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                <title>&lt;3</title>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:49:52 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/bounce.gif" width="40" height="25" alt=":bounce:" title="Bounce" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/e/eyepopping.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":eyepopping:" title="Eyepopping" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/w/w00t.gif" width="23" height="23" alt=":w00t:" title="w00t!" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/g/giggle.gif" width="17" height="15" alt=":giggle:" title="Giggle" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/blowkiss.gif" width="35" height="21" alt=":blowkiss:" title="Here's a kiss for you, my love!" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/d/date.gif" width="36" height="22" alt=":date:" title="Date" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/l/licking.gif" width="33" height="15" alt=":licking:" title="Lick me please!" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/sadangel.gif" width="88" height="22" alt=":sadangel:" title="Sad Angel" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/p/petting.gif" width="35" height="15" alt=":petting:" title="Petting is sensual!" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/h/handshake.gif" width="40" height="15" alt=":handshake:" title="Handshake" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/i/ignore.gif" width="26" height="15" alt=":ignore:" title="Ignore" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/e/earth2.gif" width="17" height="17" alt=":earth:" title="Earth" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/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" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/r/rofl.gif" width="29" height="27" alt=":rofl:" title="rofl" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/sing.gif" width="29" height="20" alt=":sing:" title="Singing" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/w/weed.gif" width="20" height="19" alt=":weed:" title="This is your brain; This is drugs; This is your brain on drugs!" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/d/devil2.gif" width="24" height="19" alt=":devil:" title="The Devil" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/l/love2.gif" width="26" height="17" alt=":love:" title="Love" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/h/heart.gif" width="15" height="13" alt=":heart:" title="Heart" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/d/drunk.gif" width="25" height="28" alt=":drunk:" title="Drunk" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/sleepy.gif" width="15" height="30" alt=":sleepy:" title="Sleepy" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/l/laughing.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":laughing:" title="Laughing" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/d/dance.gif" width="29" height="21" alt=":dance:" title="Dance!" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/p/penguin.gif" width="15" height="20" alt=":penguin:" title="Penguin" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/m/mwahaha.gif" width="29" height="15" alt=":evillaugh:" title="EVIL Laughter!" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/m/meditate.gif" width="29" height="23" alt=":meditation:" title="Ohm... Ohm..." /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/c/cries.gif" width="23" height="15" alt=":cries:" title="Waaaah!" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/h/heartbreaker.gif" width="43" height="26" alt=":heartbreaker:" title="Heartbreaker" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/t/teevee.gif" width="50" height="26" alt=":teevee:" title="TV" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/r/raincloud.gif" width="24" height="27" alt=":raincloud:" title="Grr." /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/sarcasticclap.gif" width="23" height="15" alt=":sarcasticclap:" title="Oh yeah. Yay. Good for you." /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/shakefist.gif" width="24" height="18" alt=":shakefist:" title="CURSE YOU!" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/slap.gif" width="33" height="23" alt=":slap:" title="I'm going to slap some sense into you!" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/w/wave.gif" width="25" height="20" alt=":wave:" title="Hi!" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/w/work.gif" width="48" height="28" alt=":work:" title="I've got too much work to do." /><br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Devious Journal Entry</title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:57:37 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Senior year of high school. Second year of AP Studio Art. Currently working on Breadth, will begin Concentration next semester.<br />Life's a bitch. I thought it would be better but it keeps going downhill or just staying steadily unpleasant :/ <br />but I am going to keep trying to get on here more often and post photos. my jack russell molly died last year. we have a new puppy named Lola/Lolita/Faustus. Whichever you prefer. I'll try to post some photos.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>happiness</title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2009 22:35:18 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ if you want to be made infinitely happy, read this <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /><br />its a little bit strange, but nonetheless the sweetest thing i have ever read<br /><br /><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7811686.stm">[link]</a><br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>AP Concentration</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:39:31 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ first off...how is everybody?? i'm sorry i haven't been on much recently. life has been incredibly stressful and it is only once ever few weeks that i even think of this site!<br />nonetheless, i wish all of you the best and hope you had wonderful holidays. <br /><br />for my AP Studio Art with portfolio in 2D Design, specifically photography, i am beginning to work on my concentration. i have two main ideas- phobias or habits.<br /><br />i am leaning towards using phobias since i have more ideas for photos but i am also still keeping my options open.<br /><br />for phobias, i have...<br />1) fear of heights<br />2) fear of spiders<br />3) fear of commitment<br />4) fear of darkness<br />5) fear of light<br />6) fear of numbers<br />7) fear of germs<br />8) fear of gaining weight<br />9) fear of open spaces<br />10) fear of being watched (actually, i am not really sure how to word this one. this one is more modeled off my friend who constantly fears that someone will enter her house or her attic and closet and is convinced they are watching her through her vents. i may for a picture show a girl cowering with a dark silhouette around the corner)<br /><br />***can anybody think of any other phobias that can be relatively photographed??? like for the ones i chose i wanted to have fears of actual concrete things, like spiders, and also conceptual fears like commitment to a relationship or person.<br />thanks!!!<br /><br />also, the ideas i have for habits are...<br />1) nail biting<br />2) hair twirling<br />3) smoking tobacco<br />4) thumb sucking<br />5) cracking knuckles<br />6) pencil chewing<br />etc. i have a few more but i cannot currently recall them.<br /><br /><br />which one seems to be the stronger concentration? to me it seems like PHOBIAS would be the better choice but any opinions would be greatly appreciated <3 thanks <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /><br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>back home</title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 13:53:28 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ and incredibly depressed.<br />i miss actionquest. i miss bulot. i miss tori, tanya, mike,  max, adam, colby, remy, kristen, ryan, charlie, sean, rob, jill, fresca, sam, and everyone else. i miss the crowded, moldy rooms. i miss the trampoline. i miss the stars. i miss the hills. i miss the clear water. i even miss the horrible processed food.<br />i would give anything to be back there.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Flickr</title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 06:56:23 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Does anybody else have Flickr account? <br />I got one recently and am quite confused on how to use it all. <br />My account is <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/vivanickdrake/">[link]</a><br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>cayo hueso</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:53:23 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ i'm gonna be out of town until the 7th.. i believe that is a monday. i'm going to key west. hopefully for plenty of diving. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /> <br />and i intend on taking lots of photos. but i don't have my underwater camera. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/f/frown.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":(" title=":( (Sad)" /> my brother is in panama for a month so he took it. but i'm looking into getting another one. and if that isn't successful, i'll settle for a crappy disposable underwater camera. at least i'll have some umderwater photos.<br />i'm working on uploading some photos from myakka park. i went there for a few hours yesterday with vanessa and sarah and we saw gators, hawks, baby deer, etc. it was beautiful and i got a few good shots.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>sorry</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 09:08:38 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ okay, i'm sorry for doing this. you don't even need to look at it. i'm just sitting in free period really bored. <br /><br /><br /><br />14/72?<br />I FearÂ<br /><br />[ ] the dark<br />[x] staying single forever<br />[ ] being a parent<br />[ ] giving birth<br />[ ] being myself in front of others<br />[ ] open spaces<br />[ ] closed spaces<br />[x] heights<br />[ ] dogs<br />[ ] birds<br />[ ] fish<br />[ ] spiders<br />[ ] flowers or other plants<br /><br />Total so far: 2<br /><br />[ ] being touched<br />[ ] fire<br />[ ] deep water<br />[ ] snakes<br />[ ] silk<br />[ ] the ocean<br />[x] failure<br />[ ] success<br />[ ] thunder/lightning<br />[ ] frogs/toads<br />[ ] my boyfriends/girlfriends dad<br />[ ] boyfriends/girlfriends mom<br />[ ] rats<br />[x] jumping from high places<br />[ ] snow<br /><br />Total so far: 4<br /><br />[ ] rain<br />[ ] wind<br />[ ] crossing hanging bridges<br />[x] death (to some degree)<br />[ ] heaven<br />[ ] being robbed<br />[ ] falling<br />[ ] clowns<br />[ ] dolls<br />[x] large crowds of people<br />[ ] men<br />[ ] women<br />[ ] having great responsibilities<br />[x] doctors, including dentists I HATE DOCTORS<br />[ ] tornadoes<br /><br />Total so far: 7<br /><br />[x] hurricanes (i love hurricanes but worry that they're going to hit my neighborhood or city hard)<br />[x] incurable diseases<br />[ ] sharks<br />[ ] Friday the 13th<br />[ ] ghosts<br />[ ] poverty<br />[ ] Halloween<br />[ ] school<br />[ ] trains<br />[ ] odd numbers<br />[ ] even numbers <br />[x] being alone<br />[x] becoming blind<br />[x] becoming deaf<br />[ ] growing up<br /><br />Total so far: 12<br /><br />[x] creepy noises in the night<br />[ ] bee stings<br />[x] not accomplishing my dreams/goals<br />[ ] needles<br />[ ] blood<br />[ ] dinosaurs<br />[ ] the welcome mat<br />[ ] high speed<br />[ ] throwing up<br />[ ] falling in love<br />[ ] super secrets<br /><br />Final Total: 14<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>~VivaNickDrake</author>
