Al Gore is the inventor of the worldwide web…or so he claimed in one bad publicity move some eight thousand years ago.  I think it was mostly taken out of context, but I’m really not sure. Maybe he really does think it was his idea.  

Anyway – the worldwide web is indeed pretty amazing. And what’s even more amazing, is how interconnected the world is now because of it. I know — duh — I’m stating the obvious — but it really has hit home for me even more so now that I am a “blogger”….  For example, this morning I was looking at my blog analytics. I love to see how many people read my blog and from what country they are residing.  I also like to see what search terms are used in google that eventually lead someone to my blog. It’s pretty fucking funny.  I can entertain myself a good portion of the day by just reading my stats on WordPress.  Not the portion of the day that I’m working of course.  I never ever do anything personal at work.  Ever.  That would not be right.

No — but seriously, here are two crazy facts and realizations about the web and my blog that I find amusing and exciting all at once:

1.  Besides the US, there are many countries who host citizens that regularly read Head Games: The United Kingdom, Japan, The United Arab Emirates, Canada, Mexico, Azerbaijan (? seriously?), France, Australia, Italy, Brazil, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Thailand, The Netherlands, India, South Africa, Barbados, Israel, Jamaica, Bermuda, Malaysia, Kazakhstan (again, seriously?), Hungary, Nicaragua….. the list goes on an on.  There are so many more I could name, but I’m not giving them all up to you.   And some of these countries have regular readers in them!!! I can’t see what exact posts they’re reading, but when they get up to 20 page views in 5 minutes, I know they’re reading multiple entries.  It’s really crazy.  Thank you, world!  I’m very grateful that you read my blog.  

2.  People put some weird ass shit into google.  Last night, someone reached my blog because they googled “were the dwarves in snow white gay”?  I mean, really?  Someone was just sitting there wondering if the seven dwarves in an old fairy tale were gay?  Well, I’m here to tell you that someone was indeed wondering just that. And apparently, my blog comes up when you ask that very question.  (See Les Miz post from a few weeks ago for reference.)

Other terms that have led people to my blog:

“Slithering Feeling in Brain” 

“Hedgehog Olympics”

“the hardest fucker”

“Girls Just Want to Have Fun and Fuck”

“Why Can’t I Find My Ugly Photos?”

“Cheese went into my eye what will happen”

and

“Sock Puppet for a Psychopath”

There are more.  There’s a whole huge list.  But come on, did these not make you laugh your ass off?  Or is it just me? I think it’s heee-larious.  I love it.

So — how does this worldwide web discussion and Al Gore relate to my brain?  Well, today I had my (forced) yearly brain check up.  I had an MRI (which is now nothing to me.. you can just stick me and my brain into that little loud tube for hours and I don’t mind), and then I met with my hottie doctor afterwards, so he could tell me that I’m all clear.  Yes — I now understand why there was so much fuss about him when I was in the hospital. He is very cute.  I guess I’m healed. I now see that. I did not see that before. I was too focused on myself and getting better — or maybe I was just hating him for putting this awful shunt into my head.  The shunt that I suppose saves my life everyday, by the way.  (I did ask him to remove my shunt…as I promise to do every time I see him.. but he refused.)

So — rest assured — my brain and ugly shunt are fine for now.  (Yay me.)  My tendency towards grogginess and dizziness will probably always remain — but in theory, I’m medically “perfect” …at least according to Dr. Hottie.  

I do think my brain is like the worldwide web though.  It’s complicated — and interconnected.  And there’s some weird ass shit in there.