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                <title>Childhood's End</title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:28:09 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Someday we are going to discover that we are <i>not</i> the Cat's Meow of the universe, we are going to wake up in a world that is acknowledged to be only one of many occupied worlds in the Milky Way galaxy. Perhaps this will happen in my lifetime, perhaps not. But I am certain it <i>will</i> happen. When it does, what will it mean for you? I recommend you start thinking about this today.<br /><br />Yes, the study of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) and extraterrestrial biological entities (EBEs) attracts a huge number of people with strange beliefs. But for many of those people, their beliefs are no stranger than the experiences that led them to those beliefs. If the emotionally and mentally unstable were the only examples we had, we would be justified in doubting their veracity, but I urge you to set aside an hour or two to listen to some of the presentations recorded by the <a href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.disclosureproject.org/">Disclosure Project</a>, presentations by civilian and military aircrew, air traffic controllers, NASA retirees, and even NASA astronauts. If you have only a few minutes, the physicist, <a href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.stantonfriedman.com/">Stanton Friedman</a>, deserves listening to on the subject of how <a href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3b8oc4mSmow">information has been withheld</a> and knowledge denied by the United States government.<br /><br />Yes, some of the things that the U.S. government has concealed were matters of national security and secrecy is justified, but not I think, for all cases. Change is coming and <i>we need to be ready</i>.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>~Kittybriton</author>
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                <title>I may be some time...</title>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:17:51 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Yesterday there was a fairly heated discussion on another messageboard which I frequent, on the subject of welfare fraud. I don't doubt that there are fraudsters out there taking advantage of the system, but to tar all welfare recipients with the same brush is not only unfair, in many cases it is adding insult to injury.<br />I spent years, literally, trying to find work in my chosen profession before resigning myself to the probability that I would never be more than an amateur artist.<br />If I value my art on a commercial basis, it has no appreciable value.<br />I have better things to do with my time. In fact, time is far more interesting to me than the prospect of wasting my life trying to flog dead horses. If you have anything to say, I'll be <i>then</i>.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Dancing through time!</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:47:18 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ The reason I was late getting to the rendezvous was that I had actually left St.Lawrence's and was following you into the churchyard when I heard the organist begin a fugue. I'm sure most organists of the time could have played this piece perfectly competently, but what caught my ear was a subtlety in the rubato  that suggested this was not just a typically good musician, but someone quite extraordinary.<br />Of course, it would have to be someone extraordinary to be engaged by a Duke. So I popped back inside and settled down to listen (of course!).<br /><br /><a href="http://images.kittybriton.multiply.com/song/1/137/full/U2FsdGVkX19Jb7gTke-H9nXbppohO7VW7eR.D55nvogu66w-HQxQXiUNLcxq3YY./Handel%20-%20Fuga%20II%20final%20mix.mp3?nmid=136790975">Click to listen</a><br /><br /><br />Having apparently satisfied himself that his practice for the day was sufficient, the organist collected his books and a few loose sheets, and was leaving the organ loft when I waylaid him. This was one of those "Wow!" moments for me. My first meeting with Georg Frideric Haendel, or as he is known in England, George Frederick Handel.<br /><br />Mr.Handel is of average height, allowing an inch or so perhaps for his shoes and peruke, clean-shaven and nicely pomaded. The portrait of him which I include below was made later in his life, but now, in his early thirties he is already developing that well-fed corpulence, and moves with an easy, relaxed gait, even climbing down the slightly awkward stairs from the organ loft.<br /><br />I drop a respectful curtsey; "Have I the pleasure of addressing the noted Mr. Handel, sir?"<br /><br />"Goot Afternoon, Mattam. I am indeed Mr.Hantel, and might Mr.Hantel haf tse honor of knowink whom duss he attress?"<br /><br />Introducing myself in persona as the representative of a tailor, I seize the opportunity of asking Mr.Handel about the music he was playing, and hopefully I shall have an opportunity to learn more about his engagement at Cannons.<br /><br />"Tse piece fitch I belief you ver askink about voss my fugue in G major. I tsink perhaps a leetle more polish, and I shall seek to publish it abroad."<br /><br />Among other things which we discuss, walking back to Cannons, I learn that Mr.Handel is engaged to provide new music for entertainments hosted by the Duke, and sometimes leads the small band from the harpsichord. His grace, it seems, is not so much a performer himself, as an Apollo of the arts, preferring to use his beneficence to encourage the arts (and Mr.Handel is nothing if not a perfect diplomat in discussing matters relating to his employer).<br /><br />"Shall I have the pleasure of hearing you play again on Sunday, Mr.Handel?"<br /><br />"I tsink not Mattam. Unless you fill be joinink his Krace in tse chapel at tse house."