<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7137221747872564147</id><updated>2012-02-17T08:36:02.070-05:00</updated><category term='motherhood'/><category term='Next'/><category term='dad'/><category term='Jack White'/><category term='duct tape'/><category term='challenge'/><category term='Truth'/><category term='Third Man Records'/><category term='in-yo-face'/><category term='connection'/><category term='Zen'/><category term='organization'/><category term='broken hearted fan'/><category term='only child guilt'/><category term='hamsters'/><category term='parent'/><category term='art'/><category term='submission'/><category term='Creativity'/><category term='synopsis'/><category term='topic of conversation'/><category term='self-acceptance'/><category term='YA novel'/><category term='Your Mama is So Fat...'/><category term='dying'/><category term='memories'/><category term='Watching'/><category term='publish'/><category term='Through'/><category term='teacher'/><category term='cinjun tate'/><category term='bad 80&apos;s make-up'/><category term='Ethan'/><category term='Start'/><category term='high school'/><category term='I remember'/><category term='wish'/><category term='literary agent'/><category term='age'/><category term='The White Stripes'/><category term='playlists'/><category term='query letter'/><category term='daughter'/><category term='car show'/><category term='Degrees of Broken'/><category term='Karma'/><category term='Until'/><category term='haters'/><category term='Respect'/><category term='angst'/><category term='originality'/><category term='fireworks'/><category term='Happy'/><category term='Honesty'/><category term='research'/><category term='Facebook app'/><category term='The Curious Crow'/><category term='Epicurus'/><category term='Press-On Nails'/><category term='peeing dogs'/><category term='writer'/><category term='Music'/><category term='Law of Three'/><category term='teen love'/><category term='sad songs'/><category term='Autumn'/><category term='school'/><category term='rejection'/><category term='mourning'/><category term='blog'/><category term='publishing'/><category term='manuscript'/><category term='laughter'/><category term='Life'/><category term='scrapbooking'/><category term='fairy'/><category term='Golden Rule'/><category term='craft'/><category term='Blessed'/><category term='dead biscuit dough'/><category term='The Kills'/><category term='Morrissey'/><category term='that kind of mom'/><category term='Kasabian'/><category term='Spartan Fidelity'/><category term='publication'/><category term='Remy Zero'/><category term='Gives You Hell'/><category term='writing'/><category term='love'/><category term='Father&apos;s Day'/><category term='agent'/><title type='text'>The REALLY Real Curious Crow</title><subtitle type='html'>Why "The REALLY Real Curious Crow"?  Because I've been "The Curious Crow" since 1999, when I began crafting one-of-a-kind soft-sculptures. Yet, despite over 10 years of a web presence, there seem to be more "Curious Crow[s]" popping up all the time.  Antique dealers, bloggers, painters, tchotchkes pushers, and gamers seem to gravitate to my handle without the good college-try of Googling.  Accept no substitutes--do they have crow tracks tattooed on their foot?  I do!.  ;)</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>The REALLY Real Curious Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03540879407267148397</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UnD1UkPFS2A/TqGQNJmlo0I/AAAAAAAAAM8/uDJUIp8GBEI/s220/newestcrop.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>41</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7137221747872564147.post-5083648286846574064</id><published>2012-01-30T13:24:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-30T13:32:40.073-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jack White'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>I can front and say it's for my daughter, Jack White's biggest fan, but it's for me.  When the widget loads below, click it, and it'll spin like a record, baby.  Enjoy!



"Love Interruption" from the upcoming debut album, "Blunderbuss."  I know we're looking for it over here!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/feeds/5083648286846574064/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2012/01/i-can-front-and-say-its-for-my-daughter.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/5083648286846574064'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/5083648286846574064'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2012/01/i-can-front-and-say-its-for-my-daughter.html' title=''/><author><name>The REALLY Real Curious Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03540879407267148397</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UnD1UkPFS2A/TqGQNJmlo0I/AAAAAAAAAM8/uDJUIp8GBEI/s220/newestcrop.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7137221747872564147.post-6266603062188805688</id><published>2011-12-29T10:29:00.006-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-08T09:27:36.667-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='high school'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='angst'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='in-yo-face'/><title type='text'>Golden Children, Freaks, and 20 Years.</title><summary type='text'>20 years (and now a few months, since I took this post out of the  draft back burner).  That's how long it's been since I graduated high  school.  Reunion pictures circulating on Facebook, from the two high  schools I went to, prove it.  Yet when the grocery shopping, bill paying  and preteen raising duties are not weighing on me--like when I'm in my  car with the sunroof open and the music </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/feeds/6266603062188805688/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2011/12/golden-children-freaks-and-20-years.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/6266603062188805688'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/6266603062188805688'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2011/12/golden-children-freaks-and-20-years.html' title='Golden Children, Freaks, and 20 Years.'/><author><name>The REALLY Real Curious Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03540879407267148397</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UnD1UkPFS2A/TqGQNJmlo0I/AAAAAAAAAM8/uDJUIp8GBEI/s220/newestcrop.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7137221747872564147.post-7760629106185953606</id><published>2011-10-21T11:29:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-30T19:14:27.640-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fairy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Autumn'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Curious Crow'/><title type='text'>Fairies from Falling Leaves...</title><summary type='text'>Here's a peek (but just a little one) of how Autumn and the turning leaves of the east coast have inspired me when I'm not writing novel #2.  :)

