Wednesday, 01 April 2009

  • And now, for some Breaking News on Xanga Celebrities

    There’s been a lot of talk lately over the mischievous Vanedave prank, in which he created a site claiming to be some celebrity or other. Of course, this had a lot of people very excited, because the idea that a real-life celebrity might mingle with us common people can cause some mighty panty-knotting amongst certain crowds. I remained unimpressed, however. Random Xangans pretending to be celebrities is an old trick. Today, I’d like to introduce you to the flipside of that coin, something rarely talked about: celebrities pretending to be random Xangans.

    On that note, I’d like to come clean. Nikbv is actually a cover identity. This Xanga account is in fact run by the entire CBS news team.  That’s right. We’ve been pretending to act as one single blogger in order to channel our collective efforts into what we feel has been a fantastic creative output. There’s a reason this account is so popular, you know.

    Now, while this isn’t a Xangan claiming to be a celebrity, but rather celebrities claiming to be a Xangan, I’m sure some of you would still enjoy some proof. So, if you watch the evening news broadcast, approximately 27 minutes and 32 seconds into the show, we will let you know with irrefutable proof: five simple words will be said, in the context of a story, that begin with the letters that make up the amalgam NIKBV. We can’t tell you what those words will be, yet, but watch for them. You’ll know them when you hear them.

    Next after gaining such proof, many of you might like to know just what exactly we’re doing here on Xanga. While Vanedave’s fake celebrity pretended he wanted to take over teh intrawebz, I think the anonymity we’ve worked to maintain thus far has given us much perspective in the gaining of news and the interaction with you common people. Most of us here at CBS never get to interact with non-famous or unimportant individuals on a daily basis. So, the chance to mingle with all of you has been quite the eye-opener, and we like to believe that the past five years or so we’ve been here on xanga have been among our best news reporting years yet.

    On that note, we’ve got to sign off now – there’s a hint Obama may be considering buying a new tie – so we’d like to leave you with the following thought: if there are that many of us here working together to be NIKBV, what chance do the rest of you have? Have a good night, and thanks for watching (sorry, force of habit.)

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