<br /><br />At this I am obliged to seek some explanation for his presence in St.Lawrence's.<br /><br />"Tse church hass a razzer fine acoustic for tse organ, and recrettably, his Krace's chapel is not yet completet, howeffer, tse verkmen fill make it retty for tse diffine serfice on Suntay."<br /><br />Finally, before we part company, me to the rendezvous point, and Mr.Handel to return to his chambers within the house, I can't resist asking if Mr.Handel knows of any talented blacksmiths in the village?<br /><br />"Tsere iss vun fellow, but I fould not fenture to assay his talent as a smit. Tsough I am sure he is as capaple a farrier as any man fitin fife miles. Haff you a horse in neet of shoeink?"<br /><br />His expression betrays a mixture of curiosity and mild surprise. I think it is time I thanked him for his company and made haste to the rendezvous.<br /><br />"Mattam, it hass been my pleshur, and a ferry goot afternoon to you also."<br /><br /><br />References<br />Have I whetted your appetite to learn more about fugal composition?<br />Creative Commons License My site was nominated for Best Blogging Host!<br /><br />The written content of this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.<br /><br />If you enjoyed reading this, please take a moment to visit my <a href="http://kittybriton.multiply.com/journal">blog</a><br /><br />(the transcript of the music is there as well!)<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Depression</title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 06:01:21 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ For anyone who's watching. Depression is biting. I've deleted a lot of messages, mostly unread. And deviations from people I watch. It's not that I don't care. It just doesn't seem to matter.<br />If anything, I'm putting more energy into music because it doesn't leave any embarrassing residues, just a memory. Not unwanted paintings.<br /><br />Stupid f*cking emo b*tch<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Reaping - Get It Right!</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:41:24 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Idiotic perhaps. But the more I look at pictures of Old Father Time, or the Grim Reaper, the more I get frustrated by the inaccuracy of the depiction of a basic agricultural tool: <a href="http://content.answers.com/main/content/img/Gardeners/f0226.jpg">the scythe</a>.<br />The shaft of the tool is <i>not</i> straight, it is curved so that the tool is balanced when held, otherwise it would quickly tire the user beyond any ability to work for long periods.<br />Even the illustration reproduced above is not entirely correct, the handles are at different angles to better suit each hand.<br />So, next time you draw a scythe - please try to depict the tool accurately.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Meanwhile, at the Mended Drum</title>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:33:25 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ I don't know quite what happened! I was supposed to zero in on sixteenth century Berkshire, England, but instead, found myself stumbling around in the dark, in some stinky alternate reality behind a place called "The Mended Drum" on Dwarves Night.<br>Apparently six nights of the week, the place allows trolls in, but in the interests of keeping enough furniture to sit on, and drink off, they have separate nights when dwarves <i>or </i>trolls (<i>or </i>the undead, <i>or </i>what-have-you) are not allowed in.<br>So the barkeep gives me this funny look (I stand head and shoulders above most of the drinking clientele who aren't so much drinking as sloshing it, and singing) but I still get my half-pint anyway and while I'm trying to be inconspicuous in a corner this small person who goes by Tor Stronginthearm nearly nails me with a throwing axe and insists that I join in the singing, <i>unless I'm a troll-fancier</i>!<br><tt>X:70Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  % number<br>T:Gold! Gold! Gold!Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  % title<br>C:Eodric Sweetenshort (aka Myscha Aiken) % composer<br>O:Songs from The Gold MindÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  % origin.<br>N:Rests may be punctuated by clinksloshing tankards<br>N: of authentic Dwarf ale, thumping on tables, banging<br>N: of tankards on tables, or throwing things.<br>N:With acknowledgements to Terry Pratchett's Discworld<br>N: Sagas, without which this would never have happened.<br>M:4/4Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  % meter<br>L:1/4Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  % length of shortest note<br>Q:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  % tempo<br>K:FÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  % key<br>V:1Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  % voice 1<br>"F"FCFC | "F"AGF z | "Bb"BG "F"AF | "C7"GFE z |<br>w:Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold!<br>"F"FCFC | "F"AGF z | "Bb"BG "F"AF | "C7"GC "F"F2 |]<br>w: Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold!</br><br>So to learn the song, copy the code above, then go to The Amazing Tune-O-Tron <a title="Instant (well, almost) online conversion to sheetmusic" href="http://www.concertina.net/tunes_convert.html">Convertamatic</a>, paste it, and listen to the MIDI.<br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></tt></br></br></br><br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Tribute to Private Harry Lamin</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:18:52 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ For anybody musically inclined, I have just posted a <a href="http://kittybriton.multiply.com/journal/item/39/The_Better_Ole_In_Search_Of...">tribute blog</a> to Private Harry Lamin. Please stop by if you would like to get the music for "<i>It's a Long Way to Tipperary</i>" or "<i>Smile, Smile, Smile</i>" (Pack up your troubles in your old kitbag), and <b><i>please</i></b> click through to Harry's own blog. Show your support for the troops who fought World War One.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>~Kittybriton</author>
