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(Chelsea)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>137</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/coolhandjohnny" /><feedburner:info uri="coolhandjohnny" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420428204088728551.post-5682391232831743646</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 18:25:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-08-01T11:25:12.583-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">BEDA</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">1/31</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">August</category><title>and so it begins...</title><atom:summary>hey, Blog! fancy meeting you here!

(it's random, but it's from my favorite band and is absolutely ridiculous. as is this blog. well, it's not from my favorite band... you know what i mean!)
     Hellogoodbye - Welcome to My Record [GM OG Mix] by coolhandjohnny

so here we are, doing that BEDA thing again, except this time the A stands for August. why am i doing this you ask? well clearly i </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/coolhandjohnny/~3/WP_MTlGVLrc/and-so-it-begins.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Chelsea)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/coolhandjohnny/~4/WP_MTlGVLrc" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://coolhandjohnny.blogspot.com/2010/08/and-so-it-begins.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420428204088728551.post-2366363449703766671</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:17:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-07-29T11:17:04.501-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">nerd jokes</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">quickie</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">work</category><title>#nerdjokes</title><atom:summary>this is a quickie folks. so here's what just happened: 

back story (so that this makes sense): i pass out a terabyte external hard drive to every one of the engineers every Thursday so they can back up their data.

my coworker comes in, and he tilts the drive a bit before he sets it down on my desk. then he says, "oops! i spilled some data there!" #nerdjokes #soawful #ilawled

and that concludes</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/coolhandjohnny/~3/Es2hP4hgQ-4/nerdjokes.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Chelsea)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/coolhandjohnny/~4/Es2hP4hgQ-4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://coolhandjohnny.blogspot.com/2010/07/nerdjokes.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420428204088728551.post-2699796165113191420</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 07:17:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-07-27T00:17:33.967-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">BEDA</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Chuck Klosterman</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">book blog</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">chuck progress</category><title>chuck progress</title><atom:summary>so last time dear friends, we talked about how i pretty much always act on my random impulse ideas. how sometimes they're great, like #hotnerdsexy, and sometimes they're bad like blogging my progress of two Chuck Klosterman books. but as they're both impulse ideas, they're both coming to fruition. 
so here's how the progression of Chuck, or my Chuck Progress* as i'm calling it, is going to work. </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/coolhandjohnny/~3/m6MQ61xJaXE/chuck-progress.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Chelsea)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/coolhandjohnny/~4/m6MQ61xJaXE" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://coolhandjohnny.blogspot.com/2010/07/chuck-progress.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420428204088728551.post-2376287579816680370</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:15:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-07-19T13:15:58.631-07:00</atom:updated><title>bad idea</title><atom:summary>sometimes project ideas are gradual. they start with an inspiration. whatever the thing is that inspired you is, you think about it and you think about it. you analyze and you discuss and you develop. and then you finally have this plan. 
sometimes project ideas just hit you. they're random. they're completely undeveloped. you're not even sure how you are going to do them, or if you even WANT to </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/coolhandjohnny/~3/M6kxz5Sz9qg/bad-idea.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Chelsea)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/coolhandjohnny/~4/M6kxz5Sz9qg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://coolhandjohnny.blogspot.com/2010/07/bad-idea.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420428204088728551.post-8575331043030519913</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 20:32:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-06-25T13:32:07.815-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">blog</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">revalations</category><title>walk in my old shoes</title><atom:summary>so i just came in from lunch. late. because i was at a really good part in the book. well, all the parts are good. but that's beside the point. 

the point is this. i gathered my things. i kept reading. i stood up. i kept reading. i turned around and walked to the door. i kept reading. and it was at this point that i didn't stop reading, but i had a feeling i haven't felt in years. i suddenly </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/coolhandjohnny/~3/HnvY1BP8um8/walk-in-my-old-shoes.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Chelsea)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/coolhandjohnny/~4/HnvY1BP8um8" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://coolhandjohnny.blogspot.com/2010/06/walk-in-my-old-shoes.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420428204088728551.post-7289330565804941285</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 21:44:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-06-23T14:44:46.975-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">clever</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">two rules</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">not stupid</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">epiphany</category><title>two rules: clever, not stupid</title><atom:summary>blog, i have just experienced an epiphany: i, like John Green's Will Grayson, live by two rules. not nearly as drastic as his "shut up, and don't care," but easily just as ridiculous. 

1. don't be stupid.

