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                <title>FRUSTRATION!</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:46:55 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <tt>Not only do I not have time to take photos anymore<br /><br />but<br /><br />I CAN'T GET A SINGLE GOOD SHOT LATELY!<br /><br /><br /><sub>...this is obviously making me miserable.<br />I guess I should just stick to boring, boring Graphic Design.<br /><br /></sub></tt> ]]></description>
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                <title>paranoid!</title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 05:22:28 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <tt>WHO<br /><br /><br />ARE<br /><br /><br /><br /><i>YOU</i>? <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/p/paranoid.gif" width="23" height="15" alt=":paranoid:" title="They're all out to get me..." /><br /><br /></tt> ]]></description>
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                <title>I'm back</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:25:19 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ with a vengeance.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>---</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 06:23:07 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Loneliness never really leaves you.<br />And once incarcerated, always incarcerated.<br /><br />The concept of sacrifice has come to disgust me.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Help Wanted/Needed</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:38:44 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <tt>I'm very dissatisfied with the art which I've posted here. I want to create more and create better, but, given that I'm still experimenting to grow as an artist, I don't know how to go about doing this.<br /><br /><b>What is my greatest artistic weakness? What do I do right, what do I do wrong which I can fix?</b><br /><br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/o/ohnoes.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":ohnoes:" title="Oh Noes!" /> <sub>halp!</sub></tt><br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>i</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:09:21 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <tt>I loved. I lost. I still love. I am still losing. I am still suffering.<br /><br /></tt> ]]></description>
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                <title>OMFG</title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2009 13:32:49 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <tt>Hey! Someone has hacked into numerous deviantART accounts!<br />If there's something with a link on your wall, from me, it wasn't me!<br />I swear if I found out who did this, I will take vengeance.<br /><br /></tt> ]]></description>
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                <title>And we were heard.</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:00:19 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <tt>deviantART has been unblocked here <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/w/w00t.gif" width="23" height="23" alt=":w00t!:" title="w00t!" /> It took 12 days.<br /><br /><br />...and now back to our regular programming <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/p/plotting.gif" width="18" height="20" alt=":plotting:" title="Hmm. Evil plotting in progress." /><br /><br /></tt> ]]></description>
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                <title>deviantART Blocked in the UAE</title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2009 04:33:25 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Hey everyone!<br /><br />The giant telecommunications monster Etisalat has blocked deviantART here in the UAE. For those who don't know, they block sites which contain offensive content, like pornographic websites and racist websites. Why the fuck deviantART? It is unfair.<br /><br />Yet if it's blocked...How then am I writing this journal? Fortunately, it is unblocked on campus, but the internet provider that my university is subscribed to is the smaller, weaker company, Du. This might not seem like an issue...but, it is in fact a big problem for me because Du, unlike Etisalat, has blocked the profiles of selected deviants, such as the wonderful, talented `<a class="u" href="http://scottjamesprebble.deviantart.com/">scottjamesprebble</a>. This of course makes me very sad and very angry.<br /><br />However, Etisalat isn't so tyrannical as to never listen to public opinion...and so there are some things that we can do about this:<br /><br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/bulletblack.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletblack:" title="Bullet; Black" /> please sign the online petition at this link: <a href="http://www.gopetition.com/online/24553.html.">[link]</a> i don't know if this will work very well but it shows some solidarity with the talented artists of the UAE who have been prohibited from exhibiting their work and learning from other artists through critiques and tutorials.<br /><br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/bulletblack.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletblack:" title="Bullet; Black" /> if you are an active user of Facebook, at least two groups in favor of unblocking deviantART have been created. One has been started by me, the other by a sophisticated local gentleman.<br />my group: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=60780130708&ref=mf">[link]</a><br />Ahmed's group: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=69021786872&ref=mf">[link]</a><br /><br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/bulletblack.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletblack:" title="Bullet; Black" /> if you live in the UAE, fill in the customer feedback form as to why you think they should unblock deviantART<br /><br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/bulletblack.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletblack:" title="Bullet; Black" /> write to letters@7days.ae bitching about the blocking of deviantART. like really really BITCH. They haven't published my letter, because it was polite and also for, in my opinion, more racist reasons. But I have nothing to back this up.<br /><br />Please, please, for the sake of this artistic community, and for the sake of artistic freedom in general, help us unblock this site so that we can learn and grown artistically.<br /><br />Love,<br />*<a class="u" href="http://sistyn.deviantart.com/">Sistyn</a><br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Lies aren't lies if you lie to yourself.</title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 08:36:11 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <tt>I do it all the time.<br /><br /></tt> ]]></description>
