Technorati
For no particular reason, I was inspired to check out what Technorati thinks of my blog. Turns out, not much. Half a million blogs are better than mine according to that site. One entire person has listed my blog as one of their favorites.
I try very hard to not give a shit how "popular" my blog is. Because really, it doesn't matter. My friends, the ones in real life, who I call and who call me, don't read my blog religiously. And that's just fine with me. A lot gets left out of my blog. It has to, not just because my family reads and my father never misses an opportunity to remind me that he gets the majority of his information about me from reading (thanks for the driving last weekend, by the way), but also because if you're writing all day, you're not out busy living, and doing things worthy of being blogged about.
You know what? See that first sentence? I just realized what inspired me to look - I got described as a writer by someone who's a real writer. Like, she's won awards for it and everything. Not blog-awards, but like, the kind of awards we watch on network television that people take home and put on their mantel. It kind of shocked me.
I never think of myself as a writer. I'm just a person who laughs when people trip, and whose heart overflows with love when friends email to tell me they tripped or saw someone else trip and thought of me right away.
But I will try to blog more often.
I try very hard to not give a shit how "popular" my blog is. Because really, it doesn't matter. My friends, the ones in real life, who I call and who call me, don't read my blog religiously. And that's just fine with me. A lot gets left out of my blog. It has to, not just because my family reads and my father never misses an opportunity to remind me that he gets the majority of his information about me from reading (thanks for the driving last weekend, by the way), but also because if you're writing all day, you're not out busy living, and doing things worthy of being blogged about.
You know what? See that first sentence? I just realized what inspired me to look - I got described as a writer by someone who's a real writer. Like, she's won awards for it and everything. Not blog-awards, but like, the kind of awards we watch on network television that people take home and put on their mantel. It kind of shocked me.
I never think of myself as a writer. I'm just a person who laughs when people trip, and whose heart overflows with love when friends email to tell me they tripped or saw someone else trip and thought of me right away.
But I will try to blog more often.
Labels: BlogFriends, Overthinking
posted by Green at 8/23/2008 11:07:00 PM
5 Comments:
I come by often but typically don't post a comment. (I'm kind of shy) But I had to come out of the woodwork to tell you how much I enjoy reading here. Your blog is one of my favorites, and if I remember correctly...one post of yours in particular introduced me to the blogosphere in general. I never knew!
I don't know you in personal, and we certainly don't call each other, but I read your blog and you read mine. How cool is that? :)
I have a link to your blog on my blog under the heading "Blogs I Read Every Single Day". I peeked when Wide Lawns recommended you (a very high honor, IMHO) and have been reading steadily since.
I'm just some stranger, some (gasp) mommy blogger (don't tell Dooce) living in Germany, but I enjoy reading about your life in San Francisco. Keep it up!
And I really (really) like parentheses...
hm. even if I wanted to find out what Tech-thingamajig thinks of my blog, I don't think I can figure out HOW. But you are one of my favs. So there. Tech-whatever can kiss my ass.
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