Twas Brillig

Have you ever wondered?

I suppose it’s one of the reasons that many of us have MyBlogLog or other similar widgets in our sidebars.  Or why we install Google Analytics, or other statistic-reporting programs.

We’re dying to know who’s reading us.

Yesterday, I stumbled upon a blog written by a guy I knew in Middle School–we both attended the same snooty private school, I in my hideous plaid skirt which I gleefully shredded at the end of my 8th grade year, he in his “your shirt’s not tucked in, Mr. Bohn, and I will report you to Mrs. Perry” uniform-rule-breaker-ness.  He was a fun kid, and it was cool to see that he’s turned into a rather decent human being, with a family and a law degree and on the verge of greatness.  And yet, ending up at his site completely randomly made me wonder–who ends up here?  (I commented at his site, by the way, but realized that since I write under a pen name here and it’s been, oh, 15 years since we last saw each other, he’s not likely to catch on real fast as to my true identity–nor, perhaps, care very much.  Who knows?)

There’s another blog I must confess to reading.  Once upon a time, in her senior year of high school, Brillig made an enemy.  An arch-rival.  A girl so wretched and ridiculous and horrid that just thinking about her makes me want to start a catfight and pull her hair or something, even after all these years.  I suppose it’s really a story that should be told as an SOS one of these days, since I think you’ll get quite a kick out of it.  Anyway, I somehow ended up at her site through a funny trail of friends and acquaintances and linkies.  And guess what!  She actually seems like a rather decent human being.  I KNOW!!!!  No one is as surprised by this news as I am!  I have never commented at her site, nor will I ever.  But I read it–faithfully.  Maybe because I’m looking for dirt, but maybe because I’ve genuinely come to like her.  But SSSSHHHHH!!!!  Don’t tell ANYONE!

And yet, it occurs to me that if I found her… couldn’t she have found me?  Is she here right now?

If so, hi, you frickin’ brackin’ $*!@&.

Also, many of you know, through snippets of the drama that I have posted, that I have an ex-boyfriend who reads my blog.  We still have a few friends in common, and I guess he followed a series of links and immediately recognized me as, well, me.  He was courageous enough to comment, even after I had written a particularly ROTTEN post about him.  I nearly DIED when I saw his name here (seriously.  Ask Kate.  I was FREAKING OUT!!!) but as it turns out, he’s been gracious and kind and unnecessarily apologetic for some of the crap that went down between us all those years ago. 

Anyway, it’s just kinda funny to think about.

So, ‘fess up.  Are you lurking somewhere that you shouldn’t be lurking?  Are you sometimes surprised by who ends up at your site?  Do you comment when you run into a real-life acquaintance in Bloglandia, or do you cower in a dark corner, sign out of your “mybloglog” profile and hope that they never know you were there?

Along with all of this, I have two blogs that I need to send you to–not for you to lurk, but for you to love, as I do.  The first is written by a dear friend of mine who is not exactly new to blogging, but she is new to her new name and site.  This is a girl who has been a friend of mine since high school–we have seen each other at our worst moments, we’ve seen each other at our best moments.  And, through it all, I love her dearly.  Her new blog made it’s grand debut yesterday with Soap Opera Sunday, and I suspect that you will find everything she has to say to be witty, charming, and entertaining.  So go on!  Check her out!  She’s at MiniVan Diva.  Isn’t that one of the greatest blog-names ever? 

The second blog you MUST check out is a thing of beauty and a joy forever.  Seriously.  It’s as though the universe smiled upon me, by taking two of my all-time favorite bloggers (Jenn in Holland and Soccer Mom in Denial, to be precise) bringing them together, and blessing the world with art and entertainment.  Really.  I was cunning enough to receive a link before they were ready to go public, and I fell absolutely in love.  So, I’m so excited to be able to share it with all of you now!  Go on, go clicky-clicky!  They’re at Looking Into.

And with that, Gentle Readers (and Evil Lurkers–yes, I know you’re here–I’d actually be kinda disappointed if you weren’t), I bid you adieu.

I stole this from Nell today. Yup, I saw it, I was flabbergasted, and I stole it. I was laughing my head off, but blown away by this bizarre talent. Go on, watch it. You know you want to.
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