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*I know I haven't written here in </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/feeds/7760629106185953606/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2011/10/fairies-from-falling-leaves.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/7760629106185953606'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/7760629106185953606'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2011/10/fairies-from-falling-leaves.html' title='Fairies from Falling Leaves...'/><author><name>The REALLY Real Curious Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03540879407267148397</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UnD1UkPFS2A/TqGQNJmlo0I/AAAAAAAAAM8/uDJUIp8GBEI/s220/newestcrop.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xiptFtKjEZ8/TqGNkjkoNkI/AAAAAAAAAMw/EdBvNeDw610/s72-c/IMG_9322+-+Copy.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7137221747872564147.post-7826983693239865299</id><published>2011-09-18T12:10:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-07T12:38:37.827-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dad'/><title type='text'>One Year.</title><summary type='text'>September 18.  A year ago today, I was both gutted and given a gift, all in one day.  My dad died last September 18th. But he waited for me to get to him, and he looked at me, and he smiled when I walked in the room.  For an entire year, my heart has flooded on me when I'm not expecting it--made my throat close and tears surprise me...but there is also laughter that breaks through when I think of</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/feeds/7826983693239865299/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2011/09/one-year.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/7826983693239865299'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/7826983693239865299'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2011/09/one-year.html' title='One Year.'/><author><name>The REALLY Real Curious Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03540879407267148397</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UnD1UkPFS2A/TqGQNJmlo0I/AAAAAAAAAM8/uDJUIp8GBEI/s220/newestcrop.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7137221747872564147.post-4462742758370823102</id><published>2011-06-06T09:55:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2012-02-15T08:00:12.494-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='duct tape'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dad'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='I remember'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Father&apos;s Day'/><title type='text'>Holidays, Duct Tape, the 18th, and Dad.</title><summary type='text'>My first Father’s Day without my dad is coming.  
I’ve been thinking about that, off and on, since Mother’s Day.  The thing is that the 18th of each month, for me, is lived a little differently since last September—there’s a subconscious sadness to that day, and about halfway through, I take note of the calendar, and I understand why.  Halloween (he was always the one to take me </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/feeds/4462742758370823102/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2011/06/holidays-duct-tape-18th-and-dad.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/4462742758370823102'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/4462742758370823102'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2011/06/holidays-duct-tape-18th-and-dad.html' title='Holidays, Duct Tape, the 18th, and Dad.'/><author><name>The REALLY Real Curious Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03540879407267148397</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UnD1UkPFS2A/TqGQNJmlo0I/AAAAAAAAAM8/uDJUIp8GBEI/s220/newestcrop.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7137221747872564147.post-2835900525545537699</id><published>2011-04-26T12:48:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-26T16:38:01.278-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bad 80&apos;s make-up'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Press-On Nails'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dad'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dead biscuit dough'/><title type='text'>Press On, Pop Off.</title><summary type='text'>I'm about to date myself here, but I tend to do that often--once more won't kill me. 
Back when Lee Press-On Nails first came out, I was a seventh grader with a bad hairdo, braces, and a want to be beautiful...or at least win the heart of a certain boy who, looking back, didn't deserve mine (not that he wanted it).  I'd discovered make-up, specifically, "Faded Denim" eyeshadow and a tube of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/feeds/2835900525545537699/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2011/04/press-on-pop-off.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/2835900525545537699'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/2835900525545537699'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2011/04/press-on-pop-off.html' title='Press On, Pop Off.'/><author><name>The REALLY Real Curious Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03540879407267148397</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UnD1UkPFS2A/TqGQNJmlo0I/AAAAAAAAAM8/uDJUIp8GBEI/s220/newestcrop.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FUPob8avljQ/Tbbvb_zC_XI/AAAAAAAAAMM/D6mO1St7yWk/s72-c/nails.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7137221747872564147.post-9148164705835697776</id><published>2011-04-17T21:05:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-18T13:18:18.515-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Challenge Day Seventeen. The One I Often Hear on the Radio.</title><summary type='text'>I don't listen to the radio, so Disney/Nick channel is going to have to do. ;)  I've been through repetitive songs by Big Time Rush (I tease Air with killer dance moves), the Jonas Brothers (with Air completely mocking them and/or making gagging noises), numerous Selena Gomez tunes (I mimic some of her signature singing poses--and give them names--to make Air laugh), and currently a song from </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/feeds/9148164705835697776/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-day-seventeen-one-i-often.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/9148164705835697776'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/9148164705835697776'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-day-seventeen-one-i-often.html' title='Challenge Day Seventeen. 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The One I Used to Love But Now I Hate.</title><summary type='text'>This seems to be a song that I loved in my mind and built up to greatness, because once I heard it again, years later, I really wondered what had been wrong with me for the years I touted its awesomeness.  I heard it only one time on MTV's 120 Minutes, back when Dave Kendall was the producer (ha!  Remember him, Mom?), and something about it got into my head and turned it into something of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/feeds/508941278757146911/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-day-sixteen-one-i-used-to.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/508941278757146911'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/508941278757146911'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-day-sixteen-one-i-used-to.html' title='Challenge Day Sixteen. The One I Used to Love But Now I Hate.'/><author><name>The REALLY Real Curious Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03540879407267148397</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UnD1UkPFS2A/TqGQNJmlo0I/AAAAAAAAAM8/uDJUIp8GBEI/s220/newestcrop.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/yWa3ouFWwJs/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7137221747872564147.post-4372681612361051731</id><published>2011-04-15T22:59:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-18T13:21:17.131-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Challenge Day Fifteen. The One That Describes Me.</title><summary type='text'>No one knows me better than my husband of almost 17 years, so I suppose it's fitting that the song that describes me comes from a place of what I am through his eyes.  We've spent almost half of our lives together and grown alongside one another, and he sees me through more forgiving eyes than I see myself.

