The Party With Lots Of Ice Breaking But No Ice Cream

It occurred to me that, this being a public blog, I may have more readers than the four of you who comment, and being a curious person, I'm infinitely interested in finding out more about you! You don't have to participate, but I'd love it if you all would!

And the four of you who I know read this, you can answer, too :)

So, here goes:

1. How did you find my blog?
2. If you could pick your accent, which accent would you pick?
3. If you were a pirate, what would you call yourself?
4. What is the current soundtrack to your life?
5. What would you prefer your soundtrack to be?
6. What is your favorite animal cracker?

Time Out

Over time, there have been a few people I've told about my blog - mostly because they asked me if I had one or not and I didn't see any reason to deny it. And their immediate next question has always inevitably been, "Really?! Wow. What is your blog about?"

Hmmm.

I never know how to answer that one because, the truth is, my blog isn't about anything. It's like Seinfeld - a blog about nothing (and, uh, there the resemblance stops). I just kind of write whatever pops into my head. I can't think of a single adjective to describe my blog except, well, random. Is it funny? Not entirely. Is it serious? Not entirely. Is it philosophical? Is it clever? Is it boring? Is it strange? I don't know. It's probably a little bit of all these things. I don't write about current events. I don't write about sports. I don't write about politics. I don't really discuss Jewish issues or Israel - and when I do, it's from a personal angle. I don't dabble in controversy. I'm not particularly thought-provoking or intellectual. I'm not philosophically engaging.

So...what am I, then? If this blog is not any of the above, it's got to be something, hasn't it? Is that it - just random? Is there any point to this thing? Does anyone even really like reading it? Am I writing to anyone or just myself really? Do my words fall on deaf ears?

Um...raise your hand if you're still reading?

COUNTDOWN

(my status: HOLY WOW - that's just scary)

scraps: what's scary?

erachet: the fact that 127 people so far have read my blog today

or at least, people came back enough times that there are 127 hits

and it's only seven at night!

I don't think my blog has EVER broken 100 hits before

in one day

scraps: woohoo!

good for you!

Sent at 7:09 PM on Monday

(my status: if my blog breaks 150 hits today, I think I'll go into shock)

scraps: how many hits are you up to?

erachet: 141!

scraps: i bet you'll breat 150

*break

you might even break...175...or 200!!!

then you'd really go into shock, wouldn't you?

erachet: um...yes

the day my blog sees 200 is...

a scary day

scraps: today?

why scary?

erachet: I dunno

I doubt it'll get THAT many more hits today

scary because...my blog has never broken 100 hits before!

scraps: why not?

erachet: why now!

scraps: cuz you're FUNNY

and cuz bad4 gets a lot of traffic

erachet: hahaha

and ezzie

scraps: yeah, him too

erachet: 'cause I was already getting a ton of hits before bad4 linked me

scraps: but her audience is more likely to check it out

ok, so both of them get credit

erachet: hehe

they do

Sent at 7:54 PM on Monday

scraps: i still bet you'll break 150 though

erachet: maybe

142 now

scraps: nice

Sent at 7:56 PM on Monday

erachet: eep

144

that's 12 x 12!

scraps: w00t!

at this rate, you really ARE going to break 150, and probably quite a lot higher

erachet: you think so?

scraps: hello! in the last 5 minutes, you've gotten 3 more hits!

erachet: hmmm

scraps: you're so totally breaking 150

erachet: you sure it's not you refreshing?

scraps: nope, i haven't been on since 7 or so

erachet: hmmmmm

scraps: so no, i'm not cheating

although i'll admit that i might be more than one of the 144

erachet: hehehe

scraps: but it's all been from one comp

erachet: well, I don't REALLY think 144 DIFFERENT people are reading

scraps: right

erachet: it's probably, like

30 people

scraps: but it was a good post

erachet: hehe

things have been on the rise since the spoon post

but until today, my average is 45 hits

scraps: the spoon post was AWESOME

erachet: and before the spoon post, my average was...like...14

scraps: heh

Sent at 8:02 PM on Monday

erachet: THREE MORE

what'll I do once it breaks 150?

scraps: faint, probably

Sent at 8:07 PM on Monday

scraps: anyway, i gotta head out

keep me updated

erachet: okay!

scraps: layla tov

erachet: (148)

layla tov!

scraps: w00t!

scraps: maybe i should stay on for the big 1-5-0

erachet: hahaha

maaaaaybe you should!

scraps: and i'm exercising TREMENDOUS self control right now and NOT cheating by going and checking your blog again!

erachet: NO CHEATING

it has to be REAL hits

scraps: i'm NOT cheating!

promise!

me: okay, GOOD

scraps: nu?

update?

erachet: still 148

scraps: yeesh

Sent at 8:13 PM on Monday

scraps: it's ok, i'm going to stick this out, i want to see you make it to 150!

erachet: hahahaha

I dunno when it'll be! I seem to be stuck on 148

scraps: boooooo

you'll make it to 150! i know you will!

erachet: 151!

scraps: YAYAY!!!!!!!!!!!!

