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	<title>bret &amp;laquo; WordPress.com Tag Feed</title>
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<title><![CDATA[New Figures In Stock! - 19 July 2008]]></title>
<link>http://tnsa.wordpress.com/?p=45</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:23:38 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>tnsa</dc:creator>
<guid>http://tnsa.wordpress.com/?p=45</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Dear Customers &amp; Readers,
Without wasting much time, below are all the items I have decided to l]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear Customers &#38; Readers,</p>
<p>Without wasting much time, below are all the items I have decided to list for your bids/offer today.</p>
<p align="left"><strong>How do you bid or offer a price for an item?</strong></p>
<p align="left"><strong>Answer:</strong> You can choose <strong>[Option 1] </strong>or<strong> [Option 2]</strong></p>
<p align="left"><strong>[Option 1] </strong></p>
<p align="left">You should sms “<em><strong>TNSA</strong>“ </em>space<em>“<strong>date of item listed</strong>“</em>space<em>“<strong>item number</strong>“</em>space”<strong><em>offer price stating currency</em></strong>“<em> to <strong>81804628</strong>  <strong>(+65</strong> is required by overseas buyers) </em></p>
<p align="left">For Example:<strong> TNSA 13/04/2008 15 USD$20</strong></p>
<p align="left"><strong>*No calls will be entertained</strong></p>
<p align="left"><strong>*First Come First Serve Basis (First with the Accepted Bid Amount Wins)</strong></p>
<p align="left"><strong>*Last Day For Your Offer - 15/08/2008</strong></p>
<p align="left">After you sms to the number, you will need to wait for my reply through sms to you soon, letting you know if your offer price has been accepted, if yes, we will arrange for your collection (designated areas only) or send it to you by post. If your offer price is not accepted, you can counter offer me another price.</p>
<p align="left"><strong>[Option 2] </strong></p>
<p align="left">You can reply or post a comment to my post with <strong>Your Bid Price (Stating Currency) </strong>and your <strong>Email Address</strong> stating the <strong>Item Number</strong> of the item you are bidding on.</p>
<p align="left">For Example:<strong> USD$20 <a href="mailto:abc@hotmail.com">abc@ho<strong>tmail.com</strong> Item 10</a></strong></p>
<p align="left">If your bid is accepted, I will contact you via your <strong>Email Address</strong>.</p>
<p align="left"><strong>*No calls will be entertained</strong></p>
<p align="left"><strong>*First Come First Serve Basis (First with the Accepted Bid Amount Wins)</strong></p>
<p align="left"><strong>*Last Day For Your Offer - 15/08/2008</strong></p>
<p align="left"> </p>
<p align="left"><strong>SO HERE WE GO…</strong></p>
<p align="left"><img src="http://predator-since-1981.com/P180708_21.21.JPG" alt="" /></p>
<p align="left">Item 1: CS14 Honky Tonk Man</p>
<p align="left"><img src="http://predator-since-1981.com/P180708_21.31.JPG" alt="" /></p>
<p align="left">Item 2: CS 18 JR</p>
<p align="left"><img src="http://predator-since-1981.com/P180708_21.32.JPG" alt="" /></p>
<p align="left">Item 3: CS 18 Kane</p>
<p align="left"><img src="http://predator-since-1981.com/P180708_21.32[01].JPG" alt="" /></p>
<p align="left">Item 4: CS13 Al Snow</p>
<p align="left"><img src="http://predator-since-1981.com/P180708_22.03.JPG" alt="" /></p>
<p align="left">Item 5: RA 28 Torrie wilson</p>
<p align="left"><img src="http://predator-since-1981.com/P180708_22.03[01].JPG" alt="" /></p>
<p align="left">Item 6: CS 18 Rikishi</p>
<p align="left"><img src="http://predator-since-1981.com/P180708_22.03[02].JPG" alt="" /></p>
<p align="left">Item 7: CS 18 Mabel</p>
<p align="left"><img src="http://predator-since-1981.com/P180708_22.04.JPG" alt="" /></p>
<p align="left">Item 8: CS 18 Mae Young</p>
<p align="left"><img src="http://predator-since-1981.com/P180708_22.04[01].JPG" alt="" /></p>
<p align="left">Item 9: CS18 Val Venis</p>
<p align="left"><img src="http://predator-since-1981.com/P180708_22.05.JPG" alt="" /></p>
<p align="left">Item 10: CS 18 Ric Flair</p>
<p align="left"><img src="http://predator-since-1981.com/P180708_22.05[01].JPG" alt="" /></p>
<p align="left">Item 11: CS 18 Honky Tonk Man</p>
<p align="left"><img src="http://predator-since-1981.com/P180708_22.05[02].JPG" alt="" /></p>
<p align="left">Item 12: CS 18 Stone Cold</p>
<p align="left"><img src="http://predator-since-1981.com/P180708_22.06.JPG" alt="" /></p>
<p align="left">Item 13: RA31 Batista</p>
<p align="left"><img src="http://predator-since-1981.com/P190708_01.32.JPG" alt="" /></p>
<p align="left">Item 14: CSDA 3 Lex Luger</p>
<p align="left"><img src="http://predator-since-1981.com/P190708_01.33.JPG" alt="" /></p>
<p align="left">Item 15: CSDA 4 Barber Beefcake</p>
<p align="left"><strong><img src="http://f3c.yahoofs.com/auc/000265079027/tnsa_1981-img450x600-img_0052.jpg?auAmqsLBrLq6Iuwj" alt="" /></strong></p>
<p align="left">Item 16: CS 16 Psycho Sid</p>
<p align="left"><img src="http://f3c.yahoofs.com/auc/000271273360/tnsa_1981-img450x600-img_0030.jpg?auAmqsLBo78MhqAe" alt="" /></p>
<p align="left">Item 17: CS 5 Barber Beefcake</p>
<p align="left"><img src="http://f3c.yahoofs.com/auc/000271273360/tnsa_1981-img450x600-img_0031.jpg?auAmqsLBlfM7dC.2" alt="" /></p>
<p align="left">Item 18: CSDA 2 British Bulldog</p>
<p align="left"><img src="http://f3c.yahoofs.com/auc/000271273360/tnsa_1981-img450x600-img_0058.jpg?auAmqsLBBV4m7A7w" alt="" width="450" height="600" /></p>
<p align="left">Item 19: CSDA 4 Honky Tonk Man</p>
<p align="left"><img src="http://f3c.yahoofs.com/auc/000258913388/tnsa_1981-img450x600-img_0013.jpg?auAmqsLBBGwSditL" alt="" /></p>
<p align="left">Item 20: CSDA 2 Shawn Michaels</p>
<p align="left"><img src="http://f3c.yahoofs.com/auc/000258913389/tnsa_1981-img450x600-img_0014.jpg?auAmqsLBxVcblH4d" alt="" /></p>
<p align="left">Item 21: CSDA 3 Jake The Snake Roberts</p>
<p align="left"><img src="http://f3c.yahoofs.com/auc/000271273360/tnsa_1981-img450x600-img_0066.jpg?auAmqsLBb0saxHlu" alt="" width="450" height="600" /></p>
<p align="left">Item 22: CS 9 Kamala</p>
<p align="left"><img src="http://f3c.yahoofs.com/auc/000265079027/tnsa_1981-img450x600-img_0054.jpg?auAmqsLBsK8WEZ5p" alt="" /></p>
<p align="left">Item 23: CS 16 X-pac </p>
<p><img src="http://f3c.yahoofs.com/auc/000265079027/tnsa_1981-img450x600-img_0051.jpg?auAmqsLBDbx2whb3" alt="" /></p>
<p>Item 24: CS 16 Vince Mcmahon</p>
<p align="left"><img src="http://f3c.yahoofs.com/auc/000265079027/tnsa_1981-img450x600-img_0055.jpg?auAmqsLBnJrEgqot" alt="" /></p>
<p align="left">Item 25: CS 16 Ultimate Warrior</p>
<p align="left"><img src="http://f3c.yahoofs.com/auc/000265079027/tnsa_1981-img450x600-img_0011.jpg?auAmqsLBdf6GBbOY" alt="" /></p>
<p align="left">Item 26: DA 5 Big Show</p>
<p align="left"><img src="http://f3c.yahoofs.com/auc/000265079027/tnsa_1981-img450x600-img_0027.jpg?auAmqsLB1p4VharP" alt="" /></p>
<p align="left">Item 27: TNA Scott Steiner</p>
<p align="left"><img src="http://f3c.yahoofs.com/auc/000265079027/tnsa_1981-img450x600-img_0028.jpg?auAmqsLB.eSiZygO" alt="" /></p>
<p align="left">Item 28: TNA Scott Steiner varient</p>
<p align="left"><img src="http://predator-since-1981.com/P190708_02.14[01].JPG" alt="" /></p>
<p align="left">Item 29: TNA Sting</p>
<p align="left"><img src="http://f3c.yahoofs.com/auc/000265079027/tnsa_1981-img450x600-img_0004.jpg?auAmqsLBZmi368o9" alt="" /></p>
<p align="left">Item 30: RA19 Kennedy</p>
<p align="left"><img src="http://f3c.yahoofs.com/auc/000265079027/tnsa_1981-img450x600-img_0002.jpg?auAmqsLBbS6RaTuD" alt="" /></p>
<p align="left">Item 31: RA 24 Booker T </p>
<p align="left"><img src="http://f3c.yahoofs.com/auc/000271273360/tnsa_1981-img450x600-img_0027.jpg?auAmqsLBCMFn80Ra" alt="" width="450" height="600" /></p>
<p align="left">Item 32: ToysRus Exclusive Rey Mysterio</p>
<p align="left"><img src="http://f3c.yahoofs.com/auc/000258913385/tnsa_1981-img450x600-img_0065.jpg?auAmqsLBrviOkeeU" alt="" /></p>
<p align="left">Item 33: Smackdown vs. Raw Shawn Michael Watch</p>
<p align="left"><img src="http://f3c.yahoofs.com/auc/000258913389/tnsa_1981-img450x600-img_0063.jpg?auAmqsLBq_2h4uqL" alt="" width="450" height="600" /></p>
