During the past month several people mentioned that they read this blog quite frequently. There are two things that were surprising about this.
First, I didn't know these people
knew I even had a blog. We have tried to keep this anonymous in a weird way. If you know me, you shouldn't have any trouble identifying me as the blogger; if you don't know me, I wouldn't want you to be able to track me down to figure out who am I in real life. I haven't been very good about this, but it has been good enough to pass under the google radar.
Secondly, I didn't think that many people would even
care about the blog. We have had these blog for almost two years now, and its topics and structure have varied quite a bit, true to its "Random" description; but also horrible for preserving loyal readers. Every now and then people comment on the posts, but they do it anonymously (as opposed to pseudonymously, which I enjoy), which makes it difficult to see if there is any consistency in what people like or dislike.
Many of my friends have their own blogs, and they all excel on things like having a more loyal audience, having a much larger audience, living better lives, being more interesting and intelligent, being more focused and insightful, and being better writers overall. But, if there was a blogging competitions among my blog-friends and us, Jala^2 could only win in one (and only one) category: most blogs per unit of time.
We just post a lot of random shit, from weird internet stuff that we steal from other blogs, to personal rants about politics, to travel diaries, to just pure crap. Unapologetically, sometimes I feel I haven't posted anything in a long time, and I just find some random crap on the internet as a filler. Yes, I am
that kind of guy.
From the few things I have heard from my readers, it seems that people tend to like my travel diaries. I haven't been able to find a voice for these. In fact, I have tried on purpose to use different styles for each trip, some not as successful as others. I have even toyed with the idea of posting pictures of my trips.
I love traveling, and I love travel diaries, but I can't travel often enough to write about just that. So, here is what I'm asking of you. What do you like of Jala^2? Which posts were your favorites? Which topics bore you? What would you like to see more and less here? I know I change languages quite often, what are your thoughts on this? This is the time, Readers (yes, all 3 of you) to comment and help Jala^2 go on as one of your internet destination when you need to procrastinate. I would greatly appreciate the feedback.
I will leave you with
a picture of a two-headed pigglet, that represents the dualness of Jala-Jala and its love for pigs.