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<title><![CDATA[shock of pink]]></title>
<link>http://wannapeek.wordpress.com/?p=63</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 23:06:49 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>garlandvillanova</dc:creator>
<guid>http://wannapeek.id.wordpress.com/2008/10/05/shock-of-pink/</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[~ FREE VECTOR BRUSHES 1~]]></title>
<link>http://superzero21.wordpress.com/?p=286</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 08:18:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>KarmaKloth83</dc:creator>
<guid>http://superzero21.id.wordpress.com/2008/10/03/free-vector-brushes-1/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[


Have been delayed this FREE VECTOR BRUSHES because of the RPK t-shirt order arrangement. Since it]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://superzero21.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/chainwirebrushes11.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-304" title="chainwirebrushes1" src="http://superzero21.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/chainwirebrushes11.jpg" alt="" width="453" height="520" /></a></p>
<p>Have been delayed this FREE VECTOR BRUSHES because of the RPK t-shirt order arrangement. Since it was Holiday in Malaysia the last 2 days, I've manage to finished it. And is now ready to ROCK &#38; ROLL, so feel free to abuse it!!</p>
<p>Download here: <a href="http://superzero21.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/chainwirebrushes1.pdf">chainwirebrushes1</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Trap Pond State Park 5/6]]></title>
<link>http://lifeontheedges.wordpress.com/?p=1163</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 01:35:37 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Life On The Edges</dc:creator>
<guid>http://lifeontheedges.wordpress.com/2008/10/02/trap-pond-state-park-5/</guid>
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Trap Pond State Park, Laurel, Delaware
A random tree with a chain and a lock around it?  No ]]></description>
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<p>Trap Pond State Park, Laurel, Delaware</p>
<p>A random tree with a chain and a lock around it?  No idea.  Cypress, with Virginia Creeper cut away and regrowing.</p>
<p>You wouldn't believe how patient this little bird was in letting me get close enough to take these photos with an 18-55mm lens.  Props to <a href="http://witsnapper.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Charlie</a>, who identified my bird as a Yellow Throated Vireo from <a href="http://lifeontheedges.wordpress.com/trap-pond-bird-100208/" target="_blank">these cropped versions of the photos of him</a>.</p>
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<title><![CDATA["No Trespassing"]]></title>
<link>http://getfalked.wordpress.com/?p=73</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 18:06:34 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>getfalked</dc:creator>
<guid>http://getfalked.id.wordpress.com/2008/10/02/no-trespassing/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The &#8220;No Trespassing&#8221; project is my way of sharing with you, my love for exploring the fo]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The "No Trespassing" project is my way of sharing with you, my love for exploring the forgotten and often overlooked environments that surround me.  Most of scenes I choose to photograph have untold stories.  I am only able to capture them in their existing states, decrepit, old, and waiting for renovation or demolition.  </p>
<p>Military Range 2006<br />
<img src="http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d147/joshfalk/fts_arsenallab_web_06_06.jpg"><br />
Medfield State Mayhem 2006<br />
<img src="http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d147/joshfalk/fts_medfieldmayhem_06_06.jpg"><br />
Metropolitan State<br />
<img src="http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d147/joshfalk/doormental_web_05_06-1.jpg"><br />
Public Escape 2006<br />
<img src="http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d147/joshfalk/publicescape_web_08_06-1.jpg"><br />
Mental Halls 2006<br />
<img src="http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d147/joshfalk/mentalhallway_web_05_6-1.jpg"><br />
Forbidden Zone 2007<br />
<img src="http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d147/joshfalk/mentalhallway_web_05_6-1.jpg"></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Negroes, And Bigots, And Women.... Oh My!!!]]></title>
<link>http://kengel2go.wordpress.com/?p=27</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:10:27 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>kengel2go</dc:creator>
<guid>http://kengel2go.id.wordpress.com/2008/10/02/negroes-and-bigots-and-women-oh-my/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[

 
Twas the month before election and all through the house,bi-partisan emotions keep me away fr]]></description>
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<p>Twas the month before election and all through the house,bi-partisan emotions keep me away from my spouse. The ballots all filled out and hidden with care, in hopes that our candidate will triumph this year. The children were nestled all snug in thier beds, violent visions from playstation burned in thier heads. Baby momma in house slippers wont get off my back, both trapped in a ghetto jobless selling crack. When upon my computer there arose such a clatter, brought windows out of hibernation to see what was the matter. i clicked on my email it opened in a flash, my inbox was filled up with chain mails and trash. vote obama, no mccain, please just dont break this chain, or it's seven years of bad breath and genital pain!!!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="padding-left:30px;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">With the election fever heating up it seems like damn near everyone is getting into the chain mail spirit!!!</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="padding-left:30px;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">I just wanted to take a moment to say thank you to those folks out there who do not forward that fcuking Garbage onto my computer. I am about to start spamming people who do that stupid shyte!!!!