June 28, 2013

• Xanga Entry!!!!!

  I'm finally ready to do this.

   My first xanga entry was in December of 2004.  http://leahktutu.xanga.com/179727570/item/

  Since then I have made 793 posts.  So, this will make post 795 in Leahktutu's xanga.  

  If you look at my archives you will see there is a gap from July 2007 to August of 2010.  This was my dark period.  I was also missing from Facebook for part of that time.  My phone records were pretty sparse then, as well.  I was in a depression and I was closed off from almost all other human beings.   While I was away, everyone left xanga.  Of the people on my friends list only one was still posting. I did not even know him in real life, and he has since disappeared.  I was perfectly happy posting almost everyday to no footprints.  I poured all the pent up thoughts and words I hadn't expressed over the previous years in a safe place.  I have always written journals.  I keep them.  I re-read them.  Just like I re-read books.  I've read through my xanga archives a couple of times.  I have a tendency to visit certain posts.  Mostly my "leah writes" tags.  

   When I read The Xanga Team's post about the possible dissolving of my blog, I was not happy.  Xanga and I have had our moments.  I get upset when things change.  Like the theme stuff.   It took me a while to figure out the new stuff and it seems to be less individualized than it used to be.  I also miss the song database that I used to be able to link to to play music for my visitors.  Then I had all kinds of issues with the audio blog and the video blog.  BUT!  Xanga is definitely the place for me.  The blogging experience gives me exactly what I want.  I can stay hidden and have people read my blog at the same time.  It's extremely personal, and I feel like the other bloggers are real people.  And, I often find out that they are actually real people.  I still don't know if they are going to reach their fundraising goal.  I really couldn't afford the member fee.  I was prepared to download all my archives print them and turn my xanga into a few journals.  Of course, I will have to do this if xanga closes.  BUT!!!!!  Now the awesome part!!

  I got the best news earlier!  I received a message that I was the winner of the free year's subscription of xanga 2.0!!!!  You see, @Marica0701 had a fundraiser on her Etsy.  And it happened to fall on the week of my daughter's birthday.  I bought Luci a purple dream catcher to put beside her bed, and entered in the contest.   YAY!!!  This is amazing!  My only problem now is if @hangingbyamoment isn't on xanga 2.0 I will be very sad.  

  I was going to be a lost xangan, and now I am saved!  woohoo!  

  Leah K.

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