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	<title>One Divided NATion</title>
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		<title>&#8230;AND WE&#8217;RE BACK!</title>
		<link>http://natrivera.wordpress.com/2009/09/23/alright/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:03:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Talie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am back.  Yes, I know, it has been a VERY long time since I have done this whole blogging thing, but I do believe it is time for me to return.
I have recently received NUMEROUS comments to approve from lovely people such as yourself.  They are on old posts where people thanked me [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=natrivera.wordpress.com&blog=2109198&post=205&subd=natrivera&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p>I am back.  Yes, I know, it has been a VERY long time since I have done this whole blogging thing, but I do believe it is time for me to return.</p>
<p>I have recently received NUMEROUS comments to approve from lovely people such as yourself.  They are on old posts where people thanked me for the information I provided on many different subjects.  So&#8230; random posts shall follow in the future so as to pinpoint where my expertise really lies.  Perhaps it is in the random!  If I can help a single person with something I write, the blog is a success.</p>
<p>Additionally I will begin work this week on my other site- College Cookbook. I&#8217;ll keep you all apprised as to how that goes and I look forward to reading feedback from you!</p>
<p>God bless!</p>
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		<title>Um, you&#8217;ve got some sexuality on your sleeve&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://natrivera.wordpress.com/2009/04/13/um-youve-got-some/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:23:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Talie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Excuse me Madame, if you please.
Your shirt is quite showy, your pants quite flowy,
and you&#8217;ve got your sexuality on your sleeve.
I know you may desire to show it but I&#8217;d much prefer I did not know it-
So if you could and you would just stow it
away
so I don&#8217;t feel ashamed
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p>Excuse me Madame, if you please.<br />
Your shirt is quite showy, your pants quite flowy,<br />
and you&#8217;ve got your sexuality on your sleeve.</p>
<p>I know you may desire to show it but I&#8217;d much prefer I did not know it-</p>
<p>So if you could and you would just stow it</p>
<p>away</p>
<p>so I don&#8217;t feel ashamed</p>
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		<title>I don&#8217;t wish upon a star anymore&#8230;. most of the time</title>
		<link>http://natrivera.wordpress.com/2009/03/30/i-dont-wish-upon-a-star-anymore-most-of-the-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 06:39:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Talie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One compliment in two months.
He sat there as I said I love him and he told me “I know.”
And you let me date him, for over a year.
You watched me shave my head and cry,
For two years you watched me suffer and why?
Where were you?
Here you are standing in front of me-
And you say you [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=natrivera.wordpress.com&blog=2109198&post=200&subd=natrivera&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p>One compliment in two months.<br />
He sat there as I said I love him and he told me “I know.”<br />
And you let me date him, for over a year.<br />
You watched me shave my head and cry,<br />
For two years you watched me suffer and why?<br />
Where were you?<br />
Here you are standing in front of me-<br />
And you say you love me?<br />
How dare you.</p>
<p>Where were you,<br />
When I cried myself to sleep<br />
Got back on my feet<br />
Fell hard over and over<br />
And couldn’t even keep<br />
My dreams going?<br />
Where were you when I sat alone and hoped that I would die?<br />
Just so I wouldn’t have to finish it myself?<br />
Where were you?</p>
<p>As you pull me close<br />
With your two parents and your brother<br />
And your home<br />
And your flawless clothes<br />
And your success and joy<br />
Your perfect eyes holding mine</p>
<p>Did you know that I spent 18 years (that I can remember)<br />
Living alone<br />
That I held on for something<br />
Making my way in the hopes that someday<br />
I’d find myself<br />
Wrapped by two arms that loved me so…<br />
But where were you before?</p>
<p>I looked up to that empty cold night sky<br />
And prayed upon the starlight, starbright<br />
That the first star I could see tonight…</p>
<p>You know- I wished I may<br />
I wished I might<br />
And I just want to know where you were when the fight<br />
Came down in my world.</p>
<p>Where were you?<br />
I lived in a personal hell<br />
Trapped in that fucking shell<br />
And my cheeks were chapped from the tears that fell<br />
And you were not there.<br />
And you dare,<br />
To tell me you love me.<br />
Well I love you too.</p>
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		<title>As I stated&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 06:37:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Talie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I should have been more worried about the turnout of the party than my apartment.  People were apathetic towards drinking games and I didn&#8217;t know how else to entertain them.  Epic fail.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p>I should have been more worried about the turnout of the party than my apartment.  People were apathetic towards drinking games and I didn&#8217;t know how else to entertain them.  Epic fail.</p>
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		<title>Uggh</title>
		<link>http://natrivera.wordpress.com/2009/03/28/uggh/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2009 16:05:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Talie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So it&#8217;s Saturday and I am running on very little sleep. As of last night I was running a fever and feeling very run down. 