"Everything" by Alanis Morissette

</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/feeds/4372681612361051731/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-day-fifteen-one-that.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/4372681612361051731'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/4372681612361051731'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-day-fifteen-one-that.html' title='Challenge Day Fifteen. The One That Describes Me.'/><author><name>The REALLY Real Curious Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03540879407267148397</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UnD1UkPFS2A/TqGQNJmlo0I/AAAAAAAAAM8/uDJUIp8GBEI/s220/newestcrop.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7137221747872564147.post-7338333788561239150</id><published>2011-04-14T20:26:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-18T13:24:40.703-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Challenge Day Fourteen. The One That No One Would Expect Me to Love.</title><summary type='text'>Brian is sitting here on the couch, trying to help me come up with something that would surprise anyone.  Actually, he's *saying* he's trying to be helpful; in reality, he's trying to antagonize me, so really, I'm on my own.  Air recommended something by Johnny Cash, but would that surprise anyone, since Brian and I had her recognizing Cash by the time she was 2 years old?  I do have closeted </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/feeds/7338333788561239150/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-day-fourteen-one-that-no-one.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/7338333788561239150'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/7338333788561239150'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-day-fourteen-one-that-no-one.html' title='Challenge Day Fourteen. The One That No One Would Expect Me to Love.'/><author><name>The REALLY Real Curious Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03540879407267148397</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UnD1UkPFS2A/TqGQNJmlo0I/AAAAAAAAAM8/uDJUIp8GBEI/s220/newestcrop.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/6BbB8b0wgPg/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7137221747872564147.post-8082942222496754981</id><published>2011-04-13T22:08:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-13T22:08:54.771-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Challenge Day Thirteen. The One That's My Guilty Pleasure.</title><summary type='text'>So on the heels of yesterday's post, I look like a big ol' fat hypocrite, but there's a reason I like this one--really! 

"Womanizer" by Britney Spears--(Forgive me for not posting the nakey video.)  This one made it onto my playlist for Degrees, all because of a specific scene when Ethan does a lip synch in the final days of his senior year...I ended up liking it.  shhhh.

</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/feeds/8082942222496754981/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-day-thirteen-one-thats-my.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/8082942222496754981'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/8082942222496754981'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-day-thirteen-one-thats-my.html' title='Challenge Day Thirteen. The One That&apos;s My Guilty Pleasure.'/><author><name>The REALLY Real Curious Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03540879407267148397</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UnD1UkPFS2A/TqGQNJmlo0I/AAAAAAAAAM8/uDJUIp8GBEI/s220/newestcrop.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/T5CfU5FUiug/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7137221747872564147.post-3269858843055275219</id><published>2011-04-12T19:17:00.010-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-15T08:26:29.417-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Challenge Day Twelve. The One From The Band I Hate.</title><summary type='text'>Seriously?  I'm trying to think of reasons for putting up a song from a  band I hate...I'm also trying to think of a band I truly can't stand  enough to say that I hate it.  IDK.  Wait, yes I do, though she's not "a  band."  Ke$ha. I can't stand the message she puts out there, especially when  it's mostly preteen and teen girls, who are trying to figure out how to "be" in the world, doing the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/feeds/3269858843055275219/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-day-twelve-one-band-i-hate.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/3269858843055275219'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/3269858843055275219'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-day-twelve-one-band-i-hate.html' title='Challenge Day Twelve. The One From The Band I Hate.'/><author><name>The REALLY Real Curious Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03540879407267148397</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UnD1UkPFS2A/TqGQNJmlo0I/AAAAAAAAAM8/uDJUIp8GBEI/s220/newestcrop.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7137221747872564147.post-8565951214555440829</id><published>2011-04-11T20:52:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-11T20:52:54.433-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Challenge Day Eleven.  The One From My Favorite Band.</title><summary type='text'>Hmmm...I wonder what my favorite band could be?  I'm choosing a fun one for this one, off Remy Zero's second album, Villa Elaine; this one is also on the Stigmata soundtrack.

"Gramarye" by Remy Zero--I once asked Shelby what was up with the shoes in this vid.  He said it was someone's idea to represent Marilyn Monroe.  Oh.  I see it now.  No I don't, but I love this song, love this video (and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/feeds/8565951214555440829/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-day-eleven-one-from-my.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/8565951214555440829'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/8565951214555440829'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-day-eleven-one-from-my.html' title='Challenge Day Eleven.  The One From My Favorite Band.'/><author><name>The REALLY Real Curious Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03540879407267148397</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UnD1UkPFS2A/TqGQNJmlo0I/AAAAAAAAAM8/uDJUIp8GBEI/s220/newestcrop.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/NEEJecwFG0w/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7137221747872564147.post-3820646025024179279</id><published>2011-04-10T19:34:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-15T08:28:13.677-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Challenge Day Ten.  The One I Could Fall Asleep To.</title><summary type='text'>Only seven more days after today, and I have to start thinking of real blog posts again.  Just that realization makes me tired.  Both instrumental songs chosen for today are part of the few that crossed over from my Degrees playlist to Game Changer...for the same character (in Degrees, he's a secondary character; in Game Changer, it's his show, two years prior to Degrees).   I used these songs, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/feeds/3820646025024179279/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-day-ten-one-i-could-fall.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/3820646025024179279'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/3820646025024179279'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-day-ten-one-i-could-fall.html' title='Challenge Day Ten.  The One I Could Fall Asleep To.'/><author><name>The REALLY Real Curious Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03540879407267148397</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UnD1UkPFS2A/TqGQNJmlo0I/AAAAAAAAAM8/uDJUIp8GBEI/s220/newestcrop.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/AKF-gVlt1hs/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7137221747872564147.post-2772417357725924807</id><published>2011-04-09T17:06:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-09T17:17:41.605-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Challenge Day Nine.  The One I Can Dance To.</title><summary type='text'>Just for the mere fact that Mama don't dance, and these songs actually make me do it, and--by default of their awesomeness--do it decently, there shall be THREE today!