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                <title>Cougars - predatory women</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:50:20 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <a href="http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/sex/the-quot-official-quot-cougar-boot-camp-154103/#comments">Not so funny</a>. Have these women no dignity?<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>~Kittybriton</author>
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                <title>The Planets</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:09:58 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Unfortunately I can't post the entire thing here, which consists of six paintings by me, AND the music. But you can listen to/download the music from <a href="http://kittybriton.multiply.com/music/item/15/The_Planets_Suite_by_Gustav_Holst">my profile page</a> where it is presented together with the music that inspired the paintings.<br />I hope you'll drop by and leave feedback.<br /><br />Thank you.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>I've been tagged :)</title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:55:58 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ For ~Elven-one<br />
<br />
Eight interesting (I hope) random facts about me:<br />
1.My DA journal is nothing special. <a href="http://kittybriton-abc.blogspot.com/">My Music blog</a> is.<br />
2.Having never been abroad in my life, I travelled more than 3000 miles to be with somebody I love.<br />
3.I had a birth defect, now mostly remedied.<br />
4.I prefer snow to heat.<br />
5.Although I can cook, I hardly ever do.<br />
6.Although I can clean, I hardly ever do.<br />
7.Although I can sew, I hardly ever do. ;D<br />
8.I have never ridden a motorcycle and don't intend to start now.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>~Kittybriton</author>
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                <title>Traditional Art Day</title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 21 Oct 2007 12:49:49 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <a href="http://alegreghi.deviantart.com/art/Still-life-study-3-65066254">[link]</a><br />
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Still life study 3 by ~alegreghi<br />
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If you haven't discovered it yet, yesterday was Traditional Art Day. I have to admire the skill of Alegreghi; dedicated, painstaking draftsmanship, and the patient, observant use of color characterise this very simple, but very beautiful pastel painting.<br />
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<a href="http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs20/f/2007/281/5/f/Traditional_Art_Day_by_deathly_stillness.jpg">[link]</a><br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Towards the unknown region</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2007 07:21:37 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Recent developments in my (musical) <a href="http://360.yahoo.com/kittybriton">blog</a> have necessitated that I get more familiar with online applications, and at the same time, I need to be able to store files online so that I am not tied to a single computer.<br />
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As a result I have "discovered" <a href="http://www.esnips.com/">eSnips</a> where I am now storing some of my favorite recordings. If you would like to be granted access to my shared files of music by the London Consort (directed by the late David Munrow), please PM me with an email address to send a reply to.<br />
<br />
Here, then, is <a href="http://www.esnips.com/doc/781649f5-2f35-4eee-bde5-af7aacf2c710/Lux-aeterna/?widget=flash_player_candle">Lux Aeterna</a>.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Horseplay</title>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2007 17:35:30 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ You think you know somebody, and then you realize that you overlooked something that should have been obvious.<br />
<br />
I've known for a long time that my partner likes horses. I catch her looking at them out of the corner of her eye when we're out driving. <br />
<br />
Her family had horses when she was younger. <br />
<br />
But I was a bit surprised when I found a magazine in the bathroom. I never would have thought that she was the sort to spend time in the bathroom looking at pictures of horses with no clothes on.<br />
<br />
It causes me to question myself too. Did she fall in love with me because I have a long face, funky teeth, and long elegant legs? Was it the way I toss my hair? the way I kick my heels up and race around the yard?<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>In media vita, morte sumus</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 06:28:52 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ In memory of the victims of the attack at <a title="One Day Blog Silence" href="http://www.onedayblogsilence.com">Virginia Tech</a><br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Wasting time</title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 25 Mar 2007 12:24:09 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <a href="http://www.ugoplayer.com/games/cannonbods.html">[link]</a><br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Primum Non Nocere</title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2007 08:03:05 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ "<b>First of all, do no harm</b>"<br />
<br />
What will you do when you find you have cast the world away<br />
