Sweet Tweets
May 23, 2009 Many of you already follow me on Twitter, but for those who don't (and for you newbies) here's a sampling I think is worth repeating.
- "Cake or death?" with Lego illustrations. Very nice.
- Headline: Goat Breaks into Home, Eats Cake. Quote: "I feel sorry for the lady, but it IS kind of funny." http://tinyurl.com/af8cyu
- Does CW have some fans over at ESPN? You be the judge: http://tinyurl.com/c2egye "I want sprinkles." (Thx Ian!)
- Crazy cupcake creepiness:
(Either this E.T. cake or the Ghostbusters one is my favorite, but check that link out for lots of nostalgia-laced goodness.)- Need a diversion? Then take this quiz by CW reader Silver and find out which Cake Wreck you are! http://tinyurl.com/cmtekw
And lastly, your Wreck for the day:
- Cakes that look like poo are bad enough, but on your WEDDING DAY?!? If y'all enjoy today's post I may make "Sweet Tweets" a regular feature here on Wrecks. Thoughts? Questions? Comments? UPDATE: Fascinating. I had no idea Twitter could inspire such strong feelings of dislike! Chill, everyone: I just thought I'd try something a little different for a post. I'm not trying to "sell" you on Twitter or change my usual writing style - I just wanted to share some fun and funny bits for you non-tweeters, is all. I'll be sure to post less material if I try again in the future, though; it seems most of you agree this post is too long.
Ah, redneck weddings…
Reader Comments (180)
I love the Sweet Tweets....so fun!
I think those cupcake costumes are actually little cars, I saw them in an article about the world's weirdest cars on MSN.
Please don't bring Twitter to the blog. If people want to follow you on Twitter, there's a link posted at the top of the blog... it seems like a bit of overkill... just my opinion though... I don't get the popularity of Twitter anyways.
Now the Sunday Sweets... Aw Yeah!
PS My word verification is Satinfro.
The sweet tweets is funny and all, but I'd rather have real wrecks.
Oh my gosh, I usually don't get nauseated looking at cakes, but the horse poop? Yeah, I'm feeling queasy!
I already follow you on Twitter, so don't feel a need to see this repeated. It is nice to see something I may have missed though, just maybe not as a regular post.
I'm not a big fan of Twitter, but I still have one and check it every now and then for good links from the likes of you and the Bloggess, as well as some funny things from a couple of other people...
I'm laughing at the people who would stop reading because of Twitter updates. Skipping posts you don't like is hard because the Internets are so heavy.
How on earth is this post too long? people are so spazzy. "how dare you send a link to another website! I hate discovering new and cool things" The post was fine and awesome!
I like it, but that's probably because you lead off with Eddie Izzard. ;-)
Funny as always. Simply don't understand people who feel compelled to critique over every little thing. It's YOUR blog and we're all just visitors. Like, I wouldn't dream of stopping by someone's house and then complaining that the lemonade they served me was too tart.. you get the idea- so really people... get a grip!
Loved it!
I'm the Walmart Cake!?
Will. NOT. Twitter.
Hmm. I was going to say that's the perfect combination until I got to the dog poop bit.
I love Eddie Izzard and I've actually seen the cup cakes just up the road at Maker Fair.
Tweet away dearie.
Cheers
I, for one, liked this post and thought it was fun and a neat way to share some fun stuff. I'm not a tweeter or on Twitter or however you say it, so I appreciate you sharing some fun stuff that I otherwise wouldn't have seen. I didn't think it was too long at all - it was a great length! As far as I'm concerned you can make this a regular thing - who can say no to funny cake links on the crazy ol' world wide web? Some people just like to complain. Whiners. :)
Too much going on? Too much clicking? I don't get it. Are we all so busy on a weekend that we don't have time to do more than skim a short blog post?
I personally thought it was all great - I love sites that find interesting things to share! I loved the Eddie Izzard clip - I was cracking up the entire time!
I, for one, appreciate someone that actually uses Twitter for good, not evil. Microblogging is a legitimate form of promotion, and it's not Jen's fault that some idiots tweet about their bowel movements.
I'll have to start following you.
too long? sheesh ppl skip over and come back later if you like. i say- thanks!
I don't have the attention span for multiple videos. Also I usually view CW in my google reader, and I don't like having to click all the links to other sites to watch the videos because sometimes (I have no idea why) a video in a post won't show up on the reader.
Love the Life in Frosting blog though! Thanks for sharing, and keep up the great work!
