I've been wanting to do this post for a while, and since I seek to elude writers block, now is a better time than ever.
I recently saw a featured post about this beautiful, mythical creature known as a "gamer girl". 


I have entertained the thought of such lovely beings on occasion, but I am unable to find one in nature.
However, I have found in nature a subspecies that is similar.
I call these "gamer girlfriends".
These "gamer girlfriends" are much like the alleged "gamer girls", but they have "gamer boyfriends" which  make the "gamer girlfriend" unattainable, due to a relationship.
Upon examining this, I have concluded that "gamer girls" do not actually exist. Even if they did, there would be a "gamer guy" (which is very common in nature) would end up in a relationship with the alleged "gamer girl", and she would no longer be a "gamer girl", but instead a "gamer girlfriend".
Now, lets examine the other gender for a second.
"Gamer guys" don't need me to put the quotation marks around the name, because they DO exist. There are many, and in varying subspecies. Pasty guy, lardball, toothpick guy, that guy, faggot, noob-you name it.
Sadly, the amount of gamer guys is indirectly proportionate to "gamer girls" and gamer girlfriends. 
But, suffice it to say that the amount of gamer boyfriends to gamer girlfriends is equally proportionate.
Some females may say "There are lots of gamer girls/ I'm a gamer girl!"
My response to this is one of two things:
I will first ask those females if they have a boyfriend. If they say yes(which most likely they will), then I will simply reply with "Then you are not a "gamer girl", you are a gamer girlfriend."
If they say no to this question, (I'm assuming this is over the internet) I will then say  that "anyone can be whoever they want to be on the internet, and you're just another faggot pretending to be a chick." After all, we all know what the acronym for MMORPG stands for:

Many
Men
Online
Role
Playing
Girls.

I think a nice picture will provide some insight for you:


My next response is "Do you blog about it?" If they say no, then of course they're not a "gamer girl". If you're a
"gamer girl" I would at least expect one to make mention of a game they're playing, even if it is such a subtle one as in the "Currently" section located at the bottom of the weblog editor.

There are some who may say "But Mr. oh-so-opinionated and generalizationist, what if you ARE wrong?"
Of course, lets say that there's the off chance that they ("gamer girls")actually exist.
I, being the man that I am, would humbly, grudgingly admit my inaccuracy.  Then shamelessly give the "gamer girl" my number.
But as I titled this post, this isn't a fact, its a theory. 

I hope that its a theory that could be proven wrong. But then I guess it wouldn't, because I'd be making the "gamer girl" into a "gamer girlfriend", wouldn't I?

Now, lets get to those other "gamer girls".


There are girls that pretend to be "gamer girls" just so they can be categorized as "cute gamer/nerd chicks"
I would like to inform these Hello Kitty Cube Frenzy Wii players to STOP BREATHING.
Being nerdy  isn't a trend; its a way of life. And you shouldn't try to use it to get guys, because well, us gamer guys consist of a vast population of unattractiveness, as I have stated earlier in this post. I mean, look at me for example.
 

You shouldn't be going after this if you weren't a real gamer girl, imo. I'll only break your heart because I'm too busy playing DotA or Final Fantasy or Diablo 3 or Starcraft 2 when they come out. 
I'm a nerdy gamer guy, only deserving of nerdy gamer girls.
much like the below:

As I mentioned before, being nerdy/gamer isnt a trend, it's a way of life. If you just so happen to look good doing it, then more power to you.

I saw Transformers 2 not really out of sheer want to see it (I couldn't care less) but my friends decided to go see it last night, and I went with them.
I'm still wondering why Shia Lebeouf stood Megan Fox up on that online date. I'd never stand Megan Fox up.
Then, I wondered why they gave Megan Fox lines. I liked her 300% better when she wasn't speaking.
The whole movie consists of undertones, such as:
If you're a liberal, you're a coward/loser.
There was first conflict in China, then it moved to the middle east?
American immigrants are strange, but do have the ability to be loyal to both countries.
Optimus Prime: An American Hero.

Some other things to be noted: Tyrese Gibson was the only black guy in this movie, but they gave him corny speaking roles. I think he may have been just better off being the token talking black guy, and saying things like "damn" and "that is whack". Seriously.
But it matters not, Tyrese will get more women than I ever will.

Life is unfair sometimes.

All the robot fight scenes were cool at least.
I really didn't feel like seeing 3 climaxes. Sorry Spielberg.
or sitting there for 2 1/2 hours.
Just saying.
To balance this out, how bout some Megan Fox?

I don't want EVERY woman to be like her, just the not hot ones.
Also, I couldn't find a pic of Megan Fox that I didn't already see on Mancouch. Shame.

Being on Xanga for quite a while, I have seen many various resources that were once unavailable become available. The reply function, minis, pulses, adding video, footprints, even the Xanga dashboard(your new private homepage) were non-existent when I first came to Xanga. 
Before you crack jokes on me about being ancient on Xanga, I'll tell you young whippersnappers that you have it good; There were posts that I saw where I wish they were recommended,  but I digress.
I have seen several posts as of late that are worth recommending. Recing is something that I feel that every xangan should do, because there are a lot of writers with posts that are well thought out and interesting. Of course, some topics are a bit more low brow than others (sex for example) but that doesn't mean that they are worth recing any less.  Anything that you like, even so much as a couple of sentences in the middle of a post that would otherwise seem like a rant, I seriously suggest recing it.  Recing posts attracts more viewers to that post, and leads to more input on that post and the topics/story thereof. It doesn't matter if you only have a handful of friends and you recing won't get it featured. The important aspect of this function is to share with your friends a topic that you believe is relevant to your(and perhaps theirs as well) interests. (Also, just because you don't like the topic, doesn't mean you don't have to not recommend it. I recommended posts before simply because I wanted to know what other people thought about the subject.)

Now, timestamping.
Timestamping seems evil to some, like something to be avoided because of the fear that it may make you look like you have a lack of creativity to write a new post everyday like some of us. Well, you need not worry about that, as I (as well as many others here) realize that you probably have a life, or at least a busy enough one that you may not be on xanga everyday  making a new post, or even updating a pulse.  And that's ok.
The reason why I suggest xangans as a whole should at the very least consider using the timestamp function is for 2 reasons; The first reason being that I have 200+ (Big number I know) friends posting at different times. There are times where the post may have been relevant or entertaining to me and I wasn't on at the time to catch the inbox notification, and even worse, no one rec'd it. Timestamping allows one to remind others of that post. I also would suggest timestamping at times when it is high traffic in xanga. I usually stamp mine before I go to work, and after I come back from work, that way it doesn't seem like me spamming and attention whoring. The second reason why I suggest timestamping, is that you can "post" a blog however many days in advance you want. And I must admit, that is quite handy when you have a lot of topics to talk about and you dont want to do 2 posts in one day.
In conclusion, recommending and timestamping are important and highly suggested because it can refresh posts, post ahead of time, and help others get more views/comments/opinions on a particular idea.