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                <title>Paris</title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2008 13:39:35 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ I have so many pictures from Paris!! It was amazingly beautiful. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":)" title=":) (Smile)" /> It isn't working well to upload them onto my desktop, but once it does, I shall post the photos. I also have 12 rolls of film that I need to work on printing. I got them printed but the quality isn't great so I need to print them myself. But I might post the crappy ones I like then update the submission with the good version once I can print it. <br /><br />Sorry if I didn't respond to every message, but I've been working on checking them since I got back a week ago and finally just gave up and deleted all the deviations and messages I had so I can finally come on here without feeling stressed.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>vacation!!</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 20:48:46 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ On Friday my parents and I are leaving spend a week in Paris because next week is my spring break. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /> I'm bringing a lot of black-and-white film, along with my digital slr which i just got the mirrors cleaned on. That's right! No more spots in my pictures with sky. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /> <br />Any suggestions on places to go there? I am also looking for vegetarian places to go..kind of random, but if anyone has suggestions. I've found many lists online so will hopefully go to those.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>please</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:13:33 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ watch it ------> <a href="http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=31228552">[link]</a><br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>~VivaNickDrake</author>
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                <title>The Only Time is Now</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:59:14 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Obviously, I've added a lot of my darkroom photos. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /> I still have a few more I need to do. Please let me know what you think of them. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /> <br /><br />For everyone who knows her, Sarah Jane got a deviantArt!! Add her!! <a href="http://the-kids-are-alright.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/default.gif" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconthe-kids-are-alright:" title="the-kids-are-alright"/></a> And for those who don't, add her anyway! She's an awesome photographer and next year, we're all gonna be in AP Studio Art together!!! <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /><br /><br />I've been so busy with a lot of schoolwork plus the musical rehearsal for four hours every weeknight. But after this weekend, the musical will be over! <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/w/w00t.gif" width="23" height="23" alt=":w00t:" title="w00t!" /><br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>~VivaNickDrake</author>
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                <title>Sooooo..</title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 22:18:36 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ My dad bought me a scanner!!! <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /><br />YAYAAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!!!!!<br /><br /><br />Now I can begin submitting my darkroom prints. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /> So, as soon as I get it set up, I will begin submitting those. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /><br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Life...</title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:54:17 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ ...is pretty strange.......<br />......<br />well, anyway..<br /><br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/n/new.gif" width="30" height="27" alt=":new:" title="New" /> I'm working on posting the rest of my Denver photos. I will probably most a bunch and then go through them and delete some I don't like as much. Let me know which ones you like the most..<br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/g/gallery.gif" width="47" height="26" alt=":gallery:" title="Gallery" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/d/deviation.gif" width="32" height="18" alt=":deviation:" title="Deviation love" /> <br /><br />ANI DIFRANCO CONCERT TUESDAY NIGHT!!!! <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/boogie.gif" width="25" height="25" alt=":boogie:" title="Boogie!" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/c/clap.gif" width="25" height="25" alt=":clap:" title="Clap" /><br />So basically I'm ridiculously happy about that. Ani DiFranco is so awesome. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /> <br /><br /><br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/sun.gif" width="30" height="30" alt=":sun:" title="Sun" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/j/juggle.gif" width="31" height="34" alt=":juggle:" title="Juggle" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/bounce.gif" width="40" height="25" alt=":bounce:" title="Bounce" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/g/giggle.gif" width="17" height="15" alt=":giggle:" title="Giggle" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/stereo.gif" width="61" height="23" alt=":stereo:" title="Jamming to mah stereo" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/e/earth.gif" width="16" height="16" alt=":earth:" title="Earth" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/r/rofl.gif" width="29" height="27" alt=":rofl:" title="rofl" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/r/relax.gif" width="31" height="23" alt=":relax:" title="Relax" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/c/camera.gif" width="15" height="20" alt=":camera:" title="Camera" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/w/worship.gif" width="30" height="15" alt=":worship:" title="Worship" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/d/dizzy.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":dizzy:" title="Dizzy" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/spidey.gif" width="17" height="20" alt=":spidey:" title="Spidey" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/p/peace.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":peace:" title="Peace" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/l/laughing.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":laughing:" title="Laughing" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/m/meditate.gif" width="29" height="23" alt=":meditation:" title="Ohm... Ohm..." /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/t/tunes.gif" width="40" height="25" alt=":tunes:" title="Jamming to tunes" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/a/airborne.gif" width="49" height="36" alt=":airborne:" title="Airborne" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/smooch.gif" width="35" height="16" alt=":smooch:" title="Smooooch!" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/p/poke.gif" width="44" height="14" alt=":poke:" title="Poke!" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/a/abduction.gif" width="20" height="25" alt=":abduction:" title="I'm being abducted!" /> <br /><br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/sing.gif" width="29" height="20" alt=":sing:" title="Singing" /> <br />Be loud let your colors show!!<br />Try to keep the madness low!!<br />If they hear and it's wrong!!<br />And they come with torches on!<br />Yeah!!! come on!!!!!!!!!!!!<br /><br />Be loud let your colors show!<br />Try to keep the madness low!<br />I tell them no with my hands!<br />Make them understand the plan of it!<br />Bright and gone!!<br /><br />**************************************************<br />I would like to reach out my hands<br />I may see you, I may tell you to run<br />You know what they say about the young<br />Send me on my way!<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Life</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:15:53 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ I got back from Denver yesterday night. I took a bunch of photos, so expect a lot of submissions! We went snowshoeing and walked around the city a lot. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /><br /><br />Tonight I am going to the Mofro concert!!!!<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>~VivaNickDrake</author>
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                <title>opinions please..</title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:46:08 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ for the <a href="http://naturephotographer.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/n/a/naturephotographer.png" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconnaturephotographer:" title="naturephotographer"/></a> water contest, i am submitting one of the following. please tell me which is your favorite! <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /><br /><br />Coal Dock Chaos <a href="http://vivanickdrake.deviantart.com/art/Coal-Dock-Chaos-61452006">[link]</a><br />The Horizon Has Been Defeated <a href="http://vivanickdrake.deviantart.com/art/The-Horizon-Has-Been-Defeated-48885505">[link]</a><br />Goodbye Blue Sky <a href="http://vivanickdrake.deviantart.com/art/Goodbye-Blue-Sky-64275329">[link]</a><br />Sun is Shining <a href="http://vivanickdrake.deviantart.com/art/Sun-Is-Shining-50381008">[link]</a><br /><br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/h/heart.gif" width="15" height="13" alt=":heart:" title="Heart" /> HAPPY VALENTINES DAY <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/h/heart.gif" width="15" height="13" alt=":heart:" title="Heart" /><br />-------------<br />tomorrow i am leaving for Denver. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /> snow!!!!! i hope to take a lot of photos there. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /><br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>~VivaNickDrake</author>
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                <title>collecting?</title>
                <link>http://VivaNickDrake.deviantart.com/journal/16848319/</link>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:54:59 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ what exactly is collecting? i am too lazy to go search around for it, so will someone please tell me? <br />and why in hell did they need to add something new? wasn't faving enough? <br /><br /><br />over 6,000 pageviews!! :yay:<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>~VivaNickDrake</author>
