haha I wonder if a Mormon posted it
― you are a baby seal (Abbott), Friday, 9 December 2011 03:29 (twelve years ago) link
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
― sarahel, Friday, 9 December 2011 03:32 (twelve years ago) link
we are so gratefulfor all our many blessings
― you are a baby seal (Abbott), Friday, 9 December 2011 03:32 (twelve years ago) link
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
― her life was changed by (rockandroll), Friday, 9 December 2011 14:11 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― ᶘ ᵒᴥᵒᶅ (~curious orange~), Friday, 9 December 2011 14:24 (twelve years ago) link
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
― OH GNUS (Pyth), Friday, 9 December 2011 14:29 (twelve years ago) link
What is a "spookin u" boo? That sounds fascinating.
lol
Boo! Like a ghost would say.
― ᶘ ᵒᴥᵒᶅ (~curious orange~), Friday, 9 December 2011 14:31 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― OH GNUS (Pyth), Friday, 9 December 2011 14:31 (twelve years ago) link
also thinspiration pictures on Pinterest :P I mostly stick to the DIY & food categories and just ignore the general streams
― her life was changed by (rockandroll), Friday, 9 December 2011 14:46 (twelve years ago) link
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!".
― ᶘ ᵒᴥᵒᶅ (~curious orange~), Friday, 9 December 2011 14:52 (twelve years ago) link
Me too, pretty much! I think I have done exactly 0 of the things I've repinned. BUT I'm GONNA. I swear!
― her life was changed by (rockandroll), Friday, 9 December 2011 15:00 (twelve years ago) link
I've cooked some things that I've repinned and done one crafty thing but yeah, same here for the most part.
― ᶘ ᵒᴥᵒᶅ (~curious orange~), Friday, 9 December 2011 15:02 (twelve years ago) link
People on Apartment Therapy and my godawful conservative cousins are too into it, so I've avoided Pinterest out of sheer contrariness
― OH GNUS (Pyth), Friday, 9 December 2011 15:12 (twelve years ago) link
look at tumblr instead, its the greatest
― Homosexual II, Friday, 9 December 2011 15:45 (twelve years ago) link
I don't even know what pinterest is but it sounds atrocious. Avoiding things I don't like has become a real skill.
― league of women voters, Friday, 9 December 2011 16:04 (twelve years ago) link
It's great, isn't it?!
― OH GNUS (Pyth), Friday, 9 December 2011 16:09 (twelve years ago) link
"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."
― OH GNUS (Pyth), Friday, 9 December 2011 16:10 (twelve years ago) link
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
― ᶘ ᵒᴥᵒᶅ (~curious orange~), Friday, 9 December 2011 16:25 (twelve years ago) link
"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.
― smoove operator, Friday, 9 December 2011 16:36 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― ᶘ ᵒᴥᵒᶅ (~curious orange~), Friday, 9 December 2011 16:39 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― her life was changed by (rockandroll), Friday, 9 December 2011 17:09 (twelve years ago) link
I don't really like to look for hairdos or home decor -- is it just stuff like that?
― league of women voters, Friday, 9 December 2011 17:11 (twelve years ago) link
Nah - it's tons of different stuff. There are boards for pretty much . . . everything? Clothes, crafts, health, travel, photography, art, pets - lots of stuff.
― ᶘ ᵒᴥᵒᶅ (~curious orange~), Friday, 9 December 2011 17:13 (twelve years ago) link
i think i'll just stay here
― league of women voters, Friday, 9 December 2011 17:40 (twelve years ago) link
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."
― thejenny, Friday, 9 December 2011 18:28 (twelve years ago) link
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'.
― smoove operator, Friday, 9 December 2011 18:57 (twelve years ago) link
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)
― league of women voters, Friday, 9 December 2011 19:00 (twelve years ago) link
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 wantsure 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.
― league of women voters, Friday, 9 December 2011 19:07 (twelve years ago) link
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!
― ᶘ ᵒᴥᵒᶅ (~curious orange~), Friday, 9 December 2011 19:10 (twelve years ago) link
Is there an iPhone/iPad app?
― thejenny, Friday, 9 December 2011 19:14 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― smoove operator, Friday, 9 December 2011 19:21 (twelve years ago) link
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
― smoove operator, Friday, 9 December 2011 19:22 (twelve years ago) link
even thinking about pinterest makes me feel disorganized and overwhelmed!
― sarahel, Friday, 9 December 2011 19:25 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― ᶘ ᵒᴥᵒᶅ (~curious orange~), Friday, 9 December 2011 19:26 (twelve years ago) link
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
― league of women voters, Friday, 9 December 2011 19:29 (twelve years ago) link
every waking minute becomes "oh i should be doing THIS!" and really i have enough of that with workpart of that is just the way i am though
― league of women voters, Friday, 9 December 2011 19:30 (twelve years ago) link
i think my brain just doesn't work in a way conducive to using something like that.
― sarahel, Friday, 9 December 2011 19:36 (twelve years ago) link
i found a hair blog through pinterest that may have solved some hair issues for me
link plz?
― julia, Friday, 9 December 2011 19:37 (twelve years ago) link
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
― sarahel, Friday, 9 December 2011 19:39 (twelve years ago) link
tumblr helped me find these gems, and I am super happy about it
http://img3.etsystatic.com/il_570xN.291895195.jpg
― Homosexual II, Friday, 9 December 2011 20:07 (twelve years ago) link
those are nice skivvies
― league of women voters, Friday, 9 December 2011 20:09 (twelve years ago) link
do you wear them to goth clubs? please say yes.
― sarahel, Friday, 9 December 2011 20:09 (twelve years ago) link
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!
― Homosexual II, Friday, 9 December 2011 20:10 (twelve years ago) link
you could wear them anywhere because they are skivvies
― league of women voters, Friday, 9 December 2011 20:13 (twelve years ago) link
julia - hdofblog.com
the girl who writes it is super adorable and reminds a lot of robyn and some other lady ilxors.
anyway, bc i'm sure you're all really interested: my hair is quite fine but lots of it, and bc it's long, all of that is conducive to really flat limp boring hair, and from this blog i learned that i need to TEXTURIZE by just doing a teensy bit of backcombing/teasing at the root of each section and then using this new conical curling wand i got to curl it. the result isn't really curls, but my hair looks more wavy and just "bigger" and it lasts for days. like, today, day 4 of no washing, it should look pretty sad, but it still looks pretty poufy and good. also: she recommends really scrubbing the shit out of your scalp when you shampoo, shampooing twice (first with small amount, then with slightly more, and bc this gets your scalp so much cleaner it gets less greasy, which seems to be working for me.
― smoove operator, Friday, 9 December 2011 21:02 (twelve years ago) link
My very favorite foundation is mousse. I talk about mousse all the time, but I don’t know that I ever get much more specific than saying that it is great for volume. The truth is, mousse is the world’s greatest foundation product. Note: sometimes my clients are shocked to see that I might use two or three handfuls of mousse in their hair. That is when I don’t have time for nonsense (or misbehaving hair).
I like her already. I am a firm believer in mousse. I actually use a foaming wrap spray made for black hair that acts like a mousse but is not as stiff it is awesome. It failed me today though because it was hot on the bus and I was sweating (yes, even my head) and now i'm in flat hair city. Oh well.
― ᶘ ᵒᴥᵒᶅ (~curious orange~), Friday, 9 December 2011 21:13 (twelve years ago) link
Anyway, I'm gonna follow this lady now. Thanks Justine.
― ᶘ ᵒᴥᵒᶅ (~curious orange~), Friday, 9 December 2011 21:14 (twelve years ago) link