on blogging: December 2004 Archives

For some unknown reason, my total number of blog hits yesterday was twice my highest day ever. Cool. Several small factors came together to give me big numbers... including a response to a question I asked over at Stay of Execution giving me a front and center link, and being newly listed on the list of law students on Notes from the (Legal) Underground. Even on days that are not quite so heavy in visitors, I'm seeing a steady increase every day... which is pretty exciting.

To my new visitors, welcome! I hope that you've found something somewhat insightful and interesting (altho, with finals going on right now, I highly doubt there is really anything much worth reading about from my fried brain at the moment!).

Thanks to everyone who has been responding to my invitation for introductions! Its been very cool learning about who is coming here and how they got here and why they stay. Yeah, you've kind of been caught peeking in someone's bedroom window, but when that person walks around naked with the blinds open inviting you to look in, then, well, there's nothing wrong with that!

And on THAT note, I must read a little more Torts and then hit the sack. The coffee pot will begin self-grinding at 5 a.m. Good night all!

Since I seem to be collecting more and more readers all the time (thank you thank you thank you!) I thought maybe I should put up a little intro, because I know its bloody irritating when you try to read a blog and have no idea what the hell the person is talking about or where they are coming from.

So here is everything you need to get started: I'm a third year law student at a University in the midwest. After a few Ironman finishes (and a few Ironman non-finishes) I am getting back to my roots and heading off-road. I'm brushing up on the mountain bike skills in the hopes of trying out Xterra and mountain bike racing next year. I am engaged to my best friend in the whole world, and couldn't be happier. I love the outdoors, coffee, and my puppydog.

This blog isn't anonymous in that anyone who knows me in real life would have no problem figuring out who I am. It is anonymous in the fact that searching Google for my name won't make this blog show up. I don't clearly state the name of the law school I attend, but anyone with any knowledge of midwest geography or Google know-how ought to be able to figure it out if they're that curious. Suffice to say, I live in a wonderful town that I love dearly and attend a University that I'm closely tied to.

I don't have the huge readership volume that other blogs have, but, as I said earlier, I'm getting more and more readers all the time. I check my stats daily and love trying to figure out who is visiting. Some of you are pretty obvious (I can't imagine that I have that many readers in Alaska) but some of you have me completely miffed as to who you are and how you found me. Now that I've introduced myself to you, feel free to introduce yourself to me (or give me a heads up as to who you are if I already know you...). No pressure of course, but I love getting comments and am genuinely curious as to who is visiting my little blog.