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                <title>I have a concept, Image. Mais!</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 06:56:37 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <tt>After struggling for weeks, or more like months, to find the concept to base a photography series on, I have finally found it.<br />It's something I thought about before, this one phrase that I've wanted to be the title, because I'm in love, or rather obsessed, with the ancient concept of a Muse. A Moment with the Muse.<br />For most of my memories with this Muse, both pleasant and agonizing, are just one moment in time, are just a few seconds, even milliseconds. Drops in the intangible sea we call time.<br />And now that I have this idea, what do I do? How do I go about creating it?<br />I want to recreate the moments that are lodged in my brain like bullets. For such a personal project, though, I'm planning on using myself as a model. I want it to all be black and white, high key. I plan to use two of myself, that is, juxtapose two photos taken with the camera on a tripod. The reason I want to do this..."Come here, Image". We are in love with concepts, not people. We are in love with the idealistic reflection of ourselves we see in their beautiful eyes. Image...je t'aime.<br /><br />I know the basic technical things I want to do, for the most part. And how to explain it conceptually. My problem is, going through memories and choosing ones that I can actually shoot. There are places some moments passed that I cannot revisit. A room, a car, a coffee shop. A close face. How could I capture a smell or a taste or the pressure of hands and fingertips? That would be ideal. What will tie these images together conceptually? That is, how will they have a common formal element or prop? Other than being double. Other than being high key. How?<br /><br />I want a critique. I want a bashing or a praise, about concept and form. I want suggestions. AND<br />Have you ever had a Muse? What was that person or animal or place or thing like? How did it feel?<br /><br />What are your memories?<br /><br /><br />Please advise. <3<br /><br /></tt> ]]></description>
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                <title>Ou est-il?</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:58:59 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <tt>What goes around, comes around.<br /><br /></tt> ]]></description>
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                <title>Where is the Sunrise?</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 07:11:42 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <tt>I lived in Dubai, UAE for 7 years.<br />One day, I left for reasons I prefer not to disclose.<br />I went to Florida for three months total and lost and gained and loved and hated. And learned things I never dreamed of ever learning, especially in the span of one season. Summer...<br />Here I am, back in the Emirates by choice.<br /><br /><br /><br />And I feel like I don't belong.<br />I feel worthless and unloved.<br />I feel very, very alone. In the city I've known the best throughout my life and also loved the most, I am no longer.<br /><br /><br />Was it money over love?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><i>I am so incomplete.<br />I am lost.<br /><br />And, above all,<br />I am unloved.</i><br /><br /><br /><sub>I remember the sunrise and the rainbow, the seagulls and the crazy man. The cold waves on my feet and the sand between my toes. I remember the feeling. I remember you. I miss you.<br /><br /></sub></tt> ]]></description>
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                <title>Spilt the Wine</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:54:43 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <tt>My glass is empty.<br /><br /><br /><br /><b>I miss you.<br /><br /><br /><br /><sub><i>Muse?</i></sub></b><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><sub>"Who's seen Jezebel? She was gone before I ever got to say 'Lay here my love, you're the only shape I'll pray to, Jezebel'...Who's seen Jezebel? Will the mountain last as long as I can wait, wait like the <i>dawn</i>?...how it aches to meet the day...<br />Who's seen Jezebel? <i>She was certainly the spark for all I've done</i>..."<br /><br /><br /><sup>...but every memory was beautiful.<br /><br /></sup></sub></tt> ]]></description>
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                <title>T-minus...</title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 07:15:04 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <tt>Dear Muse,<br /><br />I wish I didn't fucking miss you.<br /><br />Too bad I won't see you again.<br /><br /></tt> ]]></description>
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                <title>blue.</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:18:47 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <tt>I didn't want to know.<br />Or to feel.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><sub>...I feel like being asphyxiated...<br /><br /></sub></tt> ]]></description>
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                <title>to be burned.</title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 01:50:43 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <tt>It happens all the time.<br /><br />The phoenix is a myth.<br /><br />We never really rise complete.<br /><br />If we do rise again at all.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><sub>And damned be love, because I doubt, yet again, that it exists at all, in this fucked up world we live in. Killed by logic and killed by passion, it is defeated by the two forces that helped man evolve and destroy and conquer. Never say those three damned words.<br /><br /><br /><br />They have always been my downfall.<br /><br /></sub></tt> ]]></description>
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                <title>Blind.</title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:31:19 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <tt>Things are never, ever what they seem to be.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/e/eye.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":eye:" title="Eye" /> and i just guess we're all just fucking blind.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><sub><sup>"...give me my wings..."<br /><br /></sup></sub></tt> ]]></description>
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                <title>i dont understand</title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 06:19:17 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <tt>what went wrong?<br /><br /><br />why?<br /><br /><br /><br />how did i end up this way?<br /><br /><br /><br />will things ever change for the better?<br /><br /></tt> ]]></description>
