<?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-4231348244583044401</id><updated>2011-09-19T08:59:48.826-07:00</updated><category term='Lair of Curiosities and Absurdities'/><category term='meditation'/><category term='articles'/><category term='Creative Snapshots'/><category term='Short Stories'/><category term='Pink Laughter Kingdom'/><category term='Bizarro Fiction'/><category term='poetry'/><category term='Scenes and Settings'/><category term='Writing Process'/><category term='Storytelling Illustrations'/><category term='music'/><category term='artistic development'/><category term='musings'/><category term='inspiration'/><category term='Goals'/><category term='Pink Laughter Designs'/><category term='opinions'/><category term='Updates and Info'/><category term='Hallway of Innovations'/><category term='Foodie&apos;s Delight'/><title type='text'>The Asymptotic Faery - The Writings of Allyson N. Jason</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>The Asymptotic Faery</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16346737744788685856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e_9xwcmHqx4/TCnu1-fN1EI/AAAAAAAAAiU/qU5mXOvPyE4/S220/scmascot.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>56</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231348244583044401.post-8144266748414807181</id><published>2010-01-01T22:20:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-04-30T22:34:17.445-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Updates and Info'/><title type='text'>Official T.A.F. Website</title><summary type='text'>Check out my official site for my writing blog, The Asymptotic Faery:</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/feeds/8144266748414807181/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4231348244583044401&amp;postID=8144266748414807181' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/8144266748414807181'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/8144266748414807181'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/2010/01/official-website.html' title='Official T.A.F. Website'/><author><name>The Asymptotic Faery</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16346737744788685856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e_9xwcmHqx4/TCnu1-fN1EI/AAAAAAAAAiU/qU5mXOvPyE4/S220/scmascot.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_e_9xwcmHqx4/SBlWHTUnxtI/AAAAAAAAALo/lUP5X2OOQ3k/s72-c/tafavatar100.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231348244583044401.post-5547312041903161407</id><published>2009-03-10T18:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-10T18:29:15.958-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='opinions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Goals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='musings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inspiration'/><title type='text'>A Need for Adult Recess</title><summary type='text'>I wish there were more places and opportunities for adults to indulge in recess activities that they participated in as children.I don't know why we have to abandon these fun things as we become older. As adults, we often feel a need to "get to the gym" when we want physical activities in our lives and some of us will step out of the gym to go for walks once in awhile, but I miss these activities</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/feeds/5547312041903161407/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4231348244583044401&amp;postID=5547312041903161407' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/5547312041903161407'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/5547312041903161407'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/2009/03/need-for-adult-recess.html' title='A Need for Adult Recess'/><author><name>The Asymptotic Faery</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16346737744788685856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e_9xwcmHqx4/TCnu1-fN1EI/AAAAAAAAAiU/qU5mXOvPyE4/S220/scmascot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231348244583044401.post-9001493143863534979</id><published>2009-02-17T19:23:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-17T19:23:38.995-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='opinions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='musings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inspiration'/><title type='text'>"Know Your Desires"</title><summary type='text'>If you could snap your fingers and make the life of your dreams instantly appear, exactly what would that life look like? While you're working so diligently to move forward, do you have a clear and detailed definition of where you intend to go?An essential part of achieving what you desire is to know exactly what it is. Unfortunately, the people and events in your world often discourage and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/feeds/9001493143863534979/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4231348244583044401&amp;postID=9001493143863534979' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/9001493143863534979'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/9001493143863534979'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/2009/02/know-your-desires.html' title='&quot;Know Your Desires&quot;'/><author><name>The Asymptotic Faery</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16346737744788685856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e_9xwcmHqx4/TCnu1-fN1EI/AAAAAAAAAiU/qU5mXOvPyE4/S220/scmascot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231348244583044401.post-7648198214789388025</id><published>2009-02-17T19:06:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-17T19:07:36.209-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Scenes and Settings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='musings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lair of Curiosities and Absurdities'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bizarro Fiction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Creative Snapshots'/><title type='text'>"Miniature Doll Eyes: Perception of Whole Worlds"</title><summary type='text'>Yesterday I was thinking of the subject of happiness. I wonder if sensitivity and happiness are directly related. I think so.I am able to create moments of "happiness" where I take pleasure in the most simplest of things and where I make connections between the dissimilar. I can be very creative in my perspectives to where I am able to create my own worlds and wholly exist in them. But I admit </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/feeds/7648198214789388025/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4231348244583044401&amp;postID=7648198214789388025' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/7648198214789388025'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/7648198214789388025'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/2009/02/miniature-doll-eyes-perception-of-whole.html' title='&quot;Miniature Doll Eyes: Perception of Whole Worlds&quot;'/><author><name>The Asymptotic Faery</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16346737744788685856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e_9xwcmHqx4/TCnu1-fN1EI/AAAAAAAAAiU/qU5mXOvPyE4/S220/scmascot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231348244583044401.post-6506537230637369487</id><published>2009-02-05T23:55:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-05T23:55:56.432-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hallway of Innovations'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Goals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='artistic development'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='musings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inspiration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='articles'/><title type='text'>Mastery of Potential (MOP)</title><summary type='text'>What are you truly capable of doing? How far can you take your abilities, skills and intelligence?This question made me think a bit earlier on what I like to call, "Mastery of Potential". I've always been intensely fascinated by what you can get your mind to do and how far you can push it. I don't think many people come anywhere close to seeing what they can truly get their minds to accomplish.I </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/feeds/6506537230637369487/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4231348244583044401&amp;postID=6506537230637369487' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/6506537230637369487'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/6506537230637369487'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/2009/02/mastery-of-potential-mop.html' title='Mastery of Potential (MOP)'/><author><name>The Asymptotic Faery</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16346737744788685856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e_9xwcmHqx4/TCnu1-fN1EI/AAAAAAAAAiU/qU5mXOvPyE4/S220/scmascot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231348244583044401.post-3056039882315733156</id><published>2009-02-03T01:22:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-03T01:24:19.855-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='opinions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inspiration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='articles'/><title type='text'>The American Dream - Has It Died?</title><summary type='text'>What is the American dream?Of course each person defines it differently when it is defined on an individual basis, but for many I'd argue that the American dream is about attaining financial prosperity. Some people might argue that it includes other things such as family, romantic relationships, and a great network of friends. I wouldn't disagree, but again I see the driving force of the American</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/feeds/3056039882315733156/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4231348244583044401&amp;postID=3056039882315733156' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/3056039882315733156'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/3056039882315733156'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/2009/02/american-dream-has-it-died.html' title='The American Dream - Has It Died?'