March 27, 2007
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XANGA GUILT
As if there isn’t enough in my life to feel guilty about already! There was that unfortunate incident in Las Vegas involving a woman who spoke Portuguese and a Llama. Then there was the entire period from 1976 to 79 that I don’t really remember, and, of course, my last 12 income tax returns. And now, on top of all of that, I find that I’m experiencing Xanga guilt.
I try to update twice a week. I also make a concerted effort to leave regular comments for everyone on my subscription list AND to leave return comments for everyone who comments on my site.
I’m behind….way behind, and I feel guilty about it.
I was introduced to Xanga by my son who used it to keep us updated when he was an exchange student in Russia. I thought “I’ll give this a try,” and I became immediately addicted. Since that time, my son got married, started grad school, and began brewing beer in his bathtub. He hasn’t updated since last September and it doesn’t bother him a bit. This is because he is well adjusted and I’m not.
I even went to see Melvin my shrink to discuss my guilt and ended up telling him to leave my mother out of it. Actually, he had the audacity to suggest that I at least entertain the idea that no one even notices if I comment on their site or not, and that maybe…just maybe, I’m not as important in the Xanga universe as I seem to think I am.
What a quack!
The truth is that I’ve been letting trivial things get in the way of my Xanga time like employment, time with my wife, and showering.
I promise to do better…I really do.
Comments (196)
OMG, I thought there for a minute that you were defecting! That would never do! The only guilt you should experience is if you ever decide to quit Xanga, and I know that you are too addicted (okay, okay, I am, too). Now I have this image of you sitting at your computer, unshaven (and unshowered) in a scruffy plaid robe; strong cup of coffee sitting untouched because you can’t stop typing long enough to drink it! And Melvin sucks, because I know whether or not you comment on my site (not often) and you ARE important in the Xanga universe!
I’ve even joined your fan club, er, blogring!
Kathi
……don’t even worry about it! You are doing a fabulous job! (It does make for an interesting entry however.)
Not sure what you’re talking about–you commented to me! (oh yeah, I’m the cute one, so of course I have top priority.) RYC: What did you think the Pope kept under his hat?? Of COURSE it’s tp. That’s why it’s shaped that way. It hold two rolls, one stacked on top of the other.
You see Melvin, too?
xanga guilt……. I get a twitch of that every now and then!
Courage, man!
RYC: Now THAT’s funny!!!
maybe if you shower WITH your wife, you’ll have some time for us????
just a thought….;)
Never trust a shrink or a woman who speaks Portuguese with a Llama.
I’d noticed that it smelled better from the general direction of Tulsa, so now I understand why you haven’t xanga’d. It’s really a personal choice, and I wouldn’t want to influence you. Does Melvin have a site? I bet it sucks!
You are important in the Xanga universe now that you have a blogring of devotees. But don’t feel guilty on our account. Really.
you could give up showering. it’s not like they’ve developed xanga smell yet.
ryc: want to hate that kid even more? he started his own lawnmowing service when was 9, borrowed $800 from his dad to buy a riding mower, paid it back in two weeks, the next year bought a $9000 mower with cash, and at 15 bought all of his own construction equipment.
The only time I get a comment on my xanga is if you leave something. I think you are my only reader!
RYC: We should. We should also use that time for me to give you your christmas present. I mean, it’s only the end of March.
Ahem. I have a list of every post of mine that you failed to comment upon since 2004. You’ve got some catching up to do, bub. Fire Melvin. He knows not of what he speaks.
I know… I know… I’m not supposed to be serious here, but I have to tell you, I don’t expect you to comment on my posts, but I always enjoy it when you do.
And your mention of a llama made me think of Ralph the Wonder Llama in the credits of Monty Python and the Holy Grail. I think I’ll have to give it another viewing this weekend. When I should be doing housework. Now, don’t you feel really guilty ?
haha i think you just put into words the feeling that all of us xangarians experience every now and again–dont feel too guilty about updates/comments though. even though its nice to see people commenting on the stuff u write, and to leave comments on other people’s posts its never good when it becomes such a big part of ur life that you feel overwhelming amounts of guilt when you “fall behind”
after all, if u let it control your life–you might as well just join myspace.
