February 25, 2010
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The Xangans Who Are No Longer Here
Andrew recommended an old post of mine tonight.
It was a post from July 19, 2006. I was having a contest to find the xanga site with the best content. Here is the link: Link
It was interesting to look at the list that people had recommended and see how many of them were gone. Here is the list:alwaystruggling
bekindandstrong
BettyC
bittersunday
boowasborn
BoureeMusique
buffy_chic
Building_A_Mystery
civildis
closetgeek
Creed_Of_Kings
csn71650
curiousgeorgiana
cutthrubone
CynaraJane
Cyndelee
cyrajane
dannybrown
desertraindrop
desolate_beach
destination_unkn0wn
Disturbing_The_Universe
Donkey_Guy_10
Drakonskyr
drunkpuches
freethinker
funny_guydude
handicap13
invisible_suffering
jellosconviction
JoesGarage
juneblue
Leonidas
Lonamay
Master_Chimichanga
MockGod
momofjenmatt
mybaddy
neuroticfitchmom
Nikbv
Novelle360
novelle361
numanga
PlainOleMike
rachelsmommy
RandomTrackGuy
rivers5
Ronlawhouston
rubyblue123
Ryoumi
savondujour
sennio
Shaharazad1978
Simoncat1010
SkyMarshalOz
somewittyhandle
staind
thatlsk
The_Church_of_Fat
thejenspot
TheReluctantSinger
thinlizzy
TimsHead
tinof
transvestite_rabbit
USA_Troops_Aide
trixiebelden
xRainy_SaintxIt made me miss the good old days.
Edit: I realize that some of those people still blog. That is why I said, “It was interesting to look at the list that people had recommended and see how many of them were gone.”
You don’t have to pick from this list.
Which former xangan do you miss the most?
Comments (121)
antisoccermom
First
Oh, and Mrs_Prosa
Looks like I’m not the only one recing your old posts this evening…
and you missed Jonathan–but you can keep him. proposing to girls to make an ex jealous just makes him an overall douche bag
Being that I’m new I haven’t gained any friendships yet.
todaysrandomluckywinner. that guy had the funniest stuff. look up his older stuff
avenuetothereal. I need nori to come back.
I miss myself.
Man, I guess I’m still quite a newbie, because most of those names are not familiar to me.
I miss CynaraJane.
I commented everyone on that post and made a lot of friends from it when you were hosting the contest.
theblackspiderman and avenuetothereal.
thatlsk is in my ESPN NBA fantasy league.
I kindaish left so… I also don’t know any of those. I think.
I couldn’t pick. I miss a lot of people.
I don’t recognize any of those sns x/
I miss la_dolce_vida.. I think that was her sn..
Very interesting. Besides 2, I don’t recognize anyone else on that list. I was a very sheltered Xangan 4 years ago it seems.
I only recognize one of those names (wasn’t much into the whole community thing back then). But now you remind me of all the people I actually knew who are gone.
I love how DMV is on this list
@TheBigShowAtUD - Well, Arie pulsed the other day. Fingers crossed?
I need Nori to come back
Church of fat.
Most are gone and many who came latter and gone as well
i miss VaultESL.
I’m still new soo… -.-
@another_rebel_without_a_cause - i dunno, man.
@bundleoflisa - yeah i miss her too but luckily i have her on fb… but yeah i also miss tinahawt
Dude. That wasn’t Andrew, that was me. At least, he might have recommended it today too, I don’t know, but I recommended it first.
I miss Theblackspiderman. His stuff was funnnny.
I can’t really think of anyone else off the top of my head.
@seedsower - This list is sad I had just started my xanga when this was done. I was a newb then and they are mostly gone
I’m still here.
@mae - Oh I miss him too!
Theblackspiderman was cool..
I miss TheFunQuestionsCafe and shdware …smile
oh and I recognize 12 of the names up there…smile
You’re missing the Kike.
On that list? BettyC.
I don’t get it, some of these are still here. Why are they on the list?
i_wan
@trunthepaige - I was a newbe then too but my site then was Inspectorgrampy. I never even came to TheTheologiansCafe then though.
I miss bittersunday…worry about her all the time. She seems to have disappeared from the face of the earth, and she was one I actually got to meet.
Some on your list still post on Xanga.
I miss Cynara too but I see her on Facebook so I dont miss her too much…
2006? Didn’t branch out into the xanga community til 07. Yeesh..04-07 talking to myself.
