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		<title>The Best Revenge</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:02:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Moneypenny</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The best revenge is living well.
I&#8217;ve tried to live by this for a long time. Initially, it was revenge for revenge&#8217;s sake and living my life fully for them, just so I could prove how awesome my life was without them. The more I got into the idea, it slowly changed to solely focusing about [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=varietyisthespice.wordpress.com&blog=2511886&post=365&subd=varietyisthespice&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Search for What?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:48:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my favorite aunts is about to undergo chemotherapy for ovarian cancer. Because I&#8217;m halfway across the world, there&#8217;s little I can do but send emails or occasionally catch her on Skype. Since I was a little, my Aunt Rita (the youngest of four on my mother&#8217;s side) has been the &#8220;wild&#8221; independent one. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=varietyisthespice.wordpress.com&blog=2511886&post=363&subd=varietyisthespice&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Before Your Time</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:36:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Slow down, you crazy child
you&#8217;re so ambitious for a juvenile
But then if you&#8217;re so smart, tell me
Why are you still so afraid?
Oh, Kilimanjaro. How I both love and hate you. You challenged me in ways I never thought possible. You pushed every ounce of energy, emotion and life out of me and every time I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=varietyisthespice.wordpress.com&blog=2511886&post=353&subd=varietyisthespice&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hakuna Matata</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:10:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year while Greek island hopping, I swore the crystal clear waters and mountains and beaches were probably the most beautiful thing I&#8217;ve ever seen or would see. The rich blues of Greece were the epitome of beauty, peace and happiness.
Then I went to Africa and was introduced to an entire new view of breathtaking. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=varietyisthespice.wordpress.com&blog=2511886&post=320&subd=varietyisthespice&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pole Pole</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 02:38:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Moneypenny</dc:creator>
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Against all odds, I made it.
Okay, I made it most of the way; my body just refused the last 4 hours. Of course, I&#8217;m devastated, but this was out of my control, so there is nothing to do but be proud of how far I got. No one (and I mean NO ONE) believed I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=varietyisthespice.wordpress.com&blog=2511886&post=315&subd=varietyisthespice&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Courage</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:16:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Moneypenny</dc:creator>
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So I did it. I put my feelings out there for him just as a FYI so he would know. I told him and it went exactly how I thought it would. My own intuition scares me sometimes. It&#8217;s funny, isn&#8217;t it? In the beginning, I figured this would happen. For a fleeting moment, I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=varietyisthespice.wordpress.com&blog=2511886&post=311&subd=varietyisthespice&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:25:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Moneypenny</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I hit my year anniversary in Austin last week. A year ago, I got into a ridiculously bad car accident on my first weekend here, which also happened to be my ex-bf&#8217;s birthday. This year, it was lingering in the back of my mind, but faded quickly as I laughed and screamed through the Coney [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=varietyisthespice.wordpress.com&blog=2511886&post=308&subd=varietyisthespice&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:15:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Moneypenny</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I may have lost my mind.
I&#8217;m going to NYC for Labor Day. This isn&#8217;t the smartest move, but the adventure carpe diem part of my heart is yelling at me, so I went ahead and did it. I&#8217;m worried, scared and excited to see old friends, but mostly to see Pen. Truthfully, he&#8217;s been so [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=varietyisthespice.wordpress.com&blog=2511886&post=304&subd=varietyisthespice&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>This Is Not a Love Story</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 06:05:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Moneypenny</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[He&#8217;s finally engaged.

I have a variety of emotions thrown at me when I find out. Part of the chaos is from just getting off the phone with Pen (see previous entry; more on this later). Part of me is stunned. I knew it would happen sometime and soon, but it still stung a tiny bit. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=varietyisthespice.wordpress.com&blog=2511886&post=299&subd=varietyisthespice&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>She &amp; Him</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:22:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Moneypenny</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The definition of strange:
Waking up with someone in the same bed and not because he happened to pass out next to you. It&#8217;s unfamiliar to fall asleep in someone&#8217;s arms and wake up back in them, even if there was moving around and separation in the night. It&#8217;s even more startling to be held for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=varietyisthespice.wordpress.com&blog=2511886&post=294&subd=varietyisthespice&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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