Xanga means never having to say your sorry. This is why I prefer blogs to e-mail. The e-mail has become a chore, because it stacks up on you. On Xanga, you don’t have to respond to every comment the way you respond to every e-mail. I’m behind too, because I went to an out-of-town wedding this weekend and I bet nobody noticed. If this were e-mail, everybody would be waiting on an answer. If you feel obligated, it is no longer fun. So lighten up, Mark. When we start PAYING YOU for your columns, you will have to produce. As long as you are a volunteer jester, you do this on your terms.
I am glad you are sticking with it. Isn’t it funny the things our kids get us into?? Don’t feel guilty about not being able to post or comment as often as you would like….but I do want to tell you though, that you should definitely feel guilty if you are not showering.
Well… showering is important.
Guilt? GUILT?!?! I think you don’t have enough guilt. Anyone that can go without showering for more than a day…, wait I can’t sell that. I shower everyday but it’s at the request of my co-workers. Left to my own devices who knows.
Shower all ya like we’ll wait for you.
Glad to see that you’ve finally figured out what the most important things in life are.
You mean there are ONLY THREE YEARS in your life that you don’t remember? I’m convinced that I’m really just 34 years old, the rest is just a big misunderstanding. As far as blogging goes, I’ve decided to take up insomnia to provide more time to devote to narcissistic pursuits. You should try it!
lol its ok. i experienced xanga guilt last week on my vacation. i wanted to comment but couldn’t. so not only was i having guilt, i was having withdrawals too. oh my… xanga withdrawals…
yeah…sfunny how trivial things such as my life seem to get in the way of my important mission of keeping my page up2date! Then again – the fact that I’m commenting – mayb I got too much time on my hands.
Anywayz – how does one brew beer in my bathtub if I only got a shower??
Peace
J
Ooh – jus noticed - Orbs5309TC: B****y Myspace comment!!! I like!! Xanga rules! =)
Hey Mark! You made it to the front page! Be prepared to be the center of the Xanga universe!
LMAO! you’re funny dude!
Haha You’re pretty funny ^_^ I don’t know what the xanga universe would do without you.
Hey Bro!
That is a truly GREAT post! Very entertaining. Also provides some wholesome counsel on what to avoid in order to be an effective citizen of Xangaland!!!
David
I know the feeling! I overcame Xanga guilt by deciding that I write to vent my own stuff and if someone reads it or not ,so what… It’s better not owing anyone anything!
Hygiene is over-rated. Skip showering. It may also solve the issue of spending too much time with your wife.
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I am currently experiencing xanga guilt and frustration bec I have not updated in a while and I haven’t gotten on a real computer to change my xanga colors which look like sad now when I’m not. (I can comment and post from my sidekick, but can’t change colors) and I just moved so blame that for no internet at home, but who would know when I don’t post?! I am ashamed.
Lmfao…I get a touch of that now and then…but I go a lot further between postings than you my dear.
PS. If you notice more traffic today…it’s cause you were on the Xanga Home page…at the top.
Congrats…I guess the guilt finally paid off?
Xanga rocks… don’t feel gutty about no being able to comment on every post. It’s really not necessary.
too funny – i love it!=)
I wouldn’t exactly have liked that comment your shrink made if he were telling it to me. There’s no reason to feel guilty. It’s fun to post comments and wait to read the replies. Xanga is a healthy vice!
I think this Featured Content entry may put you over the edge. I am pretty sure it will take you FOREVER to get back to all the comments you’ll get from this one – if you choose to take on the task.
Fortunately I don’t know how you feel about this, and I hope I never do. =]
You shouldn’t feel guilty, smile!
haha- – no worries, not everyone can post daily
Your so important you got on the front page!! ^_^ congrats. Heh. Good job.
Wow…it’s the first time in years I’ve read something on “featured” that was actually worth reading. Kudos.
Ah, the Xanga Guilt. I remember it with great fondness. Don’t worry. It’ll pass. It no time you’ll become a complete Xanga slacker, update only sporadically, and rarely comment on others’ sites, which will prompt many to think you’ve become too big for your britches. These people will unsub, and you will be left with your fellow slackers who understand that you have a life outside of Xanga and that you really do care even though you only comment bi-annually, and all will be well with the world again.
lol- this makes my day
<3
Here is one more comment to feel guilty about not responding to. Its ok, I won’t feel rejected.
