PhiLOLZophy

                The internet can be an echo chamber. You might decide to write, you might not. Writing on the internet you hear your own words fly back into your ears. Beginning with a blogspot you wonder if anyone is even paying attention. I know there’s a reason why so many blogs last one to two months. Not receiving any feedback is discouraging. While I’m doing fine now starting this blog hurt, seeing hours go by without a single hit or hint of interest. 

                PhiLOLZophy answered my questions traveling far off into cyberspace. All that time I thought I was alone. I wasn’t alone. They were there to offer me support for my writing during my time of need. Having spoken with PhiLOLZophy they are my closest friends I’ve never met in real life. When I was feeling blue, they cheered me up. You know my Tumblr? Beach Sloth wouldn’t be on Tumblr if it wasn’t for this enterprising, encouraging duo. 

                I remember when we met. Hipster Runoff had some piece about Allie Teilz (a sweet person by the way). People left comments. Arguments began. Words flew angrily through the internet. Someone offered up a link to defuse the argument. PhiLOLZophy came to the rescue to end the madness. This anonymous person directed everyone to an article on their Tumblr about how to become the next HRO girl. We relaxed. My heart rate increased since I knew at that point PhiLOLZophy and I would become a sacred thing: blog buddies. Becoming a blog buddy is akin to being declared someone’s Godmother/Godfather: it is a sign of respect. 

                We went on Gchat. No one else had ever Gchat with me before. Gchat is the first step towards becoming a more approachable blogger. Slowly but surely they lead me down a path of greater online relevance. Blog friends became Gchat friends became Twitter friends. I grew into caring about Twitter. Each one of us tweeted at the other. PhiLOLZophy brightens my days. I’m glad to call them my closest blog buddies. 

                No longer did “Philosophy” come up when I typed “Phil” for their site emerged instantly. I learned about Philosophy, broken down into bite sized pieces for a slow-moving sloth to understand. Sloths generally are known to be philosophical as we don’t move or accomplish much. We hang upside down in trees, sleep, and contemplate our existence. 

                Other blogs formed PhiLOLZophy’s universe. The Tangential works as a ‘young sister’ blog to their blog. Even within PhiLOLZophy they are a dynamic duo working tirelessly to bring us enlightenment and LOLZ. I’m not good with Philosophy. Having a duo that break things down to the barest components helps me understand this great, fast-moving human-dominated world. Now I know much of what I think about on a day-to-day basis has relevance, importance, and authenticity.

                Honestly, it is hard to find a blogging buddy. PhiLOLZophy is like the sister I already had. They help me grow, they’ve helped me reach out and become a better online presence. When things were dark they were the light. I enjoy how they bounce ideas off each other. It is rare to come across a blogging duo especially one that functions so well. Someday I hope to find my special someone, someone who can help me edit my pieces and give me new ideas. 

                Since I first discovered them on Tumblr, they’ve moved on to their own website. They write in the local papers in Minneapolis, a place that thrives exclusively off their creativity and the politeness of Midwesterners. I want to join them, to create my own website, but I’m scared.

                Unfortunately I won’t be able to join the LOLZ dolls when they attend the Pitchfork music festival in July. Sadly I’ll be busy getting myself prepared for a very big event. I wish them the best. In case you see them, buy drinks and talk to them about Dubstep. They are wonderful people.

Breaking News: Bebe Zeva’s first feature film.

MDMA films is a film production company founded by Tao Lin and Megan Boyle. Up to this point, they had focused exclusively on themselves wandering about ingesting drugs. Usually done in one take, they offer two opportunities, one for you the viewer and the other for the production team. As a viewer, you get to learn and discover who Megan Boyle is, because I never heard of her before. Besides this obvious benefit (she is genetically pre-disposed to being adorable, a condition that she shares with Tao Lin) you learn about how writers act when on a various controlled substance. They earn the sweet money cake, and have started to do so with huge sums of money they procured from the Wall Street Journal (choosing a newspaper owned by Rupert Murdoch and increases readership, brilliant!).

                Today all of that changed. Bebe Zeva’s documentary is due out on January 11^th, 2011. For those of you not in the know, Bebe was the first Hipster Runoff girl. She wooed Carles and he responded in kind by writing articles professing how much he cared about her. While the attention she received wasn’t universally positive (some called her ‘entry-level’) it gave her the confidence needed to propel her into the blogosphere, where she currently lives.

                Now she maintains a tumblr and twitter presence. Her main focus appears to be fashion and music, and she’s been interviewed countless times over the internet. Now, by having her documentary, she can be propelled into the ‘real-life-o-sphere’. In this area, normal people may learn about her, besides those living on the bleeding edge of internet hipster culture.

                However, Tao Lin’s decision to do this may have unintended consequences. Sure, Bebe is definitely AN HRO girl, but she isn’t the only one anymore. Carles in his infinite wisdom sought new members to enhance his online brand. Now the clever and delightful Catholic School girl (riding the Catholic School wave) Allie Teilz has become a permanent fixture on the HRO circuit, in fact garnering more attention from Carles as of late. So maybe Tao Lin ought to do a documentary on Allie as well in order to remain impartial on the Bebe/Allie debate raging throughout the HRO community.

                Both of them should have their own specific documentaries on the MDMA films project. Why not? Tao and Megan appear to desperately need money, since those drugs they enthusiastically consume do not come for free. Having additional offerings to the public would not only expose Tao Lin’s work, but HRO’s work in the online hipster scene. All of these things could be easily tied together. Failing to do so may cause friction between some of the most influential figures Generation Y has produced as of now. 

                Probably the film I would most want to purchase would be the “Snacks the Cat” documentary. Carles had her crowned as the winner of the Halloween contest, yet painfully little is known about this person. Lacking any sort of online presence, she exists in that strange bizarre place known as real life. Without a tumblr or even a mere twitter, she has captivated the audience on HRO. Is she even a real person? All we know is that she is from Idaho and very meme-able. Using inferred logic, we can only conclude that she may be Mormon, since Mormons are very meme-able (via ‘Big Love’, Mitt Romney, not drinking caffeine, etc.). Her documentary would focus on how she grew up on a small cabin, pulling potatoes out of the ground and learning how to make a mean potato chip. 

                I like all three of these internet personalities and want all of them to expand their personal brand. I want all three of these people to come together, like how those transformers combined into one giant robot, to overtake the entire meme-i-verse. Certainly I hope they become BFFs in both internet and even real life. But my important question to you is what team are you on? In the space below, please choose your favorite:

1.       Team Zeva 

2.       Team Teilz

3.       Or the third party candidate, Team Snacks the Cat (She lacks the following/financial clout of the other two, hence she’s the third party.)

4.       All of the above (via the ‘not rocking the boat’ strategy)