Straight No Chaser

Discrepancies

"Aurora" , the entry that concluded the island, has so far received twenty-one views. "Babies, Multicolored and Not So Much" , the one directly following, has received thirty-eight.

this happens a lot. the entries i'm especially proud of, the ones i want seen, are invariably overlooked. the entries i'm unsure about, or don't like as much because i think they're, say, pretentious, i.e. long lists of other mediocre entries i've written, attract swarms of readers.

at one point, i thought it had a lot to do with titles. one potential factor, i thought, could be the presence or absence of profanity in titles--hence the reason "Great Big Gigantic Ass Failure" , which contains a mildly interesting survey but basically says nothing, has evened out at eighty views, fifty more than the preceding and succeeding ones. but then, what about "Your Stiff Cock" , a juvenile label that i thought would earn its entry two jillion views, and that only ended up with twenty-nine?

there is no science to it. like aaron says, i can essentially write whatever i want, and people will read it or not regardless of my agenda. which is just the teensiest bit frustrating for me, as a writer.

for example, this entry, which contains nothing of any substance, will probably be wildly popular. the one following, which i actually want people to read, will almost definitely remain as barren as a government-razed field frozen with snow. but i guess we'll find out.