By now, everyone knows and loves (and quotes) the website Texts from Last Night. (Even my parents.) Most college students can relate to the drunken and crazy antics described in the texts show up on there. I know my friends and I can spend entire afternoons poring over that site, laughing until we pee a little.

And now there’s a new site out there inspired by TFLN that promises the same kind of fun and amusement: Party School Texts.

Like TFLN, Party School Texts works by having people submit the hilarious texts that they’ve either received or sent themselves.  What’s different, however, is that it’s geared exclusively at college students.  Founded by four college students in Florida, Party School Texts seeks to determine which school in the country is truly the #1 party school by ranking the drunk texts sent by its students.

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Justin Bieber is way cooler than those Disney stars.

Kara DioGuardi lets it all hang out.

5 fun ways to embrace the braid.

Damn! Lea Michele looks hot at the Glee premiere!

Tom’s Shoes are getting mighty cute this season.

What’s with all the DWTS drama?!

Let’s face it: we’ve all done some pretty ridiculous things in our lives. Things we think are totally logical in the moment, but make us cringe when we think about them later on. Things that we’d only tell our best friend when she’s three sheets to the wind and we know she’ll probably forget it. Things that we hide from the people who love us (and judge us) most.

Things that even we, ourselves, wish we didn’t know about. But things that our friends, family, and fellow CollegeCandy readers are probably doing all the time, too.

Like our secret form of revenge on an evil roommate (that we hope doesn’t read this site).

So here is our chance to let it all out. To share our secrets and find that maybe we’re not so crazy, so weird, so abnormal, after all. We’ll spill the beans every Tuesday and invite you to share your own similar experiences below. Just think of it as therapy. Or a really hilarious way to spend a Tuesday afternoon.

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I’ll admit, a few years ago when leggings came back in style, I thought there was no way I’d wear them. In fact, I told everyone I knew that I’d rather “walk around pants-less than try and pass off some leggings as pants.”

Obviously, I’ve since eaten my words. Leggings are now a staple in my wardrobe and I often wonder how I lived without them. They’re versatile, comfortable and affordable. I wear them to the gym, to class, to work and to party. Not even jeans can do that. And there are so. many. different kinds now! Forget those basic blacks, leggings come in all sorts of colors and patterns now, meaning even more opportunities to wear ‘em. Here are a few pairs you can rock out for under $20. Read More »

It’s finally here. Tonight at 9:28 pm ET, Glee is returning to TV! In honor of the momentous occasion, I’ll be chugging Slurpees and listening to the soundtrack all. day. long. Too bad it will only be background music while I write the giant essay that’s due on Friday and study for the 1,236 tests I have coming up. I’ve got so much on my plate I’ll be lucky if I even get to watch the show tonight.

Ugh, why isn’t this a national holiday?!

I realize there are still some people out there who haven’t quite caught the Glee fever and don’t yet understand why I prefer New Directions’ version of ‘Somebody to Love’ to the original by Queen. (Though I don’t understand how – even Oprah loves them!) But it’s not too late! Just set those DVRs for tonight and let me bring you up to speed. Trust me, you’ll be Gleeking out in no time:

Big Facts:

- Rachel likes Finn, who’s attracted to her but dating Quinn.
- Quinn is pregnant with Puck’s baby, but insists that it is Finn’s.
- Mr. Schuster’s wife, Terri, claimed she was pregnant with their child, but actually wasn’t. Instead, she had plans to adopt Quinn’s baby.
- Mr. Schuster is in love with the germaphobe guidance counselor, Emma, but refuses to acknowledge it due to his pregnant wife.
- Lonely Emma agreed to marry gym teacher/football coach Ken, despite the fact that she dislikes him. Ken figured out that Emma was in love with Will (Mr. Schu), and takes it out on the glee club by trying to prevent the guys from staying on both the football team and in glee.
- Sue Sylvester, coach of the Cheerios, consistently tries to sabotage the glee club, from sending cheerleaders to spy and wreak havoc from the inside, to co-advising and passing on the club’s set list to rival schools.
- Kurt is gay and Artie is in a wheelchair…. in case either of those weren’t obvious enough. Read More »

What the hell is a 1099?!

Last week was a pretty big week for me in grown-up world. Not only did I learn a valuable lesson about why you don’t take your shoes off in bars, but I also filed out my taxes all by myself. And by all by myself, I mean with the help of an accountant who probably now thinks that my IQ borders somewhere in the high twenties.

Up until last week I thought filing taxes was as simple as creating a fake Facebook profile to stalk exes (okay…one-night stands). I fill out a slip of paper with my name, social security number, yearly earnings, bra size, favorite movies, and my vote on what color M&Ms should include next. Bada bing,  bada boom, I’m a functioning member of society.