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                <title>raise me up.</title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 10:16:09 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <tt>tell me a love story. tell me your love story.<br /><br />please nothing clichÃ©, nothing too sweet. tell me how things ended and why.<br /><br />tell me how a person treated you. how did it feel? what color was your experience?<br /><br />was it love and is there love?<br /><br />what is love? how do you find it? or does it find you?<br /><br /><b>mention this to me, mention something, mention <i>anything</i></b> about love at all.<br /><br />i need inspiration for a very important artistic endeavor. i know nothing of love. <i>can you please make me</i>?<br /><br /><sub>if its very private you can note me, i'd be grateful for any feedback at all</sub><br /><br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/w/weed.gif" width="20" height="19" alt=":weed:" title="This is your brain; This is drugs; This is your brain on drugs!" /></tt><br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>...</title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 00:34:42 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <tt>what is the point?</tt><br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>putting it all away.</title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 22:28:12 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <tt>...<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>that's the only proper way to deal with the past.</b><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><i>mention this to me, mention something, <b>mention anything</b>...</i><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><sub><sup><acronym title="WhiteSpace"><a href="http://www.whitespace-designs.com/">WhiteSpace Designs</a></acronym> and <acronym title="WhiteSpace Blog"><a href="http://www.whitespace-designs.blogspot.com/">WhiteSpace Designs&Cliche</a></acronym><br /><br /><br />=<a class="u" href="http://digital-art-club.deviantart.com/">Digital-Art-Club</a> =<a class="u" href="http://death-chicks.deviantart.com/">Death-Chicks</a> ~<a class="u" href="http://tool-band.deviantart.com/">tool-band</a></sup></sub></tt><br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>eh</title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 00:58:10 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <tt>i'm going to be gone for a while...<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/saddrunk.gif" width="26" height="15" alt=":saddrunk:" title="Sad Drunk" /></tt><br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>...</title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 10:42:56 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <tt>philosophical questions never got anyone anywhere.<br /><br /><br /><i>why, why, why?</i><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />only answers have pushed people forward.<br /><br /><br /><br /><i>the truth is in front of me. but i need closure.</i><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />please answer my questions...<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><sub>i hate being so alone and confused. i hate to admit that i miss you.</sub><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><sub><sup><acronym title="WhiteSpace"><a href="http://www.whitespace-designs.com/">WhiteSpace Designs</a></acronym> and <acronym title="WhiteSpace Blog"><a href="http://www.whitespace-designs.blogspot.com/">WhiteSpace Designs&Cliche</a></acronym><br /><br /><br />=<a class="u" href="http://digital-art-club.deviantart.com/">Digital-Art-Club</a> =<a class="u" href="http://death-chicks.deviantart.com/">Death-Chicks</a> ~<a class="u" href="http://tool-band.deviantart.com/">tool-band</a></sup></sub></tt><br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Hats off to Fidel.</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:14:33 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <tt>the man has always know what the fuck he's doing. he knows people and he knows how to keep them at bay.<br /><br />i believe the only people who get anywhere in life are those who do not allow themselves to be defeated. and the best way to do that is to be heartless and to step all over everybody...to "lie, cheat and steal". unfortunately i have been rather patient and sympathetic. but i'm certainly losing my patience now. i will not compromise any longer.<br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/f/finger.gif" width="35" height="16" alt=":finger:" title="I am unintelligent and resort to petty name calling to get my point across" /><br /><br />the stress is getting to my head, maybe, and i do admit i've been rather bitchy as of late, hurting the people i care about without the intention of doing so. i'm really sorry. but i think i've taken so much BS that its affecting me. i do all i can and all i get in return is inconsiderate attitude. am i bitching? yes. does it do any good? not one bit, on the contrary. but i'm so damn sick of holding my tongue that i most definitely need to speak my mind.<br /><br />i'm sick and tired of carrying burdens, generally speaking.<br /><br /><b>ripe to snap.</b><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/c/chainsaw.gif" width="49" height="20" alt=":chainsaw:" title="Chainsaw" /><br /><br /><sub><acronym title="WhiteSpace"><a href="http://www.whitespace-designs.com/">WhiteSpace Designs</a></acronym> and <acronym title="WhiteSpace Blog"><a href="http://www.whitespace-designs.blogspot.com/">WhiteSpace Designs&Cliche</a></acronym><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://digital-art-club.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/d/i/digital-art-club.gif" width="50" height="50" alt=":icondigital-art-club:" title="digital-art-club"/></a> <a href="http://death-chicks.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/d/e/death-chicks.gif" width="50" height="50" alt=":icondeath-chicks:" title="death-chicks"/></a> <a href="http://tool-band.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/t/o/tool-band.gif" width="50" height="50" alt=":icontool-band:" title="tool-band"/></a></sub></tt><br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>*Sistyn</author>
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                <title>how much more can i take?</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:00:04 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <tt>i'm not sure how much more shit i can take before i break down completely.<br />it's said that God doesn't make one carry a burden any heavier than he or she can bear...but why must we carry a burden in the first place.<br /><br />luckily i can still enjoy good art (even though many people, both on deviantart and at university, have trouble going past what an artwork is at face value) so i decided to feature some art created by friends of mine. i sincerely admire their work.<br /><br /><br /><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/81367593/"><img src="http://tn1-5.pv.deviantart.com/fs27/150/i/2008/089/3/5/Ray_Ban_Angel_by_Hayzum.jpg" width="150" height="113" /></a></span></span> <a href="http://hayzum.