</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="padding-left:30px;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">So lemme get this strait if I forward this <strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Microsoft Office Document</span></span></strong>, created by some starving missionaries in Micronesia ? That will ensure my good luck for the future, or bring about some meaningful change in the world? I mean come on now what the fcuk!!!!! Muther Fcuker I didn’t give you my email so we could play this lil stupid arse chain mail game. I gave it to you so we could keep in touch!!! If all you have to say is FWD,FWD,FWD,FWD, then mutha fcuker don’t talk to me!!!! Man I got the same stupid arse email from several different people and I am about an inch  away from learning virus programming just so I can send out my own special lil chain letter. Fcuking forward this for good luck, Fcuking forward this for starving people around the world, fcuking forward this its my dying wish, fcuking forward this to support sum bull shyte cause or snake in the grass politician….. Muther fcuker where the fcuk is the chain letter that puts money in my pocket, a roof over my head, clothes on my back, and food in my stomach, you send me that letter I will gladly forward it on to everyone in my dizzamn address book!!!! Until that point in time though Im too fcuking busy doing all those things for myself because unlike you I don’t have the fcuking luxury of dependency, so quit taking money out my pocket, food of my table, clothes off my back, and removing the roof from over my head, by wasting my valuable time with these fcuking idiotic chain letters. Heres a novel idea since you muther Fcukers have so much time on your hands and are so involved in bringing about positive change in the world, why don’t you go out in your neighborhood and start making some real changes in this world….. oh no cant do that 2 for 1 drinks at the bar tonight cant miss that, or else I wont wake up in my usual drunken stuper the next morning, scramble out the door 10 minutes late, drag arse into work, plop your lazy arse down in your chair, and commence to send out thousands of pointless emails!!!!! </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="padding-left:30px;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">I find it interesting that the same people who send these stupid things are some of the most self proclaimed “idealistic people you will meet”, ha!!!! Let me Tell you something you get an email that says forward this to forty people in forty minutes and you will become a millionaire, and you do it, You have no fcuking Ideals, and furthermore I would be hard pressed to believe you are any better than a GD sucker fish trying to get fat off of the refuse produced by our own society. Get a life, Get a job, get some money, and make your own Fcuking Luck!!!!!</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="padding-left:30px;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">Please Forward this on to anyone who sends you a Muther Fcuking Chain Letter, and we here at Kengel2go will guarantee you that the person who sent you the chain letter will die one day!! This is no joke, send it and the person who sent you the original letter will die someday, we haven’t figured out a time frame for the death just yet but we are 100% sure that they will eventually die!!!!!</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">Ooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhh spooooky aint it!!!</span></span></p>
<p>-2go "The Gigolo"</p>
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<title><![CDATA[My nanny's charm bracelet]]></title>
<link>http://romillynorman.wordpress.com/?p=247</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:13:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>romillyn</dc:creator>
<guid>http://romillynorman.id.wordpress.com/2008/10/01/my-nannys-charm-bracelet/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I now have the charm bracelet that I loved as a child and I love a story that comes with a piece it ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="color:#666666;">I now have the charm bracelet that I loved as a child and I love a story that comes with a piece it makes it all that more personal.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#666666;">So I set about finding out when the charms where hallmarked and any other relevant information, I took out a hallmarking book from the library hoping for the answers but to no avail.  Three of the charms seem to be designed by the same jeweller with his initials of WHC and the assay office was Chester which no longer exists.  All the charms are 9ct gold this was identifiable by seeing 9 375, the padlock which enabled my nanny to put the bracelet on has worn over time with some of the hallmarking hard to distinguish even under a magnifer.  The chain I was told by a jeweller was an old pocket watch chain from the 1920's, he showed me one he had in the shop to compare and the tell tell signs are that each link is stamped with 9 375 and the type of link was the same.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#666666;">I spoke to my nanny yesterday to find out more information and what she can remember.  It was great to know that the chain was a pocket watch chain and it belonged to my great grandfather, my nanny and grandad bought the first charm which was the wagon from an antique shop in Plymouth, she mentioned that the wagon had a door which I promptly found and inside was a little lady (gypsy) at a table.  The purple heart she continued to say was originally a pendant which she found at a church fair, the seller obviously didn't know what he/she was selling as my nanny knew it was 9ct, the heart is belived to be an amethyst which was a stone that had no value back then and it is surrounded by freshwater pearls.  All the charms were bought because she liked them not because each one meant something specific such as a 21 key charm.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#666666;">I am going to get it all cleaned up and back to it's former glory and continue to find out the hallmarking but it is believed to be at least 50 years old.  I will never sell this piece and I haven't been doing the research purely for a valuation it for the love and memories.</span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[.mindFOOD.:.]]></title>
<link>http://noachristofer.wordpress.com/?p=825</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 05:09:57 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>noachristofer</dc:creator>
