seven hundred.

Posted on 5 September 2016 by what sandra thinks

700

I don’t really care about stats so much that I check them constantly. But I do notice when I hit a big fancy round number.

700-follow700 followers.
(Ignore that number over there on the sidebar → where WP insists on adding in my paltry twitter followers…)

Thank you, freaks! Oh, you’ve got to have some freak in you if you’re reading this. You know I’m right. Even if you didn’t when you entered… you do now. I’m the freakmaker. (Now I’m just making up words.)

Of course, I know 700 is nothing to some. I don’t care… it’s a lot to me. And of course, I know less than half (oh, probably less than less than half…) of the 700 read a damn word I post. But I still don’t care.

I know I say this every time I pass what I consider to be a milestone, but I just have to repeat it. I never thought 700 people would click follow. Hell, I never thought 20 people would.

So then I looked at my other numbers… because the 700 looked so fancy…

429 posts
24,554 views
13,484 likes
11,186 comments

That just looks huge to me. It feels like prom queen all over again. Unlikely, unexpected, and a bit ridiculous. (I have got to find a picture of that dress… since it was apparently tiara-worthy…)

Thank you all again… I appreciate you. I wish I could send you all flowers… or wine… or chocolate… or whatever gift you prefer. Coffee? Tea? Me? Ha!

I thought I’d share these, too, since I find them so amusing…

search me.

And on a completely unrelated note, I heard this song today and was reminded of how much I love it. So you get it, too, should you choose to listen to it.

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About what sandra thinks

Sandra is a writer, sometimes blogger, poet, artist, emotional disaster. She thinks far too much and sleeps far too little. Sandra lives in the Northeastern U.S. but dreams of an oceanfront home in Italy, but she would settle for a non-oceanfront home in Italy. She loves books, brutal honesty, coffee, and the color black. She hates insincerity, beer, whipped cream, and facebook. And she is uncomfortable talking about herself in the third person.
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57 Responses to seven hundred.

  1. my valiant soul says:
    5 September 2016 at 9:34 am

    Congratulations.Happy for you!

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  2. Meg Sorick says:
    5 September 2016 at 9:37 am

    I love Echo and the Bunnymen! I have a short story based on this song in my archives. They (well Ian McCulloch and one other original member…) came to Philly a couple years ago. I dragged a very unhappy H to see them in concert. They were ok… Ian is bitter and he got super drunk during the show… Ah, well.

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  3. Angelica Kidd says:
    5 September 2016 at 9:38 am

    Congrats! 🎈🎁🎉🎂

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  4. sonofabeach96 says:
    5 September 2016 at 9:49 am

    Aren’t the search terms hilarious? I have seen some on mine that make me wonder just how in the hell they relate to anything I’ve posted. 😃

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  5. ladieswholunchreviews says:
    5 September 2016 at 9:53 am

    See? I told you we freaks love you ( so proud to think vanilla old me might have some freak in me after all!)

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  6. Kay says:
    5 September 2016 at 9:54 am

    Congratulations, Sandra. Love the song!

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  7. Lennon Carlyle says:
    5 September 2016 at 10:28 am

    Congrats! I’m a freak and unashamed…you’re one of my favorites! Keep up your freaky blog and know your fucking amazing!

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  8. Anonymous says:
    5 September 2016 at 11:22 am

    Congrats Sandra! I always wondered why the WP numbers and the followers don’t match! Thought it was including email subscribers! I don’t care about numbers either BUT I’m sure that lots may read your great work but simply don’t comment or take the time to click Like. Where did you find the search terms???

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    • what sandra thinks says:
      5 September 2016 at 11:32 am

      Yeah… I think at one point I searched WP help to find out why the numbers don’t match… I didn’t get that at first either! I found the search terms on the stats page… I went to the year tab… and got the list… 🙂

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  9. amanda (Just in Queso) says:
    5 September 2016 at 11:38 am

    Yay, congratulations! I think 700 sounds like A LOT, but then again, I’ve yet to reach 200 😉.

    Also – “forceful neck kiss”? Lol!

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  11. genesisthe1st says:
    5 September 2016 at 3:45 pm

    700 is one hell of a milestone! Congratulations! 😻😻😻

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  12. theturtle says:
    5 September 2016 at 4:11 pm

    YEAH!! So happy there are a lot of “freaks” out there who , like me , Get You 🙂
    I’ll take Coffee and Ice Cream with You , if I ever come over to USA again 😉
    Big Hugs

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  13. Al Lane says:
    5 September 2016 at 5:08 pm

    Congratulations! Some big numbers in there 🙂

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  14. thesarahdoughty says:
    5 September 2016 at 6:03 pm

    Congrats, even though you don’t really care. 😊

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  15. gigglingfattie says:
    5 September 2016 at 6:45 pm

    YAY!!!! Congratulations!!

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  16. cakeordeathsite says:
    6 September 2016 at 1:23 am

    Congratulations newly minted prom queen

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  17. Miriam says:
    6 September 2016 at 5:35 am

    Congrats Sandra. 🙂

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  18. kphoenix1 says:
    7 September 2016 at 11:30 am

    Congrats to you and we ALL have some freak in us. Lol.

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  19. alexraphael says:
    8 September 2016 at 4:05 pm

    Congrats on the fab achievement. Cool song. My second fave of theirs. Killing Time just had to be top.

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