I planned to be in bed by 12:00 am (midnight) but instead I played rockband with a couple of friends then proceeded to have a very serious and heartbreaking conversation with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=natrivera.wordpress.com&blog=2109198&post=197&subd=natrivera&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p>So it&#8217;s Saturday and I am running on very little sleep. As of last night I was running a fever and feeling very run down. </p>
<p>I planned to be in bed by 12:00 am (midnight) but instead I played rockband with a couple of friends then proceeded to have a very serious and heartbreaking conversation with one of them.  It led to a very difficult decision on my part that I still can&#8217;t decide how I feel about it but know that he definitely did not like the outcome.  ::big sigh::  We live, we learn, we buy huggies.</p>
<p>Whoa, was that a 1990&#8217;s slogan for diapers?  Geez I&#8217;m tired.</p>
<p>I have a bunch of friends coming over tonight and I&#8217;m stressed.  My apartment = me.    I still have political campaign signs hung up (only the best ones!).  And now have my X-Files posters up.  Uggh.  What will they think??  It&#8217;s weird that I feel more insecure about that than the actual turn out of this party.</p>
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		<title>Better Off Without &#8220;Better Off Ted&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://natrivera.wordpress.com/2009/03/25/better-off-without-better-off-ted/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:33:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Talie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pop Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABC]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a watching episode one of the new show starring none other than the gorgeous Portia de Rossi I can safely say that we were all better off prior to the premiere of the show.  Characters are hollow, plot-lines are shallow, and the shows budget is evident in every scene.  Why couldn&#8217;t they [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=natrivera.wordpress.com&blog=2109198&post=193&subd=natrivera&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p>After a watching episode one of the new show starring none other than the gorgeous Portia de Rossi I can safely say that we were all better off prior to the premiere of the show.  Characters are hollow, plot-lines are shallow, and the shows budget is evident in every scene.  Why couldn&#8217;t they have just maintained good shows that weren&#8217;t overacted?  Hell, I&#8217;ll settle for those that were deviously over-acted but that were enjoyable like Pushing Daisies or Carpoolers!</p>
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		<title>Fitting As We Come Out of Winter</title>
		<link>http://natrivera.wordpress.com/2009/03/19/fitting-as-we-come-out-of-winter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 08:29:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Talie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Greek Mythology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hell]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You are
My Pomegranate and…
I’ve known Hell
I’ve seen the devil at my door
I have been
Stripped of everything
And more
I’ve been physically used
Psychologically abused
And guilty of everything accused
And I have laid there
Me exposed like a whore
Stripped of everything
And more
I’ve watched flames burn my house
My world get dominated by a mouse
I’ve watched horses die,
I’ve seen you cry
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p>You are<br />
My Pomegranate and…<br />
I’ve known Hell<br />
I’ve seen the devil at my door<br />
I have been<br />
Stripped of everything<br />
And more<br />
I’ve been physically used<br />
Psychologically abused<br />
And guilty of everything accused</p>
<p>And I have laid there<br />
Me exposed like a whore<br />
Stripped of everything<br />
And more</p>
<p>I’ve watched flames burn my house<br />
My world get dominated by a mouse</p>
<p>I’ve watched horses die,<br />
I’ve seen you cry<br />
And I’ve traveled too many miles without help</p>
<p>I have knelt before God and said into the phone<br />
Why I should hold on?<br />
But the line went dead before God gave an answer<br />
So I stood there hearing that dial tone<br />
Then put the phone back in its cradle<br />
And went back home</p>
<p>There’s no point in doing something that makes you unhappy<br />
But with that perspective I have to ask-<br />
Why did I continue to push past?<br />
Why am I still alive?<br />
When everyday was worse than the last?</p>
<p>Pomegranate<br />
I’ve seen the Devil<br />
I’ve known Hell<br />
So call me Persephone</p>
<p>Persephone it seems is now<br />
Stripped of everything<br />
And more</p>
<p>But call me Persephone, from those perfect lips<br />
A symphonic melody beckoning me</p>
<p>Just call me Persephone<br />
Because you are the fruit of my dreams<br />
My everything, it seems<br />
And more.</p>
<p>And I would spend the rest of my life back in that cold Hades winter<br />
Just to devour every morsel of every moment, with you<br />