<guid>http://noachristofer.id.wordpress.com/2008/10/01/mindfood-18/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[
.REALLY? I mean come on. What are &#8216;they&#8217; who have money, really spending their money on]]></description>
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<p>.REALLY? I mean come on. What are 'they' who have money, really spending their money on? Ridiculous how much money is wasted in society, and how much of it can actually be used for good.:.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Family Crest Pendant]]></title>
<link>http://familycrestrings.wordpress.com/?p=14</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:58:29 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>coatofarms</dc:creator>
<guid>http://familycrestrings.id.wordpress.com/2008/09/30/family-crest-pendant/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Coat of Arms Pendant
Order our new Family Crest Pendant Here:
http://www.4crests.com/facrje.html
coa]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Coat of Arms Pendant</p>
<p>Order our new Family Crest Pendant Here:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.4crests.com/facrje.html">http://www.4crests.com/facrje.html</a></p>
[caption id="attachment_15" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="coat of arms necklace"]<a href="http://www.4crests.com/facrje.html"><img class="size-medium wp-image-15" title="family crest pendant" src="http://familycrestrings.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/p2-new.jpg?w=300" alt="coat of arms necklace" width="300" height="262" /></a>[/caption]
<div class="mceTemp">ONLY: $214.99</div>
<p><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Verdana;">Features Family Crest and larger lettering for the surname.</p>
<p>Available with Antiqued Silver finish. Lettering is highlighted in black.</p>
<p>Includes an 18 inch chain.</p>
<p>Pendant Size = 23mm X 23mm</span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Press Release - $1 Butterburgers!!]]></title>
<link>http://midmichigandining.wordpress.com/?p=865</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:12:59 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mid-Michigan Dining</dc:creator>
<guid>http://midmichigandining.com/2008/09/30/press-release-1-butterburgers/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Just got this press release.  I&#8217;m pretty sure I know where I&#8217;ll be next Tuesday&#8230;.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just got this press release.  I'm pretty sure I know where I'll be next Tuesday....</p>
<blockquote><p><em>Prairie du Sac, WI (Grassroots Newswire) -- Yes, the rumors are true, the juicy, mouth-watering Butterburger™, made famous by Culver's® Restaurants, is available on Tuesday, Oct. 7, for just $1. </em></p>
<p><em>The $1 ButterBurger celebration will take place at more than 380 participating Culver's restaurants in 18 states. Every order can include up to five single ButterBurgers, with the guest's choice of condiments, for the special one-day only price. </em></p>
<p><em>As part of Culver's 2008 Custard Election (Sept. 29 – Oct. 19), an in-store and online voting campaign to select your favorite Democrat or Republican sundae candidate, Culver's Restaurants are attempting to "buy votes" by driving voter traffic in-store with the second annual $1 ButterBurger guest appreciation day. </em></p>
<p><em>Culver's signature sandwich, the ButterBurger, is made from fresh, never frozen 100 percent U.S. beef raised predominantly in the heartland of America, seared on a hot grill and served on a buttered, lightly toasted bun. </em></p>
<p><em>Please join us Oct. 7 at participating Culver's Restaurants. Interviews with local franchise partners are available. </em></p>
<p><em>WHO: Culver's Restaurant </em></p>
<p><em>WHAT: $1 ButterBurger Customer Appreciation Day </em></p>
<p><em>WHEN: Tuesday, October 7, 2008 </em></p>
<p><em>WHERE: Participating Culver's locations </em></p></blockquote>
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<title><![CDATA[I'm one I'm me (Absolute Divorced)]]></title>
<link>http://mercsmoon.wordpress.com/?p=254</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:56:39 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mercsmoon</dc:creator>
<guid>http://mercsmoon.id.wordpress.com/2008/09/29/im-one-im-me-absolute-divorced/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m dancing
I&#8217;m dancing
Floating on air
I&#8217;m one
I&#8217;m me again
The paper weigh]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I'm dancing<br />
I'm dancing<br />
Floating on air<br />
I'm one<br />
I'm me again</p>
<p>The paper weight of marriage has gone<br />
The chains of wedlock broke</p>
<p>They vanished  into air so thin<br />
Now its paper<br />
Absolute<br />
Divorced</p>
<p>No written words of score<br />
To toe the line my friend<br />
Paper marriage of written words<br />
No more<br />
This contract<br />
Ends</p>
<p>Binding ties<br />
Untied my love<br />
All done<br />
All gone<br />
Divorced.....</p>
<p>I am divorced<br />
I'm single<br />
I'm dancing<br />
I'm one<br />
I'm me again</p>
<p>Floating on a sea of love<br />
Happy I'm me again</p>
<p>Floating on a sea of smiles<br />
Dancing laughing again</p>
<p>Smiling positive<br />
Without reserve</p>
<p>I'm one<br />
I'm me again</p>
<p>I'm single</p>
<p>Absolute<br />
The final word</p>
<p>Divorced<br />
The final end</p>
<p>I'm one<br />
I'm me again.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em> Written by © malc.johnson  2008<br />
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<p align="center"><em><em>mercsmoon poetry © malc.johnson 2008</em></em></p>
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<title><![CDATA[120,000 Bras for Ireland]]></title>
<link>http://beingokanagan.wordpress.com/?p=14</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:48:53 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>kurrenteventz</dc:creator>
<guid>http://beingokanagan.id.wordpress.com/2008/09/29/120000-bras-for-ireland/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I received the following comment to my previous &#8216;bra story&#8217; and thought I would pass it ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I received the following comment to my previous 'bra story' and thought I would pass it on. I am doing what I can to fulfill her request. What can you do?</p>