I know just how you feel and have considered closing down because I cant keep up right now with comments , our greenhouse work consuming most of my waking moments.
Your shrink is a quack! You better comment on my page after I took the time to hook you up with 2 eProps. I’m not made of eProps you know. I don’t do this for just anybody!
LOL…j/k
I’m sure the xanga world will somehow keep turning despite your lack of posts.
I update 5 days a week, and I drive myself crazy unless I get post in between the hours of 9am to 10am. I must not keep the xanga audience waiting!
hahaha…nice blog
I sometimes get addicted to ‘online’ blogs and networking sites. It happens…just stay balanced
haha. i think xanga is just a way for everyone to have their personal little stage. we all want a little love x) this is coming from a psychology major
addictions are needed sometimes…it’s a coping mechanism for life, among other things. have fun and love it, don’t worry though we’ll all probably be here still if you forget for a while 
it’s ironic that you are featured when you are trying to
“entertain the fact that you aren’t as important to the xanga universe as you seem to think you are”
Wow, featured- not only that, but number 1 featured. If that doesn’t add to your comment quantities I don’t know what will.
being busy isnt the end of the world
& i have the same addiction with myspace.. hehe.
passing through::
true, xanga is addicting. in my opinion, you really don’t need anyone else to think you’re important let alone people on xanga. just remember, xanga is another place to vent. you alone can update blogs and leave comments whenever YOU want to. don’t let xanga control you, YOU control xanga. don’t worry, we’re all in this together. from time to time i feel like i have to update alot but then i fall back and remember that xanga will always be there.
keep on bloggin, sir.
zao-tok
give yourself a good amount of time to
Not to start an argument or anything, but it sounds like you have some mental issues. I mean not in an insulting way, but most people don’t obsess about xanga that much. It’s certainly not something that I would need to discuss with a shrink. Just a random comment. Later dude.
Don’t feel guilty, but we HAVE missed you! Everything in moderation, my friend!
ps your xanga was featured, that’s how I got here. “wait a minute, HEY! I know that guy!!!” congrats!
Yeah I know how you feel. I totally feel guilty if I don’t update like at least three times a week. I am totally addicted to this site.
Oh Lordy! I know where you’re coming from. I started Xanga in 2004 and got quite popular for a time, getting over 30 comments a day. . . then, what happened? Oh, I don’t know, things like you mentioned got in the way, most notably my son had surgery on his leg and for some unknown reason, I decided he needed my help. . . maternal instinct? At any rate, I grew more and more behind and the guilt nearly killed me, not to mention my blog has suffered terribly! I’m lucky to average 3 comments a day! Commenting back is such a chore anymore. . oh incidently, I only found you through Featured Content while gaining access to my own site. . .great entry by the way!~K.K.
Teehee! This is SO great! And, now you can feel even guiltier, because now you have a million comments to return!!! And you BETTER stop by and see ME! I’ve been reading your posts faithfully for months and months now! I even remember your great deck post!
Just teasing you! You don’t have to come see me.
But if you don’t I might cry.
How much do you pay Melvin?
i think he’s overcharging me !
Wow, I would hope this post is a joke and I will even dismiss it as that just to better my outlook for society.
Xanga guilt, that’s funny.
Xanga guilt happens to all of us…but you updated! And that’s what counts. I’ll be a loyal reader from now on since I think you’re writing is great^_^
Xanga is amazing and my outlet to the world so everyone should check out my site and comment so I feel better.
Great post. Your sense of humor is a bit like my son’s. I much prefer xanga to my space. More human less spam…
Xanga is my outlet to the world and everyone should check mine out so I feel better.
If anyone should feel xanga guilt about not commenting, it should be me. You can’t comment everyone.
There’s something cosmically weird about getting featured on the Xanga mainpage for a post about not using Xanga enough….
hahaha
I want to hear more about the incident in Vegas with the llama.
RYC on my Xanga Dash. I’m one who inflicts Xanga guilt since I don’t have a life other than to read and post on Xanga. Maybe I should see a shrink about that. T
Xanga guilt. Yeah, I had some of that last night. I just couldn’t resist.
