Birds of a Feather Flock Together

Somehow, in our group of friends, I've become "the one who reads the blogs". Maybe because I read a lot of blogs, maybe because Matt likes to make fun of me. Probably both. But either way that's my recent reputation: blog girl. Honestly, I thought they were all just fancy livejournal pages until I started to hear the term "blogosphere" and then I was just confused.

Anyway, here are my five most frequented "blogs":

Things I've Bought That I Love

http://mindyephron.blogspot.com/

First and favorite. Mindy Kaling (of Office fame) makes me want to be a better writer the way Helen Hunt's character makes Jack Nicholson's character want to take his meds in As Good As It Gets. She writes (bluntly and hilariously) about her favorite purchases, and occasionally mentions Office tidbits. Let my excited girlish squeals of delight be your insurance policy on bookmarking this one.

boingboing

http://boingboing.net/

They have lots of science/techy posts, but they make the ideas really accessible. Also they feature seemingly random smatterings of super interesting and fun stuff. It's a good one to surf over before cocktail parties or dates (I would assume.) A great place to get conversation starters. boingboing also has the coolest name of all the blogs I read.

Perez Hilton

http://www.perezhilton.com/

Trashy celebrity "news". He usually has it first. Best known for being insanely popular, a little bitchy, and drawing white drools of coke and cum on celebrity photos. Not funny, but just crazy enough to be interesting from a "he's a phenomenon" standpoint. Educational observations of society and celebrity culture... yeah that's why I read it.

Jezebel

http://jezebel.com/

Sort of like bitch magazine, but takes its feminism way less seriously... in a good way.  Basically, what Cosmo should be, accept not as sex-crazed.  Also there are usually great comments on articles, the readers seem to be just as interesting/informative/self-deprecating as the writers themselves, which you don't really find too often.

Mental Floss

http://www.mentalfloss.com/

I found this one because I loved the magazine so much. Mental Floss is the best magazine you've never heard of, the subscription is a little pricey but the blog is free! And unlike the mag, the blog is interactive! and linkable! So you can share with your friends! Trivia, puzzles, quizzes, fun random knowledge, they've got it all. Its fun to read for inspiration (like wikipedia with a clever/witty filter) Mental Floss is also another good one to skim before going to events where you may have think of something interesting to say.

What are some blogs you guys like? Or am I really the only one of us who reads them?