Holy Shit!

[rivka]

I just checked out my sitemeter for Respectful of Otters. 2756, it said, in what appeared to be a misprint.

Except, no. Nine hundred nineteen visitors today, where I've previously been averaging about 50.

The American Prospect linked to me. Thanks to pnh, apparently, who was responsible for my previous record high in traffic (135, I think), when he linked to me on Saturday.

You know what I'm feeling now? Sheer, raw terror. But it's kind of a fun terror.

Nine hundred nineteen visitors today. Eeeek! What do I do now?

Update: It hit a thousand by midnight. Oh my god oh my god oh my god.

Comments

[curiousangel.livejournal.com]

What do I do now?

Keep writing, and do it well. :)

If we need to take up a collection to pay for bandwidth, we'll do it. ;)

[and-ham.livejournal.com]

That's fantastic. I try to poke over there sometimes, but its so difficult to remember without an XML feed. Not sure if you can do that with blogspot, though.

Positive feedback is always a good thing, though.

Re:

[rivka.livejournal.com]

You have to upgrade to Blogger Pro to make a feed for your blog, and they're not currently selling upgrades. Grr. Argh.

[therealjae.livejournal.com]

See, I *told* you there were more of us!

-J

[fairoriana.livejournal.com]

Continue to write as well and as intelligently as you have.

[dedoc.livejournal.com]

"The same thing we do every night, Rivka..."

oops, sorry. Wrong meme. *g*

Seriously, I couldn't agree more with your other friends -- keep doing what you're doing now, writing on what moves you. That's how you got the blogalanche... no, let me rephrase that; how you EARNED the blogalanche you're enjoying.

Ain't it grand?

[wcg.livejournal.com]

Keep on writing love. Now the world is discovering what I discovered back in February of 97. You write *well*!

[mittelbar.livejournal.com]

:-)

Wow.

[jmhm.livejournal.com]

Oh, Im so glad. People should be reading you. Youre good.

The traffic varies on and off, but it should level out at a much higher number.

Hell, I check you twice a day or so.

[rmjwell.livejournal.com]

Write well, and write when you have something to say.

Posting for the satisfaction of the masses... well, we know where that path leads.

[saoba.livejournal.com]

Go you! It's good stuff you ar doing there and it deserves a wider audience.

Barbara

[therealjae.livejournal.com]

Whooooa. That's a lotta visitors. Congratulations!

-J

[red-queen.livejournal.com]

What do you do now? Bask, baby, bask.

Then have a cup of tea and go back to work. And remember this -- especially if you happen to feel insecure about your work in this world or uncertain about your writing abilities -- at least a thousand random people thought you were worth reading! And several Noted Authority figures thought what you have to say, and how you said it, needed to be be seen/heard by others. (Respectfully, of course)

My mom was a social worker; she would have approved of your entry unreservedly. As her daughter, I can do no less.

I know what I'd like to see

[mamatiger.livejournal.com]

I'd like to see that whole list of fractured grammar from student papers you had ages ago.

Also, have you see yourself on Technorati (http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?PHPSESSID=09ab1156a60980a6f0e967dc8f4b8946&rank=&type=&url=http%3A%2F%2Frespectfulofotters.blogspot.com)?

And!

[mamatiger.livejournal.com]

I know what you do now -- submit a blog entry to the next Carnival of the Vanities!