Did I seriously just surpass 500 posts as of today?

I looked at some of my stats this morning and saw that I made 500 posts on this blog. Wow, I didn’t realize I had that much content on year since I started this thing in late 2016! Hooray, me…I guess.

There were things I’ve been thinking about when it comes to my content. I’ve been doing my best to put more of my original works like poetry on here. It would also be good to explore how the Ospreyshire project can expand especially in this Spotify-heavy world. I do have some ideas, but it’s going to take some time and effort. Of course, recent events happening has really got me angry with the blatant double standards going on, and I’m just going to leave it there. I want to make sure I’m more consistent in the content I have for this blog. There will be times when I will promote other artists and bloggers, but I want to fine-tune my artistic crafts on here.

Thanks for supporting me, everyone.

10K+ Views! How did I not notice this before? Also, there’s a Q&A opportunity!

This put a smile on my face even with the things going on in my life or the global climate this year. As of this post, I have crossed the 10,000 view threshold! After having this blog for 4 years now, I didn’t expect to have this many views or to have over 330 followers at this time. I’m still small potatoes, but it is amazing to have some people who’ve checked out my stuff on here.

It just started out as an outlet for my poetry and for my current spoken word/avant-garde project, but things expended with bringing up news stories, posting my opinions on matters, discussing racial issues (not just on principle in my case), or even exposing various artists to those that might care. Funny how life works.

I want to do something special for this milestone and I want it to be multi-tiered. One thing I want to try first is a Q&A. Just make sure you put your question in the comments section and just keep it civil and polite, please. I’ll answer them next week and promote your blog if you have one.

Besides that, I want to do other things to commemorate this occasion. I do have a few ideas in mind for what to try. Stay tuned.

I just want to thank everyone who has checked out my blog, my music, or my other projects. Thank you so much!

7000+ Views

This was quite unexpected.

I know I had a bunch of views over the past few days, but what I didn’t realize was all of that added to over 7000 views on my blog. Thank you so much! I was feeling frustrated and sad over this past week, but this made things a bit better. I hope things continue to go well on this blog.

Especially when it comes to upcoming albums…

Over 6000 Views!

I guess putting in that blogging work on this page has done something right. After almost 3 years of existence, I now have over 6000 views on Ospreyshire’s Realm! This year, I’ve gotten a lot better at posting more consistently and on a schedule most of the time. I can see how that is working. I also feel that people care more about my music which was the main reason why this blog existed to begin with, my poetry has been getting attention, and others have been responding to whatever news story or opinion piece I’ve been posting on here. This year, some of my opinion pieces have been the most honest and hard-hitting. It’s a miracle bloggers want to check out my works.

Thank you for following me on this blogging journey!

Over 5000 views!

This was certainly unexpected. As of now, I have over 5000 views on the Ospreyshire blog. Wow! Thanks to anyone who actually bothered to view things from it!

I know the whole identity aspect hasn’t been the best since I’ve made posts with multiple subjects other than what was intended, but I’m glad there are people who actually check out my content on here. Whether it’s my poems, music, news commentary, or opinion pieces, it’s good that people actually want to read my stuff, I guess.

Thank you.

200 followers? What?!?

I just found out today that I just got my 200th follower on the Ospreyshire blog. This was a very pleasant surprise and I didn’t see it coming. Thank you to all who stop by and check out my works on this blog.

Now, I have to think of something special for this occasion that’s relevant to what Ospreyshire is about. Stay tuned.

4000+ views!

More people have been checking out my blog and I got to this amount! Thank you to everyone who read my blog. Whether it’s my poems, music, news stories, opinions, or mentioning my other creative works, I appreciate it.

I have been thinking about this blog since I feel like I’ve had an identity crisis with this page. This was supposed to be for my poems and music, but I lost track with other things that I feel like no one cares unless it’s content from my other pages. I really need to streamline things on here.

200 posts!

Well, this was a pleasant surprise.

Looks like I made over 200 posts over the past two years of my blog. Some of them are reblogs from my other pages, but I’ll still take it.

It’s a miracle that I could make that many posts on here.

1337 likes on the Ospreyshire Blog!

That’s an odd number to get an achievement, don’t you think? Yes, I do get the joke as to why it’s an important number, but that’s besides the point.

This was certainly a good notification I got recently. I’ve had this blog for 2 years now, and it’s been interesting meeting all those on WordPress regardless of what one blogs about. I’m glad to know a diverse amount of bloggers who talk about numerous subjects.

Thanks for viewing my blog!

Over 3000 views and the Birthday Aftermath

Well, the birthday surprises just keep coming, don’t they?

For starters, I recently crossed the 3000 view threshold on the Ospreyshire blog. Thank you to all who have checked out this blog for my music, opinions, poems, and everything else!

Without further ado, I’m going to show you some of the gifts I’ve received on my birthday…

I got this vinyl in the mail from my Scottish friend Dave. This is the newest album from 2 Minute Minor, who are labelmates of mine who also happen to be from the same state as me. This Chicago-based hardcore band make some conscious music while still making quality tunes. You can listen to their album here.

In this block of photos, it involves drawings, Twix, and a Target gift card from my friend Kip. He’s a talented artist and I hope he finishes the comic book projects he’s been working on for years. I’ve known him since I was in middle school and we still talk to each other.

I just so happened to get two Amazon gift cards with the same amount from two separate friends. They would be from Marcie and Christy whom I’ve known for a long time. Marcie went to the same church as I did growing up and Christy went to the same school as Kip and I when we were young. It was great of the both of them surprising me.

I hope my aniblogger friends appreciate this picture. This is an amigurumi (crocheted figures) of Kimba the White Lion. My friend Essence made this for me and it looks amazing. There’s no pattern to making Kimba, so she created this crocheted attempt at this character entirely from scratch and she did a phenomenal job with it. Feel free to support Essence’s crocheting business at Hooked on Cozy. She’s created amigurumi of Pokemon and Attack on Titan characters so far.

Thank you, everyone!