"Planetary (GO!)" by My Chemical Romance--When first intro'ed to MCR, I didn't get it, but their last album digs in like an ear worm until there's no resisting.  The fact that Gerard Way has the same color hair as my main </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/feeds/2772417357725924807/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-day-nine-one-i-can-dance-to.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/2772417357725924807'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/2772417357725924807'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-day-nine-one-i-can-dance-to.html' title='Challenge Day Nine.  The One I Can Dance To.'/><author><name>The REALLY Real Curious Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03540879407267148397</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UnD1UkPFS2A/TqGQNJmlo0I/AAAAAAAAAM8/uDJUIp8GBEI/s220/newestcrop.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/L2qXTJBY0z8/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7137221747872564147.post-7202781058651280719</id><published>2011-04-08T20:46:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-18T13:23:45.698-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Challenge Day Eight.  The One I Know All the Words To.</title><summary type='text'>I've come to the conclusion that this is the probably the hardest day to answer, because I know the words to a gajillion songs, so I consulted my iPod, at random, and pulled up one classic and one less known, just for the fun of it.

"Creep" by Radiohead--I bought Pablo Honey almost the minute it came out, and my friend (at the time) thought I was smoking crack.  Girl had no taste, and--of course</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/feeds/7202781058651280719/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-day-eight-one-i-know-all.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/7202781058651280719'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/7202781058651280719'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-day-eight-one-i-know-all.html' title='Challenge Day Eight.  The One I Know All the Words To.'/><author><name>The REALLY Real Curious Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03540879407267148397</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UnD1UkPFS2A/TqGQNJmlo0I/AAAAAAAAAM8/uDJUIp8GBEI/s220/newestcrop.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/XFkzRNyygfk/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7137221747872564147.post-4883192440212884789</id><published>2011-04-07T21:45:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-07T21:45:34.572-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Challenge Day Seven.  The One That Reminds Me of A Certain Event.</title><summary type='text'>Driving down the 215, last day, last class of my BA in English Lit completed, sunroof opened, all windows rolled down in my little red car...and this song blared my anthem.  (Of course, I stepped right into my MA in comp, so my little red car turned right back around and drove the 215 straightaway, but the momentary state of freedom and "done-ness" was sweet!)

"Full Circle" by Aerosmith--"Time, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/feeds/4883192440212884789/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-day-seven-one-that-reminds-me.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/4883192440212884789'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/4883192440212884789'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-day-seven-one-that-reminds-me.html' title='Challenge Day Seven.  The One That Reminds Me of A Certain Event.'/><author><name>The REALLY Real Curious Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03540879407267148397</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UnD1UkPFS2A/TqGQNJmlo0I/AAAAAAAAAM8/uDJUIp8GBEI/s220/newestcrop.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/K3Orx5KAWWI/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7137221747872564147.post-3970361568625154343</id><published>2011-04-06T13:46:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-06T13:47:32.651-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Challenge Day Six.  The One That Reminds Me of Somewhere.</title><summary type='text'>Back in 1994, my new husband and I escaped Southern California to honeymoon in Hope Valley, CA, at a wonderful place called Sorenson's (see my waaaay old review here: "Well, You're Gonna Need a Place to Stay" circa 2000).  All the way up, while there, and all the way back down to reality, we played Nirvana's MTV Unplugged in New York album (diehard Nirvana fans since the Bleach album, we'd </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/feeds/3970361568625154343/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-day-six-one-that-reminds-me.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/3970361568625154343'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/3970361568625154343'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-day-six-one-that-reminds-me.html' title='Challenge Day Six.  The One That Reminds Me of Somewhere.'/><author><name>The REALLY Real Curious Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03540879407267148397</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UnD1UkPFS2A/TqGQNJmlo0I/AAAAAAAAAM8/uDJUIp8GBEI/s220/newestcrop.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/Uaflc5XnaNc/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7137221747872564147.post-5776337701874037572</id><published>2011-04-05T19:54:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-18T13:20:41.174-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kasabian'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Degrees of Broken'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ethan'/><title type='text'>Challenge Day Five. The One That Reminds Me of Someone.</title><summary type='text'>Rather than roll off  Day 02's Song The Makes Me Sad, with yet another song that makes me sad ("Wish" by Cinjun Tate, posted here on Sept 12, 2010), I'm going to go with my next choice--a happy reminder.  Well, two happy reminders of the same someone.