<p align="left">Item 34: Smackdown vs. Raw Undertaker Watch</p>
<p align="left"><img src="http://f3c.yahoofs.com/auc/000258913384/tnsa_1981-img450x600-img_0067.jpg?auAmqsLBfkV.53qs" alt="" /></p>
<p align="left">Item 35: Smackdown vs. Raw Hulk Hogan Watch</p>
<p align="left"><img src="http://f3c.yahoofs.com/auc/000258913388/tnsa_1981-img450x600-img_0064.jpg?auAmqsLB3QSXQIa8" alt="" /></p>
<p align="left">Item 36: Smackdown vs. Raw Bret Hart Watch</p>
<p align="left"><strong>HAPPY BIDDING!</strong></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Emmy Nominations Announced]]></title>
<link>http://lerepertoire.wordpress.com/?p=274</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:15:30 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Meg</dc:creator>
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At the peak of my television obsession (high school when I would record and keep episodes of variou]]></description>
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<p>At the peak of my television obsession (high school when I would record and keep episodes of various shows on VHS), I remember when I would wake up at 5 in the morning to watch the live feed on E! of the announcement of the Emmy nominations.  Sadly, time passed and since premium cable never existed in my life and the popularity of TV shows on DVD was still something of the future, watching nominee after nominee from The Sopranos or Six Feet Under didn't mean anything to me.</p>
<p>However, in most recent years, proven with today's nomination list for the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards, major network and basic cable television shows are making their marks as places to find good television.  HBO-style gratuitous sex, bloody murder, and f-bombs are out, cute piemakers are in.  Well, perhaps the sex and murder aren't completely out (re: Cagney of Cagney and Lacey's guest starring role as the obsessed agent/teddy bear maker on Nip/Tuck).</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/features/emmys/2008/emmys">Highlights of This Year's Nominations</a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://cdn.emmys.tv/awards/2008pte/60thpte_noms.php">Complete List of This Year's Nominations</a></p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Since all the nominations for Mad Men and 30 Rock are a given, I'd like to congratulate and highlight some of the surprises:</p>
<p><strong>Lee Pace, Kristen Chenoweth, and Costume Designers Mary Vogt and Stephanie Fox-Kramer for Pushing Daisies</strong> - Ms. Vogt and Fox-Kramer, you two deserve that Emmy.  I have never wanted a television character's wardrobe more than Anna Friel's.</p>
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<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>Amy Poehler for Saturday Night Live</strong> - I don't even remember when someone was ever nominated for an emmy for their cast role on the sketch show</p>
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<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>Sharon Gless on Nip/Tuck</strong> - You scared the beejeezus out of me.</p>
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<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>Christina Applegate for Samantha Who? </strong>- Yay for first season nominees.  You made me actually not hate the guy from 7th Heaven and Jennifer Esposito.</p>
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<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>The nominees for lead actress in a miniseries or movie </strong>- the lineup looks better than the best actress nominees for the Oscars</p>
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<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>And the nominees for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics</strong> - Flight of the Conchords' "The Most Beautiful Girl (in the Room)" and "Inner City Pressure" plus Jimmy Kimmel Live's "I'm Fucking Matt Damon"</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Flight of the Conchords - Inner City Pressure</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">[audio http://www.fileden.com/files/2008/6/20/1967807/02-flight_of_the_conchords-inner_city_pressure.mp3]</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Flight of the Conchords - The Most Beautiful Girl (in the room)</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">[audio http://www.fileden.com/files/2008/6/20/1967807/12-flight_of_the_conchords-the_most_beautiful_girl_%28in_the_room%29.mp3]</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Flight of the Conchords! A fan...]]></title>
<link>http://fablespot.wordpress.com/?p=111</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:44:15 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>tasospap</dc:creator>
<guid>http://fablespot.wordpress.com/?p=111</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Flight of the Conchords is about Bret and Jemaine. They are wannabe musicians have left their native]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_32W12S_aQas/Rzz5wUxOMoI/AAAAAAAAAB0/vrRxd5v--iI/s1600-h/fotc.png"><img style="float:left;cursor:pointer;width:224px;height:181px;margin:0 10px 10px 0;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_32W12S_aQas/Rzz5wUxOMoI/AAAAAAAAAB0/vrRxd5v--iI/s320/fotc.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><span lang="EN-GB">Flight of the Conchords is about Bret and Jemaine. They are wannabe musicians have left their native New Zealand to try to make it big in their adopted home of New York City. They are the New Zealand's "<span style="font-weight:bold;">fourth most popular folk act</span>". Their manager Murray</span><span lang="EN-US"> (<span style="font-style:italic;">he is so brilliant is unbelievable</span>) </span><span lang="EN-GB">whose day job is working at the New   Zealand embassy, which is a small office in a building just next to an all asian masseuse parlor. Of course like any band, they have their fan base, which consists only of Mel. Mel is the #1 fan, an obsessive stalker of the band, who will fill you with mixed feelings. One thing is sure you will get hooked on this series. </span></div>
<p>Check them out! (Search, find, watch, buy)</p>
<p><a href="http://www.hbo.com/conchords/">http://www.hbo.com/conchords/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0863046/">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0863046/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.myspace.com/conchords">http://www.myspace.com/conchords</a><br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_of_the_Conchords">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_of_the_Conchords</a><br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_of_the_Conchords_%28TV_series%29">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_of_the_Conchords TV SHOW</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[This may come as a surprise to no one: people think I'm crazy]]></title>
<link>http://larriecampbell.wordpress.com/?p=59</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:55:54 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>larrie269</dc:creator>
<guid>http://larriecampbell.wordpress.com/?p=59</guid>
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Freddy told me. He thinks I’m crazy. Other coworkers around agreed with him. Or at least they did]]></description>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;">Freddy told me. He thinks I’m crazy. Other coworkers around agreed with him. Or at least they didn’t disagree.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;">Freddy: I read your blog. You’re crazy. What’s it called when you have voices in your head?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;">McJosh: Schizophrenia.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;">Freddy: Yeah, that.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;">Instead of concentrating on that conversation and the fact that the Lead in my group diagnosed my multiple personalities, I concentrated on the fact that it took reading my blog for him to figure that out. Do you know what that means? They actually think that I am normal at work. Man, I’m good.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;">Reasons why they think that I am normal:</p>
