Why Tumblr is Awesome

The best thing I find about Tumblr is that it can't really be defined in a few simple words. Tell Google to define it and you'll get a bunch of blah about how it's a blogging site where you can follow others' blogs and post multimedia. But it's so much more than that.
Tumblr is a place where you can feel completely free to express yourself. Obsessed with something most of your friends know nothing about? You're guaranteed to find Tumblr friends that love it just as embarrassingly much, if not more so. Love a TV show? Well have you ever heard of the word fandoms? Cause you're already in one. Do you ever feel like no one really understands what you are going through? Well with Tumblr I don't even think that's possible. Everyone has slightly different circumstances but in the end it comes down to the same thing.
However if you don't have an open mind to things like gay marriage, feminism, and so on, Tumblr is probably not the place for you. People are generally pretty open to oversharing on Tumblr so it's quite expected to find out things on a daily basis that you probably didn't want to know about. There are arguments on Tumblr just like there are on Facebook but generally a lot more people see them and then feel free to send you a response what he think about it as well even if the post is like two years old and you thought it died and was done with. However, Tumblr isn't just another site to start drama on, you can also learn a lot of things that otherwise you would have never known about.
My second favorite thing about Tumblr is that it has its own language that is special to the site that people not on it might not really understand. I'm really not sure how to explain most of it but here's a site that has a few 'words':
http://www.dailydot.com/society/sincere-guide-tumblr-slang/
I enjoy the slang words even though when you use them around friends that don't Tumblr, you will encounter an awkward situation of trying to figure out how to explain what you mean. Sometimes it's like trying to explain the word 'to'. It's ridiculously hard.
Sadly though, Tumblr is cannot be perfect. Nothing in the world can be. Sometimes people do get bullied by other people. But with one person that is mean or hateful, a hundred or so other supportive people or there to help outweigh it. Still, I would like to say again that Tumblr is not for everyone.

Interested but not sure how to start a blog? Here's a site to help:

http://mashable.com/2012/06/03/the-beginners-guide-to-tumblr/

 

(445)
Sources:
http://www.dailydot.com/society/sincere-guide-tumblr-slang/

http://mashable.com/2012/06/03/the-beginners-guide-to-tumblr/

http://www.techopedia.com/definition/27517/tumblr

Why DIYs Are Gr8

Do It Yourself projects, or DIYs, have been really common and popular on Pinterest, I believe, ever since the site was first made. But why is that, you may ask? Well it's simple.
The first reason for them being popular is because they are usually cheaper to make then to go on Etsy and buy. Although the ones sold there always seem to be so much cuter and better done then my own. Like these for example:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/194880908/no-tangle-crochet-earphones?ref=sr_gallery_30&ga_search_query=cute+earphones&ga_order=most_relevant&ga_ref=related&ga_page=1&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery
The second reason is that they are fun to make, whether it be by yourself or with some friends. Like when you were little and made those huge beaded bracelets. Except now, you make them with much smaller beads that are practically impossible to put on the band and end up falling on the floor and getting lost for all eternity because you know even without looking that you will never find them all.
Thirdly is that they can be as big or as small of a project as you want. If you are looking for something huge that will keep you occupied for a month or so you can find some sort of workshop one. Or if you just want a small five minute one, they have those too. I've seen ones where all you do is get a stencil and spray paint some designs onto old furniture.
DIYs also make it fun to spice up your old stuff. Having a hard time trying to rock those boring old headphones but don't want to go buy those cool expensive ones that you know will break within the month? No need! Change it up with some yarn like so:

Its an easy way to show off those mad skillz you didn't even know you were hiding.

And my favorite part (and probably the part that I use most often) is that if you try, try, and try again and you still just have absolutely no idea how to make it look like it's supposed to, it's no biggie if you give up. Those earphones are still hella cute even though they are halfway done. So when reality hits you hard in the face like so:

Just take a pic so you can laugh at it later, eat those delicious looking cookies, and move on.

(381)
Sources:
http://truebluemeandyou.tumblr.com/post/25684900754/diy-clothespin-animals
http://jessicadehartoglesby.blogspot.com/2012/06/diy-hair-wrap-headphones.html
http://justsomething.co/the-34-most-hilarious-pinterest-fails-ever/

ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

Everyone has heard about the Ice Bucket challenge. You might have seen one of the thousands of funny videos all over YouTube, Facebook, Pinterest, Vine, and well, you get the point. (My personal favorite is Rob Pattinson's. This is a link to it in case you're interested:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3y6dJr2hYA )
Anyway, there are no technical rules of the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, it's mainly just to raise awareness and money for the cause. The three main parts of it are donating, pouring ice water over your head, and nominating three other people. I have heard multiple versions of rules though. Like, if you don't want to donate you pour ice over your head. Or if you don't take the challenge twenty four hours after you were nominated, then you're supposed to donate. And I've also heard that if you take the challenge then you can just donate ten dollars, but if you don't want to take the challenge then you donate one hundred dollars instead. There's all kinds of different variations of the challenge. However, the one I like best is where you just do the challenge, if you want too, nominate friends, and donate whatever you can afford.
Which leads to the next important part of this post. The Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association. More commonly known as ALSA. It funds research for the cure of ALS. It has a lot of different programs around the U.S. and has, as of September thirteenth, raised 112.4 million dollars. If you have any questions about it, or the money that you donate here is a link to the site, which answered any and all questions I had about it:
http://www.alsa.org/
I personally enjoy watching my friends and favorite stars take the challenge and I had fun taking it myself. Yet the main point of it is really to donate to fund research that will help cure people that have ALS. I think that if you don't donate it's just not worth anything to anyone. The whole point of the challenge is to draw attention to ALS, not to draw attention to your very white, and wet, shirt. It's not hard to donate, they have a big red button on the site. And if you want to make sure one hundred percent of your donation goes straight to research then there's a box on the form you fill out that you can check to let the association know what you wish to have done with your donation.

(411)
Sites used:
http://www.theprimerib.com/pr-baltimore-als-ice-bucket-challenge/