<p class="NormalWeb10" style="margin:5pt 33.75pt 5pt 39.75pt;"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;color:#333333;line-height:140%;font-family:&#34;">Hi there,<br />
I’m writing to you from </span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:#333333;line-height:140%;font-family:&#34;">Ireland</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;color:#333333;line-height:140%;font-family:&#34;"> and we too are attempting a world record bra chain of 120,000 bras covering a distance of 72 miles. I wish you the best of luck with your endeavor as I know only too well how difficult it is to collect the amount you need. I was wondering when you reach your target and break the record, would you be interested in donating your bras to our cause? It would be great. We have between 40 and 50,000 collected so far but we are aiming to do this in November so all the help we can get would be really appreciated. Agan the best of luck - its for a great cause!,<br />
Kind regards,<br />
</span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:#333333;line-height:140%;font-family:&#34;">Louise</span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:#333333;line-height:140%;font-family:&#34;"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:#333333;line-height:140%;font-family:&#34;">Killeen</span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:#333333;line-height:140%;font-family:&#34;"></span></strong></p>
<p>Check out the site  <a href="http://irishbrachainforcancer.com/">http://irishbrachainforcancer.com/</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Guns 'n Roses x Best Buy]]></title>
<link>http://futureceo.wordpress.com/?p=475</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 20:10:01 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Gregory Sieradzan</dc:creator>
<guid>http://futureceo.id.wordpress.com/2008/09/27/guns-n-roses-x-best-buy/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[
If you have been reading my blog for a while, you have come across my post about Target snatching t]]></description>
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<p>If you have been reading my blog for a while, you have come across my post about Target snatching the Aguilera best of exclusively. Well, a new major chain has risen to the occasion to get a big release this year. The title of this post probably spoiled the surprise, I'm talking about GnR's long awaited and leaked album 'Chinese Democracy' which will be available exclusively at Best Buy.  Hopefully, supposedly before December 31st of 2008. </p>
<p>Check out more on this at <a href="http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/genre/e3if624dc1ee34cd1b5455c1908f9871615">Billboard.biz</a>. Read my previous post <a href="http://futureceo.wordpress.com/2008/09/04/target-x-aguillera/">Target x Aguilera</a> if you messed it.</p>
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<link>http://ademiri.wordpress.com/?p=175</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 17:45:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Ademiri</dc:creator>
<guid>http://ademiri.id.wordpress.com/2008/09/27/shaman-glyphs/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Ok back to inscription.   Going to take a look at some of the shaman glyphs.
Restoration

Glyph of C]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ok back to inscription.   Going to take a look at some of the shaman glyphs.</p>
<p><strong>Restoration</strong></p>
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<li><a href="http://wotlk.wowhead.com/?item=41517" target="_blank">Glyph of Chain Heal</a> this glyph adds one more target to your chain heal so you know heal 4 instead of 3.</li>
<li><a href="http://wotlk.wowhead.com/?item=41527" target="_blank">Glyph of earthliving weapon</a> this new weapon enhancement has been pretty good so might as well make it better.</li>
<li><a href="http://wotlk.wowhead.com/?item=41541" target="_blank">Glyph of water mastery</a> with our current mp5 being well below what is needed this 30% increase to water shield should help a little.</li>
<li><a href="http://wotlk.wowhead.com/?item=43386" target="_blank">Minor Glyph of water shield</a> adds one charge to water shield this is a great minor glyph.  Since it looks like blizz is wanting us to stack crit and use up our charges.</li>
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<p>Those would be my current top 3 picks for major glyphs as a resto shaman the 1% gain on mana tide is pretty weak when compared to these.  The other 2 minor glyphs i am holding out on making a decision there is still lots of time for them to add some cooler stuff other than just no reagent cost on our water breath/water walking abilities.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[One Year, Many Features!]]></title>
<link>http://majentadesigns.wordpress.com/?p=118</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:35:37 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>majentadesigns</dc:creator>
<guid>http://majentadesigns.id.wordpress.com/2008/09/26/one-year-many-features/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Colors of Fall Treasury - Featuring my Autumn Foliage Pendant - $22
Yesterday was my one year annive]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:center;">Yesterday was my one year anniversary since I opened my shop MaJenta Designs.  Its hard to believe its been only 1 year though!  People are impressed that I have sold over 200 items, created wedding favors out of my chiyogami tins for atleast 5 weddings, as well as have many of my items sold in cute boutiques such as OAK Boston and Gallery Up in addition to other stores in Australia!</p>
<p>I also have been featured quite a lot in the last few days as well!  Here are some treasuries and blogs I've been lucky enough to be selected for!</p>
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="166" caption="Featuring my LIMITED EDITION Autumn Foliage Pendant - $22.00"]<a href="http://handcrafted-visions.blogspot.com/2008/09/fall-foilage-necklace.html"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3006/2889623039_f3d16ae844.jpg?v=0" alt="" width="166" height="180" /></a>[/caption]
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="232" caption="Fish &#38; Chips Treasury - Featuring my 6pc Magnets Set for $16.50"]<a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=14425964"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3129/2889622587_17261a3882.jpg?v=0" alt="" width="232" height="300" /></a>[/caption]
