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<modified>2005-03-11T21:55:05Z</modified>
<tagline>group grafitti scribbled around the `net</tagline>
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<copyright>Copyright (c) 2005, Summer</copyright>
<entry>
<title>In which I am cheap but also trying to be nice.</title>
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<modified>2005-03-11T21:55:05Z</modified>
<issued>2005-03-12T01:39:00Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.freak-list.net,2005:/mt//1.1037</id>
<created>2005-03-12T01:39:00Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain">I have another 2nd-baby baby shower to attend tomorrow.  The 2nd-baby shower is a trickier beast than the standard first-baby shower.  I have no problem getting gifts for a first-baby shower, because ......</summary>
<author>
<name>Summer</name>
<url>http://summertime.blog-city.com/</url>
<email>summer@azureplanet.net</email>
</author>
<dc:subject>Summertime</dc:subject>
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I have another 2nd-baby baby shower to attend tomorrow.  The 2nd-baby shower is a trickier beast than the standard first-baby shower.  I have no problem getting gifts for a first-baby shower, because ...
http://summertime.blog-city.com/read/1126146.htm
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Cult of Personality</title>
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<modified>2005-03-11T01:55:05Z</modified>
<issued>2005-03-11T05:57:59Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.freak-list.net,2005:/mt//1.1036</id>
<created>2005-03-11T05:57:59Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain"> My literary reading has taken a bit of a hiatus, as I&apos;m currently reading Scar Tissue by Anthony Kiedis. Hebdomeros beat me to the punch in reading it and gave it a good review, and so far I wholeheartedly...</summary>
<author>
<name>LadyLitBlitzin</name>
<url>http://litblitz.blogspot.com</url>
<email>LadyLitBlitzin@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<dc:subject>LitBlitz</dc:subject>
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My literary reading has taken a bit of a hiatus, as I&apos;m currently reading Scar Tissue by Anthony Kiedis. Hebdomeros beat me to the punch in reading it and gave it a good review, and so far I wholeheartedly agree.
I have to give Kiedis credit for ...
tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626529.post-111050267934353353
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Further evidence of my cheapskate nature.</title>
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<modified>2005-03-11T00:55:07Z</modified>
<issued>2005-03-11T02:54:00Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.freak-list.net,2005:/mt//1.1035</id>
<created>2005-03-11T02:54:00Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain"> As soon as I&apos;d typed the title for this entry, the phone rang. It was my neighbor&apos;s girlfriend, asking me for advice on where to get her hair cut. I was flattered that my haircut inspires such ......</summary>
<author>
<name>Summer</name>
<url>http://summertime.blog-city.com/</url>
<email>summer@azureplanet.net</email>
</author>
<dc:subject>Summertime</dc:subject>
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As soon as I&apos;d typed the title for this entry, the phone rang.  It was my neighbor&apos;s girlfriend, asking me for advice on where to get her hair cut.  I was flattered that my haircut inspires such ...
http://summertime.blog-city.com/read/1124040.htm
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Is Silence Really Golden?</title>
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<modified>2005-03-10T04:55:05Z</modified>
<issued>2005-03-10T08:32:47Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.freak-list.net,2005:/mt//1.1034</id>
<created>2005-03-10T08:32:47Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain"> So here&apos;s a writerly question. For those of you who have gotten published, do you ever feel like some of your friends actually don&apos;t want to read what you&apos;ve written? Don&apos;t get me wrong, I have several friends who...</summary>
<author>
<name>LadyLitBlitzin</name>
<url>http://litblitz.blogspot.com</url>
<email>LadyLitBlitzin@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<dc:subject>LitBlitz</dc:subject>
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So here&apos;s a writerly question. For those of you who have gotten published, do you ever feel like some of your friends actually don&apos;t want to read what you&apos;ve written?
Don&apos;t get me wrong, I have several friends who are VERY supportive and good about ...
tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626529.post-111042556797427456
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>To flush is royal.</title>
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<modified>2005-03-10T03:55:06Z</modified>
<issued>2005-03-10T07:35:00Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.freak-list.net,2005:/mt//1.1033</id>
<created>2005-03-10T07:35:00Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain">The hero of the day is my cousin.  Even though he&apos;s got a two-week-old baby at home, when he heard about our plumbing problems he came out after work to help us fix the trainwreck that is our shower.  ......</summary>
<author>
<name>Summer</name>
<url>http://summertime.blog-city.com/</url>
<email>summer@azureplanet.net</email>
</author>
<dc:subject>Summertime</dc:subject>
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The hero of the day is my cousin.  Even though he&apos;s got a two-week-old baby at home, when he heard about our plumbing problems he came out after work to help us fix the trainwreck that is our shower.  ...
