Good Morning!
It's Tortie Tuesday! ;-D
I was awakened from a very good Snooze, by a very loud racket, about 3 hour ago.
Daddy, and Nikita, were doing something they claimed to be "Dancing a Jig" in the space between the bed, and the computer desk.
It looked very strange, and not a little frightening, but since it was them, I figured it was safe to be near, and didn't go run, and hide, in the caves, or tunnels.
When I asked what was all the fuss Daddy laughed, and told me I was famous.
When I asked what being "Famous" meant, Nikita said "As of last night you are part of the Internet Zeitgeist!"
OK, whatever....
I just yawned, and asked "What is the "Internet Zeitgeist"?
So they brought me over to the computer, and began to explain it to me:
According to Wikipedia: Zeitgeist is "the spirit of the times" or "the spirit of the age."
Zeitgeist is the general cultural, intellectual, ethical, spiritual, and/or political climate within a nation or even specific groups, along with the general ambience, morals, sociocultural direction or mood of an era.
Some German guy, in 1769, is to blame for starting it but, according to the online Merriam-Webster Dictionary, it didn't really catch on until 1835.
Apparently this means I am, or have the potential to become, "A popular, and trending, news subject, or topic of interest", among the people of the world, especially those of them who use the Internet.
"Yeah, so", I said, "What does this have to do with your silly dancing?"
It seems there is this website, called The Wrong Advices. It has a blog, a "Breaking News" Page, and a "Viral Videos and Other Cool Stuff" Page, with stuff posted in 2007, and 2008, which is sort of like way before my time, since I wasn't born until last February. It was supposed to be about "Life, the Universe and Everything", but apparently covering all that, by himself, quickly became too much trouble for Dan, the Founder of the website. However, he did manage to do ONE THING that seems to be working, and tracking stories to this very day. ;-D The is a TWA Internet Zeitgeist page. It has 6 Category Pages, including one for Celebrities. One of the Celebrities being tracked is my namesake, Elvira Mistress of the Dark (Daddy says Cassandra Peterson has used Elvira's celebrity status to bring attention to many worthy causes and organizations over the years, including raising money and awareness for animal welfare throughout the country.) ;-D This page, devoted to all things "Elvira", and not just Cassandra, but apparently animals, and other humans, named Elvira also, tracks the most recent News, Blog Posts, Links/Websites, Videos, and Pictures. When Nikita checked his stats, this morning, he found we had a visitor, via this site, at around 527am. ;-D My first, and second, Blog Posts, ever, are listed on this page! I'm a "Celebrity"! Whatever that means. Daddy says it has something to do with my "Vivaciousness" (I am "very good looking, with a gorgeous bod, and playful, friendly, personality", is the way he explained it to me.) This means, he says, that everybody, from Cats to Humans, just HAS to know about everything that goes on in my life, morning, noon, and night, no matter what it is. It also means that whenever my name appears in the title of a post this site might actually notice it. Just so all this attention doesn't go to my head Daddy, and Nikita, tell me that The Wrong Advices website is currently ranked #120,469th most popular in the world, and #87,150th most popular in the USA, on Alexa (Alexa is a very popular, and very old, Information, and Statistics, Tracking Website.). ;-D So they showed me...
Wow, Elvira, I's not sure what all that means, but iffen it means you's famous, that is grrreat.
You's was already famous on the Cat Blogosphere, to all of us.
Love & Purrs,
KC
Posted by: KC | September 21, 2010 at 02:47 PM
I must say that I have never been awakened up with a jig.
I hope it stays that way.
I like to wake up slowly.
I think with Elvira's celebrity status that she needs an agent.
She could make lots of $$$$ for sure.
I just continbuted to your pay pal for the wonderful item in the auction that I won with a high bid.
Looking forward to seeing it arrive in the mail.
The best to all at your place.
Posted by: Gracie | September 22, 2010 at 02:50 PM
Concats!!!
Posted by: PDX pride | September 29, 2010 at 04:48 AM