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/h/a/hayzum.gif" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconhayzum:" title="hayzum"/></a><br /><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/80870293/"><img src="http://tn1-3.pv.deviantart.com/fs27/150/i/2008/084/4/a/Having_no_name_by_AngelicaYassine.jpg" width="100" height="150" /></a></span></span> <a href="http://angelicayassine.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/a/n/angelicayassine.gif" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconangelicayassine:" title="angelicayassine"/></a><br /><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/77485068/"><img src="http://tn1-4.pv.deviantart.com/fs29/150/i/2008/046/a/b/Moana_by_altamashu.jpg" width="150" height="100" /></a></span></span> <a href="http://altamashu.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/a/l/altamashu.jpg" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconaltamashu:" title="altamashu"/></a><br /><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/79365030/"><img src="http://tn1-1.pv.deviantart.com/fs29/150/i/2008/067/b/6/Living_in_the_fast_lane_by_Monayyash.jpg" width="150" height="101" /></a></span></span> <a href="http://monayyash.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/default.gif" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconmonayyash:" title="monayyash"/></a><br /><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/82030015/"><img src="http://tn1-2.pv.deviantart.com/fs29/150/f/2008/097/a/9/Britney_Spears_Smokin_Hot_by_Moe26theMan.jpg" width="150" height="116" /></a></span></span> <a href="http://moe26theman.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/m/o/moe26theman.jpg" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconmoe26theman:" title="moe26theman"/></a><br /><br /><br />i also think you should check out the work these dudes are doing <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/salute.gif" width="26" height="18" alt=":salute:" title="I salute you!" /><br /><br /><acronym title="WhiteSpace"><a href="http://www.whitespace-designs.com/">WhiteSpace Designs</a></acronym> and <acronym title="WhiteSpace Blog"><a href="http://www.whitespace-designs.blogspot.com/">WhiteSpace Designs&Cliche</a></acronym><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://digital-art-club.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/d/i/digital-art-club.gif" width="50" height="50" alt=":icondigital-art-club:" title="digital-art-club"/></a> <a href="http://death-chicks.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/d/e/death-chicks.gif" width="50" height="50" alt=":icondeath-chicks:" title="death-chicks"/></a> <a href="http://tool-band.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/t/o/tool-band.gif" width="50" height="50" alt=":icontool-band:" title="tool-band"/></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><sup>please...please...please put me out of my misery.</sup></tt><br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>*Sistyn</author>
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                <title>unconditional positive regard.</title>
                <link>http://Sistyn.deviantart.com/journal/17589284/</link>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2008 12:19:12 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <tt><b>i<br /><br /><br />have never have been able to<br />look<br />life<br />straight<br /><br />in<br /><br />the<br /><br /><br />eye.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />unless another blindfold engages me.</b><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><sub><acronym title="WhiteSpace"><a href="http://www.whitespace-designs.com/">WhiteSpace Designs</a></acronym> and <acronym title="WhiteSpace Blog"><a href="http://www.whitespace-designs.blogspot.com/">WhiteSpace Designs&Cliche</a></acronym> <a href="http://digital-art-club.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/d/i/digital-art-club.gif" width="50" height="50" alt=":icondigital-art-club:" title="digital-art-club"/></a> <a href="http://death-chicks.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/d/e/death-chicks.gif" width="50" height="50" alt=":icondeath-chicks:" title="death-chicks"/></a></sub></tt><br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>*Sistyn</author>
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                <title>long dead.</title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2008 10:37:51 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <tt><b>it's hard to accept defeat.</b><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><sub>check this out: <acronym title="WhiteSpace"><a href="http://www.whitespace-designs.com/">WhiteSpace Designs</a></acronym> and <acronym title="WhiteSpace Blog"><a href="http://www.whitespace-designs.blogspot.com/">WhiteSpace Designs&Cliche</a></acronym></sub></tt><br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>*Sistyn</author>
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                <title>Think you're an artist? Then check this out!!</title>
                <link>http://Sistyn.deviantart.com/journal/17223530/</link>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:46:39 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <tt>If you have a taste for real art then you should be taking a look at this great stuff:<br /><br /><acronym title="WhiteSpace"><a href="http://www.whitespace-designs.com/">WhiteSpace Designs</a></acronym> and <acronym title="WhiteSpace Blog"><a href="http://www.whitespace-designs.blogspot.com/">WhiteSpace Designs&Cliche</a></acronym><br /><br />These guys have some insane stuff, moreover they publish a monthly zine that exposes underground and urban artists with an alternative style. You might have what they're looking for, who knows...so please take a look at their websites for more info and eye candy.<br /><br />Here's a feature of some kickass art by *<a class="u" href="http://jdacey.deviantart.com/">JDacey</a> which i think would deserve a whole side of the zine <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/letters/=p.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":P" title=":P (Lick)" /> (plus the guy deserves a feature!)<br /><br /><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/51511230/"><img src="http://tn1-4.pv.deviantart.com/fs15/150/f/2007/082/6/d/you_don__t_know_me_or_my_style_by_JDacey.jpg" width="113" height="150" /></a></span></span><br /><br />so support the supercool art that doesn't get enough attention!<br /><b>I'm counting on you, children. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/salute.gif" width="26" height="18" alt=":salute:" title="I salute you!" /></b></tt><br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>*Sistyn</author>
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                <title>i just want to scream.</title>
