<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5444068389206679160</id><updated>2012-02-16T17:43:49.232-08:00</updated><title type='text'>je ne sais pas</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>AEL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00763858338039476386</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SHK9V2BZ3CI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/S8W3F3XOSsE/S220/birthday22+(2).jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>43</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5444068389206679160.post-1770801734208038475</id><published>2011-06-08T13:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-08T13:38:07.922-07:00</updated><title type='text'>new mantra</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_iJTkditfpg/Te_dquG4SqI/AAAAAAAAAJc/ECkm5as2KEM/s1600/be%2Bkind.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 315px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615950986355428002" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_iJTkditfpg/Te_dquG4SqI/AAAAAAAAAJc/ECkm5as2KEM/s400/be%2Bkind.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Wo0YbjZL91Y/Te_dfKVB9RI/AAAAAAAAAJU/BSUBz0WO4gk/s1600/be%2Bkind.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5444068389206679160-1770801734208038475?l=aelofcourse.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/feeds/1770801734208038475/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5444068389206679160&amp;postID=1770801734208038475' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/1770801734208038475'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/1770801734208038475'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/2011/06/new-mantra.html' title='new mantra'/><author><name>AEL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00763858338039476386</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SHK9V2BZ3CI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/S8W3F3XOSsE/S220/birthday22+(2).jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_iJTkditfpg/Te_dquG4SqI/AAAAAAAAAJc/ECkm5as2KEM/s72-c/be%2Bkind.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5444068389206679160.post-778451664374894690</id><published>2011-06-08T13:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-08T13:36:32.131-07:00</updated><title type='text'>inside jokes</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#000066;"&gt;This morning I had an inside joke with a stranger on the subway. We were both sitting comfortably on our seats (along with another older woman), luxuriously enough everyone on our bench was small (NOT fat) and we reaped the rewards of being normal, healthy sizes by having a little room to shift around in comfort if need be.&lt;br /&gt;THEN the Queen Elizabeth wanna-be paraded on to the train and demanded the three of us move over so she could “squeeze in there”. Squeeze is an understatement. There was about 4 inches IF THAT for her to sit down. So we all obeyed royal demands and squished together like sardines in a tin. She couldn’t even fit her full self onto the seat and because of her Royal Pride she just sort of sat on the edge acting as if Nothing Had Happened.&lt;br /&gt;Everyone was just kind of sitting there in shock and then the older lady on the far end, on the other side of her, finally got up and moved, due to, I am sure, the uncomfortable and awkward circumstances HRH had put as all in.&lt;br /&gt;Of course HRH didn’t expect anyone else to sit on the bench with her after the other lady moved.&lt;br /&gt;Finally, at 59th and Fifth the last standing victim on the bench and myself got up and exited. Then we looked at each-other and without saying a word we both giggled at the ridiculousness that had ensued.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Inside Jokes With Strangers. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5444068389206679160-778451664374894690?l=aelofcourse.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/feeds/778451664374894690/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5444068389206679160&amp;postID=778451664374894690' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/778451664374894690'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/778451664374894690'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/2011/06/inside-jokes.html' title='inside jokes'/><author><name>AEL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00763858338039476386</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SHK9V2BZ3CI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/S8W3F3XOSsE/S220/birthday22+(2).jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5444068389206679160.post-7470698957588235290</id><published>2011-06-06T10:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-06T10:29:37.045-07:00</updated><title type='text'>goldy locks</title><content type='html'>i need my braid to look like this.&lt;br /&gt;k thanks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1Emv25uSmUY/Te0OUTrjR1I/AAAAAAAAAJM/vTjpTiCmI7s/s1600/braid.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 265px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615160052443989842" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1Emv25uSmUY/Te0OUTrjR1I/AAAAAAAAAJM/vTjpTiCmI7s/s400/braid.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-k9OI2U0NyPQ/Te0OFQwHNGI/AAAAAAAAAJE/7wuaSUCN7go/s1600/braid.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5444068389206679160-7470698957588235290?l=aelofcourse.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/feeds/7470698957588235290/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5444068389206679160&amp;postID=7470698957588235290' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/7470698957588235290'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/7470698957588235290'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/2011/06/goldy-locks.html' title='goldy locks'/><author><name>AEL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00763858338039476386</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SHK9V2BZ3CI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/S8W3F3XOSsE/S220/birthday22+(2).jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1Emv25uSmUY/Te0OUTrjR1I/AAAAAAAAAJM/vTjpTiCmI7s/s72-c/braid.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5444068389206679160.post-6565119483964134151</id><published>2009-09-16T14:14:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-16T14:36:09.688-07:00</updated><title type='text'>i miss my grandfather</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#990000;"&gt;I don't believe in death. I know that sounds so silly, but I just don't. Its an easy way out of being Sad. Its been 5 years since my Amazing grandfather "died". I usually just never think about it ever since it happened, because if I do, of course I will just cry and get angry and that has never solved anything. I didn't even cry at the wake or funeral, because I just didn't believe it actually happened...&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;with over 200 people from all over the country crammed into a tiny incense smelling chapel, pouring out onto the lawn, it just all seemed surreal that this was for my own grandfather.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#990000;"&gt;William Charles....God rest your soul. The funniest, most original, most entertaining, smartest, classiest, most cultured man I have ever met. And wonderful chef of course, absolutely wonderful.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SrFWbeQWUsI/AAAAAAAAAIg/5voJ9oR4jEk/s1600-h/grandpa+bill.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 228px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382178059662545602" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SrFWbeQWUsI/AAAAAAAAAIg/5voJ9oR4jEk/s320/grandpa+bill.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A Renaissance Man&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;William Koneazny was a chef, a radio host, a critic, a saloon keeper, a veteran of two armed forces in two wars, an author of two cookbooks and two books on the Roman Catholic Church.&lt;br /&gt;He and his brother, Jack, founded the Peerless Tree Expert Company in 1945, and he was among the first to be licensed as an arborist by the state of Connecticut.&lt;br /&gt;Beginning in 1947, Mr. Koneazny was a host on the radio talk show, the ''Bill Wicky Hour,'' on a station in Torrington, and he ran a tavern, the Pearly Gates Saloon in Sheffield, Mass., just over the state line. Mr. Koneazny was employed as a restaurant reviewer by two newspapers, The Lakeville Journal and The Connecticut Western Newspaper.&lt;br /&gt;Mr. Koneazny, a Hartford native, graduated from Weaver High School in 1944 and saw service in the Merchant Marine in World War II and in the Army in the Korean War.&lt;br /&gt;Mr. Koneazny died June 16. He was 77.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;New York Times &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;The Extraordinary Who Lived Among Us&lt;br /&gt;By DICK AHLES&lt;br /&gt;Published: December 26, 2004&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D07E1D61030F935A15751C1A9629C8B63&amp;amp;sec=&amp;amp;spon=&amp;amp;pagewanted=10"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D07E1D61030F935A15751C1A9629C8B63&amp;amp;sec=&amp;amp;spon=&amp;amp;pagewanted=10&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5444068389206679160-6565119483964134151?l=aelofcourse.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/feeds/6565119483964134151/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5444068389206679160&amp;postID=6565119483964134151' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/6565119483964134151'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/6565119483964134151'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/2009/09/i-miss-my-grandfather.html' title='i miss my grandfather'/><author><name>AEL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00763858338039476386</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SHK9V2BZ3CI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/S8W3F3XOSsE/S220/birthday22+(2).jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SrFWbeQWUsI/AAAAAAAAAIg/5voJ9oR4jEk/s72-c/grandpa+bill.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5444068389206679160.post-3658347904724538313</id><published>2009-09-11T14:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-16T14:42:05.401-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Worst Sleeps Ever</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;I can't sleep these days. Well, sometimes I can, but it's usually only after an ambien (or 2) and an Anxious Free Day (those are totally rare). Last night I was oh-so-lucky enough to wake up @ 3am to rain pouring on my head! That's what's cool about having a window right next to the head of your bed and leaving it open during a windy rainstorm. I might as well have been camping outside on my stoop.&lt;br /&gt;What was also really really neat was that all of my books on my night-stand were drenched and probably ruined. I was pretty dazed so I just shoved them all on the floor as fast as I could and then laid my weary head back down on my rain drenched pillow.&lt;br /&gt;On a lighter note, this is my New Favourite Movie and I have already seen it twice in the theatre, totally plan on seeing it 3 more times if it's still playing:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="560" height="340"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/PsD0NpFSADM&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/PsD0NpFSADM&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It really is so great and I don't care if people think it's silly, it's NOT silly and it's NOT a Love Story. Go see it. I might start working for this movie as a promoter.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5444068389206679160-3658347904724538313?l=aelofcourse.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/feeds/3658347904724538313/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5444068389206679160&amp;postID=3658347904724538313' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/3658347904724538313'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/3658347904724538313'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/2009/09/worst-sleeps-ever.html' title='Worst Sleeps Ever'/><author><name>AEL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00763858338039476386</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SHK9V2BZ3CI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/S8W3F3XOSsE/S220/birthday22+(2).jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5444068389206679160.post-545839220541653377</id><published>2009-08-24T14:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-11T14:42:11.432-07:00</updated><title type='text'>i'm cynical, i was told.</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#33cc00;"&gt;a: do you always get your way?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#33cc00;"&gt;me: yes, but only with the things that don't matter.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#33cc00;"&gt;i found 2 lucky pennies today!!! of course that doesn't mean anything. i must have found over a thousand lucky pennies in the past 4 years and i haven't seen one ounce of GL. come on!!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5444068389206679160-545839220541653377?l=aelofcourse.