/><author><name>The Asymptotic Faery</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16346737744788685856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e_9xwcmHqx4/TCnu1-fN1EI/AAAAAAAAAiU/qU5mXOvPyE4/S220/scmascot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231348244583044401.post-440297668178316099</id><published>2009-01-31T22:55:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-31T22:56:20.705-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hallway of Innovations'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Goals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='artistic development'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inspiration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='articles'/><title type='text'>Themed Parties and Events</title><summary type='text'>Since I was a little girl, I’ve always been captivated and intrigued by masquerades, carnivals, inventive costumes, surprise soirées, and signature birthday parties.  Additionally, I have a strong interest in concocting recipes for distinctive but tasty drinks and meals with an artistic flair and for sharing various forms of amusement with like-minded individuals.  Simply put, I revel in the art </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/feeds/440297668178316099/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4231348244583044401&amp;postID=440297668178316099' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/440297668178316099'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/440297668178316099'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/2009/01/themed-parties-and-events.html' title='Themed Parties and Events'/><author><name>The Asymptotic Faery</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16346737744788685856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e_9xwcmHqx4/TCnu1-fN1EI/AAAAAAAAAiU/qU5mXOvPyE4/S220/scmascot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231348244583044401.post-109195457349390117</id><published>2009-01-31T20:45:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-31T20:47:46.817-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='opinions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='musings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inspiration'/><title type='text'>"The Way We Live"</title><summary type='text'>A friend of mine made a comment on Facebook through her "25 Random Things" post. She mentioned something that definitely made a strong impression and that I fully agree with. It's a great comment for reflection:"The older I get, the more I realize that there are many paths to happiness and a million different ways to live a life. I think sometimes we fear those who make different choices because </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/feeds/109195457349390117/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4231348244583044401&amp;postID=109195457349390117' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/109195457349390117'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/109195457349390117'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/2009/01/way-we-live.html' title='&quot;The Way We Live&quot;'/><author><name>The Asymptotic Faery</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16346737744788685856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e_9xwcmHqx4/TCnu1-fN1EI/AAAAAAAAAiU/qU5mXOvPyE4/S220/scmascot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231348244583044401.post-2352785505130298429</id><published>2009-01-27T06:23:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-27T06:40:01.759-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hallway of Innovations'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='musings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inspiration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='articles'/><title type='text'>Creating Secret Maps &amp; Other Wonders...</title><summary type='text'>What would you do if you came across a bright red beautifully wrapped box along a path not far from your house?Would you pass it up? Do you dare inspect the package a bit and wonder about its contents and its purpose for being there? Would you eagerly open the box with a sharp jolt of curiosity?If you were to open the box, what would you find? Take some time to truly imagine and revel in what you</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/feeds/2352785505130298429/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4231348244583044401&amp;postID=2352785505130298429' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/2352785505130298429'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/2352785505130298429'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/2009/01/creating-secret-maps-other-wonders.html' title='Creating Secret Maps &amp; Other Wonders...'/><author><name>The Asymptotic Faery</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16346737744788685856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e_9xwcmHqx4/TCnu1-fN1EI/AAAAAAAAAiU/qU5mXOvPyE4/S220/scmascot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231348244583044401.post-8043809923482708250</id><published>2009-01-24T18:31:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-24T18:33:37.583-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='opinions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Goals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='artistic development'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='musings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inspiration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='articles'/><title type='text'>On Becoming a Muse</title><summary type='text'>Historically the muses are typically regarded as nine young goddesses of inspiration who personify and embody the arts, poetry and sciences. They were entities of song and grace that inspired people to exert their best efforts and live to their fullest potential. Additionally, they engendered harmony, prosperity and friendships.What would it mean to become a muse in today's time? Do you have a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/feeds/8043809923482708250/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4231348244583044401&amp;postID=8043809923482708250' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/8043809923482708250'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/8043809923482708250'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/2009/01/on-becoming-muse.html' title='On Becoming a Muse'/><author><name>The Asymptotic Faery</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16346737744788685856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e_9xwcmHqx4/TCnu1-fN1EI/AAAAAAAAAiU/qU5mXOvPyE4/S220/scmascot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231348244583044401.post-6438561699383820076</id><published>2009-01-22T03:46:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-22T06:15:37.821-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='musings'/><title type='text'>Monogamy</title><summary type='text'>Introspective thoughts that come to mind from ponderings of a pool of articles, conversations and forums...I sometimes wonder how many people can truly commit to a monogamous relationship...not because they will cheat or because they don't put in effort, but because along with those issues, you simply have the reality of every individual evolving over the course of a lifetime. As two people </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/feeds/6438561699383820076/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4231348244583044401&amp;postID=6438561699383820076' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/6438561699383820076'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/6438561699383820076'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/2009/01/monogamy.html' title='Monogamy'/><author><name>The Asymptotic Faery</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16346737744788685856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e_9xwcmHqx4/TCnu1-fN1EI/AAAAAAAAAiU/qU5mXOvPyE4/S220/scmascot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231348244583044401.post-4753186127192514830</id><published>2009-01-08T22:04:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-08T22:05:09.804-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='musings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lair of Curiosities and Absurdities'/><title type='text'>The World of Surprising Faces</title><summary type='text'>I am getting some disturbing images and thoughts about faces.My mind is imagining a young woman who has encountered an irreversible, startling and/or disgusting reality in the faces of others. This is what she sees: Faces that possess the texture of the bottoms of very dirty and filthy shoes.  Faces that are teeming with a million worms living inside of pores  Faces that are filled with pulsating</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/feeds/4753186127192514830/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4231348244583044401&amp;postID=4753186127192514830' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/4753186127192514830'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/4753186127192514830'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/2009/01/world-of-surprising-faces.html' title='The World of Surprising Faces'/><author><name>The Asymptotic Faery</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16346737744788685856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e_9xwcmHqx4/TCnu1-fN1EI/AAAAAAAAAiU/qU5mXOvPyE4/S220/scmascot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231348244583044401.post-812280757704808488</id><published>2008-07-06T14:00:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-06T14:00:53.666-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Short Stories'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Scenes and Settings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Creative Snapshots'/><title type='text'>Absinthe Man (Brief Intro)</title><summary type='text'>Samantha woke up and realized that her gray silk pillow was submerged in sweat. The smell was musty and sour. When she slightly moved her head, the pillow felt cold and jolting.  