for a handful of dry sand?<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Six Weird Habits/Things About Yourself</title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 14 Jan 2007 06:00:54 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Thank you ~Ribcaged for tagging me! <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/h/hug.gif" width="38" height="15" alt=":hug:" title="Hug" /><br />
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1) When I was a teen drainpipe jeans were in fashion. I really wanted a pair, but I was doing so much bike riding my thighs were out of proportion.<br />
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2) I have no idea what's in the charts right now, but I know songs from four hundred years ago.<br />
<br />
3) I have a dent on the back of my head from a childhood accident.<br />
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4) I learned to swim underwater before I had the confidence to swim on the surface.<br />
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5) I believe that musical instruments have souls. Instruments should be treated with <b>respect</b>, and <i>should not be treated as just another piece of furniture</i>.<br />
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6) People who don't know me often seem to think I'm weird. I have no idea why.<br />
<br />
I tag:<br />
carolin54323<br />
golem1<br />
ThePiChef<br />
zzaga (who probably won't read this)<br />
PaintedBow<br />
ARVash<br />
gazzy-h<br />
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Because you're all such amazing creative people (and I'm such a nosey ******)<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Superthunderstingcar</title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 28 Dec 2006 18:46:36 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Showing my age now. Thunderbirds will never look the same <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/f/frown.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":(" title=":( (Sad)" /><br />
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<a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=yxaGuVWcSo8">[link]</a><br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>They call it "Crimble" !</title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 17 Dec 2006 08:16:48 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Honestly. The last Christmas I spent in England, people were referring to "Crimble" as in, have you got your "Crimble" tree yet? or "doing anything special for 'Crimbo'?"<br />
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Christmas is coming, and I'm feeling rather lost.<br />
I want to make it special but I can't afford the cost.<br />
But a rather special couple had to shack up in a stable,<br />
So I guess I shouldn't worry, and just do what I am able.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Essence of pain</title>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 07 Nov 2006 13:53:01 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Out of his suffering, Beethoven created great music. Music which he never heard.<br />
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"no pain, no gain" they tell me. I have had enough of pain, and gained nothing.<br />
<br />
Is it the pain of a depressed mentality? or the hard, clear light of reason?<br />
<br />
Who's the more foolish? the fool? or the fool who follows her?<br />
<br />
To live is to suffer. How could extinction be worse?<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>~Kittybriton</author>
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                <title>Samhain</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 13 Oct 2006 19:25:33 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ We are almost at the old celtic festival of Samhain, a time of deep changes. The world is broken. But who would dare to attempt to mend it?<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>~Kittybriton</author>
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                <title>A Dark Time</title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 24 Sep 2006 16:17:38 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ How am I supposed to go on? It feels as if I have given up creating. What, after all, is the point? there is no value to anything I can offer.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>~Kittybriton</author>
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                <title>Pollocks!</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 15 Sep 2006 08:06:33 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Go have a ball...<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.jacksonpollock.org/">[link]</a> ]]></description>
                <author>~Kittybriton</author>
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                <title>There is hope in honest error;</title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 10 Sep 2006 05:37:02 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ In the words of Charles Rennie Mackintosh "There is hope in honest error; there is none in the icy perfections of the mere stylist".<br />
<br />
I don't know whether this deviation was indeed just a "doodle" or the result of hours of concentrated effort, but to me, this exemplifies what Mackintosh intended to convey.<br />
<br />
I hope you will take a look;<br />
<a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/39545452/">[link]</a> ]]></description>
                <author>~Kittybriton</author>
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                <title>Black is Black and White is White. Or ...?</title>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 08 Aug 2006 07:01:44 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Bertrand Russell wrote in his "Principia Mathematica" that once we know all about one, we think we know all about two, because two is the same as one plus one.<br />