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/feeds/545839220541653377/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5444068389206679160&amp;postID=545839220541653377' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/545839220541653377'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/545839220541653377'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/2009/08/im-cynical-i-was-told.html' title='i&apos;m cynical, i was told.'/><author><name>AEL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00763858338039476386</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SHK9V2BZ3CI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/S8W3F3XOSsE/S220/birthday22+(2).jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5444068389206679160.post-851175626169201856</id><published>2009-08-19T08:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-19T08:57:47.267-07:00</updated><title type='text'>as i lay thinking</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#333399;"&gt;here is what i have realised:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#333399;"&gt;being in love with the&lt;em&gt; idea&lt;/em&gt; of someone is very different than actually being in love with them.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#333399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#333399;"&gt;here is a quote i read that really struck me:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#333399;"&gt;"...and then I found that girl watching me. If her eyes had a been pistols, I wouldn't be talking now. I be dog if they didn't blaze at me."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#333399;"&gt;As I Lay Dying. William Faulkner.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#333399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#333399;"&gt;my mom has a look that shoots like pistols. she always had. if you were in really big trouble, she didn't even have to say a word. she just gave you "that look" and you knew it wasn't going to be a happy ending. moms have a way of doing that. i am &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected"&gt;beginning&lt;/span&gt; to practice mine. for who knows when.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5444068389206679160-851175626169201856?l=aelofcourse.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/feeds/851175626169201856/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5444068389206679160&amp;postID=851175626169201856' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/851175626169201856'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/851175626169201856'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/2009/08/as-i-lay-thinking.html' title='as i lay thinking'/><author><name>AEL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00763858338039476386</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SHK9V2BZ3CI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/S8W3F3XOSsE/S220/birthday22+(2).jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5444068389206679160.post-2844330142405514074</id><published>2009-08-18T13:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-18T13:52:04.646-07:00</updated><title type='text'>my bff</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#66cccc;"&gt;you go everywhere with me and i never neglect you. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#66cccc;"&gt;we have become so close over the past year.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#66cccc;"&gt;i am thinking of going to the dr and just having him sew you into my hand.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#66cccc;"&gt;thanks for everything. i don't know what i'd do without you.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SosT9YVJbvI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/fSMVBQX-cys/s1600-h/IMG_0136.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371408925793545970" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SosT9YVJbvI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/fSMVBQX-cys/s320/IMG_0136.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5444068389206679160-2844330142405514074?l=aelofcourse.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/feeds/2844330142405514074/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5444068389206679160&amp;postID=2844330142405514074' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/2844330142405514074'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/2844330142405514074'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/2009/08/my-bff.html' title='my bff'/><author><name>AEL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00763858338039476386</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SHK9V2BZ3CI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/S8W3F3XOSsE/S220/birthday22+(2).jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SosT9YVJbvI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/fSMVBQX-cys/s72-c/IMG_0136.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5444068389206679160.post-936334901459254472</id><published>2009-08-07T11:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-07T11:33:24.756-07:00</updated><title type='text'>happy birthday...</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;to me, of course.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;i really am getting old.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SnxyQdwvbZI/AAAAAAAAAII/uIPn_LAICTA/s1600-h/birthday+3+years+old.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 222px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367290483111325074" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SnxyQdwvbZI/AAAAAAAAAII/uIPn_LAICTA/s320/birthday+3+years+old.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#ff6666;"&gt;(circa: 1986. happy 3rd birthday, little ashley)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5444068389206679160-936334901459254472?l=aelofcourse.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/feeds/936334901459254472/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5444068389206679160&amp;postID=936334901459254472' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/936334901459254472'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/936334901459254472'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/2009/08/happy-birthday.html' title='happy birthday...'/><author><name>AEL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00763858338039476386</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SHK9V2BZ3CI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/S8W3F3XOSsE/S220/birthday22+(2).jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SnxyQdwvbZI/AAAAAAAAAII/uIPn_LAICTA/s72-c/birthday+3+years+old.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5444068389206679160.post-6749046247217856955</id><published>2009-08-05T07:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-06T06:56:30.961-07:00</updated><title type='text'>carroll gardens.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#006600;"&gt;i am really in love with my new hood, carroll gardens. it really suits me very well and it reminds me a lot of millbrook.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#006600;"&gt;here is why it reminds me of millbrook:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#006600;"&gt;it smells good (but, not QUITE as good as millbrook).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#006600;"&gt;the neighbors are all really friendly and polite to eachother and look out for one another.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#006600;"&gt;it has italian origins and there are a lot of old italians that live there.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#006600;"&gt;its quiet.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#006600;"&gt;lots of families and precious children walking the sidewalks.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#006600;"&gt;people walking their dogs up and down, up and down the sidewalk.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#006600;"&gt;strangers smile at eachother and say "hi".&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#006600;"&gt;beautiful old buildings.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#006600;"&gt;lots of nice looking, put together people (aka no crackheads).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#006600;"&gt;no enstars.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#006600;"&gt;very delicious restaurants.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#006600;"&gt;i want to live here forever. well, almost forever, until i get my farm.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SnrgklVlNnI/AAAAAAAAAH4/6F-zuwrurCU/s1600-h/carroll+gardens.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 280px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366848825067910770" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SnrgklVlNnI/AAAAAAAAAH4/6F-zuwrurCU/s320/carroll+gardens.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5444068389206679160-6749046247217856955?l=aelofcourse.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/feeds/6749046247217856955/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5444068389206679160&amp;postID=6749046247217856955' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/6749046247217856955'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/6749046247217856955'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/2009/08/carroll-gardens.html' title='carroll gardens.'/><author><name>AEL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00763858338039476386</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SHK9V2BZ3CI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/S8W3F3XOSsE/S220/birthday22+(2).jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SnrgklVlNnI/AAAAAAAAAH4/6F-zuwrurCU/s72-c/carroll+gardens.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5444068389206679160.post-9189507580733344020</id><published>2009-07-21T13:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-23T07:31:13.267-07:00</updated><title type='text'>i forgot</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#999900;"&gt;i completely forgot i even had a blog. i have been so frazzled.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#999900;"&gt;this past weekend was good because: i was in millbrook. and thanks mom and dad for living in millbrook. great choice! (really maybe i should be thanking my great-grandparents).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#999900;"&gt;it was also good because: i had another tennis lesson. i really need to work on my forehand or else i am quitting. (actually not; my mom never ever used to let us quit ANYTHING, even board games, which of course was something i wanted to do often.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/Smhy9__eU1I/AAAAAAAAAHw/B5XSPVbyJ4U/s1600-h/mom_and_dad.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 228px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361661765859824466" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/Smhy9__eU1I/AAAAAAAAAHw/B5XSPVbyJ4U/s320/mom_and_dad.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#999900;"&gt;(thanks, mom and dad.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5444068389206679160-9189507580733344020?l=aelofcourse.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/feeds/9189507580733344020/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5444068389206679160&amp;postID=9189507580733344020' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/9189507580733344020'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/9189507580733344020'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/2009/07/i-forgot.html' title='i forgot'/><author><name>AEL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00763858338039476386</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SHK9V2BZ3CI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/S8W3F3XOSsE/S220/birthday22+(2).jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/Smhy9__eU1I/AAAAAAAAAHw/B5XSPVbyJ4U/s72-c/mom_and_dad.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5444068389206679160.post-9090233851790926714</id><published>2009-07-13T12:51:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-13T13:15:09.222-07:00</updated><title type='text'>raspberry souffle.</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;my new favourite interior decorator is:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;Miles Redd&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;i just love love love his style- the colours and the mix of modern with the traditional. its so fresh and exciting. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;i also love this quote from him:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;"its like being submerged in the center of a raspberry souffle"&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;oh that makes me really really hungry.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SluVQDHZ8LI/AAAAAAAAAHo/M0ptLSS9kOo/s1600-h/Miles+Redd+Living+Room.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 270px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 270px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358040284634149042" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SluVQDHZ8LI/AAAAAAAAAHo/M0ptLSS9kOo/s320/Miles+Redd+Living+Room.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SluVHrdAOyI/AAAAAAAAAHg/zLQ07aNSA8U/s1600-h/miles+redd.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 302px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358040140843334434" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SluVHrdAOyI/AAAAAAAAAHg/zLQ07aNSA8U/s320/miles+redd.