The Burden of Blood

So I recently signed up for this SiteMeter thingy ("thingy" being the technical term) which lets me see when people are looking at my blog, how long they're looking at it, which parts they're looking at, etc, etc. An excellent use of my time, really, because it compels me to ask important questions like "Why didn't viewer #6 look at post #10?????" and "Who's been reading my blog for 48 minutes???" (The answer was me.)

However, what began as a pleasant distraction has evolved into a disturbing evaluation of my popularity. For example, my "numbers" were a bit low last Friday. As of noon, approximately three people had checked my blog. Quite uninspiring. "How could this be," I wondered. And then it hit me: my entire extended family was on the 101 driving up north for my sister's graduation. Which seemed to indicate that all the "dozens of people" flocking to my site each day were none other than my nuclear family refreshing the blog at 20 minute-intervals. Which is perhaps the tech-age equivalent of your mother telling you you're pretty and that "the boys just don't know what they're missing."

But rather than lament my newfound unpopularity, I've decided to work with what the blog-gods gave me. I've since forwarded this site to grandparents, aunts, uncles, step-sisters, cousins once-removed, et al. If my hilarious posts can't woo an audience, then perhaps familial guilt will. Right Fafi? (Note that Fafi is the figure on the left holding yours truly as a mere babe.) I'm so cute it almost makes you want to comment, huh?