But no. This process makes writing a 19 page paper on the causes and effects of “I only smoke when I’m drunk” look incredibly easy. First I had to fill out a million pieces of paper, then I had to track down W2′s, W4′s, 1099s, 13 Chinese take-out menus, and Colt 45s. And it’s not like I stored them all in one place.  Why would I ever do anything that would make my life less of a daily episode of Real World/Road Rules Challenge. Some were at home in Florida, some were at my grandmother’s NYC apt., some were buried 6 feet under cement in a “what? We’re making a graduation time capsule and I can choose one thing to put in? Okay, here’s some official, legal, looking documents that I doubt I’ll ever need” time capsule on the Syracuse campus. Read More »

This is nothing compared to the team drama one girl's dealing with

We all got problems, kid. Email it to TuffyLuv@collegecandy.com, y’dig?!

Dear Tuffy Luv,

This is a really really long email, but necessary for you to understand my situation.  I have a bit of a weird situation and I would like to hear what you think. First off, I should let you know that I am on a sports team at my school. That being said, it is a very small team with about eight girls on it. We are a close team but have a lot of drama and tension, which gets incredibly exhausting at times. We also have a guys team of fifteen men or so, which only adds to the drama.

I have history with a guy on the men’s team, let’s call him Fred. Fred and I have dated off an on for the past four years of being in college. He was my first real boyfriend and I was his first real girlfriend. We broke up halfway through freshman year because we wanted to see what else was out there. Sophomore year we had a couple of drunken makeout encounters which were probably not the best idea, but we always tended to gravitate toward each other when consuming large quantities of alcohol. Junior year Fred asked me out again, and we dated for awhile before he decided to break up with me again because he “needed to focus on school.” Needless to say, I was crushed because I had really strong feelings for Fred, so we didn’t talk for almost four months. Fred apologized to me and told me he treated me like a jerk and I didn’t deserve it. I forgave him because I didn’t want team drama and I really did want to be his friend and I still carried some strong feelings for him. Everyone on the team knew about my feelings for Fred. Read More »

Oh no he didn't.

Ah, getting dumped- we’ve all been there, and it’s not pretty. Whether it was a long-term, serious relationship or a fling in which the end was inevitable, getting broken up with sucks. A lot.  But even more pathetic than the subsequent week spent downing ice cream, getting incoherently drunk off boxed wine, and sobbing to your friends (“I did everythinggggg for him!”), is the way in which some dudes choose to perform the dumping.

So, I present to you, the 5 douchiest ways to get dumped. If your guy did any of these, take heart, because he obvi wasn’t worth your time in the first place. In fact, this turd isn’t worth anyone’s time, so put down the woe-is-me shots and move on, woman. You deserve better. And trust me – there’s a lot of better out there. Read More »

Growing up, Seventeen represented everything I hoped to be when I was a teenager: confident, beautiful, fashion-forward, flirtatious. I remember hauling stacks of old issues to a big table at the library, reading quickly to absorb their wisdom before my mom found me–she thought the content was a little too “mature” for a girl my age. And though Seventeen wasn’t my favorite teen mag (anyone remember YM? BEST MAGAZINE EVER.), I idolized Atoosa Rubenstein (former Seventeen editor-in-chief and founder of CosmoGIRL!) and set my sights on working for the magazine when I grew up.

What I failed to realize was that the readers of Seventeen were actually mostly awkward 12-year-olds like myself. The girls who I aspired to be like when I was a teenager were probably actually reading Cosmo, but that’s another story. But I took everything within the pages of each issue of Seventeen as an unequivocal guide to how to live my life, not once questioning the validity of content written for 17-year-olds but read by their little sisters. Luckily, I’m now 20 years old and have seen the error in my ways, so I’m here to check out the “expert advice” Seventeen‘s spitting at our next generation of young women.

In this month’s issue, I learned such gems as “Switch to decaf drinks after 4 p.m.” (but Seventeen, that’s when I start drinking caffeinated drinks!) and the fact that Megan “Toe-Thumbs” Fox once held a job in a smoothie café that required her to wear a banana costume. Fascinating. But, as usual, the greatest inspiration was in the “Love Life” section of the magazine. I learned that confessing your undying love for your male best friend has absolutely no negative consequences, and that guys find it weird when you sneak into their rooms to await their return home. Who knew? But the greatest advice of all lies within a story entitled “Sneaky Ways to Tell He’s Secretly in Love with You,” because Lord knows 13-year-old girls weren’t already assuming that their secret crushes also love them back. Read More »

Just hours after Conan O’Brien announced he had signed a deal with TBS for his new late-night TV gig, he kicked off his nationwide tour and brought the crowd of Eugene, Oregon to its feet, AP reports. “This is the first time anyone has paid to see me. They’ve paid me to go away,” O’Brien told Monday’s audience of more than 2,500, an obvious reference to the former ‘Tonight Show’ host’s $32 million exit deal with NBC in January. During ‘The Legally Prohibited From Being Funny On TV Tour,’ O’Brien worked the stage hard, joking, dancing and even making costume changes that, at one point, included a pink leather outfit. Read More »