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="260" caption="Blues Treasury - Vintage Chic Round Glass Pendant Featured - $15"]<a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=vl_other_1&#38;listing_id=13125466"><img class=" " src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3204/2889621731_9047a05631.jpg?v=0" alt="Blues Treasury - Vintage Chic Round Glass Pendant Featured - $15" width="260" height="300" /></a>[/caption]
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<title><![CDATA[More Stuff I Purchased on Ebay]]></title>
<link>http://ebayfashionaddict.wordpress.com/?p=992</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:52:58 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>elanarobinson</dc:creator>
<guid>http://ebayfashionaddict.id.wordpress.com/2008/09/26/more-stuff-i-purchased-on-ebay-2/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[By Boe Wire Earrings
After a phase of dramatic dangly earrings, I was ready for something quiet and ]]></description>
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<p>After a phase of dramatic dangly earrings, I was ready for something quiet and modern. I felt these were the perfect match. They are 14k gold filled, and give you that long-earring look without weighing your ears down. You can find them on eBay or other jewelry sites for $24-$40. I got them for $18 on ebay. They look great with pretty much anything.</p>
<p><a href="http://ebayfashionaddict.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/84bd_1.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-993" title="84bd_1" src="http://ebayfashionaddict.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/84bd_1.jpg?w=255" alt="" width="255" height="300" /></a><a href="http://ebayfashionaddict.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/84ea_1.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-994" title="84ea_1" src="http://ebayfashionaddict.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/84ea_1.jpg" alt="" width="180" height="240" /></a></p>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Nadri Pave Chain Link Bracelet</span></strong></p>
<p>I had been wanting a Nadri bracelet for a LONG time. Nadri is one of my FAVORITE jewelry lines because they make expensive-looking stuff at affordable prices. You usually find Nadri items at Nordstroms and Macys, priced from $50 to $400. This bracelet can be found on various websites around $115. I won this auction at $70.</p>
<p><a href="http://ebayfashionaddict.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/dded_1.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-995" title="dded_1" src="http://ebayfashionaddict.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/dded_1.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>BECCA Swimwear by Rebecca Virutue Bikini (its Reversible too !)<br />
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<p>I first saw this bikini on victoriassecret.com. The top and bottoms were priced separately, totaling in at something near $130. Eventually it went on sale, and then suddenly my size in the top was no longer available. So I turned to eBay and hoped to find both pieces in my size. I got lucky and got each piece for a total of $80. It's the prettiest swimsuit I've ever had, and it keeps me motivated to stay on my workout plan and continue a balanced diet. Plus, it's reversible. The other side is a solid teal-turquoise, so you can wear the colorful side or the solid side depending on your mood.</p>
<p><a href="http://ebayfashionaddict.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/v270561_dc5.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-996" title="v270561_dc5" src="http://ebayfashionaddict.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/v270561_dc5.jpg" alt="" width="194" height="261" /></a></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>Turquoise Drop Necklace</strong></span></p>
<p>I was looking for something bold but not I wasn't ready for a huge, chunky necklace. So I went with this big turquoise teardrop. It's cute and easy to wear with anything. I could wear it to class or out to dinner. I got this for about $16 on eBay.</p>
<p><a href="http://ebayfashionaddict.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/bbd2_1.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-997" title="bbd2_1" src="http://ebayfashionaddict.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/bbd2_1.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="400" /></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Keeping it in the Back of My Mind: Vintage Metal and Lucite Box Handbags &amp; Clutches]]></title>
<link>http://ebayfashionaddict.wordpress.com/?p=953</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:22:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>elanarobinson</dc:creator>
<guid>http://ebayfashionaddict.id.wordpress.com/2008/09/26/keeping-it-in-the-back-of-my-mind-vintage-metal-and-lucite-box-handbags-clutches/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[All trends have to come back at some point, right? Maybe metal purses will be all the rage in the no]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>All trends have to come back at some point, right? Maybe metal purses will be all the rage in the not-too-far future. I find myself admiring them like little pieces of art, but then I wonder if they are practical. I imagine one of these bags would look cute with many outfits, but then I ask myself would the bag be too "noisy", too heavy... or would any sharp corners scratch a silk dress? It can't be that bad, right? Plenty of women carried these in decades past. I wouldn't be opposed to trying these out again.</p>