The room was dark and she could hear an electric buzz coming from her muted television. She turned over and felt overwhelmed by paralysis. Her clock read 3:01 am. How did she manage to sleep so long and miss nearly an </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/feeds/812280757704808488/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4231348244583044401&amp;postID=812280757704808488' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/812280757704808488'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/812280757704808488'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/2008/07/absinthe-man-brief-intro.html' title='Absinthe Man (Brief Intro)'/><author><name>The Asymptotic Faery</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16346737744788685856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e_9xwcmHqx4/TCnu1-fN1EI/AAAAAAAAAiU/qU5mXOvPyE4/S220/scmascot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231348244583044401.post-2990127486377145242</id><published>2008-06-23T02:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-23T02:43:40.327-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>The Hanged Man</title><summary type='text'>This is my time...manifested in such obscurely-lit heightsJaded by raven-claw reasonand stained by crimson blood sightsKnocked into some melody-ridden mirrored cave...turned inside outbelly up with an eye embedded in my exposed tonguein view of one way outScores of dead bodies...come aliveexplode within mid-riseleft are fivesacrifice, change, truth, birth and deathwrapped in the wings of startled</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/feeds/2990127486377145242/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4231348244583044401&amp;postID=2990127486377145242' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/2990127486377145242'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/2990127486377145242'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/2008/06/hanged-man.html' title='The Hanged Man'/><author><name>The Asymptotic Faery</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16346737744788685856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e_9xwcmHqx4/TCnu1-fN1EI/AAAAAAAAAiU/qU5mXOvPyE4/S220/scmascot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231348244583044401.post-7499149628595559938</id><published>2008-06-17T05:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-17T05:31:54.111-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Short Stories'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Scenes and Settings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Creative Snapshots'/><title type='text'>The Yearning Well</title><summary type='text'>Under the bright warm green light, he fell fast asleep below a jet black sky teeming with pulsating stars as big as planets. His sleep state carried him into a very strange world.As he slipped down into what seemed like a never-ending well made of smooth round-cornered stone blocks, rich forest-colored devils with emerald jewels for eyes and mouths that stretched open to reveal dancing screaming </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/feeds/7499149628595559938/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4231348244583044401&amp;postID=7499149628595559938' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/7499149628595559938'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/7499149628595559938'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/2008/06/yearning-well.html' title='The Yearning Well'/><author><name>The Asymptotic Faery</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16346737744788685856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e_9xwcmHqx4/TCnu1-fN1EI/AAAAAAAAAiU/qU5mXOvPyE4/S220/scmascot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231348244583044401.post-426505158043410587</id><published>2008-06-10T21:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-10T21:55:54.723-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Scenes and Settings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Creative Snapshots'/><title type='text'>The Disappearance</title><summary type='text'>She tried joking with him. Lifting her voice and seeing if he'd loosen up and eventually crack his usual crooked, warm smile. But something was wrong.Very off.Brian stared down at her with a very unsettling, piercing glare. The expression in his face was alarmingly serious and his eyes were hollow, empty and strange-looking, appearing much darker than usual.Sharp instinct sent a jolt through her </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/feeds/426505158043410587/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4231348244583044401&amp;postID=426505158043410587' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/426505158043410587'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/426505158043410587'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/2008/06/disappearance.html' title='The Disappearance'/><author><name>The Asymptotic Faery</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16346737744788685856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e_9xwcmHqx4/TCnu1-fN1EI/AAAAAAAAAiU/qU5mXOvPyE4/S220/scmascot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231348244583044401.post-7521119364852760240</id><published>2008-05-31T00:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-31T00:52:06.815-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='musings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lair of Curiosities and Absurdities'/><title type='text'>Being Human</title><summary type='text'>What does it mean to be very human? How would we all look if we lived by our rawest behavioral codes? I notice that people are threatened by and very judgmental towards other who are "more human" than they are. I guess everything we do is human so to speak because we are humans doing whatever we do, but I am referring to "being human" as a way to describe a state of living in free expression of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/feeds/7521119364852760240/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4231348244583044401&amp;postID=7521119364852760240' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/7521119364852760240'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/7521119364852760240'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/2008/05/being-human.html' title='Being Human'/><author><name>The Asymptotic Faery</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16346737744788685856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e_9xwcmHqx4/TCnu1-fN1EI/AAAAAAAAAiU/qU5mXOvPyE4/S220/scmascot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231348244583044401.post-4186683728764701754</id><published>2008-05-27T22:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-27T22:29:03.105-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Creative Snapshots'/><title type='text'>A Corporeal Society of Births</title><summary type='text'>There's an image that keeps popping up in my mind right now; a woman with a see-through belly showcasing multi-colored layered sand art below two prominent tits featured as large bulbous fishbowls each filled with exotic, frenzied-swimming, darting, glimmer-eyed fish. I don't see her head in most images, but when I do; her head is vaguely displayed as a spinning globe cocked to the side with a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/feeds/4186683728764701754/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4231348244583044401&amp;postID=4186683728764701754' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/4186683728764701754'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/4186683728764701754'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/2008/05/corporeal-society-of-births.html' title='A Corporeal Society of Births'/><author><name>The Asymptotic Faery</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16346737744788685856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e_9xwcmHqx4/TCnu1-fN1EI/AAAAAAAAAiU/qU5mXOvPyE4/S220/scmascot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231348244583044401.post-3875887424320746895</id><published>2008-05-27T16:53:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-27T16:54:27.111-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Storytelling Illustrations'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='artistic development'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pink Laughter Designs'/><title type='text'>Ginger's Song</title><summary type='text'>My favorite thing to do is to tell a story and to illustrate it in some fashion.The art piece "Ginger's Song" has gone through a lot of revisions. The character even looked different in the beginning. Not drastically so, but Ginger was less refined. I like that her features remain odd and characteristic so that you know that although she resembles a human, she belongs in the fantasy </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/feeds/3875887424320746895/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4231348244583044401&amp;postID=3875887424320746895' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/3875887424320746895'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/3875887424320746895'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/2008/05/gingers-song.html' title='Ginger&apos;s Song'/><author><name>The Asymptotic Faery</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16346737744788685856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e_9xwcmHqx4/TCnu1-fN1EI/AAAAAAAAAiU/qU5mXOvPyE4/S220/scmascot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231348244583044401.post-3568471005487107713</id><published>2008-05-23T00:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-23T00:43:59.855-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Short Stories'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bizarro Fiction'/><title type='text'>The Candy Bar</title><summary type='text'>As Patrick pulled up to the remote hospital near the outskirts of town, he noticed that the parking lots and the premises overall were empty. There was only one car near the front of the hospital entryway and it appeared to be an abandoned slick black Camaro. The Camaro had odd characters carved into the paint job and the tires were missing.Patrick wondered if the hospital was closed. He also </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/feeds/3568471005487107713/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4231348244583044401&amp;postID=3568471005487107713' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/3568471005487107713'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/3568471005487107713'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/2008/05/candy-bar.html' title='The Candy Bar'/><author><name>The Asymptotic Faery</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16346737744788685856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e_9xwcmHqx4/TCnu1-fN1EI/AAAAAAAAAiU/qU5mXOvPyE4/S220/scmascot.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_e_9xwcmHqx4/SDZw4ltjLOI/AAAAAAAAAMI/DYoPb-ya7eE/s72-c/greencandybar3a.