TodaysBigThing.com is this week’s big thing

Carrie Widder / The USD Vista

I started off writing this column about how I frequent websites when I should really be doing other things. Usually, I should be writing papers and studying German prepositions, when instead I find myself on previously mentioned sites (Bakerella, CollegeCandy, etc.). Well, my procrastinating has finally expanded to this very column. I surfed the internet all day and put off writing this for no reason other than I deemed myself too busy to do so and occupied myself with today’s site, along with Googling the aftermath of Mercury in retrograde (another day, another tale, my friends), and of course, seeing if there is a website dedicated to Rachel Zoe-isms, as I like to call them and in fact they are numerous. As you can see, I was clearly too busy to get down to business and write this column about cool websites.

Well, now it’s crunch time, which means introducing you to TodaysBigThing.com. That’s it. Really. A website devoted to finding random, interesting videos every single day. “Psh,” you say to yourself. “I already know how to type YouTube into my browser and search for funny videos. I know FunnyorDie.com. I’ve seen ‘Shoes,’ laughed at Pearl, and have somehow been sucked into LonelyGirl15 – I’ll admit it. Why is this any different?”
Well, on the surface it’s not that different. But delve a little deeper into the site and you may be surprised at how many truly hilarious videos you will find. Every day, the site updates with a new, random video. No rhyme or reason, it’s just amusing, interesting, cute, funny or completely bizarre and twisted. As they say themselves on the about page, it’s pretty simple: “Every day, we find the best thing on the Internet and put it on this site. Just one thing, for each category, each day. Yep, that’s it.”

The categories include, TBT (today’s big thing), entertainment, sports, technology, music and funny videos. I guess the variety is there for picky people, but when I peruse this site I mostly stick to TBT, as it pretty much encompasses all the categories in one.

The reason I found this site worthy of attention came first and foremost when I discovered the “Lil’ Bill O’Reilly” video. Debuted on Oct. 2, it features a little kid, probably about 6 or 7 years old, doing a near-perfect impression on the No-Spin commentator himself. Anyone on the USD campus who grew up in a fairly conservative family and I know there’s a fair amount that did, knows O’Reilly can be intense, to say the least. Seeing a little kid angrily shouting, “If you don’t support the troops, you’re on my cowards list. Love it, or leave it, and when you leave it, take the queers with you,” oddly makes me fall out of my chair laughing. No matter what side you support, you will love this clip.

My other favorite, should you choose to visit Today’s Big Thing, are the videos by the man dubbed Mr. Chi City. This suave talker’s first video shows how he picks up ladies by having an array of beverages in his fridge. From Snapple’s for “the suburban chicks,” to Cherry Coke for “the hood chicks,” Arizona Iced Tea for “the classy, boozy, hood chick,” and Lipton Green Tea for the holistic, vegetarian, I-don’t-eat-meat, Erykah Badu type.” You can just tell he has really thought out his game plan and he just has a passion for keeping his fridge well stocked for the women folk. I love this guy. If you become as big a fan as I am, he has his own website as well: MrChiCity.com, where you can catch the rest of his digital camera homemade movies. I would recommend watching his “McDonalds Dollar Menu Millionaire” video, where he proceeds to buy every item off the dollar menu. It’s like watching the “Unforgiveable” YouTube guy, except I’m pretty sure Mr. Chi City is serious, which makes it all the better.

With regular updates Monday through Sunday, TBT’s one to put down on the tool bar for good. Set down whatever you’re doing and go to TodaysBigThing.com. I too have experienced the wrath of midterms and I understand that once and a while, we need a good laugh on our study break. Even something to prolong writing that essay another hour. If you’re going to be distracted by something, don’t just hit up Facebook for the 30th time, constantly refreshing the page. Make it something funny and worth your while. Let Mr. Chi City be the one responsible for your wasting your time today.