A birthday favor: De-lurk!

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(I got this idea and title from Crystal at Biblical Womanhood.)

Tomorrow is my 21st birthday. No, I am not going to celebrate in the traditional way (my school doesn’t allow it, and I wouldn’t really want to anyway). But I am excited to see what my friends have planned; they’re not telling me anything.

I would love it, though, if in the next few days you would do me a little favor. I get a lot of hits on my blog but not so many comments, which is true of most blogs. To show you this - at the time I am writing, this blog has had 7,582 hits since May, and 195 comments in the same time frame (some of which were my own responses to previous comments). Crazy, huh? As I said, this is completely normal for blogging, but just for one day, I think it would be fun to have all my lurkers out there say hello!

So, if you are reading my blog, whether this is your first time or your 294th time, please spend a minute letting me know you’re there and maybe a little tidbit about yourself! (This includes you even if you’ve commented before.)

Thanks so much. I’m glad you all keep reading because it keeps me writing. I’m looking forward to hearing from you! And I’ll leave this up for a few days, so don’t expect any new entries until early sometime next week. :-)
Happy weekend!

Filed under: Miscellaneous on October 26th, 2007

20 Responses to “A birthday favor: De-lurk!”

  1. Lindsay Mayer, on October 26th, 2007 at 7:04 pm Said:

    HAPPY EARLY BIRTHDAY!! Yay! I get to be the first post…

  2. Dawn, on October 26th, 2007 at 9:52 pm Said:

    Here’s an early Happy Birthday!
    Hope you have a great day tomorrow.

  3. Steph, on October 27th, 2007 at 1:18 am Said:

    Happy happy birthday!! You already have plenty of tidbits that you know about me, but here’s a random thing: I can lick my elbow. I bet you never saw that in our suite, eh? ;)
    I LOVE YOU, Anna!! Enjoy your day! :D

  4. Ron, on October 27th, 2007 at 6:04 am Said:

    Just stopped by from TheTheologiansCafe on xanga. Where do you go to college? Many years ago (1975) I graduated from a Christian liberal arts college (Geneva) also with a Bible major along with Sociology. Not sure why I chose those. Never really worked in the sociology field. Did work for YFC/Campus Life for a time.

    Wish you well in your future.

  5. Kat, on October 27th, 2007 at 7:46 am Said:

    Hello!! Happy birthday Anna! :) Yes, I cam across your blog a while ago (not sure how), and it was great hearing from another girl around my own age.. I’m 18 going on 19 on the last day of this month and I live in New Zealand! Whee! :) Okay <3 hope you have a lovely lovely birthday surprise..

  6. Joe Louthan, on October 27th, 2007 at 11:39 am Said:

    I am not a lurker for sure but I will drop a line to say…

    Happy, Happy Birthday.

  7. Stephanie K., on October 27th, 2007 at 2:21 pm Said:

    Happy Birthday!!!!! :)
    Stephanie

  8. Anja L, on October 27th, 2007 at 2:45 pm Said:

    Hi,

    I actually am not a regular here, but I was just looking for your site because I had seen it a few months ago a time or two after you had commented on Challies’ blog, and I was just looking for a site by a christian girl/young woman of about my age, and so I found it back again, and perhaps I now might become a regular :) Anyway, thought I’d just drop a note here, and happy belated birthday :)
    Anja

  9. Samuel Kordik, on October 27th, 2007 at 4:00 pm Said:

    Happy Birthday Anna!
    I wish you well for your future…may God be glorified in your life!

  10. Katie Marie, on October 27th, 2007 at 5:50 pm Said:

    Happy birthday day! Your 21st birthday is the same as my sister’s 21st.

    Yes, I’m a lurker–one that’s been reading your blog for a few months and enjoying every post.

  11. Bec, on October 27th, 2007 at 6:20 pm Said:

    Happy Birthday Ana.

    I cannot remember how I came across your blog, it’s really nice to have another ‘girl blogger’ out there round about my age who can write. I enjoy your blog.

    So here’s a quick bit about me. I’m Australian, like you (now) I’m 21.

  12. Eva, on October 27th, 2007 at 7:55 pm Said:

    Happy 21st birthday, Anna! I hope this year brings more joy than you could ever imagine. “The paths of the Lord are steadfast love and faithfulness…” (Ps. 25:10) “The is faithful in all his words and kind in all his works.” (Ps. 145:13)

  13. Lin, on October 28th, 2007 at 6:20 pm Said:

    Happy Birthday!
    I just found your site today and it looks like its interesting!

  14. Jennifer Hudson Taylor, on October 29th, 2007 at 7:21 am Said:

    Happy belated birthday! Mine’s the 30th! Well, I guess that’s tomorrow. It’s keep creeping up on me! Blessings,

  15. Joanne, on October 29th, 2007 at 10:55 am Said:

    Anna-

    I have enjoyed reading your blog. I check it every morning when I get to work and it often has me thinking throughout the day. Hope you had a great birthday!

    Joanne

  16. boffthewall, on October 29th, 2007 at 2:48 pm Said:

    Hello & Happy Birthday!! I came across your blog last week and love what you write about! It gets me thinkin ;-) I am 26, i live in VT and am trying to figure out God’s plan for my life as i meander around from city to city with a marketing degree. Thanks for letting us get a peak into your life, and for writing such encouraging and thought provoking stuff! :-)

  17. amy, on October 29th, 2007 at 8:03 pm Said:

    OK, I can’t resist a birthday girl’s plea for comments :) I stop by now and then (or mostly skim from my feed reader) ever since you commented on my blog and I came over to see who you were :) I guess you know who I am, since you somehow found me over at LS. I love to have “random” people reading my blog and coming back for more!

    Your “randomness” post below made me smile–I meant to comment but often these days I am blog-surfing one-handed (nursing, or just holding the little guy) and so I don’t comment much :) I had an English prof in college who was annoyed to no end by my classmates’ and my overuse/misuse of the word “random.” It frustrated her because the things we called “random,” weren’t. I loved her, but I love the word random, too ;)
    happy birthday!

  18. amy, on October 29th, 2007 at 8:04 pm Said:

    hello, overuse of the smiley! it’s a little more blatant with wordpress. oops.

  19. Sally, on October 29th, 2007 at 8:48 pm Said:

    Hello Anna! I don’t think I have ever commented before, but I have been reading your blog for a few months now. Hope you had a happy birthday. (I am quite a bit older than you!) I enjoy your writing!

  20. Nicole Baart, on October 30th, 2007 at 10:45 am Said:

    Hi Anna,

    Happy Birthday! I also have an October birthday–yet another thing we have in common. Have fun discovering your lurkers. What a great self-birthday present. Wish I would have thought of that. :)
    Keep in touch! I love hearing from you on my site and I truly enjoy reading your blog too. Who knows, maybe we’ll run into each other someday at Book Expo or ICRS. Wouldn’t that be fun?

    Warmly,
    Nicole

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