But I can't be Sherlock Holmes

[sovay]

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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[greenlily.livejournal.com]

"What do you see?"

"...Everything. That is my curse."

(I technically do have a Tumblr, but I don't post things to it or whatever it is one does with a Tumblr--I use it only as a place to follow other Tumblrs. If I ever have a spare 5 minutes, I can open up my Tumblr dash and be assured of having a string of Things Relevant To My Interests to look at, such as pictures of cats getting into places they ought not to be (there is a Tumblr called getoutoftherecat) and pictures of hockey players with adorable animals (hockeyplayerswithpets).

[sovay]

I technically do have a Tumblr, but I don't post things to it or whatever it is one does with a Tumblr--I use it only as a place to follow other Tumblrs.

See, that was why I got a livejournal in 2004, and look how that turned out!