<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' version='2.0'><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018317</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 09:27:46 +0000</lastBuildDate><title>the kittenblog</title><description>"My own spark of divine fire"</description><link>http://kittengoddess.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Kitten)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>269</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018317.post-111981096300202119</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2005 18:33:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2005-06-26T13:36:03.006-05:00</atom:updated><title></title><atom:summary type='text'>I'm currently sitting at work/school.  I'm at my desk, eating a cheese stick and contemplating the humor in the situation.  I miss my dear office mate who always had a cheese stick to share. This cheese stick's for you.</atom:summary><link>http://kittengoddess.blogspot.com/2005_06_01_archive.html#111981096300202119</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kitten)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018317.post-111696141160289763</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2005 19:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2005-05-24T14:03:31.606-05:00</atom:updated><title></title><atom:summary type='text'>Just an update...I'm working like crazy to finish my thesis right now.  There are days where I totally lack direction and other days where I can read and research at an incredible pace.  It just depends.It looks like the wedding may finally be on track.  It's going to be a small, quick affair.  Hopefully we'll have a date nailed down by the end of the week.I'm going to have to get a new junk </atom:summary><link>http://kittengoddess.blogspot.com/2005_05_01_archive.html#111696141160289763</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kitten)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018317.post-110970829942115492</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2005 20:14:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2005-03-01T14:18:19.423-06:00</atom:updated><title></title><atom:summary type='text'>Yay!So I got accepted into my first choice program and they offered me a full assistanceship.  I accepted the offer (of course).  I'm incredibly excited about it.What makes this extra exciting is that in all this confusion, there's finally something that I know for sure.  At least I know where I'm going now.  That's such a relief!</atom:summary><link>http://kittengoddess.blogspot.com/2005_03_01_archive.html#110970829942115492</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kitten)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018317.post-110849153645380101</guid><pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2005 18:17:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2005-02-15T12:18:56.453-06:00</atom:updated><title></title><atom:summary type='text'>I am such a dork.  I was supposed to cover a class for a collegue and I got confused about the time.  I could swear that the class was at 1:00, really it met at noon.  So I missed the class.  None of the students went to the office to inquire about their missing instructor...they must have just gone home.  *ugh*  I never do things like that, I'm always on top of things.  I must just be having an </atom:summary><link>http://kittengoddess.blogspot.com/2005_02_01_archive.html#110849153645380101</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kitten)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018317.post-110798101341929167</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2005 20:29:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2005-02-09T14:30:13.420-06:00</atom:updated><title></title><atom:summary type='text'>So I'm trying out this new template.  I'm not sure yet about how well this one fits.  We'll see.  I need to figure out how to add my comments and guestbook stuff back in.</atom:summary><link>http://kittengoddess.blogspot.com/2005_02_01_archive.html#110798101341929167</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kitten)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018317.post-110796946432841981</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2005 17:11:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2005-02-09T14:20:57.496-06:00</atom:updated><title></title><atom:summary type='text'>There's this guy in my office who absolutely drives me nuts.Every office has one. You know the type that I'm talking about. That guy who steals the candy off your desk. The one who uses all your paper clips or staples without asking or even telling you that he used all of them. And of course, heaven forbid that he actually replace what he took. He wants to play his music choices. He turns on </atom:summary><link>http://kittengoddess.blogspot.com/2005_02_01_archive.html#110796946432841981</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kitten)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018317.post-110721540344761146</guid><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2005 23:44:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2005-01-31T17:50:03.446-06:00</atom:updated><title></title><atom:summary type='text'>One of my PhD applications is finally finished, thank goodness.  Two more to go.  Hopefully I should have both of those finished by the end of the week.  I'm still hacking and coughing a little bit from the flu bug I had last week.  I do have to admit I'm a little bit queesy right now as well.  Although that is probably due to fact that the boy took me to a Chinese buffet just a bit ago.</atom:summary><link>http://kittengoddess.blogspot.com/2005_01_01_archive.html#110721540344761146</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kitten)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018317.post-110662465559666341</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2005 04:35:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2005-01-24T21:44:15.596-06:00</atom:updated><title></title><atom:summary type='text'>So, I'm still sick, of course.  I think I may actually survive it this time.My PhD applications are coming along moderately well.  My biggest frustration is with my lack of a really good writing sample.  Somehow I seem to have done my masters without ever REALLY writing a research paper by myself.  