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231348244583044401.post-4194856036531955785</id><published>2008-05-20T00:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-23T00:30:35.610-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='opinions'/><title type='text'>Personal Spaces</title><summary type='text'>Perhaps the trend isn’t so new in certain cultures, in some older generations and cases of estranged relationships between two people who stay married on paper and still live together, but in North America overall the trend of couples, living together either in marriage or a long-term partnership, maintaining separate bedrooms and bathrooms is steadily on the rise.There are even marriage couples </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/feeds/4194856036531955785/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4231348244583044401&amp;postID=4194856036531955785' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/4194856036531955785'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/4194856036531955785'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/2008/05/personal-spaces.html' title='Personal Spaces'/><author><name>The Asymptotic Faery</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16346737744788685856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e_9xwcmHqx4/TCnu1-fN1EI/AAAAAAAAAiU/qU5mXOvPyE4/S220/scmascot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231348244583044401.post-5051478296227194888</id><published>2008-05-15T14:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-15T15:00:08.202-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='opinions'/><title type='text'>This or That?</title><summary type='text'>The classic song by 80s rap group Black Sheep, "The Choice is Yours" comes to mind right now.I just read an entry on a Dear Sugar blog. This was the blog entry:This or That: Her Husband Confesses to Cheating or Having Feelings For You?Your friend mentioned that she’s been having some issues with her husband lately, however you didn’t realize the extent of it until you head to their house for a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/feeds/5051478296227194888/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4231348244583044401&amp;postID=5051478296227194888' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/5051478296227194888'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/5051478296227194888'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/2008/05/this-or-that.html' title='This or That?'/><author><name>The Asymptotic Faery</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16346737744788685856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e_9xwcmHqx4/TCnu1-fN1EI/AAAAAAAAAiU/qU5mXOvPyE4/S220/scmascot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231348244583044401.post-6898229254885283288</id><published>2008-05-15T00:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-15T00:40:05.180-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='opinions'/><title type='text'>Living Off The Grid and Other Thoughts</title><summary type='text'>I saw a documentary last night that was very intriguing. It was featured as a free movie selection on Sundance On Demand. The documentary is called Off The Grid: Life on the Mesa.I've always wondered what it would be like to live completely off the grid and construct an autonomous style of living...creating sources of power, plumbing and food all by my lonesome without municipal aid. It is easy </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/feeds/6898229254885283288/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4231348244583044401&amp;postID=6898229254885283288' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/6898229254885283288'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/6898229254885283288'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/2008/05/living-off-grid-and-other-thoughts.html' title='Living Off The Grid and Other Thoughts'/><author><name>The Asymptotic Faery</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16346737744788685856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e_9xwcmHqx4/TCnu1-fN1EI/AAAAAAAAAiU/qU5mXOvPyE4/S220/scmascot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231348244583044401.post-6728766011591537694</id><published>2008-05-11T01:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-11T02:43:30.694-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='opinions'/><title type='text'>Fantasy &amp; Reality Checks</title><summary type='text'>I went grocery shopping today because tomorrow I am making a huge Mother's Day dinner for, of course, my mother. I am going to make black beans, cheese enchiladas, Spanish rice, guacamole, pico de gallo (to be eaten with tortilla chips), mixed berry parfaits and fresh limeade.I decided to get something to eat before heading out for groceries.On my way to Costco, I began thinking about what I'd do</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/feeds/6728766011591537694/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4231348244583044401&amp;postID=6728766011591537694' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/6728766011591537694'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/6728766011591537694'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/2008/05/fantasy-reality-checks.html' title='Fantasy &amp; Reality Checks'/><author><name>The Asymptotic Faery</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16346737744788685856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e_9xwcmHqx4/TCnu1-fN1EI/AAAAAAAAAiU/qU5mXOvPyE4/S220/scmascot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231348244583044401.post-4828260624129692599</id><published>2008-05-09T23:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-09T23:51:44.788-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hallway of Innovations'/><title type='text'>Loving Partner Games (LPGs) - Collection 1</title><summary type='text'>Once in awhile, I'll come up with gaming ideas that I think are fun for couples to play with one another. They engender more bonding, fun and creativity in relationships.Here are some LPG ideas that you can try with your spouse or romantic partner. Actually, you can play these games with good friends so it's up to you in terms who you want to play with.Infinite QuestionsThis game is kind of like </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/feeds/4828260624129692599/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4231348244583044401&amp;postID=4828260624129692599' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/4828260624129692599'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/4828260624129692599'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/2008/05/loving-partner-games-lpgs-collection-1.html' title='Loving Partner Games (LPGs) - Collection 1'/><author><name>The Asymptotic Faery</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16346737744788685856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e_9xwcmHqx4/TCnu1-fN1EI/AAAAAAAAAiU/qU5mXOvPyE4/S220/scmascot.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e_9xwcmHqx4/SCVF6MgIoFI/AAAAAAAAAL4/FF9RVKeBliE/s72-c/checkerboardS2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231348244583044401.post-4879105444707566487</id><published>2008-05-09T03:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-09T04:37:51.511-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='opinions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='musings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='articles'/><title type='text'>The Depths of Curiosity</title><summary type='text'>A few days ago, I spoke with my fiancé about pedophilia and its causes. Pedophilia is understandably a very off-putting and disturbing topic for many. The topic can touch a nerve for those who have been abused, witnessed the behavior, know someone who has been a victim or are just completely sickened by the idea.It's one of the many topics that I think about once in awhile because it's such an </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/feeds/4879105444707566487/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4231348244583044401&amp;postID=4879105444707566487' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/4879105444707566487'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/4879105444707566487'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/2008/05/depths-of-curiosity.html' title='The Depths of Curiosity'/><author><name>The Asymptotic Faery</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16346737744788685856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e_9xwcmHqx4/TCnu1-fN1EI/AAAAAAAAAiU/qU5mXOvPyE4/S220/scmascot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231348244583044401.post-1225680121686397434</id><published>2008-05-04T14:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-04T21:02:52.487-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='opinions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='articles'/><title type='text'>“Why Do Women Talk About Their Ex’s?”</title><summary type='text'>This is a question that many men ask: “Why do women continuously bring up old boyfriends into conversations, especially at the beginning of a relationship?”I guess this is a good question, but first I'd like to say that men talk about their ex-girlfriends too. I've personally experienced this, so the same following advice applies to men who are guilty of this. This is not a slant against women, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/feeds/1225680121686397434/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4231348244583044401&amp;postID=1225680121686397434' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/1225680121686397434'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/1225680121686397434'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/2008/05/why-do-women-talk-about-their-exs.html' title='“Why Do Women Talk About Their Ex’s?”'/><author><name>The Asymptotic Faery</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16346737744788685856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e_9xwcmHqx4/TCnu1-fN1EI/AAAAAAAAAiU/qU5mXOvPyE4/S220/scmascot.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_e_9xwcmHqx4/SB4o3jUnxuI/AAAAAAAAALw/XC8VoKz5IEM/s72-c/violetgreenheart.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231348244583044401.post-5616138556225728812</id><published>2008-05-02T02:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-02T02:30:24.807-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='opinions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Writing Process'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='artistic development'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='articles'/><title type='text'>Becoming a Writer</title><summary type='text'>I’ve had a desire to write since I was very young.  