                <link>http://Sistyn.deviantart.com/journal/17070979/</link>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:30:08 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <tt>"i can see your back is turning...<br /><b>if i could i'd stick a knife in.</b>"<br /><br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/stab.gif" width="24" height="15" alt=":stab:" title="Stabbed in the gut, just like Jack the Ripper!" /><br /><br />i hate <i>your</i> rules.<br /><br />by the way: now member of <a href="http://digital-art-club.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/d/i/digital-art-club.gif" width="50" height="50" alt=":icondigital-art-club:" title="digital-art-club"/></a></tt><br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>*Sistyn</author>
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                <title>i need to watch things die.</title>
                <link>http://Sistyn.deviantart.com/journal/16926933/</link>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2008 09:44:46 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <tt>im a lucky bitch cuz i'm now part of =<a class="u" href="http://death-chicks.deviantart.com/">Death-Chicks</a> <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/strip.gif" width="21" height="17" alt=":strip:" title="Take it all off!" /><br /><br /><a href="http://death-chicks.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/d/e/death-chicks.gif" width="50" height="50" alt=":icondeath-chicks:" title="death-chicks"/></a><br /><br /><br /><br />someone help me <b>metamorphose</b>...<br /><br /><sub>muse.</sub></tt><br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>*Sistyn</author>
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                <title>gripes.</title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:10:54 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <tt>valentine's day is a corporate whoreÂoff. which company can make the most $$ selling sex, or using sex to sell. i'm so damn happy that it's almost over, and everyone is almost done fucking their partner. yay.<br /><br />yes i am a bit bitter. and not ashamed to admit it.<br /><br />why is it that some people have sex appeal and others don't? i'm not talking about physical features...why do some ooze this elusive sex aura and other people who have equally pretty features don't? is there any way in which one can acquire sex appeal?<br /><br /><b>learning to detach now</b><br /><br />thats the most important thing.</tt><br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>*Sistyn</author>
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                <title>plague.</title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 08:17:15 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ I have come to realize that there is no point in living this life.<br />I have come to see myself as an empty shell with no outlet for the passion I know I still possess somewhere inside me. It hasn't died out completely, but so much more has.<br />What's the point of life if you live it alone, and always will?<br />What do I live for?<br />I live for nothing and live for no one. If I live to be wanted then I shouldn't be living. No one wants me to live for them. I've taken education for granted, foolishly, and the fact that it's laden with rules repels me from it being the reason I live. I can't find a place I feel wanted and cared for. I feel like a disease. I know that I'm complaining but I need to let this out, I need people to listen. How many people will be able to grasp what I'm saying or see what I see?<br />I certainly do have plenty of great friends. I love them but when I say I'm unwanted that's not what I mean. It's hard to stand up straight when logical pleas for honesty fall on selectively deaf ears. Platonic cries for attention go unheeded. I could go on and on. I bleed on and on.<br />I smoke on and on, but to no avail. Good that I don't drink, I think I would be an alcoholic. But I need something stronger.<br /><i>I wish I could find what I had before.</i><br />entertaining extreme alternatives never worked for anybody.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>*Sistyn</author>
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                <title>before it's to late</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:21:17 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ before my subscription ends <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/t/tears.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":tears:" title="Tears" /><br />
here are some features, deviants who deserve <b>way</b> more support!<br />
please support their art <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/h/heart.gif" width="15" height="13" alt=":heart:" title="Heart" /><br />
they are all extemely talented artists who i study with<br />
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<a href="http://altamashu.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/a/l/altamashu.jpg" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconaltamashu:" title="altamashu"/></a><br />
<span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/73283898/"><img src="http://tn1-5.pv.deviantart.com/fs22/150/i/2007/363/b/f/Perfect_by_altamashu.jpg" width="100" height="150" /></a></span></span><br />
<span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/64708860/"><img src="http://tn1-2.pv.deviantart.com/fs21/150/i/2007/255/d/3/Romancing_the_Spine_by_altamashu.jpg" width="100" height="150" /></a></span></span><br />
<span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/73356979/"><img src="http://tn1-3.pv.deviantart.com/fs23/150/i/2007/364/f/e/Darwin_Army_by_altamashu.jpg" width="150" height="100" /></a></span></span><br />
<span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/62782520/"><img src="http://tn1-2.pv.deviantart.com/fs20/150/i/2007/232/8/0/Change_series___untitled_1_by_altamashu.jpg" width="150" height="130" /></a></span></span><br />
<span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/51597804/"><img src="http://tn1-5.pv.deviantart.com/fs13/150/i/2007/083/c/e/Raquel_by_altamashu.jpg" width="150" height="100" /></a></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://waktouf.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/default.gif" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconwaktouf:" title="waktouf"/></a><br />
<span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/58646024/"><img src="http://tn1-4.pv.deviantart.com/fs16/150/f/2007/179/f/4/Mona_by_waktouf.jpg" width="150" height="106" /></a></span></span><br />
<span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/58645879/"><img src="http://tn1-1.pv.deviantart.com/fs17/150/i/2007/179/2/8/Raquel_3_by_waktouf.jpg" width="150" height="106" /></a></span></span><br />
<span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/70934011/"><img src="http://tn1-4.pv.deviantart.com/fs24/150/f/2007/333/d/b/Angelica_by_waktouf.jpg" width="100" height="150" /></a></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://angelicayassine.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/a/n/angelicayassine.gif" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconangelicayassine:" title="angelicayassine"/></a><br />
<span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/70931038/"><img src="http://tn1-5.pv.deviantart.com/fs22/150/i/2007/332/3/1/Empty_Streets_3_by_AngelicaYassine.jpg" width="150" height="101" /></a></span></span><br />
