I have a bit of a sad, guys.

by sj

Bad news first?  Or…bad news first?

Let’s go with the bad news, yeah?

I’m not going to be able to do the drinkalong tonight.  My dad is driving down from our NEW STATE, YAY! and I don’t want to be all stressed about time and whatnot when I haven’t seen him since he moved up there.  I’m also thinking that next week probably won’t be good, still, so that means no drinkalong in November.  [sadface]  I’m hoping we can make up for it by doing TWO in December, but I really don’t know yet.

ALSO, I was talking to Kate about the possibility of doing the Harry Potter movies for drinkalongs, but I do not want to spend EIGHT MONTHS dragging them out.  Let’s talk about the possibility of going back to weekly or every other week in the new year.  How does that sound?

Okay, other bad news.

As you may or may not know, my post about writing my 6y/o’s letter to Santa was Freshly Pressed yesterday (I haven’t added the FP widget yet cos it totally clashes with the rest of my blog – is that terrible of me?).  THAT’S NOT THE BAD NEWS, HUSH.

This is the bad news.

…apparently, a lot of the people (like, 200+) didn’t actually MEAN to visit.  They were lost.  Or something.

I couldn’t figure out where the hell all of these weirdo referrers were coming from, so I did some investigating (heh, right, cos I’m THE MOST OFFICIAL and ish) and it turns out that people were clicking on dead links to blogs that no longer exist.  And since those blogs (um, over 200 as I said) no longer exist, they were being dumped off onto the WP home page.  Which is, I guess, how they found me.

So, to all the people who thought they’d be getting info on secret Black Friday deals, or the Hebrew Roots Movement, or…um…free adult movies, or wanting to know why black people had a problem with you, or fancy pentecostal hairdos, or live executions, or naughty steps, apostolic social networking…I’m really sorry you ended up here instead.  On my blog.  Where I wrote about my son’s letter to Santa.

But thank you to the rest of you!  You guys all rule.

(Oh, and for those of you that are new and wondering WTS a drinkalong is, a group of us get together and watch movies while playing drinking games on twitter.  Anyone is welcome to join.  You can find transcripts of our previous drinkalongs on my storify page.)

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60 Comments to “I have a bit of a sad, guys.”

  1. Family first and twitter drinkalongs….. 3rd? 5th? I’m all good with that.

  2. I’m confused. How did you find this out? Or even know there was an issue to investigate?

  3. Now I’m not sure if I’m more angry or disappointed. Where else am I supposed to get info on fancy Pentecostal hairdos?

  4. But once these poor lost souls were redirected to the WP home page, didn’t they still have to click on you to come here? Or does WP have some sort of random redirection algorithm that they punish dead-link clickers with?

  5. I still find these drinkalongs you do fascinating, and slightly bizarre. Your sheer enthusiasm for them is endearing, though.

    I feel like one of those people who used to scoff at people who went into Yahoo chat rooms back in 1999 or so.

    • It’s like getting friends together to watch a movie! But since we don’t live near each other, we do it online. :) If they didn’t start at 3:15 am your time, I’d expect you to participate.

  6. Aw, you shouldn’t apologize for random people being brought to the sheer awesomnity of the 6yo’s Santa supplication skillz. I bet they enjoyed the experience!

  7. How did I miss all of this??? Oh… wait… it’s me… never mind.

  8. Crap, now I want a fancy Pentecostal hairdo.

    DID DAD MAKE IT???? Hi, Dad!

    YAY FOR FRESHLY PRESSED!!!!!!!!!!!

  9. No worries! This week was rather hectic for me, so I kind of forgot to actually find a copy of Rat Race in time, and would’ve had to sit this one out. *insert d’oh! face* But I’m totes looking forward to the HP drinkalong(s)…especially to the when-to-drink rules that would go along with these movies ;)

  10. I totally need to get in on the drinkalongs. I’m so lame. Maybe next year is my year! I’ll admit, the rules may be a little fuzzy for me but maybe that’s just because I haven’t done one.

  11. You never know. I think “Hebrew Roots Movement” is how I originally found out about you. It was all over the Twitter back when.

  12. I’m so glad you couldn’t do the movie! I DIDN’T MISS OUT! YAY! Hahaha!

  13. You’ve Been Nominated
    Hi. I just nominated you for a Very Inspiring Blog Award. Not sure of the exact rules, who started it, or where to find the exact rules. I think you are supposed to nominate 15 other blogs when you accept (kind of like chain letter/pyramid type advertising) but I know I won’t be advertising that many). Anyway, it only serves to help promote your blog. For more info, check out the appropriate post at my site on A Toast To Dragons. (The pasting of links hasn’t work on the last couple of sites, so in case it fails on yours, here’s the url: http://www.atoasttodragons.com).

  14. So, I am actually interested in this whole drinkalong thing. Could you email me the information at atypicalaryanlibrarian@gmail.com?

  15. I was really looking forward to drinkalonging to Rat Race. We should keep that one on the list for later maybe. (Also, sorry I’m so far behind on blog reading; NaNoWriMo is doing a major number on my free time.)

    • We’ll still do Rat Race, but not til next month. Looking at my calendar, I’m thinking maybe the 7th? That would be the 8th for you. Talk to Danielle and see what she thinks?

      Also, no worries about the lateness of your replies. I figure you’re like Ringo in that episode of The Simpsons.

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