DESTROY LA!

After along and difficult search I can finally say that yes, I have found my social bookmaking soul mate and I am oh so happy about it. Following the stress of my recently failed relationship (don’t worry I’m way dealing with it) it’s good to know that there are other people out there in the world with similar interests, with whom I can share my passion for life in this beautiful city we call Los Angeles. Do you want to know the name of the charming individual for home my social bookmarking little heart has become electricity and sparkles? The name is “schnd.” Isn’t that so cute?

It really wasn’t easy for me to find a social bookmarking soul mate. Yes, you may look at the topics I cover and think, “oh, whats the big deal, everyone likes going out?” But here’s the sitch homie: Not that many people take going out as seriously as I do. Ok, so maybe that’s not entirely true, BUT not many people have the dedication and ability to translate said passion for Los Angeles lifestyle into a del.icio.us account. But, I’m not complaining. It’s always better when there’s a chase involved.

Let me tell you all about how I figured this connection out. Ok, so first I was online and I brought up the Google engine and it was hard at first to think of where I should start. Luckily, I had just watched my (awesomely bearded) professor’s short clip on this very subject, so I had a pretty good guide to follow. I knew that it would be best to just go straight to del.icio.us and do a search for a site that was iconic of the type of tags I’m interested in.

From there I went on to clicking on everyone who had also bookmarked the site and followed the links to find out what other sites they had bookmarked. Here is where the trouble came in, lots of people like to bookmark a site that’s fun and about music events in their city, however it tends to be as an afterthought and most of the time none of their other tags had anything at all to do with my fashion, art or music. It was frustrating indeed and left me with a feeling the way I used to when I wake up next to some random guy and then realize he was a complete loser.

Side note: I am not looking forward to starting that trend again. Let’s cross our fingers and hope the newly single me doesn’t make the same mistakes as pre-relationship Me.

In the end though, I came across “schnd” and I knew I had found my Christian Slater. I excitedly added him (he’s going be a him, cause I like it better that way) to my network and began to browse through his pages. I found so many new great sites which I will probably be going to pass onto you (does anybody read this?) in the coming weeks.

I’ll start off with introducing you to ForYourArt. I’m surprised that this great little site wasn’t on my radar. It’s a fun, well designed blog that features posts on the art scene in Los Angeles. I like that it seems that the site editors are aware of what’s relevant to today’s youth. They have posts of cool new exhibits and museums like the Getty, as well as buzz on what’s going on in the fashion scene in the city.

Another great find was LAXArt. The site keeps a well updated record of what’s happening in the Los Angeles art scene. It highlights upcoming exhibitions and features posts that get you excited about the upcoming events (btw, these events are a great way to meet guys)

BTW, If you haven’t already been to BCAM, you need to go ASAP. It’s kind of a big deal.

“Schnd” is so cute in that endearing kind of dorky way. I mean, look at the clothing sites he bookmarks: Busted Tees, Fashion Punk and Oingo Boingo Shirts. I’m sorry, but you get caught dead in any of those shirts you’re just a huge dork, but in the cutest way of course. It’s good to know he cares enough about clothes though to be looking shirts up online.

He also bookmarked Stereogum, a site I’ve talked about on my blog before and that I’ve always had nice things to say about.

To add to the mix, he’s bookmarked the Arclight(good call, everyone at the Grove is an idiot), Aint It Cool News and Variety. He cares about film!

I love that I’m capable of developing a crush on a collection of bookmarked sites. Am I on the rebound or what? Go to del.icio.us and check out “schnd”. Add him to your network.