Thursday, September 25, 2008

I can has A+ nao?

...so this site has a list of "The world's 50 most powerful blogs"

Yeah, sure. Most of these I've never heard of, but maybe I'm a strange creature. In all those unfamiliar webpages, I was happy to see that I can has cheezburger was one of those websites. Remember everyone:


I can has cheezburger, I love you. In a world that's starting to take the internet seriously, as places to do other oh-so-boring things like read, I can has cheezburger has long been one of my retreats, alongside Smartania, Engrish.com, Kitten War (don't let the title confuse you: it's a place to look at adorable cats), and Cats in Sinks. When looking for a laugh, there's no better place. Even better? LOLcats in sinks. Where's that webpage, you amazing people you? There's no way I can see all the LOLcats you have to offer, oh wonderful webpage, but that's okay. I'll be amused for all eternity.

As for the others, I must say I was at least amused by Go Fug Yourself, but that might just be because I'm a girl. I admit it: I buy silly celebrity gossip magazines. I have a fascination with the clothes they wear. While Go Fug Yourself tends to focus on fashion faux pas, it's still interesting to look at. The categorization of celebrities on the left makes it easy to look for actors or actresses you're familiar with, making things less tedious. It would be a pain to sift through page after page of people you don't know anything about.

All right, I lied. I've heard of more of these than I thought, but usually in passing or while I'm zoned out. Like when my family is trying to talk to me. Stop it, I'm trying to imagine life as a cat. I'd be asleep right now. Want to join me? Let's be random.

The one I had actually heard the most about was WoWinsider, but as I am a standing anti-WoW gamer, I'd rather not visit the place myself. I'm sure it's helpful for those people playing the game, but I'm not one of them so I'm sure it'd all be gibberish to me. But after that, I saw a link to Waiter Rant, another blog I had heard about. And this time, it was something I was curious about.

Waiter Rant is fairly amusing, and written in a way that is easy to read. Rather than a string of thoughts and exposition, from what I could see it was written as a story. It's quite a bit easier to read than a stranger's random thoughts and experiences. The author becomes a sort of character, almost, and it is easier to think of people as characters. What should I care what you think about something that happened to you? But by making it so easy to read I find myself pulled into the stories quite easily.

So if you're looking for a good place to escape and laugh a little, check these sites out. I'm particularly fond of I can has cheezburger, Kitten War, and Engrish.com. To be honest, Smartania is more a place for those people who are involved in one or more fandom. If you don't know what a fandom is, than you probably wouldn't enjoy this site nearly as much as I do. The rest, however, can be easily enjoyed by anyone (especially cat lovers).

1 comment:

Jeff Tatay said...

I do not watch much anime, but I thank you for introducing me to Engrish.com. A Few of my friends and I spent a good half hour laughing at the pictures and word. I am really interested in the translation of languages.

Although I am not a huge fan of anime, I love "Vampire Hunter D," and "Ninja scroll."