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SluU-dbGbVI/AAAAAAAAAHY/gPiw6YwJwck/s1600-h/Miles+Redd+pink.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 193px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358039982458432850" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SluU-dbGbVI/AAAAAAAAAHY/gPiw6YwJwck/s320/Miles+Redd+pink.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5444068389206679160-9090233851790926714?l=aelofcourse.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/feeds/9090233851790926714/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5444068389206679160&amp;postID=9090233851790926714' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/9090233851790926714'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/9090233851790926714'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/2009/07/raspberry-souffle.html' title='raspberry souffle.'/><author><name>AEL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00763858338039476386</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SHK9V2BZ3CI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/S8W3F3XOSsE/S220/birthday22+(2).jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SluVQDHZ8LI/AAAAAAAAAHo/M0ptLSS9kOo/s72-c/Miles+Redd+Living+Room.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5444068389206679160.post-8812200558503918109</id><published>2009-07-01T13:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-01T13:48:35.891-07:00</updated><title type='text'>when it rains it pours</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#ff6666;"&gt;i guess the good thing about being 25 3/4 is that if you forget your umbrella, you are capable of running 5 blocks in the pouring pouring rain.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5444068389206679160-8812200558503918109?l=aelofcourse.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/feeds/8812200558503918109/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5444068389206679160&amp;postID=8812200558503918109' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/8812200558503918109'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/8812200558503918109'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/2009/07/when-it-rains-it-pours.html' title='when it rains it pours'/><author><name>AEL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00763858338039476386</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SHK9V2BZ3CI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/S8W3F3XOSsE/S220/birthday22+(2).jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5444068389206679160.post-6840316757400232006</id><published>2009-06-30T10:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-30T14:29:18.705-07:00</updated><title type='text'>i am not a city girl</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#666600;"&gt;enough said.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SkpUyAnf4YI/AAAAAAAAAHA/Re_SnunH8Ys/s1600-h/IMG_0990.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353184325219115394" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SkpUyAnf4YI/AAAAAAAAAHA/Re_SnunH8Ys/s320/IMG_0990.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SkpY0oapZjI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/xVOxlrZa4I4/s1600-h/IMG_1009.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353188768308880946" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SkpY0oapZjI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/xVOxlrZa4I4/s320/IMG_1009.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#666600;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#666600;"&gt;"i know from experience that i prefer city space to country space. i love the idea of the country, but then when i get there it comes back to that:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#666600;"&gt;i love to walk but i cant&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#666600;"&gt;i love to swim but i cant&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#666600;"&gt;i love to sit in the sun but i cant&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666600;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;i love to smell the flowers but i cant&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#666600;"&gt;i love to play tennis but i cant&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#666600;"&gt;i love to water-ski but i cant&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#666600;"&gt;........&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#666600;"&gt;another reason i like the city better than the country is that in the city everything is geared to working, in the country every thing is geared to relaxation."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#666600;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;andy warhol&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#666600;"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#666600;"&gt;(i guess this is one thing that sets us apart. i dont care if all i do is relax.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5444068389206679160-6840316757400232006?l=aelofcourse.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/feeds/6840316757400232006/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5444068389206679160&amp;postID=6840316757400232006' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/6840316757400232006'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/6840316757400232006'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/2009/06/i-am-not-city-girl.html' title='i am not a city girl'/><author><name>AEL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00763858338039476386</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SHK9V2BZ3CI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/S8W3F3XOSsE/S220/birthday22+(2).jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SkpUyAnf4YI/AAAAAAAAAHA/Re_SnunH8Ys/s72-c/IMG_0990.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5444068389206679160.post-2359958756670451909</id><published>2009-06-28T14:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-28T14:41:33.360-07:00</updated><title type='text'>in a da hood</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#000099;"&gt;today on the subway i saw a nice hipster-eque boy wearing this t shirt:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/Skfidj-dd4I/AAAAAAAAAGg/e4mIctcYnmg/s1600-h/i+grew+up+on+da+street.gif"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352495679654426498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 309px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/Skfidj-dd4I/AAAAAAAAAGg/e4mIctcYnmg/s320/i+grew+up+on+da+street.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;this is a really nice outlet for privileged white kids to associate their lives with being gangsta. i thought it was very clever. mad props.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5444068389206679160-2359958756670451909?l=aelofcourse.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/feeds/2359958756670451909/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5444068389206679160&amp;postID=2359958756670451909' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/2359958756670451909'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/2359958756670451909'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/2009/06/in-da-hood.html' title='in a da hood'/><author><name>AEL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00763858338039476386</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SHK9V2BZ3CI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/S8W3F3XOSsE/S220/birthday22+(2).jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/Skfidj-dd4I/AAAAAAAAAGg/e4mIctcYnmg/s72-c/i+grew+up+on+da+street.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5444068389206679160.post-1944268829588781980</id><published>2009-06-24T10:40:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-24T13:01:31.930-07:00</updated><title type='text'>quality, not quantity.</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#666666;"&gt;this is what i need to learn to do:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#666666;"&gt;be content with what i have and what i am doing.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#666666;"&gt;you could give me everything on my Wish List, and for some reason, after its all said and done, i would want something else; or think that something better exists.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#666666;"&gt;i don't know why i am like this.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#666666;"&gt;i have been given a lot, and am very lucky. so when will all this nonsense in my mind stop?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SkKDuHSSzzI/AAAAAAAAAGY/b1iT2wJT-fg/s1600-h/frankthiel.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350984135522570034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 234px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SkKDuHSSzzI/AAAAAAAAAGY/b1iT2wJT-fg/s320/frankthiel.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#666666;"&gt;F26 Stadt 12/54 (Berlin) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#666666;"&gt;Frank Thiel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#999999;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#666666;"&gt;2006&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5444068389206679160-1944268829588781980?l=aelofcourse.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/feeds/1944268829588781980/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5444068389206679160&amp;postID=1944268829588781980' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/1944268829588781980'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/1944268829588781980'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/2009/06/quality-not-quantity.html' title='quality, not quantity.'/><author><name>AEL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00763858338039476386</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SHK9V2BZ3CI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/S8W3F3XOSsE/S220/birthday22+(2).jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SkKDuHSSzzI/AAAAAAAAAGY/b1iT2wJT-fg/s72-c/frankthiel.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5444068389206679160.post-2782999624213900342</id><published>2009-06-23T11:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-24T13:00:44.346-07:00</updated><title type='text'>oh yum.</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#339999;"&gt;here is where i really really want to go back to very soon:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SkEfpFqR69I/AAAAAAAAAGQ/diO9ER_FTHc/s1600-h/buttermilk+channel.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350592623047470034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SkEfpFqR69I/AAAAAAAAAGQ/diO9ER_FTHc/s320/buttermilk+channel.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#339999;"&gt;here is what i had last time that was very delicious:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#339999;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#339999;"&gt;sweet potato and goat cheese croquettes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#339999;"&gt;duck meatloaf with celery root creamed spinach, an onion ring and duck jus.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#339999;"&gt;chocolate chip bread pudding with butter scotch sauce and whipped cream.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#339999;"&gt;(sometimes i just want to eat everything i can get my hands on.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#339999;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#339999;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#339999;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#339999;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ohhhhh i just can't get it out of my head.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5444068389206679160-2782999624213900342?l=aelofcourse.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/feeds/2782999624213900342/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5444068389206679160&amp;postID=2782999624213900342' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/2782999624213900342'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/2782999624213900342'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/2009/06/oh-yum.html' title='oh yum.'/><author><name>AEL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00763858338039476386</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SHK9V2BZ3CI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/S8W3F3XOSsE/S220/birthday22+(2).jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SkEfpFqR69I/AAAAAAAAAGQ/diO9ER_FTHc/s72-c/buttermilk+channel.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5444068389206679160.post-580472590845839294</id><published>2009-06-21T13:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-30T14:30:05.242-07:00</updated><title type='text'>it was fathers day.</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;i think i have always been my dad's favourite, but dont tell bethany, christopher or clare that.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/Sj_qTfGk3MI/AAAAAAAAAGA/NmjZq5YDGmo/s1600-h/dad_and_a.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 288px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350252502826933442" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/Sj_qTfGk3MI/AAAAAAAAAGA/NmjZq5YDGmo/s320/dad_and_a.