You should make a blog group called, XA. Xangaholics Anonymous.
This is a most awesome post. Funny. Poignant. And so appropriate.
One of my young xanga subscriber’s calls me a “comment whore” because I actually expect comments and get upset when I don’t get any after writing brilliant posts of wit and humor. But such is life in this most fickle xanga realm.
Keep plodding on. The IRS hasn’t found your xanga yet and what happens in Vegas stays there and I am hopeful that one day you will get your priorities STRAIGHT!!!
I use to be like that… I no longer care.
omg! im not the only one! yey
Holy carp batman! I know your son, or loosely know of him through friends or whatever. I went to BU for a bit and read a tremendous post (the last) about what a great dad you are. Imagine stumbling upon you through featured! craaaazy maaaan.
keep on keepin on.
This guilt is so unbecoming…
Stand up and own your laziness…er… leave of absence!
very funny!
Poor Mark! Just when he is feeling stressed about spending 25 hours a day on Xanga, he gets FEATURED! I am so proud of my boy. Please join the blogring I started for him BEFORE he was famous. Click here to join “The LaBouffers” – the gang of crazy nuts.
http://groups.xanga.com/groups/group.aspx?id=2440969
hope u remember to bathe more often!
Congratulations on being featured! I am looking for a running mate with a good sense of humor. You are on my short list.
i have experienced such a feeling too ;/
That is absolutely ridiculous. Actually, it’s bs. You are waaaaaaaay to addicted to xanga. I mean, listen to yourself! You neglect your CAREER, your WIFE, and SHOWERING, for a blog site?!? Are you insane? Xanga is nice, no doubt. To put your everyday life and duties on hold is a different matter though. You are waaaaaaay to obsessed with it, amybe you should talk to Melvin about some steps to get you off your drug, so that you don’t get the shakes, go through withdrawl, lose your wife, your job, and stink to death.
I know exactly what you mean, because, as it turns out, I am one such victim of what you have dubbed “Xanga guilt.”
So, I think I’m actually worse. Like, if there was a “Xangas Anonymous,” I would need to be a full fledged member. I am compelled to update every day, AND comment on random users’ sites when they comment mine. I’m also obsessed with pulse. >.<
But, I am glad that I am not alone in my Xanga addiction, and good luck with your own! =)
I get so desperate that I prewrite my entries. I know I’m all retarded like that.
oh i always feel terrible if i don’t comment someone for a long time, or if i don’t make a daily post! i often wonder if xanga installed footprints to make us feel worse about ourselves…
i feel your pain-it’s like the computer just calls you while you’reabout to walk out the door to an important meeting or as you’re about to call your mother. “go type on your xanga, or you’ll be a failure to you and your fellow xangaians. do it. do it. do it now!” it chants, driving you insane. definatly.
You really aren’t as important in the world of Xanga as you think. Only DMV may call himself Xanga God.
And for the record, brewing beer in a bathtub is easy.
Ha, You think your addicted to Xanga?
Try Myspace sometime.
It’s like going from Advil to Meth.
HAHAHA .
i like what Gracie said.
don’t be sad, get glad ?
(i’m not sure that’s the right thing to say here, but that’s okay.)
Dude, you’re FAMOUS now.
How are you ever going to return all THESE comments?
my daughter got me started on xanga as well…I only have internet access at work (where I actually xanga) so I xanga after I get to work in the morning and I xanga right before I leave work I get totally crazed during the weekend ’cause I don’t get my xanga rush! anyway…daughter got me started on xanga and then she turned rat and went to myspace…life is full of little mysteries, huh?
Haha, I wasn’t sure how much of that was serious. Go Xanga! But the guilt–I know the feeling.
hahaha. yeah xanga is some addicting stuff! much better than myspace and facebook, that’s why i came back to it.
oh my god…this was so funny. Thanks for the laugh!
HAHAHA
xanga love<3 just don’t ever quit and everything will be okay!
what the fuck…
LOL…nice post! I’ll be waiting for my “Thanks for visiting my site” comment…can’t let pesky things like your wife and showering get in the way!
man,xanga guilt..that’s something new. i never realized it before and i think i already began feeling the twitch also
Oh no no! Melvin! How could you get it so wrong! The Xangaverse is every bit as dependent upon your client as he believes it is. And probably even moreso. So there.
