Reflections of Patabit aka Tucsoname, The World, NY, UK, Germany, Roscommon ties and lack of Filipino connection
Greetings readers and those who made the
decision to look up something – God only knows what. You got sent to my Blog, Patabit,
at Google. I want to thank all 800 of
you or the 70 or so of you who have visited 800 times from all over the
world. I appreciate you!! All of you, and if you were here, in my hometown...we could be
friends, or go out to eat or chat … or whatever. I could teach you my language and you could teach me yours...I am trainable.
Lately I’ve been thinking of moving my Blog
to another space in the Cosmic Media World.
I'm not sure
if I am reaching the people I’d like to reach and if anyone can find me.
I’ve been blogging since October 2011...4 months almost...and I have
to say, those of you who (sorry) tripped into my space and then continued to hunt for me are special people.
Back then, a friend and writing teacher said
to me, “Patabit” she said (I am changing my name to protect the innocent – not me
but other people), “why are you putting your short stories on Facebook? You should start a blog and put them there.”
A Blog?
I wasn’t sure what the Hell a blog
was. I kind of do now. But, I get all excited with new adventures and if someone I respect recommends a course of action, I
am inclined to investigate it.
I said investigate, not think logically –
review – compare – or form a plan. So, I
googled, yes GOOGLED, “How to create a blog”.
You see, I had no idea how to proceed.
Maybe a month or so prior to this, I thought about taking an on-line
class of instruction on how to write a blog.
But, I looked ONLY, and then life got in the way and I got distracted.
Because that’s what I do. And, I’m thinking there’s a whole lot of you
out there with the same problem.
It is called “Ready, Fire, Aim”. Or, “Huh, I don’t know, I’m not really
ready, but the heck with it, let’s do it, and we can aim at the target
later."
So, of course, I did just that. I googled, found Google has a site to make
blogs, along with some others…but I didn’t know them, so, having been
previously introduced to Google, I entrusted my Blog Birth to them.
Between October and the end of December, I
changed my Blog colors, arrangement, templates, gadgets and widgets. Whatever…many, many
times. My first website was so ADD…you
know what I mean, that it’s almost funny to remember…of course, I didn’t think
to record my early ventures. (ADD is a congenital/or not medical disease and means "And distracted and dreamy").
In the old days of October, 2011, I thought
lots of color, interesting shapes and templates were all important. I had no idea what I was doing or how to
do it, and would add things, resize, loose them and start over and then, what
the heck, since I’m starting again, let me change all the colors and
fonts.
It’s called “work in progress”. I figured since I wasn’t getting any
comments, no one noticed, no one was reading my Blog anyway.
Duh, uh, someone is…either 800 someone’s, or
60/70 or so repeaters. I don’t know
cause it’s only recently, this month, I found the thing called page views which
tells me how many times my page was viewed.
And, within a week of that major discovery, damn….I found that Google
tracks what countries the views are originating from.
So, thank you Russia, for being my 2nd
biggest viewer/viewers. Thank you Germany, you are number 3, and United Kingdom (which for those
of you who don’t know includes England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales), bully for
you and me...”look at the head on ya" you're a brilliant number 4. Come on people, get on it, I have family in your places.
And thank you all you other countrypersons out there. Here are where my viewers are coming from and the number of times they peeked.
1. United States
o
735
2. Russia
o
43
3. Germany
o
9
4. United Kingdom
o
5
5. Latvia
o
2
6. Brazil
o
1
7. Ecuador
o
1
8. Indonesia
o
1
9. South Korea
o
1
10. Malaysia
o
1
Sorry,
I had to throw in a bit of foreign language….for those UK types (blimey, are you daft? the head on ya reference.).
I really only speak English, American slang, Brooklynese,
New Yorker, Pig Latin, Spanish (sort of), a wee bit of Italian, and barely some
Gaelic and Irish slang and five words in French, which no one in Paris would acknowledge understanding...they are so stuck up there. (I kid you not, this was even at a retail establishment...they could care less if I bought anything, after all, I was a bloody American tourist).
And please, I liked other French people...outside of the city so don't get all touchy you France people, okay, I do realize you have a wonderful museum there and many good looking, friendly men people, not to mention some good food and Tango dancers.)
Anyway, I
love you other countries too and would love to come visit one day. I just need
the airfare, so if you want to start a collection, you wouldn’t have to feed me
when I’m there…I can handle that. And, I'm not keen on staying with strangers..or family for that matter, so I'll get my own hotel, so see..one less expense.
I actually can say I love you in German, Spanish. French, and Filipino. I’m not sure why I’m not getting hits in the Philippines,
but ”Ini ibig kita” anyway…(that’s a phonetic spelling as I don’t know how the
hell to spell it in Philippine...or Filipino for you purists.)
And, I
do like, and am an official member of the Moymoy Palaboy site…for those of you
who know what that is…they are the greatest and most versatile singers…ever,
and Crank that and put it in your hat if you don’t agree. So my lack of Filipino connection on my Blog is
disturbing.
Anyway,
I’ve totally forgotten what my point is here, but I’m sure it was important to
me. Oh, I remember something…I purposely
didn’t put in something that makes people say who they are and what their
e-mail and favorite color is, cause I just wanted people free to jump in and
comment, particularly to say, “I loved this piece…wow, I agree…you’re so funny…thanks
for the information….” Blah, blah.
More than I cared where the comments were
coming from. So, no one commented and
albeit as heretofore mentioned (I speak lawyerese too) I thought no one was
reading/looking at my Blog.
And
people are…amazing. So, tell me, what
can I do for you…blog wise I mean, like what are you interested in hearing
about. Cause I can make up just about
anything…I mean, I have a vivid imagination…what I actually mean is that I can
write about different stuff and in different ways. I just need someone to talk to me…please.
And no Trolls, I learned the other day that
these are bad people, who have nothing better to do than wonder the web and
aggravate people. So, if you’re a Troll,
go to the nearest troll place and get lost, okay.
I want to hear what real people have to
say. I am so lonely. And I have to go like right away, cause I
forgot to plug in the laptop and just got a little message that I’m running out
of power.
Also, if you just want to B …
at me, or are in a Bad mood, or if you are a kind of English language/grammar
nerd or one of those perfectionist types…I don’t take criticism well. I am likely to cry, so be kind…I am, Patabit,
and hoping for a kinder, gentler world…after all.
copywrite Patabit
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