Followers & Female Bloggers

I don't follow blogs by emails or feeds or any type of services. I believe blogs are meant to be viewed on a computer screen or a large screen but mostly because I just don't like blogging or viewing blogs on a tiny screen. 
    Normally I try not to worry about how many followers (readers) I have but with a gadget like the Followers at the footer of my blog, it's hard not to notice since I use my blog's blogroll and also I preview my posts so that I scroll down a lot and often see that Followers gadget. It shows a number which I know not to trust. Most people follow blogs but they don't actually follow through (ie, make visits or leave comments). I think having fewer readers is better because then I know who commented and not worry about getting bad comments but that may be a lie I tell myself. (Note: I used Google's Blogger platform.)
    Most of my readers are female, at least, it seems that way. Also, most of my favorite bloggers are female. Years before, I had more male bloggers on my reading list but most had stopped blogging. I subconsciously or perhaps consciously is often draw to female bloggers. I am a female so it makes sense to want to be friends with other females but that's my upbringing or maybe habit. Of course it shouldn't matter if you're male or female (or others) – blogging is blogging.

If you're a blogger, do you worry about how many followers (readers) you have? Do you find there are not as many male bloggers around?

Excuse me while I forget to blog

Just reasons why I didn't blog. I'm not saying whether these are true or something I makeup but here they are.

01 - I had a near-fatal allergic reaction to coffee and turned into a cleaning hermit. Every day I wake up surrounded by too many furnitures and stuff and then remember I have a blog but that thought swiftly went out of my head along with any actual cohesive thoughts when I start cleaning.

02 - I was struck on the moon. There was this contest and I won a trip to the moon but once there, the spaceship lost power and the engine died so now we have to wait 644 days before a new one is brought to us. And there's no wi-fi so no blogging.

03 - It wasn't me. My cat turned into a human after he accidentally got electrocuted when he stepped on some tangled wires and spilled liquid. While he was trying to figure out how to be a human, he hijacked my blog and started blogging so if I forgot to blog, tell it to my cat.

04 - I got hit by a nut and had amnesia and recalled only things that starts with the letter Z.

05 - I forgot.

What's your excuse for not blogging?

Fiction: Derangement

The alien ponders why he is here and if he could just disappear. For years, he has lived the life of a lonely, hollow man. Time after time, he has tried to alter his nature but it was as if he was born with a careless prudence.
    The alien finishes his third hot, sweet coffee and curses the system for sending him here. But this is his chosen punishment, his burden. His body is assimilating the numerous brutal and reckless indulgences. When it nears the end, he could leave and go back home. But first, another delicious bun and coffee.
 
This is a drabble, a story in exactly 100 words.