Don’t we all feel a twing of Xanga guilt every once and awhile?
No kidding, what a quack. Your never going to catch up now your on xanga front page ha ha ha ha!
PS – I consider it a good thing to have at least two unfortunate incidents per life – makes for better biographies.
yes. xanga goes first and the rest can go later.
i’d say update only if you have time… life is first =)
but then again, when you’re older you can always see what you did in life~ which is good.
haha i like your post. i guess i’ll start reading your site, perhaps is will be good. =)
Whoa! You have a lot of comments on this post. Is there something I’m missing?
(By the way, a ridiculously disproportionate amount of my site traffic is from here. Thanks for having a popular site.)
Well, atleast you are keeping up with yours better than I am mine. I’ve not written in mine for atleast 4 days, and before then it was almost a year since I had written in it…so if you have any tips, I SURE COULD USE THEM! lol.
“roflmao” This is great. Wonderful. And I agree with Gracie, save time, water, and decrease xanga guilt by showering with the wife. So, when is it you find time to play the piano?
Amazing! that’s hilarious!
LOL
This blog is …well, it’s funny!! Enjoyed it.
I, too, was introduced to Xanga by my college age Daughter…who hasn’t updated since OCTOBER!! However, I try to blog at least 2-3x/wk and I try to leave comments for everyone, too!!! I have TWO sites, but a lot of the time I will blog the identical thing on both. However, my other blog (greatredwoman) has my pic on it..It’s a good pic of me..so you can see, I’m older than dirt..and lovin’ it!!
Well, it’s been nice visiting your place, I’m going to go back to my site now.
Christy
PS I looked at the header of your blog and noticed that you are playing the piano..you must love music?? play music..guitar and piano??? I’m just guessing.
I, too, love music and I sing…I can pick out tunes on a keyboard, but I am really a better singer.
Nice to meet you. Have a great Thursday.
Christy
I just don’t know what you’re talking about. Why….what’s that? “She went on a cruise and paid premo $$ for satelite email just so she could xanga?” I just don’t know what you’re talking about.
its okay, we want you to shower :]
It’s interesting to see the cycles of people who find Xanga, get really hooked on it and write a lot, and then lose time once they realize that life is calling. You are going to be just fine.
I just wanted to make a comment on my sons Xanga space and just when I thought I was out, they pulled me back in. Try wearing the patch to help get rid of the addiction.
Way to go on getting featured! I’ll be able to sayI knew you when..
Psh. The Xanga universe revolves around guilty bloggers like you and I.
lol.. it’s fine.. take ur time.. ^^
Haha… What an entertaining Post. I’m glad I came across it on the front page Xanga Featured Posts!!
Hi! I was just browsing thru Xanga went I stumbled upon your blog. I can totally relate to your situation. I go thru Xanga withdrawals if I am on vacation or if the ‘puter is on the blitz! Just wanted to stop by and say hi. I love your layout!
~Tina Marie
I’m just a random Xanga stalker stopping by when I saw your post on the Xanga front page. Now that I’m here I can see that your posts are thoughtful and funny so I might just subscribe and stalk you even more! :-p
heh. it happens. you fall behind. some will notice, but never as many as you might hope. Now your traffic will like triple or more form being featured.
have you ever wondered if you’ve been good enough to get to heaven?
um, its okay its really just a thing to spill what your thinking wether its once a day or once a week its just nice to know your around, so yeah keep up the good work
i use to be a xanga addict (back in ’03). but like all good things, times change, damnyoumyspace. but i still put my xanga first. right on.
xanga compliments daily, weekly or monthly life. It’s always there for you to reflect or share. Great place with real content. Not like facebook.
I know how you feel. I started Xanga to keep in touch with a colleg daughter. She has since graduated, finished with school and pretty much finished with Xanga but here I still am. Who knew?
i must say i’ve experienced xanga guilt a time or two myself.
and now you’re on the front page of xanga…. you’re the elite of the elite.
Bless you for doing your part to stabilize your side of the universe. No pressure to comment back, just wanted to let you know that you are doing fine with two updates a week. You’re doing this for yourself – just remember that!
