Flickr: Understanding the Cosmos

I know that Flickr is intended to be a fun and creative outlet for people everywhere, and I also understand that 23 Things is supposed to help us all feel more confident in our place in the technological cosmos. These are very good goals, and I applaud them. But I must say: in my case, neither goal is met. I hang my head in shame.

Ok. Goal #1: Flickr = creative and fun outlet for people everywhere.
Reality #1: Flickr = way too time consuming for perfectionists like me, resulting in a very, very lame profile. Thus, my sense of creativity is thwarted. Thus, I feel defeated, ashamed, minuscule, somewhat twitchy, and definitely the not-so-proud owner of a sufficiently un-fun Flickr page.

Goal #2: 23 Things helps us feel more confident in the world of technology.
Reality #2: Ignorance is bliss, baby. I was a perfectly happy person when I was ignorant of the enormity of the global online community. Perfectly happy. (Well, mostly.) But now, thanks to 23 Things, I am acutely aware of how BIG the Internet and it's many sites are, and how enormously insignificant I am. The more I explore, the more I realize that I am not nearly as creative, talented, connected or even cool as I once believed. This is a shattering blow to my ego. I intend to contact a lawyer as soon as can locate that old-school device of the Phone Book in the cozy, non-global, non-wireless, single-occupancy community of my apartment.

But...looking on the bright side...the ability to see the photographs of people everywhere is mind-blowing. Digital photography has ushered in a whole new era of high art. (I mean that in every sense of the phrase.) It makes me wonder what on earth museums will look like in a hundred years. Wow...

And so I leave you, legions, with this thought: you are miniscule. But if you happen to be savvy in the ways of technology, you can build a web page that makes you feel less miniscule. If you're lucky, someone, somwhere, may find it. But you'll still be miniscule. (Sorry.)