Please read my blog.

It occurs to me that I spend a good deal of free time composing blogs.  I am prompted to question why-- am I writing for myself?  Is it entirely for the pure joy of language and composition, the satisfaction of seeing my ideas take a permanent form?  Do I make the effort to write becuase it is fulfilling and enjoyable?  Possibly.  But, it is unlikely that these conclusions are completely true. This is, say, 90% of the reason I blog.  The other 10% is because I know someone will read it, and I am an exhibitionist.  I like people to see a little bit into who I am, and that I can create a persona here on this Internet.  I also want to know that what I am saying is being read and considered, even if it is then tossed aside.  I don't care what you make of my words, or if they flee your mind immediately afterward.  I just want to be read.  Because I am a writer, and this is what we writers like to happen.

It then occurs to me that I have approximately 2.5 readers.  I am a Vox noob, so this is reasonably understandable.  I have two subscribers, and I am assigning that 0.5 to that occasional browsing stranger who will come across me in passing.  Hello Invisible Stranger.  This is okay, but that leaves 7.5% of my blogging satisfaction unfulfilled.  No girl wants get only get 92.5% of the way satisfied.

What, then, can be done to obtain 100% satisfaction from my Vox blog?  I consider passing out my URL to family and friends, but this feels like cheating.  They would feel obligated to read, and I would feel obligated to censor, hence, defeating the mother-fucking purpose of writing at all, (see how fun uncensored is?)  My two subscribers will likely continue to read, because they probably are notified when I update.  What is left is the 0.5 Invisible Reader.  Hello, again, Invisible Stranger.  I must pimp myself out to the occasional hapenstance reader.

Invisible Stranger, please continue to read my blog.  There are many reasons why you should.  First of all, I am pretty cool.  I like and notice unusual things, and will feel far more compelled to write about these Unusual Things if I know that Strangers are reading about them.  My writing will improve (I may even throw in some original fiction) and you will get a minute or two of entertainment on your way to your original destination.  Secondly, I will get off on knowing that you have read me (please read blog/please leave occasional comment) and you will have the self-satisfaction knowing that only you can make me cream my pants so.  And lastly, I am asking you very kindly to read my blog.

Please read my blog.