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I will be the brightest lights
guiding you back home."</title><description>“If you lose your way
I will be the brightest lights
guiding you back home.” - Daily...</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AwkwardBecausePerfectionIsBoring/~3/oUpuhQql4E0/237686612</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.awkwardisawesome.com/post/237686612</guid><pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:07:57 -0500</pubDate><feedburner:origLink>http://www.awkwardisawesome.com/post/237686612</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Sometimes...</title><description>I feel happy and content. Warm and loved. Full and happy.
But then doubt creeps in. I feel...</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AwkwardBecausePerfectionIsBoring/~3/_P228cndyr4/215878848</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.awkwardisawesome.com/post/215878848</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 20:54:31 -0400</pubDate><feedburner:origLink>http://www.awkwardisawesome.com/post/215878848</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>How to look gorgeous</title><description>Ha.Everyone at the office thinks I have a hot event tonight. I apparently looktoo fabulous. This is...</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AwkwardBecausePerfectionIsBoring/~3/cieOdtmzKq4/181630653</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.awkwardisawesome.com/post/181630653</guid><pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 22:55:52 -0400</pubDate><feedburner:origLink>http://www.awkwardisawesome.com/post/181630653</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>—Ate this bucket of noodles for lunch*. When Christian...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://21.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kp1l5yR7Vp1qz7bbdo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;—Ate this bucket of noodles for lunch*. When Christian leaves, I eat a steady diet of ramen for lunch and dinner. So far I’ve lost 2 pounds, saved probably $30, and increased my risks of hypertension two fold.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;*Water bottle shown for scale. The thing was huge.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AwkwardBecausePerfectionIsBoring/~3/1-sUKr5LAzc/173048015</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.awkwardisawesome.com/post/173048015</guid><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:46:46 -0400</pubDate><feedburner:origLink>http://www.awkwardisawesome.com/post/173048015</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>My Little Brother is Going into Day Trading</title><description>Kyle: Sizzzz. Made $2800 today trading. Easy shit. Are you excited to make untold riches?&#xD;
Erin:...</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AwkwardBecausePerfectionIsBoring/~3/IG_dQ0NJlPU/173005941</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.awkwardisawesome.com/post/173005941</guid><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:35:46 -0400</pubDate><feedburner:origLink>http://www.awkwardisawesome.com/post/173005941</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Crosby, Stills, Nash &amp; Young spoke to my heart on Pandora today.</title><description>In the Morning when you rise Do you think of me and how you left me crying Are you thinking of...</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AwkwardBecausePerfectionIsBoring/~3/9FQOwYL1D8I/172391632</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.awkwardisawesome.com/post/172391632</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:20:11 -0400</pubDate><feedburner:origLink>http://www.awkwardisawesome.com/post/172391632</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>soupsoup:

mascarah:

Social Network Site Launch Timeline
So...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://9.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kp00d3Kfkh1qz7xu1o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://soupsoup.tumblr.com/post/172340484/mascarah-social-network-site-launch-timeline" target="_blank"&gt;soupsoup&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lifelovepursuit.com/post/172316505/social-network-site-launch-timeline-so" target="_blank"&gt;mascarah&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Social Network Site Launch Timeline&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So interesting (or maybe obvious?) which ones have really succeeded and which ones rapidly fell into obscurity. Perhaps there is a simple, universal reason why some fail and some succeed?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AwkwardBecausePerfectionIsBoring/~3/qrObODgMt-o/172382027</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.awkwardisawesome.com/post/172382027</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:05:50 -0400</pubDate><feedburner:origLink>http://www.awkwardisawesome.com/post/172382027</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Live and Let Hive</title><description>Woke up today with hives. Wandered into the bathroom, and saw my roomate DanJack there. I then...</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AwkwardBecausePerfectionIsBoring/~3/wvNsx5gXTm8/172238695</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.awkwardisawesome.com/post/172238695</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:11:00 -0400</pubDate><feedburner:origLink>http://www.awkwardisawesome.com/post/172238695</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>What’s missing from my digital resume is my 6+ years experience as a waitress.</title><description>You’ll need to know that I spent most of my young professional life wiping high chairs free of Mac...</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AwkwardBecausePerfectionIsBoring/~3/C3mlL04DAwA/172134067</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.awkwardisawesome.com/post/172134067</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:07:38 -0400</pubDate><feedburner:origLink>http://www.awkwardisawesome.com/post/172134067</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Saying "Hello" to My Shadow</title><description>Woke up blurry eyed at 5:00 am with a strong urge to pee. Having moved in with my boyfriend and is 3...