Ten Blogging Confessions Meme.

(It’s been making its way around in all the blogs I read so I’m not attributing this as swiped from anyone in particular!)

Ten Blogging Confessions

1. Do you promote your blog?
Other than in my .sig file (email) and when I leave a comment on someone else’s blog, no, I don’t really promote it. Since my blog does not have a “theme” and is either too wordy or too scattered (by my own definitions), I don’t imagine I’m the sort of blog writer that COULD garner huge crowds. The readers I do have, however, are pretty wonderful, so I’m don’t feel like I’m missing much, other than insane amounts of pressure, by not promoting and grabbing more readers. I do have my blog information printed on my Moo cards and on my Facebook profile.

2. How often do you check hits?
I peek at my WordPress stats page once a day, generally, unless I’m tracking a specific ‘trend’. On my old blog I was somewhat more obsessed and checked it several times a day to see who/what/when..

3. Do you stick to one main topic?
Not really. It’s all about me, of course, but it mostly veers around wherever my mind happens to slide when it comes to general topics and themes.

4. Who knows you have a blog?
Quite a few people! I don’t use my last name here on the blog so as to avoid being easily found via Google, but it’s not impossible to locate me if one’s very persistent. There are people reading my blog that I’m not THRILLED to have around but, really, who cares? It’s not like they’re living next door and following me around, y’know?

5. How many blogs do you read?
There are 5 or 6 that I read ‘normally’ and over 300 in my RSS reader, and then about 15 in my Livejournal list. In short, I could easily sit and read blogs all day, every day, as people update. Instead, I do it in bursts.

6. Are you a fast reader?
Extremely. And I love to read – blogs, magazines, books, pamphlets, signs..

7. Do you customise you blog or do anything technical?
I do all of my own work around here these days – with some assistance from Coffee if I get completely confused by something database-related – but I’d love to find someone to do a complete redesign of my blog for me. Sadly, I doubt I can afford most people’s rates. :)

8. Do you blog anonymously?
I have, in the past, but for the most part I can’t resist signing my name to the various things that I write (sans last name, usually).

9. To what extent do you censor yourself?
More than I’d like to, sadly. Part of this comes from my never-ending internal need to justify myself – and my contrary urge to NOT justify myself. It’s easier to NOT justify myself if I avoid the subjects that make me feel twitchy in the first place, y’know? Another part of my reluctance to address certain subjects is that my blog has been used “against me” in the past – and I’d like to avoid that again.

10. The best thing about blogging?
I meet THE coolest people via blogging. Sometimes in person, even! I’m always really shy about replying to comments from new people – especially if I think they’re keen – so it’s all very silly and highschool-esque to me at times. But oh, man, I have made some amazing friends and learned some very interesting things AND I keep finding more groovy people to follow around (blog-wise).. I love blogging. I really do. It’s also a great way for me to sort things out, get great advice and hear other people’s opinions.