Does anyone remember the John Hughes movie from the '80's, Some Kind of Wonderful? I love that movie. And now I'm living it. Unfortunately, I'm the Eric Stoltz character, Keith. If you recall, at the end of the movie, Keith realizes that he's been in love with his female best friend all along, not the pretty dream girl.
Just like I have discovered that I am love with the internet, after years of prizing my pretty dream girl of a real life.
It all started when Mary Kate encouraged me to try Google Reader at our last book club meeting. I'd never used a reader before, I just had approximately eight million blogs bookmarked on my computer. Granted, my system wasn't perfect. It took me forever to check all of my bookmarked blogs.
A lot of days it was hard just to get through all the AMAZING people on my blogroll. No, they're really cool. You should check them out. Although please don't abandon me when you discover that they're all better bloggers than I am. Anyway, I decided to begin the painstaking process of putting all my bookmarked blogs into my Google Reader.
Then I started subscribing to everyone who commented here (there's a little hint, lurkers). I am now subscribed to 96 blogs. Which means that somehow between yesterday afternoon, when I had my new list whittled down to 14, and this morning, all 96 of those bloggers have written new posts. The little number next to Google Reader is (110). In less than 24 hours.
This was going to be a clever post in which I linked to everyone in my Google Reader.
Then I remembered that Dora the Explorer is only twenty-five minutes long. And that I have 110 posts to read.
13 comments:
My google reader was up to 230 yesterday. ACK! There comes a point where you just have to wipe all the unread posts out and start over!
i haven't used google reader...no clue how to do it!! i just go back and forth from my blogroll...hmmm...maybe i should explore this reader thing a bit more!
and...my blog...it BETTER be on your reader!!! ;)
xoxo
I also got a ton of bookmarks... maybe I'll have to try the reader too.
Oh, and I loved that movie. And, Mary Stuart Masterson.
I'm such a lousy interneter I had to have Blue Momma do my links for me. And, I so get the huge number of posts thing. Time consumption!
Yep, the reader just seems to stay full right!! No matter how long you read, someone is always busy posting. Thank goodness I never have much to do at work or I would never get to read everything! ;)
I have a love/hate relationship with my reader. I love that I can get all daily dose of bloggy goodness all in one place. I hate that I never have the time to get through it all. I just read to many fricken people. I consider it an accomplishment if I get it below 100 new posts.
I know the feeling. I have NetVibes, and sometimes seeing all those numbers stresses me out to the point that I don't read any blogs! I'm thinking of ditching the pro bloggers, because with their multiple posts a day (half of which are guest blogged), I just don't have time to keep up.
I adore my Google Reader, but I think it's getting out of hand. Still, I'm addicted, but I'm not complaining because it's too much fun.
Ummmmmm does this mean you are addicted??? or should I just not post to help lighten the load?? LOL
Yeah, no advice for you. I use Flock.com instead of Google Reader but really? They are the same and no amount of Dora seems to make a dent in the number of entries accumulated each day. I'm a pasty sort of pale. Must. Go. Outside. with. the. Three-Dimensional. People.
I adore my Google Reader, but I think it's getting out of hand. Still, I'm addicted, but I'm not complaining because it's too much fun.
I have a love/hate relationship with my reader. I love that I can get all daily dose of bloggy goodness all in one place. I hate that I never have the time to get through it all. I just read to many fricken people. I consider it an accomplishment if I get it below 100 new posts.
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