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#006600;"&gt;circa: 1985. my dad had cool glasses.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/Sj_rQqdHg0I/AAAAAAAAAGI/rPdPm9DaDb8/s1600-h/airport.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 230px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350253553846289218" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/Sj_rQqdHg0I/AAAAAAAAAGI/rPdPm9DaDb8/s320/airport.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#006600;"&gt; circa: 1985.5...my dad had coold outfits and hairdos.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/Sj_pNSWEsgI/AAAAAAAAAF4/ZY3IT9_DdKI/s1600-h/birthday.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 243px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350251296811430402" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/Sj_pNSWEsgI/AAAAAAAAAF4/ZY3IT9_DdKI/s320/birthday.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;circa: 1986 (i wished there was not a large shadow on my dads head)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5444068389206679160-580472590845839294?l=aelofcourse.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/feeds/580472590845839294/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5444068389206679160&amp;postID=580472590845839294' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/580472590845839294'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/580472590845839294'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/2009/06/it-was-fathers-day.html' title='it was fathers day.'/><author><name>AEL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00763858338039476386</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SHK9V2BZ3CI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/S8W3F3XOSsE/S220/birthday22+(2).jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/Sj_qTfGk3MI/AAAAAAAAAGA/NmjZq5YDGmo/s72-c/dad_and_a.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5444068389206679160.post-186365984453070417</id><published>2009-06-19T06:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-19T12:08:08.644-07:00</updated><title type='text'>y'all save lives?</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#663333;"&gt;Yesterday a woman told me I saved her life because I opened the door for her when it was pouring rain.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#663333;"&gt;I've never saved someones life before, but that was not how I was picturing it to feel &lt;em&gt;at all&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#663333;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#663333;"&gt;I am sad because:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#663333;"&gt;I wished they had found Kaelan Paton. It really breaks my heart. I am grateful that my uncle and friends were part of the search team. It makes me realize that my problems are minimal and silly in comparison to the pain some people have to feel. this is something that cannot be reversed. when is enough just enough?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SjubbGTMGfI/AAAAAAAAAFw/dokIiJVm3jw/s1600-h/K_Paton.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349039872282466802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 174px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SjubbGTMGfI/AAAAAAAAAFw/dokIiJVm3jw/s320/K_Paton.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#660000;"&gt;god rest your soul.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.registercitizen.com/articles/2009/06/18/news/doc4a39ba57de7d4666955034.txt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;http://www.registercitizen.com/articles/2009/06/18/news/doc4a39ba57de7d4666955034.txt&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.courant.com/news/wtic-search-and-recovery-salisbury-0617,0,4160119.story"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;http://www.courant.com/news/wtic-search-and-recovery-salisbury-0617,0,4160119.story&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5444068389206679160-186365984453070417?l=aelofcourse.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/feeds/186365984453070417/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5444068389206679160&amp;postID=186365984453070417' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/186365984453070417'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/186365984453070417'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/2009/06/yall-save-lives.html' title='y&apos;all save lives?'/><author><name>AEL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00763858338039476386</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SHK9V2BZ3CI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/S8W3F3XOSsE/S220/birthday22+(2).jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SjubbGTMGfI/AAAAAAAAAFw/dokIiJVm3jw/s72-c/K_Paton.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5444068389206679160.post-287494627060225735</id><published>2009-06-18T09:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-18T18:50:14.607-07:00</updated><title type='text'>so what? so what?</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#333399;"&gt;things i do not like today:&lt;br /&gt;hipsters&lt;br /&gt;post-graduate art students who live off of their parents while they travel wherever they want to go and have fake jobs.&lt;br /&gt;wishy-washy inconsistent people&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;things i like today:&lt;br /&gt;people obeying me&lt;br /&gt;the post-card i got from france&lt;br /&gt;quesadillas and guac &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;the philosophy of andywarhol &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#333399;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#333399;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SjqqeNJuliI/AAAAAAAAAFo/bBQmtlEz82w/s1600-h/andy+warhol.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348774943359145506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 241px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SjqqeNJuliI/AAAAAAAAAFo/bBQmtlEz82w/s320/andy+warhol.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; andy warhol, of course.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i also like this story:&lt;br /&gt;yesterday when i was on the F train on my way to have (2) SugarSweetSunshine cupcakes for dinner, the lady sitting next to me offered her seat to a lady standing "would you like my seat, m'am". the lady standing proceeded to say "oh, i'm not pregnant." BIG MISTAKE. she should have just taken the seat and shutup. because then of course everyone was either smirking or trying to get a glimpse at her pot-belly (which she did indeed have).&lt;br /&gt;i am still debating who the situation was more embarrassing for.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5444068389206679160-287494627060225735?l=aelofcourse.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/feeds/287494627060225735/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5444068389206679160&amp;postID=287494627060225735' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/287494627060225735'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/287494627060225735'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/2009/06/so-what-so-what.html' title='so what? so what?'/><author><name>AEL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00763858338039476386</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SHK9V2BZ3CI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/S8W3F3XOSsE/S220/birthday22+(2).jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SjqqeNJuliI/AAAAAAAAAFo/bBQmtlEz82w/s72-c/andy+warhol.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5444068389206679160.post-2867744678702521112</id><published>2009-06-17T07:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-24T13:27:04.160-07:00</updated><title type='text'>in love</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#666600;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;i fall in love pretty much everyday. you can't help it when you are &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;surrounded&lt;/span&gt; by such beautiful fabrics and pieces of furniture. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;the other day i fell in love with this:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SjkFek7BNEI/AAAAAAAAAEw/_mvz7moH2n8/s1600-h/fav+fabric.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348312055344608322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 178px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SjkFek7BNEI/AAAAAAAAAEw/_mvz7moH2n8/s320/fav+fabric.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666600;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;normally, he wouldn't be my type. he is a little too traditional for me, but the more i looked at him, the more i loved him. i think it really has something to do with the rabbit. He is going on my Dining Room settee.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Leah and I have been &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;scheming&lt;/span&gt; my Farm House for the past week. Its really coming along quite nicely and I cant wait to move in (15 years and 1 million dollars later?).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Yesterday I tried to teach myself how to draw a really great elephant but i didn't get far with that at all. Enough is enough.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5444068389206679160-2867744678702521112?l=aelofcourse.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/feeds/2867744678702521112/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5444068389206679160&amp;postID=2867744678702521112' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/2867744678702521112'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/2867744678702521112'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/2009/06/in-love.html' title='in love'/><author><name>AEL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00763858338039476386</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SHK9V2BZ3CI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/S8W3F3XOSsE/S220/birthday22+(2).jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SjkFek7BNEI/AAAAAAAAAEw/_mvz7moH2n8/s72-c/fav+fabric.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5444068389206679160.post-4339817719507374981</id><published>2009-06-16T06:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-16T07:12:45.166-07:00</updated><title type='text'>ohhhh bookclub &lt;3</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#333300;"&gt;BookClub. I started BookClub 3 months ago. I started it for a bunch of reasons actually:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#333300;"&gt;1. I wanted to be in a Club.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#333300;"&gt;2. I wanted to be in charge of a Club.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#333300;"&gt;3. I wanted to read more.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#333300;"&gt;4. I wanted my friends to read more.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#333300;"&gt;5. I wanted to read books that I wouldn't normally choose on my own.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#333300;"&gt;Initially I started BC for reading Classic Books only, but that is sort of going down-hill and I am being over-powered by my members.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#333300;"&gt;Here is what we have read so far:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#333300;"&gt;1. Great Gatsby (LOVELOVELOVE, this is my all time favourite book in the world. F Scott Fitz is my top author and always has been)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#333300;"&gt;2. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (LIKED A LOT, this was a long book, but I enjoyed it and recommend it; although I felt the ending sort of jumped off of a cliff )&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#333300;"&gt;3. Slaughter House 5 (DID NOT LIKE, at first I was really into the &lt;em&gt;idea &lt;/em&gt;of this book. However, I did not enjoy reading it, and I still feel like I didn't "get" it. Maybe I am not smart enough for it.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#333300;"&gt;NEXT we are reading: The Road. Not too pumped on this because:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#333300;"&gt;1. Its not a Classic.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#333300;"&gt;2. The previews for the movie look really scary and I am a huge Scaredy Cat.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333300;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;BookClub is also nice because we all get to take turns choosing a restaurant that we will meet at, and suggesting books we will read next. I feel like that was a very diplomatic and gracious thing for me to instate considering I like to choose everything all the time.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SjemkRSChzI/AAAAAAAAAEo/MgZ-lrgBADc/s1600-h/slaughterhouse5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347926224570320690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SjemkRSChzI/AAAAAAAAAEo/MgZ-lrgBADc/s320/slaughterhouse5.jpg" border="0" /&gt; &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;slaughter house 5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5444068389206679160-4339817719507374981?l=aelofcourse.