{"id":536,"date":"2006-04-27T14:45:53","date_gmt":"2006-04-27T14:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/?p=536"},"modified":"2006-04-27T14:45:53","modified_gmt":"2006-04-27T14:45:53","slug":"in_the_spotlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/index.php\/2006\/04\/27\/in_the_spotlight\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oh, my… here’s a interesting development: it seems that Scalzi came across the post I wrote<\/a> about him and has linked back to me in a post of his own<\/a>, using my full name and everything.<\/p>\n


\nI’m a little bit intimidated by this because, for one thing, a quasi-celebrity noticed me again (giddy fanboy moment #2: coooooooollllllll. [Okay, Bennion, enough of that! People are going to start gossiping!]), and he also noticed that I was talking about him<\/i>. It’s like getting caught passing notes in class or something — no big deal in the Grand Scheme of the Universe, but kind of embarassing at the time. More importantly, however, is the fact that Scalzi’s readership is huge and a mention from him could potentially send a lot more readers my way. There’ve already been two new people come over here from The Whatever that I know about (hi, Sara and Brian!), and I wouldn’t be surprised to learn there are more lurking in the shadows right this very moment.<\/p>\n

My usual readership is rather small — I joke about having a mere three loyal readers, but I think I actually have about a dozen or so regulars, and maybe a few more infrequent visitors — and this fact has lent a certain intimacy to the proceedings around here. Until last night, I’ve been 98% certain that most everyone reading this blog has been a real-world friend of mine, so, for me, writing here has been like talking on the phone in a dark living room with my shoes off and my pants unbuttoned. Now it feels like company may actually be coming over and I need to pick up all the empties and vacuum the Dorito crumbs out of the sofa. In other words, I suddenly find myself just a wee bit self-conscious. I don’t quite know how to proceed, or whether I ought to adjust my subject matter or style at all to cater to this new audience of unknowns.
\nThat’s silly, I guess. I’ve had strangers pass through these parts before and I haven’t let it affect me. But I also didn’t know they were here unless they chose to comment on something. Now I can sense people out there in the darkness, sizing me up and waiting expectantly for me to go through my stage routines. I am reminded of that old Looney Tunes cartoon in which Bugs Bunny asks Gossamer<\/a> if he’s ever felt like he’s being watched and the poor monster gets all paranoid and runs away screaming.<\/p>\n

The next couple of days could be very interesting…<\/p>\n

(Or not. Just because two people clicked through from The Whatever doesn’t mean a thousand are going to. I’m probably running off half-cocked and worrying over nothing, as I am wont to do. We’ll see…)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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