Oops, I did it again...

... going for an entire week without blogging, that is. :)
(What, did you think I was trying to be Brittany Spears? ;))

Lots to catch up on, but I want to make sure to blog about this:

Ever wonder who reads your blog?

it doesn't really cross my mind too often. As far as I'm concerned, I figured it was just me, keeping a little online journal that I can look back on one day. Sure, I have some friends who keep up on my happenings by tuning in once-in-a-while, but I really did think that was it.

...until this past week...

in the last 5 days, I've received 3 separate emails from people (strangers) who have found my blog. They were searching for something very specific, which I mentioned in my blog, and found me.

Two people came across my mentioning of my favorite art instructor, Lee Tecang at DeAnza College in Cupertino. You can read the original post here. Both people wrote to inform me that Mr. Tacang is retiring after this quarter. good for him! that was really nice of them to write me. I'll try to visit him before he leaves. I hope he remembers me! It's been almost 10 years!

I also got an email from a person responding to this old post. The guy who emailed me was an old member of the Freelancers Color Guard in 1983 & 1984. He was doing a search on the web to try to find some old friends, and found my site instead. That was pretty wild, and obscure. We've exchanged a couple of emails now. I have copies of video tapes of the shows he was in. He says he hasn't ever seen them in 20 years. I'm going to try to find them, and make copies for him. :)

Finally, I got an email yesterday via classmates.com. What a surprise! I'm not a "member" in the sense that I don't pay any money to access most of their information, but I do have my information in their database in case someone feels the need to search me out. But really, what are the chances of that happening? Well, it did! :) A color guard student from long ago (1990) found me and sent an email. She was a student of mine during my early years of teaching at Saratoga High School. It was so nice to hear from her.

I love the web.