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                <title>life</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:41:42 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Yesterday I went to the Clyde Butcher gallery/darkroom tour. His darkroom is freaking gigantic. It would be incredible to print in there. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /> I have so many prints done that I would love to post, yet I still have no scanner. So digital it is, for now(and maybe forever). <br /><br />School has sucked a lot lately. Everyone is so close minded and mean to each other. The teachers and administration have this warped view of reality and focus more on the dress code than academics. The students are so rude to each other. People get in fights for no reason and it seems no one can give compliments anymore. And probably half the conversations I hear are about what people are wearing.<br /> <br />But I have generally been in a good mood. I've spent a lot of time thinking and reflecting on life and I am now better able to deal with all the shit and more willing to enjoy the good things. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /><br /><br /><br />peace<br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/p/peace.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":peace:" title="Peace" /><br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>~VivaNickDrake</author>
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                <title>:D</title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 05 Jan 2008 21:13:29 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Break from school has been incredible. I haven't done anything huge, yet I have been busy constantly, it seems. It has given me plenty of reflection time which has been nice. I feel somewhat as if I have grown somewhat, or my mind has expanded. Suddenly, I am looking upon the world differently than I did not too long ago. Sorry to sound weird. <br />
I haven't taken as many digital photos as I would have hoped, but I took a few I like. I'm going kayaking tomorrow in the Everglades. The Everglades are awesome. Anyone who says they dislike Florida obviously hasn't been there. I will bring my digital and film cameras with me. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /> I can't wait to get back into the darkroom. <br />
Next week at school will be quite interesting. We will probably just bs away Monday and Tuesday with the exception of history and math homework. And then the rest of the week we go to Miami. It sounds better than it will be. There are so many rules. I feel as if I am being scrutinized constantly in those kinds of situations. I am sick of everyone being so uptight. <br />
Everglades tomorrow! <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /><br />
<br />
peace.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>~VivaNickDrake</author>
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                <title>Merry Christmas!!</title>
                <link>http://VivaNickDrake.deviantart.com/journal/16100312/</link>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 25 Dec 2007 20:15:11 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Merry Christmas everyone!! I hope everyone had a wonderful day! <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/x/xmassanta.gif" width="22" height="20" alt=":santa:" title="Santa Clause" /><br />
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<br />
My parents gave me four antique <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/c/camera.gif" width="15" height="20" alt=":camera:" title="Camera" />s and a minox. They are all awesome!!! <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /> The oldest is from around 1904 and the newest from the 50s or 60s. My dad said one of them is the same model he had growing up. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /> I'm not sure which ones work, and I'm working on figuring out how to use them! I'm also not sure where I can buy or print the film(especially for the minox!) but they are still awesome to have. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":)" title=":) (Smile)" /><br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>~VivaNickDrake</author>
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                <title>:D</title>
                <link>http://VivaNickDrake.deviantart.com/journal/15883605/</link>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:50:01 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Plans/goals for the upcoming weeks/month.<br />
<br />
-Study without freaking out.<br />
-Understand chem.<br />
-Do well on exams.<br />
-Get good grades.<br />
- Print or at least attempt to print all of the photos I like.<br />
-Not ruin anymore shirts I like with fixer. <br />
-Take many more photos. Hopefully ones that T will like. <br />
-Go downtown multiple times.<br />
-Go to the beach.<br />
-Clean and bleach my boat.<br />
-Read Cat's Cradle for Chem and The Heart is a Lonely Hunter for English.<br />
-Finish the numerous books I have started. <br />
-Rewatch Paris Je T'aime.<br />
-Dive. Hopefully from the beach and a boat. <br />
-Meet new, interesting people.<br />
-Kayak a lot. <br />
-Explore and hopefully get lost within the North Creek mangroves.<br />
-Go to numerous parks and hike. <br />
-Bike through Myakka.<br />
-Find new bands to listen to.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>~VivaNickDrake</author>
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                <title>Opinions :D</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:18:48 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ For the <a href="http://naturephotographer.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/n/a/naturephotographer.png" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconnaturephotographer:" title="naturephotographer"/></a> white contest, which deviation should I submit?:<br />
<br />
Green Eyes - <a href="http://vivanickdrake.deviantart.com/art/Green-Eyes-61583837">[link]</a><br />
Eagle - <a href="http://vivanickdrake.deviantart.com/art/Eagle-60634094">[link]</a><br />
Feather Detail - <a href="http://vivanickdrake.deviantart.com/art/Feather-Detail-58413909">[link]</a><br />
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The cat one is kind of a weird thing to submit to a nature contest, but the Black contest was won by a photo of a cat, so I guess you can do it. Please take a look at these and post your favorite! Thanks!<br />
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I have printed so many prints in the darkroom and I have 5 new rolls of film to print from, but still no scanner!!! I have been taking the film camera with me when we go new places, so lately, I haven't had any different digital shots. I still have a few to post though.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Frank Zappa....</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2007 20:04:04 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ ...makes me wish I had an Unlce Remus. <br />
<br />
"Have you seeeeeen us, Uncle Reeeeeemus." <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/boogie.gif" width="25" height="25" alt=":boogie:" title="Boogie!" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/t/tunes.gif" width="40" height="25" alt=":tunes:" title="Jamming to tunes" /><br />
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Thanks to everyone who commented on the last journal. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/g/glomp.gif" width="47" height="20" alt=":glomp:" title="Glomp!" /> I chose Carlton Tree for the <a href="http://naturephotographer.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/n/a/naturephotographer.png" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconnaturephotographer:" title="naturephotographer"/></a> contest after having it chosen three times. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":)" title=":) (Smile)" /> Now, hopefully they'll like it too! <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/c/camera.gif" width="15" height="20" alt=":camera:" title="Camera" /><br />
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Happy Thanksgiving!!!!!! <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /><br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>~VivaNickDrake</author>
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                <title>A little help please? :D</title>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:18:57 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ 4,999 pageviews! <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/w/wink.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=";)" title=";) (Wink)" /> Almost there! <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /><br />
_______________________<br />
<br />
I am sending an entry into the <a href="http://naturephotographer.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/n/a/naturephotographer.png" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconnaturephotographer:" title="naturephotographer"/></a> Black Contest, but I can't choose which to post. If you could please just take a look at the following photos, I would be forever grateful!!! <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /> Please. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /><br />
<br />
Possibilities:<br />
Carlton Tree <a href="http://vivanickdrake.deviantart.com/art/Carlton-Tree-68768641">[link]</a><br />
Raccoon 3 <a href="http://vivanickdrake.deviantart.com/art/Racoon-3-67520513">[link]</a><br />
Raccoon <a href="http://vivanickdrake.deviantart.com/art/Racoon-67518929">[link]</a> <br />
***Please compare the focus in the raccoon ones because I went for different focus to get different effects.***<br />
Goodbye Blue Sky <a href="http://vivanickdrake.deviantart.com/art/Goodbye-Blue-Sky-64275329">[link]</a><br />
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Thanks!!!<br />
_________________________<br />
<br />
Finally!!! Thanksgiving break!!! <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /><br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>~VivaNickDrake</author>
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                <title>huh?</title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 16:55:52 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ WTF is with the new gallery!?!?!?! I don't like it at all!!!!! <br />
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I'm nearing 5,000 pageviews!!<br />
<img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/boogie.gif" width="25" height="25" alt=":boogie:" title="Boogie!" /><br />
<img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /><br />
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Only two days of school left!!! But of course, we have a test. <br />
I've got three rolls of film to develop but I'm not sure if I will be able to this week. I might have to wait until after break. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/f/frown.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":(" title=":( (Sad)" /><br />
I hope eventually I will be able to scan and post my darkroom prints. I have a lot now. <br />
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I cannot get this song out of my head so I feel the necessity to put the lyrics in my journal. <br />
<br />
A boy with a coin he found in the weeds<br />
With bullets and pages of trade magazines<br />
Close to a car that flipped on the turn<br />
When God left the ground to circle the world<br />
<br />
A girl with a bird she found in the snow<br />
Then flew up her gown and thatÂs how she knows<br />
That God made her eyes for crying at birth<br />
Then left the ground to circle the Earth<br />
<br />
A boy with a coin he crammed in his jeans<br />
Then making a wish he tossed in the sea<br />
Walked to a town that all of us burn<br />
