Out Of Print.

I have a thing for magazines. I want to write for a trendy publication one day & hence, I keep all my past issues to admire & cut+paste from later. When I really like a title, I can't wait for the next issue to come out & quickly buy it off the shelf. [I'm not very patient in waiting for mail subscriptions...] So you have to understand that when I finally grow attached to a certain one, it's a bond only understood by other aspiring writers, fashion addicts... & maybe just teen girls. But, here's the thing:

My first FAVORITE magazine was elleGIRL. kind of off beat, fashion, travel, music news etc. for the growing teen hipster. Three or four months after I accepted my addiction? OUT OF PRINT. okay, elleGIRL... okay. I find refuge once a month online at ellegirl.com, as they're still on the web. Every once in a while, I attempt reguar Elle, but it's just not the same.

 So I found a new one. Jane... okay. for the savvy trendsetter. Five issues later, after they feature my all-time favorite actress [Zooey Deschanel] on the cover?  OUT OF PRINT. You've GOT to be kidding me. All the sudden janemagazine.com redirects me to a page that says something like "Thanks for your loyalty, Jane readers. we think you'll enjoy Glamour." Again, a redirect, this time to the hollywood rag website. What? WHAT? For anyone that's ever read Jane and/or Glamour, you should assume that either one of those readers would most certainly NOT enjoy the opposite. Hmm, "How To Build Your Own Bookshelf Out Of Antique Picture Frames & Cover It In Newspaper Clippings", or "What Awesome Shoes Was Cameron Diaz Wearing Last Night At That Event-That-No-One-Cares-About?"

One last try. Blueprint. Awesome. A little fashion "Find Your Spring Colors", interior design "New Paint & Vintage-looking Wallpapers", recipes "How to Throw a French Dinner Party", music "Ten Albums You Didn't Know Were Out" everything! Thanks Martha Stewart, you did something right. This one lasted a little longer, about five issues later [one every two months]... I went into Target [who always carries it] & they had the January/February issue waaayyy past it's "display until:" date. hmm, that's strange. Border's books. They have EVERY magazine. "Huh," the lady sticking sale stickers on bargain books says, "I know we carry that. Our magazine person is on vacation, check back later" Thanks for nothing. I begin to get worried... by now I have began to assume my bad luck with magazines. So, the end of March i decide to look online. Martha Stewart Living, Better Homes & Gardens, Real Simple, check. Blueprint?

OUT OF PRINT.

I lost my shit.
I am considering writing an angry letter to every other magazine ever suggesting they change their style to what I am looking for in a mag, & also threatening them that if I decide I do like it & they EVER go out of print [until I change my mind]... well... they'll be sorry.

Now, just in case, so we can prove I'm not just imagining things... my other "favorites" [they will never compare] are Domino the interior design fix, & teenVOGUE, the fashion/music fix... the regular Vogue is just like the regular Elle: too many ads for expensive things that they don't even sell in this area code. If those stop printing, someone just drive over here & help me because I'm certain I will become a little bit CRAZY.