MyLifeIsOnline

The Internet is a magical place. With billions of sites, there are bound to be ones that are there just for pure fun and procrastination. Facebook is certainly one of them with application and games like Bumper Stickers and Farmville, but there are also some procrastination sites that are just plain awesome, like YouTube, Hulu, MySpace, Facebook, and FMyLife.com. And there's mygradebook.com if you are really concerned with your grades.

My personal favorite is MyLifeIsAverage.com. The site was originally designed to be a collection of “average” life stories in comparison with the “my life is awful” stories on fmylife.com. Stories started out with dull topics such as “Today, I briefly considered getting car insurance, before realizing that I didn't want to deal with it at the moment. Then I had some trail mix. MLIA”

But over time the posts have become funny moments relating to common interests, like “Today, I started a new job. One of my coworkers' names is Tom Riddle. I don't trust him in the slightest. MLIA.” Or the post could relate to a common activity like “Today, I realized that if I save a Word Document as "What's Up," my computer will save it as: “What's Up.doc.” Made my day. MLIA.”

Now, MLIA is composed of random discoveries and people trying out activities that are discussed on MLIA. For example, did you know that if you put you iPod ear buds in your nose, the music will come out through your mouth? Or that you can send a banana in the mail as it is? MLIAers do. And it’s freaking awesome, hysterical, and a brilliant time waster.

Some people really like textsfromlastnight.com . This site is a compilation of texts from all over the country that are very random and mostly risqué. They are supposed to be like drunk-dials, but through texting. While some are extremely funny, the whole thing gets boring and repetitive after awhile. But some do find joy in laughing at idiotic texts. It’s based on the whole schadenfreude thing (taking pleasure in other people’s misfortune), which I only know about because of the musical Avenue Q.

Another prime example of people laughing at others’ misfortunes is failblog.org. This site shows pictures or videos of people committing a “fail,” some action or advertisement that messes up in a very unfortunate way. The more classic fails often involve someone attempting a stunt of some sort and wiping out. Other fails include failures in marketing, like a sign advertising quotes by women, which has a quote by Henry David Thoreau. If you love laughing at human idiocy, this site is definitely for you.

If you’ve visited all of these sites and you’re still bored (or procrastinating), there’s always stumbleupon.com. This site pulls up random web pages based on certain topics you can select. These topics include “humor,” “travel,” “oddities,” ect. It is a great time-waster, because there’s no definite stopping point. Plus, since all of the links are different, there are possibilities of discovering even more pro-procrastination sites, because we all have experienced this situation before: “I have a paper to write which really shouldn't take so long except that I spend a lot of time procrastinating. MLIA.”