These two were the most played on my Degrees playlist, because they oozed my main male character, and all I had to do was turn either one of them </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/feeds/5776337701874037572/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-day-five-one-that-reminds-me.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/5776337701874037572'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/5776337701874037572'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-day-five-one-that-reminds-me.html' title='Challenge Day Five. The One That Reminds Me of Someone.'/><author><name>The REALLY Real Curious Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03540879407267148397</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UnD1UkPFS2A/TqGQNJmlo0I/AAAAAAAAAM8/uDJUIp8GBEI/s220/newestcrop.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/uyBJ2pqAkdI/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7137221747872564147.post-8725332555619459090</id><published>2011-04-04T09:18:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2011-09-21T11:50:21.268-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sad songs'/><title type='text'>Challenge Day Four. The One That Makes Me Sad.</title><summary type='text'> Wanna talk about a complete, heartbreaking story jammed into a few minutes?  These two make me bawl, no matter how steadfast my resolve not to.  I'll do well for the first thirty seconds or so, and then I feel my chin starting to have a mind of its own, feel the tears starting to squeeze out, and if I were forced to talk, it certainly would sound like I'd just been told the worst news in the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/feeds/8725332555619459090/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-day-four-one-that-makes-me.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/8725332555619459090'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/8725332555619459090'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-day-four-one-that-makes-me.html' title='Challenge Day Four. The One That Makes Me Sad.'/><author><name>The REALLY Real Curious Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03540879407267148397</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UnD1UkPFS2A/TqGQNJmlo0I/AAAAAAAAAM8/uDJUIp8GBEI/s220/newestcrop.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/O6475u0wEG0/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7137221747872564147.post-8988845727172887296</id><published>2011-04-03T22:05:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-05T20:27:52.886-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Happy'/><title type='text'>Challenge Day Three.  The One That Makes Me Happy.</title><summary type='text'>I actually do have more than one that makes me happy, but this one gets prime spot because of WHY it makes me happy.  I have it on my iPod, but only play it on rare occasions, for a specific reason: because nothing is as phenomenal or heart-fluttering to me as my husband's smile.  When it's coupled with his laugh, I'm a goner.  My husband loves music--LOVES IT--but unlike me, he doesn't enjoy a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/feeds/8988845727172887296/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-day-three-one-that-makes-me.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/8988845727172887296'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/8988845727172887296'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-day-three-one-that-makes-me.html' title='Challenge Day Three.  The One That Makes Me Happy.'/><author><name>The REALLY Real Curious Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03540879407267148397</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UnD1UkPFS2A/TqGQNJmlo0I/AAAAAAAAAM8/uDJUIp8GBEI/s220/newestcrop.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/PWgvGjAhvIw/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7137221747872564147.post-6460675949942552045</id><published>2011-04-02T15:59:00.009-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-05T20:38:37.514-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Challenge Day Two.  The Least Favorite.</title><summary type='text'>Here I go again, because there are two.  (There, honestly may be at least two throughout the whole challenge.)"Poker Face" by Lady Gaga--My dislike of Gaga is legendary in my house, to the point that if her name comes up (you'd be surprised), the inside joke between my husband and me is to look one another in the eye, grin, and start out the infamous joke: "How do you wake Lady Gaga up?" (the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/feeds/6460675949942552045/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-day-two-least-favorite.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/6460675949942552045'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/6460675949942552045'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-day-two-least-favorite.html' title='Challenge Day Two.  The Least Favorite.'/><author><name>The REALLY Real Curious Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03540879407267148397</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UnD1UkPFS2A/TqGQNJmlo0I/AAAAAAAAAM8/uDJUIp8GBEI/s220/newestcrop.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/bESGLojNYSo/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7137221747872564147.post-3136972148152090696</id><published>2011-04-01T21:44:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-05T20:39:32.467-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Kills'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Spartan Fidelity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='challenge'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Remy Zero'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='playlists'/><title type='text'>Challenge Day One.  The Favorite.</title><summary type='text'>While rummaging around on a blog, I found a 17 day song  challenge.  Anyone who knows  me...at all...knows music is my bliss; I'm known to crank it higher than my daughter; it's almost as essential as air (lowercase, not my kid) to me, and I like almost all of it--from Patsy  Cline to Skinny Puppy to Squirrel Nut Zippers to Bauhaus to John COUGAR  Mellancamp to X, and everything in between except</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/feeds/3136972148152090696/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-day-one-favorite.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/3136972148152090696'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/3136972148152090696'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-day-one-favorite.html' title='Challenge Day One.  The Favorite.'/><author><name>The REALLY Real Curious Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03540879407267148397</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UnD1UkPFS2A/TqGQNJmlo0I/AAAAAAAAAM8/uDJUIp8GBEI/s220/newestcrop.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/bCQgVDS-OJQ/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7137221747872564147.post-9045122551600904869</id><published>2011-02-03T12:05:00.007-05:00</published><updated>2011-04-18T13:26:13.268-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The White Stripes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='broken hearted fan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jack White'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Third Man Records'/><title type='text'>(Intermission)  2/2/11: The Day My Daughter's Heart Broke Into a Bajillion Pieces</title><summary type='text'>There's a clause in the unwritten mom contract which stipulates that  it is the mom's duty to be the one to break disappointing, devastating,  and/or tantrum-inducing news.  

I was the dealer of the  devastation yesterday.  2/2/11.  The day that marks a somber period in  my daughter's young life.  The day The White Stripes officially  announced their break-up.

