Pinterest

First of all does everyone know what this is? 

It’s a website where you can get ideas on everything from cooking to home décor.  But not just anyone can see all the outfits, recipes, tips, etc.  Oh no.  You have to be invited to join.  You have to find someone who's willing to bring you into the fold.

Is this a website or a secret society?  Only losers have to ASK if they can be invited to something.  It’s basically internet high school. 

“So what’s going on this weekend?”

“I think Pinterest is having a party, weren’t you invited?  Oh…you weren’t?  Well why don’t you ask her if you can come? I’m sure you’re invited and she just hasn’t gotten around to asking you yet.”

Yeah, sure.

I have a love/hate relationship with this site. 

I love it because it does have some really good content.  Great ideas about things to make and what not.  I hate it because I don’t have the time or money to do any of it. 

And honestly, if people spent half as much time doing things as they spend looking up things to do then the site would go under.  It thrives on the average person’s desire to waste time finding things on the internet that they could be doing but just aren’t.

Sometimes it’s not that I lack the time to try the things I look at, but more that I lack the desire to.

One hundred and one crafts you can make with your kids?  Nah.  Talk to me when you come up with a list of one hundred and one cocktails you can make because of your kids. 

Now doesn't that look delicious? 

There are also a lot of ideas about how to decorate kid’s rooms: make a decorative banner that spells out their name in their own hand prints; stencil the words to their favorite nursery rhyme on the walls; blah blah blah…

The only time you have to do any of that is BEFORE you have kids.  If the kid is already here it's too late.

You have serious issues if   you think you’re going to be able to dip your child's hand in paint as many times as it would take to write out their name.  And if they’re old enough to have a favorite nursery rhyme then they’re old enough to be consuming every second of your day with their constant needs.  I struggle to find time to urinate, never mind do any of this shit.   

This just in...you have too much time on your hands.  

Now, me personally, I don’t like to be reminded of all the awesome things that I don’t have.  So I don’t get why people want to look at pictures of amazing houses they’ll never live in or exotic locations they’ll never visit. 

Suzie Smith repined a picture of a gorgeous private lagoon in Fiji and named it “Someday I’ll go here!” 

No.  You won’t.  Know who’s gonna go there?  The creator of Pinterest. 

But don’t worry…I’m sure they’ll pin a lovely picture of it to their “What I Did With My Money From Creating Pinterest” board.