OK so I haven't posted shit for about a week and I haven't posted anything interesting for about 4 weeks so of course I would expect that my daily readership would be down to about 3 per day (for the record that is 2 people using my blog to link to adams/mirandas blogs and one person who might still check every two weeks to see if there is anything new)

SO ANYWAY you can imagine my surprise to find out from sight-meter (the free service that tracks my readership- how do these people make money?) that my daily readership is not only "not tapering off" but growing.

This is kind of disturbing not in a "Luke hates people reading his blog" way but in a "who the hell is suddenly interested in my blog esp considering I haven't posted shit lately" way.


TOP DISTURBING POSSIBILITIES AS TO WHO MIGHT HAVE SUDDENLY FOUND OUT ABOUT MY BLOG AND IS NOW AGGRESSIVELY MAKING THEIR WAY THROUGH THE 600 PG ARCHIVES...

1. My Mother: This is very likely seeing as my mother apparently finally discovered that you can google yourself (and by extension other people) over the Christmas holidays. There was actually a good chance that my mother had already discovered my blog when she was bragging about her pedestrian google skills and was actually trying to passive/aggressively make me worry without letting on that she had flagrantly disregarded the warning at the top of my blog. Badness scale from 1 to 10: 700

2. Ericas Parents: Everybody knows that their daughters are not always necessarily going to be dating the angels that they deserve but I think that if I was a parent I would get more sleep at night if I didn't have an easily accessible catalog detailing my daughters boyfriends screwupedness at my fingertips. Badness scale from 1 to 10: 450

3. Potential Employers: HA HA HA HA HA I know it sounds funny but I am actually being considered for a pretty good job right now..... that is right now UNLESS they are passing printed excerpts from my blog around the HR breakroom and saying stuff like "Man Fred I cant believe we almost hired this guy, it is a good thing we instituted that mandatory google search policy for potential new hires! Say do you think we should replace "casual Friday" with "your dental benefits are being cut Wednesday?"
Badness scale from 1 to 10: 7

4. Current employers/Co-Workers: I don't think I said anything mean about you but who freaking remembers
Badness scale from 1 to 10: 9

5. Ex-Girlfriends/Girls I made out with/people I don't remember being mean to in high-school but was (in a not speaking up to stop other mean people way): I don't think that I said anything mean about you either but again....
Badness scale from 1 to 10: 4


OK so you can see that their are problems out their which is funny because I originally thought that my blog problems would be limited to my friends girlfriends/xs using my blog to check up on things. Since these potential readership explainers are both likely and somewhat offputting I will now list some other more favorable contributors to my confusing site meter spike....

TOP NOT GREAT BUT AT LEAST NOT DISTURBING EXPLANATIONS FOR WHY MY READERSHIP IS STILL HIGH...

1. people who were never really interested in my blog as an entertainment vehicle but were very interested in my blog as a "lets check lukes blog three times a day as an inappropriate work break" vehicle: Lauren Bale?? Will Robinson?? I am looking at both of you.

2. People who went to my site when it popped up in their "average Joe II: Average Joe Hawaii" google search: You like average Joe TOO? ME TOO!!!
no I don't have any pictures of marissa naked but I am sure if you wait a couple of episodes the producers will take care of that for you.

3. People who go to western ontario and are seeking confirmation about the whole David Letterman Top 10 thing:
HEY MORONS IT NEVER HAPPENED stop coming to my site I know the internet isnt really that interactive but your visits are making me feel dumber some how (also making me feel dumber: Vodka and Water, I like the OC, I hit my head on stuff a lot more than the average person, I LOVE American chopper.... "oh oh looks like Paul Senior is really pissed this time!!!")

4. Sandon Cant stop le googleing himself

5. OK so I am bored


If you have any reasonable explanations at too why my readership might be so high please e-mail me at lukepettigrew@yahoo.ca