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		<title>Favourite song atm?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:48:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>elle</dc:creator>
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If you can&#8217;t be bothered watching the video, at least the lyrics.
Got a man, call him my boyfriend, think I&#8217;ve fallen in love
The only man that gives me the things that I am worthy of
Hugs me and holds me, kisses me softly, calls me back right away
He communicates his feelings to me and cares what I have to say
He says &#8220;Baby, I love you, baby, I need you. Never gonna let you go&#8221;
Writes me love notes, takes me shopping and ...


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If you can&#8217;t be bothered watching the video, at least the lyrics.</p>
<p>Got a man, call him my boyfriend, think I&#8217;ve fallen in love<br />
The only man that gives me the things that I am worthy of<br />
Hugs me and holds me, kisses me softly, calls me back right away<br />
He communicates his feelings to me and cares what I have to say<br />
He says <em>&#8220;Baby, I love you, baby, I need you. Never gonna let you go&#8221;</em></p>
<p>Writes me love notes, takes me shopping and to Broadway shows<br />
Talk to him like he is a girlfriend, slumber party every night<br />
I&#8217;ve never felt so happy before, he&#8217;s almost Mr. Right<br />
But I think he&#8217;s hot and I think he&#8217;s sweet<br />
And I think he&#8217;s gay and I think he&#8217;s neat<br />
Okay, okay, so my boyfriend&#8217;s gay<br />
But what does it matter anyway?<br />
He hasn&#8217;t come out of the closet yet<br />
&#8216;Til then, I&#8217;ll take all that I can get</p>
<p><strong>If he doesn&#8217;t think I know<br />
But I know, I know, I&#8217;ve always known<br />
If he doesn&#8217;t think it shows<br />
But it shows, for sure, it&#8217;s always shown<br />
You might think it&#8217;s a little sad<br />
But he&#8217;s the best lover that I&#8217;ve ever had</strong></p>
<p>At night, when we&#8217;re lying in bed<br />
He&#8217;s not hard, it&#8217;s okay, &#8217;cause he gives me head<br />
Like my mom always says<br />
&#8220;It takes more than a pound to be good in bed&#8221;<br />
You don&#8217;t know the meaning of &#8220;rock your world&#8221;<br />
&#8216;Til you&#8217;ve been with a guy who thinks like a girl</p>
<p>He lies and says he&#8217;s on meds, that&#8217;s why he&#8217;s never stiff<br />
When I ask if he&#8217;s not into me, he always says, &#8220;As if!&#8221;<br />
But the way he makes up for his shortcomings just could not be finer<br />
&#8216;Cause my new best friend is﻿ his tongue and his is my vagina<br />
He reappears from under the covers, looking like he&#8217;s been to war<br />
Breaks a sweat, catches his breath, and comes down back for more<br />
After that, he&#8217;s never tired, he just want to talk<br />
And cuddles me until I sleep, then takes his dog for a walk</p>
<p>Someday he&#8217;ll come out and I&#8217;ll be happy for him when he does<br />
And I know I&#8217;ll be sad and thinking of what was<br />
Someday this fairytale will come to an end<br />
&#8216;Cause his fairy tail will find a like-minded friend</p>
<p><strong>If he doesn&#8217;t think I know<br />
But I know, I know, I&#8217;ve always known<br />
If he doesn&#8217;t think it shows<br />
But it shows, for sure, it&#8217;s always shown<br />
You don&#8217;t need no penetration<br />
When you got a good dose of overcompensation</strong></p>
<p><em>At night, when we&#8217;re lying in bed<br />
He&#8217;s not hard, it&#8217;s okay, &#8217;cause he gives me head<br />
Like my mom always says<br />
&#8220;It takes more than a pound to be good in bed&#8221;</em><br />
You don&#8217;t know the meaning of slot machine<br />
&#8216;Til you&#8217;ve been with a king who thinks like a queen</p>
<p>I know it&#8217;s not forever, but that&#8217;s okay<br />
&#8216;Cause I&#8217;m his girlfriend, and he&#8217;s my gay (cha cha cha)	</p>


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		<title>Thanks Dooce</title>
		<link>http://taciturnly.com/2010/03/thanks-dooce</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:43:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>elle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not only is Dooce.com a great blog to read, but it taught me a great lesson. Do not blog about work, or work mates. Though I kind of ignored that for my last blog, but that was much more about my aspirations, and if  I could achieve that at my work place. I have refrained from telling many amusing stories about my co-workers, because you know I don&#8217;t want to lose my job. However, this means a lot of my &#8220;interesting&#8221; life is off limits ...