When Third Man Records (Jack  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/feeds/9045122551600904869/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2011/02/intermission-2211-day-my-daughters_03.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/9045122551600904869'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/9045122551600904869'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2011/02/intermission-2211-day-my-daughters_03.html' title='(Intermission)  2/2/11: The Day My Daughter&apos;s Heart Broke Into a Bajillion Pieces'/><author><name>The REALLY Real Curious Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03540879407267148397</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UnD1UkPFS2A/TqGQNJmlo0I/AAAAAAAAAM8/uDJUIp8GBEI/s220/newestcrop.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/Eto3Tb_Cjkc/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7137221747872564147.post-2944910625438381654</id><published>2011-01-26T14:49:00.010-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-02T19:05:26.466-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gives You Hell'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='haters'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Blessed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Happy'/><title type='text'>a post and an ode to yesterday...</title><summary type='text'>I'll come clean straightaway, this post is a self-serving declaration; it is a posting that will more than likely never be read by the intended, but it's something that I need to get out of my system--I need to commit these thoughts to the written word, so I can feel that I've finally stood up for myself, my elementary school, middle school, early-high school self...I can bet, on some level, that</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/feeds/2944910625438381654/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2011/01/post-and-ode-to-yesterday.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/2944910625438381654'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/2944910625438381654'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2011/01/post-and-ode-to-yesterday.html' title='a post and an ode to yesterday...'/><author><name>The REALLY Real Curious Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03540879407267148397</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UnD1UkPFS2A/TqGQNJmlo0I/AAAAAAAAAM8/uDJUIp8GBEI/s220/newestcrop.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/350-8QVu2ZI/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7137221747872564147.post-4460337825444757262</id><published>2011-01-25T14:40:00.013-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-02T19:13:30.956-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rejection'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='connection'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='writer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='publishing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='writing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='agent'/><title type='text'>'Splaining Part 4: This is It.</title><summary type='text'>Writing makes a person very vulnerable. It opens you to public  criticism, to ridicule, to rejection. But it also opens conversation and  thought. It stirs minds, and touches hearts. It brings us into contact  with our souls. So how can it possibly be a waste of time, an idle act, a  mistake, a betrayal of truth? Who can possibly tell us not to do it? --Joan Chittister, Order of Saint Benedict
</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/feeds/4460337825444757262/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2011/01/splaining-part-4-this-is-it.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/4460337825444757262'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/4460337825444757262'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2011/01/splaining-part-4-this-is-it.html' title='&apos;Splaining Part 4: This is It.'/><author><name>The REALLY Real Curious Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03540879407267148397</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UnD1UkPFS2A/TqGQNJmlo0I/AAAAAAAAAM8/uDJUIp8GBEI/s220/newestcrop.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7137221747872564147.post-8920561703742162656</id><published>2011-01-11T22:31:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-02T19:13:54.961-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='research'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='manuscript'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='query letter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='synopsis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='agent'/><title type='text'>'Splaining Part 3:  Here's What's Taking So Long.  I'm Not a Slacker...Stop Laughing.</title><summary type='text'>Let me reiterate that I'm not an expert.  If you're here looking for an expert, you belong at agents' blogs, especially Query Shark, Nathan Bransford, and other reputable agents (well, Bransford dropped a bomb late last year when he left agenting and went into the tech world, but he still maintains an excellent blog)--many I have in my blog roll on the right-hand side--who are out in the trenches</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/feeds/8920561703742162656/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2011/01/splaining-part-3-heres-whats-taking-so.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/8920561703742162656'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/8920561703742162656'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2011/01/splaining-part-3-heres-whats-taking-so.html' title='&apos;Splaining Part 3:  Here&apos;s What&apos;s Taking So Long.  I&apos;m Not a Slacker...Stop Laughing.'/><author><name>The REALLY Real Curious Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03540879407267148397</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UnD1UkPFS2A/TqGQNJmlo0I/AAAAAAAAAM8/uDJUIp8GBEI/s220/newestcrop.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7137221747872564147.post-1846540695280423449</id><published>2010-12-29T19:38:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-29T19:38:22.008-05:00</updated><title type='text'>...and in the meantime...</title><summary type='text'>Bad blogger.  That's what I am.  Though I have the multi-post going about writing and agent seeking (and I have thought about it, believe me), I'm enjoying my time with my little fam, the stacks of YA books that surround me, and cups of hot cocoa with whipped cream (which I don't do on a normal basis) a little too much to be pulled away for a full-fledged blogging session.  So while I watch my </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/feeds/1846540695280423449/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2010/12/and-in-meantime.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/1846540695280423449'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/1846540695280423449'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2010/12/and-in-meantime.html' title='...and in the meantime...'/><author><name>The REALLY Real Curious Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03540879407267148397</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UnD1UkPFS2A/TqGQNJmlo0I/AAAAAAAAAM8/uDJUIp8GBEI/s220/newestcrop.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_g9QGZ2Fw3YA/TRvUWmH4l7I/AAAAAAAAAKk/l54Pmmfjd7Q/s72-c/party+blowout.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7137221747872564147.post-1789901804125467663</id><published>2010-12-22T23:04:00.008-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-02T19:14:36.981-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Zen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Morrissey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='publication'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Epicurus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='writer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='writing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='literary agent'/><title type='text'>'Splaining Part 2: Don't Put the Cart Before the Horse</title><summary type='text'>Picture with me, if you will, that you are a starry-eyed, first-time writer with an idea and a dream. Wouldn't it be lovely if the natural course of things for this scenario was that a publisher fell from the heavens--the instant characters began germinating in your writerly head--bearing unending praise at the mere mention of your </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/feeds/1789901804125467663/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2010/12/splaining-part-2-dont-put-cart-before.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/1789901804125467663'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/1789901804125467663'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2010/12/splaining-part-2-dont-put-cart-before.html' title='&apos;Splaining Part 2: Don&apos;t Put the Cart Before the Horse'/><author><name>The REALLY Real Curious Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03540879407267148397</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UnD1UkPFS2A/TqGQNJmlo0I/AAAAAAAAAM8/uDJUIp8GBEI/s220/newestcrop.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7137221747872564147.post-5820063984656298228</id><published>2010-12-16T14:21:00.009-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-02T19:15:20.515-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='submission'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='YA novel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='writer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='publishing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='writing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='query letter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='literary agent'/><title type='text'>I've Got Some 'Splaining To Do.</title><summary type='text'>Rather than put my arthritic hands into fits and spasms, filling out Christmas cards ad infinitum this year, I wrote my family's first holiday letter (no, the wearing of Christmas sweaters and vests is NOT forthcoming) to sum up our past year of ups, downs, and happenings.  Mentioned, of course, was the loss of our old family dog and the passing of my dad.  My daughter's section highlighted her </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/feeds/5820063984656298228/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2010/12/ive-got-some-splaining-to-do.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/5820063984656298228'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/5820063984656298228'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2010/12/ive-got-some-splaining-to-do.html' title='I&apos;ve Got Some &apos;Splaining To Do.'/><author><name>The REALLY Real Curious Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03540879407267148397</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UnD1UkPFS2A/TqGQNJmlo0I/AAAAAAAAAM8/uDJUIp8GBEI/s220/newestcrop.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7137221747872564147.post-2716694256402279808</id><published>2010-11-21T18:48:00.006-05:00</published><updated>2011-10-10T20:23:42.056-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I Need a Sash</title><summary type='text'>I've earned a badges...



"Fictional BFF" badge.  "Ethan Emerson," my cooler-than-cool male protag, is my fictional bff.  Only my real-life bff, Jessy, knows how deranged I am when it comes to him, and it will stay that way (if she knows what's good for her).