<span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/74613644/"><img src="http://tn1-3.pv.deviantart.com/fs22/150/i/2008/014/1/d/Snowman_by_AngelicaYassine.jpg" width="100" height="150" /></a></span></span><br />
<span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/68363372/"><img src="http://tn1-3.pv.deviantart.com/fs19/150/i/2007/300/6/8/Bello_by_AngelicaYassine.jpg" width="150" height="114" /></a></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://hayzum.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/h/a/hayzum.gif" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconhayzum:" title="hayzum"/></a><br />
<span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/72640209/"><img src="http://tn1-4.pv.deviantart.com/fs24/150/i/2007/355/a/1/hmmm_by_Hayzum.jpg" width="150" height="68" /></a></span></span><br />
<span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/64805673/"><img src="http://tn1-1.pv.deviantart.com/fs20/150/i/2007/355/3/d/Cochise_by_Hayzum.jpg" width="150" height="131" /></a></span></span><br />
<span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/72640420/"><img src="http://tn1-5.pv.deviantart.com/fs24/150/i/2007/355/e/1/Back_study_by_Hayzum.jpg" width="150" height="116" /></a></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://aj07.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/a/j/aj07.jpg" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconaj07:" title="aj07"/></a><br />
<span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://ww... ]]></description>
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                <title>*sigh*</title>
                <link>http://Sistyn.deviantart.com/journal/16425885/</link>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:11:35 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <i>promises and words are made to be broken.<br />
<b>actions speak louder than words</b></i><br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>im back</title>
                <link>http://Sistyn.deviantart.com/journal/16378323/</link>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2008 20:18:18 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ GAAAAAH! registration!!!!!! <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/a/angered.gif" width="21" height="21" alt=":angered:" title="Angered" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/slap.gif" width="33" height="23" alt=":slap:" title="I'm going to slap some sense into you!" /><br />
stupid people at uniiiiii grrrrrrrr!!! <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/stab.gif" width="24" height="15" alt=":stab:" title="Stabbed in the gut, just like Jack the Ripper!" /><br />
and hello im back in the country.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>*Sistyn</author>
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                <title>d'oh!</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2007 12:56:26 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ hello<br />
im disappearing from deviantart again for a while.<br />
perhaps travelling, perhaps not. but regardless no internet connection for the most part <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/c/cries.gif" width="23" height="15" alt=":cries:" title="Waaaah!" /><br />
<br />
but lots of boredom <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/sleep.gif" width="38" height="22" alt=":sleep:" title="Sleep" /><br />
<br />
well now i got my <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/m/macos.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":macos:" title="MacOS" /> i can make lotsa art that doesn't mess up the house...so i'll be doing something like that. no more leftover photos though...<br />
<br />
<br />
<b><i>i'm afraid of what the future holds. is the battle worth it?</i></b><br />
<br />
<br />
and it's always goodbye.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>*Sistyn</author>
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                <title>Hurt.</title>
                <link>http://Sistyn.deviantart.com/journal/15759412/</link>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2007 04:54:05 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <i>there's no smile of an angel without the wrath of God"</i><br />
<br />
<br />
Thanks a million.<br />
backstabbing, hatred, anger, condescending attitude.<br />
im <b>so</b> loved!<br />
<br />
<br />
love ya!! <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/x/xd.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":XD:" title="XD" /><br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>*Sistyn</author>
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                <title>unwanted.</title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 24 Nov 2007 07:22:56 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ "cry on bitch. why aren't you laughing now?"<br />
<br />
<img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/saddrunk.gif" width="26" height="15" alt=":saddrunk:" title="Sad Drunk" /><br />
<br />
<br />
a bit angry, a bit ashamed, a bit insulted, a bit rejected.<br />
but always unwanted. always unwanted.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>*Sistyn</author>
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                <title>everybody has a poison heart.</title>
                <link>http://Sistyn.deviantart.com/journal/15517900/</link>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 08:32:10 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ some people get everything.<br />
it's not fair.<br />
<br />
justice, anyone? <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/sarcasm.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":sarcasm:" title="Hahahahaha. No." /><br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>*Sistyn</author>
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                <title>required: happy pills</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 09:04:01 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Symptoms and signs of depression:<br />
<br />
1. Feelings of helplessness and hopelessness<br />
A bleak outlookÂnothing will ever get better and thereÂs nothing you can do to improve your situation.<br />
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2. Loss of interest in dailly activities<br />
No interest in or ability to enjoy former hobbies, pastimes, social activities, or sex.<br />
<br />
3. Appetite or weight changes<br />
Significant weight loss or weight gainÂa change of more than 5% of body weight in a month.<br />
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4. Sleep changes<br />
Either insomnia or oversleeping (also known as hypersomnia).<br />
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5. Psychomotor agitation or retardation<br />
Either feeling Âkeyed upÂ and restless or sluggish and physically slowed down.<br />
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6. Loss of energy<br />