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Not only is <a href="http://dooce.com" target="_blank">Dooce.com</a> a great blog to read, but it taught me a great lesson. Do not blog about work, or work mates. Though I kind of ignored that for my last blog, but that was much more about my aspirations, and if  I could achieve that at my work place. I have refrained from telling many amusing stories about my co-workers, because you know I don&#8217;t want to lose my job. However, this means a lot of my &#8220;interesting&#8221; life is off limits to my blog!</p>
<p>So instead I’ll leave you with this photo of Paul Anka being interesting and shaking paws.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/radiostarxelle/4275846313/" title="IMG_0062 by radiostarxelle, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4029/4275846313_db23c1f99a.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="IMG_0062" /></a></p>


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		<title>Gimme links.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 06:56:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>elle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some where in my time away from the blogging world, I lost all the blogs I like to read.
Everyone step up and nominate their favourite personal blogs.
List so far:
Brandi @ thebrandishow.com
Britney @ enchanted21.wordpress.com
Dan @ sobitchin.org
Monnie @ vanillasilence.com
James @ zombieskittles.com
Carolyn @ icnh.blogspot.com
Kinmun @ mrbrown.com
Mari @ supermaw.com


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Some where in my time away from the blogging world, I lost all the blogs I like to read.</p>
<p>Everyone step up and nominate their favourite personal blogs.</p>
<p><strong>List so far:</strong></p>
<p>Brandi @ thebrandishow.com<br />
Britney @ enchanted21.wordpress.com<br />
Dan @ sobitchin.org<br />
Monnie @ vanillasilence.com<br />
James @ zombieskittles.com<br />
Carolyn @ icnh.blogspot.com<br />
Kinmun @ mrbrown.com<br />
Mari @ supermaw.com</p>


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		<title>Trying something new.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:15:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>elle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have started my luck on writing some articles online. I&#8217;ve started with Bukisa, as they are one of the only ones I could find who were happy to pay people outside the USA. I have only written one article so far, and do think I will need to write a few before I can see a payment of anything worthwhile.
My first article is Teaching your dog to shake paws. Three simple steps, try it and let me know if it ...


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have started my luck on writing some articles online. I&#8217;ve started with <a href="http://www.bukisa.com/join/33811" target="_blank">Bukisa</a>, as they are one of the only ones I could find who were happy to pay people outside the USA. I have only written one article so far, and do think I will need to write a few before I can see a payment of anything worthwhile.</p>
<p>My first article is <a href="http://www.bukisa.com/articles/176608_three-steps-to-teach-your-dog-to-shake-paws" target="_blank">Teaching your dog to shake paws</a>. Three simple steps, try it and let me know if it worked for you. I found it really easy, but I&#8217;m not sure if it was &#8220;smart&#8221; dog, or pure luck.</p>
<p>I was looking to try to be accepted with <a href="http://www.demandstudios.com/" target="_blank">Demand Studios</a>. Unfortunately they do not accept any one from outside USA, but I was told they are looking to extend to outside just the USA, which I really hope is true.</p>
<p>I am utterly disappointed at the moment of businesses who had not made something as easily universal as freelance writing globally available. I don&#8217;t know it was about Tax or something, but still very disappointing.  Also, since paid blogging is very focussed on American bloggers as well. Some love for the Aussie, please.</p>
<p>I must apologise for the lack of blog posts. I do have three or four in the works, all in my draft section. I promise they will be up soon, trying out a new opportunity, plus second lot of Uni assigments means I&#8217;ve been a bit slack.</p>


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		<title>making friends online</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:23:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>elle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have never been particularly quiet online, for some background read this post. At the moment I&#8217;m really only active at on Taciturnly and on Twitter. I&#8217;m on most social sites, and members of a number of forums, and while I may stalk them all regularly I don&#8217;t post that much.
When I was more loudly active online, I made so many friends. Many of them knew me better than my real life friends and family. I was more open with ...