When God left the ground to circle the world<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>obsession</title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2007 20:12:01 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Obsession is a bad thing.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>:(</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2007 08:35:41 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Damn.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>~VivaNickDrake</author>
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                <title>Planet in Peril</title>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 18:18:59 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ It is on CNN tonight and tomorrow(Wednesday) from 9 to 11. I am currenlty watching it and they are showing the illegal trade of endangered animals in Thailand. <br />
90% of illegally traded animals die before they reach their destination to be sold. <br />
Watch it!!<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>OMFG YES!</title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 06 Oct 2007 19:08:58 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /> I am so happy right now! <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /><br />
Three day weekend and I am doing a New College class offered to high school students. Today it went from 9 am to 9 pm and tomorrow it goes from 8 am to 7 pm.  I am doing a class on the Caribbean and we are focusing on slavery in Cuba, assimilation, and Santeria, which I find really interesting. So it is fun. But I thought it was going to be a full class, but there were only seven people signed up for it and only three came besides me. Usually there are fifteen. And I only like one of them, but the teaching assistant is really cool. She's a New College student. Basically, I am one of the oldest so I am just hanging out with New College students, the coolest kind of people. So its fun. I love that campus. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /><br />
And the most exciting thing EVER!---> For my sixteenth birthday, the Wildlife Center I volunteer at is letting me release nine birds!!! Three jays and six doves. We are releasing them early tomorrow morning right outside my house. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /><br />
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<a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14859155">[link]</a><br />
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Please at least glance at this article from NPR to promote your awareness of your effect on the earth. It is about albatrosses in the Pacific. They are large seabirds and will fly thousands of miles for food. Unfortunetly, much of what they find it plastic from fishing lines, toy parts, plasitc bags, bottles, etc. They feed it to their babies, unaware. This eventually leads to the death of most of the chicks of these populations due to dehydration and starvation. Hundreds of thousands die every year and the surviving number is surely not enough to sustain the population for a long period of time. <br />
Listening to this story on All Things Considered was heartbreaking. <br />
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Think next time you consider throwing your trash on the ground instead of walking the extra 30 feet to a trash can, no matter how far you live inland. Everything leads to the ocean.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Devious Journal Entry</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:34:54 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Sorry for submitting so many photos in one day! I still have many more to upload, so expect those soon.<br />
Please tell me which photos you like or don't like. I couldn't decide on my favorites so I put them all up for you to decide. I'll clean out my gallery after a few days. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /><br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>...</title>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:25:37 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ I took plenty of pictures over the weekend at Spanish point.<br />
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Last night, I was on the pier and looked up to notice a water spout! I was on a pier in the bay and it was forming in the gulf so the pictures I took show the barrier island between it and me, but they're still pretty cool. It was quite large and it looked like a tornado. It was connected to the clouds which were endless and grey. And then I heard a really loud pounding noise and looked to the north to see a wall of rain coming at me. I ran as fast as I could home but still got soaked, but miraculously, my camera was hardly wet! Hopefully I can submit those soon.<br />
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I also took a cool picture of Molly which is suprising because she hates the camera. <br />
So expect a good deal of deviations once I upload them all. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /><br />
I haven't been successfully backing up the photos on my desktop, so everytime I even hear thunder I unplug my computer. So it hasn't been on much.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>:D Weekend</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2007 22:12:22 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Finally, the weekend is here. So, I love photo even though I haven't gotten to do much. I will be developing on Tuesday and hopefully on Wednesday. Tomorrow, I'm going to take pictures with Vanessa so expect many more. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /> And I'm still not quite done with the Everglades photos. I may add more. I also still need to upload more pictures from the past few days. The weather a few nights ago was incredible, with huge black storm clouds to the east and a bright blue sky with huge orange sunset clouds to the west. I haven't seen those yet, but I hope they turn out cool.<br />
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<img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/c/camera.gif" width="15" height="20" alt=":camera:" title="Camera" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/boogie.gif" width="25" height="25" alt=":boogie:" title="Boogie!" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":)" title=":) (Smile)" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/g/glomp.gif" width="47" height="20" alt=":glomp:" title="Glomp!" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/h/hug.gif" width="38" height="15" alt=":hug:" title="Hug" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/d/dance.gif" width="29" height="21" alt=":dance:" title="Dance!" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/m/music.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":music:" title="Music" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/c/camera.gif" width="15" height="20" alt=":camera:" title="Camera" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/boogie.gif" width="25" height="25" alt=":boogie:" title="Boogie!" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /> <br />
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I've heard of this photographer, Spencer Tunick, but I've never known much about him. He photographs large groups of nude people in public places. In May 2007, he photographed 18,000 people in Mexico City's ZÃ³calo. In August, in partnership with Greenpeace, he photographed 600 people on the Swiss Aletsch Glacier to bring awareness to global warming and the shrinking of the glaciers. I recmommend checking out his work.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Everglades/Clyde Butcher</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 20:07:14 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ On Sunday, my dad and I drove to the Everglades. Clyde Butcher holds a swamp walk where you get to walk around in waist high water. Its fun. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /> I didn't bring my SLR in the swamp, but I brought my little underwater digital and I hope I got some good pictures. With the SLR I took a few pictures of alligators and possibly one crocodile so I will post those soon. We didn't talk to Clyde this year, but I am also going to a luncheon/lecture where he is speaking so hopefully I'll be able to speak to him there. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /> Afterwards, my dad and I drove by the Skunk Ape Research Headquarters and took a few pictures outside of it. I love Florida. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /> I also tooka bunch of photos of bugs and flowers and such so I will also post those. And then I have been taking photos of EVERY sunset, so expect those too. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /><br />
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BTW, check out <a href="http://shivluvzmusic.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/s/h/shivluvzmusic.gif" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconshivluvzmusic:" title="shivluvzmusic"/></a> drawing of my doggy Fynne. --> <a href="http://shivluvzmusic.deviantart.com/art/I-Feel-Fynne-63390292">[link]</a><br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Yay :D</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:37:25 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/bulletblue.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletblue:" title="Bullet; Blue" /> Sorry for bombarding everyone with a billion deviations, but three weeks after Key West, I gave up on moderation and put them all up. <br />
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<img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/bulletblue.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletblue:" title="Bullet; Blue" /> I have so much homework!!! Ahhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry, I just felt the need to complain. <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!" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/p/psychotic.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":psychotic:" title="Psychotic" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/d/disbelief.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":disbelief:" title="Disbelief" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/m/movingon.gif" width="43" height="15" alt=":movingon:" title="Okay... Moving on now..." /> <br />
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<img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/bulletblue.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletblue:" title="Bullet; Blue" /> I am starting photo 1 with Ms. T after school and that should be awesome. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /> Now, I just need to get a scanner. And I am doing a class at Ringling next month that is only 4 weeks, once a week. Its all digital, but I enjoy getting assignments and having an excuse to take pictures when I should do homework. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/boogie.gif" width="25" height="25" alt=":boogie:" title="Boogie!" /><br />
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<img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/bulletblue.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletblue:" title="Bullet; Blue" /> <a href="http://shivluvzmusic.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/s/h/shivluvzmusic.gif" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconshivluvzmusic:" title="shivluvzmusic"/></a> did a drawing based off of one of my photos of Fynne - <a href="http://vivanickdrake.deviantart.com/art/Fynnie-50157090">[link]</a><br />
