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		<description><![CDATA[this is the thing that has been making me stay home at night (well, that, and the fact that the &#8220;everybody who loves salem send me a dollar&#8221; campaign didn&#8217;t work):
coming up in Cleveland, Chicago, and around the country!
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:26:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;gary indiana give me a haircut or let me borrow some shirts i am feeling neglected &#38; you are directed to touch me where it hurts&#8221; (&#8220;Gary IN&#8221;, song, by Mondo, JR&#8217;s old band)

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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:19:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pop&#8217;s on the tumblr now, so get over there and encourage him, will you, my internet fiends?
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		<link>http://optionalevents.com/2009/09/08/367/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:26:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[brought a box of stuff back from my mom&#8217;s house to my house this week, and realized that I had been living without this wonderousness in my apartment for years. Diane DiMassa, I heart you. I heart you for creating one of the most touching and real love stories ever &#8211; Hothead and Daphne, at [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=optionalevents.com&blog=794606&post=367&subd=hollo&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:30:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m feeling like the guy at 1:12 right now:

but it&#8217;s going to be okay.
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 22:18:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We closed down the old livejournal for Temporary Services and are now blogging about TS, Half Letter Press, and friends over by here.
&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-
not-so-surprising keywords for August:
continually re-writing grocery lists
plastic black drugstore Filipino Grandpa sandals
Willie Nelson
big salads with almonds
victory laps
ten minutes of neatenin&#8217; up every day
the Staple Singers
writing more than discussing
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 03:48:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It makes sense to me that the best picture I saw this week as well as the worst thing I saw this week were not the same thing &#8211; and were not on the internet. I hope that the best thing I hear this week is not on the internet either.
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		<link>http://optionalevents.com/2009/07/20/341/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:24:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, I will Stream of Consciousness post all day for my fiend Russell&#8217;s benefit &#38; thought that others may like to see one side of our conversation in progress &#8230;
&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-
JR, I can&#8217;t believe they allowed you to bring your computron with you. Is this some sort of spa experience that you were ashamed to be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=optionalevents.com&blog=794606&post=341&subd=hollo&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:11:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[thanks to a Free Store donation from EM, I just got introduced to the photography of Polly Borland. Go find her books.

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		<link>http://optionalevents.com/2009/07/09/320/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:38:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear &#8212;-,
when I win the lottery, I&#8217;m going to buy all the releases by The Breeders, the Amps, &#38; The Kelley Deal 6000 &#38; a really kick ass outdoor speaker system and go to your house in the middle of the day and install the thing and go to your house in the middle of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=optionalevents.com&blog=794606&post=320&subd=hollo&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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