I found your blog a couple weeks ago and immediately added it to my reader. I love this site - it always makes me smile and laugh. Thank you for the time involved in keeping it going!
This sweet tweets post was fun. The quiz was awesome - I loved the questions (finally a quiz that actually contained an answers I wouldn't be faking to believe).
Jen, your posts are never too long, I would love them to be much longer! :) And I loved that you shared the leggo video- that is one of my favorite Eddie Izzard bits! :) Thanks again :)
I loved the legos. :)
...Problem is, my brother and I are going to be quoting it all day..."CAKE OR DEATH?" "Cake, please."
I've never commented on this blog before, but I've been reading it for about a year. (Sorry, no need to go out of my way to say, "that cake is hilarious!" but I do enjoy the heck out of reading.)
That said all the "OMG please don't post here what you posted on the evil Twitter machine" comments are hilarious. Had Jen just posted "a bunch of short links to funny cake-related things I've seen," no one would have raised an eyebrow. But because she's posting things she tweeted earlier, that means we get threats of boycott and get to throw around words like "evil."
This is getting close to the funniest thing ever on this blog. (Nothing beats "I want sprinkles," which is going on my groom's cake.)
I thought this post was great! What are people talking about?? And... what kind of attention span must you have to think that this post was just TOO long to bear? Ugh.
And... I'm the Wal-Mart cake. "You're an oldie, but a goodie. You can take things a wee bit too literally, sometimes."
That's true, I guess. Oh well, have a great afternoon!
Ringleader said...
"Funny as always. Simply don't understand people who feel compelled to critique over every little thing. It's YOUR blog and we're all just visitors. Like, I wouldn't dream of stopping by someone's house and then complaining that the lemonade they served me was too tart.. you get the idea- so really people... get a grip!"
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
I SECOND that emotion!
With raucous applause and loud shrieking whistles, at that!
People who don't want to play can pick up their pouty lips off the floor and go home. (It's NOT their party and they CAN'T cry if they want to.)
=^uu^=
I really liked this post!! Its a great format for a lazy Saturday morning. Once a month would probably be good.
P.S. I'm pre-ordering the book this weekend! I can't wait to put it on my coffee table for all my guests to see!
Good lord people take a chill and don't read it if you don't want to see it...you took the time to comment...I LOVED IT not all the posts make me want to laugh so hard I spit tea over the keyboard but more often than not on this blog...rock on and I CHOOSE CAKE or maybe death I dunno depends on whose comin' with me, will we still be able to read CW?
poklor: the portion of the population who hates what they read but decides they want to comment any way-that or a shortened version of the words 'pork lore' odes to pork rinds
Apparently you have lazy readers. It is far too hard to scroll past a post with your Tweets. Post them as often as you like, it's your blog. :)
I will be a scroll-paster probably but it doesn't bother me to do so.
People are crazy giving you so many opinions. It's a blog that you write for fun. And you write it for you, and we like it. Whether or not they like twitter or not who cares :)
I follow you on twitter, but I miss things, and so this is perfect. It really wasn't too long, I can read what I choose to read, it was perfect to be able to watch the videos IN the post. just PERFECT :).
I can't get over how opinionated people are about your life ha! I guess that's what happens when you have a blog, can't have a thin skin...
but I'll approve and still read no matter what you decide to do. :)
Thanks for making me laugh almost every day, and for free!
You Rock!!!!
Amanda
I had to post to say that I really enjoy Cake Wrecks and have sent a link to many of my friends.
I actually liked the Sweet Tweets (I'm not on Twitter) and I think it would me a really great regular feature. :D
And according to your quiz, I'm the Naked Mowhawk-Baby Carrot Jockey Cake. It's appropriate, I really am just plain weird sometimes.
I support this post.
For those ticked off about the Twitter aspect - deal.
No one is making you "join" Twitter. She is simply sharing things with you that you would not have seen otherwise.
I am no fan of Twitter either, but I loved this post. Keep it up!
Yay! Funness! Not too long, not too tweet-y. Just lovely. :-D
I don't get how this ticks people off. Like someone else said--had you not mentioned specifically that this was stuff from your Twitter feed, no one would have batted an eye at it. But, since people have these areas of technology that they just refuse to accept, they have to cop an attitude any time that thing is even mentioned. Posting these links as one post is not a Twitter thing. And, if the post is too long or you don't like it, DON'T READ IT. Or don't click on the links and just speed on through to see the other stuff. Jen shouldn't have to not post things like video clips just because some people can't view them on their internet connection, either. Just because you can't view the things, it means none of us who have that ability should be able to discover and enjoy them either?
