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		<title>What happened??</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2011 20:11:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicole Elkington</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[RANDOM]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What the hell happened to me blogging? Miss me? I have an iPhone now so that means I can be better at it. Right?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- Start Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop --><!-- End Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop --><p>What the hell happened to me blogging? Miss me? </p>
<p>I have an iPhone now so that means I can be better at it. Right?  </p>
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		<title>I don&#8217;t get it.</title>
		<link>http://www.nicoleelkington.com/2011/i-dont-get-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 15:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicole Elkington</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NEWS JUNKIE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bachmann]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[paul]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pet peeves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; I don&#8217;t understand her. And most of all, I don&#8217;t understand her appeal. I get the same frustrated, &#8220;What the Hell?&#8221; feelings about her as I did in 2008 with Sarah Palin. I can respect when political opinions differ [most of the time..] but, it drives me over the edge when someone who isn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t understand her. And most of all, I don&#8217;t understand her appeal. I get the same frustrated, &#8220;What the Hell?&#8221; feelings about her as I did in 2008 with Sarah Palin. I can respect when political opinions differ [most of the time..] but, it drives me over the edge when someone who isn&#8217;t even qualified to run, runs. And is taken seriously. Amazed.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>And then&#8230; you see something like this, and I am in shock to where the Republican party is going.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Angry Face ~</p>
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		<title>Always in my head.</title>
		<link>http://www.nicoleelkington.com/2011/always-in-my-head/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicole Elkington</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[30 seconds to mars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I just can't get enough Jared Leto.]]></description>
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<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Love, love, love him.</p>
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		<title>Falling for these</title>
		<link>http://www.nicoleelkington.com/2011/falling-for-these/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Sep 2011 14:42:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicole Elkington</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[RANDOM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crafty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[i love fall]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I want to do these! As soon as I saw them this morning I think I caught the crafty bug, and decided to buy some.. and then go buy some fake pumpkins, and oh my goodness it&#8217;s Fall. Which is my absolute favorite. &#160; &#160; &#160; Too bad I&#8217;m sick today, and plan on resting [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- Start Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop --><!-- End Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop --><p>I want to do these! As soon as I saw them this morning I think I caught the crafty bug, and decided to buy some.. and then go buy some fake pumpkins, and oh my goodness it&#8217;s Fall. Which is my absolute favorite.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Too bad I&#8217;m sick today, and plan on resting the sick away&#8230; and won&#8217;t get to the craft store today. Does Hobby Lobby deliver?</p>
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		<title>Andy&#8217;s Giggles.. Make me Giggle</title>
		<link>http://www.nicoleelkington.com/2011/andys-giggles-make-me-giggle/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nicoleelkington.com/2011/andys-giggles-make-me-giggle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Aug 2011 15:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicole Elkington</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[31 Days of August]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NEWS JUNKIE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anderson cooper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[funny]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tv]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I love it. Also &#8211; this guy was on My Father, The Hero. I loved that movie!]]></description>
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<p>I love it.</p>
<p>Also &#8211; this guy was on <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110612/">My Father, The Hero</a>. I loved that movie!</p>
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		<title>A Green Thumb [mostly]</title>
		<link>http://www.nicoleelkington.com/2011/a-green-thumb-mostly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 14:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicole Elkington</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[30 BY THIRTY!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[31 Days of August]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GOALS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[garden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[goals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[my photos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[summer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Check one more thing off my 30 By Thirty list! ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- Start Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop --><!-- End Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop --><p>It&#8217;s been awhile since I have updated about my <a href="http://www.nicoleelkington.com/30-by-30/" target="_blank">30 By Thirty</a> list, but this Summer I have accomplished one of my goals! I grew a garden, and it&#8217;s actually a success, a few things didn&#8217;t work out [cough: Cucumbers], but I will try them again next year!