http://summertime.blog-city.com/read/1122359.htm
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Say What?</title>
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<modified>2005-03-10T01:55:11Z</modified>
<issued>2005-03-10T05:48:41Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.freak-list.net,2005:/mt//1.1032</id>
<created>2005-03-10T05:48:41Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain">Check out this story from The New York Times. The upshot is, literary novelists &quot;finally&quot; address 9/11.I find that weird ......</summary>
<author>
<name>LadyLitBlitzin</name>
<url>http://litblitz.blogspot.com</url>
<email>LadyLitBlitzin@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<dc:subject>LitBlitz</dc:subject>
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Check out this story from The New York Times. The upshot is, literary novelists &quot;finally&quot; address 9/11.I find that weird ...
tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626529.post-111041572110862547
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Literary Update</title>
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<modified>2005-03-09T01:55:06Z</modified>
<issued>2005-03-09T06:17:59Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.freak-list.net,2005:/mt//1.1031</id>
<created>2005-03-09T06:17:59Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain"> Two rejections came in while I was away. A slightly late, impersonal rejection from Tin House and a personalized rejection from Night Train. The latter gave me some nice suggestions for the story in question and invited me to...</summary>
<author>
<name>LadyLitBlitzin</name>
<url>http://litblitz.blogspot.com</url>
<email>LadyLitBlitzin@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<dc:subject>LitBlitz</dc:subject>
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Two rejections came in while I was away. A slightly late, impersonal rejection from Tin House and a personalized rejection from Night Train. The latter gave me some nice suggestions for the story in question and invited me to submit another piece in ...
tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626529.post-111033107987039867
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Back From the Big Easy</title>
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<modified>2005-03-08T01:55:06Z</modified>
<issued>2005-03-08T05:33:33Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.freak-list.net,2005:/mt//1.1030</id>
<created>2005-03-08T05:33:33Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain"> I have to admit, I fell in love with New Orleans from the first. Despite the fact that it takes a bit of adjustment to get used to the pace of the place. It&apos;s intense... just in terms of...</summary>
<author>
<name>LadyLitBlitzin</name>
<url>http://litblitz.blogspot.com</url>
<email>LadyLitBlitzin@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<dc:subject>LitBlitz</dc:subject>
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I have to admit, I fell in love with New Orleans from the first. Despite the fact that it takes a bit of adjustment to get used to the pace of the place. It&apos;s intense... just in terms of so much to see, so much sensory stimulation. But I loved it... ...
tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626529.post-111024201331882050
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Yuppies* living in squalor!</title>
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<modified>2005-03-06T15:55:06Z</modified>
<issued>2005-03-06T19:56:00Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.freak-list.net,2005:/mt//1.1029</id>
<created>2005-03-06T19:56:00Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain"><![CDATA[Three Sundays ago, Vince and Dorian went to Home Despot to purchase the materials to fix the shower.  &quot;It's a start,&quot; I noted to my mother the next day.  &quot;Now that he has the materials, ......]]></summary>
<author>
<name>Summer</name>
<url>http://summertime.blog-city.com/</url>
<email>summer@azureplanet.net</email>
</author>
<dc:subject>Summertime</dc:subject>
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<![CDATA[Three Sundays ago, Vince and Dorian went to Home Despot to purchase the materials to fix the shower.  &quot;It's a start,&quot; I noted to my mother the next day.  &quot;Now that he has the materials, ...]]>
http://summertime.blog-city.com/read/1114839.htm
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Aggressive Fixes</title>
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<modified>2005-03-05T17:55:07Z</modified>
<issued>2005-03-05T22:23:00Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.freak-list.net,2005:/mt//1.1028</id>
<created>2005-03-05T22:23:00Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain">We fixed the bathroom mirror, and we fixed it good.  We fixed it by ripping it off of the wall.  Those big-tooth tiles were too firmly stuck to remove, so I ......</summary>
<author>
<name>Summer</name>
<url>http://summertime.blog-city.com/</url>
<email>summer@azureplanet.net</email>
</author>
<dc:subject>Summertime</dc:subject>
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We fixed the bathroom mirror, and we fixed it good.  We fixed it by ripping it off of the wall.  Those big-tooth tiles were too firmly stuck to remove, so I ...