<br />
We forget that we have to make a study of plus.<br />
<br />
" Sarah Graham was 25 before she discovered what doctors had withheld from her: that she was both male and female"<br />
<a href="http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/health_medical/article1217694.ece">[link]</a><br />
<br />
I have known people with various intersex conditions personally, and to me it is outrageous that these people are excluded from some areas of the protection of the law because "the law cannot conceive of their existence"! ]]></description>
                <author>~Kittybriton</author>
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                <title>What Frenzie?</title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 05 Aug 2006 08:13:18 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ What Frenzie has of late possess'd the brain?<br />
Though few can write, yet fewer can refrain!<br />
<br />
Yesterday, in the course of rescuing a few more of my belongings from the disaster area that the basement has become under new management, I found a notebook that had been lost, containing some of my poetic fragments. I have now posted them as deviations for consideration and perhaps, comment. If you read this, please be kind enough to go and read "I am The Poet" and "Magnum Opus".<br />
<br />
I also found a couple of poems that have always meant a great deal to me, on the subject of <b>heroism</b>: "The Other Little Boats" by Ed. Shanks, and "Lie in the dark, and listen" by Noel Coward. I recommend both, underlined three times. If you can't find the text elsewhere, ask me. ]]></description>
                <author>~Kittybriton</author>
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                <title>Mad? HELL YES!</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2006 14:15:17 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ My stepdaughter has been sharpening knives again. Today I found she had taken the bulb from the heat lamp that I use to bend wood, and used it to light the basement stairs. Then she leaves a note for her mom saying that I had created a fire hazard behind her back.<br />
<br />
I have spent every penny I had, and some I didn't have to keep this family from losing their home and in return I am slowly, but firmly pushed further and further out by this thankless viper!<br />
<br />
Today has been a coin-toss between planning to leave and return to my home country (which I hope would not mean leaving my partner behind), and ending my worthless life.<br />
<br />
With no job and no prospect, nobody buys my creative work, and with every passing day I become more of a burden on the community. The arguments in favor are strong. ]]></description>
                <author>~Kittybriton</author>
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                <title>Chicken Little</title>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 04 Jul 2006 05:17:39 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ I would while away the hours<br />
conversing with the flowers<br />
consulting with the rain,<br />
And my head I'd be scratchin<br />
while my thoughts were busy hatchin,<br />
if I only had a brain.<br /><br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/d/doh.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":doh:" title="Doh!" /><br />
<br />
My memory isn't good for much more than 24 hours most days, so I forgot that my subscription was a generous gift from dA, to experience the high life for a couple of weeks.<br />
<br />
I signed up for the free subscription which doesn't expire. OK, it may not have all the bells and whistles, but it's home to me.<br />
<br />
My apologies <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/e/embarrassed.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":blush:" title="Blush" /> to anyone who read my last entry and thought I was leaving the building. But it's great to know that I can count on you as friends.<br />
<br />
To all the staff at DeviantArt, and particularly the hardworking gnomes on the HelpDesk, THANK YOU for allowing me a trial sub., and for making dA such a superb site.<br />
<br />
I shall now don my hair shirt and take up my flagellum.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>~Kittybriton</author>
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                <title>Goodbye</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 03 Jul 2006 11:59:28 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ If we shadows have offended<br />
Think but this, and all is mended<br />
That you have but slumbered here<br />
While these visions did appere<br /><br />I received notification today that my DA subscription is about to expire. I can't afford to resub. I can't even afford to pay bills or the mortgage right now. But if you would like to keep in touch with me, my email is spamless@cashette.com. Just be sure to mention DA in the message title.<br />
<br />
Thank you for being a DA friend.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>~Kittybriton</author>
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                <title>When the dog bites</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 2006 07:50:49 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ I've been here before.<br /><br /><strong>Mood</strong>: <img style="vertical-align: middle" src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/surrender.gif" alt="Defeated" title="Defeated" /> No room for me<br /><strong>Listening to</strong>: Beethoven 7, 2nd movt.<br /><strong>Reading</strong>: Ecclesiastes<br /><strong>Watching</strong>: The Chronicles of Riddick<br /><br />I am not.<br />
How can I be.<br />
There is no space for me.<br />
<br />
My stepdaughter wants me to move my "junk" out of the basement so she and b/f can move back in. Just like they were when they set fire to the house.<br />
<br />
