well, i just blew my own mind. i was looking @ my blog to see if all the changes i made (well, all two of them) came out alright, and decided to click "refresh" to see if the counter would count me twice. it was at 600 before i hit refresh, and it was at *603* after. so, a) people other than me are reading my blog, which is rad but also a trifle intimidating, considering that somewhere in the world, anywhere in the world, someone else is reading my blog, and b) i still don't know whether the counter is counting me.