Tuesday, March 26, 2013

unsolved mysteries

I've got a few very important unsolved mysteries to discuss today. Except that by "very important" I actually mean "probably not important at all," but who would keep reading if I just said that up front? Exactly.

Unsolved Mystery #1: The Case of Missing Bloggers

Amanda and I were discussing this one the other day. Isn't it strange/annoying/scary/weird when a blogger just...disappears? Stops writing, stops commenting, just all of a sudden stops? Personally, I find it disconcerting. Now, if you're a blogger and you decide you're tired of it, or you want to stop participating, or whatever-- that's totally fine. Totally your choice. I respect that. I know tons of people who just gradually drift away...posting and commenting less and less frequently until finally they stop altogether-- that's not that bad. What's creepy is when it's ninety-to-nothing cold-turkey. Like they post 4-5 times a week, comment on everyone's blogs all the time, and then one day just NOTHING. No posts again, no comments...nothing. Ever. And it's like...um, where'd she go? You want to start scanning the newspapers of the area you think she lived in, looking for news of freak accidents. It's scary, okay, ladies??! So don't do that to me. That's the bottom line. If you want to stop blogging/commenting and go totally cold turkey, then you should post something on your blog (like "I'm not blogging anymore, peace out yall!") so that at least we don't have to worry that you got murdered or something. 

So here is where we all make a pact to not be creepy disappearing bloggers. No cold-turkey quitting without proper notification. Thanks so very much.

Unsolved Mystery #2 Aly Raisman's Boobs

Did you watch Dancing with the Stars last night? It was a good one. It's not hard for me to get sucked in to a show, and despite taking lots of seasons off on this one, I'm definitely enjoying this season. You may recall that last week I commented that it appears our beloved gold medalist Aly Raisman had a little boobie work done to prep for her sparkly dresses. Well apparently I'm not the only one thinking that-- last night while the show was on, I happened to check out my Real Time Analytics (one of my most favorite features of Google Analytics) and noticed that I was getting dozens of hits on my blog from people Googling some variation of "did Aly Raisman get a boob job?" HA! I only feel bad that I can't provide any definitive answers for all the inquisitive masses. But at least they know they're not the only ones thinking it. Help the people of the Internet out, Aly: are those things new and improved? Or were you keeping them under wraps (literally) throughout the Olympics? No judgment either way...it's just the kind of thing people really need to know. Because it's totally our business.

Fake boobies or not, Aly did a great job last night. I think it's so funny how hard she has to work on her facial expressions, and I loved her partner's attempts at mimicking her 'gymnastics face.' I think she's going to do extremely well, but I'm pretty sure the two to beat (calling it now) are Zendaya (Disney girl) and Kellie Pickler. Those girls are GOOD. Kellie seriously looked more like a contestant on So You Think You Can Dance. I kind of need to hate her. I think Sean did a much better job last night, but he's not knocking my (or the judges') socks off the way Zendaya and Kellie are. So that's my early prediction. We'll see how it goes.

I'm not entirely sure how I can possibly be this tired on a Tuesday night, but lemme tell ya. I'm tired. So instead of rambling on further, I'm gonna peace out and probably (shamefully) tune in for another episode of Splash tonight because that show is just begging to be mocked and I'm totally up to the task. If I can stay awake that long. So there ya go. Peace, yall.

21 comments:

  1. I would like to second the creepiness of bloggers disappearing! I will make the pact with you not to do that.

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  2. Sean's not nearly as good as I'd hoped he would be!! Totally agree with you on Aly (her dancing AND her boobs)!

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  3. I totally agree with missing bloggers! Sadly, I missed Ally's boobs. I was watching The Voice, and Christina isn;t on it any more, so there are no more boobs falling out over there either.

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  4. I'd specifically like to know what happened to the 24 year age gap. Loved that blog!

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  5. I totally agree with you on the two to beat! I'm pulling for Kellie!!

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  6. I missed Dancing with the Stars last night b/c I wasnt home. I guess I need to look it up on ABC. Those 2 girls are my fave too. They totally kicked ass. Although Z can already dance b/c she dances on Shake It Up and was good on the show. Plus she's only 16 which is still amazing.

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  7. Yea what I dont like is how I have all these followers and I never heard from even half of them. So what's the point of them being a following is how I feel. I dont want followers. I want readers and commenters and great friends.

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  8. I can't wait until they turn both of these into tv shows... I also can't wait to see what kind of searches lead people to your blog in future now that you have repeatedly said the word "boobies" - ha!

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  9. I've actually kinda walked Derek through my blog dashboard before and told him that if something every happened to me he HAD to update my readers. You guys are like real life friends and I'd hate for the blog to just go dark!! :)

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  10. Aly's chest was for sure enhanced. That or she had some serious duct tape going on under her leotard. Either way, her new boobs are throwing off her balance and going to cost her the mirror ball trophy. I agree with you that Kellie and Zendaya will be the finalists. None of the guys are any good. And I hate Andy Dick (I fast forward through his performance). They should've had Jon Lovitz instead (He's the guy who beat up Andy Dick a couple years ago.) He's also always drunk in public and really entertaining. Those two things make for dancers. Not that I would know or anything :)

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  11. Dave already knows to update the blog if anything happens to me for some reason. It IS weird when bloggers disappear for (seemingly) no reason.

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  12. Cant wait to read your review of Splash!

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  13. I sorta quit blogging. Well it's been a week. Not a long break, but I don't really feel like writing at the present moment. But I'm still active on Instagram so I hope y'all know I'm not dead. I just don't have it in me to write anything blog worthy. Not even a "I need a break" post. Interestingly enough, a blogger I follow recently wrote one and it reeked of, "Beg me to stay, BEG ME TO STAAAAAAY!!" I fear if I write a post like that people will think the same of me. Ha!

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  14. Totally agree - will not disappear without proper notification!! :) ndinglun 82

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  15. ha - didn't realize I typed the verification code in my comment at first. awesome.

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  16. HA! I have a blog specifically I'm worried about. Dropped off the face of the earth and I've been worried for MONTHS something terrible happened. Glad I'm not alone.

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  17. Seriously I hate disappearing bloggers!

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  18. I am 100% with you on disappearing bloggers. I feel like we loyal readers deserve a goodbye post... or something!

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  19. I solemnly swear not to disappear without fair warning. And also, gymnasts don't have boobs. Ever. So there you go.

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  20. This is sad, but i just read another blogger's post about a blogger friend of hers who passed away completely unexpectedly. She was 30. I didn't read her blog, but the blog i did read - she'd been reading her blog for like 6 years. :(

    But that made me think, OMG! What if something happened to one of my favorite bloggers!? Would their husband post to let us know?! And then i suddenly wanted to tell MY husband that if i die, he needs to blog for me to let everyone know.

    I know - it's AWFUL. I'm sorry to have brought all that up! But i agree with you! No suddenly dropping off planet earth! It's totally creepy!

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