So, you mave have noticed a few new things around here, like our sexy new category icons that Selena slaved over, and some fun new community and commenting features. But most importantly, have you all noticed the points and ranks you can earn by commenting, friending your fellow Persephoneers, and adding a status to your member page? I mean, I’m not saying I’m a competitive freak of nature or anything, but I’M A PERSEPHONEER GENERAL NOW, BITCHES!
And the best part is that it’s all in good fun, and I know it won’t get ugly and people won’t get cranky about it, because everyone here is amazingly great, and you can donate points to people, which is exactly the type of generous, cool thing that awesome Persephoneers do. Have some fun and click around on your “member” page, see what’s what around the site, and come back here to tell us all about your life, your week, your dinner, whatever. Whether you’re a Newbie, a Pomegranate, or a Glittery Superstar, we love having you here!
And I’ve just received word from our Benevolent Overlord, Queen of the Underworld Selena MacIntosh, that for the next 24 hours, all point-earning activities will be worth five times their regular number of points. You’ll all be unicorns by the weekend!
I love when we get new features.
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I’m a Cerberus? Â Is there a ranking system somewhere that I can see what all the ranks are and the requisite points needing to reach each new level?
Also, to leave something about myself I just knit my first sock yesterday. Â I feel awesome.
Oh, wait, that comment pushed me over into Glittery Superstar category :D
Check Friday’s Open Thread. It has all the ranks.
I would like someone to knit me socks. I need warm and fuzzy socks.
I have a feeling I won’t be a unicorn before the 5x points thing ends. Curse being sick and hanging out with my boyfriend all day! At least I became a Glittery Superstar. :D
SUCH a long but good day today, ladies!
Wash had a great check-up with his Radio-Oncologist – he lived long enough to go 18 months since his last visit, and he doesn’t have to go back for another 6 months! For someone with his cancer, that’s pretty gorram good.
We walked in great weather today. We went out for a late lunch date together too!
I even harvested some delicious strawberries from my backyard garden. GREAT day. :)
This is better news than 5x Points Day/Weekend! :D
Aw, thanks. It is so nice to have a good day for a change.
Hooray for good news all around! Woo Wash! Â It sounds like a lovely day. My strawberry plants got a bit smothered by my broccoli, but I’m hoping they will come away now.
Thank you I will pass the sentiment along- :D
I’ve tried growing broccoli here but it just needs so much water and the right light and so far mine just dies. Good luck to yours and the berries growing up or out of it- trellis?
No, we just had them in a bed. We were a bit silly and planted ALL THE THINGS into these raised beds, had no idea what we are doing. We have a better idea now, and I bought another raised bed the other day so we can spread things out a bit more.
I was surprised how well the broc grew here, my real issue has been aphid infestations. They destroyed one plant and they are impossible to get out of the heads when you harvest them.
I’m really enjoying my garden, planted my rosemary in a half wine barrel yesterday, I can wait to see how it grows now :)
Oh, nice! I planted a new Rosemary bush myself this fall! :) They grow really well around here, so I’m lucky. Same with basil, it loves the heat out here.
Great news!
Thanks!
Crowd sourcing my nibbles ideas: anyone have gluten free nibble ideas? My friend recently discovered she has Celiac Disease, so I’ve got to rejig my traditional nibbles ideas.
So far I have
– Roasted Garlic Butter Bean dip with crudites, Curry Roasted Chickpeas, and cheese (with rice crackers on a separate plate, just in case I missed an ingredient that says that have some wheat in them).
Anything else?
gosh, there are a lot of things! Is she also vegetarian or anything? You’re in the Southern hemisphere, right? so it’s Summer now? I had a coeliac-friendly wedding and I did a succotash, which is not just something Sylvester says, but also a tasty bean and corn salad that you traditionally put bits of pork belly in (I used bacon). I also did a mixed grilled veg thing, with bell peppers, aubergine & courgette grilled & then tossed with some oil and vinegar & fines herbes. I have found that for crackers & stuff the best gluten-free options tend to be ones that have a bunch of different types of flours mixed together. This lady in California has a pretty good blog on gluten-free cooking that you might get some ideas from:Â Gluten Free Goddess
Being in school all of today and having projects to do all during the point thing yesterday put me 1500 points behind my dad! Curse this competitive streak of mine: it’ll be my undoing. But now I have to post as much as I can before the time runs out
Oh no. Good luck! You can beat him. :D
Nooooooo, Mini! Don’t let him win!
Whoo-hoo! Competitive time, Go! ;)
It’s so weird…I was looking for an alternative to Jezebel for a long time, and then I found it, and then I never commented here.