</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.nicoleelkington.com/2011/a-green-thumb-mostly/jalapeno/" rel="attachment wp-att-1011"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1011 alignright" title="jalapeno" src="http://www.nicoleelkington.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/jalapeno-217x300.jpg" alt="jalapeno 217x300 A Green Thumb [mostly]" width="217" height="300" /></a></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>I do have to say, I had an earwig problem a few weeks ago, and my uncle, Cory, &#8220;the Bug man&#8221; came and fixed it for me. He&#8217;s pretty awesome like that. It was a pretty traumatizing experience, I had a ripe tomato, got excited to wash it off and eat it. I washed it, and then realized that an <span style="color: #ff6600;">EARWIG</span> was poking it&#8217;s head out of the tomato staring me! I <span style="color: #0000ff;">screamed</span>, dropped the tomato on the counter and about died. Ewwwwww. I texted Cory how I could fix it, and he was over the next day. Yay!</p>
<p>And, like the Typical Gardener, I want to make the garden bigger next year, include cilantro, squash [pumpkins?!]. Sometimes, I really do have an addictive personality.</p>
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		<title>Whitney.</title>
		<link>http://www.nicoleelkington.com/2011/whitney/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 15:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicole Elkington</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[31 Days of August]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[funny]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[i love fall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tv]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Another reason I am excited for Fall TV&#8230;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- Start Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop --><!-- End Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop --><p>Another reason I am excited for Fall TV&#8230;</p>
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		<title>If I were President..</title>
		<link>http://www.nicoleelkington.com/2011/if-i-were-president/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 13:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicole Elkington</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[31 Days of August]]></category>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- Start Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop --><!-- End Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop --><h2><span style="color: #333399;"><em>It&#8217;s no doubt that I&#8217;m not President, but if I were, here&#8217;s a few things I would do. </em></span></h2>
<p>If I were President.. I would drop Joe Biden, and put Hilary Clinton on the ticket. It would shake things up, she&#8217;d be a &#8220;new&#8221; but familiar face brought to the negotiating table with Congress. And, I really think she&#8217;d help boost up the Liberal base. [i.e.: me]</p>
<p>If I were President&#8230; I&#8217;d find a way to sink money into a new trans-continental rail system. The United States is falling so far behind the rest of the Western world as far as transportation opportunities. This would help us <em>look</em> like the 21st century, the media keeps mentioning Eisenhower, let&#8217;s do what he did with building up the Interstates, but with high-speed rail, and subway systems. How awesome would it be to take a super quick trip from San Diego to Seattle?</p>
<p>If I were President&#8230; I&#8217;d also bring in Bill Clinton as an Economic adviser. He did something phenomenally right in the 90s, we all miss the surpluses of the Clinton administration.</p>
<p>If I were President&#8230; I&#8217;d pass a new stimulus. A stimulus that would go over a five-year span, include student loans, and grants for private businesses to explore new technology. New technology for transportation systems, new technology for worldwide agricultural research [that would carry the goal to prevent things like the current Somalian crises], as well as tax breaks for those companies that bring their manufacturing plants back to the United States. ~ This would have to be budget neutral though. We can&#8217;t spend money we don&#8217;t have, millionaires would need to have their taxes increased. The GOP wants to continuously call them &#8220;job creators&#8221;, I say prove it. If you are really creating jobs, then you can be eligible for a tax break. But there needs to be evidence, not rhetoric.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m sure I could keep going&#8230; but this is all for today. If you were President, what would you do?</p>
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		<title>History of Rap, Part 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Aug 2011 15:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicole Elkington</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[for your viewing pleasure..]]></description>
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		<title>New Girl.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Aug 2011 16:36:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicole Elkington</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m excited for Fall TV! I&#8217;m usually excited for Fall TV.. it&#8217;s so full of possibility, and potential -and yet, many many pilots crash and burn.. {BUT} maybe that&#8217;s part of what I like. {DEFINITELY} I&#8217;m excited for this show though, New Girl,  it looks funny! And I love Zooey {EVEN IF SHE SPELLS HER [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- Start Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop --><!-- End Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop --><p>I&#8217;m excited for Fall TV! I&#8217;m usually excited for Fall TV.. it&#8217;s so full of possibility, and potential -and yet, many many pilots crash and burn.. {BUT} maybe that&#8217;s part of what I like. {DEFINITELY} I&#8217;m excited for this show though,<a href="http://www.eonline.com/news/watch_with_kristin/attention_zooey_deschanel_wants_you/257238" target="_blank"> New Girl</a>,  it looks funny! And I love Zooey {EVEN IF SHE SPELLS HER NAME WEIRD&#8230; } Deschanel.</p>
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<h2></h2>
<h2><span style="color: #00ccff;"><em>&#8220;Did you just make a theme song for yourself?&#8221; </em></span></h2>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>What shows are you excited for this Fall?</p>
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