"Query Letter" badge as explained by Merit Badger: "How to write a query letter:  Rip still-beating heart from chest. Attach to paper. (</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/feeds/2716694256402279808/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2010/11/more-stinkin-badges.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/2716694256402279808'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/2716694256402279808'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2010/11/more-stinkin-badges.html' title='I Need a Sash'/><author><name>The REALLY Real Curious Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03540879407267148397</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UnD1UkPFS2A/TqGQNJmlo0I/AAAAAAAAAM8/uDJUIp8GBEI/s220/newestcrop.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_g9QGZ2Fw3YA/TOmtCvirUAI/AAAAAAAAAII/VaiCQY4GRYk/s72-c/fictionalbff.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7137221747872564147.post-1972443635185836789</id><published>2010-11-17T21:18:00.012-05:00</published><updated>2010-11-21T22:32:10.120-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Your Mama is So Fat...'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='topic of conversation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='school'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jack White'/><title type='text'>But What Does it Mean?!?!?!</title><summary type='text'>My daughter had a recent, long-term assignment: a mini biography about a famous person of her choosing, on a Wheaties box.  (Very ingenious assignment, I must say.)  My daughter, being the cool cat that she is, chose Jack White; she's been his #1 child fan since she was in pre-k.  Honestly.  She heard "Hello Operator," and she was gone.  I now have all the music on my iPod, but there was once a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/feeds/1972443635185836789/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2010/11/but-what-does-it-mean.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/1972443635185836789'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/1972443635185836789'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2010/11/but-what-does-it-mean.html' title='But What Does it Mean?!?!?!'/><author><name>The REALLY Real Curious Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03540879407267148397</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UnD1UkPFS2A/TqGQNJmlo0I/AAAAAAAAAM8/uDJUIp8GBEI/s220/newestcrop.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g9QGZ2Fw3YA/TOSC2ZbsWLI/AAAAAAAAAIE/mwfjFWUBdvQ/s72-c/mejack.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7137221747872564147.post-5165791341375717437</id><published>2010-11-08T10:14:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2010-11-08T20:51:27.037-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Facebook app'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Watching'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Until'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Start'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Next'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Through'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='love'/><title type='text'>Next. Life. Watching. Through. Love. Start. Until.</title><summary type='text'>Once again, I've waited for the blogging gods to hammer me with an idea...at least a glimmer...one to run with, easily; I've waited for a month--through a season changing and through many life things, but nothing.  And then something as random and banal as running a Facebook app happened.  The innocence of finding out the top words I use in my status updates became akin to me hitting some tarot </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/feeds/5165791341375717437/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2010/11/next-life-watching-through-love-start.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/5165791341375717437'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/5165791341375717437'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2010/11/next-life-watching-through-love-start.html' title='Next. Life. Watching. Through. Love. Start. Until.'/><author><name>The REALLY Real Curious Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03540879407267148397</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UnD1UkPFS2A/TqGQNJmlo0I/AAAAAAAAAM8/uDJUIp8GBEI/s220/newestcrop.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7137221747872564147.post-8728413855295277538</id><published>2010-10-01T22:20:00.017-04:00</published><updated>2012-02-15T07:53:27.442-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hamsters'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mourning'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='laughter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dad'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='memories'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='I remember'/><title type='text'>It is Written; It is So.</title><summary type='text'>I've been struggling, since my last post before my dad died, with what to write next in my blog.  Like my personal "Groundhog Day," my mind always revolves back to the same point: memories of my dad.  Things sneak up on me when I least expect them, and I'm reduced to a puddle of tears--some through smiles, some through laughter, but all through the missing that happens when one is able to say, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/feeds/8728413855295277538/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2010/10/it-is-written-it-is-so.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/8728413855295277538'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/8728413855295277538'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2010/10/it-is-written-it-is-so.html' title='It is Written; It is So.'/><author><name>The REALLY Real Curious Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03540879407267148397</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UnD1UkPFS2A/TqGQNJmlo0I/AAAAAAAAAM8/uDJUIp8GBEI/s220/newestcrop.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7137221747872564147.post-777015639011989918</id><published>2010-09-12T10:53:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-21T12:44:48.932-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wish'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cinjun tate'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daughter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dad'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='parent'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dying'/><title type='text'>To a Dad, From a Daughter.</title><summary type='text'>

My soul is quietly coming to terms with the very real probability that it is about to say goodbye to my dad.  I can continue to hope with my heart that he'll make a full recovery, but even if his body comes back around, there are somethings that are just changed and gone.  Just about every word in Cinjun's song, "Wish," speaks to what I'm going through right now...except the part about "you'll </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/feeds/777015639011989918/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2010/09/to-dad-from-daughter.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/777015639011989918'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/777015639011989918'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2010/09/to-dad-from-daughter.html' title='To a Dad, From a Daughter.'/><author><name>The REALLY Real Curious Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03540879407267148397</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UnD1UkPFS2A/TqGQNJmlo0I/AAAAAAAAAM8/uDJUIp8GBEI/s220/newestcrop.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_g9QGZ2Fw3YA/TIz1uj7SyLI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/TU7qoPcnREg/s72-c/chainsaw.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7137221747872564147.post-170006284634353702</id><published>2010-08-29T22:25:00.014-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-09T17:10:57.904-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wish'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='motherhood'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daughter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='school'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='teacher'/><title type='text'>What I'd Like to Say--Wish I Could Say--To My Daughter's New Teacher</title><summary type='text'>There comes a point somewhere into the summer when a mom hears "What  are we doing today?" or "Where are we going today?" one too many times.   Gets nagged out, and with one twitching eye, one thread of a nerve and  zero sanity left, she begins counting the days until the start of  school.  Being the mom of an only child sometimes moves that point a bit  sooner into the summer break.

