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1. Do you like the look and the contents of your blogs?

Yes, for the most part. I mostly just change the colors periodically and update the reading part of the sidebar. I need to mess with the new Blogger layout tools, but I don't want to take the time. La-zy.

This blog's content is just fine; what you see is what you get. I've been feeling rather stagnant in my daily blog for a few months now, and I'm back to my bad reading log habits (doing them chunks at a time rather than as I finish each book). The work blog is hopeless--I'm just too busy to keep it up.

2. Does your family know about your blog?

Beast and Sparky know about them. Beast reads the daily one only. I don't think he knows I have..uh..seven.... :-) The rest of my family ... some of them know I have a blog, but I haven't told them the name.

3. Can you tell your friends about your blog?

It's odd. My best friend from college knows about the main blog, a couple of other 'real people' know about them, but by and large I haven't broadcast the URL(s). Then I can be bitchy and snipe at nearly everyone! OK, no; I just have a very compartmentalized life, and I like it that way. The people at work know about my work and reading blog, but it's tied to a different login, so there's no obvious link between my 'real life' and my work stuff.

And I've made what I think are some very good friends from blogging, so that's cool. Obviously, they know about one site or another.

4. Do you just read the blogs of those who comment on your blog?

Hell, no! I've got over 150 feeds in Bloglines. I rarely comment on 85% of the non-meme sites I read. A large chunk are library-related, and then there are local news and friends and 'interesting stuff to me for assorted reasons' (like the blog by an Anglican nun, the blog by a Gnostic priest, the blog that may be a put-on but is enthralling, the blog that's just funny/unusual photos found on the net...).

However, I do try to go check in on the blogs of the people who leave me comments, and find something to say to them if I feel comfortable enough to do that. It's just fair and polite, and it's how I've found some of the more interesting nooks and crannies of the (ahem) blogosphere.

5. Does your blog positively affect your mind?

The memes keep me sane. Don't ask me to explain why. It's like free therapy. So thanks, ya'll, for being my mental health!

The daily stuff is about 50/50. Some days it's helpful, and some days it's not. I have found it amusing to go back and reread what I wrote in the past however. And I have kept a reading log for almost 20 years so that blog is just a continuation in a more technological format.

6. What does the number of visitors to your blog mean?

I'm quite annoyed that over 75% of my visitors on my main blog are because of one photo I posted over a year ago, and have since removed. I'm also rather annoyed at how many "unknown" surfers are showing up. That's just no fun! :-) Otherwise, I don't really pay close attention to the count, the rate, the number...that way lies insanity.

7. Do you imagine what other bloggers look like?

Some of them post their pictures, some of them I actually know (in person), and yeah, the rest I have invented a mental 'face.' Mostly, I'm sure I'm dead wrong! It would be interesting to know what people think I look like! :-)

8. Do you think blogging has any real benefit?

Certainly in a personal sense it does for me. It's fun, it's therapeutic, and it's a way to get to know people I'd otherwise NEVER meet.

9. Do you think that the blogosphere is a stand alone community separated from the real world?

No. It's a part of the world we normally wouldn't be able to access. I love reading blogs written in Hong Kong, and then bouncing over to one written by someone in Venezuela who is practicing her English, and then visiting the mental neighborhood of a twenty-something IT librarian with a lot to learn about women (but he's funny as hell and a great writer).

10. Do some political blogs scare you? Do you avoid them?

I don't read "political blogs." I'm not likely to run away if someone posts a political commentary on their blog, but I'd just like people to stop being so freakin' polarized. Can't stand the meanness.

11. Do you think that criticizing your blog is useful?

Since I blog anonymously, my feeling is that if you don't like something (everything?) on one of my blogs, you don't have to read it. Bye. Close the door on your way out. On the other hand, if I piss off any of my regular readers, I'd hope they'd tell me....

12. Have you ever thought what would happen to your blog in case you died?

Recently, one of the individuals I read regularly did die very suddenly. I have thought about what would happen to my stuff since then. I guess Beast would have to decide what to do. Maybe I should tell him my password(s)....or at least write them down somewhere he'd be likely to find them, if for no other reason than to tell people what happened. If he could be bothered.

13. Which blogger has had the greatest impression on you?

Each of the blogs I have read over the past three years has influenced me. I've stopped reading some and picked up (a lot of) others. I can't pick one that has impressed me more than any others across the board.

14. Which blogger do you think is the most similar to you?

I wouldn't presume to pick. I know what I choose to blog is just part of me (hard to believe, considering how much faffing about I do!), so I wouldn't want to assume that I'm at all like anyone in particular. I obviously share my profession with Amy, Jenica, and Shelly. Lisa and I have similar-aged sons (who are only children). Molly and Betsy are relatives of a friend. I probably wouldn't read other people's blogs if they didn't 'speak' to me, and I think that means I find something in them that applies to my life.

15. Name a song you want to listen to.

And, changing directions dramatically....! Whiplash.

I could go for some Tchaikovsky, actually. A little 1812 Overture....