check out the drawing here ----> <a href="http://shivluvzmusic.deviantart.com/art/I-Feel-Fynne-63390292">[link]</a> <----CLICK IT!!!!!! <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/c/clap.gif" width="25" height="25" alt=":clap:" title="Clap" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/w/w00t.gif" width="23" height="23" alt=":w00t:" title="w00t!" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/f/favheart.gif" width="15" height="14" alt=":+favlove:" title="+favlove" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/j/jawdrop.gif" width="15" height="32" alt=":jawdrop:" title="Jawdrop" /><br />
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It is incredibly awesome. And Fynne loves it. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /> Molly, however, is jealous. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /><br />
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                <title>Devious Journal Entry</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2007 19:52:34 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ I am still submitting Key West photos. Expect more.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Tagged</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2007 20:44:50 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Tagged by <a href="http://isithuman.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/i/s/isithuman.gif" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconisithuman:" title="isithuman"/></a><br />
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Eigth random facts about me...<br />
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hmmm....<br />
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1) Besides photography, my favorite hobby is playing guitar.<br />
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2) I get really depressed if I'm not outside for a while each day.<br />
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3) I could live off of black bean soup and smoothies.<br />
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4) I with I could have grown up in the 60's. <br />
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5) I still think Bear Grylls is better than you.<br />
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6) I want to spend one summer working on a dive boat when I'm in college. <br />
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7) I can never ever live away from salt water.<br />
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8) I idolize Kurt Vonnegut, Adrian Monk, and The Dude.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>photos</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2007 08:59:53 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ I finally have my pictures from Key West on the computer. Along with other pictures, I am submitting two series. One is Key West cats and the other is photos of the performers at sunset. <br />
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Anais Mitchell-1984<br />
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down at headquarters, thereÂs a big database<br />
with black and white photos of the side of your beautiful face<br />
and your library record, and all your test scores<br />
and an invitation to party like itÂs 1984 <br />
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baby, donÂt look so nervous, they just want the facts<br />
and itÂs all written out in the usa patriot act<br />
cause we donÂt take no chances in a nation at war<br />
so tonight weÂre gonna party like itÂs 1984 <br />
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oh, honey, what did i tell you about the house being bugged?<br />
they can hear us making breakfast, they can hear us making love<br />
but excuse me a minute- big brotherÂs at the door<br />
and heÂs ready to party like itÂs 1984 <br />
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you know youÂre my one and only; you always have been<br />
sure is gonna be lonely after i turn you in<br />
so iÂll wait till tomorrow to file my report<br />
and tonight we can party like itÂs 1984<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>I'm back</title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 04 Aug 2007 17:19:14 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Back from Key West. I miss it. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/f/frown.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":(" title=":( (Sad)" /> It was great. I did my first saltwater dive and got lots of pictures from it. I'm working on posting them. We also spent almost every night taking pictures on the White Street Pier but I haven't seen any of those yet. <br />
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275 deviations, so I'm sorry if I don't look at them all. <br />
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Also, I am bored right now so will amuse myself with this survey. <br />
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Appearance<br />
[ ] I am shorter than 5'4.<br />
[ ] I think I'm ugly sometimes.<br />
[x] I have many scars.<br />
[ ] I tan easily.<br />
[ ] I wish my hair was a different color. <br />
[ ] I have friends who have never seen my natural hair color.<br />
[ ] I have a tattoo.<br />
[x] I am self-conscious about my appearance. <br />
[x] I have/I've had braces. <br />
[x] I wear glasses. <br />
[ ] I would get plastic surgery if it were 100% safe, free of cost, and scar-free.<br />
[ ] I've been told I'm attractive by a complete stranger.<br />
[ ] I have more than 2 piercings. <br />
[ ] I have piercings in places besides my ears. <br />
[x] I've Got one Scar.<br />
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Family/Home Life<br />
[ ] I've sworn at my parents.<br />
[ ] I've run away from home. <br />
[ ] I've been kicked out of the house.<br />
[x] My biological parents are together.<br />
[ ] I have a sibling less than one year old.<br />
[x] I want to have kids someday. <br />
[ ] I've had children.<br />
[ ] I've lost a child.<br />
[ ] I have a spoiled sibling. <br />
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School/Work<br />
[x] I'm in school.<br />
[ ] I have a job.<br />
[x] I've fallen asleep at work/school.<br />
[x] I almost always do my homework.<br />
[x] I've missed a week or more of school. <br />
[x] I've been on the Honor Roll within the last 2 years. <br />
[ ] I've stolen something from my job.<br />
[ ] I've been fired.<br />
[ ] Do Home Schooling.<br />
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Embarrassment<br />
[ ] I've slipped out a "lol" in a spoken conversation. <br />
[ ] Disney movies still make me cry. <br />
[x] I've peed from laughing. <br />
[ ] I've snorted while laughing.<br />
[x] I've laughed so hard I've cried. (almost every day)<br />
[x] I've glued my hand to something.<br />
[ ] I've had my pants rip in public. <br />
[x] fell down on my face. (way too often)<br />
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Health<br />
[ ] I was born with a disease/impairment.<br />
[x] I've gotten stitches/staples. <br />
[ ] I've broken a bone. <br />
[ ] I've had my tonsils removed.<br />
[ ] I've sat in a doctors office/emergency room with a friend.<br />
[x] I've had my wisdom teeth removed.<br />
[ ] I had a serious surgery.<br />
[x] I've had chicken pox.<br />
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Traveling<br />
[x] I've driven over 200 miles in one day. (today)<br />
[x] I've been on a plane.<br />
[ ] I've been to Canada.<br />
[x] I've been to Mexico.<br />
[ ] I've been to Niagara Falls.<br />
[ ] I've been to Japan. <br />
[ ] I've celebrated Mardi Gras in New Orleans.<br />
[x] I've been to Europe.<br />
[ ] I've been to Africa.<br />
[x] I've been out of my home country.<br />
[ ] I've Been in Thailand.<br />
[ ] I've been in Phillipines.<br />
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Experiences<br />
[ ] I've gotten lost in my city.<br />
[x] I've seen a shooting star.<br />
[x]I've wished on a shooting star.<br />
[x] I've seen a meteor shower. <br />
[x] I've gone out in public in my pajamas.<br />
[x] I've pushed all the buttons on an elevator.<br />
[x] I've kicked a guy where it hurts.<br />
[ ] I've been to a casino.<br />
[ ] I've been skydiving.<br />
[x] I've gone skinny dipping. <br />
[x] I've played spin the bottle.<br />
[ ] I've drank a whole gallon of milk in one hour.<br />
[ ] I've crashed a car.<br />
[ ] I've been Skiing.<br />
[x] I've been in a play. <br />
[ ] I've met someone in person from myspace.<br />
[x] I've caught a snowflake on my tongue. <br />
[ ] I've seen the Northern lights.<br />
[ ] I've sat on a roof top at night.<br />
[x] I've played chicken.<br />
[x] I've played a prank on someone.<br />
[x] I've ridden in a taxi.<br />
[x] I've seen the Rocky Horror Picture Show.<br />
[ ] I've eaten sushi.<br />
[ ] I've been snowboarding. <br />
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Relationships<br />
[x] I'm single<br />
[ ] I'm in a relationship.<br />
[ ] I'm engaged.<br />
[ ] I'm married<br />
[ ] I've gone on a blind date.<br />
[ ] I've been the dumped more than the dumper.<br />
[x] I miss someone right now.<br />
[x] I have a fear of abandonment.<br />
[ ] I've gotten divorced<br />
[x] I've had feelings for someone who didn't have them back.<br />
[ ] I've told someone I loved them when I didn't.<br />
[x] I've told someone I didn't love them when I did. <br />
[ ] I've kept something from a past relationship.<br />
[x] Kissed a guy. <br />
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Sexuality<br />
[ ] I've had a crush on someone of the same sex.<br />
[ ] I've had a crush on a teacher.<br />
[x] I am a cuddler.<br />
[ ] I've been kissed in... ]]></description>
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                <title>Key West!</title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2007 21:24:02 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Going to Key West with my family for a week! We're leaving early tomorrow morning and I doubt I'll be able to get online during. I'm gonna take a lot of pictures and I'm bringing my tripod. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /> We're staying closer to Mallory Square than we ever have so I'm going to take pictures of the performers as much as I can. And I am still hardly even close to being done submitting Ringling camp photos, so I will continue with that when I get back!<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>yay!</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2007 20:07:35 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ I'm certified as a PADI Open Water Diver! <br />
<br />
And I have so many photos to submit. More from the zoo plus many from my Ringling photo class.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Y'all got cocaine eyes</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2007 20:54:17 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ I don't really know why that is the title. But that song is my obsession song for today.<br />
<br />
This weekend I am getting my open water certification for diving. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /> I finished the classroom part tonight after sitting through a 5 hour class and tomorrow we are in the pool all day. And then on Sunday we go in the lake or in the gulf if visibility is improved. So it will probably be in the lake. My instructor tries to convince us there will be no gators in the lake, but even the people new to Florida have made the connection with Florida fresh water and alligators..so. My instructor is this hilareous 1/2 British, 1/2 Australian professional diver. He used to be a commercial diver in Nigeria and Scotland and he worked at a diving company that allowed tourists to cage dive with the great whites off the South African coast. We probably spent an hour listening to dive stories. So basically that is awesome.<br />