http://summertime.blog-city.com/read/1113569.htm
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>A measure of success.</title>
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<modified>2005-03-03T15:55:07Z</modified>
<issued>2005-03-03T19:57:00Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.freak-list.net,2005:/mt//1.1027</id>
<created>2005-03-03T19:57:00Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain">I managed to get through the Rodney Yee Power Yoga DVD without stopping, falling on my head, or cursing (much).  I then took some arnica (which is good for overexertion and muscle strain, as well as ......</summary>
<author>
<name>Summer</name>
<url>http://summertime.blog-city.com/</url>
<email>summer@azureplanet.net</email>
</author>
<dc:subject>Summertime</dc:subject>
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I managed to get through the Rodney Yee Power Yoga DVD without stopping, falling on my head, or cursing (much).  I then took some arnica (which is good for overexertion and muscle strain, as well as ...
http://summertime.blog-city.com/read/1109380.htm
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>The Big Easy</title>
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<modified>2005-03-03T05:55:05Z</modified>
<issued>2005-03-03T09:59:33Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.freak-list.net,2005:/mt//1.1026</id>
<created>2005-03-03T09:59:33Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain"> Well, I left work today with quite a feeling of well-being, seeing how I got all my work done so that I could safely go on vacation to New Orleans tomorrow (Thursday). I&apos;m not much of a traveler, and...</summary>
<author>
<name>LadyLitBlitzin</name>
<url>http://litblitz.blogspot.com</url>
<email>LadyLitBlitzin@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<dc:subject>LitBlitz</dc:subject>
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Well, I left work today with quite a feeling of well-being, seeing how I got all my work done so that I could safely go on vacation to New Orleans tomorrow (Thursday). I&apos;m not much of a traveler, and I don&apos;t think I realized that there would be a ...
tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626529.post-110982597396869971
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>No Sour Grapes Here</title>
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<modified>2005-03-02T17:01:51Z</modified>
<issued>2005-03-02T06:24:43Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.freak-list.net,2005:/mt//1.1021</id>
<created>2005-03-02T06:24:43Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain"> All right, I found the voting site for the StorySouth Million Writers Award -- here&apos;s where you read the stories and vote. (In case you forgot, one of my stories was nominated, but didn&apos;t make Notable Stories, nor the...</summary>
<author>
<name>LadyLitBlitzin</name>
<url>http://litblitz.blogspot.com</url>
<email>LadyLitBlitzin@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<dc:subject>LitBlitz</dc:subject>
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All right, I found the voting site for the StorySouth Million Writers Award -- here&apos;s where you read the stories and vote. (In case you forgot, one of my stories was nominated, but didn&apos;t make Notable Stories, nor the Top 10, obviously.)
Sooo... ...
tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626529.post-110972668348806801
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Check It Out!</title>
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<modified>2005-03-02T17:01:51Z</modified>
<issued>2005-03-01T08:39:51Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.freak-list.net,2005:/mt//1.1020</id>
<created>2005-03-01T08:39:51Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain"> Jen&apos;s lit mag is up for the spring... and it looks great! It&apos;s good to know that spring is here, even though we&apos;ve had quite the blast of winter today here in the DC area... (although for the most...</summary>
<author>
<name>LadyLitBlitzin</name>
<url>http://litblitz.blogspot.com</url>
<email>LadyLitBlitzin@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<dc:subject>LitBlitz</dc:subject>
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Jen&apos;s lit mag is up for the spring... and it looks great! It&apos;s good to know that spring is here, even though we&apos;ve had quite the blast of winter today here in the DC area... (although for the most part it was a no show). Check it out if you get a ...
tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626529.post-110964839192978253
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Farmer, Builder, Yoga Failure</title>
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<modified>2005-03-02T17:09:36Z</modified>
<issued>2005-02-28T21:04:00Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.freak-list.net,2005:/mt//1.1025</id>
<created>2005-02-28T21:04:00Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain"><![CDATA[It's almost 10am, and snow has just started to fall.  &quot;Heart attack snow,&quot; said the man on the Weather Channel in a chipper voice.  The weather gurus are calling for up to 8 inches of heavy, ......]]></summary>
<author>
<name>Summer</name>
<url>http://summertime.blog-city.com/</url>
<email>summer@azureplanet.net</email>
</author>
<dc:subject>Summertime</dc:subject>
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<![CDATA[It's almost 10am, and snow has just started to fall.  &quot;Heart attack snow,&quot; said the man on the Weather Channel in a chipper voice.  The weather gurus are calling for up to 8 inches of heavy, ...]]>
http://summertime.blog-city.com/read/1103101.htm
</content>
</entry>

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