More Web 2.0

So I am steadily (and at times grumpily) working my way through the 23 Things list. I have set up a flickr account which I am sure will make me lament my relative lack of photographic talent but which is kind of fun nonetheless. My flickr url is www.flickr.com/photos/littleelephant1 if anyone is interested. There are no photos yet but I'll work on that later from home. I already had a facebook account so I have been able to mark that one off the list. I don't check it all that often honestly but I did hear from a really lovely friend that I had lost touch with so I can't say it's useless. I was actually quite touched that she looked for me. She is a really cool and talented chick that makes me feel cool and talented (which I am really not) by association. I do feel a little exposed as I make more of an online presence for myself and I suppose that is why I never really got into the Web 2.0 thing in the first place. It is less a fear for security as a feeling of vulnerability. I guess deep down I worry about people knowing too much about me. There is power in knowing, right? I know that some of the other 23 Things participants have made up alter egos for themselves so that they wouldn't have an online presence, at least not as themselves. This approach is ultimately not for me, though. I think the act of constructing a facade sounds exhausting and perhaps a little eery. If I am going to be someone online, I would rather be myself.