THEN I started thinking about why I blog and how I blog… I saw a great blog last week about blogging better [can't find at the mo] and it listed all these sites to increase traffic… but with my philosophy, could I DO a ton more? Could I read twice as many blogs every day? No. Do I want to visit the blogs I visit half as much because I have more to cover in a week? Not really… So I am going to plug along with my slow growth model and be content. I figure it is a quality set of peeps… anyone who makes him or herself known through comments and follows gets the reciprocation, and that is a pace at which I can make FRIENDS rather than just throwing you all in a sack, though I know there are few of you who'd probably like to get in the sack with a few OTHERS of you (and I'm not saying you can't... I'm permissive that way—I might even get in the sack WITH you if we all get to dance like I like...) I'm just not going to force it.
That Said… I LOVE LOVE LOVE my Flag Counter
I had my 105th country on Tuesday, Mongolia. And then Wednesday I had my 106th, Cambodia (does that mean more than half the world has visited me? I think it does! HALF THE WORLD IS NAKED!!! And THIS tickled me like crazy (I found it in my counter list of where recent hits came from—which is an inadequate counter list, as it only tells me the last ten, but it's free, and sometimes it is CRAZY interesting)… I think it may be Hungarian, but I’m not sure. I love the arbitrary nature of things not translated… minski ramblings in particular pleased me.
What I really want though, is some SIGN from the countries who visit but don't say anything... I want to know who you ARE! I adore Boonie—and Thailand is pretty exotic... I had head starts on India and Norway—friends there before I started blogging (still, Norway is my #1 non-English speaking country, and Greece is #2—both of which I only knew one person before I started). But I want to know who is here from RUSSIA! (17 people if the counter is right), Bulgaria (32), Poland (44) and then the countries in the middle east (Pakistan=20), Africa (though all are only single digits) Brazil (58)--talk to me! Who is here! PLEASE, anyone who reads, I'd love to just know who you ARE!
Okay, I've left it short, as yesterday was potentially the longest day in HISTORY—daughter was supposed to be to the pool by 5 am, I was meant to power walk (but we BOTH failed to set alarms... guess we needed sleep), worked all day, curriculum night at the high school... This morning was the make-up power walk and TONIGHT is SON'S curriculum night *dies*
But it IS Thursday, and I know I don't have to remind you what THURSAY means!