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' 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me blow so hard into this tube that i almost passed out.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#cc6600;"&gt;2. yelled at me for not exhaling and inhaling hard enough into the tube.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#cc6600;"&gt;3. sprayed a spray in my mouth that made my nose, mouth and throat numb the whole entire day.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#cc6600;"&gt;4. drew on my arm with a pen and then poked me with about 24 little pokes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#cc6600;"&gt;5. made me sit there and waste more time for 15 minutes all alone.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#cc6600;"&gt;6. stuck a tube with a little camera through my nose down into my mouth which made me gag and almost pass out again, so we didn't get very far with that.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#cc6600;"&gt;7. tell me after all that trouble i am not allergic to anything.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#cc6600;"&gt;8. made me pay $40 for pretty much ruining my day.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#cc6600;"&gt;i really think i am allergic to something, i just have to be. maybe i am allergic to good behaviour and being nice all the time. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5444068389206679160-7516577687767655525?l=aelofcourse.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/feeds/7516577687767655525/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5444068389206679160&amp;postID=7516577687767655525' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' 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style="font-size:85%;color:#6600cc;"&gt;sometimes when i get really bored at work i go in the bathroom and lay on the floor and stare at the ceiling for a couple of minutes. oh boy i hope noone from work ever reads this.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SjLQTUHVGLI/AAAAAAAAAEg/6glRyxK7pd4/s1600-h/bathroom.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346564737877743794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 144px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SjLQTUHVGLI/AAAAAAAAAEg/6glRyxK7pd4/s200/bathroom.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#6600cc;"&gt;me: "i get so bored doing the same things day to day. don't you get bored?"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#6600cc;"&gt;L: "no, you have to accept those things that become monotonous as your life; what- do you want to be a movie star?"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#6600cc;"&gt;me: "yes."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#6600cc;"&gt;"... Living only for the moment, turning our full attention to the pleasures of the moon, the snow, the cherry blossoms and the maple leaves; singing songs, drinking wine, diverting ourselves in just floating, floating; ... refusing to be disheartened, like a gourd floating along with the river current: this is what we call the floating world..."&lt;br /&gt;Asai Ryōi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5444068389206679160-8391446858120023876?l=aelofcourse.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/feeds/8391446858120023876/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5444068389206679160&amp;postID=8391446858120023876' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/8391446858120023876'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/8391446858120023876'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/2009/06/booooooring.html' title='BOOOOOORING'/><author><name>AEL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00763858338039476386</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SHK9V2BZ3CI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/S8W3F3XOSsE/S220/birthday22+(2).jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SjLQTUHVGLI/AAAAAAAAAEg/6glRyxK7pd4/s72-c/bathroom.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5444068389206679160.post-3587472060317711721</id><published>2009-06-11T06:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-15T13:17:57.340-07:00</updated><title type='text'>intellectual thoughts &amp; sightings (not really at all)</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#ff6666;"&gt;here are some things i saw on the subway this morning:&lt;br /&gt;1. a girl wearing a red t shirt that said "YOUR BOYFRIEND WANTS ME", while she was obviously walking with her boyfriend. i don't get it.&lt;br /&gt;2. the girl in the red jacket crying and dabbing at here eyes with a tissue. i get it. but i wished i knew what she was crying about. i was thinking of all sorts of reasons. maybe she didn't actually know why she was crying. sometimes i feel that way.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;things i thought about on the subway this morning:&lt;br /&gt;1. bowery is the most useless subway stop in the world. NO ONE ever gets off of and and NO ONE ever gets on at it.&lt;br /&gt;2. who killed Notorious BIG? sometimes i almost catch myself believing that theory that Puff Daddy had something to do with it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;at least i didn't see any overweight people eating pizzaria Combos at 8:30am. that always grosses me out to the maxx.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346071024990961602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 139px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 202px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SjEPRcSYP8I/AAAAAAAAAEY/Oyy3dj_ki7Q/s320/cry.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#ff6666;"&gt;ciraca: 1985&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#ff6666;"&gt;me: "are you allowed to feel sorry for yourself?"&lt;br /&gt;a: "yes, but only sometimes."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5444068389206679160-3587472060317711721?l=aelofcourse.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/feeds/3587472060317711721/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5444068389206679160&amp;postID=3587472060317711721' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/3587472060317711721'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/3587472060317711721'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/2009/06/intellectual-thoughts-not-really-at-all.html' title='intellectual thoughts &amp; sightings (not really at all)'/><author><name>AEL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00763858338039476386</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SHK9V2BZ3CI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/S8W3F3XOSsE/S220/birthday22+(2).jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SjEPRcSYP8I/AAAAAAAAAEY/Oyy3dj_ki7Q/s72-c/cry.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5444068389206679160.post-4376445579206802475</id><published>2009-06-08T11:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-08T14:46:25.729-07:00</updated><title type='text'>my bucket list</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#990000;"&gt;yesterday i started my bucket list. sad to say, i only have one thing on it so far:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#990000;"&gt;ride an elephant&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#990000;"&gt;i dont just want to hop on top of an elephant and ride it. i actually want it to be a very drawn out process where i ride in a &lt;em&gt;howdah &lt;/em&gt;with silk pillows, incense and all the while i sip on Indian teas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/Si1f4mFRXyI/AAAAAAAAAEI/o4M1GpYKtiw/s1600-h/elephant.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345033758658617122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/Si1f4mFRXyI/AAAAAAAAAEI/o4M1GpYKtiw/s320/elephant.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#990000;"&gt;of course jackie o. rode an elephant. i'm sure her bucket list was much longer than mine and i bet she got everything done that was on it&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#990000;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/Si1gSxKagxI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/UQfzcgXzJvo/s1600-h/jackie+o+elephant.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345034208309576466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/Si1gSxKagxI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/UQfzcgXzJvo/s320/jackie+o+elephant.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/Si1gSxKagxI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/UQfzcgXzJvo/s1600-h/jackie+o+elephant.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/Si1gSxKagxI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/UQfzcgXzJvo/s1600-h/jackie+o+elephant.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5444068389206679160-4376445579206802475?l=aelofcourse.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/feeds/4376445579206802475/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5444068389206679160&amp;postID=4376445579206802475' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/4376445579206802475'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/4376445579206802475'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/2009/06/my-bucket-list.html' title='my bucket list'/><author><name>AEL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00763858338039476386</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SHK9V2BZ3CI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/S8W3F3XOSsE/S220/birthday22+(2).jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/Si1f4mFRXyI/AAAAAAAAAEI/o4M1GpYKtiw/s72-c/elephant.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5444068389206679160.post-8420700706990355682</id><published>2009-06-06T14:09:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-08T12:12:33.398-07:00</updated><title type='text'>1986</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;to all the ladies in the place with style and grace...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SircLR1XTVI/AAAAAAAAAEA/aBJmwZ-Yykc/s1600-h/potbelly.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344325994152414546" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 222px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SircLR1XTVI/AAAAAAAAAEA/aBJmwZ-Yykc/s320/potbelly.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#663366;"&gt;circa: 1986. me, of course. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#663366;"&gt;i dont think i need to explain anything about this photo.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5444068389206679160-8420700706990355682?l=aelofcourse.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/feeds/8420700706990355682/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5444068389206679160&amp;postID=8420700706990355682' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/8420700706990355682'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/8420700706990355682'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/2009/06/1986.html' title='1986'/><author><name>AEL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00763858338039476386</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SHK9V2BZ3CI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/S8W3F3XOSsE/S220/birthday22+(2).jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SircLR1XTVI/AAAAAAAAAEA/aBJmwZ-Yykc/s72-c/potbelly.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5444068389206679160.post-7726432088434882656</id><published>2009-06-05T06:45:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-05T10:15:15.378-07:00</updated><title type='text'>biggest fan</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#666666;"&gt;this saturday and sunday will be spent with 1. the most handsome boy in the world and 2. the oldest woman i know (maybe the oldest woman in the world)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#666666;"&gt;i am their biggest fan.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#666666;"&gt;H and i "get" eachother. which is pretty sad considering he is 2.5 and i am 25.5.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#666666;"&gt;Nini is pretty funny. i always invite her up for sunday dinner (3 blocks away) and recently my mom said to stop doing that because when she is here i just get louder and louder and its just too much.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#666666;"&gt;well the reason i get louder and louder is because she is 97.5 and she can barely hear anything so i take it upon myself to shout everything.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#666666;"&gt;nini only cares and knows about:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#666666;"&gt;1. The Mets&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#666666;"&gt;2. Card Club (aka millbrook gossip sesh)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#666666;"&gt;3. 5pm Saturday Mass&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#666666;"&gt;4. Chocolate and Ice Cream&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;5. Her Soaps, which she has been watching&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt; for as long as i can remember&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#666666;"&gt;6. Her trashy Danielle Steel novels, which she has been reading for as long as i can remember&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/Sikm4FYsYUI/AAAAAAAAADw/rgnb7Kdg7-A/s1600-h/IMG_1281.