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have never been particularly quiet online, for some background read <a href="../2009/06/i-got-a-little-public" target="_blank">this post.</a> At the moment I&#8217;m really only active at on Taciturnly and on Twitter. I&#8217;m on most social sites, and members of a number of forums, and while I may stalk them all regularly I don&#8217;t post that much.</p>
<p>When I was more loudly active online, I made so many friends. Many of them knew me better than my real life friends and family. I was more open with them, I could openly speak about how I felt when I couldn&#8217;t offline. Many of these friends continued being active, and I lost contact with them. A few of them, mainly the ones I always considered the closest still stay in contact with me. We might not talk as much as we did, but I know if I say hi in MSN they&#8217;ll be there to have a chat with me, about silly things or serious issues.</p>
<p>The thing that surprises me about that is it&#8217;s similar to my offline best friends, though I don&#8217;t always have constant contact with them, when we do, it&#8217;s like old times, it isn&#8217;t uncomfortable or weird, it&#8217;s just normal. The similarity between these old but true offline friends and the old but true online friends reminds me that online friends can really be &#8220;real&#8221; friends. I guess I got told as a kid there is a difference between online friends, and they can&#8217;t be considered real friends. As time goes on and the time I&#8217;ve had some of my online friends continues to grow I realise it isn&#8217;t so different for me. With online friends, I&#8217;m myself quickly, and I&#8217;m the real me. If they like that, they probably know me better than any offline friend I spend the same amount of time with as I don&#8217;t act myself around them.</p>
<p>The reason I started this post was in the recent contact I&#8217;ve had with some of my oldest online friends, back in my &#8220;Blue Heelers&#8221; days, I had many great friends, many of them have slowly disappeared as the show ended, as we changed directions in life and as we just grew apart. Twitter has rekindled some of those friendships (Rissy-Moo, aka <a href="http://twitter.com/brindabella24">Riss</a>, the sweet <a href="http://twitter.com/breeannelove">Bree</a>, and my beautiful <a href="http://twitter.com/ikeaqueen">Jackie</a>)</p>
<p>And then, one of the people I consider one of my best friends, Vicky. After me bugging she joined <a href="http://twitter.com/starsapart">Twitter</a> and then bugged her to restart her <a href="http://starsapart.com">blog</a>. It&#8217;s great being able to read about her life even when we don&#8217;t talk. </p>
<p>Though my blog and Twitter I&#8217;ve made some new friends, none are at the standard I consider the above friends, but it&#8217;s slowly getting there. Like offline friends, online friends take time to build up too. I&#8217;ve know the girls I&#8217;ve mentioned for around five years, they&#8217;ve seen me finish year 12, enter uni, break up with boyfriends and gain new ones. They&#8217;ve helped shape who I am online and offline, and I consider them such true friends.</p>
<p>Does everyone else view their online friends with such high regard? Do you consider them as true as offline friends?</p>


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		<title>What to do when you&#8217;re boring?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 06:52:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>elle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All the blogs I read, the writers have exciting lives, kids, cool jobs, mean neighbours, crazy in-laws, etc. I however, get up, work and study, come home avoid housework, cuddle with my puppy and boyfriend and then go to bed. One weekend a fortnight we have our three year old around, the other weekend we spend time chilling out at home. We don’t speak to our neighbours. I don’t have a cool job; the boy has a pretty cool one. ...


