A Post About You! Yes You...
I can be a stats [to those who aren't familiar with this word, it is short for statistics] freak at times... Just out of curiosity, because I'd like to see where my visitors come from. Lately from all over the world especially Asia. By checking my stats, I can find out a bit about my visitors, where they come from, how they found my blog, what they find interesting to read etc. This week for instance, someone found my blog through a link that I didn't know of. So I checked the link and was flattered to see that my blog is mentioned on a website about multi-ethnic people...
At times you meet kind people, like fellow bloggers who pay you a visit and leave a nice comment. I always visit their blog and leave them a comment too [yes a nice one 
]
Most of them I visit again and leave a comment every now and then when I think I have something decent to say. Some I add to my daily dose list [see sidebar: 'Pollination'] because they have something interesting to say and I'd like to check back again... Some I add after a while because I find myself reading their blog more often than I expected at first.
At times I wonder why people read my blog because basically what they're reading is just a tiny part of a big complex structure that is me. Some come back a few more times and leave it for what it is, other people come back regularly to read more and start leaving comments which is highly appreciated! And one particular person decided to stay after I challenged him to leave a comment and I am eternally happy about his decision... Some bloggers/people who leave comments become friends... Some people, I met in real life, and not just online which was/is fun and others I will visit some day in the very near future. Life seems to have no boundaries when it comes to meeting like-minded people especially online and it can create endless opportunities [although at the moment I'm only focused on one in particular].
Although I have been extremely bad at leaving comments lately, I do read my favourite blogs. This Thursday will be a very important day to me and my future, so I had to concentrate on getting some things ready, hence my absence and lack of feedback. I will be back to read and leave comments, just not this week, so please bear with me... One more thing I would like to mention is that my stats showed a really nice visitor and it's a shame this person didn't leave a comment on behalf of the company... [see picture below] He or she might come back again some day and hopefully won't be too shy to speak up.
To all other visitors, do leave a comment and become something different than just an IP address on my stats list.
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The following IPs [along with a few others]
are banned for trying to spam my server:
148.223.53.182,
80.58.205.50,
72.232.234.130,
72.232.234.58,
72.232.83.82,
72.232.234.138,
195.225.177.136 and
213.136.35.172
Who me?
Yes you...
Silly ;)
Weeelll... Cupertino is not far from where I live, but that wasn't me, honest, but I wanted to say Hello!!! and not be just another number on your stats :)
Eek!! How did my butterfly picture suddenly end up as an alien in my previous comment!!!
Hi Farfallina,
good to see you again! Oh, you live near my 'favourite type of fruit'? Awesome! ;) Preparations going well? You must be eager to have a proper coffee ;)
I'm using Gravatar on my blog which is an awesome free service, you can find the link on the right at the bottom in 'My Nectar'. If you sign up your picture will show on here :)
I am such a stat junkie too and I'm not even sure why I find it as fascinating as I do. I look at my visitors per country and think of it almost like a race.
"Come on Holland. You're just 1264 visitors behind America. Go Holland."
*LOL* so what happened to that nasty little creep who was into English? Did his IP show up in your stats lately? ;)
Btw, have you ever been visited by Microshaft??? *hehe* Guess not... :9 Perhaps you need a Mac after all ;)
He's not shown up for a while. I'm not going to say I think I am safe.. that would just be tempting fate :p
Hi there! I'm a stats person too. It always makes me feel good to see the visitors. Also, I love the comments 'cause I get to meet new people from all over our awesome world. ;)
Great post and as always - love your blog!
Hey Monica,
how nice to see you back :)
Well I guess I will be visiting more often from now on, I keep forgetting urls and such ;)
But the link is there now so no more excuses for me *hehe*