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343845177812083010" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/Sikm4FYsYUI/AAAAAAAAADw/rgnb7Kdg7-A/s200/IMG_1281.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;"a &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;quiet&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; moment together"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SiklO1iTV6I/AAAAAAAAADo/t2wVZouQupY/s1600-h/IMG_0420.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SiklO1iTV6I/AAAAAAAAADo/t2wVZouQupY/s1600-h/IMG_0420.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343843369671153570" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SiklO1iTV6I/AAAAAAAAADo/t2wVZouQupY/s200/IMG_0420.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#666666;"&gt;"awesome possum"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#cc9933;"&gt;tonight, though, i am on a mission to find some or all of the strokes. i have a pretty good chance too. maybe one of them will marry me.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#cc9933;"&gt;m: "still into marrying a rockstar?"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#cc9933;"&gt;me: "yes, but a goodboy one."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5444068389206679160-7726432088434882656?l=aelofcourse.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/feeds/7726432088434882656/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5444068389206679160&amp;postID=7726432088434882656' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/7726432088434882656'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/7726432088434882656'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/2009/06/biggest-fan.html' title='biggest fan'/><author><name>AEL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00763858338039476386</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SHK9V2BZ3CI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/S8W3F3XOSsE/S220/birthday22+(2).jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/Sikm4FYsYUI/AAAAAAAAADw/rgnb7Kdg7-A/s72-c/IMG_1281.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5444068389206679160.post-8822919039503445439</id><published>2009-06-04T11:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-11T07:22:53.675-07:00</updated><title type='text'>aloha</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#336666;"&gt;hawaii&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#336666;"&gt;i am excited to go to hawaii because:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#336666;"&gt;i have not been on a real vaca in a long time. somehow my family conveniently booked the past 4 family vacas (paris, london, rome and new orleans) around my school schedule so i could not participate. i think it has something to do with the fact that i had bad behaviour last time we had a family vaca to new orleans and my mom said never ever again.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#336666;"&gt;i like the beach&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#336666;"&gt;i like getting a suntan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#336666;"&gt;i do a of laughing and have fun with mary Q and catalina can keep us in check if need be&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#336666;"&gt;maybe i will see a real live volcano&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#336666;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#336666;"&gt;i am not excited because:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#336666;"&gt;i am nervous for a very long plane ride&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#336666;"&gt;sometimes, after 4 or 5 days, home is where the heart is&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#336666;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SigSQK_W79I/AAAAAAAAADY/DVwuYoZ6Cxc/s1600-h/hawaii+also.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343541026912399314" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 138px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SigSQK_W79I/AAAAAAAAADY/DVwuYoZ6Cxc/s200/hawaii+also.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SigSQK_W79I/AAAAAAAAADY/DVwuYoZ6Cxc/s1600-h/hawaii+also.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SigSUa9hhhI/AAAAAAAAADg/yrS9L1GjJZ0/s1600-h/hawaii+photo.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343541099919148562" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 162px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SigSUa9hhhI/AAAAAAAAADg/yrS9L1GjJZ0/s200/hawaii+photo.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SigSQK_W79I/AAAAAAAAADY/DVwuYoZ6Cxc/s1600-h/hawaii+also.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SigSQK_W79I/AAAAAAAAADY/DVwuYoZ6Cxc/s1600-h/hawaii+also.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5444068389206679160-8822919039503445439?l=aelofcourse.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/feeds/8822919039503445439/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5444068389206679160&amp;postID=8822919039503445439' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/8822919039503445439'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/8822919039503445439'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/2009/06/aloha.html' title='aloha'/><author><name>AEL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00763858338039476386</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SHK9V2BZ3CI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/S8W3F3XOSsE/S220/birthday22+(2).jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SigSQK_W79I/AAAAAAAAADY/DVwuYoZ6Cxc/s72-c/hawaii+also.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5444068389206679160.post-7033377947185477665</id><published>2009-06-03T13:24:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-04T13:54:32.116-07:00</updated><title type='text'>circa</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;things i do not like today:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#6600cc;"&gt;my blackberry freezing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#6600cc;"&gt;my computer freezing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#6600cc;"&gt;anxiety&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#6600cc;"&gt;not being able to focus&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#6600cc;"&gt;having issues with everything/everyone&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;things i do like today:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#6600cc;"&gt;grey and yellow together&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#6600cc;"&gt;roman columns&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#6600cc;"&gt;and architecture&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6633ff;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#6600cc;"&gt;day-dreaming about soy &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;icecream&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; sandwiches&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#6600cc;"&gt;mini history lessons re: WWI and WWII&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#6600cc;"&gt;this photo of my mom and auntie &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;jen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; i just re-found (see below)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SibcevSO37I/AAAAAAAAADQ/87rfE7Q-MAU/s1600-h/1970%27s.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343200428568797106" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 241px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SibcevSO37I/AAAAAAAAADQ/87rfE7Q-MAU/s320/1970%27s.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#3366ff;"&gt;circa: i &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;dont&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; know, 1970's&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#3366ff;"&gt;i wish my hair was as long as my moms was.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#3366ff;"&gt;(auntie &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;jen&lt;/span&gt; is wearing a kayak helmet, she isn't mentally &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;impaired&lt;/span&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5444068389206679160-7033377947185477665?l=aelofcourse.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/feeds/7033377947185477665/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5444068389206679160&amp;postID=7033377947185477665' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/7033377947185477665'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/7033377947185477665'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/2009/06/circa.html' title='circa'/><author><name>AEL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00763858338039476386</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SHK9V2BZ3CI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/S8W3F3XOSsE/S220/birthday22+(2).jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SibcevSO37I/AAAAAAAAADQ/87rfE7Q-MAU/s72-c/1970%27s.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5444068389206679160.post-3276932537922791245</id><published>2009-06-02T14:05:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-11T07:27:23.995-07:00</updated><title type='text'>byebye butterfly</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#000066;"&gt;here is a quote that i like very much so, and it is from Slaughter House 5 which we are currently reading in Book Club (of course i will write more on Book Club soon, but my finger is broken because i fell because i stepped on Eli, so i will not type much because it hurts):&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;God grant me the serenity&lt;br /&gt;To accept the things I cannot change;&lt;br /&gt;Courage to change the things I can;&lt;br /&gt;And wisdom to always tell the difference.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#000066;"&gt;I just wikipedia-ed it and apparently it is part of the AA 12-step program. wonderful.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SiXUU7IWrAI/AAAAAAAAADI/FWZ6nUoFcdg/s1600-h/ducks.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342909988880165890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 306px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 250px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SiXUU7IWrAI/AAAAAAAAADI/FWZ6nUoFcdg/s320/ducks.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;stephanie and i fed the ducks in albany a couple of times.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5444068389206679160-3276932537922791245?l=aelofcourse.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/feeds/3276932537922791245/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5444068389206679160&amp;postID=3276932537922791245' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/3276932537922791245'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/3276932537922791245'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/2009/06/byebye-butterfly.html' title='byebye butterfly'/><author><name>AEL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00763858338039476386</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SHK9V2BZ3CI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/S8W3F3XOSsE/S220/birthday22+(2).jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SiXUU7IWrAI/AAAAAAAAADI/FWZ6nUoFcdg/s72-c/ducks.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5444068389206679160.post-2862747132827018315</id><published>2009-03-03T13:48:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-06-05T07:35:20.905-07:00</updated><title type='text'>trade for trade</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;i am really into "trade for trade" if you dont know what that means (and you probably dont, because the title makes no sense at all) it means that i trade something with you for you trading something with me (that still makes no sense). aka lets say i make you some italian pasta sauce, then you trade that with me for lets sayyyyyy like cleaning my room for me; that would be a trade for trade.&lt;br /&gt;soooo since we are in a recession i was wondering if anyone had anything they would like to trade for trade. it could be skillz etc. here are some things/skillz i could trade for trade:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;- white domino sugar (i have a box of it, slightly used)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;- life coaching; ie helping you organize your room etc&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;- some calcium vitamins (bc who wants osteoporosis?)&lt;br /&gt;- a small LL Bean Boat and Tote (side note: it is monogrammed AEL, you could pretend it was handed down to you by your great grandmother and has her initials on it)&lt;br /&gt;- i can cook a little: italian pasta sauce, french onion soup, cupcakes, dates in bacon.&lt;br /&gt;- loads of clothes from Gap circa 2001 (buffalo exchange would not take them)&lt;br /&gt;- making house rules for your apt (i have some really great ones up my sleeve)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;sooo if any of this sounds good let me know and we can talk.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;trade for trade.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5444068389206679160-2862747132827018315?l=aelofcourse.