expeditionary blogging

Next time we get together for a family reunion, we’re going to use our blog names. We’ve got a big shindig coming this Christmas, and I think, in the interest of throwing off our distant relatives and acting like immature superhero wannabe’s, we must hammer home our blog pride as obnoxiously as possible.

I can’t wait to carve roast beast with ksra, el fid, chopper, mymo, mymo 2.0, HP and the UnBlogger. Me, I’ve already put my name on my blog, but I’m going to repeatedly insist that everyone call me chez (pronounce it like Shea, if you please). We will wear costumes that evoke the webalitic stylings of our various blogs, making the whole shebang remarkably like a trekkie convention.

We should each carry a small punch counter in our offhand. Whenever someone notices us, speaks to us, or comments on something we’ve said, we click the counter once. Be sure to bring lots of weird, odd or funny photos, and stick a new one on your lapel every day or so, just to keep people’s interest. (My pictures won’t be on my lapel, there are

Ask me about my blog!

too many of them. Follow the arrow around behind me, and view my pictures all down my back, ending with the one that says “kick me.” Hey! Who put that there?

This will be so__much__fun! In our normal blogging lives, we have to wait for a fickle public to drop by and read us our fortunes. But at Christmas it’ll be so cool because we’ll be able to track our “readers” down, and drop our rhymes on a captive, loving audience! We can even solicit comments by tagging on a question like, “dontcha think?” Whatever their reaction, count it as a comment, even if it’s just something like “Anonymous says: *rolls eyes*”. It’s all good. If you know what to look for, there’s no way they can avoid commenting.

The only downside is the limited audience thing. It’s a great opportunity to consolidate a small, loyal following with strong feelings about your project, but don’t be surprised if the number of unique visitors to your “virtual blog” more or less plateaus this Christmas. If you really want to reach out to a wider audience, head over to Cracker Barrel, or cruise the malls. In your distinctive blog-inspired uniform, you’re sure to catch people’s interest, and by the time they realize they wish they hadn’t spoken to you, it’ll be too late. They’ll have already commented.

As this type of “expeditionary blogging” catches on, I would not be in the least surprised to see the online blog go the way of the dinosaur. It’s a great idea, dontcha think?