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<li class="MsoNormal">My signature on emails looks like all the other SQAs      (Software Quality Assurance Testers) in my group – nothing there about the      crazies in my head.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">My desk is just as messy as the other SQAs.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">I work a 9-5 job.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">My emails sound quite professional (unless you’re a      developer and you tell me to “stand by” for a new release of an      application – how could I NOT reply with “standing” and therefore lie      about the fact that I was sitting in my ergonomically-happy chair?).</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">My voicemail message sounds fairly normal.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">MOST people call me Lauren.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">I wear jeans and a collared-shirt on most days.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">I type really fast.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">I stare at the clock waiting for 5pm.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Most of my sticky notes posted around my cube are      boring and work related (e.g.: “InputString1: String, InputCurrency1:      Currency, TFS2358-4490331, TFS2361-4490332 – what? It makes sense to ME).</li>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;">Reasons why they might not think I’m normal.</p>
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<li class="MsoNormal">Sometimes I send emails that say, “Standing…”</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">I check my email at midnight or on vacations.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">I draw cartoons in meetings about Stacky      defenestrating another coworker, Bret.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">A FEW people call me things other than Lauren – like Skinny,      Man-toes, Larrie, and Trashy.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">I’m really tan.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">I type really fast.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">There are the other sticky notes in my cube that say      not-so-boring-work-related things (e.g.: “Dear Lauren, I love you. Love,      Someone Secret.”).</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">I don’t smoke or drink coffee or alcohol.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">I rarely swear and am not obsessed with sex.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">I blog about my normalcy or lack thereof.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">And a Bush calendar hangs on my cubicle wall with      pictures of many of my coworkers taped up next to him; they LOVE being      placed so that George puts a loving arm around them!</li>
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<title><![CDATA[Videos Of The Day MUST SEE: Greatest wrestling build up since.....]]></title>
<link>http://prowrestlingblog.wordpress.com/?p=1327</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 06:07:22 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Greatest wrestling video package? Has to be up there
They hadn&#8217;t wrestled against each other i]]></description>
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<p>They hadn't wrestled against each other in a 1on 1 match in 18 months yet their feud was on and off and continued between the hart family and DX</p>
<p>They are no stables in WWE, therefore this wont happen anytime soon</p>
<p>Undertaker/Bret  hbk- ref<br />
Bret/Patriot<br />
Bret/Austin<br />
HBK/Taker<br />
HBK/Shamrock<br />
HBK/Bulldog<br />
HBK/Owen<br />
HBK/Austin vs Bulldog/Owen tag titles</p>
<p>I think we were spoiled between 1996- mid 2001</p>
<p>TAKE NOTES WWE Hollywood writers, take notes</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/_Go1HItCdO0'></param><param name='wmode' value='transparent'></param><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/_Go1HItCdO0&rel=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='transparent' width='425' height='350'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>and a <strong>BONUS</strong> LMAO Jerry Lawler and son video from RAW!</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/-AyAMg3OnRs'></param><param name='wmode' value='transparent'></param><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/-AyAMg3OnRs&rel=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='transparent' width='425' height='350'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>here is one will michael hayes</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/BuEaYUvKW2s'></param><param name='wmode' value='transparent'></param><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/BuEaYUvKW2s&rel=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='transparent' width='425' height='350'></embed></object></span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Gaudin - Guérini : le duel se poursuit pour le Sénat]]></title>
<link>http://marseilleunautreregard.wordpress.com/?p=233</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:21:44 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Discrètement mais sûrement, les élections sénatoriales battent leur plein. Le vote, prévu le 21]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://marseilleunautreregard.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/gaudin-guerini.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-234" style="float:left;border:1px solid black;margin:12px;" src="http://marseilleunautreregard.wordpress.com/files/2008/06/gaudin-guerini.jpg" alt="" width="341" height="116" /></a><strong>Discrètement mais sûrement, les élections sénatoriales battent leur plein.</strong> Le vote, prévu le 21 septembre prochain, verra s'opposer les deux ténors de la dernière municipale de Marseille, Jean-Claude Gaudin pour la liste UMP et Jean-Noël Guérini pour la liste socialiste unie, probablement, au parti communiste.</p>
<p>Avec un scrutin au suffrage indirect, l'intérêt du grand public paraît faible. Pourtant, cette élection cache des enjeux importants et différents pour les deux rivaux.</p>
<p>Pour le maire de Marseille, l'élection au perchoir, c'est à dire  à la présidence du Sénat, est un rêve de longue date, souvent déçu. L'enjeu n'est pas moindre pour le président socialiste du Conseil général.</p>
<p>Jamais en effet il n'aura été si bien placé pour emporter un ou deux sièges supplémentaires dans les Bouches-du-Rhône. Une revanche ? De quoi poursuivre assurément sa montée en puissance pour l'avenir et se positionner en incontournable faiseur de roi lors du congrès socialiste de Reims, en novembre prochain.</p>
<p>Sitôt l'accord de cogestion entre la droite et la gauche signé à la Communauté urbaine de Marseille (MPM), les deux "G" se sont donc mis au travail d'arrache-pied.</p>
<p>Le sénateur-Maire de Marseille, fragilisé par la défaite de la droite à la présidence de MPM, s'est rapidement mis en campagne, multipliant visites, rencontres ciblées, discrètes et appels téléphoniques aux différents élus et Maire du département.</p>
<p>Jean-Noël Guérini n'est pas en reste. Fort du succès de l'élection d'Eugène Caselli à la Communauté urbaine, qui avait aussi pour but de conforter sa position et son influence dans la métropole marseillaise, il ratisse discrètement et consciencieusement le département. Conforté, il est vrai, par le basculement de plusieurs communes à gauche et sa victoire écrasante aux cantonales.</p>
<p>Les calculettes s'activent donc dans les états-majors. Sur les 8 sièges à pourvoir, la gauche se verrait bien en gagner 5 à 6, ne laissant que le strict minimum à Jean-Claude Gaudin, soit 2 à 3 sièges. Pourtant, le maire de Marseille prétend dans les colonnes de <em>La Provence</em> : "je devrais arriver à décrocher trois sièges sans problème. Je peux même en espérer un quatrième".</p>
<p>Même si ce dernier reconnaît que depuis qu'il siège au Sénat (1989), "c'est la liste la plus facile à préparer que j'ai connue", il doit quand même transiger avec les désirs de Maryse Joissains, l'édile d'Aix-en-Provence, d'habitude peu affable à son encontre, mais très soucieuse d'obtenir l'investiture de sa fille Sophie en deuxième place de sa liste... Autre épine, Renaud Muselier. Mais, par bonheur, ce dernier préfère le Palais Bourbon laissant à son député suppléant, Bruno Gilles, le soin de prendre la 3° place.</p>
