little did I know

by D.O.


Not too terribly long ago I posted this piece offering all the sneaky p’s who read my blog without commenting an opportunity to show themselves. At that point I felt pretty well caught up on who the newest members of my readership were. Well it turns out I jumped to conclusions.

Since resurfacing in College Station I’ve had, I kid you not, no less than 4 different people or groups of people approach me and say, “Oh, you’re D.O., I’m _________. You don’t know me, but I read your blog.” Some have even been so forward as to claim that they’ve been “blog-stalking” me. None of these people were the ones who reared their precious faces in the afore mentioned post. They’re all new. This brings my total number of readers to 13 or so.

Now a lot of people would probably cringe at the thought of a total stranger stalking them via the Internet, but not me. I’m ok with it. I’d be more ok if people added on to their confessions of blog-stalking comments like “… I read your blog, and it’s truly excellent!” or “… I read your blog and in my humble opinion, it’s an epic masterpiece” or really positive feedback they feel like wrapping their confessions up with. But I’m content. They fact that they’re (you’re) reading really speaks enough to the blog’s worthwhileness. (It’s only fair that I inform you guys that you really are deceived.)

Anyway, the whole point of these five paragraphs isn’t to ask all the new ghost readers to fess up by posting comments (though this is obviously welcome) or to brag on how the online diary for the masses family has grown. Don’t worry, you readers are still an elite community. The point is this: I give mad props to those of you who have the gusto to come up to the random guy with the red beard and tell him that you’ve been keeping up with his mindless digital rants. Along those lines, it is important to note that if there are any remaining blog stalkers our there, you should feel welcome to approach me and tell me so. I won’t think you’re weird.

So thank you to all the honest goku stalkers (see pic) out there. Though I’ll never understand why you spend any of your valuable time in these parts, rest assured that I’m truly glad you do. And also I’d like to thank those of you who’ve made room in your sidebar for a D.O. link. That’s very sweet.