Someone at BBC Lounge linked to my rant about Star Wars. (Whoever you are, thanks.) This made me happy for reasons which have nothing to do with hit counts. Three particular details stand out:
First: BBC is not a decrepit news organization, it’s a forum about bass boats. I wrote about Star Wars and gained attention amid the bass boats. Who could have seen that coming? Meanwhile people who really dig fishing wound up, en masse, reading my blog which is as much about smoked tractors and homicidal trees as anything. (Really it’s a blog about nothing.) It’s totally random and therefore delightful.
Second: Reply #16 on the Bass Boat Forum did wonders for my ego.
“I am kind of thinking that the review is better than the movie. Lol”
Third: Reply #26 crushed my ego back to the appropriate size.
“The guy that did the review is a total douche canoe”
So there you have it. We live in an unpredictable world that makes no sense. Somehow that means I’m either a superlative reviewer or a douche canoe (or both!). I wouldn’t have it any other way.
A.C.
P.S. I still miss Darth.