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>All the blogs I read, the writers have exciting lives, kids, cool jobs, mean neighbours, crazy in-laws, etc. I however, get up, work and study, come home avoid housework, cuddle with my puppy and boyfriend and then go to bed. One weekend a fortnight we have our three year old around, the other weekend we spend time chilling out at home. We don’t speak to our neighbours. I don’t have a cool job; the boy has a pretty cool one. I don’t have in-laws and the ones I may have in a few years aren’t crazy.<br />
You know? I’m fairly boring. If I was to write about my day to day life I’d have no readers. I tend to write a few stories about my day to day life; mainly it’s about past events or my relationships with my new little family. Unfortunately, I’m running out of past events. Those I have left I should really clear with those it also affected before I write about it, and I don’t like talking to people about them.</p>
<p>I like my life is quiet and boring, but it doesn’t make for a great blog. Why do I write it then? I like it, it’s fun to write, and maintain the blog, as well I love watching the metrics and trying to get the most hits in a day. (My top day so far was 369 unique visits.) I also love it, because I’m actually being more truthful with myself, and with the boy. However, I am having trouble on deciding what I should write. Even though I spend most my time at work, and where the most lols happen, it’s a nono to talk about work online. I babble about my puppy enough, and I’m sure you don’t wanna know what I did site by site online every night.</p>
<p>For those bloggers who don’t have a ‘niche blog’ and it is a personal blog, what do you write about to keep it interesting? Do you go into the little things you did that day, and if you do, how do you make it fun reading? Or do you just have a busy, fun-packed life?<br />
If not and you’re like me, where do you get your inspiration from? </p>
<p>And lastly, do you have any particular topics you’d like to see me tackle? I’d love the challenge and the ideas.</p>


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		<title>got a bit distracted</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:33:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>elle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[University started back on Monday, I&#8217;ve only just opened myuni website, to discover I got kicked out of a subject! Apparently I had not undertaken enough courses, as I am doing it part-time and have just one subject left of my second year (which I&#8217;m undertaking this semester.) Augh! This beginning of semester could not have gone worse! Library fines, not finding out results, getting kicked out of subjects. Anyway, I hope everything is ready and set to go for ...


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>University started back on Monday, I&#8217;ve only just opened myuni website, to discover I got kicked out of a subject! Apparently I had not undertaken enough courses, as I am doing it part-time and have just one subject left of my second year (which I&#8217;m undertaking this semester.) Augh! This beginning of semester could not have gone worse! Library fines, not finding out results, getting kicked out of subjects. Anyway, I hope everything is ready and set to go for the semester.<br />
I&#8217;m doing &#8216;International Marketing&#8217;, &#8216;Brand Management&#8217; and &#8216;Occupational Health and Safety Management&#8217;. I&#8217;m really looking forward to brand management, I hope it is quite hands on, and instructional.<br />
I have a habit of leaving studying to the last half of the semester and I&#8217;m realising entering into third year subjects I just can&#8217;t do that this semester. I&#8217;m ready to try and get organise (and ask for some time off from work if I need it).</p>
<p>A few weeks ago I mentioned my bad weeks. It seemed have faded for about a week. It seems to be back. I&#8217;m not even sure if it went away and is coming back, or if it just faded for a while I had a few good days and hasn&#8217;t gone away. I tend to either get sick and ignore everything and fail, or ignore life and do okay in university. How am I supposed to know which one is the way to go? This is all a bit too real for me right now, so I&#8217;m going to leave it there, and maybe right a bit more when it starts to make more sense to me.</p>
<p>I got a little distracted from Taciturnly, as I was trying to get my new site up and running. It is now! It is a review site! And awaiting some vivid readers with some outrageous (and normal) opinions.</p>
<h1><a href="http://doikeepit.com" target="_blank">Do I Keep It?</a></h1>
<p><a href="http://nunnone.com">Josh Nunn</a> just did a guest review for the site (and also came up with the name of the site)! Would love if any one else would like to do that as well! It&#8217;s nice to have a range of products from a range of people, especially as it&#8217;s just getting off the ground.</p>


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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:50:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>elle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[11. Look At This F***ing Hipster.

Welcome to part two. A new site I&#8217;ve found. Odd. Scary. Chuckle worthy. Please don&#8217;t let my kids be like that.
12. This Is Why You&#8217;re Fat. .

