November 5, 2009

• The Godfather of Green Bay is pleased to present...

  The 1000th Post Extravaganza!
  

  

  It's hard to imagine that I have made 1000 posts here on Xanga.  It seems like just yesterday I was making my 500th Post Spectacularrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!  Yeah, I can't roll my r's so I type extras.  Nudity...really did you expect anything less from me?

  So the last few days I have been seeing all these posts about why people love Xanga and how people came to Xanga and since this is my 1000th Post, I will wax nostalgic. 

  When I came here to Xanga I was in a weird place in life.  I was basically starting my adult life all alone.  After graduation my friends were scattered throughout the world by our particular church to be ministers all around the globe.  I needed a way to keep in contact with everyone and this was before Myspace and Facebook took off.  I got the hint from a friend I met on a file sharing program.  She said that was how she kept in contact with all her friends in the same predicament and then I found out another girl that I knew was on Xanga so the madness began.  I started this Xanga to keep in contact with friends and to impress girls. 

  If you have read my blog you know that the girls end didn't really pan out.  My friends from college that used Xanga soon stopped because they got married and started families but I kept writing and they kept reading.  It was great.  I had my own little blog and I could have cared less. 

  I started a Myspace and a Facebook but Xanga has always had a precedence for me and that is because of the people I have met here.  I've met published authors, poets, lovers, construction workers, conspiracy theorists, grocery store workers, sandwich artists, boat captains, lawyers, doctors, nurses, dancers, parents, teachers, students, hunters, people against hunting, cat lovers, dog lovers, the athletes, the nonathletic, basically people from all walks of life.  And I love it.  I love Xanga for the people that are here.  I've had some dark days over the past few years but the love I have been shown by this community is astounding.  Fuck facebook, some of those people over there that I went to college with could care less but someone across the globe spends a few minutes reading one of my posts and tells me that they laughed well that makes my day.  I refuse to do any of those favorite Xangan posts because I would feel devastated if I left anyone out.

  Despite all the negativity, I have plugged away at Xanga.  There have been only three times where I have considered packing it all up and moving away.  Once was during this recent racism controversy and oddly another time I considered leaving was when the racism controversy started for the first time on Xanga.  The other time was when I was in the hospital.  I didn't know if I could come back or maybe I should say would come back because I didn't know if I would make it out of the hospital.  Anyway I can think back to that time and how 3 very special Xangans pulled me out of my corner and exposed me to Xanga.  It's odd to think that even though I have been here since 2005, it wasn't until 2007 or so when I started talking to people on here.  Once again I feel so fortunate to have met all of you.

  Another thing people have been talking about here on Xanga is what changes need to be made.  Why do we need change?  This community is powerful and loving and that is all that matters.  Maybe if Xanga wants to boost exposure they need to get famous people blogging and I'm not talking about the Xangacelebutards or a fake celebrity blog run by the aforementioned people but actual famous stars.  Did you realize Fred Durst once blogged at this place and that his blogs were often linked to many of the places where I get my links for my Lukewarm Links posts?  Get someone famous here and people will come and then if people are as loving to new people as they were to me, then that should get people to stay.

  So where to go from here?  I think I am going to do more of the same.  My strange sense of humor mixed with my eclectic taste in everything.

  Since my 500th post Spectacular was nothing more than a glorified links post, I thought I would link to some of my favorite posts.  So if you want to read these, click the links because I don't plan on timestamping these.

  500th Post Spectacular....well this is where I got the idea for the above photo.  I guess it was also a glorified "About Me" post.

  One of my favorite posts was one that I called Round Table.  It was a round table discussion about gay marriage. I always enjoyed the political round table discussion shows so I figured it was time to inject my humor into a serious setting and subject.

  A lot of you know by now that I usually do a weekly post called Lukewarm Links (this is the most recent).  I regularly visit pages that offer links to weird websites and I wanted to share.  I know some of those posts were painfully long so I cut down the posts.  I get the name from my college days.  I had a computer teacher that referred to every single link as a "hotlink" and so since maybe your humor isn't like mine I figured you may not like them so they are lukewarm.

