I have been looking forward to writing this post since I first had the idea about four weeks ago, a state of the journal address if you will. It has been a year since I started and I have to say I have enjoyed every minute of it; it has added an extra dimension to my roleplay, it has been a gift of words to Mistress, a learning experience for myself and the fact that others have enjoyed it has been absolutely fantastic. I look at it now like a long love letter of submission and gratitude.
The journal has received over… I can’t bring myself to say it even if it is true, a lot of page views. That little graph shows hits over the last year and you can see two things clearly, a six month period when the really real world hit me for a loop and that when it happened again things were not the same at all. Readers have been rising steadily and I like to think that a few return now and again but I only get a little feedback so it’s hard to tell.
As to the content, I think it is almost to the point where it serves as both a window onto my feelings and resource for Mistress to be able to use. I believe that will be a constantly evolving part of the journal which allows me to keep working on improving the page content while adding posts. I am after all a perfectionist, with pretensions of pedantry. Also an alliterative nightmare I know but I thoroughly enjoy playing with my writing, it’s part of the pleasure for me.
Here are a few statistics for you, the most viewed pages are:
- Slave Positions, 1,620 hits.
- Down at the ranch, 1,349.
- Punishment Book, 519.
- About Artemisia, 354.
- About Mistress, 327.
I have no idea why the post down at the ranch is so popular, if anyone can answer that question I would be eternally grateful, is it a song or is the bondage ranch that popular? Whoever can point me in the right direction gets my eternal gratitude. You can also see one of the reasons why I want to work on the slave positions page so badly. I have reason to believe a great many of those searching for it are Gorean from the terms used but if it helps, wonderful.
The most used search terms are actually these:
- slave positions, 539 times.
- me naked, 93.
- latex bondage, 72.
- slave poses, 71.
- naked bondage, 63.
No surprises there really but I wish I was able to view the least used search terms, there have been some classics, I’ll save some of them up for next year, promise. Ahh, sex on the internet, who would have thought it!
So in summation, thank you each and every one of you for your time and I hope I continue to be able to tease and amuse you with my words, give you a little window into my thoroughly enjoyable time in Second Life and to share the emotions of Artemisia Hobble. Here’s to the next year and all that it brings, the trials and tribulations of a deeply commited submissive and the loving yet firm guiding hand of Mistress Susi in teaching me to become a better slave.
I would like to just say thank you first and foremost to Mistress Susi but also Princess Marian, Kat and my other sisters, everyone in Dark Haven, Miss Erin and Lord Hawk and to everyone who has left comments or been a part of any of these entries either in passing or by participation and particularly Syl who has been such a supportive friend, without any of you none of this would have been possible. Finally to Marine Kelly for Restrained Life and all you have done for submissives in Second Life. Thank you for the experience, crashes and all… yes I’m looking at you Lindens.
