I'm Back
Blogger: So, wow, you're back.
Me: Yes, I am.
Blogger: Only after one day? What the heck happened?
Me: Not much HAPPENED, necessarily...(pregnant pause)
Blogger: But...?
Me: Well, for one thing, everytime they would get on my homepage, it would have this message asking me to switch to premium.
Blogger: That's not necessarily a bad thing. I have my own Premium membership, you know.
Me: Yes, but at least you don't bug me about upgrading.
Blogger: True.
Me: Also, it's harder to format my posts in Xanga.
Blogger: How is that?
Me: Well, here I can just highlight what I want to BOLD, and it will bold it for me.
Blogger: The less unneccesary typing the better, I say.
Me: Call me over-efficient.
Blogger: Okay.
Me: Plus, non-blogger people can leave comments to my posts.
Blogger: Yes, but it's FUNNER when you have an account.
Me: But it shouldn't be MANDATORY. And people can edit their comments here if they feel they said something out of line or they have some goofy spelling error or whatever.
Blogger: That is very convenient.
Me: And...you can RESPOND to posts here. ON YOUR OWN BLOG. How cool is that?
Blogger: Conversations ARE easier to follow when it is all on the same page. None of this switching around stuff. Especially when you have a slow internet connection.
Me: Again, call me over-efficient.
Blogger: The best thing is?
Me: Having a URL that's relatively easy to remember. None of those ampersands and stuff. Unless you want them.
Blogger: I guess you have to get used to Xanga sometimes.
Me: But I didn't want to.
Blogger: Well, welcome back, anyway.
Me: Thank you. It's good to be home. You feel like my favorite old T-shirt.
Blogger: Gee, thanks. :-P
Me: That's a GOOD THING!
Blogger: Well, trial separation or no, it's true we've been through a lot together in the past few months. And you DO have some fans. That's not all bad. Why did you leave to begin with?
Me: Well, I wanted to make some changes. Like, to my template and stuff. And my modules, whatever the Hades they are.
Blogger: You mean your sidebar?
Me: Yeah, that too. Plus I wanted a different color background. I like that purple color.
Blogger: But so many Xanga's are HARD TO READ, what with busy background stuff.
Me: Well, to be fair, so are many Bloggers.
Blogger: True. Now, make me one promise.
Me: What?
Blogger: Don't get all fangirly on me, now. I have enough of those without adding one more to the mix.
Me: When have I ever been fangirly?
Blogger: You wrote "HOTT!" on one of your recent blogs.
Me: No, I didn't! Did I? (scrolls down some...) Oh.
Blogger: Well, don't let it happen again. :-) I mean, I don't give a flying ampersand who you like, it's your business, but don't get all fangirly on me, promise?
Me: I promise.
Ampersand: I'm sad that I'm flying!
Me: Yes, I am.
Blogger: Only after one day? What the heck happened?
Me: Not much HAPPENED, necessarily...(pregnant pause)
Blogger: But...?
Me: Well, for one thing, everytime they would get on my homepage, it would have this message asking me to switch to premium.
Blogger: That's not necessarily a bad thing. I have my own Premium membership, you know.
Me: Yes, but at least you don't bug me about upgrading.
Blogger: True.
Me: Also, it's harder to format my posts in Xanga.
Blogger: How is that?
Me: Well, here I can just highlight what I want to BOLD, and it will bold it for me.
Blogger: The less unneccesary typing the better, I say.
Me: Call me over-efficient.
Blogger: Okay.
Me: Plus, non-blogger people can leave comments to my posts.
Blogger: Yes, but it's FUNNER when you have an account.
Me: But it shouldn't be MANDATORY. And people can edit their comments here if they feel they said something out of line or they have some goofy spelling error or whatever.
Blogger: That is very convenient.
Me: And...you can RESPOND to posts here. ON YOUR OWN BLOG. How cool is that?
Blogger: Conversations ARE easier to follow when it is all on the same page. None of this switching around stuff. Especially when you have a slow internet connection.
Me: Again, call me over-efficient.
Blogger: The best thing is?
Me: Having a URL that's relatively easy to remember. None of those ampersands and stuff. Unless you want them.
Blogger: I guess you have to get used to Xanga sometimes.
Me: But I didn't want to.
Blogger: Well, welcome back, anyway.
Me: Thank you. It's good to be home. You feel like my favorite old T-shirt.
Blogger: Gee, thanks. :-P
Me: That's a GOOD THING!
Blogger: Well, trial separation or no, it's true we've been through a lot together in the past few months. And you DO have some fans. That's not all bad. Why did you leave to begin with?
Me: Well, I wanted to make some changes. Like, to my template and stuff. And my modules, whatever the Hades they are.
Blogger: You mean your sidebar?
Me: Yeah, that too. Plus I wanted a different color background. I like that purple color.
Blogger: But so many Xanga's are HARD TO READ, what with busy background stuff.
Me: Well, to be fair, so are many Bloggers.
Blogger: True. Now, make me one promise.
Me: What?
Blogger: Don't get all fangirly on me, now. I have enough of those without adding one more to the mix.
Me: When have I ever been fangirly?
Blogger: You wrote "HOTT!" on one of your recent blogs.
Me: No, I didn't! Did I? (scrolls down some...) Oh.
Blogger: Well, don't let it happen again. :-) I mean, I don't give a flying ampersand who you like, it's your business, but don't get all fangirly on me, promise?
Me: I promise.
Ampersand: I'm sad that I'm flying!
2 Comments:
At 12:15 PM,
Reagan said…
1.) I'm not saying it doesn't. I'm just saying it's not in my face 24/7.
2.)Hmmm..not much comment there. I didn't know you could do that.
3.) If this is the way that it "traditionally works," then why is this the first I heard about it? I've been blogging for about three years, mind you. And NO ONE has said anything.
Which is to say: I prefer the freedom to post what I want, where I want it. I'm sorry that seems to be an issue to some folks, but it's not to me. Which is to say: If I comment on your blog, feel free to respond on your own blog. Don't feel like you MUST come to mine because of some etiquette rule. On the other hand, if you feel like you have to come to mine, that's fine too.
4.) Oh, wait...there was no 4. My bad.
5.) Again, I did not know that.
6.) (warning: short rant to follow): I HATE! when people go on a lecture, and then say, "I'm just sayin'" The fact that you took about 15 minutes (not sure there...you could be a fast typer) shows you DO care somewhat.
Let me clarify: Blogger has some features that Xanga doesn't have, and vice versa. I have just decided that I like Blogger better.
At 6:05 PM,
Reagan said…
Okay, I'm better now. :-) Thanks for clarifying.
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