2. be clever.

i know what you're thinking. "seriously, Chelsea? you should really consider condensing that list to the ONE item that it is." but hear me out.

i had this epiphany in the </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/coolhandjohnny/~3/MH44BaKgyoU/two-rules-clever-not-stupid.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Chelsea)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/coolhandjohnny/~4/MH44BaKgyoU" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://coolhandjohnny.blogspot.com/2010/06/two-rules-clever-not-stupid.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420428204088728551.post-6852325083902565318</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 20:17:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-06-22T13:17:23.738-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">rant</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">spam</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">youtube</category><title>YouTube Spam</title><atom:summary>hello blog! wow! it's been a WHILE! did you miss me?! 
ok, that was rhetorical. we both know you didn't, but that doesn't mean you should say so!

ok, so i found this little gem waiting for me in my email this morning. take a gander:



so there are several flaws in this proposition. let us go through them now.
ok first, this is an ad. it is trying to entice people. "If you jus tried a bit harder</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/coolhandjohnny/~3/QDD0pkStcHQ/youtube-spam.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Chelsea)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii150/coolhandjohnny/journal/th_youtubespam.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/coolhandjohnny/~4/QDD0pkStcHQ" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://coolhandjohnny.blogspot.com/2010/06/youtube-spam.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420428204088728551.post-423657160611764598</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:17:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-06-18T09:17:42.436-07:00</atom:updated><title>experiment experiment</title><atom:summary>so I just got swype and it's silk in beta and I'm trying to see how fast I can go without errors.so I'm not going to correct anything so if something doesn't make sense its not my fault and remember I'm still learning.or getting used to making gestures.so far I don't think its too much gayer.although I must say so far this is easier.well I suppose well see when I read this back.I think the result</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/coolhandjohnny/~3/Te5rNJUC84U/experiment-experiment.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Chelsea)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/coolhandjohnny/~4/Te5rNJUC84U" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://coolhandjohnny.blogspot.com/2010/06/experiment-experiment.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420428204088728551.post-4970268442102381795</guid><pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 05:22:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-05-30T22:22:14.112-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Droid</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">skype</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">beach</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">internet</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">family</category><title>where's the beach?</title><atom:summary>i'm home! and then there was no internet!!! and then my mommy fixed it. apparently the power plug to the modem died. so, new power plug and all is well. (this is a nerd house, so we already had a new plug. ♥)
so today after the Guide meeting (which i attended whilst en route with the Skype app on my beloved Droid), i went to Redondo Beach with my family. that is, my mom, my brother, my aunt </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/coolhandjohnny/~3/YArKNZkbeAc/wheres-beach.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Chelsea)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/coolhandjohnny/~4/YArKNZkbeAc" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://coolhandjohnny.blogspot.com/2010/05/wheres-beach.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420428204088728551.post-3374939674298289424</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-05-28T10:00:04.205-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">VidCon</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Gears</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">self-conscious</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">birthday</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">blogging</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">youtube</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">vlogging</category><title>in the future</title><atom:summary>hello blog!

so, i am very excited about VidCon. i mean, VERY excited. i mean, i think about it at least once a day. if it's not getting stuff to be signed and how i'm going to acquire those signatures for both myself and the Guide, then it's the birthday celebration part of the weekend and figuring out the logistics of it. 
turning another year older is not impressive to me in the least. in fact</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/coolhandjohnny/~3/GXgISi1I8mQ/in-future.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Chelsea)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/coolhandjohnny/~4/GXgISi1I8mQ" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://coolhandjohnny.blogspot.com/2010/05/in-future.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420428204088728551.post-7466848805634118584</guid><pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 07:45:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-05-27T09:22:15.139-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">OK Go</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">may212010</category><title>OK Go Show</title><atom:summary>hi blog!

so usually i don't write anything because my life is really boring and i don't have anything to say and i'm not creative or intelligent enough to just pick some random topic to write about. but is that the reason i haven't written? NO! i've actually had things write about and instead i'm just like, "hmm. i should write a blog later." and then later never comes. :/

so, because this is </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/coolhandjohnny/~3/Yrf_TlTuVlY/ok-go-show.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Chelsea)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/coolhandjohnny/~4/Yrf_TlTuVlY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://coolhandjohnny.blogspot.com/2010/05/ok-go-show.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420428204088728551.post-3964507389875817563</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 19:25:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-05-19T12:25:46.045-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Chuck Palahniuk</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">misadventures</category><title>book signing</title><atom:summary>this blog, comin' at ya in three parts, is what happened between 7pm and 11pm. 

Homeward Bound... i think
as i walked down the dark alley toward my car, fiddling with my phone all the while, i couldn't help but pause and think of Allison. 
"what kind of person goes around walking down dark alleys?" i had said incredulously. 
apparently, i do.*
so i set my GPS to guide me home, and... there's a </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/coolhandjohnny/~3/EwurF0NJi3A/book-signing.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Chelsea)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii150/coolhandjohnny/journal/th_map.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/coolhandjohnny/~4/EwurF0NJi3A" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://coolhandjohnny.blogspot.com/2010/05/book-signing.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420428204088728551.post-3807288231632624358</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 17:56:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-05-13T10:56:01.141-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Mashable</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">facebook</category><title>sharing...</title><atom:summary>Had to share this. Because, strangely, it effects all of our lives. :/
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rows of:   2 pics should be 375x250 or 300X500  3 pics should be 200x150 or 200x300  4 pics should be 175x100 or 175x225    1 picture should be 700x420 or 420x700    2 videos should be 234x380 --&gt;</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/coolhandjohnny/~3/HeETMGN2rsg/sharing.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Chelsea)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/coolhandjohnny/~4/HeETMGN2rsg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://coolhandjohnny.blogspot.com/2010/05/sharing.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420428204088728551.post-4978328375542585237</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 05:21:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-05-10T22:43:17.520-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">blog</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">unfounded anxiety</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">5BD</category><title>i imagine...</title><atom:summary>oh hai blog!

