July 22, 2013

  • Do I Say Goodbye?

    It's been awhile since I wrote anything in here. Is it too late? I came back for a visit and I see Xanga hanging by a thread, seemingly on life support by donors who continue to feed their emotions to this site. If the Internet had a heart and soul these blogging websites would be the epicenter and we're about to lose a piece of that heart. I've spent $100 to support Xanga in the past and I could easily do it again but this time it's not the same... Her life is on the line. There's 10 days left to raise $17,388 to reach the $60,000 goal to upgrade Xanga to a cyborgish sounding version 2.0 but in all honesty it seems plausible and far fetched at the same time. I wish I could single-handedly dish out the amount to save Xanga like some eccentric millionaire but I'm not one and I can't. The only thing that I will do is donate that $1 (heck I'll double it make it $2) and see/(read) Xanga to it's end and pray that there is hope in the continuation of this site and community it has sprung up along the years of it's existence. I came here about 9 years ago as a bewildered teenager who liked to express his colour of his soul. In that decade I went from merely talking to myself and being a love-drunk-hopeless-romantic to being able to form somewhat logical and sometimes compelling compositions. I enjoyed it. When I was on the flight back from Japan back in April I decided to watch a documentary on human evolution, (I know geeky right? Canadians and Japanese people love documentaries) in that documentary it showed that the part of the human brain used for making tools was also responsible for the development of language and speech. They needed to explain and share knowledge of how to make and utilize the tools to others. In other words by using this tool called "Xanga" I had been unconsciously evolving the part of my mind that separated us humans from other animals. The ability to use tools and communicate with each other to form relationships, families, societies; connections. Everyone here is a part of my family. We are Xangans. I take pride in that and if this site survives extinction, wonderful. I'll promise to drop by more often. If it doesn't...

    I enjoyed all the emotions and thoughts everyone's words have conjured in my heart and mind. It's not for certain but I don't want to regret so I will say goodbye to you Xanga. I hope you can reach your goal and evolve to 2.0 and take us along with you so we can continue to solidify our souls together with these letters and help keep the Internet as humane as possible.

    Good luck and take care.

    P.S Thank you Xanga team for all the hard work over the years! Hopefully the legacy will live on.