Don’t “Should” on yourself. Come to my site and play, “What’s your identity?”
You’re funny, I like you.
That is hilarious. I love your post. Now you have to comment on my site. HA HA
This is the first I’ve read your blog…caught you from being featured. (Congrats btw) Very entertaining…and Phil Stacey does look like the famed first vampire.
Do like I do, Shower with your wife at work, gives you more time for the important things.
LOL
heheh randomly saw your site as featured content……. hmmmmm just whatever you do don’t try to juggle xanga, myspace, and facebook too lol you’ll never leave your computer
everyone has that guilt…haha…
“Cheer up Charlie!” No need to be sad.
You seem to have tons of friends and fans here that don’t mind it at all. Life goes on my friend. 
Geez Mark, now that your the center of the Xanga universe from being featured on the frontpage are you going to forget about all us little people who read you before you were popular?
LOL at the myspace comment…..
I think your shrink is a quack…he’s probably a myspacer…..Because I ALWAYS notice when you leave a comment for me! (maybe cuz you feel sorry for me because I don’t have many….ha ha)
Hello, I found you on the xanga page and seen the heading for your post. Got my attenion. But hten anything that seems out of the “norm” in this world gets my attention. Just thought I would say hello and that is is nice to see someone on here with some humor and who is over 21. Anywho nice meeting you
Nieza
Hey, I’m here for you now. I know you’ve been concerned about that.
Hello, all. I’m not going to be using wordpress, I’ll use xanga instead. It’s very simplistic and that’s why I decided to choose it. http://www.xanga.com/everythingjuliya I have over 900 pieces of media on Juliya, so come on over and check it out. I’ve already made my first post! Please add me on myspace, also, my xanga is my primary site for updates. Visit my xanga often, and even if you don’t care to blog in a xanga, you should still get one, just so you can subscribe to my site and receive its updates. Thanks!!! ****I’m hoping I can make a living out of this, or at least maybe it’ll help me get a car so I can go to college very soon. I want everyone to be entertained and enjoy my channel. Add me as a friend on youtube, xanga, and myspace as well. My xanga is where all the action happens!
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I so agree with Boofshavic.
xoxoxo
A time management suggestion…
You could combine the time with your wife and showeing.
Could work?
Random Prop. Hi Mark. I want to let you know I have felt the same way lately. A Xanga friend of my mine complain about how I don’t update much. I wanted to but, I ran out of things to say sometime after a year of blogging. What can we do about it? Sometime we have to let go and don’t let them get to us. We can’t please everyone. We are only human.
Don’t be so hard on your self.It seems to me your doing a great job.Cause your home life should always come first.Spend as much time with wife and let her know what she means to you.put her first.Don’t feel guilty..
I do wish Xanga was the only guilt i had to carry.
OK so I feel a little guitly when i have to go a week without posting something.
Oh lol, I was just writing about this on my blog, what a great coincidence ~ Opposite but the same. Thanks for sharing
I am comment 150. We all know what Mark is going to be doing this weekend!
How is it possible that ONE PERSON has garnered 150 — 150!!! Comments!!
Wow. I am awed.
Now you’ve done it! You’ve got something like a zillion comments to reply to.
I recommend blogging in the shower. Just don’t touch the power cord.
Now you have over 150 people to comment back!! hahaha…don’t let the quilt get to ya!
haha, i found your site randomly and i thought this post was hilarious…
Just don’t let xanga become your life, you can’t blog about much of anything if all you do is on xanga and do nothing else in the non-virtual world.
Am I the only one who thinks it is ironic that all of these people trying to make Mr. Marklabouff feel better by telling him he is doing a good job are only adding to the guilt he will feel if he cannot reply to all of them?
haha u are funny! i havent been on xanga for like a year b4…thats a long time lol
lmbo…..”Melvin”. srry, that name is just funny for some reason….
but yeah! you know what’s even worse?! when people don’t update their xangas because they’re on Myspace now. oh, I hate that.
<3 Alexis
Haha… great post!
Don’t feel guilty. We are all humans right.
My shrink is trying to tell me it keeps me from having real friends…I’m like whatever.