<p><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Lucite-Filagree-Tyrolean-NY-Handbag-Exquisite_W0QQitemZ230294463337QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item230294463337&#38;_trkparms=72%3A120839%3A166%3A265%3A12240%3A1318&#38;_trksid=p3286.c0.m14"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-962" title="c26e_1" src="http://ebayfashionaddict.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/c26e_1.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="400" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Dorset-Rex-1950s-Black-Lucite-Metal-Weave-Handbag_W0QQitemZ290261257658QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item290261257658&#38;_trkparms=72%3A120839%3A166%3A265%3A12240%3A1318&#38;_trksid=p3286.c0.m14"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-961" title="e203_1" src="http://ebayfashionaddict.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/e203_1.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-CLEAR-LUCITE-RHINESTONE-CLUTCH-PURSE-HANDBAG_W0QQitemZ120309447004QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item120309447004&#38;_trkparms=72%3A120839%3A166%3A265%3A12240%3A1318&#38;_trksid=p3286.c0.m14"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-967" title="p115364707-3" src="http://ebayfashionaddict.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/p115364707-3.jpg" alt="" width="510" height="382" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/OLD-UNIQUE-VINTAGE-CIGAR-BOX-HANDBAG-LUCITE-HANDLE_W0QQitemZ350100034954QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item350100034954&#38;_trkparms=72%3A120839%3A166%3A265%3A12240%3A1318&#38;_trksid=p3286.c0.m14"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-964" title="8f11_1" src="http://ebayfashionaddict.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/8f11_1.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Unique-Handcrafted-Antique-Glass-Color-Purse-Silver-NR_W0QQitemZ220283404045QQihZ012QQcategoryZ63852QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1742.m153.l1262"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-957" title="163931137_tp" src="http://ebayfashionaddict.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/163931137_tp.jpg" alt="" width="166" height="222" /></a><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Unique-Handcrafted-Antique-Glass-Color-Purse-Silver-NR_W0QQitemZ220283404045QQihZ012QQcategoryZ63852QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1742.m153.l1262"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-958" title="163930761_tp" src="http://ebayfashionaddict.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/163930761_tp.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="224" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Silver-Purse-Southwestern-Coral-Emerald-Design-Handbag_W0QQitemZ320301414187QQihZ011QQcategoryZ63852QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1742.m153.l1262"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-959" title="167372271_tp" src="http://ebayfashionaddict.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/167372271_tp.jpg" alt="" width="224" height="300" /></a><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-DECOUPAGE-WOOD-PURSE-WITH-LUCITE-HANDLE_W0QQitemZ170264472880QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item170264472880&#38;_trkparms=72%3A120839%3A166%3A265%3A12240%3A1318&#38;_trksid=p3286.c0.m14"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-966" title="tomatonecklacecostumepursetarotcards019" src="http://ebayfashionaddict.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/tomatonecklacecostumepursetarotcards019.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="333" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-MONOGRAMMED-WHITE-LUCITE-BOX-HANDBAG_W0QQitemZ120307761352QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item120307761352&#38;_trkparms=72%3A120839%3A166%3A265%3A12240%3A1318&#38;_trksid=p3286.c0.m14"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-965" title="425a_1" src="http://ebayfashionaddict.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/425a_1.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Lovely-Vintage-Clear-Glitter-Lucite-Purse-Handbag_W0QQitemZ370089039039QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item370089039039&#38;_trkparms=72%3A120839%3A166%3A265%3A12240%3A1318&#38;_trksid=p3286.c0.m14"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-963" title="d044_1" src="http://ebayfashionaddict.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/d044_1.jpg" alt="" width="255" height="350" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-50S-GOLD-WOVEN-METAL-BOX-Purse-Handbag-MINT_W0QQitemZ320253459908QQcmdZViewItem?_trksid=p3286.m20.l1116"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-960" title="aaaboxgldfullb" src="http://ebayfashionaddict.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/aaaboxgldfullb.jpg" alt="" width="480" height="480" /></a></p>
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<link>http://dzinergirl.wordpress.com/?p=51</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:28:50 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>dzinergirl</dc:creator>
<guid>http://dzinergirl.id.wordpress.com/2008/09/25/brand-spankin-new/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Freshly emerging onto the INDIE SCENE&#8230; These designers are brand-new on the ETSY and awaiting ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Freshly emerging onto the <a href="http://www.indiedesignerlabels.com/">INDIE SCENE</a>... These designers are brand-new on the <a href="http://www.etsy.com/buy.php" target="_blank">ETSY</a> and awaiting you to discover your treasure!</p>
<p>Let's meet the designers....</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6159474" target="_blank">BBJUD Design </a></p>
<p><a href="http://dzinergirl.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/bblud.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-52" title="bblud" src="http://dzinergirl.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/bblud.jpg" alt="" width="430" height="395" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6159474" target="_blank">BBJUD Design</a> is brand-new on the Etsy scene. Be the first to buy! </p>
<p><a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=15488400" target="_blank">Ring</a> is gold-filled, with a genuine tiny ruby. (Size 8.5)</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5875371" target="_blank">C. Otter Designs </a></p>
<p><a href="http://dzinergirl.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/c-otter-colette.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-56" title="Colette" src="http://dzinergirl.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/c-otter-colette.jpg" alt="" width="430" height="578" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5875371" target="_blank">C. Otter Designs</a> are one-of-a-kind, ultra feminine with an exotic edge.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=13593233" target="_blank">"Colette"</a>, fuchsia Chalcedony tear-drop briolette necklace with 14K gold-filled hammered ovals and chain is sure to catch the eye of an admirer!</p>