I feel like I am being squeezed out of my own life. Again.<br />
<br />
I know I am resented. If her father had not gone to jail, I would not be here. I try to keep my footprint small. But I can't live on the cieling.<br /><br />At times like this, I feel as though the Necromongers had it right: life is the noise in the signal. Life is an aberration in the pattern of the universe. I don't belong here. I SHOULDN'T BE ALIVE. ]]></description>
                <author>~Kittybriton</author>
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                <title>Principles</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jun 2006 14:20:12 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ There are some good guidelines here. I hope the next time I check back I will be able to say that I am applying them.<br />
<br />
ONE. Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully.<br />
<br />
TWO. Marry a man/woman you love to talk to. As you get older, their conversational skills will be as important as any other.<br />
<br />
THREE. Don't believe all you hear, spend all you have or sleep all you want.<br />
<br />
FOUR. When you say, "I love you," mean it.<br />
<br />
FIVE. When you say, "I'm sorry," look the person in the eye.<br />
<br />
SIX. Be engaged at least six months before you get married.<br />
<br />
SEVEN. Believe in love at first sight.<br />
<br />
EIGHT. Never laugh at anyone's dream. People who don't have dreams don't have much.<br />
<br />
NINE. Love deeply and passionately. You might get hurt but it's the only way to live life completely.<br />
<br />
TEN. In disagreements, fight fairly. No name calling.<br />
<br />
ELEVEN. Don't judge people by their relatives.<br />
<br />
TWELVE. Talk slowly but think quickly.<br />
<br />
THIRTEEN. When someone asks you a question you don't want to answer, smile and ask, "Why do you want to know?"<br />
<br />
FOURTEEN. Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk.<br />
<br />
FIFTEEN. Say "bless you" when you hear someone sneeze.<br />
<br />
SIXTEEN. When you lose, don't lose the lesson<br />
<br />
SEVENTEEN. Remember the three R's: R espect for self; Respect for others; and responsibility for all your actions.<br />
<br />
EIGHTEEN. Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.<br />
<br />
NINETEEN. When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.<br />
<br />
TWENTY. Smile when picking up the phone. The caller will hear it in your voice.<br />
<br />
TWENTY-ONE. Spend some time alone. ]]></description>
                <author>~Kittybriton</author>
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                <title>I'm a LESBIAN, so I MUST have a sex-tape.</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2006 08:52:38 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ If you hate stereotypes and think people should just shut up and stop judging others, then POST THIS! Pick the stereotype that fits you the most, and put it in the subject when you re-post this.<br />
<br />
Taken from :gazzy-h:<br />
<br />
I'm EMO, so I MUST cut my wrists.<br />
<br />
I'm BLACK, so I MUST carry a gun.<br />
<br />
I'm HISPANIC, so I MUST be dirty.<br />
<br />
I'm ASIAN, so I MUST be smart.<br />
<br />
I'm NOT LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, so I MUST be a loser.<br />
<br />
I'm JEWISH, so I MUST be greedy.<br />
<br />
I'm GAY, so I MUST have AIDS.<br />
<br />
I'm a LESBIAN, so I MUST have a sex-tape.<br />
<br />
I'm ARAB, so I MUST be a terrorist.<br />
<br />
I SPEAK MY MIND, so I MUST be a bitch.<br />
<br />
I'm OVERWEIGHT, so I MUST have a problem with self control.<br />
<br />
I'm RELIGIOUS, so I MUST shove my beliefs down your throat.<br />
<br />
I'm an ATHEIST, so I MUST hate the world.<br />
<br />
I DON'T HAVE A RELIGION, so I MUST not have morals.<br />
<br />
I'm REPUBLICAN, so I MUST not care about poor people.<br />
<br />
I'm DEMOCRAT, so I MUST not believe in being responsible.<br />
<br />
I'm JAMICAN so I must smoke weed.<br />
<br />
I am LIBERAL, so I MUST be gay.<br />
<br />
I'm SOUTHERN, so I MUST be white trash.<br />
<br />
I TAKE ANTI-DEPRESSANTS, so I MUST be crazy.<br />
<br />
I'm a GUY, so I MUST only want to get into your pants.<br />
<br />
I'm IRISH, so I MUST have a bad drinking problem.<br />
<br />
I'm INDIAN, so I MUST own a convenient store.<br />
<br />
I'm NATIVE AMERICAN, so I MUST dance around a fire screaming like a savage.<br />
<br />
I'm PREPPY, so I MUST shun those who don't wear Abercrombie & Hollister.<br />
<br />
I'm a CHEERLEADER, so I MUST be a stuck up whore.<br />
<br />
I'm on a DANCE team, so I must be stupid, stuck up, and a whore.<br />
<br />
I wear skirts a lot, so I MUST be a slut.<br />
<br />
I'm a PUNK, so I MUST do drugs.<br />
<br />
I'm YOUNG, so I MUST be naive.<br />
<br />
I'm RICH, so I MUST be a conceited snob.<br />
<br />
I WEAR BLACK, so I MUST be a goth.<br />
<br />
I'm BLONDE, so I MUST be a stupid ditz.<br />
<br />
I'm a WHITE GIRL, so I MUST be a nagging, steal-your-money kind of girlfriend.<br />
<br />
I'm CUBAN, so I MUST spend my spare time rolling cigars.<br />
<br />
I'm MEXICAN, so I MUST have hopped the border.<br />
<br />
I'm NOT A VIRGIN, so I MUST be easy.<br />
<br />
I FELL IN LOVE WITH A MARRIED MAN, so I MUST be a home-wrecking whore.<br />
<br />
I'm a TEENAGE MOM, so I MUST be an irresponsible slut.<br />
<br />
I'm POLISH, so I MUST wear my socks with my sandals.<br />
<br />
I'm ITALIAN, so I must have a big peter.<br />
<br />
I GOT A CAR FOR MY BIRTHDAY, so I MUST be a spoiled brat.<br />
<br />
I'm PRETTY, so I MUST not be a virgin.<br />
<br />
I HAVE STRAIGHT A'S, so I MUST have no social life.<br />
<br />
I DYE MY HAIR CRAZY COLORS, so I MUST be looking for attention.<br />
<br />
I DRESS IN UNUSUAL WAYS so I MUST be looking for attention.<br />
<br />
I'm INTO THEATER ART, so I MUST be a homosexual.<br />
<br />
I'm a VEGETARIAN, so I MUST be a crazy political activist.<br />
