8 posts tagged “blog”
So I totally track my statistics for this site, for two reasons: 1) It's kind of interesting, and 2) I like to feed my neurosis.
Today I was looking at my stats and one of the features of the site I use is that it tracks the number of of readers I have in each city. I love seeing that I have a group of readers in Fort Worth. Do you guys all know each other? Do people in Fort Worth just relate to me? What's the deal?
Anyway, here are the top 10 cities people are reading this blog in:
1) Los Angeles, CA
2) New Britain, CT
3) Forth Worth, TX
4) Stanhope, NJ
5) Spokane, WA
6) Boston, MA
7) Brooklyn, NY
8) Plano, TX
9) Newport Beach, CA
10) Detroit, MI
Hey, guys.... thanks for reading.
Need not worry, my bemuscled friend.
My traffic is out of control and I haven't even posted yet today. Is someone out there linking to me?
Please email me and let me know how you were referred to my site. (And, yes, of course I know I am linked on Defamer. I have been for six months. That's not where the traffic is coming from)
mollsshewrote@gmail.com
Vox is running an banner ad at the bottom of my page. I keep refreshing and it wont change, so I'm assuming you are seeing it too. It says "GOD STILL LOVES US".
I just wanted you all to know that I didn't put it there, and I couldn't agree less.
But the real anomaly was the time we spent with our clothes on, smoking a joint in the darkened room and trading the intimate details of our lives a thin wall away from regular city street noise. Our time together felt sort of glam and scummy in an old New York way, which we both appreciated, as we did kitsch unearthed at flea markets and thrift stores, outsider culture, losers and weirdoes. It has been my experience that there truly, really are only two kinds of people in this world: those who take pleasure in the bizarre and those who don’t. Like me, R. was a freak lover. It was this aspect of his personality, I think, that let him see me for more than just a hooker. Sex workers, like carnies, junkies, transvestites, swingers, punks, and perverts…well, we were his people. I could tell that his respect for me was genuine, no matter what I did for a living.
I've been a reader of CollegeCallGirl for a minute, and I love what she wrote today.
I set up an email address for this blog.
mollsshewrote(at)gmail(dot)com
There ya go.
Use it to send me love mail, hate mail, stories about human deformities, invitations to your parties, coupons for things like cashmere yarn and pizza...
It's Thanksgiving! Here's the necessary list of things/people/places I want to show thanks to today:
1) The City of Los Angeles- This city is the fucking worst, but it's also my home and I've learned more about myself and the world in the last year than I probably would anywhere else. Also, it's pretty much always sunny. Can't hate on that.
2) Bootie LA - Bootie's brought me endless joy this year-- between the music, the parties, the free playlists... It's all a music junkie like me needs to feel slightly less alone.
3) Gawker Media - I perhaps value my daily dose of workahol more than anyone should, but I have to say that I couldn't be more proud to be working for this company, specifically Defamer. I don't think I ever dreamed that I'd be working for people that I truly admire so much, but now that I have, I don't see how it could be any other way. I am proud to be your Sensitive Video Flower. Thankful specifically for Blakeley too, who's perverted antics earned him a mention in today's Page Six.
4) The staff of ThisJustIn - I'm not sure if anyone there truly has any idea how much they touched me over the six months or so I was there, but every single person there left their impression on me, and I think about all of them every single day. Except Jeff Rosenthal. Him I think about once a week (JUST KIDDING, SPORT!).
5) UCB Theater - For introducing me to countless hilarious people that inspire me every single day.
6) English Muffins - Without you, I would still be a skinny bitch. Thanks for putting me in my place.
7) Hello...Shovelhead! - I don't think any single experience has changed my life more than Shovelhead. I love love love my Shovelhead famalam for ever. Thanks for always reminding me who I've been, who I am and who I am going to be. I have loved growing up with you more than anything. Remember: There are no babies if you use the right hole.
8) Men - I love you all.
9) Jezebel, Dooce, Going, PostSecret and all the other sites that keep my RSS feed poppin' - Thanks for keeping me in the know. Knowledge is power.
10) My loving, understanding, AMAZING family - I don't think I learned how to appreciate any of them until I moved three thousand miles away, but I realize now that I've have been dealt a pretty good hand with these people. I don't know anyone who's family is more supportive or excited for someone to succeed than my family.
11) Lil Mama - Way to bring a powerful message to the forefront, little lady. No one has ever put my feelings for make-up into words before you. Thanks for showing us how to use nice things with nice flavors. (The song's totally about blow jobs, huh?)
13) My Husband - Without Edward Marchelene Hansen my life would cease to exist as it does. Thinking about how much fun we've had together this year and how truly lucky I am to have you in my life is completely overwhelming. I've survived in this city because of you, LaThomas. (I love you enough to post what is a rather Downs-y picture of me and purty sexual one of you)
14) All you people who read this crap that I write - Thanks for the Vox accounts, the emails, the comments. Thanks for not turning on me when I'm not the best at returning these gestures. You guys let me make up words, use cliches until the breakabreakadawn, laugh in the face of grammar and spelling every single day. Thanks for entertaining the idea that I'm somewhat interesting and that I might have something profound to say one of these days. I have to admit, I'm shocked you keep coming back for more. It makes me wonder from time to time if you all hate yourselves as much as I hate myself, and then it starts to make a little bit of sense... but for realsies, you're awesome.
15) Paul J. Wagandstuff - The single greatest source of joy in my universe. There are no words, just bacon flavored things and snuggles.
If you'll notice, you can now access my Vox account with a new URL:
www.MollsSheWrote.com
I did this because it's slightly more professional for the work I do and it's easier than being like "come to my Vox page", which kind of sounds cheesy in my opinion.
Keep reading so I have a reason to own this domain name for the next 2 years.
K? Thanks. Bye.