Ah yes, this is why you&#8217;re fat. I love this photo because the dog is so tempted, and it looks so disgusting. The photos do get worse.
13. &#8220;The Blog of &#8220;Unnecessary&#8221; Quotations Marks&#8221; .

Pictures describes it all.

14. Texts From Last Night.
(217): How many times do you have to sleep ...


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2><a href="http://www.latfh.com" target="_blank">11. Look At This F***ing Hipster.</a></h2>
<p style="text-align: left;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://6.media.tumblr.com/37jsqloFro7r4cy7fN2mD4lRo1_500.jpg" alt="Look At This F***ing Hipster" /><br />
Welcome to part two. A new site I&#8217;ve found. Odd. Scary. Chuckle worthy. Please don&#8217;t let my kids be like that.</p>
<h2><a href="http://thisiswhyyourefat.com/" target="_blank">12. This Is Why You&#8217;re Fat. .</a></h2>
<p style="text-align: left;"><a title="thisiswhyyourefat" href="http://thisiswhyyourefat.com" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://thisiswhyyourefat.com/photo/1280/124652097/1/i2dw5nf19kpxc3rst7fmgc2A" alt="This Is Why You're Fat" width="569" height="426" /></a><br />
Ah yes, this is why you&#8217;re fat. I love this photo because the dog is so tempted, and it looks so disgusting. The photos do get worse.</p>
<h2><a href="http://www.unnecessaryquotes.com/" target="_blank">13. &#8220;The Blog of &#8220;Unnecessary&#8221; Quotations Marks&#8221; .</a></h2>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.unnecessaryquotes.com/"><img class="aligncenter" title="The " src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-dk1axrNmqU/SmI11xQlFDI/AAAAAAAAIFw/rWfi-O7gJbI/s400/great.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="300" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Pictures describes it all.<br />
<a href="http://www.unnecessaryquotes.com/"><img class="aligncenter" title="The " src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-dk1axrNmqU/Sl9CtWJ9BGI/AAAAAAAAIDw/SI5-M0Q6bGg/s400/clean+ice.JPG" alt="" width="400" height="300" /></a></p>
<h2><a href="http://www.textsfromlastnight.com/" target="_blank">14. Texts From Last Night.</a></h2>
<blockquote><p>(217): How many times do you have to sleep with a guy before you get him to kiss you???</p></blockquote>
<p>I think you&#8217;re doing it wrong&#8230;</p>
<blockquote><p>(314): So I went on a date with this girl&#8230;and whos our waitress? My girlfriend got a second job she didn&#8217;t tell me about to afford my bday present.</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p>(323): You got in a fight last night?<br />
(81<img src="http://taciturnly.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-smiley-switcher/noktahhitam/icon_cool.gif" alt="" />: Yeah! Some dude in the bathroom&#8230;he was standing there and I notice he&#8217;s got the same shirt as me on so I&#8217;m like&#8230;dude you should have called me, we look like idiots&#8230;he didn&#8217;t say anything&#8230;so i got pissed and hit him&#8230;completely decimated and my hand was all bloody and covered with glass afterward&#8230;weird dude, never saw him again that night or since.<br />
(323): Um&#8230;Did this guy happen to look almost exactly like you?</p></blockquote>
<h2><a href="http://www.fmylife.com/" target="_blank">15. F*** My Life.</a></h2>
<blockquote><p>Today, I received my passport in the mail. They got my birthdate wrong. Then I picked up my birth certificate that I had sent in with the application. Turns out my parents have been celebrating my birthday on the wrong day for 16 years. FML</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p>Today, my husband dropped me off at work, ten minutes later I got a text saying&#8221; I just dropped the b*tch off I&#8217;ll be there in a few baby, miss you&#8221;. I asked him about it he said he &#8220;I dont know what youre talking about Megan&#8221;. My name isnt Megan, not even close. FML</p></blockquote>