<br />
I HAVE A BUNCH OF GUY FRIENDS, so I MUST be fucking them all.<br />
<br />
I HAVE A BUNCH OF GIRLS WHO ARE FRIENDS, so I MUST be gay.<br />
<br />
I HAVE BIG BOOBS, so I MUST be a whore.<br />
<br />
I'm COLOMBIAN, so I MUST be a drug dealer.<br />
<br />
I WEAR WHAT I WANT, so I MUST be a poser.<br />
<br />
I'm RUSSIAN, so I MUST be cool.<br />
<br />
I'm GERMAN, so I MUST be a Nazi.<br />
<br />
I hang out with GAYS, so I MUST be GAY TOO<br />
<br />
I'm BRAZILIAN, so I MUST have a BIG BUTT.<br />
<br />
I'm PUERTO RICAN, so I MUST look good and be conceited.<br />
<br />
I'm SALVADORIAN, so I MUST be in MS 13.<br />
<br />
I'm POLISH, so I MUST be greedy.<br />
<br />
I'm HAWAIIAN, so I MUST be lazy.<br />
<br />
I'm AUSTRALIAN, so I MUST live in the outback.<br />
<br />
I'm a STONER, so I MUST be going in the wrong direction.<br />
<br />
I'm a VIRGIN, so I MUST be a prude.<br />
<br />
I'm a FEMALE GAMER, so I MUST be ugly or crazy.<br />
<br />
I'm BLACK, so I MUST love watermelon and fried chicken.<br />
<br />
I'm BI, so I MUST think every person I see is hot.<br />
<br />
I'm ASIAN, so I MUST have a small penis.<br />
<br />
I'm a GUY CHEERLEADER, so I MUST be gay.<br />
<br />
I'm SKINNY, so I MUST be anorexic.<br />
<br />
I'm PREP, so I MUST be rich.<br />
<br />
I dont like the SUN so I MUST be albino.<br />
<br />
I have a lot of FRIENDS, so I MUST love to drink and party.<br />
<br />
I wear tight PANTS and I'm a guy, so I MUST be emo.<br />
<br />
I HURT MYSELF, so I MUST be emo. ]]></description>
                <author>~Kittybriton</author>
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                <title>since you asked...</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jun 2006 07:00:09 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ In answer to something sent to me by PaintedBow<br />
<br />
MAIN<br />
Your real name: Myscha<br />
Most used nickname (ONLY one): Meesh<br />
Age: 44<br />
Height: 6' 2" last time I checked.<br />
Natural hair colour: Brown<br />
Eye colour: Blue<br />
Skin color: Mottled<br />
Glasses/contacts?: glasses, please. Filled.<br />
Piercings: nada<br />
Tattoos: zero<br />
Braces: zilch<br />
Other distinctive markings: 6'2" female with mottled skin? what more do ya want?<br />
<br />
<br />
FAVOURITE<br />
Colour: no faves, but green seems to follow me around<br />
Band: The London Consort<br />
Video game: Mr.Ee!<br />
Movie: the Red Violin<br />
Book: the Bible is very important to me, but not exactly a bedtime read, how about "The Patterns of Chaos", Colin Kapp<br />
Food: candy<br />
Game on a cell phone: mine didn't play games even before it became extinct<br />
CD: Beethoven 7 or Brahms German Requiem<br />
Flower: Poppy - tried painting them but I can never match the intensity of color<br />
Scent: vanilla<br />
Animal: cats, although it gets a bit strained with 11 of them<br />
Comic book: anything space opera<br />
Cereal: rice krispies<br />
Website: BBC Radio 3 Classical Music - The Waffle Series<br />
Cartoon: Calvin and Hobbes, but I have this weird fascination with Doonesbury which I don't like<br />
<br />
<br />
DO YOU<br />
Play an instrument?: Does "play" mean "in such a manner that a professional musician wouldn't run screaming"? You want a list?<br />
Watch TV more than 60 hours a week?: TV went away <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/f/frown.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":(" title=":( (Sad)" /><br />
Like to sing?: odds and ends - Fortune my foe (hum), "Korno Krunchies are the best" (Bugs Bunny), "The Wild Colonial Boy" - get the idea?<br />
Have a job?: not any more<br />
Have a cell phone?: It sleeps until the day when once again it shall be needed.<br />
Like to play sports?: Used to get ridiculed at school for being afraid of the ball. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/f/frown.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":(" title=":( (Sad)" /><br />
Have a boyfriend/girlfriend?: long-term relationship of much happiness<br />
Have a crush on someone?: not right now, but I know how it feels<br />
Live somewhere NOT in the united states?: used to<br />
Have more than 5 TVs in your house?: no. Not even counting the parts.<br />
Have any special talents/skills?: I have talents and skills, but what would make them special?<br />
Like school?: school was a nightmare. No intention of going back, but I love to learn.<br />
<br />
<br />
CAN YOU<br />
Sing the alphabet backwards?: why?<br />
Stand on your tip toes without wearing shoes?: sort of<br />
Speak any other languages?: I know enough to identify Greek, Cyrillic and Hebrew<br />
Go a day without food?: better be a damn good reason<br />
Remember your dreams: sometimes - kept a dream diary for a bit<br />
Read music, not just tabs?: Yes<br />
Roll your tongue?: tried it once - it got covered in fluff off the carpet<br />
Eat a whole pizza?: gimme a pizza, let's see...<br />
<br />
<br />
HAVE YOU EVER<br />
Won something in the lottery?: does anybody?<br />
Snuck out of the house?: frequently<br />
Lied to get out of trouble?: probably, amnesia is a blessing sometimes<br />
Had a computer crash?: aw, come on! who hasn't?<br />
Gotten lost in your city?: I always know exactly where I am. I may not know where that is in relation to anywhere else though.<br />
Seen a shooting star?: Yes<br />
Been to any other countries?: yes<br />
Had a serious surgery?: what would be serious? I guess so<br />
Stolen something important to someone else?: no. I have very strong feelings about things that are important to other people.<br />
Solved a rubiks cube?: I think people who can do that have a whole different kind of mind.<br />
Gone out in public in your pajamas?: If I have, amnesia took care of the memory.<br />
Cried over a girl?: probably<br />
Cried over a boy?: a few times<br />
Kissed a random stranger?: wouldn't risk it<br />