<p><strong>Une élection peut en cacher une autre</strong><br />
Le perchoir du Sénat fait donc figure, pour Jean-Claude Gaudin, d'ultime défi, de derniers lauriers, un triomphe de fin de carrière. Quelque-chose de très personnel, une reconnaissance finale. Ce désir, toujours inavoué et dont il ne parle qu'à ses plus proches amis tel que Claude Bertrand ou Dominique Vlasto pourrait enfin revêtir les habits de la réalité lors de ce dernier round électoral.</p>
<p>Pour réussir son pari, le vice-président de l'UMP cultive plus que jamais son réseau et conforte ses amitiés. Tous les mardis, généralement à l'Elysée, Jean-Claude Gaudin participe à la réunion hebdomadaire de la majorité aux côtés du Premier ministre Fillon, de Patrick Devedjian (patron exécutif de l'UMP), Jean-Pierre Raffarin (patron honorifique de l'UMP), Christian Poncelet (président du Sénat), Bernard Accoyer (président de l'Assemblée nationale) ou encore Henri de Raincourt (sénateur de l'Yonne, président du groupe UMP du Sénat). L'occasion pour lui de peaufiner sa stratégie et de jauger son principal adversaire à la présidence de la Haute-Assemblée, l'ancien premier ministre Jean-Pierre Raffarin.</p>
<p>Plus encore, il entretient comme jamais ses amitiés, notamment au sein des anciens Républicains &#38; indépendants, comme Joël Bourdin et Ladislas Poniatowski, sénateurs de l'Eure ou Jean-Paul Emin, sénateur de l'Ain, envoyés en émissaires auprès de leurs collègues pour "tâter" le terrain.</p>
<p>Président du groupe UDF à l'Assemblée nationale de 1981 à 1989, Jean-Claude Gaudin a surtout été pendant dix-huit ans président de la commission des investitures de son ancien parti et occupe, aujourd'hui encore, le même poste à l'UMP. Autant dire que de nombreux élus lui sont - ou se sentent - redevables de leur élection.</p>
<p>Le candidat Gaudin ne manquera pas de le leur rappeler lorsque les candidatures émergeront publiquement. Pour l'heure, hormis lui-même et Raffarin, on compte d'autres prétendants comme l'UMP Gérard Larcher ou le centriste Jean Arthuis.</p>
<p>Si Jean-Claude gaudin est assuré d'être élu sénateur par le truchement des 3062 grands électeurs du département, sa victoire doit être éclatante s'il veut devenir le troisième homme de l'Etat. Un succès à même de faire oublier ses déconvenues municipales et, surtout, son échec à la Communauté urbaine de Marseille. Là est l'enjeu. Ses adversaires ne manqueront pas d'utiliser cet argument en cas de victoire à la Pyrrhus, Renaud Muselier non plus.</p>
<p>Vengeur, son ex-dauphin, toujours à la chasse aux traîtres, ne lui a pas pardonné sa mort politique prématurée et pourrait se sentir prêt à activer contre lui ses réseaux UMP-canal gaulliste avec l'aide probable de la ministre de la défense Michèle Alliot-Marie, dont la visite est prévue dans quelques jours à Marseille et qui a annoncé hier dans les colonnes du quotidien catholique <em>La Croix</em> la relance de son mouvement gaulliste "Le chêne."</p>
<p><strong>Comme en 1998, PS et PCF unis ?</strong><br />
De l'autre côté de l'échiquier politique, la gauche s'organise. Le sénateur communiste Robert Bret, en désaccord avec son parti, ne se représente pas. Un temps, Jean-Marc Coppola, secrétaire fédéral du PCF 13, a imaginé former une liste autonome. Idée vite oubliée après avoir fait le décompte de ses amis dans le département.</p>
<p>D'autant que la proposition d'union de Jean-Noël Guérini offrant la 3° place,  éligible, n'a pas laissé les communistes de marbre. Problème pour le PCF et pour son leader départemental, parité oblige, il faut chercher "la" femme en question, Annick Boët ayant quitté l'esquif rouge depuis belle lurette. Qu'importe, la solution devrait être rapidement trouvée...</p>
<p>A la troisième place, les fidèles du président du Conseil général des Bouches-du-Rhône ne manquent pas. Au choix, Roland Povinelli, maire d'Allauch ou Serge Andréoni, maire de Berre l'Etang. Samia Ghali, vice-présidente de la Région Paca, fraîchement élue maire des 15° et 16° arrondissements de Marseille, pourrait occuper la 4° place.</p>
<p>Avant la trêve estivale, les listes se peaufinent, les rencontres s'intensifient, les déjeuners se multiplient et les stratégies s'aiguisent. Si la position de force est acquise à la gauche dans le département et devrait se concrétiser, pour Jean-Noël Guérini, par au moins un siège supplémentaire, il faudra sans nul doute compter sur la ténacité de Jean-Claude Gaudin qui joue là son baroud d'honneur.</p>
<p>Ce qui est écrit sur le papier prend quelque-fois, dans les Bouches-du-Rhône, des tournures étonnantes, bien loin des rapports de force politiques établis. L'élection d'Eugène Caselli à la présidence de la Communauté urbaine de Marseille en est le meilleur exemple...</p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>Règles du jeu :</strong></span><br />
Le renouvellement triennal du 21 septembre 2008 concerne les 7 sièges de sénateurs des Bouches-du-Rhône. Un siège supplémentaire est à pourvoir en septembre en raison de l’évolution de la démographie. Les sénateurs seront élus pour un mandat de 6 ans, par un corps de grands électeurs au scrutin proportionnel plurinominal (par liste).</p>
<p>Les grands électeurs sont au nombre de 3062. Parmi eux : les 16 parlementaires, les 51 conseillers régionaux, les 57 conseillers généraux et 2 938 délégués des 119 communes du département.</p>
<p><strong>Ils sont renouvelables, à gauche :</strong><br />
GUÉRINI Jean-Noël (PS)<br />
BRET Robert (PCF)<br />
PICHERAL Jean-François (PS)<br />
SIFFRE Jacques (PS)</p>
<p><strong>à droite :</strong><br />
GAUDIN Jean-Claude (UMP)<br />
GIRAUD Francis (UMP)<br />
VALLET André (Union centriste-UDF)</p>
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<title><![CDATA[PUBLIC 016 → top five]]></title>
<link>http://magumbo.wordpress.com/?p=26</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 01:05:53 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>imambergome</dc:creator>
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flight of the conchords• hiphopopotomas vs rhymenoceros
css • left behind
jason mraz • i]]></description>
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<li><span style="color:#000000;"><a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&#38;friendid=58557805" target="_blank">flight of the conchords</a><span>• hiphopopotomas vs rhymenoceros</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color:#000000;"><span><a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&#38;friendID=28256058" target="_blank">css </a><span>•</span> left behind</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color:#000000;"><span>jason mraz <span>• i'm yours</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="color:#000000;"><span><span>jupiter rising <span>• electropop</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="color:#000000;"><span><span><span><a href="http://www.myspace.com/forestdwellers" target="_blank">forest dwellers</a> <span>• cats and dogs cats and walruses</span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<title><![CDATA[Finfin helg.]]></title>
<link>http://billegg.wordpress.com/?p=150</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 18:18:27 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>billegg</dc:creator>
<guid>http://billegg.wordpress.com/?p=150</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Helga startet med at katta mi, (som jeg forøvrig ville kalle Frank Batman, men neida) klatra høy]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Helga startet med at katta mi, (som jeg forøvrig ville kalle Frank Batman, men neida) klatra høyt opp i treet og brukte en god stund på å komme seg ned igjen.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://billegg.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/billy.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-157" src="http://billegg.wordpress.com/files/2008/06/billy.jpg?w=225" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a></strong></p>
