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  • anonymous 12.29.2005

  • I joined Xanga because of a friend of mine. I wanted to have a place where I could let things out, vent, open up, and get advice from people who aren’t just trying to be nice. I’ve got all that and more. In the course of a year (I’ve been a member about 15 months), I’ve met many people and made many friends. In fact, in 5 days I’m about to fly to meet 2 more people from Xanga. It’s really neat how there are so many people out there who have similar experiences or are just plain funny. Sometimes, the cryptic messages leave a lasting impression and the comments are always welcoming and encouraging. Plus, it’s a great distraction from the daily mundane of school and/or work.


    LydJaGillers     12.29.2005

  • I first found out about Xanga shortly after I found out I was pregnant.
    Being 20 and pregnant was hard for me because no one else my age knew
    what I was going through around here. All my friends supported it, but
    still wanted to do things with me that I no longer could do anymore.
    So, sitting at home all the time became something I had to do. I
    started my blog and started talking about my feelings and my
    up-and-down roller coaster of emotions about my pregnancy. Soon,
    blogrings were introduced to me and WOW! Little did I know that there were SO many other girls out there that were going through the same thing as me.
    During this long pregnancy – that is soon to be over next week!! – I
    have been able to keep my sanity and make so many new friends through
    Xanga. It’s been a miracle for me to have somewhere to go and talk to
    other girls around my age with questions and concerns that I’ve had.
    Being able to talk about things and express feelings through Xanga has been a lifesaver. Thank you Xanga for being there during this time of big bellies and lots of bathroom breaks!!

    taradan 12.29.2005

    #13

  • chrischoi 12.29.2005

  • I use xanga because it does everything.

    Xanga is therapy, writing in it makes me
     feel better. After a long day I want to
    write what made it bad and good and
    sorting all those feelings out really
     refreshes me. After writing about
    everything, anything I can close
    that chapter of my life and move
    on. Xanga is a network. If I want
     to go see a movie with people
    I write all the details of it on my
    xanga. Since all my friends have
    xanga they can look at it and
    comment wether they want to
    go or not. It beats calling people.

    Xanga is a forum. Ask a question,
    any question and you’re gaurenteed
    to have all the awnsers in the world.

    Xanga is life. People pour their
     feelings out on xanga, they write
    deep entries and even write silly
    anecdotes.  Xanga is people

    blink182gurlkms  12.19.2005

  • not really the answer as to why i xanga.  it’s more along the lines of how
    much i thank xanga. 
     
    the whole idea of xanga seemed pretty lame at first.  i actually made fun of
    my sister & cousin for it.  it didn’t take long for me to get sucked into
    the xanga world, get excited over random comments and the increasing number in
    “e-props.”  xanga soon became an outlet for me to vent on, an easier way to
    document the events of my daily life and of course, it took a great chunk of
    time at work which was a good thing~!  xanga has really done so much for me.  if
    you were to scroll through my past entries, you’ll notice change.  i see it.  i
    am not so much of the angry person i appreared to be.  xanga in many ways has
    been my peace, a haven where i found myself turning to strangers, interenet
    “friends” for a totally unbiased opinions and advice when it came to any life
    situation.  and through random subscription and comments here and there, i’ve
    truly met so many great & genuine people.  this whole idea of blogging~ you
    get a feel for people, form some kind of unannounced bond and simply “get to
    know” someone through either their words and/or pictures they share.  some of my
    closest friends are ones i’ve met from xanga.  as much as we’re always saying
    the society in which we live in is such a small place, i never once crossed
    paths with the friends i have now before xanga. 
     
    what i am most grateful for is my present boyfriend of almost 3 years.  no
    one would have guessed that it all started from the email link on my xanga
    page.  when i say i’ve met the man of my dreams, i mean literally.  he appeared
    in my dreams months before i met or even knew he existed.  it started with a
    casual email from hi saying hi and how he wanted to get to know me better. 
    something that just stood out from the other corny emails. we talked via aol
    instant messenger for a day, talked on the phone the following night and within
    a week~ we were together.  we’ll be in certain places and i’ll have dejavus bc
    i’ve dreamt of it in the past.  it’s the most weird and best thing that has
    happened to me.  how many girls out there will believe (after being in so many
    hurtful relationships) when a guy tells you with confidence, ” i promise to
    never hurt you and will only be the best you’ve ever known.”  almost none.  i
    didn’t believe it.  my best friend sure as hell didn’t believe it but in over a
    period of 2 years and 9 months, he’s proved himself over and over again. 
    perhaps it was indeed fate that brought us together.  all i know is that it
    would have never been a possibility if xanga did not exist. 

  • one of my dongsengs introduced me to it and he said “noona, i warn you, it’s
    very addicting.” i thought “how addicting can this be? i don’t get it.” waddaya
    know. i’ve been with xanga for 3 years nearing 4 now and i haven’t stopped since
    i started.     i’m still amazed at how much xanga has affected my life and those
    around me as well. it’s just a simple website and yet its workings in all of our
    lives are incredible. i met my bf, a very good friend and many other good (as
    well as bad) people whom i’ve known in the past and lost touch or whom i met for
    the first time all through xanga.     i mostly xanga for therapeutic reasons,
    writing away all the negativity in my life so unfortunately to my subscribers my
    xanga is usually dark and depressing. other than that, i’ve experienced the broadening of my horizon through
    xanga. i’ve learned so much! and i’m thankful for it. =)

    YJK76 12.29.2005


  • T    o watch growth.
    Not just my own growth,
    but the growth of me and everyone else

    around me. When I started xanga,
    it was the end of my high school
    freshman year.
    Now, I’m in the middle
    of my senior year in high school
    (college apps are
    hectic!) and I
    can’t believe how much my train
    of thought has changed. This
    does not
    only go for me; I watch and see everyone
    around me with their stories
    of life,
     love and everything else around
    them unfold. I want to remember
    forever.

    So I’ll never forget people like her as well.

    KingAmongDorks 12.29.2005

  • for therapy.

    fubabee 12.29.2005

  • I first started xanga because of girls . That’s that. But then, that plan backfired on me.

    Now, I am fascinated reading insightful blogs, especially by people I am prejudiced against.

    When I blog, I put a lot of thought into it and try to reach out and
    touch people – really get them questioning and thinking about – you
    know, “ISSUES”

    …cuz the status quo sucks and complacency kills.

    For me, xanga is ministry.

    Xanga is like what people do in their cars. We all feel safe in the
    confines of our cars – we can sleep, we can scratch liberally, pick our
    nose, dance and sing as hard and loud as we want, change in and out of
    clothes, be a slob… anything. The weird thing is, xanga, like our
    cars (surrounded by windows) are transparent and are very public
    places. Xanga is either for the unashamed or for the insecure.

    This aspect of xanga and blogging makes it all very real and genuine.

    Story: I stumbled across an anorexic girl’s xanga. Reading through
    her entries on self-deprecation, criticisms on the superficilaity of
    society, and her twisted vision of beauty, I could not help crying. I
    wanted to reach out, hold her and tell her that God loves her, no
    matter what. Reading that girl’s blog and many other like it,
    especially that of my friends, has made me redeem my xanga.

    As I read more and more blogs on people’s struggle to find purpose
    in their lives and their misery, and discover new blog rings on
    “anorexics unite!”, “fuck the world”, “white supremacists rule the
    world”, I cannot bear to stand by and not dedicate my xanga in
    providing HOPE to a lost, confused and hopeless world.

    its_joeyun 12.29.2005

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