Whenever we go to Key West, I'm gonna look into the Advanced Certifications for Underwater Photography and Underwater Digital Photography. <br />
<br />
<br />
Can't you hear me knockin' on your window!!!!!!!!!!<br />
Can't you hear me knockin' on your door!!!!!!!!!!<br />
Can't you hear me knockin' down the dirty street!!!!!!!!!<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>photo</title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 14 Jul 2007 11:35:28 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ I just finished a photography camp and Ringling and I loved it. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /> And hopefully I can do the class during school. I have proabably about thirty photos to post, but I'll try to make it less. But expect them all sometime soon. <br />
<br />
<br />
Yay! Recently I've had two photos featured in News Articles on DA. I had my photo, "Feather Detail" ( <a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/58413909/">[link]</a> ) featured in an article on bird photography ( <a href="http://news.deviantart.com/article/30746/">[link]</a> ) and my photo "Fynnie." ( <a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/50157090/">[link]</a> ) featured in an article on photographing dogs and cats ( <a href="http://news.deviantart.com/article/31174/">[link]</a> ).<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>random</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 20:57:20 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ I still miss Miami. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/f/frown.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":(" title=":( (Sad)" /> I've been spending a lot of time on my boat and at the beach. I'm still not finished uploading pictures.<br />
<br />
1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?<br />
     Bob Dylan<br />
<br />
2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED?<br />
     I shed a tear leaving UM<br />
<br />
3. Do you like your handwriting?<br />
     yes<br />
<br />
4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT?<br />
     I don't eat meat<br />
<br />
5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS?<br />
     not that I know of<br />
<br />
6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU?<br />
     yes<br />
<br />
7. DO YOU USE SARCASM A lot?<br />
     yes, in almost every sentence<br />
<br />
8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS<br />
     yeah<br />
<br />
9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP?<br />
     yes<br />
<br />
10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL?<br />
     cheerios<br />
<br />
11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF?<br />
     nope<br />
<br />
12. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG?<br />
     after carrying an amp and guitar up and down 8 flights of stairs 4 times a day, yes<br />
<br />
13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM?<br />
     brownie batter<br />
<br />
14. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE?<br />
     their smile and eyes<br />
<br />
15. RED OR PINK?<br />
     better red than dead <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/w/wink.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=";)" title=";) (Wink)" /><br />
<br />
16. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF?<br />
     I get easily attached to ideas, places, people<br />
<br />
17. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST?<br />
     Morgan, Tim, Matt, Craig, Adam, Trevor, Tom<br />
<br />
18. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING?<br />
     green pants and I'm barefoot<br />
<br />
19. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE?<br />
     black bean burrito<br />
<br />
20. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW?<br />
     my friend Keith's cd<br />
<br />
21. IF YOU WHERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE?<br />
     teal<br />
<br />
22. FAVORITE SMELLS?<br />
     the ocean, patchouli<br />
<br />
23. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE?<br />
     Alana<br />
<br />
24. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU?<br />
     yep<br />
<br />
25. FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH?<br />
     soccer, hockey<br />
<br />
26. HAIR COLOR?<br />
    dirty blond<br />
<br />
27. EYE COLOR?<br />
    blue<br />
<br />
28. Do you wear contacts?<br />
     nope, glasses<br />
<br />
29. FAVORITE FOOD?<br />
     black beans and rice<br />
<br />
30. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS?<br />
     either, it depends on how good the movie is<br />
<br />
31. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED?<br />
     US vs. John Lennon<br />
<br />
32. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING?<br />
     black<br />
<br />
33. SUMMER OR WINTER?<br />
     summer<br />
<br />
34. HUGS OR KISSES?<br />
     both, depends on the person <br />
<br />
35. FAVORITE DESSERT?<br />
     ice-cream<br />
<br />
36. What book are you reading now?<br />
     A Prayer for Owen Meany<br />
<br />
37. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD?<br />
     The Grateful Dead<br />
<br />
38. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON T.V. LAST NIGHT?<br />
     Family Guy<br />
<br />
39. FAVORITE SOUND?<br />
     fast acoustic rhythm guitar, sounds of being underwater, Rufus Wainwright's voice<br />
<br />
40. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES?<br />
     Beatles, duh.<br />
<br />
41. WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME?<br />
     England<br />
<br />
42. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT?<br />
     I play awesome leads when provided with good rhythm<br />
<br />
43. WHERE WERE YOU BORN?<br />
     Sarasota, Florida<br />
<br />
44. WHAT TIME IS IT NOW?<br />
     11:51 at night<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>back :(</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2007 22:49:35 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ I miss Miami!!! It was incredibly awesome. There were so many awesome people a musicians there unlike home. I need people to jam with! A few friends live close but a lot live in Miami or further. But three kids were from here. I think I got a lot better on guitar. The classes were easy but what we did in them was good practice. There were also great people to jam with every night. I miss it. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/f/frown.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":(" title=":( (Sad)" /> <br />
<br />
I am still submitting pictures from before I left and then will submit ones from Cayman.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>in miami</title>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2007 16:38:26 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ i'm currently in miami for a guitar camp. i'll be here until after this weekend. so far it is awesome! i haven't checked any messages or deviations yet, but currently i have exactly 200 deviations to view so i'm going to leave it at that. i'll be back on anytime from sunday to monday. adios.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Cayman.Miami</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:02:47 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ I'll be gone for the next two weeks... this week, my family and I are traveling to Cayman and snorkeling and diving. From there, everyone else is going home except I am going to a guitar camp in Miami for a week. And I doubt I'll have computer access either week. I still haven't posted all of the photos I wanted to, so expect more! I'll also post a bunch from Cayman when I get home. Hopefully I'll have some oppurtunities to take pictures in Miami!<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>State Radio!!!</title>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2007 21:30:50 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ State Radio was awesome!!! They played at the State Theatre which is an awesome venue. I do think that the Jack Rabbits concert was better than this one was, but it was still awesome. They have a new drummer and he was pretty good. And Chad told us that he is now their permanent drummer altough they haven't told him yet. They played some awesome songs but it seemed so short and the encore was only a song long. Lastime they played a reggae version of one of my favorite slower songs and then went into my favorite Dispatch song. The songs they played were awesome, but  their performance wasn't as good as last time. At Jacks they moved around a lot more and Chad put his guitar down to pass the mic around the front row, but this time he didn't. We got to talk to Chad for a little while after even though the bouncers were asses and were yelling for everyone to leave. I also got the setlist for the this concert! I've only been to two State Radio concerts, but at both, I've gotten the setlists at both <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" />. Chad signed the setlist as well as a picture of him with Bryant and I at the last concert. They better come again soon!!!<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>~VivaNickDrake</author>
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                <title>Need opinions!</title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2007 21:17:35 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ I am going to enter one of my pictures in a contest on here and the name of the contest is "birds in flight." I'm having difficulty choosing which one to use..HELP! I'm looking for something that looks good and stands out among the rest when you can only see the thumb but also looks good in full view. Please! I need opinions! Here's a link showing the contest and the other entries thus far.-----> <a href="http://birds-club.deviantart.com/journal/13158535/">[link]</a> I want one that stands out among the other thumbs. <br />
<br />
choices:<br />
<br />
Spread Your Wings <a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/50170978/?qo=16&q=by%3Avivanickdrake+in%3Aphotography%2Fnature%2Fbirds&qh=sort%3Atime+-in%3Ascraps">[link]</a><br />
Red Shouldered Hawk <a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/49414070/?qo=21&q=by%3Avivanickdrake+in%3Aphotography%2Fnature%2Fbirds&qh=sort%3Atime+-in%3Ascraps">[link]</a><br />
Osprey <a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/44097699/?qo=32&q=by%3Avivanickdrake+in%3Aphotography%2Fnature%2Fbirds&qh=sort%3Atime+-in%3Ascraps">[link]</a><br />
Osprey in Flight <a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/50381477/?qo=14&q=by%3Avivanickdrake+in%3Aphotography%2Fnature%2Fbirds&qh=sort%3Atime+-in%3Ascraps">[link]</a><br />
<br />
Please just have a quick look! It would mean a lot to me!<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Hell yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2007 20:17:07 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Okay, so school is finally over!!!!!!!! This is a good feeling. So I am going to spend like the entire time playing guitar and taking pictures!!!! And we aren't going anywhere too far away, but they are awesome places to take pictures! Initially, we were just driving to Key West, but yesterday, my brother went diving so we randomly decided to go to Cayman in two weeks for 4 days. And then I am doing a jazz guitar camp in Miami. And so I will spend the entire time until then practicing jazz guitar! <br />
