Bruin in Hats, Scariest Dream Ever, and Questions On Blogging Formats and Etiquette

I stated in my Breaking the Ice that I would try my best to post today and not do another link-up since I have already done two in a row this week.

You know, because I'm a serious blogger that keeps their word and is professional and stuff.

So I shall keep my word, act sophisticated as I sit on my couch in a sweatshirt and leggings, and blog about random things only I care about.

1.
First off, as I mentioned yesterday that I'd blog about either something philisophical or at least post some pictures of my dog in a hat. You're in luck. I'm up for both.

Some things to make you think:

 And, again as promised, some crappy cell phone pictures of my dog sporting things on his head.

Like:

In a headlamp

In a bomber hat.

Supporting the Red Sox in their baseball cap

In my old rugby scrumcap from college

I couldn't take just one photo of him in the scrumcap. Too good.

 He wasn't as miserable as he seems. He was just going for the dark and mysterious look today.

 

 And yes I've come to terms with the fact that I will eventually be this woman. That's fine.

2.
I had the weirdest/scariest dream the other day. It involved my driving with some college kids that I work with at custard,  and searching for "something really important" in the woods. I then came across "The Sarge" (my dad ) in a cowboy hat who was pulling some person out of a completely black SUV with tinted windows saying, "This is your stalker. He was about to kill you at gun point. He's a sniper." And then another police officer came up to me and was like, "This is very serious". And they both kept on saying that to me until I woke up.

UM WHAT?

Needless to say, when I did wake up I proceeded to turn on all of the lights as I went to the bathroom. When I got back to bed I subsequently had an irrational fear of some person with a shotgun and silencer jumping out of the closet and killing me. Because they were my stalker.

Since Dave wasn't home (but my sister was, so take that stalkers with black SUVs you can't catch me telling you when I'm home alone) Bruin and I cuddled for the rest of the night.

I would just like to throw out there that I do not work for the government, am unfortunately not famous (YET) and have never had a stalker. Or seen a gun like that in real life. Or searched through the woods for "something important". Though I have searched the woods for a place to pee.

So if someone would like to interpret that dream for me that would be great. Thanks.

3.
I am trying to tidy and dress up my blog a little.

I've made some tabs up top to direct people to my about me page, I've created an email that does not compromise my full identity for people to reach me at and put it on my profile, and I'm going to be making some other tabbed pages.

I am considering making a separate page for blogs I enjoy reading. Now, I already have a list started on the left side of my page. I put these up when I first started in April.

Some blogs I posted because I felt obligated, some I put because they blog on a different format and I couldn't follow them in my reader (or at least didn't know how) and it's a place for me to find the link, and others I do want to share with others.

So the question is, do I get rid of the list I have and make a new one on a separate page so that my home page looks a little neater? Will people be offended if they were on the list and then suddenly aren't anymore on my new one? Should I feature the blogs with buttons and the blogs without buttons on the same page? What is the norm?

Gosh, all of this blog etiquette stresses me out. If someone comments on my blog, do I comment on my blog too? Or on their blog? Or do I send an email? And what if I'm just not feeling a blog? Will someone come after me and hunt me downn at gunpoint if I "Unfollow" their blog because I've found they aren't my cup of tea?

It all makes me nervous. I don't want to do the wrong thing and offend other bloggies but I also want to enjoy my blog and reader the way I want it. I didn't start this blog to be subjected to posts I don't like and promote people who I don't actually read, I started it for me.

So any advice on how I should feature the blogs that I actually love on here (sidebar versus their own special page on tab up top) would be more than welcome.

And I'd love to hear opinions on what you all think about blog etiquette, who makes the rules, and which ones you must follow versus the ones that could be thrown out the window.