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/feeds/2862747132827018315/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5444068389206679160&amp;postID=2862747132827018315' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/2862747132827018315'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/2862747132827018315'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/2009/03/trade-for-trade.html' title='trade for trade'/><author><name>AEL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00763858338039476386</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SHK9V2BZ3CI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/S8W3F3XOSsE/S220/birthday22+(2).jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5444068389206679160.post-7108756657762804833</id><published>2008-12-23T18:38:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-23T20:28:31.012-08:00</updated><title type='text'>y'all have chistmas?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SVGpuj2Vu9I/AAAAAAAAACY/vdzBQgeVvdU/s1600-h/pot+belly.bmp"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283190455244536786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SVGpuj2Vu9I/AAAAAAAAACY/vdzBQgeVvdU/s320/pot+belly.bmp" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SVGnMKtnVcI/AAAAAAAAAB4/wgaaDJw-6eM/s1600-h/tree.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283187665358247362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 220px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 168px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SVGnMKtnVcI/AAAAAAAAAB4/wgaaDJw-6eM/s200/tree.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SVGm6L8LGHI/AAAAAAAAABw/0SkCeTKpoik/s1600-h/they+dont+know.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283187356450101362" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SVGm6L8LGHI/AAAAAAAAABw/0SkCeTKpoik/s200/they+dont+know.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SVGmaUVnJsI/AAAAAAAAABg/EgHPX88-cMM/s1600-h/spell.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283186808948467394" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 238px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 159px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SVGmaUVnJsI/AAAAAAAAABg/EgHPX88-cMM/s200/spell.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SVGmpr2PF5I/AAAAAAAAABo/_A04OjAPh6I/s1600-h/lolz.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283187072957355922" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SVGmpr2PF5I/AAAAAAAAABo/_A04OjAPh6I/s200/lolz.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;we had our mini-christmas cocktail party which was very "nice". everyone got to admire our portly christmas tree and drink spiked egg nog and eat hors d'oeuvers and listen to al green and patsy cline while playing cranium. oh and thanks to damon lynn&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;(thats his middle name) for choosing to clean his apartment over participating in a christmas-spirited shindig just around the corner from him.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;xoxo &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SVGo9DTqDhI/AAAAAAAAACI/_bbI97nIs_0/s1600-h/weekend+warrior.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283189604695543314" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 224px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 265px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SVGo9DTqDhI/AAAAAAAAACI/_bbI97nIs_0/s320/weekend+warrior.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5444068389206679160-7108756657762804833?l=aelofcourse.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/feeds/7108756657762804833/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5444068389206679160&amp;postID=7108756657762804833' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/7108756657762804833'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/7108756657762804833'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/2008/12/yall-have-chistmas.html' title='y&apos;all have chistmas?'/><author><name>AEL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00763858338039476386</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SHK9V2BZ3CI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/S8W3F3XOSsE/S220/birthday22+(2).jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SVGpuj2Vu9I/AAAAAAAAACY/vdzBQgeVvdU/s72-c/pot+belly.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5444068389206679160.post-2240442931749803757</id><published>2008-11-26T14:10:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-26T14:20:40.977-08:00</updated><title type='text'>y'all eat turkey?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SS3LlvJbOJI/AAAAAAAAABQ/c9-N7qgT4ZQ/s1600-h/IMG_0563.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273094587892316306" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SS3LlvJbOJI/AAAAAAAAABQ/c9-N7qgT4ZQ/s200/IMG_0563.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SS3LQE-1gRI/AAAAAAAAABI/czD0ZYZ4a5I/s1600-h/IMG_0555.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273094215796359442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SS3LQE-1gRI/AAAAAAAAABI/czD0ZYZ4a5I/s200/IMG_0555.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SS3K7Sq4jYI/AAAAAAAAABA/pF-WOSR_-tA/s1600-h/IMG_0528.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273093858693516674" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SS3K7Sq4jYI/AAAAAAAAABA/pF-WOSR_-tA/s200/IMG_0528.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SS3KdIp7C8I/AAAAAAAAAA4/lJt0EptaHUw/s1600-h/IMG_0539.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273093340609055682" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SS3KdIp7C8I/AAAAAAAAAA4/lJt0EptaHUw/s200/IMG_0539.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SS3J0u0chhI/AAAAAAAAAAw/tqOFOoTTZIU/s1600-h/IMG_0512.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273092646479103506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SS3J0u0chhI/AAAAAAAAAAw/tqOFOoTTZIU/s200/IMG_0512.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;we had a pre-thanksgiving dinner and it was really wonderful and filled with goodness and joy and lots of wine and jazz music and wonderful food and thanks for coming if you came i am sure you had a lovely time.&lt;br /&gt;xo&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5444068389206679160-2240442931749803757?l=aelofcourse.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/feeds/2240442931749803757/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5444068389206679160&amp;postID=2240442931749803757' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/2240442931749803757'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/2240442931749803757'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/2008/11/yall-eat-turkey.html' title='y&apos;all eat turkey?'/><author><name>AEL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00763858338039476386</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SHK9V2BZ3CI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/S8W3F3XOSsE/S220/birthday22+(2).jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SS3LlvJbOJI/AAAAAAAAABQ/c9-N7qgT4ZQ/s72-c/IMG_0563.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5444068389206679160.post-598036368325842111</id><published>2008-10-25T13:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-25T18:56:16.873-07:00</updated><title type='text'>are you smarter than a 2 year old?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://expo67.ncf.ca/jackie_kennedy_e000996531.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 239px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 169px" alt="" src="http://expo67.ncf.ca/jackie_kennedy_e000996531.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;apparently i am not that smart. for example, i have to spell check my blog or else about 68% of these words would be mis-spelled.&lt;br /&gt;i always thought that i knew things about this and that a little bit of this and a little bit of that.&lt;br /&gt;well i guess i don't. i can't name 3 countries that border Germany, and I don't know my pre 1950's American presidents, i don't know 4 battles from the Civil War, i can never win a game of Connect 4 or Uno. I also thought that a Warewolf was the long name for a Regular Wolf. And forget math or science, i mean obviously i don't know anything about those.&lt;br /&gt;so what do i know? i know that the inside, leathery part of a bats wing is called the "membrane" (thanks to the 7 year old I babysit, George Newberry). I know a little bit of French (mais oui!). I know that if you cross the street when you have a red hand you will probably get hit by a car. i know that in order for a caterpillar to become a butterfly it has to weave a cocoon. i know the proper use of your you're there their then than. i know how to cook a couple things, i know which cupcakes to order at sugar sweet sunshine, i know how to make little kids laugh and i know a lot about Jackie O and Andy Warhol and that's about it.&lt;br /&gt;Awesome Possum.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5444068389206679160-598036368325842111?l=aelofcourse.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/feeds/598036368325842111/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5444068389206679160&amp;postID=598036368325842111' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/598036368325842111'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/598036368325842111'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/2008/10/aer-you-smarter-than-2-year-old.html' title='are you smarter than a 2 year old?'/><author><name>AEL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00763858338039476386</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SHK9V2BZ3CI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/S8W3F3XOSsE/S220/birthday22+(2).jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5444068389206679160.post-7084781590783814285</id><published>2008-10-01T19:48:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-01T20:01:09.050-07:00</updated><title type='text'>and i thought i was bored</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.derrickoliver.com/wp-content/uploads/phone-book.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.derrickoliver.com/wp-content/uploads/phone-book.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;just when i thought i was the one getting so bored with people and places and things (nouns, mostly) i saw a woman on the subway this morning reading:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;A PHONE BOOK &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;so casually like it was totally normal to be reading a phone book on the subway.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;i would have taken a picture with my Not iphone/Blackberry but that would have been Pretty Rude and i am really trying to have Good Behaviour lately.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;seriously, i didn't know people even still owned phone books. maybe i will start to get into those too.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;xx&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5444068389206679160-7084781590783814285?l=aelofcourse.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/feeds/7084781590783814285/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5444068389206679160&amp;postID=7084781590783814285' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/7084781590783814285'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/7084781590783814285'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/2008/10/and-i-thought-i-was-bored.html' title='and i thought i was bored'/><author><name>AEL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00763858338039476386</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SHK9V2BZ3CI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/S8W3F3XOSsE/S220/birthday22+(2).jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5444068389206679160.post-6761954154006520005</id><published>2008-09-23T08:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-23T08:39:45.794-07:00</updated><title type='text'>party party</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SNkNuoWHaRI/AAAAAAAAAAY/dR9cADUy-1M/s1600-h/ael.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249241935432345874" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SNkNuoWHaRI/AAAAAAAAAAY/dR9cADUy-1M/s200/ael.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;we had a party and i want to thank everyone in the world who came, even the kids that stole my shit, so thanks everyone except for jerrrrr of course.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5444068389206679160-6761954154006520005?l=aelofcourse.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/feeds/6761954154006520005/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5444068389206679160&amp;postID=6761954154006520005' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/6761954154006520005'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/6761954154006520005'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/2008/09/party-party.html' title='party party'/><author><name>AEL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00763858338039476386</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SHK9V2BZ3CI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/S8W3F3XOSsE/S220/birthday22+(2).jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SNkNuoWHaRI/AAAAAAAAAAY/dR9cADUy-1M/s72-c/ael.