<p>Jeg husker egentlig ikke hva jeg gjorde på fredag, bortsett fra å ikke være på skolen. Det tyder på at jeg hadde noe veldig viktig å gjøre. Mm. Uanz så ringte Marie meg på lørdag(?), flere ganger faktisk men det er den siste jeg vil fram til nå. "Skal du noe i kveld" lurte ho på, jeg sa jeg skulle sjekke kalenderen min. Marie lo. Lo litt til. Lo enda mer før hun avsluttet med "hahaha aaaahh".</p>
<p>Vel, jeg sa ho kunne komme seg hit så jeg kunne se hva for en tilstand Åberg var i. Han var så godt som fin. (Jeg så ikke på han, bortsett fra gjennom vinduet.) Marie kom, ble en stund, Marie dro. Jeg fulgte etter. Var ikke helt ønska av hele familyn, but hey. Og nei, det var ikke fordi jeg er så jævla BADASS. Ha.</p>
<p>MacGyver likte ikke Marie med en gang, men så lærte ho han highfive og alt var fint igjen:</p>
<p>  <a href="http://billegg.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/nejlitn.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-151" src="http://billegg.wordpress.com/files/2008/06/nejlitn.jpg?w=225" alt="" width="201" height="285" /></a>    <a href="http://billegg.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/high-fivelitn.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-152" src="http://billegg.wordpress.com/files/2008/06/high-fivelitn.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a></p>
<p>Jeg våkna i senga til Marie, første gangen jeg våkna var av at ho sparka meg. Den andre gangen hadde jeg krampe og siste gangen våkna jeg bare. Vi skulle skate til sentrum, vi hadde store ambisjoner. Til Marie tryna. Men vi ga ikke opp! Og fortsatte litt på ferden før vi ringte etter kjøre. Men hjem igjen hadde vi fortsatt tenkt til å skate. Med en gang ho datt lo jeg, så venta jeg litt for å se om det var alvorlig eller ikke, det var det ikke, så da lo jeg igjen.</p>
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<p>Jeg fikk meg tattis:</p>
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<p>"cus' you're worth it!"</p>
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<link>http://ssletters.wordpress.com/?p=4</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 01:36:30 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Fayne</dc:creator>
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Dear Bret,


I don&#8217;t want to do this anymore. There are some days when I&#8217;m tired of bre]]></description>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:medium;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><em>Dear Bret,</em></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="color:black;"><span style="font-size:medium;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><em></em></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><span><em><span style="font-size:medium;">I don't want to do this anymore. There are some days when I'm tired of breathing, walking…waking up.  There are some days when everything feels like it is miles away, and I'm walking barefoot on broken glass just to cross a room.</span></em></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><span><em><span style="font-size:medium;">If I can feel all of this and continue to live everyday; if I can wade through these emotions, the ones that drag me beneath the surface and try desperately to drown me in angst and sorry and pain…always so much pain...  I can't even begin to wonder how lonely you really must have been. </span></em></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><span><em><span style="font-size:medium;">I was your girl once, even if for just a brief flash of time, supplicant to your will, and exposed to your ignorance.  But part of me loved you, which is why it all hurt so badly, why the end of us was even more terrible than I wanted it to be. </span></em></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><span><em><span style="font-size:medium;">Can you read this? Are you staring over my shoulder right now? </span></em></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><span><em><span style="font-size:medium;">It's been raining for three days, and I haven't seen the sun for a while, but a few minutes ago, there was a bright spot coming through my window at work, a stream of light.  It disappeared like smoke, and I wanted it desperately to come back.  It was as if I were clinging to hope and it just slipped through my fingers like fine grains of sand.  Like life, just, slipping away.  I felt that brief fear and panic as it turned dark again. </span></em></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><span><em><span style="font-size:medium;">Is it dark where you are?  I don't want you to be in the dark.  I don't want your skin to be cold and your eyes hidden in shadows. Red for the warrior and Green for the Thassa.  I remember, perfectly.  I thought you had a passion for life, and I think somewhere in there, you did, but it obviously didn't match the pain and the loneliness, because in the end you're not here anymore. You're not …anywhere.</span></em></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><span><em><span style="font-size:medium;">Maybe it's selfish of me to feel so sad.  I know we didn't have the chance to remain friends even after we split apart.  But I never wished you harm, even through all the anger and tears, I never wanted this, I never dreamed you were capable of giving in.</span></em></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><span><em><span style="font-size:medium;">And I'm angry, I'm angry and I'm hurt and I want you to be here so I can yell at you for being so selfish and not…reaching out.  But you wouldn't have, would you? You never would have really reached out and told anyone how lonely or hopeless you felt.  Always so concerned about appearances, about being strong and being able to withstand anything. </span></em></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><span><em><span style="font-size:medium;">You lied.  You lied to me, you lied to the girls, you lied to your friends and the people that love you. You lied. And I could forgive a lie, I forgive it now, but I don't want you to be gone. No one wants that, and now you can't turn around, you can't come back and you can't change your mind. </span></em></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><span><em><span style="font-size:medium;">I have so many questions…and I'm so sad for you, for your family, your friends, for your comrades. </span></em></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><span><em><span style="font-size:medium;">Do you remember what the last thing I said to you was? I told you that you had a lot of audacity coming to me for help with anything, after the way that you treated me. And I was right, but we all know how audacious you are…you were.  I hate referring to you in a past tense…</span></em></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><span><em><span style="font-size:medium;">Didn't I see you on Yahoo messenger last night? I was a click away, I could have said hi…after all, I hadn't put you on ignore, I just pretended you didn't exist.  You were the reason I left JAG, I just couldn't get away from the situation, no matter how hard I tried.  So I left you there, I guess for nostalgia, to remind me….but I never messaged you, and all the messages you sent me, I ignored. </span></em></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><span><em><span style="font-size:medium;">Maybe I shouldn't have ignored your messages.  I shouldn't have ignored Roy's either.  It's been 3 years and a few weeks since Roy pulled a trigger that ended his life, and now you've done the same thing.  How do we recover from this?  How do we not be scared to get close to someone? How do we wipe away the guilt, or the anger of the frustration?  How do we get past the tears? </span></em></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><span><em><span style="font-size:medium;">You're gone now, and I'm sad, my heart weeps for you and the loss of a life that I didn't realize I cared this much about.  Maybe it's the fear of death that really has a hold of me, but if I can fear death, and care that much more about life…</span></em></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><span><em><span style="font-size:medium;">I will, because I am a survivor of your suicide, of Roy's suicide and of Tommy's suicide, and my Father's suicide, and there are only so many tears I am capable of shedding before my well of compassion and sadness dries up and I become a quiet, empty husk of myself in order to sink inward to coax my heart back to the surface. </span></em></span></span></p>
