April 7, 2013

• Report # 989

  Hey everyone, I hope that you’ve all been having a fantastic weekend. For the most part it’s been soaking wet here over the past few days. Yesterday it stayed dry until the late afternoon, and it was even a bit sunny for a while, so after running the dogs I did a bit of lawn mowing. My parents are in Calgary for the week so I’ll have to do a few extra things. I’ve now been running with the dogs for exactly one week and both Molly and Parker are very used to going, and they expect to go.

  I ran one day in pouring rain and I got absolutely soaked, but the dogs want to run, they really don’t care what the weather is like. I knew last week was abnormally warm for the end of March, but fast forward a week later and it’s only been up to around 12 C (53 F) so it’s been quite a drop off. Sometimes I don’t get how it goes up or down so much and skips the more pleasant weather in between ! It’s certainly not cold for me, but just feels that way after having a week of such nice weather.

  I continued applying for more jobs, and I actually had an opportunity to go for an interview on Friday morning, but I didn’t go as it was just too far away. It’s a real shame because it would have been a super simple job that I would have liked doing temporarily, but there was just now way I could really get there. I would have had to walk 10 minutes to get to the bus stop, take a bus up almost 10 blocks, get off the bus, walk a few minutes to take another bus which would take me to a bus depot. There I would have to take a third bus which would take me somewhat close to where the job place would be.

  Unfortunately living where I do, there isn’t much for good transit, and it makes my options very limited in terms of where I’ll be able to work. I have certainly applied for closer jobs, but I haven’t heard anything back from any of them yet so it’s certainly been frustrating. Even more frustrating is dealing with the visa process. I called the foreign affairs department in Mexico City on Friday morning but the lady basically told me she can’t tell me anything over the phone, and I would have to go into the office myself to find out anything.

  I tried calling the Mexican consulate in Vancouver, but they don’t know anything, and they can only help me after the whole visa authorization process is finished. So I’ll have to write an email to the lady from Teleperformance explaining to her that I am at home now and that I’m unable to find out any information. Maybe someone from the company can call in and find out when exactly I could receive the authorization. So right now nothing is really working out too well and I’m incredibly bored and frustrated with so many things.

  I actually started playing Super Mario RPG for the Super Nintendo. Seeing as I hadn’t played it for 12 years it has been kind of cool to play it again. While I will never buy any new video games, it’s fun once in a blue moon to go back and play some of the old games that I really enjoyed so many years ago. And the games today are certainly much different than they were back in 1996 when this game came out; now they are all about fancy graphics. While the new games do look amazingly good, I think they miss certain charms from the old games.

  So over the next few days I’ll continue running with the dogs, keeping the house clean, and maybe do some more lawn mowing if it ever stops raining. Today I wanted to talk a little about the people on Xanga. Now I’m certainly not referring to anyone who comments on my blog, as everyone is great, but of some general Xanga users in general. Since I started this site over eight years ago, I’ve always enjoyed hearing from new people and reading new blogs, though I’ve certainly learned, a long time ago, that not everyone is like that.

  There are so many people on here who really couldn’t care less if there are new people commenting on their blogs, and have personalities on Xanga not much warmer than an ice cube. When Xanga had the “Meros” section a number of years ago I used to browse through different cities and places around the world and dropping by and leaving a comment on many sites. If I left 10 comments, sometimes I’d be lucky to get even more than one response.

  Very rarely I would get a comment back, and even  rarer would that person actually continue commenting. More often than not I would just get one comment, or even just a reply to a comment, and after that never hear from the person again. Now people can comment who they want, but I’ve always figured if people are out posting their material for the world to see, they’d be encouraging new people to drop by and leave a comment, and that they would enjoy doing the same thing with other people. For whatever reason, this is certainly not the case.

  I’m not sure why so many people on Xanga are such snobs, but there really is not another word I can come to describe people like that. If people seriously don’t care for other people reading their stuff, they should just type up their entries in a word document on the computer and stop posting them online. Now I’ve also had some people before who leave what I would consider pointless comments.

  I always write about something, but it’s like some people read like nothing that I write and they’ll just post something like “Awesome pictures ! Have a great weekend !” I mean if people are going to be that lazy and just write something so empty on thought and originality, I’d rather not have them post comments at all. I don’t go reading other people’s entries and leave one line comments that a 10 year old could have written better. I actually really read what people have typed up and comment on it !

  Now I realize sometimes, ok too many times, I write way too much, but the first part of my entry is just about my own life and what I have been up to. It’s more or less for me so if I want to check back one day in the future and see what I was up to at a certain point in my life I can. People can skip that part and just read the actual topic I have for the day. I mean I really don’t care if people read everything I type up or not, but at the very least, if they are going to leave a comment they should at least put in at least a few minutes effort on it.

  Some people might not like that I’m saying these things, but I just think it’s the truth and it’s important to say what one feels… a lot of people on Xanga are unfriendly snobs ! And a lot of the people who leave so called comments, put almost zero effort in doing so and I don’t get why they can be so lazy and empty on thoughts. A lot of these people have university educations, or are currently in university… they aren’t stupid, they just leave lousy comments.

  I don’t know what Xanga can do to improve the community they have on here, but they should certainly try and do something. For quite a while now I’ve just shared my blog with people who don’t even use Xanga, and they just leave me comments anyways. And if a lot of the people on Xanga choose to be walled off snobs then I might as well continue doing things that way as I don’t have to bother wasting my time with people who can’t type up any comment better than and with less thoughts and imagination than a 4th grader.

  I do want everyone to know that I very much appreciate all of the wonderful comments I do get from people here, and I do get some great ones. This entry was in no means directed to any of you, but to the Xanga community in general. If the people who run Xanga really want to keep people engaged, and encourage people to comment and connect more with one another, they should definitely come up with some new groups that allow people to do that.

  If Xanga continues the way it’s been going over the last few years, the site will get overrun by snobby self-obsessed people who have no interest in connecting with others and getting to know new people. This would be extremely unfortunate, but from what I’ve experienced over the last many years, it really won’t surprise me if things continue down this road. It’s truly disappointing, because the way Xanga is set-up, people have the chance to be much friendly and engaging, yet so many people on here would rather be snobby, cold, stuck-up and downright lazy.

  Anyways it will be interesting to see what people think of what I wrote today. I would even enjoy getting some comments back from people who severely disagree, maybe I’ll even get one or two nasty mean comments ! I actually enjoy when people disagree with me as it would be so boring if everyone just agreed. As long as people actually have an opinion and they take the time to share it, that’s all that matters.

  So hopefully somehow Xanga can improve the relationships between bloggers on here and get a real connection going that has been lacking for so many years. Honestly I don’t see this happening, but I would love to be proved wrong ! For the next question:

  What has your experience with other bloggers on Xanga been like ? Have you had the same sort of experiences with other bloggers on here as I have ? Do you think what I have talked about today has truth to it, or I really went overboard with my comments ?

  I kind of asked three questions, but oh well, I just want to hear what other people think ! I should browse some more sites to see if I can get some snobby people over here to hear their comments as well ! Anyways I wish everyone all of the best with everything. Take care and I’ll talk to you all on Wednesday, bye for now.

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