<p>This site I end up reading every new entry to the boy. Why? Each one is more embarrassing, horrifying and horrendous than the last.</p>
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<h2><a href="http://truuconfessions.com/" target="_blank">16. TruuConfessions.</a></h2>
<blockquote><p>My reasons for volunteering tomorrow: 25% do-goodery, 75% looking for a potential boyfriend.</p></blockquote>
<p>So there is <a href="http://www.truuconfessions.com/channels/Mom">mom</a>, <a href="http://www.truuconfessions.com/channels/bride">bride</a>, <a href="http://www.truuconfessions.com/channels/wife">wife</a>, <a href="http://www.truuconfessions.com/channels/single">single</a>, <a href="http://www.truuconfessions.com/channels/office">office</a>, <a href="http://www.truuconfessions.com/channels/body">body</a> and <a href="http://www.truuconfessions.com/channels/Military Wives">military wives</a></p>
<blockquote><p>I was so stupid to let my 12yr old daughter make cookies for someone who wanted me to make them for her. She swore up and down she would follow the directions. Guess what! She didnt. So now im stuck with having to buy all the ingredients my friend bought and needed with the last 10.00 I have that is suppose to last me for another freaking week!! She is usually great when it comes to stuff like this. What made her think she didnt have to read directions??</p></blockquote>
<p>Something that simple? Got <a href="http://www.truuconfessions.com/channels/Mom/confession/465796">this</a> kinda drama, go on hit comments you know you want to. So much fun. It used to be better, they redid it all and it got less drama filled and less angst. But still pretty good.</p>
<h2><a href="http://www.apostropheabuse.com/" target="_blank">17. Apostrophe Abuse .</a></h2>
<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.apostropheabuse.com/"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aR7uIk5VS2Y/Skzm6uExfWI/AAAAAAAAF30/o7X_zs93cPk/s400/photo(2).jpg" alt="" /></a><br />
It&#8217;s kinda of like number 13, it&#8217;s quite similar. Just abuse of another grammar rule.</p>
<h2><a href="http://stfuparents.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">18. STFU, Parents.</a></h2>
<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://stfuparents.tumblr.com/"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://22.media.tumblr.com/PskYYWIJmpp4tl0e65tOjbUio1_500.jpg" alt="" /></a>Seriously, parents sometimes you need to STFU. This site is full of examples, mainly from FB. No I don&#8217;t want to hear about poopy diapers, or toilet training, or breast feeding. And no, I don&#8217;t appreciate being told I can&#8217;t be tired as you because I don&#8217;t have children.</p>
<h2><a href="http://www.sexypeople-blog.com/" target="_blank">19. Sexy People.</a></h2>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.sexypeople-blog.com/"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hlrAC_92oBA/SlJpHgkM0-I/AAAAAAAACUg/gLB-UQZpfu8/s400/PIKA1.jpg" alt="" /></a><br />
I love that most of these photos are sent in by the people in the photos. The thing I&#8217;ve only just noticed is that you can search by year, location, styling, hairdo, and backdrops!</p>
<h2><a href="http://www.photocliches.com/" target="_blank">20. Photo Cliches.</a></h2>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.photocliches.com/"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://i499.photobucket.com/albums/rr352/photocliches/n712141799_442525_5597.jpg" alt="" /></a></p>
<p>This site has eight catergories that every picture fits into, See No Evil, Statue Groping, Lynndie England, I&#8217;m King of the World, Jaws at Universal, False Phallus, Snorting Coca Cola, and Karate Kid Pose. And yes I&#8217;m sure most of you have done several of those poses!</p>


