In Which Rosie Rants About The Internet

Only nine posts away from 200.

Spent the last five days in a pattern. Get up at 2pm, computer till 4am/5am, sleep. Eat at intervals, maybe read a little. Spending my waking hours on Facebook, Tumblr and writing my Remus/Lily fanfiction (Harry Potter, for the uneducated who don't know). I've also watched a few movies, such as 21, The Skeleton Key (unexpectedly good), Untraceable, The Commitments, Vicky Christina Barcelona and The Pursuit of Happiness (which is so so sad).

And I don't even care. This is a little bit ideal for me, right now. You may think it's sad that I spend so much time online, but to be honest, I feel genuinely at peace on here. Of course I do when I'm with my friends or out and about, but this is fun too.

I know that some of you are a little... skeptical toward Tumblr. Let's just forget for a moment that Tumblr is fight club ("the first rule of Tumblr is that you don't talk about Tumblr" (YES, it's an adaptation of a well known saying from a popular movie) because as we all know some rules don't matter all that much, so I can tell you what it's like.

Think of Facebook. They're all people that you know IRL. Most of them type English lyk dis. You always feel a certain disappointment in humanity when on there. Now think of YouTube. Every single video has a bunch of idiots arguing over things that usually don't even have anything to do with the video. And now think of Blogger. If your friends find out about it (and they are, in most cases the only people who follow you) then you find yourself holding back from saying some things.

This is what the Tumblr COMMUNITY (because that's what it IS) is like:
- Everyone I have met on there actually has some degree of intelligence. Of course, I don't know them (only four people that I know IRL follow me there) but I can be pretty sure that they have an IQ of at least 100.
- The creativity is astounding, and it doesn't come with the angst and bullshit that you find on Deviantart. I follow several people who make beautiful graphics (and yes, ALL of them are Harry Potter fans), who are genuinely nice people.
- The memes are actually funny.
- The system is great. Make a profile > reblog some things > get followers > follow them back > reblog their stuff > find a style > share opinions > become Tumblr buddies. It's so friendly, is what I'm trying to say. Granted, there are douche bags that use the ask box function to abuse people in anonymous form, but you don't have to listen to them, and they're really the only kind of "trolls", whereas you can find all manner of idiots on Facebook and Tumblr. Ignorant jerks, 13 year old WoWers, 30+y/os with no real life, angsty emos, etc.

Crap, I sound a little frantic to prove something. I take it all back.
No more. From now on it's Fight Club.