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<link>http://dzinergirl.wordpress.com/?p=24</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:43:38 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>dzinergirl</dc:creator>
<guid>http://dzinergirl.id.wordpress.com/2008/09/25/fall-designer-spotlight/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Introducing: Uniquely E Jewelry
 
Uniquely E Jewelry offers up this &#8220;Beautiful Fall&#8221; go]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:center;">Introducing: Uniquely E Jewelry</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"> <a href="http://dzinergirl.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/uniquelyejewelry-9-24.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-25" title="UniquelyEJewelry Necklace " src="http://dzinergirl.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/uniquelyejewelry-9-24.jpg" alt="" width="430" height="591" /></a></p>
<p>Uniquely E Jewelry offers up this <a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=15530863" target="_blank">"Beautiful Fall"</a> gorgeous piece of adornment with individuality and flair! This sweet necklace showcases amber toned beads with golden paisley. </p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#0000ee;text-decoration:underline;"><a href="http://dzinergirl.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/golden-and-garnet-9-25.jpg"></a><a href="http://dzinergirl.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/cat-eyes.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-27" title="Cat Eyes Earrings " src="http://dzinergirl.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/cat-eyes.jpg" alt="" width="430" height="322" /></a></span></p>
<p>I love the simplicity and modern vibe of these earrings! These <a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=vl_other_2&#38;listing_id=15531003" target="_blank">"Cat Eyes"</a> are made with silver memory wire and hematite beads which gracefully dangle from above.</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://dzinergirl.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/mammas-pearls.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-28" title="Mammas Pearls " src="http://dzinergirl.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/mammas-pearls.jpg" alt="" width="430" height="322" /></a></p>
<p>Actually, these earrings are called <a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=15336079" target="_blank">"Mamma's Pearls"</a>, but I think they are more like "Not Your Mamma's Pearls"! I love how the designer has combined the classic feel of pearl with long, dangling chain.</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#0000ee;text-decoration:underline;"><a href="http://dzinergirl.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/be-yourself.jpg"></a><a href="http://dzinergirl.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/be-yourself1.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-33 aligncenter" title="Be Yourself Pendant " src="http://dzinergirl.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/be-yourself1.jpg" alt="" width="430" height="463" /></a></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">I am in love with the texture and the soft "sugar and spice" palette of this <a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=15213061" target="_blank">"Be Yourself Pendant"</a>! The pendant is 2.5" and has a silver bail. </p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://dzinergirl.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/peaches-n-cream.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-36" title="Peaches n Cream" src="http://dzinergirl.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/peaches-n-cream.jpg" alt="" width="430" height="322" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">These fabulous resin earrings are created entirely by hand. You can't go wrong because even from behind you can showcase the vintage-inspired filigree pattern. One sweet find! Earrings measure 2.5". </p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://dzinergirl.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/blossoming-cherries.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-37" title="Blossoming Cherries" src="http://dzinergirl.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/blossoming-cherries.jpg" alt="" width="430" height="744" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Gorgeous design with luxe antiqued gold florals and mouth-watering cherry quartz! This necklace is 24" long, (shorter chain is 20".) </p>
<p style="text-align:left;">A WORD ABOUT THE DESIGNER:</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"> "Each piece of <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5628238" target="_blank">Uniquely E Jewelry</a> is created by hand, with an 'eye for color' and artistic flair. Unusual design techniques are combined with materials such as, resin, glass, precious metals, and other fine elements in order to create current and unique jewelry pieces. New and progressive design techniques are used in the creation of each piece in order to inspire individuality and flair."</p>
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<link>http://foodheresucks.wordpress.com/?p=15</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:43:38 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>The Food Here Sucks</dc:creator>
<guid>http://foodheresucks.id.wordpress.com/2008/09/24/the-customer-is-alwayssomething-pt-1/</guid>
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Put it together
I have worked in six restaurants in the past seven years.  Some have had stable]]></description>
