Baby Steps

Navigating these new blog waters is proving to be a little adventure in cyber-space. I'm not the most tech-savvy yokel out there (hell, I can hardly type 15 words a minute...), but I'm actually making progress. It sort of feels like I'm back in elementary, savoring a dawning awareness that the world is a lot bigger than the ten blocks between home and school.

For instance, I wanted to find out whether I would start seeing any outside traffic on this site. Not having told a soul I know of its existence (in the interest of maintaining a little anonymity and the relative freedom that comes with it), I wondered if anyone would stumble upon it randomly, maybe through a chance surf on "Next Blog", like me discovering the weird, but oddly funny and endearing site of the woman who writes as if she's her dog. Or the brand-new, very excited Portland, OR bloggers who have just been granted a plot in a municipal garden. Could I count the number of hits? Was there a tool blogger.com provided? Turns out that's a "No." But after a little digging, I signed up for a free counting application that would do the trick. ( Interested? Try this blogger.com help page.). Turns out I am no longer the only one taking a gander at my blah-blahs. Thank god. I was starting to feel more than a tad narcissistic.

I also got a feeling of accomplishment from learning how to add photos to my entries, adding links in my entries (see previous paragraph), and learning how my blog can be more publicized (am I going from narcissist to exhibitionist?). Woo hoo! Now, if I can just keep enough momentum going, maybe I can figure out how to finish my back taxes too. Baaaahhhh ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!!