Feeling fatigued and physically drained. Even small tasks are exhausting or take longer.<br />
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7. Self-loathing<br />
Strong feelings of worthlessness or guilt. Harsh criticism of perceived faults and mistakes.<br />
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8. Concentration problems<br />
Trouble focusing, making decisions, or remembering things.<br />
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9. Irritability<br />
Easily annoyed or frustrated. Lashing out in anger or snapping at others.<br />
<br />
10. Aches and pains<br />
New or worse physical symptoms, including headaches, backaches, diarrhea or constipation, abdominal pain, and aching joints.<br />
<br />
Atypical Depression - Atypical depression is a common subtype of major depression. It features a specific symptom pattern, including a temporary mood lift in response to positive events. You may feel better after receiving good news or while out with friends. However, this boost in mood is fleeting. Other symptoms of atypical depression include weight gain or significant increase in appetite, sleeping excessively, a heavy feeling in the arms and legs, and sensitivity to rejection.<br />
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(from helpguide.org: <a href="http://www.helpguide.org/mental/depression_signs_types_diagnosis_treatment.htm#signs">[link]</a>)<br />
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If you have experienced five or more of these symptoms within the same two week period--especially if a depressed mood or loss of interest or pleasure are among your symptoms--this could be indicative of an episode of depression.<br />
<br />
(from <a href="http://depression.about.com/od/diagnosis/tp/depsymptoms.htm">[link]</a>)<br />
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<b>interesting......<br />
<img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/saddrunk.gif" width="26" height="15" alt=":saddrunk:" title="Sad Drunk" /></b><br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>*Sistyn</author>
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                <title>Wrath.</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:34:12 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/stab.gif" width="24" height="15" alt=":stab:" title="Stabbed in the gut, just like Jack the Ripper!" /><br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>*Sistyn</author>
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                <title>Goodbye AGAIN</title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:07:38 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <b> <i> I'm so sick of goodbyes.<br />
I'm so sick of losing everything.</i></b><br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>*Sistyn</author>
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                <title>SUFFOCATE</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2007 09:24:29 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <b> suffering. as usual<br />
damn it.</b><br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>*Sistyn</author>
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                <title>man your battle stations....</title>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2007 01:24:45 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <b>it's so easy to give up</b><br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>...kiss me one last time...</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2007 13:58:24 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <b>the stress of university is really getting to me.<br />
and the male species continues to confuse me.<br />
im overwhelmed</b><br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>*Sistyn</author>
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                <title>Devious Journal Entry</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 12:13:05 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <b>i'm confused, confused, confused.<br />
after a dandy week or so i've relapsed<br />
<br />
what i don't get is how you can hate someone who you love with such ardent passion...<br />
<br />
...and what hurts the most is they don't love you back. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/saddrunk.gif" width="26" height="15" alt=":saddrunk:" title="Sad Drunk" /> so what's the point?</b><br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Ramadan Kareem! :D</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2007 09:33:51 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Ramadan Kareem to everyone, whether Muslim or not, i wish everyone a blessed month.<br />
enjoy (iftar) <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":)" title=":) (Smile)" /><br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>*Sistyn</author>
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                <title>you were so well behaved</title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 10:52:22 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ This has been the most random first week of university.<br />
<br />
I don't know whether to laugh or cry.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>*Sistyn</author>
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                <title>i wish i would never hurt again</title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:38:27 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ some things i've come to realize:<br />
1) karma exists, but only bad karma.<br />
2) logic has never gotten anyone anywhere.<br />
3) change is bad.<br />
4) "don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened"=bullshit.<br />
5) never be optimistic. ever.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>open-ended questionaire</title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2007 17:43:06 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ dear all<br />
please tell me your opinion:<br />
<img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/r/roseblack.gif" width="15" height="18" alt=":blackrose:" title="Black Rose" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/r/roseblack.gif" width="15" height="18" alt=":blackrose:" title="Black Rose" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/r/roseblack.gif" width="15" height="18" alt=":blackrose:" title="Black Rose" /><br />
1-how long does it take to get over someone you knew for a really short time but who you absolutely adore?<br />
<br />
2-does it take longer if they don't feel the same way about you anymore?<br />
<br />
3-how do you make yourself forget about them?<br />
<br />
4-is f***ing around with other people helpful in any way?<br />
<br />
5-what do you do when you feel completely overwhelmed and feel like dying?<br />
<img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/r/roseblack.gif" width="15" height="18" alt=":blackrose:" title="Black Rose" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/r/roseblack.gif" width="15" height="18" alt=":blackrose:" title="Black Rose" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/r/roseblack.gif" width="15" height="18" alt=":blackrose:" title="Black Rose" /><br />
