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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 06:41:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Note: Stephen King once wrote, on writing, that he "throws up in the morning and cleans up in the afternoon."  Meaning he allows himself the scintillating freedom of writing, uninhibited, before editing.  This is my new philosophy: to let my &#8230; <a href="http://christyelaurel.wordpress.com/2011/08/31/spiders/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christyelaurel.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10400592&amp;post=204&amp;subd=christyelaurel&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Notes on a New Beginning</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 00:01:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everything has changed.  Abruptly, my life has shifted from what was comfortable and familiar, a worn college T-shirt, a threadbare pair of Nikes, to something entirely and dramatically new.  I should have expected it—you should always expect it—but change is a sneaky bastard.  Even if you ask the universe for it by name you never really, really, think it’ll happen and then BAM—you’re blindsided. <a href="http://christyelaurel.wordpress.com/2010/12/08/notes-on-a-new-beginning/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christyelaurel.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10400592&amp;post=131&amp;subd=christyelaurel&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Best Five Films I&#8217;ve Seen Recently</title>
		<link>http://christyelaurel.wordpress.com/2010/09/28/the-top-five-films-ive-seen-recently/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 20:26:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[I Capture the Castle]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In no particular order: Wall Street (1987).  Michael and I watched this classic because we want to see the sequel, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, with Shia LaBeouf and Carey Mulligan.  But the original, starring Michael Douglas in his Oscar-winning &#8230; <a href="http://christyelaurel.wordpress.com/2010/09/28/the-top-five-films-ive-seen-recently/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christyelaurel.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10400592&amp;post=114&amp;subd=christyelaurel&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Trying a Tri</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 18:38:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Almost to the finish line. Last weekend I drove down to the coastal town of Lincoln City, OR, to compete in my very first solo triathlon.  For those of you unfamiliar with Latin, the word triathlon is comprised of the &#8230; <a href="http://christyelaurel.wordpress.com/2010/09/14/trying-a-tri/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christyelaurel.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10400592&amp;post=107&amp;subd=christyelaurel&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Summer in the City</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 20:42:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Something I’ve noticed about Pacific Northwesterners:  when it comes to enjoying summer, we grab the bull by the horns. If you live in a year-round sunny climate, you can’t understand the crazed desperation we PNW-ers feel when the sun is &#8230; <a href="http://christyelaurel.wordpress.com/2010/08/16/summer-in-the-city/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christyelaurel.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10400592&amp;post=91&amp;subd=christyelaurel&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I &lt;3 Christopher Nolan</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 19:13:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m just going to embrace the fact that my blog is increasingly dedicated to movies.  Originally I had hoped to wax eloquent on all sorts of topics—literature, politics, celebrity gossip, etc.—but I can see the general motif leans towards film.  &#8230; <a href="http://christyelaurel.wordpress.com/2010/06/03/i-3-christopher-nolan/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christyelaurel.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10400592&amp;post=81&amp;subd=christyelaurel&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Memorial of the Sick Nasties</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 16:29:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>christyelaurel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I was sick.  We&#8217;re talking pretty sick, like I-can&#8217;t-sleep-because-my-throat&#8217;s-on-fire sick.  Luckily, my trusty boyfriend came to the rescue with plenty of TLC.  We ate good food, watched good (and bad) movies, and drank our weight in herbal tea.  &#8230; <a href="http://christyelaurel.wordpress.com/2010/05/31/a-memorial-of-the-sick-nasties/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christyelaurel.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10400592&amp;post=76&amp;subd=christyelaurel&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Training</title>
		<link>http://christyelaurel.wordpress.com/2010/05/05/training/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 15:56:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>christyelaurel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week, I did the unthinkable:  I registered for the 2010 Portland Marathon.  Why is this such a flabbergasting move for me?  Because weeks away from the same race last year, I injured my right knee during a 16-mile training &#8230; <a href="http://christyelaurel.wordpress.com/2010/05/05/training/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christyelaurel.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10400592&amp;post=56&amp;subd=christyelaurel&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I Want To Ride My Bicycle</title>
		<link>http://christyelaurel.wordpress.com/2010/04/23/i-want-to-ride-my-bicycle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:18:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>christyelaurel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, when I went to my apartment’s storage space to fix a flat on my bike, I discovered it was gone.  As there is no way I could have misplaced it, I am forced to conclude that someone stole my &#8230; <a href="http://christyelaurel.wordpress.com/2010/04/23/i-want-to-ride-my-bicycle/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christyelaurel.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10400592&amp;post=51&amp;subd=christyelaurel&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Discovery</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:13:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Yesterday I went on the longest run I’ve attempted since I hurt my knee last September.  I found myself at Discovery Park, one of my favorite summer hangouts, where I haven’t set foot since I moved to Magnolia half-a-year &#8230; <a href="http://christyelaurel.wordpress.com/2010/04/01/discovery/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christyelaurel.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10400592&amp;post=46&amp;subd=christyelaurel&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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