By saying Xanga is busy (below) what I mean is the interface/editing page, as well as the home page and such.  Blogger is sort of the opposite and LiveJournal is (nicely) in between.
Hah!  I just now discovered the inteface where you can change the date and time!  There's a link at the bottom, Post and Comment Options, where you can edit all of that.  Brilliant!