And on the 5th State Radio is at the State Theatre!!!!! That will be awesome but will hardly replicate the insanely awesome night we saw them at a bar in Jacksonville. I hope it isn't too crowded!! And I might bring my good camera, but I will at least bring a small digital camera. And now I leave you tonight with Dispatch lyrics because I can't get this song out of my head! <br />
<br />
cause it's a manifest destiny like a genocide recipe<br />
telling lords that wrestle me to free my own race<br />
challenge your god and dominate all your palace<br />
dont underestimate the fate of a preordained mass<br />
where are my boots and where the hell is my balance<br />
the hell you did come down from your palace<br />
to see a sharp suspicion a cocking of a gun<br />
oh come if you're gunna get some<br />
cause forty seconds later and the cocking of a gun<br />
a boy avoids confusion and his special agent scum<br />
two officers pushed a boy down on his back<br />
searched through his pockets found a vile of crack yea<br />
nothin can be done for this boy untainted<br />
its a typical mythical world we live in untaint me<br />
un-sane me, un-lay me<br />
Go into the river cuz i think i'm damn ready<br />
There is a river where riverbed should be<br />
There is a river where riverbed should be<br />
I'd like to jettison your medecine back to where you came from<br />
you keep your bell and edison away from my grandson<br />
stand son on your own bone dont forget the home that you came from<br />
dont let em say your name wrong<br />
Just like larry ill take it to the hoop<br />
i do a false move in one fell swoop<br />
and than i then i pass it to the trigger man<br />
bow down to the sound if you still can<br />
cause there's plenty of catcalls and plenty of misfalls<br />
and i can attest to the rest of the best falls<br />
never have i ever made a match with a sickness<br />
look both ways dispatch with a quickness<br />
gimmie some roy, gimmie some speed<br />
gather all around to the word and read on<br />
till you get to the parts that's righteous<br />
it's an unbearable likness<br />
There is a river where riverbed should be<br />
There is a river where riverbed should be<br />
my name is chetro and i do know<br />
that i gotta get some money to get the van towed<br />
his name is braddigan and i'm back again<br />
i wanna be the three with the tight plan<br />
his name is pete repeat pete's got the goods<br />
spanking on my bass like i know i should<br />
lost in the draw for the freak and groove<br />
relax and relapse let's synapse this move<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Almost there</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2007 19:38:15 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ It is almost over! Only two more hellish days at school! Yesh!!!!!<br />
<br />
This weekend, I spent time at the beach and went to Punta Gorda for burrowing owls, so expect many pictures!<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>spanish boredom</title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2007 07:27:13 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Spanish class is boring.....<br />
<br />
<br />
good things:<br />
-my mom graduated from college with a bachelors in psychology <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /><br />
-i got a boat!!!!! its a 13 foot boston whaler. and i get to go on it almost everyday!!!<br />
-i have been taking like billions of pictures<br />
-the history project is almost over<br />
-school is almost over!<br />
-summer is almost here!<br />
<br />
bad things:<br />
-smoking. some ass threw a cigarette outside their car window and lit a brush fire that burned hundreds of acres. and that is just one of the many fires here.<br />
-finals are almost here<br />
<br />
<br />
1.YOUR PORN STAR NAME<br />
(name of first pet + street you live on):<br />
Honey Bear Fishermen<br />
<br />
2. YOUR MOVIE STAR NAME<br />
(grandmother's/father's first name + favorite snack)<br />
Rebecca Apple<br />
<br />
3. YOUR FASHION DESIGNER NAME<br />
(first word you see on your left + favorite restaurant)<br />
Click Chutneys<br />
<br />
4. YOUR SOCIALITE NAME<br />
(silliest childhood nickname + first town where you partied):<br />
Hippie Sarasota<br />
<br />
5. YOUR "FLY GIRL/GUY" NAME<br />
(first initial + first three letters of your last name)<br />
D Tur<br />
<br />
6. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME<br />
(favorite animal + name of high school):<br />
Dog Out of Door<br />
<br />
7. YOUR BARFLY NAME<br />
(last snack food you ate + your favorite drink)<br />
Trix Smoothie<br />
<br />
8. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME<br />
(middle name + city where you were born):<br />
Leigh Sarasota<br />
<br />
9. YOUR ROCK STAR NAME<br />
(favorite candy + favorite musician's last name)<br />
Twix Grey<br />
<br />
10. YOUR OPPOSITE SEX NAME<br />
(name of [opposite sex] friend + cell phone company you use):<br />
Jamie Verizon<br />
<br />
11. YOUR STAR WARS NAME<br />
(first 3 letters of your last name + last 3 letters of mother's maiden name)<br />
Turade<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>burrowing owls</title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 19:36:19 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Today my dad was in Punta Gorda and saw a nest of burrowing owls. So we decided to skip a boring night doing homework and drove an hour to Punta Gorda. I took so many pictures of them! They're so adorable! We saw 6 nests and at each was two adults and at two we saw the babies. And then while driving by, we saw a bald eagle nest with a juvenile eagle in it and I took a few pictures, but it may have been too dark for them to come out.<br />
<br />
I am still posting Vermont photos; let me know what you think. And soon I will post some owl photos!<br />
<br />
I am so glad that the research paper hell is finally over!!!!!<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>RIP Kurt Vonnegut</title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2007 13:34:59 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ RIP Kurt Vonnegut!!!! <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/t/tears.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":tears:" title="Tears" /><br />
All of the true things that I am about to tell you are shameless lies.<br />
I still can't believe he is dead. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/d/disbelief.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":disbelief:" title="Disbelief" /> He was my main hero. He was my favorite writer ever and provided me with my first real good thought provoking books after finally finding him on my middle school english teacher's shelf behind all of the young adult bs books. I <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/h/heart.gif" width="15" height="13" alt=":heart:" title="Heart" /> him. Considering Vonnegut smoked about two packs a day, it is suprising he lived this long. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/f/frown.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":(" title=":( (Sad)" />This last year hasn't been good for my heros, first Steve Irwin, and now Kurt.  I guess Bob Dylan better watch out. I guess I better go read through every single Vonnegut book for the millionth time. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/r/reading.gif" width="16" height="20" alt=":reading:" title="reading" /> RIP Kurt!<br />
So it goes.<br />
<br />
<br />
"The most important thing I learned on Tralfamadore was that when a person dies he only appears to die. He is still very much alive in the past, so it is very silly for people to cry at his funeral. All moments, past, present and future, always have existed, always will exist. The Tralfamadorians can look at all the different moments just that way we can look at a stretch of the Rocky Mountains, for instance. They can see how permanent all the moments are, and they can look at any moment that interests them. It is just an illusion we have here on Earth that one moment follows another one, like beads on a string, and that once a moment is gone it is gone forever."-Vonnegut(Slaughterhouse 5)<br />
<br />
^That is one of my many favorite quotes from his books. During my first time reading that book, I sat reading those words over and over for ten minutes.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>RIP Kurt Vonnegut</title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2007 13:34:56 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ RIP Kurt Vonnegut!!!! <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/t/tears.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":tears:" title="Tears" /><br />
All of the true things that I am about to tell you are shameless lies.<br />
I still can't believe he is dead. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/d/disbelief.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":disbelief:" title="Disbelief" /> He was my main hero. He was my favorite writer ever and provided me with my first real good thought provoking books after finally finding him on my middle school english teacher's shelf behind all of the young adult bs books. I <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/h/heart.gif" width="15" height="13" alt=":heart:" title="Heart" /> him. Considering Vonnegut smoked about two packs a day, it is suprising he lived this long. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/f/frown.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":(" title=":( (Sad)" />This last year hasn't been good for my heros, first Steve Irwin, and now Kurt.  I guess Bob Dylan better watch out. I guess I better go read through every single Vonnegut book for the millionth time. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/r/reading.gif" width="16" height="20" alt=":reading:" title="reading" /> RIP Kurt!<br />
So it goes.<br />
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"The most important thing I learned on Tralfamadore was that when a person dies he only appears to die. He is still very much alive in the past, so it is very silly for people to cry at his funeral. All moments, past, present and future, always have existed, always will exist. The Tralfamadorians can look at all the different moments just that way we can look at a stretch of the Rocky Mountains, for instance. They can see how permanent all the moments are, and they can look at any moment that interests them. It is just an illusion we have here on Earth that one moment follows another one, like beads on a string, and that once a moment is gone it is gone forever."-Vonnegut(Slaughterhouse 5)<br />
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^That is one of my many favorite quotes from his books. During my first time reading that book, I sat reading those words over and over for ten minutes.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>~VivaNickDrake</author>
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                <title>RIP Kurt Vonnegut</title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2007 13:34:40 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ RIP Kurt Vonnegut!!!! <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/t/tears.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":tears:" title="Tears" /><br />
All of the true things that I am about to tell you are shameless lies.<br />