I'm very proud of a paper I co-authored last semester, which will be included as a part of my </atom:summary><link>http://kittengoddess.blogspot.com/2005_01_01_archive.html#110662465559666341</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kitten)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018317.post-110634514032586553</guid><pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2005 21:57:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2005-01-21T16:05:40.326-06:00</atom:updated><title></title><atom:summary type='text'>Oh my, this is not good at all.I'm getting sick.Like I said, not good at all.I woke up this morning with a little soreness on one side of my throat.  Everything seemed fine for a while, but over the past four hours things seem to have gotten worse.  The situation is deteriorating rapidly at this point.  The soreness has gotten worse and has now migrated to the rest of my body.  My eyes are </atom:summary><link>http://kittengoddess.blogspot.com/2005_01_01_archive.html#110634514032586553</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kitten)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018317.post-110628098553635760</guid><pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2005 04:11:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2005-01-20T22:16:25.536-06:00</atom:updated><title></title><atom:summary type='text'>Ooo, it's been a long time.  I didn't realize exactly how long it has been since the last time I posted here.  It seem like an incredible amount has happened since that time, but I'm still exactly where I was to begin with.  I don't think I ever intended to stop posting, somehow time just seems to get away from me (on a consistent basis, apparently).To make a long story short, I've got this </atom:summary><link>http://kittengoddess.blogspot.com/2005_01_01_archive.html#110628098553635760</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kitten)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018317.post-107117008499686562</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2003 19:14:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2003-12-11T13:15:50.670-06:00</atom:updated><title></title><atom:summary type='text'>Well my very last undergraduate class EVER is officially over.  It's rather shocking actually.  I'm two papers and three finals away from being a college graduate.  Wow, that's kinda scary.Not that I'm done with school just yet.  Where the undergraduate ends, grad school begins.  Two years from now, hopefully I'll be saying that I'm done with my last graduate class.  Then I'll have an M.A. and </atom:summary><link>http://kittengoddess.blogspot.com/2003_12_01_archive.html#107117008499686562</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kitten)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018317.post-107093337127986384</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2003 01:29:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2003-12-09T10:06:08.200-06:00</atom:updated><title></title><atom:summary type='text'>So, today's post is brought to you by the letter C.And in light of that, today's post is about condom use.Theme:  Don't be a selfish jack-ass (unless of course you literally happen to be a donkey, in which case, go forth and be the ass you've always wanted to be).Refusing to use a condom or not saying "Hey, we should be using a condom" is a damn selfish thing to do.  Someone on the boards </atom:summary><link>http://kittengoddess.blogspot.com/2003_12_01_archive.html#107093337127986384</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kitten)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018317.post-107076516079721912</guid><pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2003 02:46:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2003-12-06T20:46:59.843-06:00</atom:updated><title></title><atom:summary type='text'>Wow, I slept for a long time today.  And I did absolutely nothing else.  Isn't that awful.I was just so incredibly tired.  I do feel better now though.  I certainly can't do that whole 1.5 hours worth of sleep again.  I can survive on 4 hours of sleep...I've can do that, but apparently 1.5 is the magic number that makes my body just refuse to function.  I'm really surprised that I managed to </atom:summary><link>http://kittengoddess.blogspot.com/2003_12_01_archive.html#107076516079721912</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kitten)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018317.post-107064150365403195</guid><pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2003 16:25:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2003-12-05T10:26:02.590-06:00</atom:updated><title></title><atom:summary type='text'>Oh lord....well the horrible awful paper is finished (though now I'm terrified that I won't have done well enough on it since it accounts for 30% of my grade in that class) and I've had a grand total of 1.5 hours of sleep.  Whoopie!</atom:summary><link>http://kittengoddess.blogspot.com/2003_12_01_archive.html#107064150365403195</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kitten)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018317.post-107059126443207090</guid><pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2003 02:27:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2003-12-04T22:29:02.000-06:00</atom:updated><title></title><atom:summary type='text'>One more assignment down. </atom:summary><link>http://kittengoddess.blogspot.com/2003_12_01_archive.html#107059126443207090</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kitten)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018317.post-107057610449955524</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2003 22:15:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2003-12-04T16:16:01.153-06:00</atom:updated><title></title><atom:summary type='text'>Ooo, I just don't feel like doing anything today.  Of the items on my "to do" list, I've done one...and that's only cause it was due at 11am.  I'm fixin to do another one of the things on the list right now (yes dear, I did just say "fixin").  </atom:summary><link>http://kittengoddess.blogspot.com/2003_12_01_archive.html#107057610449955524</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kitten)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018317.post-107050367603005223</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2003 02:07:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2003-12-03T20:09:26.170-06:00</atom:updated><title></title><atom:summary type='text'>I just skipped what is probably the last/final group meeting for the HIV/AIDS awareness group I'm involved in that I would have attended as an undergrad.  As I sat here watching the clock nearing 7:30 (meeting time), I realized that I simply have no more to give.  None at all.  I'm all given out.  On one hand, this makes me feel quite selfish.  