I’ve always had a very active, vivid, wild and expressive imagination. When I told a story to someone, they’d always listen and find what I had to say fascinating because I was skilled with taking people on a journey. I always explored the "what if" and the unusual.  So naturally, I had delightful and entertaining stories to tell.I can remember </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/feeds/5616138556225728812/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4231348244583044401&amp;postID=5616138556225728812' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/5616138556225728812'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/5616138556225728812'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/2008/05/becoming-writer.html' title='Becoming a Writer'/><author><name>The Asymptotic Faery</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16346737744788685856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e_9xwcmHqx4/TCnu1-fN1EI/AAAAAAAAAiU/qU5mXOvPyE4/S220/scmascot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231348244583044401.post-7701277145458883160</id><published>2008-04-30T22:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-01T02:20:42.782-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Foodie&apos;s Delight'/><title type='text'>Evading The Devil</title><summary type='text'>I was given a sign earlier today while I was out shopping in Pavilions. A very peculiar one that rang loud and clear.I decided to do some shopping for dinner later but the first errand on my list was to close out a storage account at Public Storage. My family had the account for a year and never made use of it. I helped to orchestrate getting the account earlier on so the account was created in </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/feeds/7701277145458883160/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4231348244583044401&amp;postID=7701277145458883160' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/7701277145458883160'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/7701277145458883160'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/2008/04/evading-devil.html' title='Evading The Devil'/><author><name>The Asymptotic Faery</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16346737744788685856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e_9xwcmHqx4/TCnu1-fN1EI/AAAAAAAAAiU/qU5mXOvPyE4/S220/scmascot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231348244583044401.post-8221645430170057063</id><published>2008-04-28T20:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-28T20:46:13.797-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='opinions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='musings'/><title type='text'>You Are My Everything</title><summary type='text'>Should we look to fulfill all or most of our needs in a romantic partner? I've thought about this intermittently over the years and I think it's healthy to develop at least a few friendships to satisfy different bonding needs.I think of my relationship with my fiancé and I realize that although we have a lot of uncanny things in common and there are some differences which balance us out, there </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/feeds/8221645430170057063/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4231348244583044401&amp;postID=8221645430170057063' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/8221645430170057063'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/8221645430170057063'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/2008/04/you-are-my-everything.html' title='You Are My Everything'/><author><name>The Asymptotic Faery</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16346737744788685856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e_9xwcmHqx4/TCnu1-fN1EI/AAAAAAAAAiU/qU5mXOvPyE4/S220/scmascot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231348244583044401.post-2523665830341031158</id><published>2008-04-27T01:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-27T02:12:13.407-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Foodie&apos;s Delight'/><title type='text'>Cashew Milk</title><summary type='text'>Since this is a writing journal, I can't leave my love of food and drink out of the mix. Once and awhile, I will post various recipes for reference as well as reviews and links to different restaurants, sites, shops and eateries.I've always had a fascination with making milks and butters out of nuts and with trying as many varieties as I can. I will start off by introducing cashew milk. You can </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/feeds/2523665830341031158/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4231348244583044401&amp;postID=2523665830341031158' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/2523665830341031158'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/2523665830341031158'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/2008/04/cashew-milk.html' title='Cashew Milk'/><author><name>The Asymptotic Faery</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16346737744788685856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e_9xwcmHqx4/TCnu1-fN1EI/AAAAAAAAAiU/qU5mXOvPyE4/S220/scmascot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231348244583044401.post-1123227695787651219</id><published>2008-04-23T15:48:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-23T15:49:00.958-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='opinions'/><title type='text'>Food Shortages and Rationing</title><summary type='text'>Wow. Are we just overreacting or do we, as a society, really need to start stocking up on food supplies because the economy is getting that bad? I’ve read that some stores are also starting to accept haggling and bargaining from customers for better product prices.LINKInterestingly enough, I just came back from Costco about an hour ago. I've been buying several cases of strawberries from them for</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/feeds/1123227695787651219/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4231348244583044401&amp;postID=1123227695787651219' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/1123227695787651219'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/1123227695787651219'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/2008/04/food-shortages-and-rationing.html' title='Food Shortages and Rationing'/><author><name>The Asymptotic Faery</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16346737744788685856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e_9xwcmHqx4/TCnu1-fN1EI/AAAAAAAAAiU/qU5mXOvPyE4/S220/scmascot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231348244583044401.post-3324475492101070666</id><published>2008-04-23T10:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-23T10:35:48.488-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='opinions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='musings'/><title type='text'>On The Definition of Cheating</title><summary type='text'>Cheating...well everyone certainly has their own definition of what cheating is to them. I've heard some crazy ones though.I am pretty direct and to the point about cheating. I've never experienced this and I'd certainly never cheat (I can say that confidently). I have no tolerance for it. I figure there are -always- better ways to handle a situation if my partner feels disconnected, wants to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/feeds/3324475492101070666/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4231348244583044401&amp;postID=3324475492101070666' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/3324475492101070666'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/3324475492101070666'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/2008/04/on-definition-of-cheating.html' title='On The Definition of Cheating'/><author><name>The Asymptotic Faery</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16346737744788685856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e_9xwcmHqx4/TCnu1-fN1EI/AAAAAAAAAiU/qU5mXOvPyE4/S220/scmascot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231348244583044401.post-4416022235375731786</id><published>2008-04-17T21:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-17T22:55:49.835-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='articles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='meditation'/><title type='text'>Innovative Meditation</title><summary type='text'>Living day to day with the responsibilities and obligations of finances, family, career and self can be very overwhelming and anxiety-inducing. All of these life facets can bring us great joy if there’s mutual respect, harmony and progress present, but as adults who are obliged to manage our lives in such complexity of interpersonal relations, we can often lose sight of and the ability to develop</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/feeds/4416022235375731786/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4231348244583044401&amp;postID=4416022235375731786' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/4416022235375731786'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/4416022235375731786'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/2008/04/innovative-meditation.html' title='Innovative Meditation'/><author><name>The Asymptotic Faery</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16346737744788685856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e_9xwcmHqx4/TCnu1-fN1EI/AAAAAAAAAiU/qU5mXOvPyE4/S220/scmascot.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_e_9xwcmHqx4/SAgsQbKP04I/AAAAAAAAAIs/b9WPymMShgw/s72-c/workstress.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231348244583044401.post-5445110967560233666</id><published>2008-04-15T12:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-15T12:57:37.115-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Short Stories'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bizarro Fiction'/><title type='text'>Contact</title><summary type='text'>He walked into the Chinese restaurant and waited to be greeted and seated. He was led to a dimly lit seating booth and given a menu to browse.He maintained a pleasant and modest smile throughout his exploration and eventually decided upon a blended cocktail drink and a sirloin steak dinner.The waiter came to take his order and politely left the table.The man surveyed the restaurant and took </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/feeds/5445110967560233666/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4231348244583044401&amp;postID=5445110967560233666' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/5445110967560233666'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/5445110967560233666'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/2008/04/contact.html' title='Contact'/><author><name>The Asymptotic Faery</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16346737744788685856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e_9xwcmHqx4/TCnu1-fN1EI/AAAAAAAAAiU/qU5mXOvPyE4/S220/scmascot.