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	<title>Birthday &#8211; Sleeping Village</title>
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		<title>Year 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2012 17:17:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Talk about a&#160;sophomore&#160;slump. 93 posts for the year and only 10 in 2012.&#160; Hopefully, for year three, I can get my [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Talk about a&nbsp;sophomore&nbsp;slump. 93 posts for the year and only 10 in 2012.&nbsp;</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Hopefully, for year three, I can get my act together.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Some stats:</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">66 followers. Which is more than double year one, but still not many. I should probably post more Snowing, Tumblr loves that shit (221 notes).</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Covers month was the most popular month of the year, accounting for four of the top five posts (note-wise) posted in the last year.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">1. Ryan Adams &#8211; Wonderwall&nbsp;(135) cover2. MixTapes &#8211; &nbsp;Nothing Can Kill The Grimace&nbsp;(79)3. Deftones &#8211; Simple Man (35) Cover&nbsp;4. The Gaslight Anthem &#8211; I Do Not Hook Up (30) cover5. Johnny Cash &#8211; Solitary Man (30) cover</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">So, Tumblr loves covers by big popular bands and pop punk.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Goals for year three:</p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>1. At least 100 posts. 2. Figure out how to make the new theme more of what I want. 3. Actually finish this year’s Fest posts. 4. Follow through on at least one of the above goals. </li>
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		<title>1 Year</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sleeping Village is a year old today. In that year: I changed the site name from Jackass Operation to Sleeping Village. [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Sleeping Village is a year old today. In that year:</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I changed the site name from Jackass Operation to Sleeping Village.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">There were 227 posts, well short of a song a day.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">It only has 30 Tumblr followers.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The two most reblogged posts were, Botch “To Our Friends In The Great White North” (89) and Snowing “So I Shotgunned A Beer And Went Back To Bed” (69). The Snowing one just came out of no where. Like a month after it was posted it just blew up. It’ll probably be in the 70s by the end of this week.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Seven bands had more than one song posted; Small Brown Bike, Bruce Springsteen, Isis, Suicide Machines, Frank Turner, Coalesce and The Gaslight Anthem.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">No band had more than two songs posted.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Things I’ve learned about Tumblr: </p>



<ul class="wp-block-list"><li>Yes, it is down again.</li>
<li>People only like animated gifs.</li>
<li>Nearly everyone on Tumblr is 17 and thinks loud, shitty tiled backgrounds are awesome.</li>
<li>Tumblr search sucks.</li>
<li>Honestly, it sucks really bad, how can you not find the post I just made?</li>
<li>Having a backup Posterous account is a must .</li>
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