January 12, 2006
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From the start I thought xanga was pretty lame, I thought people only had xanga because they don’t know what else to do with their life. Also I just wonder why people put themselves in such a vulnerable position where anyone can read all their thoughts and be criticize by them? Are they insane why write your post your private thoughts online why not use a diary. It’s like putting your dirty laundry in public for people to tatter with it. When my friend introduced me to get xanga I didn’t do much with it. I felt weird that someone actually going to read about my inner thoughts and what are my agendas, it was just a scarey concept. Then one day one of my other friends were talking about her so I’ve decided to go to xanga to check out what’s happening in her life, and before you know it I was checking numerous other xangas. I found some of them was very intriguing so I decided to do xanga once more. Than before I knew it I found myself becoming one of those insane people who pouring out their hearts to a blank page. Leaving my dirty laundry in public…I thought it might be a little weird but for some reason I didn’t really care and I had a sense of relief after I finish pouring out to a blank entry…It’s like having someone to listen to you intently without having their own inputs and interruption and losing your chain of thoughts. Then you have all kind of different people comment on the entry how they felt the same ways or giving you different perspective about it. It always interesting to read about comments and your friends’ xanga. Xanga has also help me getting to know other individuals more closer and the mystery that reveals from the people in our life. In a way I learned a lot from people around me and they help me grow as a person. To me xanga is a journey that is taken by various lives but somehow intertwined together.
Found_lamb 1.3.2006
Comments (3)
Great entry. I love how you analogize dirtry laundry with inner thoughts.
It’s odd, to share so openly with the guaranteed strangers that visit your page. But it gets it off your chest, too. Someone took the time to read your entry. Someone, for a moment, cared enough about you to find out what was going on in your life. It’s a good feeling.
I thought xanga was lame in the begining too. Now I’m addicted.