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_e_9xwcmHqx4/SAUHkrKP03I/AAAAAAAAAIk/76fsppN23hY/s72-c/cocktail.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231348244583044401.post-3695998053366010932</id><published>2008-04-15T12:29:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-15T12:33:17.255-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Short Stories'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bizarro Fiction'/><title type='text'>So Close and Far Away</title><summary type='text'>   A bucket full of bruised baby hearts was found alongside a twisted gray road. A worn traveler made the discovery and felt compelled to bring the keepsakes home. He had heartless bodies waiting in the ground in his backyard and finally, it seemed as if they could serve a purpose and fulfill their destinies.The bodies were dug up after the traveler finished a hearty meal of clam chowder and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/feeds/3695998053366010932/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4231348244583044401&amp;postID=3695998053366010932' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/3695998053366010932'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/3695998053366010932'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/2008/04/so-close-and-far-away.html' title='So Close and Far Away'/><author><name>The Asymptotic Faery</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16346737744788685856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e_9xwcmHqx4/TCnu1-fN1EI/AAAAAAAAAiU/qU5mXOvPyE4/S220/scmascot.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e_9xwcmHqx4/SAUCobKP01I/AAAAAAAAAIU/cOI7rQCgUug/s72-c/thanksgivingX.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231348244583044401.post-5545775308154358900</id><published>2008-04-15T01:58:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-15T02:05:26.399-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Updates and Info'/><title type='text'>Blogging Through Word</title><summary type='text'>I had no idea that I could blog through word by connecting to a online blogging account. That's so cool. I'll definitely be utilized this way of blogging. I can easily format and review my writing through Word before posting.I'll be posting a number of articles at this blog in the -very- near future, which means SOON as well as references to my writing projects. I think the writing flow has </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/feeds/5545775308154358900/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4231348244583044401&amp;postID=5545775308154358900' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/5545775308154358900'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/5545775308154358900'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/2008/04/test.html' title='Blogging Through Word'/><author><name>The Asymptotic Faery</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16346737744788685856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e_9xwcmHqx4/TCnu1-fN1EI/AAAAAAAAAiU/qU5mXOvPyE4/S220/scmascot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231348244583044401.post-515928983852066019</id><published>2008-03-23T00:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-23T00:41:08.762-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Goals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='musings'/><title type='text'>Potential Energy</title><summary type='text'>Sometimes when I am observing, let's say, a political debate...I'll realize that I don't have enough information to really form an opinion or to even know what I think, in depth, on a particular issue. It has nothing to do with my capacity for understanding but rather the lack of possessing enough data in that arena. I also realize that if I took the time to gain more knowledge and information on</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/feeds/515928983852066019/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4231348244583044401&amp;postID=515928983852066019' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/515928983852066019'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/515928983852066019'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/2008/03/potential-energy.html' title='Potential Energy'/><author><name>The Asymptotic Faery</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16346737744788685856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e_9xwcmHqx4/TCnu1-fN1EI/AAAAAAAAAiU/qU5mXOvPyE4/S220/scmascot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231348244583044401.post-3381670160332797691</id><published>2008-03-23T00:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-23T00:39:08.601-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='musings'/><title type='text'>Lucid Thinking...</title><summary type='text'>Perhaps the nature of existence and being is ideally a complete circle. It's the perfect symbol. Not like a square or any other object with defined set points. An infinite amount of points (possibilities and modes of life) can be placed on the path of a circle. Humans tend to think in line segments. That thinking inclination inspires how we function and understand. There's a beginning and there's</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/feeds/3381670160332797691/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4231348244583044401&amp;postID=3381670160332797691' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/3381670160332797691'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/3381670160332797691'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/2008/03/lucid-thinking.html' title='Lucid Thinking...'/><author><name>The Asymptotic Faery</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16346737744788685856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e_9xwcmHqx4/TCnu1-fN1EI/AAAAAAAAAiU/qU5mXOvPyE4/S220/scmascot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231348244583044401.post-1590409820177475552</id><published>2008-03-23T00:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-23T00:36:29.832-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='musings'/><title type='text'>The Past &amp; Loss</title><summary type='text'>I think one of my biggest fears is the loss of a loved one. That's a subject that's hard to look at objectively or deeply (because it's inevitable and never something you can really prepare for) each time it's considered...especially as the music of decay becomes louder all around me. Evidence of decay is always there of course because that's part of life and existence but I think we put it in </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/feeds/1590409820177475552/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4231348244583044401&amp;postID=1590409820177475552' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/1590409820177475552'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/1590409820177475552'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/2008/03/past-loss.html' title='The Past &amp; Loss'/><author><name>The Asymptotic Faery</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16346737744788685856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e_9xwcmHqx4/TCnu1-fN1EI/AAAAAAAAAiU/qU5mXOvPyE4/S220/scmascot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231348244583044401.post-5127101510296831238</id><published>2008-03-22T21:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-23T00:34:01.069-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Writing Process'/><title type='text'>Let It Flow</title><summary type='text'>Regarding Madeleine L'Engle:She's one of my long-time favorite authors. I totally wasn't aware of her passing last year. She was certainly along in years but this is still a surprise.Shows how often I pay attention to the outside world at times...In a sense I do but I don't. I am so caught up in carving out my own path and carrying my voice.I have a lot of writing pieces from my past all </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/feeds/5127101510296831238/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4231348244583044401&amp;postID=5127101510296831238' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/5127101510296831238'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/5127101510296831238'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/2008/03/let-it-flow.html' title='Let It Flow'/><author><name>The Asymptotic Faery</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16346737744788685856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e_9xwcmHqx4/TCnu1-fN1EI/AAAAAAAAAiU/qU5mXOvPyE4/S220/scmascot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231348244583044401.post-5083213717089780852</id><published>2008-03-18T20:02:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-18T21:14:00.281-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='musings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='meditation'/><title type='text'>The Hypnotic Properties of Music</title><summary type='text'>Right now I am listening to the album The Tango Saloon by The Tango Saloon. I am starting to notice that I prefer a lot of music without words (or with very few) when writing or reflecting. In other words (heh), the music preferred is instrumental and atmospheric. It gently creates a mood.This isn't an exclusive preference but it seems to be less distracting and more relaxing and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/feeds/5083213717089780852/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4231348244583044401&amp;postID=5083213717089780852' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/5083213717089780852'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/5083213717089780852'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/2008/03/hypnotic-properties-of-music.html' title='The Hypnotic Properties of Music'/><author><name>The Asymptotic