Today I decided to check my blog stats to see if anyone new stumbled onto this site. I stared, a little shocked at the screen at the most recent statistics, then I sent a text message to a friend:
I just got blog hits from Provo. Scary.
She replied:
You've reached a new level of globalization.
So, I followed the statistics and saw the ISP was Brigham Young University. What are co-eds doing reading this blog? What are BYU co-eds doing reading this blog? Don't they have at least 15 credit hours per semester (7 per term) and lots of dating to accomplish? Okay, the dating part is a bit of a stereotype, one that I never really participated in. I might have gone on one date each year I was there. I don't see how people found the time. Dating plus studying plus maintaining a decent GPA plus a job if you had one plus football games or whatever other sporting events suited your fancy plus church plus church callings plus church service. Do you even have to wonder why Utah had an extremely high concentration of home meth labs? Good thing I kept my life pared down to school (sometimes) and church (sometimes). Now? I don't see how I did it then. Working full-time is plenty for me. Now, I don't see how people work full-time and go to school and raise families. And then, how do these people find the time to maintain a website on top of reading all the blogs out there? They pick and choose, I guess. They probably pace themselves, too. Just like I do. I wonder if those BYU co-eds would end up choosing me.
Singapore: cool; Australia: I fished for it; West Point: meh. Provo: huh?
Wow, interesting thread. Not sure of a sincere search for understanding or of an argument for the sake of itself. We're dealing with individual and personal and sometimes spiritual life decisions. This person seems like s/he's expecting to get a rise or two ...
Then I posted a link for this t-shirt:

It's one of the funniest t-shirts I've seen. Some people comment they'd buy it if it weren't pink. Well PEOPLE, the shirt is pink because it USED TO BE white. Right? Right? The pink is no accident, folks.
Anyway, another person commented on the hilarity of the t-shirt before the entire thread got taken down. Luckily, this comment triggered an email notification, so I decided to make myself a little better known and send the person a message. And this person decided to respond. And it's been good fun.
I signed up for another BYU Independent Study class. Creative Writing, English 218R. This is less mechanics and tons and tons and tons more writing. Forgive me if I use this place for practice.
A poll
Cringe - I'll definitely expound on this, and I might need your help
Prayer
It's raining like the dickens right now. Yowzers.
Well, every once in a while I check my blog stats. I know it's not completely accurate, because the people in Florida who read this blog are not accounted for. Here's one of the drill-downs:
See? Nothing in Florida. But what's up with SINGAPORE? Another reason I don't think the blog stat site isn't working properly is because my friend in Japan doesn't show up. Or my friend in Kazakhstan. Also? Why does Rochester show up on the map page, but not on this page? A few other towns are like that, too. I also have a visitor from Louisiana, but you wouldn't know by looking at the table.
I happened to make a friend of sorts out of checking out the stats. Colorado - again, not on the table. I'll write more about that another time. But yeah, you should check out this person's photos. They're ridiculous.
- Mood:
curious

