September 8, 2001
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I am definitely feeling addicted. Spent a couple of hours last night finding additional stuff to cram into my custom module -- GudKarma's funny XangaSpoofs, htmlGear for adding links and quotes, a Guestmap, a comedy mp3 player from laugh.com, a daily cartoon, a mood indicator -- and that's just the stuff that worked.
And no comments for days.
I spent a couple of hours before that, searching the Review pages of everyone I subscribe to and a few I don't, and composing an entry listing recommendations.
No comments yet. Visitors falling off since Thursday.
One of my favorite posters, Deviant, is on hiatus. Captain Dread Pirate Sir thinks we should all go on hiatus.
Deviant asked the folks she subscribes to to leave a comment recommending which entry of theirs they particularly wanted her to read. Two thirds of the folks commenting so far have said the equivalent of "I only post garbage."
Why do you post on Xanga?
Why do you write?
I write, basically, because I can't stop. Another reason is that if I didn't write all this stuff down I would be saying it out loud, and this way I give more of my friends a chance to talk.
But I post in public places because I want to be read. I think I have something worth reading. I like to make people laugh. I want them to know that they are not alone in grief and pain. I dream of writing a scary story that will make you pull your feet up into the chair in a sudden shiver over what might be underneath. I want to inform and educate, pass on things I've learned, counter false information. I want to persuade people, because we each have a vision of the future and whoever puts the most heart and energy behind their vision brings it into the world.
I work and talk to people and read, and everything makes me want to write. I started my log on Xanga to make it easier to post what I thought of "on the fly" -- I became more active when it seemed like it was also a way to get more people to read what I wrote.
Why would I write if I didn't think it was important? Why would I post it if I didn't want to be read? I can keep my personal journal in a two dollar spiral notebook and save paying for an ISP and a phone line.
That has some advantages. I wouldn't have to put up with my ISP and my phone line!
I'm glad I added the stats tracker. I can tell that I have visitors, even when they don't leave comments. Some of you spend half an hour, even an hour here! That warms the cockles of my writer's
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And I have eighteen subscribers. I've noticed other loggers thank their subscribers, and I have been remiss. A Virtual Guiness or Refreshment of Your Choice to: VeryModern,
thoughts, Speedbump, missslady, Deviant, nally, dveras, voice, TeckerDaze, Soularchitect, tutor1235, fairestc, MaggieMay, maidoftherock, bdreamwalker , catana, prettynow, and jmarcusross.
Whatever you have to say, say it and don't call it "crap." You each have a unique culture and a unique point of view. Our Selves do not spring into being; we create them, by making decisions and experiencing things and thinking and feeling... and by expressing ourselves. We become individuals by interacting with a community.
Write On! You were not born to be a cipher.
Comments (7)
You have never got a comment from me, because I did not know you existed until today. I only happened upon you by chance - clicked a comment you made on someone else's blog. I was shocked to see my name. Your writing is terrific, I subscribed immediately.
On the other, I definitely don't think I post crap. I work very hard on my blog.
Your blog show that you work on it, VeryModern. Your writing show that you respect your own mind, as well as others'. Salud!
hehe...i came to visit because of a comment you left on my last poem...i've only been using xanga for a short time, so this wave of "hiatuses" hasn't really hit me...i suppose it could just be the ebb and flow of online activity...like VeryModern, i don't think i post crap...not that what i post is great all the time, but i'd like to think it's honest and thought out!
I believe your thought's covers many of us.
Good entry!
comments for you... I am here.. I do read... but the falling off is many. Its sad, because I too write to be read. To be share....... Stay with me and I will stay with you!!
I, too, am still here, Anitra. And enjoying your offerings as always. My lack of comments (and maybe even lack of showing in your stats!) is a combination of laziness, too much hurry, and subscribing over e-mail which I didn't even think of as causing my lack of feedback but likely does. (Ew! what a sentence!) Anyway, I am here, and I do enjoy your work, and I'm glad I found you. I'll try to do better in the feedback dept...honest!
I, too, write because I have lots to share. I enjoy sharing the things I've learned so that I can help others. I'm writing to a pretty specialized audience, and so I don't expect astronomical numbers. It's just plain fun!!
Sandy
I read what you post, though I don't comment often. But I"m still reading
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