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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:15:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>elle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some of my favourite websites are those of complied images, funny stories or confessions. I find them read through as many posts as I can, and then I go back to them a few days, and totally forgot they exist. I made a list for myself, and to share with you guys. I think I will have about thirty, so this is part one. The first ten.
1. Oh Crap. My Parents Joined Facebook.

&#8220;So, you finally caved. You&#8217;ve accepted a friend ...


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Some of my favourite websites are those of complied images, funny stories or confessions. I find them read through as many posts as I can, and then I go back to them a few days, and totally forgot they exist. I made a list for myself, and to share with you guys. I think I will have about thirty, so this is part one. The first ten.</p>
<h2><a title="Oh Crap. My Parents Joined Facebook." href="http://myparentsjoinedfacebook.com/" target="_blank">1. Oh Crap. My Parents Joined Facebook.</a></h2>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://myparentsjoinedfacebook.com"><img title="Oh Crap. My Parens Joined Facebook" src="http://20.media.tumblr.com/dsh17zAnEpkz3g5ajp8M6GYDo1_500.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="220" /></a></p>
<p>&#8220;So, you finally caved. You&#8217;ve accepted a friend request from your Mom, Dad, crazy Aunt Ida, and your college roommate’s newly divorced mother. Well here&#8217;s your chance to get back at them for taking away your public privacy.&#8221; Basically a site full of screen caps of Facebook conversations between parents and childrens. Classic.</p>
<h2><a title="PostSecret" href="http://postsecret.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">2. Post Secret</a></h2>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://postsecret.blogspot.com/"><img title="Post Secret" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_a7jkcMVp5Vg/SllE2seew1I/AAAAAAAAJVg/ps72SSEJBuI/s400/tomorrow.jpg" alt="" width="285" height="400" /></a></p>
<p>I&#8217;m sure a lot of people have crossed this site in their journey. It mixes snail mail with the anonymity of the Internet, and the global reach. People send their secrets on one side of a homemade postcard, to Frank Warren, and he selects the best. Every Sunday it is updated, and you can&#8217;t see the archived PSs, talk about making sure you visit a site every week! the site is just about to release its&#8217; fifth book.</p>
<h2><a href="http://www.parentsbehavingbadly.com/" target="_blank">3. Parents Behaving Badly</a></h2>
<blockquote><p>39 year old Yolanda Guadalupe Perez of La Quinta, California was arrested in the scalding death of her daughter, 3-year-old Delilah Urrutia. Perez originally claimed that the girl knocked over a pot of boiling water on herself. However it was later determined that Perez never sought medical treatment for her daughter and sent her to her room for ‘misbehaving’</p></blockquote>
<p>This site is not at all funny, it&#8217;s mortifying. It&#8217;s a site with stories like the above one, with parents who are behaving, well badly to the extreme.<br />
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<h2><a href="http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com" target="_blank">4. CakeWrecks</a></h2>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com"><img class="alignnone" title="Cake Wrecks" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wGr8njEWjtI/SDMrAzHrKgI/AAAAAAAAAB4/P7yj6hOcHFo/s400/walmart.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="300" /></a></p>
<p>Who knew looking at bad cakes would be so addicting? &#8220;A Cake Wreck is any cake that is unintentionally sad, silly, creepy, inappropriate &#8211; you name it. A Wreck is not necessarily a poorly-made cake; it&#8217;s simply one I find funny, for any of a number of reasons.&#8221; They are mispelt words, fugly colors, creepy characters, sloppy cakes. I think my favourite thing is that the posts are themed, who knew so many cake decorators could screw up one thing!</p>
<h2><a href="http://scanwiches.com/" target="_blank">5. Scanwiches</a></h2>
<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://scanwiches.com/" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter" title="Scanwiches" src="http://21.media.tumblr.com/1o2NBqhAYnn1r75oT5bzW8ugo1_400.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="248" /></a><br />
Pretty much a site of scanned sandwiches. It&#8217;s awesome.</p>
<h2><a href="http://happiestpeopleever.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">6. Happiest People Ever!</a></h2>
<p><a href="http://happiestpeopleever.tumblr.com/" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter" title="Happiest People Ever" src="http://12.media.tumblr.com/evs1NR2NGpx8bvvinX0BoK1Jo1_500.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="689" /></a>&#8220;That&#8217;s what happens when photographers forget to tell people to say &#8220;cheeeeeeese&#8221;.&#8221; Grumpy kids, drunk emos, myspace angles and random people caught in the background.</p>
<h2><a href="http://" target="_blank">7. Postcards From Yo Mama.</a></h2>
<blockquote><p>Mom: Hey, can you get me some more Marshall Tucker Band music off your Lemon Line?<br />
Me: It’s called limewire, mom.<br />
Mom: Whatever. I just know it’s citrusy and provides free music.<br />
Me: Well, technically it’s not free, its illegal.<br />
Mom: There you go again, ruining all my fun.</p></blockquote>
<p>The embarrassing, lame, cringe worthy interactions between their mothers and kids. I&#8217;ve only just found this, it is definitely is getting me hooked.</p>
<h2><a href="http://awkwardfamilyphotos.com" target="_blank">8. Awkward Family Photos</a></h2>
<p><a href="http://awkwardfamilyphotos.com"><img class="aligncenter" title="Awkward Family Photos" src="http://awkwardfamilyphotos.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/trevin-n19226498_37774705_2328.jpg" alt="" width="403" height="604" /></a><br />
Most of these photos are 80/90s photos, but just flipping awesome. Why would you ever pose like that?</p>
<h2><a href="http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com" target="_blank">9. Passive-Aggressive-Notes</a></h2>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com"><img class="aligncenter" title="Passive-Aggressive-Notes" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2128/3541358919_c850ff12d0.jpg?v=1242637534" alt="" width="500" height="375" /></a></p>
<p>&#8220;&#8230;some of the notes found here aren’t really passive-aggressive even by our generous standards. some of these notes are really more aggressive in tone, and some of them are more passive — polite, even — but they all share a common sense of frustration that’s been channeled into written form rather than a direct confrontation.&#8221; This is one of the first I started watching, it&#8217;s so very funny. However, I&#8217;m so sad I never see those kind of notes in real life. </p>
<h2><a href="http://whythefuckdoyouhaveakid.com" target="_blank">10. Why The F*** Do You Have A Kid?</a></h2>
<p><a href="http://whythefuckdoyouhaveakid.com"><img alt="" src="http://whythefuckdoyouhaveakid.com/photo/1280/98142688/1/O5dig2ziemat5r950RRfv8gh" title="Why The F*** Do You Have A Kid?" class="aligncenter" width="500" height="335" /></a>I&#8217;ve shared this on my twitter multiple times, it&#8217;s just too awesome to keep quiet. Granted <strong>most</strong> of this photos are of young parents, and I respect those who do a good job. However, the people on this site, take the cake.</p>


