Theres just something about xanga that is special...
...and when i say special i mean the adjective that your kindergarten teacher squeezes out to your parents as you dump out a container holding markers all over the floor, then wear it as a helmet and run into the walls head first yelling, "IM A CRASH TEST DUMMY!!"
ok so maybe not that exactly...its.. its brittney spears pre k-fed, o-town, 98degrees, curly jewfro Justin Timberlake its Shaq attack, lil penny, and grant hill drinks sprite its fila, la gear, and reebok pumps its white k-swiss shoes, baggy jnco jeans, and dyed long bangs
Though not a perfect analogy, essentially....its dated.
I'm sure this comes to no surprise to anyone reading this (hello? anyone out there?). In fact im not even sure why im saying any of this. but the truth is, im ashamed of xanga. When i read xangas i catch myself looking over my shoulder to see if anyone notices for fear of judgement. Like someone will catch me and shout "AH HA! you are soo not E-savvy, don't you know its all about hosting your own blog now or moving to wordpress or blogger?? you are SO not 1337." yes. it is true. I fear the judgement of those nerdier than myself.
of course there are exceptions to this, david crowder has a xanga. and hes cool as heck. but see david crowder rocks a keytar and makes that look like the coolest thing in the world. however, unlike david crowder, a mere mortal like myself doesnt create cool, i need to have cool around me to define myself. and so thus, the xanga conundrum
the problem is when im writing something for one of those hipper blog sites i find that i have to invest a certain amount of quality to it. i cant just put trash like what im spouting rite now as i type. I have to think and make sure things like spelling and grammer are correct and that things connect. though i find much pleasure in writing about a stupid little thought that i have looked over a million times and reworded a million times more, its just nice to write whatever the hell i want.
u knwo what it is. xanga seems...immature. much like this current style of writing where things arnt thought out carefully and written without structure or forethought and ideas and points come out of nowhere and the word "and" is overused and the sentences all run-on forever and and and and and ... so thats what it is.
anyways im extremely tired rite now and im going to be ashamed of this post and inside i fear everyone (all 4 readers!) will think less of me or even worse, not even read this. somehow thats worse to me. but whatever. this kind of stuff is my perspective of an ideal and typical xanga entry from back in the day.
So if your looking for quality, buddy, you've come to the wrong blog hosting site. this ones ...special.
(sweet it almost all came back together! high five!)
O loyal readers of xanga, you are so few. I have little to say to you but you still read. all ...two of you. and I appreciate it. I was contemplating perhaps abandoning this little corner of the web for the new more exciting world of blogspot and wordpress, leaving my only readers in the cold little corner crying, shaking, tearing their robes and shouting, "WHY!! FOR THE LOVE OF GOD TIM POON'S XANGA WAS THE GREATEST THING IN THE WORRRRLD. AND HES SO HANDSOME! WHYYYYYYYY!"
I hear ya, I really do. and so i have decided to expand rather than to relocate. so you can now find more randomness at http://modernanthology.wordpress.com where my old apartment-mates and I like to share things that no one cares about. In fact, I just updated today! so go! check it out! subscribe/bookmark please! ugh everyone already stopped reading haven't they...
what to do with this xanga then? well, im thinking a content shift. maybe with the smaller community i might share a thing or two thats actually significant to my life. you know. really talk about the important things in life.
...yea its probably going to die out. but at least its not on purpose. i really cant see myself ever sharing anything deep or introspective online anywhere...we will see. in the mean time. Xanga 4 Life!
If i dont come back soon, here is some music i posted a while ago on the wordpress blog. entertain yourselves with this.
I hate vague statements that are unclear or don't really tell you anything.
Firstly, the Bud Light with Lime commercial. It's everywhere. It likes to make the claim, "Superior drinkability!" . . . What does that even mean??
are other beers inferior in their drinkability? Are they not suitable for drinking?? Doesn't referring to anything as a drink automatically infer that a liquid is drinkable? If i told you, "hey, have some of this motor oil." You would be like. hell no. But if I was to say, "hey, have some of this motor oil drink." You'd be like, "wait, this drink's made out of motor oil?" The idea that it is drinkable is in your head once I call it a drink!
maybe its a bad example, but my point is, "Superior drinkability" is just a nonsense phrase.
Secondly, is a sentence used in an email regarding an online transaction I made. I purchased my textbook from this guy 3 weeks ago. All the other books that I purchased after this one came in the mail within 5-7 days. So, a few days ago I emailed him asking when he shipped it, and if there was a tracking number so I can know when to expect it.
He replies explaining to me the ever so elaborate process of shipping a book, leaving out the step in the process where you let the book sit around for a week before you decide to ship it out. In the reply, he uses this to help me understand when I should expect my book:
"Typically, mail sent special standard rate may take up to 21 business days or longer to arrive." . . . ...up to or longer. great. you just told me it can take any amount of days. From the next day up until INFINITY. 21 business days first of all is not a good number, that's about 4 weeks and by saying up to, it means any day within those 21 days. But then they add on "or longer" which then says, "it can come any time after that as well." It's not up to 21 days. It's not at least 21 days. It's somehow BOTH.
So now I know nothing more about when to expect the shipment. All I know is that it will come SOMETIME from within 21 days to FOREVER. To even use 21 could be completely arbitrary. The way they stated it, they could replace it with any number and it would tell me the same thing. Way to not give me any real information and keep me guessing.
On that note, I would like to announce that I may or may not be abandoning this Xanga soon.
I've been passing this video around to many people already, but I feel compelled to put it down somewhere so I can always reference it. Feel free to rewatch many many times.
Yes pure comedic gold. All the boogying, the bearded guy, the large glasses, the groovin electric guitarist, the one backup singer that clearly does not want to be there, more groovin!!!...all this in one catchy musical package!
Remember everyone, he is like a mountie, he always gets his man, and he'll zap you any way he can! zzaP!! wooo ok, this video seriously can cheer me up instantly. later guys.
-Poon
ps. seriously that boogying bearded guy is like my most favorite guy ever.
A flowchart. Chances are if you are reading this, then you are starting from where the arrow points already. You know you live it. I do.
kudos to bill for the find.
p.s. I was curious what "themes" were and now I seem to have accidentally changed this blog's appearance permanently. I hate new xanga along with new facebook and new aim. They are new....and scary.
Does anyone know how to get my site back to normal? Unless this is nice, the cartoon skyline is kinda cheesy no?