answers are much appreciated.<br />
<br />
oh and i made some art. i honestly think that im going insane.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>*Sistyn</author>
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                <title>i have returned</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2007 10:02:24 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ i'm back now.<br />
i should be celebrating.<br />
but i'm not.<br />
no art<br />
no replies<br />
no courses to take<br />
<br />
damn this has been the weirdest summer ever<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>*Sistyn</author>
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                <title>i fucking hate you</title>
                <link>http://Sistyn.deviantart.com/journal/14009267/</link>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 04 Aug 2007 00:14:03 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ im still out of the country, havent made much art, intend to soon though...yeah well im glad to be fucking heartbroken again.<br />
<br />
i give up on men <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/saddrunk.gif" width="26" height="15" alt=":saddrunk:" title="Sad Drunk" /><br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>*Sistyn</author>
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                <title>coheed and cambria</title>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2007 10:03:22 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ hey everyone... i know i know too many journal entries..well i needed to write this one because<br />
<br />
i'm not going to be around for a while <br />
<br />
that means, 2.5 months at the very least. i'm going off somewhere. the thing that upsets me most is the fact that i won't be making very much art in that time either, let alone be submitting anything here. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/a/angered.gif" width="21" height="21" alt=":angered:" title="Angered" /> ah well, that's if i live <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/g/giggle.gif" width="17" height="15" alt=":giggle:" title="Giggle" /><br />
<br />
so, if i'm lucky enough to get any <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/p/plusfav.gif" width="15" height="16" alt=":+fav:" title="+fav" />s or comments while i'm gone, know that i appreciate it A LOT. and to all the people i watch, i'm sure your stuff is awesome...can't wait to see it, if i get back.<br />
<br />
most importantly: love u all, will miss this place a lot, does you well when you're up trying to write a research paper until 4 am.<br />
<br />
i know jay (not on DA) is gonna read this so here  <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/h/hump.gif" width="27" height="17" alt=":hump:" title="Humpin that leg!" /><br />
no no fine i admit my emo <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/h/heart.gif" width="15" height="13" alt=":heart:" title="Heart" /> is gonna miss u A LOT and i will suffer a bit...and don't worry, there will be plenty of hot mamas in tallahassee waiting to take u into their arms (or...ahem..sorry norah-ism there <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/w/winkrazz.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=";P" title="Wink/Razz" />) yeah thursday will be the day i die, and i'll keep on listening to coheed and cambria (if u make the damn CD) and of course all the rest (yeah yeah soft CD too)...never will have a second-hand turkey sandwich again...<img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/c/cries.gif" width="23" height="15" alt=":cries:" title="Waaaah!" /><br />
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hope u all have a great summer! <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/blowkiss.gif" width="35" height="21" alt=":blowkiss:" title="Here's a kiss for you, my love!" /> love norah<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>---</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2007 05:57:06 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ the true weight of the word 'never' didn't hit me until recently. think about it this way:<br />
<br />
i'm never going to see him again<br />
<br />
it's so hard for me to comprehend that, to think that someone who is so tangible to me now, so close and someone i can reach out and touch and hold is going to be completely out of my grasp for the rest of my life, however long that is<br />
<br />
it just doesn't seem right, it doesn't seem real, i don't feel like this is actually happening<br />
<br />
"save your happiness for tomorrow, and today we'll drown in your tears"...i don't think so anymore. i'll just keep on living the present and living the past, because, soon, i'll be nothing more than a fading memory.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>?!?!?!</title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 17 Jun 2007 09:40:26 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>*Sistyn</author>
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                <title>lose</title>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2007 23:19:42 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>*Sistyn</author>
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                <title>Devious Journal Entry</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2007 22:49:13 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ OMG hope i bump into that lovely new exchange student!!!!!<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>*Sistyn</author>
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                <title>Critiques</title>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2007 09:16:03 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ one of the worst things in the world is when your professor thinks your work is shit and that you're a failure.<br />
<img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/saddrunk.gif" width="26" height="15" alt=":saddrunk:" title="Sad Drunk" /> aren't i lucky?<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>*Sistyn</author>
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                <title>u wanna rock!!!</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2007 22:02:25 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ 2 awesome professors <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/boogie.gif" width="25" height="25" alt=":boogie:" title="Boogie!" /><br />
and ready to work me arse off!<br />
<br />
<img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/p/pepsi.gif" width="20" height="20" alt=":pepsi:" title="Pepsi" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/p/pepsi.gif" width="20" height="20" alt=":pepsi:" title="Pepsi" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/p/pepsi.gif" width="20" height="20" alt=":pepsi:" title="Pepsi" /><br /><br /> ]]></description>
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