So today I received a bunch of emails from people wanting to friend me, and I figured maybe a bunch of accounts were hacked or something. Â Lo and behold I stumbled upon this after months of inactivity, and it made me remember why I really liked this site in the first place.
I’ve officially added you guys to my “Bookmarks Bar” and intend to read & comment more frequently now. Â Consider yourselves warned! Â :P
Yah! Happy to have you around!
Though, today is a very strange day… :)
It will become more strange later.
Horray, welcome back!
Haha! You sound like me! I remember coming to this site, but never came back regularly. Then this afternoon, I got two friend me messages and I thought “WTF? Is this spam?”. I checked it out and saw it was legit, yay! I’m glad y’all managed to find me and reel me back in :)
I like the layout here. Â It feels less…corporate? Â More like a collaborated wordpress site that I used to work on…I dunno. Â I just dig not having obnoxious splash adverts for my rash-inducing allergy nemesis, Pepto Bismol, everytime I go to the frontpage, haha. Â I’m happy to be back. :)
Hmm, collaborated WordPress site, you say? :D
So glad to have you here! I look forward to seeing you around the site!
There are now TWO pages of comments. I have never seen this before! (but then, I missed a lot with the redesign…)
Are you all unicorns now? This time difference really blows for me (I’m 17 hours ahead of the Pacific coast) and I miss out on all the good commenting!
I don’t think everyone is a unicorn just yet, but you still have most of today to get the 5x point bonus!
I just got promoted from Pomegranate. I’m a bit sad. I like pomegranates.
You can donate your points away and become a Pomegranate again.
Don’t give up! There is still timeeee! :D Â (I’m still high from the transformation to unicorn).
I made it! I made it to Candy Mountain and they turned me into a Uuuuuunicorn!
http://youtu.be/nab1OOzcWlA
Yes! Unicorn buddy! *high five*
I’m on the West-coast ish land and I kinda hate that so many of you cool peeps live hours ahead. Better late than never though with the party!
It’s like commenting mayhem up in here. I love it :)!
Cheap tricks to get us to actually comment on the pages instead of just happily read them and go on our way.
I SEE WHAT YOU ARE DOING!!!!
And I like it.
It’s not a cheap trick! It’s real, old-fashioned sorcery. And we want you guys to comment! You all have such interesting things to say!
But but, but what about those of us who love Unicorns, but would rather be a Centaur?
The one horn thing just twitches my Aspie brain a little. Plus, ya know, arms!
I want to be a unicorn! I’m so close!
Whoever donated points to me. I love you. I just thought you should know. :)
I am now a Unicorn! :D
Me: “Squee! I’m a Unicorn!”
Mr. Juniper: “You’re something, darling.”
He’s just jealous.
Indeed. Horn envy.
LOL.
i actually laughed out loud (at work)
This open thread is so awesome.
HOW DID I MISS THIS? DAMN YOU GREENWICH MEAN TIME
*shakes fist*
(but it’s still operational as far as I can see, if that helps).
I KNOW!
I’m late to this because I’m like an old lady and don’t stay up past 11. But I’m a Unicorn!!! Woo-hoo!
Haha! This has made my day after week that has earned itself a place in hell. You’re all epically fabulous.
So how does donating points work anyways? I’ve got a few people I’d like to give points to but I can’t figure it out.
Click on Donate Some Points underneath your rank. You can fill in nick name and number of points.
Looks like you just click on Donate Points anywhere (the user’s name doesn’t prepopulate if you’re on their profile), type in their username (not display name… so you’re “thelefthandedwife” not “Allison”) then the number of points and a message. Have some points!
OH. Now I feel kinda silly, I dunno how I missed that button. Thanks!
And I haven’t befriended so much people since the first week of my Facebook account. Look at us being Po-Pu-Lar
I bet that’s Nada Surf. *clicks link* YES!
I feel a bit like Oprah right now. “You’ll get points! You’ll get points! And you as well! Everyone gets points!”
I’ll admit, I laughed. Thanks for that mental image! xD
And now I also deal in laughs. Ha!
All I can see now is you throwing glitter at us. And I like it. :P
But do you still like it when you find glitter at the foot end of your bed in three weeks?
I’ll smile fondly, remembering what good times we had, while hoping no one notices that I’m shimmery. :P
The last glitter experience I had was with Christmas. We’re still finding tiny stars everywhere.
Hah that’s awesome. Â :) Glitter truly is the herpes of the craft world.
This is seriously the best thing I’ve heard all day. <3