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One of my favorite Stranger traditions is looking back over the year to put together the Top Ten post.
2017 was a really really fun year at Stranger. To be honest, every year I think that this probably can't go on much longer. I think everyone is going to get bored at some point or the internet fad will die down or The Suzzzzzzz will finally organize our family reunion where we'll all die by Snuggie suffocation (Snuffocation?).
But every year you keep sticking around and helping make Stranger something fun and thoughtful and slightly evolving. This year we had so much fun with Strangerville and Strangerville Live. We laughed about essential oils. We got to know Meg a little better. We ogled over pictures of puppies.
And so, now, for your own walk down recent-memory lane, I give you 2017's Top Ten Most Viewed Posts:
10. A Decade Later: It was Stranger's tenth birthday, and I told you about how it all got started. You shared your memories with me and they were honestly so touching and fun to read. So much so that I ended up mailing boxes of Snuggies to people. Because this corner of the Internet is weird.
9. Natalie's Tinder: Natalie came to town so I stole her phone and tried to get her some dates. She did not get any dates from this.
8. Matt Sent Me A Very Important Text: I never thought I would have a dog. Then my baby entered my life. Now I sleep on a sliver at the edge of my bed and my back yard is full of dog poop that he refuses to pick up.
7. Letters From HR: I wrote a thing when I was in Palau and finally decided to share it with you.
6. The Worst Movie Ever Made: The thing about clickbate is that it works.
5. Here's The Thing About Parenting: My baby sister went out of town so I stayed with her three children for 48 hours and now I'm 80.
4. Things I Never Thought Would Need To Be Said: It still blows my mind that there were people on Twitter who were mad at me for saying these things. I'm proud to have said them, and I'll say them again and again, no matter how angry it makes bigots feel.
3. The Great Neutering: Duncan got neutered and I wasn't at all dramatic about it.
2. Essential Oils Are Killing Me: (Plus Parts 2 and 3): A dozen of the world's worst women stayed in my house while attending an essential oils conference and you all mocked my pain. My home still smells like unicorn piss. But joke's on them because now I'm going to live to 200.
1. The Most Embarrassing Thing That Has Ever Happened To Anyone Ever.: Within a few seconds of it happening, I knew it was going to make an amazing story. So it was almost worth the layer upon layer upon layer of utter humiliation. This story is already one of the most read Stranger posts of all time, which proves that most of you are just here to watch me make a fool of myself.
That's a wrap. Stay tuned for 2017's final wrap up post this Friday.
~It Just Gets Stranger
Duncan's onesie was a highlight of my year as well.
ReplyDeleteAnd no mention of Daniel.
ReplyDeleteAnd no mention of Nin.
DeleteCan I ask a question here about the wrong-car incident? I wonder, why didn't the worker simply say what kind of car you'd be borrowing for the day? And why didn't any worker (or the SUV owner) notice the mistake while you were spending the time loading a Mount Everest of stuff into the wrong car? Seems to me if THEY were paying just a minimal amount of attention, most of the embarrassment could have been avoided. Maybe they should apologize to you!
ReplyDeletecan I hire you to defend me one day and my murder trial when I’m wrongly accused? So, I’m pretty sure the guy did tell me which car to take but I wasn’t really paying attention well enough. So that part was my fault. The dealership has this practice of pulling the running car out front to wait for the person and the guy who owned this car was still inside paying so he wasn’t out there to see me loading. Apparently none of the employees were watching either. Until it was too late.
DeleteWhen people ask me how I managed to teach seminary last year, I give huge credit to this blog for giving me a reason to crack open an eye in the early morning hours, something to look forward to more than grumpy teenagers. And even when there wasn’t a new post to read there were usually new comments, and even when there weren’t new comments sometimes I just talked to myself and that was fun too. Thanks for giving us this place, and so much of yourself, too. I hope we fill your bucket at least a little bit as much as you fill ours.
ReplyDeleteAlso, side note: I just watched the new Fuller House episodes. Is anyone else team Matt? Please tell me I am not the only one. Annnd I honestly can’t decide if that Japan episode was the best or the worst. Can we discuss this?
ReplyDeleteI haven’t watch the new episodes yet, BUT I have never been team Steve. I think he is selfish and emotionally-stunted. I was team Matt for a while. But now I’m team DJ. It’s time for DJ to live for DJ and discover that she was enough all along. Furthermore
DeleteI can get behind this. Curious to know what was going to be behind the “furthermore”. (Glad I am not the only one who thinks that about Steve)
DeleteI don't want to be in charge of planning it, but we should seriously consider a Stranger BBQ for the summer of 2018, I'll bring the coleslaw. The musician Stephen Kellogg does a "Family BBQ" for his fans every summer, and I always thought it was a cool idea to bring a fan base together.
ReplyDeleteYES! This summer! I will totally help plan it, especially if it aligns with my other family reunion, but even if it doesn't, this NEEDS to happen.
DeleteAlso, I'm glad you reminded me about Natalie's Tinder. How could I have forgotten such a treasure?
DeleteUmmm hi guys. I'll be in Utah over the 4th of July weekend... Can it be then??
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