But I can't be Sherlock Holmes
Aside from the fact that it would eat my life, I think the problem with me getting a Tumblr is that I would completely overthink it. I mean, the world is full of beautiful time sinks. I'd have to go through a lot of them if I were going to represent accurately the spectrum of things I find attractive to look at or interesting to think about. I don't have the time for that. I'm engaged in a job search. My free time, what there is of it, will drop spectacularly if I'm successful. The last thing I need is to get stuck into a new social media platform that requires me to spend even more hours looking at things on the internet. I keep away from Twitter for similar reasons: I am an obsessive person and I already stay awake until four in the morning writing about things. Also I do not think I naturally generate witty tags. This train of thought brought to you by the couple of people recently who've asked if I'm on Tumblr and this photobombing blowfish.
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I am seriously considering deleting it. The other day I spend FIVE HOURS looking at tumblr. Beautiful things! I had a wonderful time! But FIVE HOURS.
You are very wise, is what I am saying here.
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That is pretty much exactly what I'm afraid of. I don't have five hours to lose every day!
(Also, if I'm correct, there's no way of saving Tumblr to a hard drive; it exists only online, in the cloud. LJ at least you can set e-mail notifications for. If I actually devote time to curating images I like, I don't want them just vanishing into the easily manipulable memory of the internet.)