I still can't believe he is dead. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/d/disbelief.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":disbelief:" title="Disbelief" /> He was my main hero. He was my favorite writer ever and provided me with my first real good thought provoking books after finally finding him on my middle school english teacher's shelf behind all of the young adult bs books. I <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/h/heart.gif" width="15" height="13" alt=":heart:" title="Heart" /> him. Considering Vonnegut smoked about two packs a day, it is suprising he lived this long. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/f/frown.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":(" title=":( (Sad)" />This last year hasn't been good for my heros, first Steve Irwin, and now Kurt.  I guess Bob Dylan better watch out. I guess I better go read through every single Vonnegut book for the millionth time. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/r/reading.gif" width="16" height="20" alt=":reading:" title="reading" /> RIP Kurt!<br />
So it goes.<br />
<br />
<br />
"The most important thing I learned on Tralfamadore was that when a person dies he only appears to die. He is still very much alive in the past, so it is very silly for people to cry at his funeral. All moments, past, present and future, always have existed, always will exist. The Tralfamadorians can look at all the different moments just that way we can look at a stretch of the Rocky Mountains, for instance. They can see how permanent all the moments are, and they can look at any moment that interests them. It is just an illusion we have here on Earth that one moment follows another one, like beads on a string, and that once a moment is gone it is gone forever."-Vonnegut(Slaughterhouse 5)<br />
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^That is one of my many favorite quotes from his books. During my first time reading that book, I sat reading those words over and over for ten minutes.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>~VivaNickDrake</author>
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                <title>Happy Easter</title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 08 Apr 2007 12:58:29 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Happy Easter to those who celebrate it! <br />
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I just realized that I had edited the original journal with things from my trip, but they didn't show up. So...<br />
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Okay, I <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/h/heart.gif" width="15" height="13" alt=":heart:" title="Heart" /> Greenwich Village. I got three awesome records (two Who, one Beatles) since I much prefer records, but you can rarely find good ones here. And then we walked through Central Park and I took 100+ photos. I might post a few more from there. And we also went to the Natural History museum. I got some amusing pictures from there, I might post one of those. We looked at this ancient skeleton of some lizard like animal and the description said it was an ancestor of mammals, so I took some "family portraits" of my dad with "Uncle Ernie" as we named him. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":)" title=":) (Smile)" /> Everyone thought we were pretty strange. Although I liked those parts of the museum, I hated the halls filled with dead animals especially considering half of them were endangered and some critically so. And I nearly fainted when we walked into the room of North American birds. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/f/faint.gif" width="18" height="17" alt=":faint:" title="I think I've fainted." /><br />
We went to the Museum of Metropolitan Art and the Museum of Modern Art and looked at the Egyptian exhibit and photos. <br />
In the MoMA, they had a HUGE exhibit of <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/h/heart.gif" width="15" height="13" alt=":heart:" title="Heart" />Jeff Wall<img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/h/heart.gif" width="15" height="13" alt=":heart:" title="Heart" /> photos. There were about five rooms of his work.  And they also had a <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/h/heart.gif" width="15" height="13" alt=":heart:" title="Heart" />Jerry Uelsmann<img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/h/heart.gif" width="15" height="13" alt=":heart:" title="Heart" /> photo and he is one of my most favorite photographers. That was awesome! <br />
And then the last two mornings we were there, it snowed!!! That was awesome! It wasn't heavy, but who cares! It was still snowing!!! .............<br />
New York was awesome! I took many pictures, I just need to choose which ones to post. Unfortunately, Spring Break is almost over!! NOO! But it was still good. I just really don't want to go back to school. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/f/frown.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":(" title=":( (Sad)" /><br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>~VivaNickDrake</author>
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                <title>New York!!!</title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2007 19:53:42 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Okay, so...<br />
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*On Tuesday, I got to go hear Jane Goodall speak, and it was AWESOME! She is so cool!<br />
*Today, we went kayaking at Myakka. I was sitting in the middle of the lake not really paying attention when all of the sudden, I accidently scared a HUGE alligator. It was about a foot in front of my kayak and I assume it was a little bit under the surface because I didn't see it until I saw the huge circle of water pull under and come splashing up. And I yelled really loud, not because I was afraid of being near an alligator, but because I was afraid of it freaking out and bumping my kayak over which any animal that could make that big of a splash would be easily capable of doing! My uncle said he heard a huge splash and a scream and expected to turn around and see the kayak tipped over and me in the water. Thankfully, that didn't happen. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":)" title=":) (Smile)" /> But I still got some pretty cool pictures of gators. I'll probably post one. <br />
*Sorry for the huge number of deviations I have been posting in the past few days. I plan on deleting one or two, but I can't decide which. <br />
*Tomorrow, my parents and I are going to New York City! I am excited! I plan on taking a bunch of pictures. I am excited because I love urban photos but there is nothing big city like anywhere near me! So, I forget when I'll be back, but plan on seeing even MORE deviations then!<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>~VivaNickDrake</author>
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                <title>Whooo!!!!!!!!!!!</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2007 18:06:54 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ The Who concert was awesome!!!!!! I got some pretty good pictures even though it was a crappy digital camera, so check those out. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":)" title=":) (Smile)" /><br />
I <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/h/heart.gif" width="15" height="13" alt=":heart:" title="Heart" /> Roger and Pete so much! They still put on an awesome show!<br />
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My throat is killing me, I am so tired, and I love it!!!<br />
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<br />
No one knows what it's like<br />
To be the bad man<br />
To be the sad man<br />
Behind blue eyes<br />
No one knows what it's like<br />
To be hated<br />
To be fated<br />
To telling only lies<br />
But my dreams<br />
They aren't as empty<br />
As my conscience seems to be<br />
I have hours, only lonely<br />
My love is vengeance<br />
That's never free<br />
No one knows what it's like<br />
To feel these feelings<br />
Like I do<br />
And I blame you<br />
No one bites back as hard<br />
On their anger<br />
None of my pain and woe<br />
Can show through<br />
But my dreams<br />
They aren't as empty<br />
As my conscience seems to be<br />
I have hours, only lonely<br />
My love is vengeance<br />
That's never free<br />
When my fist clenches, crack it open<br />
Before I use it and lose my cool<br />
When I smile, tell me some bad news<br />
Before I laugh and act like a fool<br />
And If I swallow anything evil<br />
Put your finger down my throat<br />
And If I shiver, please give me a blanket<br />
Keep me warm, let me wear your coat<br />
No one knows what it's like<br />
To be the bad man<br />
To be the sad man<br />
Behind blue eyes<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>~VivaNickDrake</author>
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                <title>Why Roger? Why?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!</title>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2007 20:35:48 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Ok, so we sit through the entire opening act... the tension builds up, everyone is standing and The Who comes out. My heart skips a beat. They play the first 30 seconds of "I Can't Explain", and Roger even has time to swing the mic around and make me fall in love with him for the tenbillionth time. And then he leaves the stage... Pete anouces that Roger is very sick with Bronchitis and that it is developing into Bronchial Pneumonia and they were going to try to play the show but he can't. "Watch, they are going to surprise us now and do something awesome," exclaims the lady in front of me. After a few minutes go by, the man next to be turns and with a look of pain and desperation in his face says to me, "Shit, I think they were serious." And then Pete came out to say that they were sorry, but that they'd reschedule it. Well, that was anticlimatic. But it was still a damn good 30 seconds.<br />
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<br />
Well, I dramatized that enough. <br />
<br />
Tired!!!!!!<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>~VivaNickDrake</author>
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                <title>happy day!</title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2007 18:01:52 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Reasons why I am totally happy...<br />
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- I just got to meet Clyde Butcher, my favorite photographer ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/w/worship.gif" width="30" height="15" alt=":worship:" title="Worship" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/d/dance.gif" width="29" height="21" alt=":dance:" title="Dance!" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/x/xmassanta.gif" width="22" height="20" alt=":santa:" title="Santa Clause" /><br />
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- "<img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/p/poke.gif" width="44" height="14" alt=":poke:" title="Poke!" /> Veronica!!" lol.<br />
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- this weekend I am taking a two day psychology class at New College and that will be awesome!<br />
<br />
- tomorrow is Friday<br />
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- <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/f/flaguk.gif" width="20" height="13" alt=":flaguk:" title="United Kingdom" /> Tuesday is coming up soon and that means I get to go see THE WHO!!!!!!! <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/t/tunes.gif" width="40" height="25" alt=":tunes:" title="Jamming to tunes" /><br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>~VivaNickDrake</author>
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