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		<description><![CDATA[I really hate being someone who spends so much time online and yet has nothing to show for it! I have basic skills in HTML, CSS, Ruby, and PS, but I have no real talent in any of it. When I attempt to learn, I get so frustrated I don&#8217;t know it all straight away I give up, or I learn for a while and realise I have no need for I&#8217;m learning. Funnily enough, I&#8217;m like this in real ...


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I really hate being someone who spends so much time online and yet has nothing to show for it! I have basic skills in HTML, CSS, Ruby, and PS, but I have no real talent in any of it. When I attempt to learn, I get so frustrated I don&#8217;t know it all straight away I give up, or I learn for a while and realise I have no need for I&#8217;m learning. Funnily enough, I&#8217;m like this in real life also. I can play the clarinet, can knit, draw, sew, and scrapbook, but not great at one of them. I was like this as a child also, I did gymnastics, ten pin bowling, netball, trampolining, and belly dancing. Apart from gymnastics, which I was quite good at. I was average at all of those as well. I&#8217;ve also played Piano, Cello, Violin, Clarinet and Bass, apart from Clarinet I gave up playing them, because I couldn&#8217;t get where I wanted to in the speed I wanted to. I think that&#8217;s all my stuff ups to date. I wish I&#8217;d stuck to one thing in all my life, that would actually leave me with a single talent.</p>
<p>I have stuck with photography, I have a lovely Nikon D40, which I do love. But I still don&#8217;t go out and take photos often enough. So I don&#8217;t improve very much.</p>
<p>I realise this often and get annoyed and want to learn something again. This time, I think I wanna attempt to learn some more photoshop. I know basics, which I actually learnt on Paint Shop Pro, back in the day. I&#8217;d really like to keep learning, two weeks of Uni to get back into it. If any one has any great links to sites/articles/helpful hints they could leave me, that would be pure love! Anything that have helped you learn, or taught you something you didn&#8217;t know? It&#8217;s very general, but I don&#8217;t know much, so anything is appreciated.</p>


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