Xanga used to be the thing, and in a lot of ways it was useful....until Facebook/Twitter started taking over. But I realized that one thing that xanga actually produced quite a bit of was thoughtful output of what was going on in peoples' minds and worlds....whether it was meaningless or quite meaningful....
Granted, for some, their blogs consisted of saying "hey cool I got these shoes," which translates more easily to simply putting that in someone's facebook feed, but I realized today looking at my xanga subscriptions that I genuinely miss reading what used to be a plentiful stream of fairly thoughtful or insightful writing from peoples' inner worlds....
Anyhow, leaving to China in a week....so I'm furiously working to finish a semlink (work at your own pace within a given time period) class before I leave, and trying to get in the best shape possible before I leave and eat a variety of delicious but probably unhealthy foods while I'm in Asia.
Perhaps I've written something stimulating? Perhaps not.
Comments (5)
you're leaving in a week?? wow, that was fast
real chinese food is actually quite healthy.
for that reason i still prefer xanga to fbook/twitter, even though no one is left on this thing. before i could write anything, it always forced me to sit and think for a bit too...
@kimj - yeah that's why I link it to my facebook profile. The best of both worlds! It posts on facebook, which everyone is still on, fortunately. =P
i just had a convo about that the other day..
we already only get a tiny piece of information about someone through blogs liek this and twitter and fb make it even harder to really know people and communicate...
we're so lazy...don't want to read anything longer than 2 lines. hahah anyway go wonho! nice entries.