Lions, Tigers, and Blogs, Oh My!

I read a lot of blogs on a fairly regular basis, and what type of blogs I'm reading at any particular time usually coincides with something going on in my life.  So last year, when I was working at a boutique in Dupont Circle, I read gofugyourself, Yahoo answers, Perez Hilton, and mental floss to keep me entertained during my long shifts in an empty store.  Each blog had been recommended by a different coworker.  The only one that has stayed in my bookmarks is gofugyourself.  I really think its a great, if not always fashion forward, blog.  Its very accessible: everyone can relate to trash talking the terrible outfits that celebrities wear.  It also lets you vote on outfits to decide how terrible they are, engaging the audience with the content.  These reasons, and the biting criticism, keep me coming back for more week after week.

After going abroad to Cuba, I started picking up on a lot more political blogs.  I had always read Wonkette and DCist, but this summer I started following GeneracionY, a blog written by a Cuban dissident living in Havana, Yoani Sanchez.  I added half a dozen or so other Cuba related blogs to my feed to keep up on news coming from my semester-long home. 

Last semester I took a class called Political Ecology of Food and Agriculture with Professor Simon Nicholson here at AU.  This class raised many interesting issues surrounding food sources, sustainability, and responsible production. At the same time, I was beginning to cook more and more at home, mostly because I had a new apartment with a kitchen that was big enough to actually work in, as opposed to the dorm kitchens or the ones in the Berks.  Following this trend, I sought out foodie blogs to keep me on the cutting edge of food news.  I joined Cookstr, a site operated by chefs, and expanded my recipe box on epicurious.  I also started reading Eat Me Daily, my favorite food blog.  It was the perfect compilation of news, recipes, photos, and entertaining tidbits.  Unfortunately, it has gone on hiatus, and I have not found an adequate replacement.

Now, I'm taking a photography class and have started reading (or viewing, more accurately) a lot of photo blogs.  Most of these are fashion related, like purple DIARY, The Sartorialist, and Fashion Gone Rogue.  As a second semester senior, I have also decided I want to take advantage of all the district has to offer while I'm still young and not too set in my ways.  In this vein, I've started reading social guides like Pamela's Punch and BYT to get a better sense of the up and coming places to go, things to do, and people to meet.  

And of course, there are a couple of blogs I read just for fun.  Right now, Slaughterhouse 90120 is at the top of my list, but This is why you're fat, People of Walmart, and Texts From Last Night (obviously) are up there too.  I also check Craigslist Missed Connections on a frighteningly regular basis.  It may not be a blog per se, but the posts are just as hilarious as any other intentionally comedic blog out there.