Do we honestly need any more social media vacuums?  DO WE???

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My First Pinterest "Invitation" from Valori:  July 2nd, 2011.

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My Second Pinterest "Invitation" from Yovani:  December 6th, 2011.

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Day I Joined Pinterest:  March 20th, 2012.

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First Pin:  April 7th, 2012.

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And that's when all hell broke loose.

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On Saturday morning, I came across a John Lennon quote.  Me Lifetime Beatles Fan.  Me Love Beatles Wisdom.

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I did what came naturally.  I posted on facebook.

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And then I remembered, "Oh, yeah!  I created a Pinterest account a few weeks back.  Maybe I could actually <em>pin</em> something.  Because I need another social media vacuum like I need this blasted sinus infection that is making my head ready to explode any second."

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Humbug.  The Pinterest Scrooge had spoken.

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I pinned John.

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<div style="padding-bottom: 2px; line-height: 0px;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/109493834660614126/" target="_blank"><img src="https://a248.e.akamai.net/media.pinterest.com.s3.amazonaws.com/upload/109493834660614126_VUTB8klm_c.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="515" border="0" /></a></div>
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<p style="font-size: 10px; color: #76838b;">Source: <a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: #76838b;" href="http://theclothspring.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/john-lennon-quote-happy.jpg/">theclothspring.com</a> via <a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: #76838b;" href="http://pinterest.com/latebloomer365/" target="_blank">Michelle</a> on <a style="text-decoration: underline; color: #76838b;" href="http://pinterest.com" target="_blank">Pinterest</a></p>

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And the Pinterest floodgates opened.

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Within what seemed like a nanosecond, 15-20 people "repinned" me, and 5 more "liked" me.  They really liked me.  (Note to self:  See if Sally Field Pins.)

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<span style="font-size: medium; color: #008000;"><strong>In another nanosecond, I was overcome with self-imposed Pinterest Peer Pressure.</strong></span>

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<em>What will people think if I've only posted one pin?  How lame is that?  My blog address is up there on my profile!  I need to represent!  Everyone else is doing it!  </em>

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Do I havta?

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<em>Yes!  You havta!  Be social!</em>

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But I'm social in Real Life!

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<em>That doesn't count.  This is 2012.  Look how long you fought facebook, and now it's like brushing your teeth, but more entertaining.  As with anything, you will adapt.</em>

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Does this mean I have to sign up for Google+ as well?

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<em>Hell, no!  <a href="http://createasfolk.com/how-to-manage-your-time-with-social-media-marketing/" target="_blank"><strong>Laura Simms</strong></a> already told you that you don't havta.</em>

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Well . . . . your offers sounds tempting, but I can't this weekend.  I have <strong><a href="http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2012/04/05/playdate-13-script-frenzy/" target="_blank">24 days left to finish my screenplay,</a></strong> and I need to figure out a playdate that will be kind and gentle to my sinuses.  Woe is me.

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<em>That's easy.  Play with yourself.</em>

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Yo!  My mother and father read this blog!  Watch it!

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<em>Yo!  Get your mind out of the gutter!  I meant that Pinterest is a playdate with yourself.  Sheesh!</em>

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Oh.  Sorry.  I watched <em>Eat Pray Love</em> with Javier Bardem last night, and I'm a bit . . . . distracted.

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And this is how I came to I create My Online Vision Board via the site we know and love and hate as Pinterest.

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Since many people refer to Pinterest as an Online Vision Board, and since <a href="http://christinekane.com/how-to-make-a-vision-board/" target="_blank"><strong>Vision Boards</strong> </a>are said to manifest into Real Life,  and since  I was "distracted", I slapped Javier up there faster than you can say, <strong><a href="http://www.sodahead.com/fun/better-actor-javier-bardem-or-jeremy-renner/question-2482187/comment-78538551/" target="_blank">"It's time, darling."</a></strong>

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Ladies, do you know the line of which I speak?  Be still, my heart.

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Javier, if you or your clone (Listen, I'm the last person in the world that wants to break up you and Penelope) entered into my Real Life via my Online Vision Board, it would <em>always</em> be time, darling.

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Don't expect much, my friends.  My boards and pins are growing slowly.  Although I promise that you won't be disappointed <a href="https://pinterest.com/latebloomer365/el-caramelo-de-ojo/" target="_blank"><strong>here.</strong> </a>

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Can I let you in on my latest dirty little secret?  Pinterest is the best peer pressure to which I have ever succumbed.

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Now.  Back to that screenplay!

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Are you a Pinterest Aficionado?  Do tell!