Faery</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16346737744788685856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e_9xwcmHqx4/TCnu1-fN1EI/AAAAAAAAAiU/qU5mXOvPyE4/S220/scmascot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231348244583044401.post-1518093396181906275</id><published>2008-03-18T06:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-18T06:43:53.823-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Writing Process'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pink Laughter Kingdom'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Goals'/><title type='text'>Aspirations</title><summary type='text'>So where do I want to take my writing? What do I see for my future?Well, that's the thing. There are so many roads to take but the first ones that come to mind are in the realm of:developing a story for an RPG game (ideally for a console)setting up a strong foundation for character profiles and the world they inhabit (series of children's' books or novels)screen writing for televisiondetailed and</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/feeds/1518093396181906275/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4231348244583044401&amp;postID=1518093396181906275' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/1518093396181906275'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/1518093396181906275'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/2008/03/aspirations.html' title='Aspirations'/><author><name>The Asymptotic Faery</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16346737744788685856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e_9xwcmHqx4/TCnu1-fN1EI/AAAAAAAAAiU/qU5mXOvPyE4/S220/scmascot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231348244583044401.post-8358071105344603215</id><published>2008-03-18T03:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-18T06:25:56.326-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Writing Process'/><title type='text'>So The Journey Begins</title><summary type='text'>Blogger is one of many places in which I'll be publishing my writings...and of course getting practice. I've never taken myself seriously as a writer and it's always been weird to give myself this label. In my mind, I've always reserved that label for published writers who became successful, rich and famous from their works; Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Anne Rice, J.K Rowling and the like. Not me. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/feeds/8358071105344603215/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4231348244583044401&amp;postID=8358071105344603215' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/8358071105344603215'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/8358071105344603215'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/2008/03/so-journey-begins.html' title='So The Journey Begins'/><author><name>The Asymptotic Faery</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16346737744788685856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e_9xwcmHqx4/TCnu1-fN1EI/AAAAAAAAAiU/qU5mXOvPyE4/S220/scmascot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231348244583044401.post-1730134556501283475</id><published>2008-03-10T01:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-23T11:39:56.015-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='opinions'/><title type='text'>Openness and Intimacy</title><summary type='text'>One of the subjects I've been thinking about more lately is whether or not people should strive to be completely honest in a relationship regarding their emotions and their past. What is true intimacy and how do you create that in a relationship?Should someone know as much as possible about their partner or should both people keep some things (past expriences, beliefs, ideas, etc.) to themselves?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/feeds/1730134556501283475/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4231348244583044401&amp;postID=1730134556501283475' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/1730134556501283475'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/1730134556501283475'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/2008/03/openness-and-intimacy.html' title='Openness and Intimacy'/><author><name>The Asymptotic Faery</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16346737744788685856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e_9xwcmHqx4/TCnu1-fN1EI/AAAAAAAAAiU/qU5mXOvPyE4/S220/scmascot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231348244583044401.post-1922069651404765155</id><published>2008-03-09T06:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-23T11:34:21.133-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='musings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Creative Snapshots'/><title type='text'>Tristesse Globale</title><summary type='text'>I love this somber and melancholy short track by Royksopp. It's from their album The Understanding, which is very good. It is  called "Tristesse Globale". Someone created or edited a video on YouTube using the song as a backdrop. I'd have different ideas for a video, but it's the only video on the site where the track is played. The track is also available on my MySpace profile music playlist:</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/feeds/1922069651404765155/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4231348244583044401&amp;postID=1922069651404765155' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/1922069651404765155'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/1922069651404765155'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/2008/03/tristesse-globale.html' title='Tristesse Globale'/><author><name>The Asymptotic Faery</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16346737744788685856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e_9xwcmHqx4/TCnu1-fN1EI/AAAAAAAAAiU/qU5mXOvPyE4/S220/scmascot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231348244583044401.post-7418079749177502383</id><published>2008-03-06T01:23:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-04-23T11:06:51.643-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='opinions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pink Laughter Kingdom'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Goals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='artistic development'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='musings'/><title type='text'>Inspiration &amp; Competition</title><summary type='text'>Inspiration comes from so many sources - experiences, nature, people, events, etc.Lately, I've been looking at a lot of inspiring websites and businesses. I connect with a kindred energy when I sense and feel it. You can discover a lot about yourself, your true goals and passions when you pay attention to what you are drawn to. Patterns can be acknowledged and analyzed and further clarity becomes</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/feeds/7418079749177502383/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4231348244583044401&amp;postID=7418079749177502383' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/7418079749177502383'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/7418079749177502383'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/2008/04/inspiration-competition.html' title='Inspiration &amp; Competition'/><author><name>The Asymptotic Faery</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16346737744788685856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e_9xwcmHqx4/TCnu1-fN1EI/AAAAAAAAAiU/qU5mXOvPyE4/S220/scmascot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231348244583044401.post-3893368860459026078</id><published>2008-03-05T07:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-04-23T10:48:12.820-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='musings'/><title type='text'>Public Libraries (Taking on the status of arcades)</title><summary type='text'>Outside of academic and/or campus libraries, I just don't hear of many people going to local libraries anymore...if they have one of their area. Libraries have become rather obsolete, nonexistent and/or antiquated in many locations and if they do exist, it seems a small percentage of people really seek out the comfort, space and benefits of a library atmosphere.Maybe today's libraries need to be </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/feeds/3893368860459026078/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4231348244583044401&amp;postID=3893368860459026078' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/3893368860459026078'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/3893368860459026078'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/2008/03/public-libraries-taking-on-status-of.html' title='Public Libraries (Taking on the status of arcades)'/><author><name>The Asymptotic Faery</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16346737744788685856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e_9xwcmHqx4/TCnu1-fN1EI/AAAAAAAAAiU/qU5mXOvPyE4/S220/scmascot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231348244583044401.post-643078107418044182</id><published>2008-03-02T06:50:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-04-23T11:02:28.203-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='opinions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='artistic development'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='musings'/><title type='text'>On Making Things Happen</title><summary type='text'>Are you a go-getter or do you wait for things to happen to you?I've been a bit of both at different times in my life. Over time I see myself functioning more in the former category. I can be very type A and perform with an explosive and enduring amount of energy when I put my mind and heart into something, but then I can be bad at procrastinating in other moments and find it difficult to get </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/feeds/643078107418044182/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4231348244583044401&amp;postID=643078107418044182' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/643078107418044182'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/643078107418044182'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/2008/03/on-making-things-happen.html' title='On Making Things Happen'/><author><name>The Asymptotic