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		<title>Famous socks are still just socks</title>
		<link>http://girlsarestrange.com/2010/08/23/famous-socks-are-still-just-socks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 05:06:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chelsi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I was hanging out at a bar by myself because I’d committed to seeing some friends tap keys and strum strings in their obscure – albeit adorable – band, when I noticed a familiar set of eyes staring in my direction. I looked away immediately, desperately trying to figure out who it was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This life is crazy</title>
		<link>http://girlsarestrange.com/2010/03/25/this-life-is-crazy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 03:26:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chelsi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OH HAI. It’s been a long while, I know. That’s the thing about working online: you realize how public everything really is. Today, for example, not two minutes after I finished sifting through the ‘net for dental coverage, my phone rang.  Turns out it was an insurance agent (did I really plug my number into one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making it in 2009</title>
		<link>http://girlsarestrange.com/2009/09/04/making-it-in-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:44:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chelsi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Angela: shitmydadsays got a book deal Chelsi: yeah : so did the guy who does that fuckyoupenguin site A: WHERE'S THE BOOK DEAL BITCH C: you just have to start a stupid twitter or blog A: "stuff my vagina says" C: something that's ephemerally cool and doesn't give away the fact that you're actually intelligent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Appreciating a couple of Johns</title>
		<link>http://girlsarestrange.com/2009/01/28/appreciating-a-couple-of-johns/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 02:37:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chelsi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[John Updike was an amazing story teller. The Creative Writer in me is deeply saddened to learn of his passing. The following is a flash fiction story he wrote called Oliver's Evolution: His parents had not meant to abuse him; they had meant to love him, and did love him. But Oliver had come late [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One Minute Writer</title>
		<link>http://girlsarestrange.com/2008/11/13/one-minute-writer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 04:45:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chelsi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While I do have a tiny bit of spare time for personal writing, it's after I've written for a handful of sites and worked on what feels like a zillion projects. Meaning, by the time I have time to write for GAS, I'm usually too braindead to logically put together the stories of my life, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yeah that&#8217;s right, an Unbeatable Writing Machine</title>
		<link>http://girlsarestrange.com/2008/10/23/yeah-thats-right-an-unbeatable-writing-machine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 05:21:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chelsi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are few things I remember from the Creative Writing classes I took back in college, but one thing every single teacher made a point to drill into the skulls of their doe-eyed students was: If you want to be a writer, do not get a writing job. For a long time this seemed to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The message</title>
		<link>http://girlsarestrange.com/2008/06/12/the-message/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 05:23:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chelsi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a confession to make: I’ve been following this chick on the net for a while now; I forgot how I found her, but I often look at her photos as she is an aspiring model and takes tons and tons. Something about the angles in her face is very striking, and, I mean, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The bags under my eyes want their own zip code</title>
		<link>http://girlsarestrange.com/2008/04/24/busy-bee/</link>
		<comments>http://girlsarestrange.com/2008/04/24/busy-bee/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 05:44:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chelsi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Believe it or not, I wake up each and every morning with the intention of setting some time aside to update this website. Unfortunately, time is even rarer than it was before, and my slacking on writing is largely due to internship related responsibilities. In the last month and a half I’ve been credited for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The do&#8217;s and don&#8217;t&#039;s of submitting a manuscript</title>
		<link>http://girlsarestrange.com/2008/04/11/the-dos-and-donts-of-submitting-a-manuscript/</link>
		<comments>http://girlsarestrange.com/2008/04/11/the-dos-and-donts-of-submitting-a-manuscript/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:11:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chelsi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Non-profit life is meeting after meeting, let me tell you. On top of weekly staff meetings, there are intern-specific meetings that I attend monthly just to touch base on oh, let’s see, EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN. Both past and present interns are encouraged to come, so it seems like every meeting there is someone new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Never been more sure</title>
		<link>http://girlsarestrange.com/2008/01/30/never-been-more-sure/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 05:55:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chelsi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I entered my college institution as a declared Interior Design major. Can you believe that shit? Now I understand that the satisfaction I get from decorating and splashing colors on walls goes only as far as my own personal space, and that no amount of money could make me enjoy, let alone love, having to [...]]]></description>
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