<p><span><span style="font-size:medium;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><em>You didn't take your life just from your self, you took your life away from everyone else.</em></span> </span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[This Is Most Definitely The Look of a Man That Loves Women, Not Men.  There Is Absolutely Nothing Gay About That Picture]]></title>
<link>http://friesenpoint.wordpress.com/?p=296</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:38:26 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>friesenpoint</dc:creator>
<guid>http://friesenpoint.wordpress.com/?p=296</guid>
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Bret Michaels, who is probably bald and most certainly overexposed, is releasing a new CD today.  ]]></description>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Bret Michaels, who is probably bald and most certainly overexposed, is releasing a new CD today.<span>  </span>I have to say, though he is a douche of the highest order, he is pretty smart in that he titled his album “Rock My World.”<span>  </span>It’s genius branding, it’s like if Jeff Probst put out a rap album called “The Tribe Has Spoken.”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Anyway, I’m sure the record is going to suck dick, and will no doubt sound like a bad effort from Buckcherry.<span>  </span>However, what doesn’t suck dick is Bret’s taste in party music.<span>  </span>People magazine asked Bret to list his six favorite summer partying songs.<span>  </span>Here are some retarded quotes.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Talking about Skynyrd’s “Sweet Home Alabama:”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">"As a kid at summer camp, I'd whip out the acoustic guitar, and the ladies came running. Now, the minute they hear it they throw their arms up."</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">What the hell does that even mean?<span>  </span>What does that have to do with Sweet Home Alabama?<span>  </span>“Hey Bret, what are some of your favorite movies?”<span>  </span>“I love Fellini.<span>  </span>When I was younger, I would love to slip a girl the finger in the local cinema house.<span>  </span>Now, I get a lot of oral in my home theater.”<span>  </span>Fuck, Bret, we get it.<span>  </span>The ladies love you, now take off that damn bandanna.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Talking about AC/DC’s “You Shook Me All Night Long:”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">"Girls love the lyrics. It's their chance to be dirty, nasty, and fun. Not dark dirty-nasty—fun dirty-nasty."</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I was unaware that there was a difference.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">To top off the list, Bret claims that he likes to play Nickleback’s “Rockstar” when the party’s “at a height.”<span>  </span>I know I’m not the only one who thinks that sounds like a really shitty party.<span>  </span>I can just imagine sitting around with Bret Michaels and five piss-drunk, coked out, trailer park sluts in various states of undress.<span>  </span>Bret’s had a little too much to drink, and he starts to get really sincere about he loves his kids.<span>  </span>Things start getting a little “too real,” so Bret decides to make out with the big titted blonde slut and reach for the Nickleback CD.<span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">That’s a bad party, but truth be told, I’ve been to worse.<span>  </span>It’s tough to top that “party” that was just ten people sitting in a circle, drinking Smirnoff Ice and listening to a house music CD that featured not one, but two dance remixes of The Mamas and The Papa’s tracks (“California Dreaming” and “Monday, Monday”).<span>  </span>I guess it could have been worse, they could have been playing “Rock My World.”</p>
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<title><![CDATA[So Hot He's Like A Curry.]]></title>
<link>http://impeccablypiquant.wordpress.com/?p=216</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 17:17:10 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Erika</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Last night was incredible.  I&#8217;m still in the &#8220;pinch-me&#8221; phase of the event&#8230; ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Last night was incredible.  I'm still in the "pinch-me" phase of the event... I cannot believe that I saw Bret and Jermaine live, up close, in person.  In San Francisco.  In the living, breathing, laughing, singing, beautiful sexy hotness that is Flight of the Conchords.  You should have seen me before the show, I was embarrassing all of my friends and hooting and hollering a skipping and jumping-- we got from Rashell's house in the Excelsior district to our seats in a half an hour.  That's how excited I was.  And when FoTC came on stage, my eyes welled up and a gleam of sweat appeared on my arms and chest and on the back of my neck and a huge grin came across my face and I sort of nearly hyperventilated for a second.  That went away eventually but the grin never left my face.  Not at any point was I not smiling.</p>
<p>GOD they're sexy.  Oh my god he's so hot... he's like a curry... if I tell him how hot he is he'll think I'm being sexist... he's so hot he's <strong>making</strong> me sexist... asshole!  No but really, I shouldn't even continue about how crazy I am about Bret and Jermaine or people will seriously question my sanity.  Let me just say,  I'd have either of their children.</p>
<p>My battery is going to die in a second, but here is a movie and some pictures for your viewing pleasure. These are from a party in San Francisco with my friiiends, while my bunny slept in the car with plenty of air and water and berry nibblers and don't worry I know it sounds terrible but it was only for a few hours and he told me he really enjoyed his stay in the beautiful city of San Francisco so his bunny vacation was constructive.</p>
<p><a href="http://impeccablypiquant.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/l_6df0e1fea407a17036d7d570095c6b46.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-217" src="http://impeccablypiquant.wordpress.com/files/2008/05/l_6df0e1fea407a17036d7d570095c6b46.jpg?w=300" alt="Molly and Erika" width="300" height="225" /></a></p>
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<p><a href="http://impeccablypiquant.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/l_844a08594f81e322f7e573f454d525d2.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-219" src="http://impeccablypiquant.wordpress.com/files/2008/05/l_844a08594f81e322f7e573f454d525d2.jpg?w=300" alt="Drunk" width="300" height="225" /></a></p>
<p><img class="alignnone" src="http://www.tvscoop.tv/Flight_of_the_Conchords.jpg" alt="Bret and Jermaine" /></p>
<p>I kind of went crazy on the videos I just can't get enough of these guys...  I love them more than I love Barack Obama and Carrie Bradshaw, combined. Each video is fabulous, you should watch them.  But if you don't that's okay too.  I guess.... we just won't be friends any more is all.</p>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 17:06:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jon</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[No matter how hard you try, it is always difficult to keep up with cool (especially if you&#8217;re ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No matter how hard you try, it is always difficult to keep up with cool (especially if you're a geek, like me).</p>
<p>Sometimes, you just have to be honest with yourself and realize that you think the thing everyone else says is cool is really dumb. If you're really interested in trendSETTING, you don't feel the need to follow a trend - only to do your own thing.</p>
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<p>If I were in high school today, my assessment of wearing your pants around your thighs as being incredibly impractical and stupid would determine my sensibility not to follow that trend. (My inclination is more to push them over and run, just to watch them try and give chase.)</p>