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5444068389206679160.post-5652784417060095259</id><published>2008-09-21T08:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-21T13:47:31.567-07:00</updated><title type='text'>things i want to get into</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v374/barthez4/walkman1979.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v374/barthez4/walkman1979.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;-using pay phones&lt;/span&gt; (i know everyone says they are dirty but so is the air that you breathe, plus you can use them underground in the subway and last time i checked even your really cool i-phone couldn't do that)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9900;"&gt;- Mix Tapes&lt;/span&gt; (not only do they look cool but i am pretty sure that they sound cool too)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;and in that case&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;-walkmans &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;(who even thought of that name? walkmans????)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;-type writers&lt;/span&gt; (if I'm going to send text mexs all day i might ask well start typing on a type writer and sending snail mail. that never went out of style as far as i am concerned)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;xo&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5444068389206679160-5652784417060095259?l=aelofcourse.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/feeds/5652784417060095259/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5444068389206679160&amp;postID=5652784417060095259' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/5652784417060095259'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/5652784417060095259'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/2008/09/things-i-want-to-get-into.html' title='things i want to get into'/><author><name>AEL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00763858338039476386</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SHK9V2BZ3CI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/S8W3F3XOSsE/S220/birthday22+(2).jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5444068389206679160.post-8774357144405508844</id><published>2008-07-09T19:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-09T19:31:43.646-07:00</updated><title type='text'>rememememebering</title><content type='html'>i was just remememebering that today when i was shopping in the humid disgusting weather in soho and i was in kate's paperie that the girl at the check out counter (who, btw by the way had a MUSTACHE, gross) kept saying "thank you" to me for every little thing. like when i brought my stuff up and put it on the counter she was thanking me. then she gave me the total and i said "ok" and she proceeded to thank me again. and again. i gave her my card "thank you, thank you", i signed the slip "oh thank you miss, thank you" she offered me a large bag and i said "fine" "thank you, thank you" oh and of course to top it all off "thank you, have a nice night, thank you".&lt;br /&gt;wow. i do beleive in manners, but seriously the line has to be drawn SOMEWHERE&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LOL LOLearcoaster ( i feel i am entitled to these words bc now i have  blog) i was also remememebering when i was on the subway and it was crowded of course, and i stepped on this girls foot and  i turned around to say sorry she said "OUCH OUCH that hurt" so loud and for some reason i thought it was hilarious and couldn't stop laughing. bad manners and Bad Behaviour. oopps. xoxo&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5444068389206679160-8774357144405508844?l=aelofcourse.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/feeds/8774357144405508844/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5444068389206679160&amp;postID=8774357144405508844' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/8774357144405508844'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/8774357144405508844'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/2008/07/rememememebering.html' title='rememememebering'/><author><name>AEL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00763858338039476386</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SHK9V2BZ3CI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/S8W3F3XOSsE/S220/birthday22+(2).jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5444068389206679160.post-4781993870303587465</id><published>2008-07-09T17:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-09T18:01:33.165-07:00</updated><title type='text'>newspapers</title><content type='html'>i think i want to start getting into subscribing/reading &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;newpapers&lt;/span&gt;. so i have narrowed it down to The Post and The Daily News (because the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Beastie&lt;/span&gt; Boys rap about it, naturally- "Read it in the Post and the Daily News, Listen everybody lets show improve.")&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i have a FANTASY  to go down early in the morning (it would be interesting to see if i can get up "early") and go down-stairs in my bathrobe with a cup of tea and pick up the paper to read at the kitchen table while eating toast and eggs with a cute little dog sitting on my lap.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;don't&lt;/span&gt; know how to decide which one though. perhaps i will buy each one for a week straight and see which is more appealing. but its really all about the FANTASY, of course. xoxo&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://static.flickr.com/113/292294857_f316cbd26c.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5444068389206679160-4781993870303587465?l=aelofcourse.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/feeds/4781993870303587465/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5444068389206679160&amp;postID=4781993870303587465' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/4781993870303587465'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/4781993870303587465'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/2008/07/newspapers.html' title='newspapers'/><author><name>AEL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00763858338039476386</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SHK9V2BZ3CI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/S8W3F3XOSsE/S220/birthday22+(2).jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5444068389206679160.post-6486545160007068330</id><published>2008-07-08T17:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-08T18:03:06.892-07:00</updated><title type='text'>my Fav subway line</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://vigan.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/ny-subway-map.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://vigan.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/ny-subway-map.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;my favourite subway line is the 4, 5, 6 line and i will proceed to explain why:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. its an EAST SIDE LINE. i only stay on the east side (upper east side, lower east side, soho). I &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;dont&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;believe&lt;/span&gt; in the west side. the 456 goes all the way up and down the east side.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. its always a new subway train. it has that soothing mans voice who makes announcements.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. its fast. (well most of the time.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. it has handsome business men who work on the east side on it a lot. everyone loves a good handsome business man in a suit with a brief case and a blackberry. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;5. its subway colour is &lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;GREEN&lt;/span&gt; which of course is my most favourite colour.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i think &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;thats&lt;/span&gt; plenty reasons.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5444068389206679160-6486545160007068330?l=aelofcourse.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/feeds/6486545160007068330/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5444068389206679160&amp;postID=6486545160007068330' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/6486545160007068330'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/6486545160007068330'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/2008/07/my-fav-subway-line.html' title='my Fav subway line'/><author><name>AEL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00763858338039476386</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SHK9V2BZ3CI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/S8W3F3XOSsE/S220/birthday22+(2).jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5444068389206679160.post-7756785523389231515</id><published>2008-07-08T04:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-08T04:39:24.883-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>so of course i can't stop thinking about Home Depot (and isn't it so obvious why???) and i was just rememememebering that when i was there i bought a standing oscillating fan (which was such a great deal) and on the way out they have this awesome little booth where people of not so high mental value (aka down syndrome) help you make handles on your bag so its easier to carry through the subway therefore making it easier to bump people with and easier to get through the turnstile with out having to do a 3-move entry. it was so awesome.&lt;br /&gt;the people working there are so super nice too. esp the DS ones, of course.&lt;br /&gt;man i just cant stop thinking abt HD.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5444068389206679160-7756785523389231515?l=aelofcourse.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/feeds/7756785523389231515/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5444068389206679160&amp;postID=7756785523389231515' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/7756785523389231515'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/7756785523389231515'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/2008/07/so-of-course-i-cant-stop-thinking-about.html' title=''/><author><name>AEL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00763858338039476386</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SHK9V2BZ3CI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/S8W3F3XOSsE/S220/birthday22+(2).jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5444068389206679160.post-2087116668228623719</id><published>2008-07-07T17:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-07T18:04:38.508-07:00</updated><title type='text'>je ne sais pas</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.unitedway-vfc.org/VolunteerCenter/DayofCaring07/subsite/images/TheHomeDepot.png"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.unitedway-vfc.org/VolunteerCenter/DayofCaring07/subsite/images/TheHomeDepot.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;i dont know how i feel about starting a blog. this is one of those things that you make fun of other nerds for doing such as LOL and LOLercoaster and TTYL and other things of the sort.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;i really just started this mostly so i could talk about Home Depot for a hot second. i went there probably about a week before i left for italy first for work and then on the way to the subway because i needed to pick up some odds and ends. i went to the one on 59th st and 3rd ave. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;this was a Life Changing experience. i was mesmerized to say the least. when i normally think of HD i think of chains and ropes and hammers and orange aprons. but it goes so beyond that. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;they have plants and pots and fans and grills and blinds and rugs and METHOD PRODUCTS oh man the list goes on. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;everyone needs to go. if you want to come with me some day to share the life changing experience, just call and i can put it in my filofax.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;i think i will make HD a weekly stop along with pad thai and sugar sweet sunshine cupcakes.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;xoxo&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5444068389206679160-2087116668228623719?l=aelofcourse.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/feeds/2087116668228623719/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5444068389206679160&amp;postID=2087116668228623719' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/2087116668228623719'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5444068389206679160/posts/default/2087116668228623719'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aelofcourse.blogspot.com/2008/07/je-ne-sais-pas.html' title='je ne sais pas'/><author><name>AEL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00763858338039476386</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_0bdamS0lTV4/SHK9V2BZ3CI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/S8W3F3XOSsE/S220/birthday22+(2).jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