(by the way, it's up to 155 now)

UPDATE: It broke 200! That's just...wow.

My blog is a quaint, sleepy village

My blog is a quaint, sleepy village
Where often I do not write posts
There's not much for hackers to pillage
Unless they want loquacious ghosts

My blog is the moors after midnight
Where the moon ever gently glides by
It's wild and untamed like the twilight
But the wild things hide 'neath the sky

My blog is the sea when it's breezy
There's always a small bit of stir
But never will you become queasy
For not much at all will occur

My blog is a far-away woodland
That does not exist in this world
It's full of potential for things grand
But those grand things have not yet unfurled

My blog is an unpainted canvas
A good place to think and to dream
You can duel wicked foes with a cutlass
Or can sit eating berries and cream

My blog is a tale with no ending
A song with no final down-beat
On long journeys it could begin bending
So please do, if you wish, take a seat

Hey everyone! (including lurkers. Yes, YOU)

There have been a lot of lurkers on my blog lately, probably mostly due to people googling Dr. Lana Schwebel. In any case, I'd like to know who you all are! There's a poll on the side of my blog which you can fill out at your convenience. You don't HAVE to fill it out, but if you do, I will give you cookies!

(okay, not really, but we can pretend)

Anyway, just a shout out to everyone who has been reading my blog and not commenting! Hello!

EDIT: There are a lot more lurkers than just seven! I WILL GIVE YOU COOKIES. YOU KNOW YOU WANT THEM. =D

Blog Makeover!

As I was sitting, pondering ways to further procrastinate my studying and Latin homework (last Latin homework of the year! Besides for the final, of course, which is take-home), I decided to give my blog a makeover. I realized that it was a very boring looking blog and I really wanted to make it someplace I would feel happy posting to. So I found this awesome template called "harbor" which I really like a lot, especially since I love oceans and seas and pirates and ships and all that. So a harbor just sounds very nice.

Then, I decided I was going to change the name from simply "Nowhere" to "Up The Beanstalk To Nowhere." You see, I couldn't get rid of "Nowhere" completely, since it sort of just stuck and I like the concept behind it, but I also really like the name "Up The Beanstalk" because it implies all sorts of adventure and funness that one can find after planting some magic beans and climbing the plant that sprouts from them all the way up to the sky. But then I realized, the place Jack went to when he climbed the beanstalk MUST have been a sort of Nowhere! Inspiration! Yes!

Hence the new name, "Up The Beanstalk To Nowhere."

I hope you all like this new layout just as much as I do. I'm really very excited about it! I especially love the picture of Jack and the Beanstalk that I found. I wanted it big like that, because it is so very pretty, but because it's big, a chunk of the original picture doesn't show. However, the important chunk does, and that is, of course, the part with the beanstalk and Jack running down it carrying the goose that lays the golden eggs.

Hmm, my blog seems to be getting more and more of a fairy tale theme to it, since I've also got Little Red Riding Hood next to my username, but I suppose that's because I love fairy tales. So there you go!

You will also notice, under the part with my username on the side of this blog, I put a countdown to both Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix movie AND Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - the last Harry Potter book EVER. My thoughts, impressions, and possible predictions for the seventh book will probably appear in a later post, but I figured a count down would be fun! I got it from a site called Mugglenet.com, which is the place where you can find everything Harry Potter! Of course, I only suggest going there if you have a lot of time to spare (or waste instead of doing schoolwork) on your hands, as you will get sucked in and not reappear for air for quite a while later. So. Yes. But it's a fun place. Ooh, and they have a caption contest there where they post a picture from one of the Harry Potter movies (sometimes tampered with using Photoshop, sometimes not) and people submit funny captions for it, and a week later they post the winners, so one week someone won with the username TheChosenOne613. I found that delightfully amusing!

So anyway, welcome to the new and improved blog of Erachet! I hope you like!

And now, off to studying. *Mutter*