I thought that there should have been more wrecks on the post, but I really loved the "Cake or Death" video.
I'm the carrot jockeys! Sorry... I was excited... hehe... anyway... I don't do the whole Twitter thing, but I really liked this post as an occasional thing... if anyone cares...
I'll add my opinion, since you did ask. I don't Tweet, so I enjoyed getting the highlights I would otherwise have missed. I did not find the post too long. I don't feel that it is necessary for me to click on every link posted, I understand that it is okay to skim and only check the ones that look interesting to me. I got as many laughs from this post as from others.
Summary: if you want to add Sweet Tweets as a regular feature, I would quite enjoy it.
great post! thanks for the highlights! :)
wahhh, too much clicking. too many links. waahhh. seriously? are you too lazy to click?
Since I am not on Twitter and have no plans of joining up (EVER), I enjoyed the opportunity to see some fun stuff that I would otherwise have missed. I think I would be interested in this as an occasional feature, though preferably not as frequent as every week. I prefer the longer form of blogs to tweets. However, it's your blog. If you want to make Sweet Tweets a regularly scheduled feature to give yourself some breathing time, more power to you.
I am actually a Twitter lover and I follow you on Twitter. I'd rather not see more Sweet Tweet posts, because it's duplicate content to me. The people saying if they wanted to see your tweets, they would get on Twitter are right.
FWIW, I don't like blogs that post a summary of their posts that week or month for the same reason... they're duplicating content I've already seen.
I just can't get over the fact that I am a Wal-Mart cake. LOL
I for real threw up in my mouth at the poo cake. *blech*
The amount of moaning in the comments is quite ridiculous. :|
People don't get twitter/don't want to twitter? Well, that should be fine since this isn't twitter, it's just links and videos of funny cake related things. Jesus.
I love the cake wrecks quiz! Haha, I got the naked mohawk-baby cake! Fabulous XD
Also: Eddie Izzard is the funniest man on earth.
I'm not a tweeter, and after reading the post, I think you'd have to be a tweaker to know what the heck is going on. Not a fan. I enjoy your witty posts far more.
I loved the post. I clicked every single link, and posted my quiz result to my facebook page:^)
It totally worked for me!
Also, Ingeborg is right: Eddie Izzard R O C K S!
It's your blog, so do what you like with it. None of us can stop you anyway!
Personally, I didn't think much of the Sweet Tweets and scrolled past pretty much everything. Just not interested.
Then again, I'm not interested in the Sweet Sunday entries either. But I wouldn't think of berating you for posting them.
I come here to laugh my head off at the wrecks. If I wanted to read about cake decorating or cakes in general, or watch Eddie Izzard, or anything else, I'd look elsewhere.
But it's your soapbox. Anybody who doesn't like the content has the right to shut up and move along.
(By the way, I turned out to be the steak cake. Hmm.)
Holy smokes, the ridiculously bad attitudes that some people have amaze me.
I loved the posts and hope you continue to incorporate it. The Cake or Death was hilarious. I had to post that on my FB.
And I checked out the "My Life in Frosting" blog and the whole post was so cute I had to leave a comment.
Thanks, Jen, for all the time you take to do these just to give our lives a giggle. It's much appreciated! (Nevermind the goobs.)
Thank you Jen. The sight of those newlyweds forcing horse manure cake into each other's mouths sure did wipe away the memory of those c.l.o.w.n.s.
Now, what can you give us tomorrow to wipe away the manure?
poop means good luck in japan :) so it's not that weird to have it on a cake. it's a compliment really... rofl. they have all kinds of poop stuff, keychains, whatever :D wouldn't be surprised to go to a bakery and find one on a cake.
voting against twitter, it's kind of useless to bring it here - besides isn't twitter for posting what you are doing, or what's going on on your website...
wreck on!
It seems like a lot of the hate is for Twitter specifically, which is confusing to me. I follow you on Twitter but I do occasionally miss things. I liked this post, and I'm sure it was much easier for you to assemble than your more usual presentation of wrecks. I don't see a problem with you doing a Sweet Tweets post, or similar collection of cake-related interesting bits that you'd otherwise put on just Twitter, especially since I'm sure so many people do share these sorts of stories with you in the first place. Making it a regular thing, well, maybe not a scheduled post the way Sunday Sweets are, but maybe every now and then if you can't get an actual wreck post going.