I did enjoy a good MadisonLinh post
The first couple that come to mind are VaultESL, Nori, ASM and Eadie. (Although Eadie still pops in every once in a while)
OMG I remember a bunch of those! I think I’m one of the few people who has been on xanga for a looong time with no breaks. Since 2003, yo!
I miss bittersunday the most. She totally disappeared from the internet. I actually googled her a few months ago to see if I could find any hints of her even being alive. Oh, poor Jill.
I don’t know any of those people as I am relatively new to Xanga. However, after being on here a few months, I can understand why some of them did leave. As much I enjoy Xanga, this place is rife with idiots and douchebags.
i miss casmelblanca ! i’m sorry to think that he probably died.
rollersk8gurl, A_different_kind_of_Beautiful, Clockwork_Bunny….
@StacyREdwards - that’s why you fit right in ! lol
ThePraisedOne
Wait…NikBv is still here…and the name “Clockwork Bunny” is just awesome.
is Stilladick still around?? That dude was funny.
@SlackerSociety - @StacyREdwards - Yeah, I’ve been kind of regretting changing my username lately. That name was great. ClockworkBunny, I mean.
Adding “The” to “ModernBunny” helped, but not a lot.
@bundleoflisa - I LOVED her blogs.
DIDNT YOU MISS ME DAN???!!!?
oh wait…I’m back now
Some of these people are actually still here. For instance, drakonskyr lol. But yeah, most are gone :
@musicmom60 - @mangotini BitterSunday is still here under a different name but she only allows certain people to see her site.
@iStephanieMarie - I agree. I need me some Nori in my life. Now all I have are some boring holes that she once filled. :
Greenray, Nadia_Mt, Leonidas, Cynara Jane
civildis. She’s still around, but she doesn’t post nearly as much. I love her.
Aww, I miss neuroticfitchmom. She was awesome.
@TheModernBunny - Can’t you change it back? Or does that cost credits or something? Not that your current name isn’t cool or anything. I just like the contradiction of “clockwork” (I’m assuming “Clockwork Orange”) and “bunny”.
RIP
@StacyREdwards - After I changed my name, that freed it up. Anyone could’ve taken it. So I opened another site called ClockworkBunny. So not just anyone could call themselves that and say God knows what under the name. (I knew someone who changed their moniker and saw their old name picked up by someone who thought they were funny.)
To change my name back and keep this as my main site, I would have to change the other site’s name AND this one. There’s no way I could accumulate 10,000 credits on the other site; I never use it. $10, I don’t know.
I hate being late to the party, all thats left is the ghost of a community.
adifferentkindofbeautiful
@StacyREdwards - Wait, what am I saying, that’s the story of how I changed my name from fullmetalbunny to ClockworkBunny.
Yeah, I change my name a lot.
Ok, ClockworkBunny was my first site (previously known as fullmetalbunny). I changed sites. So THIS is my main site now. I don’t want to leave it. I would still have to change the name of the ClockworkBunny site to call THIS site ClockworkBunny.
Confused yet? I am.
I just should not have changed sites in the first place.
@StacyREdwards - I don’t think anyone but me liked ClockworkBunny’s profile pic anyway.
i’m pretty sure Drakonskyr is still here….
WomanOfDanger
PurplePrincess (or something like that – she was awesome)
Kentron
@escaping_logic - I would have put you down as someone I missed, but thankfully you’ve returned =D
@Roadlesstaken - lol i know
dezealous and bengalyeo.
@TheModernBunny - Yes, very confused. I’d like to change my name to something clever, but there’s no way I could get 10,000 credits. Well, I could, but that would be whole hell of a lot of time on here.
Porcupinesol.
@Krissy_Cole - I just called her last night she could use your prayers. I miss her too,I love her.
@UnworthyofHisgrace - It was a contest for best content on Xanga….he was noting how many are gone since then.
@TheGiantSlayer - I miss Remy too,she comments here and there but I miss her posts, she is funny as heck.
LonaMay from this list, but I have many on my subs list I miss.
I’m relatively new, so I can’t really play here. Although I could read the list of names a dozen times. Some people can pack a lot of juice into a word or two.
@onlyxlovexremains I think I saw you in front of Walgreen’s. If you hurry, you might still be there.
I miss VaultESL, The Moesta, Avenue To the Real, lshotdog, storybookauthor, JCMonogram, AuntLada and so many others.
Whaddaya mean gone? I am not gone! I am down to 3 posts a week – but not gone!
