There are some people with online presences who, when you meet them in person, are exactly as you'd expect them to be. Me? Sort of. I have a kind of "ego, super-ego, id" pattern going on with my online presence: Twitter being the ego, this here blog the super-ego, and Tumblr the id. The balance of the three: me in real life.

This balance has been more of a struggle lately, and the id is winning the wrestling match, no thanks to Todd Rundgren. Still, it's nice to have somewhere to let obsessions run their course out of sight, where they won't hurt anybody. (Those of you who already follow me on Tumblr may beg to differ.) And every once in a while, it's nice to let the id take control, to not hold back, to throw everything onto the page, and see what comes out of it.

Sometimes it's almost worth sharing.