Good Post vs. Bad Post

Do you ever write a post on your blog that you think is a really great and/or interesting and think to yourself, "Man I'm gonna get lots of comments on this one!" (Conceited, yes!) Then hardly anyone or no one at all leaves any comments. When this happens, I really try not to take it personally but for some reason I still do. I tend to go through a whole process of scrutinizing the post, thinking things such as, "Maybe it was too long, maybe it was too short, not funny enough, too boring for people to want to read, the pictures were lame, etc. (I know, I'm a weirdo! It's this strange need that I have for validation through people leaving me comments.) Or sometimes the opposite scenario happens when you think, "Man, this post is pretty lame, but oh well maybe at least my mom or my sister will leave me a pity comment." Then every Tom, Dick and Harry leaves a comment. (Yes, I did just use that expression!) Then you feel a big pick me up in your self confidence, like you've done something so great! I guess in the end it serves me right when I receive little to no comments, because I tend to get a tad too rapped up in the blogging world (understatement of the year!) and prideful about some of my posts.