Hugged a random stranger?: my church told me to!<br />
Been in a fist fight?: it would be glorifying it to call it a fist fight, more like a dodging-out-of-the-way scrap<br />
Been arrested?: never<br />
Done drugs?: only prescription<br />
Had alcohol?: until I realized it was making me more depressed<br />
Laughed and had milk come out of your nose?: Hmm. Does this happen often in your experience?<br />
Pushed all the buttons on an elevator?: no - wouldn't that relate to getting lost in your own city?<br />
Sneaked into the opposite sex's bathroom?: hell no!<br />
Swore at your parents?: probably. I plead amnesia again.<br />
Kicked a guy where it hurts?: YES! 'triffic feeling! (not for him <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/f/frown.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":(" title=":( (Sad)" /><br />
Been to a casino?: no<br />
Ran over an animal and killed it?: yes. One of the worst nights of my life.... ]]></description>
                <author>~Kittybriton</author>
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                <title>Scar tissue</title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 11 Jun 2006 19:08:19 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ I have known too many people who suffered abuse as children. Tonight a friend of mine told me how the abuse began when she was only eight years old. Still dependent on her parents, not mature enough, or secure enough to stand up for herself. Four decades later she has learned to act her age, but she is still an eight-year-old child who believes that she is to blame. ]]></description>
                <author>~Kittybriton</author>
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                <title>Help and support? go f*ck yourself!</title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 10 Jun 2006 19:18:31 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Coming out is one of the hardest, most challenging things a person can face. I lost many friends and most of my family. At the same time I have gained a few friends, but there are a few places which I know are not safe, and where I will never risk going again.<br />
<br />
Sadly, some of those places are the very places where diversity and tolerance are supposed to be key elements. To be different is to be dangerous, and to be dangerous means facing potential elimination.<br />
<br />
So, when you see someone laying in a pool of blood, do you kick them and go on, or try to help? The automatic answer you've always promised yourself may not be the one you choose when it actually happens. ]]></description>
                <author>~Kittybriton</author>
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                <title>He would have given us wheels...</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jun 2006 09:05:08 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ This family NEEDS a car. My legs are tired. Mountains don't come in flatpacks. ]]></description>
                <author>~Kittybriton</author>
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                <title>Heat and dust</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 10 May 2006 07:42:15 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Yesterday I had to take the dogs to the vet to get their shots. Some idiot double booked so the car had to go to the garage the night before for inspection on the same day. The only person who organizes things around here is me. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/f/frown.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":(" title=":( (Sad)" /><br />
<br />
Getting dragged off the porch while clinging to the door handle -1 point.<br />
Falling down the porch steps -10 points.<br />
Walking to town on a main road with two large dogs -5 points.<br />
Walking back from town on a back road with two large dogs -5 points.<br />
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Do the U.S. Marines accept women? ]]></description>
                <author>~Kittybriton</author>
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                <title>The longest journey...</title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 23 Apr 2006 16:53:22 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Today I completed my first digital animation!<br />
<br />
Go to my scrapbook and check out "Walking Bomb". ]]></description>
                <author>~Kittybriton</author>
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                <title>Govern these ventages with your fingers, thus, ...</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 17 Apr 2006 16:25:29 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ and it will discourse sweet musick.<br />
<br />
Well, I've gone and done it now.<br />
<br />
Started a DMusic account.<br />
<br />
You'll find me at: <a href="http://mistress-keepsake.dmusic.net/">[link]</a><br />
<br />
Look out for my Harper's Reel, and Nicholas Hillyard's Dreame. ]]></description>
                <author>~Kittybriton</author>
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                <title>To anyone who has read my recent postings in the f</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 07 Apr 2006 17:44:00 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ If we shadows have offended<br />
think but this, and all is mended<br />
that you have but slumbered here<br />
while these visions did appear.<br />
<br />
(I don't really belong here. Just waiting to be taken out) ]]></description>
                <author>~Kittybriton</author>
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                <title>Wednesday</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 05 Apr 2006 18:54:04 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Don't worry, if anything happens, I'll tell you. ]]></description>
                <author>~Kittybriton</author>
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