<p>Other times, the timing isn't right. As huge as the Smiths were among the music intelligentsia in the mid-80's, it took me about five years past the trend to really get into them.</p>
<p>Then there are cases in which you just don't have access. The case to which I refer is <a href="http://www.hbo.com/conchords/">Flight of the Conchords</a>. I've heard much about it, and have been told on more than one occasion that I need to watch it. But only recently did someone sit down and show me a few of the video clips.</p>
<p>If you're like me, you don't have HBO, and you haven't seen it yet, check out this clip (song bomb alert)...</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/pY8jaGs7xJ0'></param><param name='wmode' value='transparent'></param><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/pY8jaGs7xJ0&rel=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='transparent' width='425' height='350'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>And this... Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros</p>
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<p>In short, the show is about two New Zealanders - Bret and Jemaine - who come to New York to make it big as musicians. They're poor and probably doomed to stay that way. Each show is infused with two or three music numbers written and performed by the duo.</p>
<p>I know, this is pretty old news. That's kinda the point of this post. With all of the sources of cool, it can happen. But for those who haven't checked this out, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Flight-Conchords-Complete-First-Season/dp/B000P2A6C0/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&#38;s=dvd&#38;qid=1211211690&#38;sr=8-1">season one is available on DVD</a>, and season two isn't far behind. Definitely worth the rent.</p>
<p>And, in doing some research, I just noticed that the Conchords were in Milwaukee at the Pabst Theater... LAST WEEK. Dammit!</p>
<p>*Update: I was just informed by my friend Jen that Johnny Depp was reportedly at the Conchords show in Milwaukee, too. Meaning, I "...lost out twice." Because I'm sure I would have been seated next to him.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Video: Flight of the Conchords' "Ladies of the World"]]></title>
<link>http://thelistenerd.wordpress.com/?p=1171</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 02:40:40 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Josh Kimball</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Flight Of The Conchords Premiere "Ladies Of The World" Video]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 20:56:57 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Cinematically-Correct.com</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Jemaine is now in the running for &#8220;greatest mustache ever&#8221;. 

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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jemaine is now in the running for "greatest mustache ever". </p>
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<title><![CDATA[Rayna Gots Iiiink Baby!]]></title>
<link>http://impeccablypiquant.wordpress.com/?p=180</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 16:23:15 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Erika</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[There are some moments when nothing could feel better than clicking on the &#8220;write a new post]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There are some moments when nothing could feel better than clicking on the "write a new post" button on my blog dashboard...  I get this craving to write, to just go, to begin and see where in the world it takes me.  I rarely plan what I'm going to write I simply begin to type and this exercise is most likely what keeps me sane because it keeps my thoughts flowing freely.</p>
<p>I just woke up with little white dots of ProActive "refining mask" all over my face (resembling a constillation or connect-the-dots) in a cozy bed with one of my bestest friends in the whole world and her brand new tattoo after a night of s'mores and good friends.  I was so exhausted last night I probably didn't seem like I had as good of a time as I did--when I'm tired I barely talk.</p>
<p>Erika has crashed, just so everyone knows.  I tend to go and go, late-to-bed, early-to-rise because the night time is the right time and mornings are serene and relaxing... but anyway I need more sleep, my body and mind need to rest.</p>
<p>I have to run and hop in the show-show before breakfast with Eva and Rayna and her parents.  Then hike bishops with Tyler and I'm going to bed early tonight. Can't remember the last time I did that!</p>
<p>Flight Of The Conchords tickets go on sale for San Francisco today at 10!! I'm all over that, serisouly I'm so FREAKING stoked tickets are going to sell out so fast, I've got the card all ready baby. YES!!<img src="http://www.stuff.co.nz/images/323952.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="332" /></p>
<p>I don't feel satisfied with this post, so I'm going to write twice today. xoxo.</p>
<p>PS- I love you ray-ray babay.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Crazier Than Me: Bret Michaels]]></title>
<link>http://pnogal32.wordpress.com/?p=85</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:25:19 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>pnogal32</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Since I&#8217;ve been so behind on blogging, I decided to choose someone that was extra crazy to mak]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Since I've been so behind on blogging, I decided to choose someone that was extra crazy to make up for it. One of the main reasons for Bret's craziness is that he always goes for girls 40 years youngeer than he is; he's 45 years old! What made me mad was seeing the trailer for the next episode, where he's mad at Ambre for being 38 or 35 or something like that- keep in mind, HE'S 45!!!! TALK ABOUT BEING CRAZIER THAN ME!</p>
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<link>http://lolrol.wordpress.com/2008/04/04/plz-to-not-disterb-teh-rok-star/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 08:19:33 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>lolrol</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Uninvited Guest (Pt. 2)]]></title>
<link>http://mohohon.wordpress.com/?p=88</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2008 00:24:11 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mohohon</dc:creator>
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I kind of just stood there for a while, looking around the hallway. Bret would sort this out I knew]]></description>
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<p>I kind of just stood there for a while, looking around the hallway. Bret would sort this out I knew he would, I had full faith in him. Okay I take that back, I should be getting nervous... just about now.</p>
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<p>The girl didn't seem pleased though, she actually sounded kind of mad. I couldn't hear what they were talking about but it seemed pretty heated. Instead of just standing around, I decided to go look around in the kitchen, maybe it was more colourful than the hallway was.</p>
<p>I was speechless I couldn't imagine who had attempted to decorate the kitchen. It was as if, a kid, an adult and a teenager decided to collaboratively decorate the room and had a war. A very big..war, that resulted in interior decorating casualties everywhere.</p>
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<p>I subconciously started to move into the kitchen when I heard footsteps behind me.</p>
<p>"And exactly <i>what</i> do you think you're doing?" I heard her say from behind. Apparently she was still mad at whatever Bret had told her and I had to deal with his leftover stupidity: an angry woman. Thanks Bret, thanks a lot.</p>
<p>"Did you decorate this room?" I asked pointing to the haphazardly decorated kitchen.</p>
<p>"Don't go looking around other people's houses, it's rude," she said still looking at me with eyes of ice. "and do you really think I decorated this room? A four-year-old has more interior decorating skills than that idiot."</p>