Because I can’t get enough<br />
And you are everything I’ve been waiting for<br />
And more</p>
<p>They say in<br />
The Garden of Eden<br />
That knowledge came from an apple<br />
But with worm filled disgrace<br />
I knew then that I would be stripped of everything<br />
Naked, alone,<br />
And more.</p>
<p>But Pomegranate<br />
Call me Persephone<br />
Just this one time alone</p>
<p>Your bloody love<br />
Soaking deep in<br />
Stained from your juicy lips I kissed<br />
Guilty red hands from nectar stained fingertips<br />
Because I’ve danced and swayed with you and these hips</p>
<p>Call me Persephone<br />
Then, my precious produce,<br />
My pomegranate delight<br />
Please<br />
Stain me<br />
Please hold me tight<br />
And leave a permanent mark of the time<br />
You stripped me of everything<br />
And taught me to make love<br />
And be loved<br />
And more.</p>
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		<title>Also to note-</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:18:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Talie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apparently my reintroduction and apology for my extraordinarily long hiatus was ALSO erased during my little spat with the lappy.  I&#8217;m back and though I thought I could escape drama and otherwise by moving on to another blog I have found that my heart lives here.  I will most likely face ridicule from [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=natrivera.wordpress.com&blog=2109198&post=189&subd=natrivera&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p>Apparently my reintroduction and apology for my extraordinarily long hiatus was ALSO erased during my little spat with the lappy.  I&#8217;m back and though I thought I could escape drama and otherwise by moving on to another blog I have found that my heart lives here.  I will most likely face ridicule from my &#8216;enemies&#8217; and/or an ex-boyfriend or two, but we shall prevail.  hopefully.</p>
<p>I hope all is well for you!</p>
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		<title>I&#8217;m a dumbass</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:07:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Talie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I erased two lesser phil episodes in an accidental miscommunication between me and my computer.  UGGH.  Let me repeat for you- grrrrrr
I don&#8217;t know how to rectify the emotion that I had in those two entries.  I suppose I shall have to go on without them.
Ok, looks like it was actually only [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=natrivera.wordpress.com&blog=2109198&post=184&subd=natrivera&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p>I erased two lesser phil episodes in an accidental miscommunication between me and my computer.  UGGH.  Let me repeat for you- grrrrrr</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t know how to rectify the emotion that I had in those two entries.  I suppose I shall have to go on without them.</p>
<p>Ok, looks like it was actually only one entry but it was the one that explained why I was so angry with Lesser Phil.  In short- He ate all of Chas&#8217; food and let my cat out while I was 9 hours away and then didn&#8217;t tell anyone that our beloved pet was missing.  WHAT???  Who does that.</p>
<p>Anyway- I&#8217;ll try and track down episode 8 but I&#8217;ll put out 9 in the next couple of days.</p>
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		<title>Five Poems In</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 10:37:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Talie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m five poems in and I have no idea what to write.
Everything seems so prose in essence making this also a potential cross-dresser poem
These literary texts now wolves in poetic sheep&#8217;s clothing with
Full sentences and rhymes and rhythms that seem to lack&#8230;
Rhyme or reason.
All of it because I want to sum it all up-
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p>I&#8217;m five poems in and I have no idea what to write.</p>
<p>Everything seems so prose in essence making this also a potential cross-dresser poem</p>
<p>These literary texts now wolves in poetic sheep&#8217;s clothing with</p>
<p>Full sentences and rhymes and rhythms that seem to lack&#8230;</p>
<p>Rhyme or reason.</p>
<p>All of it because I want to sum it all up-</p>
<p>The struggles you and I have already had,</p>
<p>the promise we have,</p>
<p>the feelings I know now,</p>
<p>the person I&#8217;m becoming,</p>
<p>that smile you get when you are so excited,</p>
<p>or our Pokemon themed, honesty founded, midnight-rendezvous-to-care-for-our-mutual-friend filled, tightly bound, emotionally held, adventurous, dangerous, and, ultimately, beautiful thing that we have going on.</p>
<p>So here I am,</p>
<p>five poems in.</p>
<p>But transvestite prose now becomes more as I realize</p>
<p>That all of this will pass</p>
<p>And maybe I shouldn&#8217;t write a poem at all</p>
<p>and go blow bubbles instead.</p>
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