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<p>I have worked in six restaurants in the past seven years.<span>  </span>Some have had stable work environments, where things went smoothly because of the abilities of the staff, the management’s dedication to making things work, or simple practice.<span>  </span>I’ve also worked on sinking ships.<span>  </span>Places where every thing was a disaster waiting to happen.<span>  </span>Where shit broke, people stole, quit, slacked off, did drugs, fucked on the greasy, scalding grill line (actually, that makes it sound kind of hot…this incident was not), got fired, fought one another, cried, puked, and had nervous breakdowns.<span>  </span>Yet, the worst part of these nightmare jobs, was inevitably – the customers.<span>  </span>Don’t get me wrong, I have hated, really loathed, some cooks, managers, dishwashers, bussers and hostesses, but we were all in it together, united against a common enemy, the customers.<span>  </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In the 1950s after the devastating horror of WWII, Americans hoping to escape the evils they saw overseas retreated inland and inward.<span>  </span>In doing so they created suburbia.<span>  </span>The goal of suburbia is to give the middle class a perception of safety and familiarity.<span>  </span>It certainly appeared to be what Americans wanted.<span>  </span>Suburbs were safe communities inhabited by people with similar values and skin color.<span>  </span>Of the many products that had an adverse effect on actually making Americans feel a sense of belonging and place is the chain restaurant.<span>  </span>Despite its intent, the chain restaurant has succeeded in alienating the population and taking away what makes a community feel like a community.<span>  </span>Sure, it is nice to know that when you go to Applebee’s in Fort Worth, TX, or Cambridge, MA, or Anchorage, AK you will be able to get the Maple Peach Wasabi Crusted Chicken Croquettes, but shouldn’t you be kind of out of your element when you travel?<span>  </span>Shouldn’t places feel different and new, when they are thousands of miles apart?<span>  </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Designed to give a rapid and consistent experience each time for every customer, the chain does just that, but I think we can also agree that, that sucks.<span>  </span>Sure, it’s great for fast food, because there is a place in our culture for such quick, convient places; however, the chain restaurant is a different beast altogether.<span>  </span>Mixing the fast food’s idealized rapidity with the comfort and wacky-shit-on-the-walls style of your local attention deficit disorder suffering restaurateurs.<span>  </span>Pioneered by McDonalds, the chain gave the US the invented notion that, “the customer is always right.”<span>  </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In grade school, likely in an attempt to bolster our standardized test scores, so she wouldn’t have to go back to waiting tables at The Ground Round (an East Coast chain restaurant where they used to give patrons popcorn before the meal in the style of chips and salsa or fresh bread, and they ran the humiliating, “Kids pay what they weigh” campain where 1 penny corresponded to 1 pound.<span>  </span>They also used to put ice cream sundaes in small MLB batting helmets.<span>  </span>They were the perfect size to put on a cat).<span>  </span>The teacher told my class, “When dealing with true or false questions look for ‘give away’ words such as ‘never’ or ‘always’.<span>  </span>Generally, such definite statements are false, since there are few time that we can say something is always true or never true.”<span>  </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Save the Laws of Physics there are very few absolutes, and one of them certainly is not that customers are always right.<span>  </span>Indeed customers outside of the restaurant are the same assholes who are fucking up the world and making life miserable for everyone.<span>  </span>I’ve never understood what transformation occurs to a person when they enter the threshold of a chain restaurant – they suddenly become infallible, omincient beings.<span>  </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Chiller;"> Have you ever watched the film "Chasing Liberty"? Hmmm..well.. I can describe my life reflecting the real image of me in a way how this movie really goes... as it tells something beyond its real meaning. I’m” NOT" talking about how mandy fell in love ((DEFINITELY NOT)... but how life goes on in its deepest essence (HOW SHE HANDLES &#38; LIVES IN ALIFE FULL OF _T_H_E_O_R_I_E_S_ ) ....or let's say how she deals life chasing for freedom!.... Freedom???? Freedom from what???... It is not only in one aspect... But it is about life as a whole. it is the freedom from everything. I could say that I was a prisoner of my own self hiding from the reality or from the face of the world, the fact that continuously exists which I truly deny from within.... I was a victim of my own stupidity, and worst of all..... I closed the door behind me... that I wasn't able to see what the real world has brought about humanity.... and that's the reason why when i stepped outside the world which I built inside I wasn't able to cope up with everybody. I don’t know how to deal with other people 'cause I was blinded by the existence of the truth which I tried to cultivate through my theories and expectations. However, it is truly not enough for me just to learn things with different judgment in order to arrive in to essential theories.... there were many cases from which I tested my own self, still I wasn't able to learn my lesson... not until I've experienced it. The point is... it is all about taking the tests before learning the lessons.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Chiller;"> Yes it is absolutely true that words are not enough to describe one, because it is more than any of those combined letters that it could go beyond each of its meaning. There is no definite definition for the real life itself. It is certainly broad and certainly infinite like our universe. On the other hand, though one could hardly define it.... I do find myself living in a closed shell from which I've seen no freedom. I tried to free myself from the excessive baggage I have from my back, still the past keeps hunting me every minute. I tried to run away from it which I think the only best thing to do but I always failed.... Everything is connected... past, present and future.... I wasn't able to cut the chains that keep its bond in its place. There were pains, heartaches, and regrets......... and all those things are the ghost which I have to face from my past in order to face tomorrows. It seems to be that I am strong, yet behind the laughs and smiles that I take is the strong feeling of sorrow and emptiness from within.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Chiller;"> Truly, I found myself so negative to bear... but the shadows of faith is still there... and I am still wishing and longing for the light of my life which chase for me to get my own LIBERTY!!!!! "THERE ARE CERTAIN POINTS INMY LIFE FROM WHICH I BECAME SO TIRED OF LIVING JUST ONLY IN--"theories"--...........just like Mandy Moore in Chasing Liberty"</span></p>
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