HI~~~
we could all learn from your example.
hahahahaha
putting xanga before the things that matter most
breathe dear, it will all be okay
Lol, I thought it was so funny that I clicked on your blog because it was on the featured page, and you were writing about not having time to respond to people. I can’t imagine your level of guilt right now. So I thought I’d comment. Have you ever considered that others feel Xanga guilt too, and when you don’t get back with them, you’re helping to ease their guilt? That’s what I tell myself when I can’t get back with people right away. (I was a psych major.) Or have you tried writing boring entries so people lose interest? That’s another tactic I sometimes employ.
haha Xanga guilt…I don’t experience that coz I go on Xanga at least trice a week. Even if I don’t write something, I go on commenting people…
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hey … how is going? haven’t spoke to you for a while
It’s okay. I bet people definitely notice when you comment their site. People that are on my subscription list rarely even log on anymore. I must be just as unadjusted as you. ;o)
~Jana
ok so i’m not too good with sarcasm (or how to spell it) when people write.. but um… yeah.. dont worry about not being on xanga for a while.. i havent been on in a almost a year. and i’m just starting to get on here again. and i plan on actually keeping up with it this time haha
but um.. good luck with life.. it DOES seem to get in the way of things.
Thank goodness for airport waits or heaven knows when we would hear from you!
I can really relate to that last comment, about letting employment, relationships at home, and taking a shower get in the way of keeping up all these Xanga duties, but you did get me thinking about them. I never really thought about what, or how much it meant to have people notice and leave comments on a Xanga post, until I started getting some comments on my own, and then I read your post. If your comments are the word of encouragement someone needs that day, they mean much more than if they are just one of a lot of comments filling up time that could be better spent elsewhere. You have a great and entertaining way of bringing that point home to me.
aren’t yew too old!!
As long as you have a fear of missing a Xanga comment to the point that you wear diapers to keep you having to go to the restroom. Then it’s all good.
you should tell melvin, “In your face” next time…your on thefeatured blog…your famous
Your a funny guy….and I think showerng with your wife is a great idea!!
hey visit my blog and put a comment on it!! want to hear your opinion!!!
I must add to your list of friends and eprops just to add to the guilt! love the post
Will the agony of Featured Content never end??
LOL
I thought you’d left this universe. (sighs)
Great input.
I AM IMPRESD
leave me a comment, heh. just kidding.
xanga guilt, i’ve had it, will have it again.
lea
WHEN U R READING THIS DONT STOP OR SOMETHING BAD WILL HAPPEN MY NAME IS SUMMER I AM 15 YEARS OLD i have BLONDE HAIR , SCARS no NOSE OR EARS I AM DEAD IF U DONT COPY THIS JUS LIKE FROM THE RING COPY N POST THIS ON 5 MORE SITES OR I WILL APPEAR ONE CREEPY NIGHT WEN UR NOT ExPECTING IT BY YOUR BED WITH A NIFE AND KILL U THIS IS NO JOKE SUMMET ING GOOD WILL HAPPEN TO U IF YOU POST THIS ON 5 MORE FLASH BOXES
Sorry bout this,i jux took ppl out of list n stuff.
Reely Sorry
Xanga guilt. . . interesting. I wonder if we’ll see it on wikipedia some day . . .
i update my xanga rather regularly and yet none of my subscriptions do, so I am branching out.
I love xanga. I really do. *sigh*
I agree with the girl who made the first post, the only guilt you should feel, is if you quit *laugh*
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“even the smallest can change the course of the future.”
—-Galadriel,Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Hello Mark! I know what you mean about feeling guilty not updating on Xanga. I don’t have it as bad as you but, the other day a Xanga friends makes fun of me for not updating so long. The idea of not pleasing others by updating constantly makes me feel sad but, I don’t want to be one of those people who just put up anything to be popular like young teen celebrities pictures.
you’re really funny
given that you already have 193 comments to respond to i don’t expect one from you anytime soon. but it would be nice. i hope your son’s marriage lasts…my parent’s isn’t going to.
hey at least you’re not telling weird personal things to strangers on a website
How about you get a life, stop talking on fucking xanga, and grow a thrird nipple.
Youre not getting any more better looking talking out of your ass and acting like you are god. people arent looking at you for youbecause they cant get past the gray hair.