</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AwkwardBecausePerfectionIsBoring/~3/m7bm5WSIAyg/171349595</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.awkwardisawesome.com/post/171349595</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:18:37 -0400</pubDate><feedburner:origLink>http://www.awkwardisawesome.com/post/171349595</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Erin E &amp; Sammy D (plus Anna M) saw 500 Days of Summer a few...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://21.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kouz8dWZba1qz7bbdo1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://11.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kouz8dWZba1qz7bbdo2_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://7.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kouz8dWZba1qz7bbdo3_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://16.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kouz8dWZba1qz7bbdo6_r1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Erin E &amp; Sammy D (plus Anna M) saw 500 Days of Summer a few weeks ago. With high expectations.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The jury’s still out — we were more “eh,” about it — but after reading this comic, I can’t help but want to see the movie again. Just to see how mopey boys can get. [and so I can laugh at their pain a little bit, too]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Man hater? Naaaaah.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thanks to &lt;a href="http://fashionindie.com/500-days-of-summer-abbreviated/" target="_blank"&gt;Fashion Indie&lt;/a&gt; for the comic strip // slideshow above.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AwkwardBecausePerfectionIsBoring/~3/8B53EgmdMZc/170082729</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.awkwardisawesome.com/post/170082729</guid><pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 22:07:00 -0400</pubDate><feedburner:origLink>http://www.awkwardisawesome.com/post/170082729</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://22.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_koqoyls0aj1qz7bbdo1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; N.A.S.A. landed @ Bowery Ballroom 8/20&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;img src="http://19.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_koqoyls0aj1qz7bbdo2_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; The dancing aliens got me moving.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;img src="http://1.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_koqoyls0aj1qz7bbdo3_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; But then my shoes broke.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;img src="http://4.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_koqoyls0aj1qz7bbdo4_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; And I had to walk out of Bowery barefeet&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;img src="http://10.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_koqoyls0aj1qz7bbdo5_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; And catch a cab. Shoeless. How classy.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; </description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AwkwardBecausePerfectionIsBoring/~3/wcDcAX2LvfA/168324558</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.awkwardisawesome.com/post/168324558</guid><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:35:00 -0400</pubDate><feedburner:origLink>http://www.awkwardisawesome.com/post/168324558</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Morning Run Missed for a Morning E-mail. The Gain? Remembering to Believe in Ourselves [Despite the Inevitable AWKWARDness of Meeting Your Boyfriend's Childhood Friends, Thing] </title><description>——-Original Message——-
From: Mount, Rachel
Sent: Thursday, August 20,...</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AwkwardBecausePerfectionIsBoring/~3/u9pptI5nMvk/167681051</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.awkwardisawesome.com/post/167681051</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:26:00 -0400</pubDate><feedburner:origLink>http://www.awkwardisawesome.com/post/167681051</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>The Truth About Limerance</title><description>I just got another random email from a reader about limerance today. I don’t know where people...</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AwkwardBecausePerfectionIsBoring/~3/UCuJDK1LtYY/166230816</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.awkwardisawesome.com/post/166230816</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:04:00 -0400</pubDate><feedburner:origLink>http://www.awkwardisawesome.com/post/166230816</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Thanks to @theupperlip for sending this my way. He was right.</title><description>&lt;img src="http://6.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kolbmvFm3B1qz7bbdo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thanks to @theupperlip for sending this my way. He was right.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AwkwardBecausePerfectionIsBoring/~3/ZiIhMVAs_cw/165956262</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.awkwardisawesome.com/post/165956262</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:59:19 -0400</pubDate><feedburner:origLink>http://www.awkwardisawesome.com/post/165956262</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>"Life is nothing more than a pro/con list. It’s the most underrated life tool."</title><description>“Life is nothing more than a pro/con list. It’s the most underrated life tool.” -...</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AwkwardBecausePerfectionIsBoring/~3/oqez0pbUP1o/165952456</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.awkwardisawesome.com/post/165952456</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:53:20 -0400</pubDate><feedburner:origLink>http://www.awkwardisawesome.com/post/165952456</feedburner:origLink></item></channel></rss>
