I wrote this post awhile ago but thought it sounded too much like a fishing exhibition. Yet sometimes, even for a seemingly exhibitionist like myself, it's good to get things out even if it's not post posted - you know?
However, here I sit with hits up the whazoo from who knows where and I really feel the need to say something about it all - as nice as it may seem that people want to read my site.

Also, I have to admit that I'm too preoccupied by my horror (and media obsession) with Hurricane Katrina and the action/inaction down there to write anything substantial (and comparatively trivial) about our cat the $700.00 we just handed over to the animal mafia vet clinic yesterday.


So anyway, here goes:
To those new to the world of blogs, my presence in various newspapers, magazines and websites as one of the "Top Canadian Bloggers" has little to do with my content and/or writing skill. I feel the need to point out that this is more a consequence of the vast number of blogs out there to chose from than my talent or "interestingness" (to borrow from flickr) and the enormous task for a journalist to actually wade through the masses in order to decide on their merit.

I was chosen to be one of the top bloggers in Canada for the month of August 2004 and now here I am, one entire year later, and no one else has been chosen as a subsequent monthly blogger. As a result, when you google "Canadian blogs", you will get this site at the top of the list. When you check out those listed under "top bloggers" you'll see my site still there (with some other extremely cool people).

I believe if you are a journalist who actually reads blogs, I will most likely not appear in your article. Perhaps if you are only learning about blogs, or need to fill a space concerning this "Weblog stuff" and don't have any idea what they are about (yet), you might start to think I am a good representation. I truly don't believe I am. I'm one small part of a much larger community. In fact, as a "Mommy Blogger", I'm a really small part of this culture. People blog about everything - politics, sex, travel, sport, family, war, jobs, technology, the world of Maddox Jolie, crafting, cooking, levitation, what's it's like to be a stunt double, photography, gardens, etc.

However, I have no other idea how to show journalists or new readers a better way to find interesting, witty and talented writers except to invite you to start by checking out the blogs I have listed on the side of my site (mostly other parents) or check out earlier months on Blogs Canada. It's not that I believe the journalists have done a poor job of their research, I just want you to know that I'm really not doing this alone. In fact, you can do this as well. It's very simple.

I'll have to warn you though, this may become addicting so leave some time open for the next couple of years.

(Did that sound weird? - because I feel kinda weird now.)

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