Stop Looking, I'm Web Counting

Jan 1 1999-

Three friends, Mike, Shawn, Jay, and myself spent the day hiking about in the Delaware Water Gap region of the U.S.A. On the drive back I glance over at the odometer of Shawn's car. Shawn's car was about to turn over, hit the 100,000 marker. I lean over pointing at the odometer about to tell Shawn that in a few miles the car is going to reach a historic milestone. He shushs me before I can speak. It was odd, but Shawn is an odd dude. Five minutes later Shawn cries out, "Shit!" He missed watching the odometer spin to 100,000. He had shushed me because he intended to pull over the side of the road and drive slowly while we all watched the car turn 100,000.

The next summer, I'm sitting in the back seat of a purple Saturn being driven by my friend Lauren, her soon to be husband was sitting shotgun. His name is Mike. As we are peeling down the highway, Mike realizes we missed her car as it hit the 100,000 mile marker.

Then in the fall of 2001, I'm driving my car. Totally solo trip. My car hits 100,000 and I miss it.

Tonight I scroll to the bottom of this page and I see there is a counter. The counter takes in all hits, not just unique hits. I learned this through empirical experimentation. Well, I'm not missing this counter turn over. I'm going to have to ask that no one look at the page for a little while. I'm going to be visiting this page then another one then coming back to this one over and over for 99,136 times until I watch this page turn over.

I think we can all agree that I've earned the right to see something turn over to 100,000, so it's fair for you guys not to look at the page. I'm sorta busy right now, with moving and partying, so it might take a while. I'll post on here when you can look again.