Girls thread cont.

that was an "opposite of yay" boo, not a "spookin u" boo

Jesus fucking Christ.

I do all those things and they are very fun

i just hate the whole holier-than-thou, i-am-such-a-special-lady, all-other-ladies-who-aren't-like-me-are-whores, attitude.

i think i have been quite good bc i have not posted FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU on every single repin of that stupid poster.

haha I wonder if a Mormon posted it

i think there must have been some Mormon edict somewhere because all the church ladies i'm friends with on fb are posting every day about what they are thankful for

we are so grateful
for all our many blessings

I think that creating and reblogging that macro implies maybe those girls *should* do some of those things once in a while, loosen up, have some fun ;D

Oh i've done those things plenty. lol.

I LOVE pinterest but good god does it have a lot of shit like that on it. Also, religious crap.

i think i have been quite good bc i have not posted FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU on every single repin of that stupid poster.

<3 <3 <3 <3 <3

What is a "spookin u" boo? That sounds fascinating.

lol

Boo! Like a ghost would say.

Oh lols, I just thought about it and suddenly it clicked. I've been calling ilxors "boo" for so long that I forgot about the whole ghosties and spooks connotation.

also thinspiration pictures on Pinterest :P I mostly stick to the DIY & food categories and just ignore the general streams

Oh yeah I fogot about all the dieting and thinspiration stuff. I think I just sort of skim the general stuff and click on thing when my brain goes "OOOH SPARKLY PRETTY!".

Me too, pretty much! I think I have done exactly 0 of the things I've repinned. BUT I'm GONNA. I swear!

I've cooked some things that I've repinned and done one crafty thing but yeah, same here for the most part.

People on Apartment Therapy and my godawful conservative cousins are too into it, so I've avoided Pinterest out of sheer contrariness

look at tumblr instead, its the greatest

I don't even know what pinterest is but it sounds atrocious. Avoiding things I don't like has become a real skill.

It's great, isn't it?!

"No, no thank you. Ah, thank you, but no. No, I'm going to stay home that night. Twitter? Don't mind if I don't! That sounds just lovely...for you."

I actually really really love Pinterest and think it's pretty amazing. I just tune out that stuff like I tune out tons of other offensive and/or annoying things online.

Amanda it's sort of a virtual pin board where you can "pin" links/images in different categories so you can go back to them later. I don't use it nearly as much as I should because.

Here are my boards, for example: http://pinterest.com/enbb

"I don't use it nearly as much as I should because" - errr no "because".

Yeah I can spend hours looking through hair tutorial pins, DIYs, decor ideas, etc., and it is quite ready to skip the dumb stuff.

Yeah. I just cleaned up my boards and started looking through things and, well, I know how I'm going to be spending the afternoon since I'm already in weekend mode and have p much no work to do.

yeah pinterest is super fun as long as you have a good visual filter! I am rednotdead, JOIN THE DARK SIDE.
you can also find me on tumblr at whistlindicksie. possibly with a g, I forget.

I don't really like to look for hairdos or home decor -- is it just stuff like that?

Nah - it's tons of different stuff. There are boards for pretty much . . . everything? Clothes, crafts, health, travel, photography, art, pets - lots of stuff.

i think i'll just stay here

Ha I just tried to explain Pinterest this morning and spent a few minutes at lunch telling Jeff about all the ways I dislike/don't get Tumblr.

I like Pinterest in theory but I rarely do any freeform web browsing (just follow links from Twitter or from blogs I already read via Google Reader) so I don't know what I would "pin."

well, that's just it: you are looking at everyone else's pins (the analog would be 'tweets') and repinning stuff you like. of all my pins, probably only 10% are 'original' pins i found elsewhere, the rest is all 'repins'.

i don't either? i pretty much cover my bases with a running email to myself that i keep in drafts called "stuff"
beyond that i feel like it's just fodder for me being obsessive/hoardy of information (a trait i do NOT want to nurture in myself)

for instance -- i instantly delete any email from online clothing retailers unless it is a huge 50% off or more sale on something i already want
sure i could find things i like and "save them for later" but then what -- i buy them? eh. would rather just not. sometimes i feel like anything trying to sell me anything is borderline predatory.

SO otm. For me it's most a place for getting new ideas for things i want to make food and craft wise. I like that it's all in once place and now that I've figured out how to pin on my Ipad I will prob do it more. I also like the visual aspect. I repin a lot and that's led to to finding some really cool new sites and ideas. I mean - i totally get why it's not for some people but I've enjoyed it a lot when I remember to use it!

Is there an iPhone/iPad app?

good for gift ideas, too. although, like lexy, i have an amazing list of DIY crafts but haven't actually done any of them. i DID buy the frame/pegs/string/prints to make a really cool display for some of our better wedding photos... i just haven't gotten round to actually putting it together.

the most annoying thing about pinterest is seeing the same thing repinned over and over and OVER again - wish there was an option to 'hide this story'

breaking news: i haven't washed my hair in 4 days and it looks fine, bc i found a hair blog through pinterest that may have solved some hair issues for me

even thinking about pinterest makes me feel disorganized and overwhelmed!

I made some polymer clay bangles I found on there that came out pretty neat and, like I said earlier, some recipes.

I think there's a mobile app. There is for Android at least. The thing I was talking about for Ipad was a bookmarklet which let's you pin stuff from anywhere which doens't exist but I found a tutorial on how to create one using code in your bookmarks. OK that prob doesn't make any sense at all.

i guess the bottom line is that if i had a list of things that would be cool if i did them, but i kept not doing them for whatever reason, that --> feeling bad about myself for not-doing things, which --> basically pinteres sounds like (for me) a recreational automatic self-loathing machine --> dnw

every waking minute becomes "oh i should be doing THIS!" and really i have enough of that with work
part of that is just the way i am though

i think my brain just doesn't work in a way conducive to using something like that.

i found a hair blog through pinterest that may have solved some hair issues for me

link plz?

i feel like i have to physically see/sense something irl for it to make an impression - or at least motivate me enough to "file it away for later." which is probably good in some ways, because i'm less prone to impulse internet shopping, but at a bricks and mortar store ... i'm probably their dream customer tbh

tumblr helped me find these gems, and I am super happy about it

http://img3.etsystatic.com/il_570xN.291895195.jpg

those are nice skivvies

do you wear them to goth clubs? please say yes.

well I havent ordered them yet. They have to be custom made... BUT OF COURSE I'LL WEAR EM TO A GOTH CLUB once i get em!