Faery</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16346737744788685856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e_9xwcmHqx4/TCnu1-fN1EI/AAAAAAAAAiU/qU5mXOvPyE4/S220/scmascot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231348244583044401.post-3729635826948178512</id><published>2008-02-28T19:39:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-04-23T11:18:22.411-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='opinions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='musings'/><title type='text'>Freeganism</title><summary type='text'>I was reading an entry on a LiveJournal community and it was about a voluntary and green-inspired lifestyle called Freeganism. Oprah Winfrey featured a show on this lifestyle with Lisa Ling. I didn't get to see it but I am curious about the show and will try to find it online if I can.Freeganists are people who consider themselves to be anti-consumerists. They look for alternative ways to gather </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/feeds/3729635826948178512/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4231348244583044401&amp;postID=3729635826948178512' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/3729635826948178512'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/3729635826948178512'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/2008/02/freeganism.html' title='Freeganism'/><author><name>The Asymptotic Faery</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16346737744788685856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e_9xwcmHqx4/TCnu1-fN1EI/AAAAAAAAAiU/qU5mXOvPyE4/S220/scmascot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231348244583044401.post-8276396145690294157</id><published>2008-02-28T19:39:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-04-23T11:14:46.776-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='opinions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='musings'/><title type='text'>On The Culture of Thinness</title><summary type='text'>I recently had some thoughts on obsession of skinny in this culture...and why our society values very thin as the physical ideal when it hasn't always been this way. I am thinking this really had a lot to do with our country moving more into a consumerist nation over several time periods. Excess is accessible to many people...even poor people in the U.S. aren't on the same level as the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/feeds/8276396145690294157/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4231348244583044401&amp;postID=8276396145690294157' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/8276396145690294157'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/8276396145690294157'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/2008/02/on-culture-of-thinness.html' title='On The Culture of Thinness'/><author><name>The Asymptotic Faery</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16346737744788685856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e_9xwcmHqx4/TCnu1-fN1EI/AAAAAAAAAiU/qU5mXOvPyE4/S220/scmascot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231348244583044401.post-2698970940910269513</id><published>2008-02-26T01:51:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-04-23T11:58:28.554-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='musings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inspiration'/><title type='text'>Glorious Gestures</title><summary type='text'>Very delicate, gorgeous, symbolic, ornate and fluidly creative expressions:Official WebsiteI find these photographs rather inspirational.Jacob's Ladder has been available on On Demand for awhile...and I decided to see this film again as it's one of my favorites. I love how allegorical the movie is. There's a quote that I find very striking in the film. It also happens to be used in the song "</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/feeds/2698970940910269513/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4231348244583044401&amp;postID=2698970940910269513' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/2698970940910269513'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/2698970940910269513'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/2008/02/glorious-gestures.html' title='Glorious Gestures'/><author><name>The Asymptotic Faery</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16346737744788685856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e_9xwcmHqx4/TCnu1-fN1EI/AAAAAAAAAiU/qU5mXOvPyE4/S220/scmascot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231348244583044401.post-7134930418389460555</id><published>2008-02-10T19:44:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-04-23T11:22:40.879-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Writing Process'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lair of Curiosities and Absurdities'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bizarro Fiction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Creative Snapshots'/><title type='text'>The Whole Universe Inside a Glass of Water</title><summary type='text'>"So what do you do for a living?""I bake snakes.""What did you think? That two men couldn't have sex together and not mistake a knife for a fork?""How's that washer and dryer unit working?"She began laughing insanely and writhing violently on that filthy mattress."I am inclined to think that any man can chew his way through his own fat if he wanted to.""What's so funny about this? I don't know </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/feeds/7134930418389460555/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4231348244583044401&amp;postID=7134930418389460555' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/7134930418389460555'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/7134930418389460555'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/2008/02/whole-universe-inside-glass-of-water.html' title='The Whole Universe Inside a Glass of Water'/><author><name>The Asymptotic Faery</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16346737744788685856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e_9xwcmHqx4/TCnu1-fN1EI/AAAAAAAAAiU/qU5mXOvPyE4/S220/scmascot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231348244583044401.post-7616586681998793130</id><published>2007-12-24T04:33:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-04-23T11:51:02.067-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='musings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Creative Snapshots'/><title type='text'>My Call</title><summary type='text'>Voice tells me:You must carve your own path. You must create the life you want. Stop living vicariously and start living proactively. Be the magician that you've always wanted to be and soon you will see all of your tricks materialize into very wonderful, living and breathing, spectacular entities. The hat is on the table, the books are scattered about for avid absorption and the wand is already </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/feeds/7616586681998793130/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4231348244583044401&amp;postID=7616586681998793130' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/7616586681998793130'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/7616586681998793130'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/2007/12/my-call.html' title='My Call'/><author><name>The Asymptotic Faery</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16346737744788685856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e_9xwcmHqx4/TCnu1-fN1EI/AAAAAAAAAiU/qU5mXOvPyE4/S220/scmascot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231348244583044401.post-2849986933846688047</id><published>2007-12-22T01:16:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-04-23T11:43:49.055-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Writing Process'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Goals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='musings'/><title type='text'>Writing for Self</title><summary type='text'>I haven't done much writing for self lately and I feel so much better when I do it. I think I will do this more often by either keeping some private entries with this journal or using one of my other journals to write in for self-actualization and insight.It is scary to suddenly realize that the room you are in is much much bigger than you imagined.  It can be interesting in the sense that you </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/feeds/2849986933846688047/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4231348244583044401&amp;postID=2849986933846688047' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/2849986933846688047'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/2849986933846688047'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/2007/12/writing-for-self.html' title='Writing for Self'/><author><name>The Asymptotic Faery</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16346737744788685856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e_9xwcmHqx4/TCnu1-fN1EI/AAAAAAAAAiU/qU5mXOvPyE4/S220/scmascot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231348244583044401.post-8175428086196818122</id><published>2007-11-20T01:16:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-04-23T11:51:30.462-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='musings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lair of Curiosities and Absurdities'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Creative Snapshots'/><title type='text'>Mad Mime Mystery (MMM)</title><summary type='text'>I sneezed and blew out all of the life I had left in me...but was there a creator still within?Little DelightsI am discovering more about myself, but this is what I've always wanted...it can sometimes be a harrowing experience, however there are very surreal moments and certainly highly validating periods...the latter is the overlay...parasite posed as a sweet and delicious cupcakefingertips </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/feeds/8175428086196818122/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4231348244583044401&amp;postID=8175428086196818122' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/8175428086196818122'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4231348244583044401/posts/default/8175428086196818122'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asymptoticfaery.blogspot.com/2008/11/mad-mime-mystery-mmm.html' title='Mad Mime Mystery (MMM)'/><author><name>The Asymptotic Faery</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16346737744788685856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e_9xwcmHqx4/TCnu1-fN1EI/AAAAAAAAAiU/qU5mXOvPyE4/S220/scmascot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
