Princeton FML Coming Soon! Maybe?

Thanks to FMyLife.com, the abbreviation "FML" has invaded our cultural lexicon. In fact, it's become sort of annoying to hear people say "FML" about absolutely anything: "Today, I woke up five minutes late! FML!" or "I want a mango! FML!!"But we'll soon be able to compose and read our very own Princeton-specific FMLs! Umm...FML?Harvard freshman Jonah Varon recently started College FML, an umbrella organization that runs various college FMLs around the country. College FML, which is not affiliated with Harvard FML, has started about 30 college-specific sites and continues to expand, according to Varon.Varon told The Ink that he hopes to launch Princeton FML "very soon," and he's currently on the hunt for Princeton students to moderate the site. One prerequisite, however: "a good sense of humor."The San Francisco native said that he developed the framework for College FML in four days. "The first few sites I launched attracted so many visitors that within a few days my web host disabled my account," Varon said in an email. "I had to transfer all the websites to a dedicated server, which could handle the web traffic. Since then, the sites have continued to experience explosive growth."Harvard appears to have been the first college to have its own FML site, which was started by The Voice (a student group). In the Ivy League, Varon has opened FML sites for Yale, Penn, Dartmouth, and Columbia.Okay, we guess we'll admit that we're sort of excited about this. But one question: will we soon have our own MLIA site, too?

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