  I spent 18 weeks reviewing every single episode of one of my favorite TV series, Freaks and Geeks.  That is last entry in which I have links to all the other episodes.  I am glad that I was able to get a handful of people to appreciate that series.

  I have also been able to share one of my favorite genres of music: the mash-up.   I've felt so privileged to share that music with you especially when some people say they look forward to my Monday Morning Mash-Up Madness.

  And if you want more info about me, here's a post entitled Facts about Yours Truly.  I usually don't give away too much about my personal life but there is a good look.

  Two of my posts that have benefited me in that I have had increased female readership are my Girl posts.  I am currently working on the third in the series so please be patient.

  I think the most viewed post I have ever made is one on My Least Favorite Comedians.  Maybe it is common for some of you but I thought 5000+ views was incredible. And then the next most viewed post was one I wrote sarcastically about my experiences on eHarmony.  3000+ views is nothing to sneeze at.

  One of my favorite posts is the stories of my experiences at a haunted bar.  I really enjoy going there even though I've had those experiences.  The owner has told me he has shared my experiences with the ghost hunters.  Oh and the Croatian Sensation, how awesome was it for you that the first time you go there with me and Skinny Wolf that they are conducting a study of the paranormal?  I still say we have a Xanga meet and greet there.

  Two other favorite posts, ones that I have re-posted every year, have showcased my sweet tooth.  One is called (Soda) Pop Culture, which features pop of yesteryear, and the other is I Want Candy(or at least the candy of my youth).  I apologize if the photos are down.  It probably means that the site where I originally got those from is down so now I have some work to do for a re-post.

  One of my favorite posts has been one that I did called Dark Side of the Rainbow.  It's about how Pink Floyd's album "Dark Side of the Moon" goes together so well with The Wizard of Oz.  That post makes me remember so many good things about college.

  One post series I haven't done in some time is a Porno Parodies post.  I would find covers to parody porn movies.  I find them quite hilarious.  Speaking of porn, I was going to post a link to the post about what I have learned from porn but that is coming as a repost...hey, you perverts, no jokes.

  Some other posts that I no longer do because of the popularity of other posts are Terrible Tattoo Thursdays and Comic Capers.  I think the reason I stopped doing the tattoo posts was that a guy on Myspace did a blog criticizing me for being close-minded about his tattoo.  He tattooed his tongue as well as had it split.  Anyway, I didn't really make fun of him, I just wanted to know why he did that. 

  One feature that I plan on bringing back later this winter is my Tournament of Randomocity.  If I remember correctly, the cat won.  Pussy FTW...as the kids say.

  One of the craziest and strangest posts I have ever made was when I decided to post the Roman Ritual of Exorcism.  One of my cousins was a Catholic priest and I can't say how I got a hold of that because the Vatican might be upset and I am trying to become canonized.  And while we are on the topic of religion, I once wrote an article about something I read on Revelife.  I am thankful I no longer read Revelife.  That is what made me quit.

  One of the proudest moments I have had while on Xanga was the birth of my goddaughter.  So that makes me a true Padrino.

  Now I have to conclude with a final link, the introduction to one of my co-bloggers who helps me answer your questions from time to time. 

  Overall, Xanga has been one wild ride.
  

  This is Green Velvet, he's a DJ and he makes outstanding music.  He made this song with messages from his answering machine.  The rumor has it that one of those messages isn't real.  I have yet to figure out which one isn't real.

  Sometimes I think Weezer wrote this song about me...not that I am bragging.

  So what does the future have in store?  Easy...more irreverant humor and picking on celebrities.  Yes, I didn't include my celebrity round up because I think most of you know those by now.
  I'll probably include a few photos of my cats in the future.
  
  I have taught this cat, Kiki, to speak Italian.  Here she has mastered the phrase, "Hey you, shut uppa your mouth."  Italian is really a language of subtleties.
  
  I still haven't got lua out of that box.

  And now for what I said I have only done two times before.  I can't find the first one but here is the second:
  

  

  Yes that is a 15 or 16 year old me in my football attire.

  

  And here I am a grizzled old man who in the picture hadn't shaved and has hat hair.

  

  Here's to one thousand more posts!

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