the first paragraph…but only if you WANT to…it’s completely your choice (reeeeeeaaaaaaaaaddddd herrrrrr boooooooooksssssss). 

Read her blog(in bed)!

“Much more happiness is to be found in the world than gloomy eyes discover.” -Friedrich Nietzsche

Did you ever find an old grocery list in a library book?  Found compiles all the lists found in all the library books, or on the ground, or left in the places people live.

Click around to randomly check out funny notes, old photos…whatever it is that people find and send in.

(I’m not going to lie.  In my attempt to write about this site I ended
up randomly clicking through to read the next ‘find’ and the next
‘find’  and the NEXT ‘find’.  I’m ADDICTED!!!)

Ever wonder how people living in NYC, well, live?

Check out the photographic diary of a 30-something guy living in New York City.  I swear this guy must have his camera surgically attached to his hand because there are photos from everything he does (and everything his friends do). 

The comment section is hilarious.  Although, most people knock him for being so ‘behind’ in his posts.   (But hey,  it’s a lot of work to keep up with something like this).
So I give you props I Keep A Diary site guy!

These days you can have new posts emailed to you (or even show up in whatever reader you’re using).  Let me tell you…it’s a sporadic inbox treat that’s WAY better than checking it every day.  (What?  I like what he does?)

gossip gossip gossip

Is there a suitable twelve step program? Because my name is Whitney H. and I am addicted to celebrity gossip.  And, Perez Hilton is the Queen.  I don’t know where he gets his information but he’s typically right on…so, hey, I believe him.

My favorite part?  My sister AND my co-worker friends read it too.  In conversations someone will be all “oh I heard that so and so is pregnant” and someone else will be all “no, they just had to gain weight for their new movie” until finally we look at each other and realize that we all read the same gossip blog and nothing is new news.

And, furthermore, I don’t care WHO you are…when Perez refers to Rumor Willis as “Potato Head Willis” it always results in an LOL.

stalk much?

Come on, you know you do it.  None of this “I’m on Myspace to keep in touch with friends!” b.s.  Admit the truth…the joys of internet stalking are almost never ending on this super popular social-networking site.

For the most part, I think it’s the devil reincarnated but I keeeeepppppp looooogggggiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnggggg oooonnnnnnn.  I did ‘break-up’ with Myspace for a little while and you know what happened?  I cracked and signed up again.  But, only because I missed all my band friends (Shooter Jennings, Marc Broussard, Lynyrd Skynyrd) telling me when they were going to be in town!  That’s the ONLY reason I got back on.  Really. I SWEARS it!

Watch what you say in public...

…your conversation might end up quoted on Overheard in New York.   If you’re anything like me (and who wouldn’t want to be, right?) you can’t help but listen to the public conversations of other people.
This site gathers the funniest of the funny, the random-est of the random tidbits submitted by (funny) people just. like. you.

It’s a fun read even if you’re not familiar with NYC.

If NYC doesn’t tickle your fancy check out the links below for overheard at the beach, in the office, and everywhere!

Photos, Photos, Photos

I like photos. I like to take them. I like to look at them.  But most importantly, I like to play the random game of looking at what OTHER people post to their Flickr photostream.

• click everyones uploads
  
• search for a random word
  
• search your contacts friends…and their friends…and then their friends.

It’s pretty infinite, no?

Take the handmade pledge

If I could marry Etsy?  I so totally would. It’s the Ebay of everything handmade…without all that auction drama. 

Looking for a cheap and unique gift?  Do a search. I BET you $1.00 that you will be able to find something close to what you want much, much cheaper than getting it in some fancy boutique.  And, better yet, everything is hand made/hand created…maybe even the only one of it’s kind.

Makes being a starving artist a little more lucrative, wouldn’t you say?

I can't figure it out...but I'm still on it...

…and I still manage to spend quite a bit of time logged in to Facebook(most of it spend ignoring the bazillion applications sent to me-NO I WILL NOT PLANT YOUR EGG OR WATER YOUR SEED OR BITE YOUR VAMPIRE!!). 

And, again, with the status updates.  I mean, do I make it the same as Myspace? Or different?  How will anyone know what I’m REALLY doing at any given moment? But, I guess there are other sites for that type of thing, right?

My favorite part?  Messing with people’s minds.  I  recently changed my relationship status by getting rid of it altogether (After all, I prefer to be a girl of mystery-if that is still possible while having profiles on social networking sites).  Did you know when you do that it shows up in your friend feed as <Your Name> is no longer single?  OOOO boy, only then do I realize how much people are paying attention to what boring ol’ me is doing!