sometimes, i think to myself, “self, is this blogging thing all really worth it? am i just wasting my time toiling away bitching about the cardinals or posting daily show clips? what is my real purpose in this blog lifestyle?” i then get hit with some comment spam that makes me feel all the better:

Thanks that you helped me in information search. I have sent the link to your site to all my friends, they were very grateful, but first of all they were grateful to you!

that made me feel sorta fine, but i didn’t make me feel good. i have a very fragile ego. it needs to be stroked like a cat.

Cool. With this site, my quest for Internet knowledge is for a short time over. Life is good again.

oh, now that makes me feel great. i have single-handedly ended one spammer’s quest for internet knowledge. knowing that i’m his reason for living makes me want to miss another sunrise. i can now sleep well.