<p>That idiotche must've meant Bret. Why am I not surprised?</p>
<p>"You still haven't answered my question yet. Didn't I tell you not to move from that spot?" she said, foot tapping impatiently.</p>
<p><img src="http://mohohon.wordpress.com/files/2008/03/snapshot_349fce03_14e4110f.jpg" alt="snapshot_349fce03_14e4110f.jpg" /></p>
<p>"I'll go back to the door then," I replied exasperatedly, walking back to the foyer.</p>
<p>"Wait, just stay there, it's fine. Bret said it slipped his mind to tell me you were coming. she said and paused. "And sorry for the rude reception."</p>
<p>That caught me off guard, I hadn't expected her to apologize to me at all. So my first instinctive move was to apologize. "It's alright," I replied. "It's just a logical reaction that's all."</p>
<p>Her eyes dimmed in response and I could feel the resentment rolling off her. Did I say something wrong?</p>
<p><img src="http://mohohon.wordpress.com/files/2008/03/snapshot_349fce03_34a61bba.jpg" alt="snapshot_349fce03_34a61bba.jpg" /></p>
<p>"Say... what is your name again? I didn't catch it during our little exchange back there."</p>
<p>"It's Alec, Alec Hurstfield."</p>
<p>"Ah, well nice to meet you Alec," she said with a sweet smile, which lead me to believe for a split second that she really was a nice person, "Now if you don't mind, you've wasted enough of my time as it is, so let's make this as painless as possible." until she finished off, her tone as cold as steel. I take that back she was a Grade A biatch.</p>
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<p>I looked around the hallway to make sure I didn't forget anything, but apparently she had the patience of a five-year-old child waiting for its cookies.</p>
<p>"Well? Are you <i>coming?"</i></p>
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<p>I nodded and followed her up the stairs, still trying to wrap my brain around what I could've possible done to piss her off.</p>
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<p>The upper floor was much more colourful than the lower floor despite its... strange colours and such, and I could only hope that my room was at least coordinated in a way I could live without killing myself in frustration.</p>
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<p>"This is your room," she said as she entered the room. "although I'm surprised you have no luggage."</p>
<p>"What? What do you mean no luggage? I sent my luggage here earlier in the week!" I exclaimed. My underwear was in there!</p>
<p>She crossed her arms over her chest. "Well that's not my problem is it?"</p>
<p>I openly stared at her at that comment. She didn't <i>care</i> ?! How heartless could she be?</p>
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<p>She merely gave a little laugh and left the room shortly after. "So typical," she said as she left.</p>
<p>"Typical? What?" I said, but she had left already, and shut the door behind her.</p>
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<p>I was in shock.. well I could live wearing the same clothing for about three days but underwear... I'll have to do some shopping later this afternoon I guess. That would let me get to know the town a bit.. yeah that sounded good. My luggage will arrive sooner or later. It probably just got delayed, not a big deal.</p>
<p><img src="http://mohohon.wordpress.com/files/2008/03/snapshot_349fce03_34e41540.jpg" alt="snapshot_349fce03_34e41540.jpg" /></p>
<p><i>Maybe living here won't be that bad after all.</i></p>
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<link>http://theunsunghero.wordpress.com/?p=46</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:44:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>roberto127</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Over the weekend, the youth group I go to had a retreat. I was REALLY trying to find out what the ca]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Arial Black';">Over the weekend, the youth group I go to had a retreat. I was REALLY trying to find out what the camp looked like. I looked on the internet and asked around, but failed to get an accurate depiction of the establishment (did not look like what i imagined it to be). It turns out the camp was who knows where. There was really nothing around (one place where the franchises failed to get to…at least for now). The place was better than my lowest expectations, but lacked that ‘pizzazz’. What probably made the place look this way was the rain/snow (happened for most of the weekend). Friday was mediocre (for me at least). Nothing big went down nor did anything bad. The only real problem being that I was left with nothing to do (left to be a spectator n da mountain dew i brought was gone that very day). Saturday proved different. I myself am a night person, so I didn’t really favor the morning at all. Sure the messages were good, but I wasn’t quite active yet. At this rate, I began to wonder if this trip had any real meaning to it (i very much remember the thoughts running through my head). Thankfully, as the day progressed, it gradually got better. Making new friends while enjoying old ones. Doing a bunch of stupid stuff for the sake of it. As night began to fall, we had communion. Something I really never looked upon as important till now. But when Bret explained what the “bread” and “wine” meant in such plain words, it just hit a chord. Now way this is just another ritual in a religion. Rituals are always rote with diminishing significance to the person. This, on the other hand, meant so much more than that. As I prayed before the taking of the “bread” and “wine”, some feelings began to emerge. The o’ so familiar words of a song I heard not so long ago was playing. I remember seeing this video and being filled with such a soft feeling inside. Now as I sang the song, I was filled with such uncontrollable mirth that I began to sing with all of my heart, not caring who heard me. I could feel the tears well up inside of me, and actually letting them flow this time. I just felt so touched that I could only sing louder. At the end of it I just felt this overwhelming need to thank Jeremy Blount (my youth pastor) for leading me to Jesus Christ, our Risen Lord and Saviour……later that night, everything was pretty mellow and laid back (finally, some much needed rest). Something big was the fact that this girl, Amanda, accepted Christ into her heart (Yeeaahhh! Whoooo!). For those who think that this isn’t a big deal, then you evidently do not see the importance of it (i myself failed to see the importance of this until i began reading the book of Revelations and looking into the End Times) This girl made the decision of changing her life filled with sin, to live a life worshiping and praising the One who truly deserves it. Praise the Lord for saving a soul that night! Sunday proved to be righteous, but didn’t measure up to my expectations. The last message was amazing, but the departure from the camp was a little strange. We had a lunch thing when we came back with most of the people who went and their parents. It was an opportunity for us who went to share what the weekend was like. At first only a few said something, but when the final call was given, many stepped up. All in all, the weekend retreat was quite eventful. Saturday was the best day I had there, as was the lunch thing. (thankfully, i didn’t starve on this trip, the food was actually pretty good. 4 stars) The only downs were; the first day we got there (too much rain n too muddy), later at church on Sunday (kept fallin asleep during the message, too tired from only 2 hrs. of sleep. wasn’t up for much after that n only moved when i had to), the whole ‘team’ thing didn’t matter to me after the 2<sup>nd</sup> challenge (lost interest, no one even won or got anything). This “Winter Retreat” was 10x better than last year’s. The other one was simply about having fun. This one challenged, taught, rested, entertained, and impacted me. Thank God this came out better than I anticipated it to be. It’s just that I have been so used to seeing everything I look forward to go up in flames. When I least expect it is when things turn for the better. This truly was a visit to a <font color="#00ffff">Valley of Repose</font>.</span></p>
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