But on the other, I recognize that I'm just trying </atom:summary><link>http://kittengoddess.blogspot.com/2003_12_01_archive.html#107050367603005223</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kitten)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018317.post-107049565094105769</guid><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2003 23:54:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2003-12-03T17:55:05.780-06:00</atom:updated><title></title><atom:summary type='text'>Going Nowhere -- chasing fitness one step at a timeAfter reading the always entertaining Marn for quite a while now, I've decided that I too need to hop on the Going Nowhere bandwagon for 2004.  I've decided to do this for alot of reasons.  I just don't feel healthy anymore.  I used to be so active and fit, and ever since I came to college, it doesn't seem to be that way anymore.  My wedding </atom:summary><link>http://kittengoddess.blogspot.com/2003_12_01_archive.html#107049565094105769</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kitten)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018317.post-106851054134128665</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2003 00:29:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2003-11-10T18:29:25.340-06:00</atom:updated><title></title><atom:summary type='text'>IT'S HERE!Yay!I'm completely infatuated by my beautiful new Palm.  True, the finish is nicked here an there...but it's a factory refurb, so that's how it goes.  I think they give it character.  I'm currently working on getting a case for it, hopefully I'll get one cheap on Ebay too here in a few hours - if not, then I'll go get one someplace else, no big deal.  Oh it's just so fabulously </atom:summary><link>http://kittengoddess.blogspot.com/2003_11_01_archive.html#106851054134128665</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kitten)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018317.post-106822209817067558</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2003 16:21:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2003-11-07T10:21:57.936-06:00</atom:updated><title></title><atom:summary type='text'>Palm Store - PalmOh oh!  So excited!  Eeeeeep!  Yes, you should be very jealous...this beautiful Palm shall soon be mine.  I've been lusting after the Tungsten T for about a month now.  As a poor student, I can't afford to spend $200 (that's the latest price on an open box one...the factory re-furbs are actually like $230, and brand new, closed box ones have been something like $250-275)...so </atom:summary><link>http://kittengoddess.blogspot.com/2003_11_01_archive.html#106822209817067558</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kitten)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018317.post-106626985093723988</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2003 02:04:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2003-10-15T21:04:31.373-05:00</atom:updated><title></title><atom:summary type='text'>"Am I not pretty enoughIs my heart too brokenDo I cry too muchAm I too outspokenDon't I make you laughShould I try it harderWhy do you see right through me"~Kasey Chambers, 'Not Pretty Enough'And of course the never ending drama of my life goes on.  I will confess, however, that everything looks better when seen through the lense of a Long Island Iced Tea at this point.  At least it took the </atom:summary><link>http://kittengoddess.blogspot.com/2003_10_01_archive.html#106626985093723988</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kitten)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018317.post-106608223364397469</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2003 21:57:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2003-10-13T16:57:13.003-05:00</atom:updated><title></title><atom:summary type='text'>I need to spiff up this blog, I think.  I feel like I might write more if I had more of a connection to the blog...if I really liked the way it looked.  Dunno how I'd manage to get good blog coding and some image hosting though.  I shall have to think about it more.</atom:summary><link>http://kittengoddess.blogspot.com/2003_10_01_archive.html#106608223364397469</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kitten)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018317.post-106605770761092362</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2003 15:08:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2003-10-13T10:08:27.680-05:00</atom:updated><title></title><atom:summary type='text'>I've got the song 'The Way You Look Tonight' in my head.  It won't go away.I guess that's not an altogether bad thing.  There are worse songs to have stuck in your head.It's only Monday and I'm tired for no good reason.  When does that daylight savings time thing happen again?  I always get confused about that.  I guess that's what happens when you're from someplace like Indiana.  I keep </atom:summary><link>http://kittengoddess.blogspot.com/2003_10_01_archive.html#106605770761092362</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kitten)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018317.post-106574795540854410</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2003 01:05:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2003-10-09T20:05:55.536-05:00</atom:updated><title></title><atom:summary type='text'>I've been thinking lately.  What do you do when you've changed, but no one else knows or seems to want to know?My mom called tonight with all kinds of info about people from my high school that she ran into today.  All of them "asked about me" right away and want to "get together and catch up" or want me to "come visit".  Mom seems to think this is just oh so wonderful and that I definately </atom:summary><link>http://kittengoddess.blogspot.com/2003_10_01_archive.html#106574795540854410</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kitten)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018317.post-106479345118931069</guid><pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2003 23:57:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2003-09-28T18:57:31.396-05:00</atom:updated><title></title><atom:summary type='text'>So it's been a very long time since I last wrote in here.  Lots of things have happened.  In all honesty, I've just been in a headspace where it hasn't been that possible for me to share things in public here.  I enjoy writing, it's quite comforting and freeing.  But there is a certain sense of danger in sharing things here.  I feel that if I'm going to write in here, I need to be honest about it</atom:summary><link>http://kittengoddess.blogspot.com/2003_09_01_archive.html#106479345118931069</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kitten)</author></item></channel></rss>