For me, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/feeds/170006284634353702/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2010/08/what-id-like-to-say-wish-i-could-say-to_29.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/170006284634353702'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/170006284634353702'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2010/08/what-id-like-to-say-wish-i-could-say-to_29.html' title='What I&apos;d Like to Say--Wish I Could Say--To My Daughter&apos;s New Teacher'/><author><name>The REALLY Real Curious Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03540879407267148397</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UnD1UkPFS2A/TqGQNJmlo0I/AAAAAAAAAM8/uDJUIp8GBEI/s220/newestcrop.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7137221747872564147.post-4199716445889191509</id><published>2010-08-22T12:14:00.011-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-11T19:33:43.451-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fireworks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='peeing dogs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='motherhood'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='car show'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daughter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='that kind of mom'/><title type='text'>Fireworks and Thoughts on a Hot August Night</title><summary type='text'>The sky in Pennsylvania goes on forever.  Last night, I saw it lit up and blazing, every part, with fireworks and raindrops.

My daughter's friend invited my little fam to meet up with hers at "A Night in the Country," an annual farewell to summer, filled with expensive food, $5 lemonade, carnival games, vintage cars, a bad country band with heavy bass, teenagers experimenting with the boundaries</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/feeds/4199716445889191509/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2010/08/fireworks-and-thoughts-on-hot-august.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/4199716445889191509'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/4199716445889191509'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2010/08/fireworks-and-thoughts-on-hot-august.html' title='Fireworks and Thoughts on a Hot August Night'/><author><name>The REALLY Real Curious Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03540879407267148397</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UnD1UkPFS2A/TqGQNJmlo0I/AAAAAAAAAM8/uDJUIp8GBEI/s220/newestcrop.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7137221747872564147.post-912413021321794200</id><published>2010-08-15T13:27:00.010-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-12T13:01:19.931-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Truth'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='originality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Creativity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Respect'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Honesty'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Law of Three'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Karma'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Golden Rule'/><title type='text'>Sayings that need to die painful deaths.</title><summary type='text'>Okay, so that's a little extreme. Maybe somewhat painful deaths. At least just die. There are a few of these "pearls" that have been on my mind, as I think of the way that people are implementing them lately.  There will probably be a few others I'll end up adding, as they strike me.


#1 "It's easier to ask forgiveness than  ask permission."
Boy, I know a lot of people who subscribe  to this one</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/feeds/912413021321794200/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2010/08/sayings-that-need-to-die-painful-death.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/912413021321794200'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/912413021321794200'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2010/08/sayings-that-need-to-die-painful-death.html' title='Sayings that need to die painful deaths.'/><author><name>The REALLY Real Curious Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03540879407267148397</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UnD1UkPFS2A/TqGQNJmlo0I/AAAAAAAAAM8/uDJUIp8GBEI/s220/newestcrop.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7137221747872564147.post-7252557920814800414</id><published>2010-07-19T14:24:00.018-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-02T21:36:08.557-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='only child guilt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Degrees of Broken'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='manuscript'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='teen love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='YA novel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='publish'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='agent'/><title type='text'>Does That Straight Jacket Come in Black?</title><summary type='text'>I think I officially lost my mind today.  I've heard tell that some writers have waited for their parents' deaths before trying to publish--to avoid the mess of hurt feelings (however unfounded), guilt, and disownment.  Me?  I've decided to let my mom read my manuscript as it circulates literary agencies.

Originally, I vowed that she wouldn't read my manuscript until I held a contract in my hand</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/feeds/7252557920814800414/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2010/07/does-that-straight-jacket-come-in-black.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/7252557920814800414'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/7252557920814800414'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2010/07/does-that-straight-jacket-come-in-black.html' title='Does That Straight Jacket Come in Black?'/><author><name>The REALLY Real Curious Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03540879407267148397</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UnD1UkPFS2A/TqGQNJmlo0I/AAAAAAAAAM8/uDJUIp8GBEI/s220/newestcrop.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g9QGZ2Fw3YA/TESeD8n-sOI/AAAAAAAAACg/aBDNQqhaCjU/s72-c/teamethan.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7137221747872564147.post-7797588517597468269</id><published>2010-07-14T13:48:00.010-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-18T14:48:27.117-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='art'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='self-acceptance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='organization'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='craft'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='scrapbooking'/><title type='text'>What ever happened to the color-coding girl?</title><summary type='text'>So I took my daughter into a craft store today to get new tempra paints and paper for her.  (I'm going to interrupt myself now)  It's funny (a little annoying, but funny) when the people who don't get my art call it "craft."  They say things like "I wish I were crafty," insinuating that I am.  I'm not.  This point gets driven home every time I go to a craft store and I get sucked back into the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/feeds/7797588517597468269/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2010/07/what-ever-happened-to-color-coding-girl.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/7797588517597468269'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/7797588517597468269'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2010/07/what-ever-happened-to-color-coding-girl.html' title='What ever happened to the color-coding girl?'/><author><name>The REALLY Real Curious Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03540879407267148397</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UnD1UkPFS2A/TqGQNJmlo0I/AAAAAAAAAM8/uDJUIp8GBEI/s220/newestcrop.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7137221747872564147.post-1217805654683364704</id><published>2010-07-13T16:00:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-12T07:32:30.147-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blog'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='age'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='agent'/><title type='text'>So two things happened out of the blue today:</title><summary type='text'>1)  I actually forgot how old I am.

2)  I started a blog.

For years now, I've boggled at my husband's ability to absolutely, totally forget his age.  When asked, he pauses, gets a confused look on his face and verbally asks himself how old he is.  I've never understood, because like most females of the species, I've always known PRECISELY how old I am at any given moment, whether it was when I </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/feeds/1217805654683364704/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2010/07/so-two-things-happened-out-of-blue.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/1217805654683364704'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7137221747872564147/posts/default/1217805654683364704'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thereallyrealcuriouscrow.blogspot.com/2010/07/so-two-things-happened-out-of-blue.html' title='So two things happened out of the blue today:'/><author><name>The REALLY Real Curious Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03540879407267148397</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UnD1UkPFS2A/TqGQNJmlo0I/AAAAAAAAAM8/uDJUIp8GBEI/s220/newestcrop.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry></feed>