But I miss myself anyway!
buffy_chic
TheReluctantSinger is still on Xanga…
VaultESL and CanadianBroad
I wish theblackspiderman and AvenueToTheReal were blogging regularly still, but I’m always happy when they pop back into xanga occasionally.
I wish some of the old Christians can come back. They were so fun to bash.
I miss CelestialTeapot. Though trolly, he was pretty smart and shit.
Disturbing_The_Universe
also, i can pick two right?~!!!
I’ve been thinking about this a lot recently. I miss danteCARAX, Amandasbiggestfan (er. aatr), and theblackspiderman. I was gonna scold you by saying that the illustrious DMV is still blogging, but then I saw your note at the end.
I miss dmv, even though he did the right thing and stop blogging, given that the number of blind dmv adulators shrunk dramatically. Oh, wait! Damnit.
Some of the people mentioned in the comments I had no idea were gone. Now that makes me sad cuz I really liked the ones mentioned. I’m just not on here for very long anymore…
Many of the people that were on when I arrived left and now only a few of those are still around… If I’d only followed them I might not even be posting a reply here today.
the church of fat, definitely.
CynaraJane was my ex-stepmom. I love her! =)
Well Spidey and Ciaobella810 are back and forth.
As far as people who are gone for real, ASM and MrsProsa.
Man I miss Curious Devil and Don Cauchi, both one in the same man! Awesome guy, very smart with a interesting life ahead of him.
Where is gucci_man and ricebunny? D:
Stick.
VaultESL
it is sad but I’m still here DAN
I don’t even remember her name because her time here was very short. She was a young mom (mid 20′s I think). She ended up leaving xanga because it was taking over her life and she felt she was neglecting her kids. I loved her so much! She was fun and nice to everyone. I miss her a lot.
I miss cynarajane and loquaciousladyfromlouisiana
The person who introduced me to Xanga on a forum, she sometimes makes an entry on her blog, but is far too busy to blog.
I don’t like NikBv. That 105 yr old woman is a whore.
@ShamelesslyRed - me too.
I miss everyone. Hell, I miss the people who never left.
Church of Fat was interesting. DMV was more interesting when he still wrote creatively, or rather, with art in mind as well as everything else he is.
rache. definitely.
Well… I’ve been around Xanga a long, long time myself. I just lack 2 things that you (and other long-timers) have.
1. The ability to be consistent. I start, blog, stop for random reasons, change names and start again..
2. the ability to write anything that people want to read…. haha! I basically use Xanga as a diary, so… that’s fine by me either way.
I do remember many of those bloggers…. and lots of other great ones.
Angelseeker…
Can’t believe someone nominated me for the list. Although I used to be very active on here, sometimes two or three posts a day. I am trying to make my comeback though…my comeback to mediocrity that is.
I haven’t checked yet to see if Daniel (disturbing the universe) is still around (or any of his offshoot blogs) but I suppose he probably isn’t.
I also enjoyed Plain ole mike, though his blogging days were pretty short lived.
I feel like a xanga old timer and a new comer all at once because of my two year hiatus.
Dan, you should make a new list so I know which newcomers are worth checking out.
I never paid attention to the wider Xangan world back then. It was only about me and my RL friends. Then when everyone knew IRL left, I had to start paying more attention to keep Xanga interesting. So I have no clue who most of those people are, haha.
kokoloko89/ImportedKokoPuffs
We still keep in touch in the real world but I miss her presence here. She will forever be synonymous with my Xanga experience and the adventurous fun of the old days.
I didn’t read any of them…maybe a post from one or two of them here and there. So, I don’t miss any of them.
@LSP1 - Glad to hear she is still around here and still writing. Hope she’s doing alright!
i really miss the church of fat aka john r lindensmith
If you look at the list of people I subscribe to, I have 2 suicides, and at least 2 have moved on to my space, and or facebook. A few died of illnessesOne other has disappeared, and due to his situation at the time, I suspect another suicide. One of the known suicides I am really sad about, because he was starting to turn his life around, and was hoping to go ino the military when he was old enough
the Church of fat, I used to read that everyday back when I was in high school
That list is so fake. You didn’t even bother to check it. Two of the people blogged today. Six of them are friends of mine and blog regularly, as I do.
This is probably just a ploy to drive traffic to your site, you old eprop whore, you!
CynaraJane easily!
myself. I used to have so much to say back then. though it lacked style and sophistication.
I miss me
I miss the crazy that was bittersunday.
I don’t.
/late comment
But I’m barely on here anymore as well. .-.
I missed me.
@seedsower - I think I may just come back. I love you, Beth!