what's that? you feel that i've been blatantly neglecting you? thinking about you constantly, yet avoiding you like the plague the way a 13 year old girl with a crush would? ok, i was gonna lie. i was gonna say it's your imagination, you're a bit melodramatic, and seriously, i only like you as a friend. but we both know the truth. 

i've been avoiding you, blog. and it's because </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/coolhandjohnny/~3/ThPjf9XPfSw/i-imagine.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Chelsea)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/coolhandjohnny/~4/ThPjf9XPfSw" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://coolhandjohnny.blogspot.com/2010/05/i-imagine.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420428204088728551.post-472644144507291390</guid><pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 04:40:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-04-30T21:40:14.365-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">BEDA</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">five biggest dorks</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">last day</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">5BD</category><title>Last Day! Yay! - BEDA 30</title><atom:summary>
well, here we all are on the last day of BEDA! 

i'm glad it's done, but i'm gonna miss it, too! i kind of like planning ahead for what i'm gonna write for my blogs. :) i think from now on, my blogs will be a bit more centered instead of just a random flow of whatever. 

so i'm already scripting my first video for 5 Biggest Dorks! i'm really excited about it! i've never scripted a video before! </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/coolhandjohnny/~3/QJS1_FkAXBk/last-day-yay-beda-30.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Chelsea)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii150/coolhandjohnny/journal/th_BEDAicon30.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/coolhandjohnny/~4/QJS1_FkAXBk" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://coolhandjohnny.blogspot.com/2010/04/last-day-yay-beda-30.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420428204088728551.post-4099024959996148068</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 06:59:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-04-30T00:00:47.403-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">BEDA</category><title /><atom:summary>

ok, seriously, Chelsea? you're procrastinating your blogs now? but you're almost done! *shakes head in disappointment*

the most ridiculous part: i had this blog all planned out. what i was going to talk about, there was a theme, just... *sigh* this was going to be the blog that made up for the past couple of weak ones. and then do you know what happened? i started to read Adam the Alien's blog</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/coolhandjohnny/~3/PSeOrAxFvvs/ok-seriously-chelsea-youre.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Chelsea)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/coolhandjohnny/~4/PSeOrAxFvvs" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://coolhandjohnny.blogspot.com/2010/04/ok-seriously-chelsea-youre.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420428204088728551.post-7693406935466143007</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 06:47:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-04-28T23:47:32.290-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">BEDA</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">five biggest dorks</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">ALL CAPS</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">5BD</category><title>you can call me Monday - BEDA 28</title><atom:summary>

so blog, we're almost done blogging every day in April. i still haven't found something to do in May, but who knows? maybe i'll find inspiration on May 1st. 

so yesterday i saw the movie Chloe. now i generally liked the movie but i thought a couple of scenes were a bit pornographic and unnecessary. 

my mom (not having seen it yet): so, what did you think of it?
me: i dunno. i liked it. but </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/coolhandjohnny/~3/KZuV8SMT4Dg/you-can-call-me-monday-beda-28.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Chelsea)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii150/coolhandjohnny/journal/th_BEDAicon28.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/coolhandjohnny/~4/KZuV8SMT4Dg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://coolhandjohnny.blogspot.com/2010/04/you-can-call-me-monday-beda-28.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420428204088728551.post-1649262445145268918</guid><pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 05:04:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-04-28T23:17:50.339-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">BEDA</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">alan lastufka</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Luke Conard</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">alandistro</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Erase This</category><title>write about Alan</title><atom:summary>

so, i'm just gonna be honest: i'm still not inspired. but i am listening to Alan Lastufka's new CD. only 2 tracks in so far so there's only 2 things i can say so far: 1) i don't know what i was expecting, but i was a bit surprised. 2) i like it so far. 
and one more thing, i love the way it sounds like you're listening to the radio. that's a really cool idea. extra awesome points.
maybe i'll </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/coolhandjohnny/~3/agoR54CaGp4/write-about-alan.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Chelsea)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii150/coolhandjohnny/journal/th_BEDAicon27.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/coolhandjohnny/~4/agoR54CaGp4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://coolhandjohnny.blogspot.com/2010/04/write-about-alan.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420428204088728551.post-5179650111557758106</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 06:28:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-04-26T23:28:00.907-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">BEDA</category><title>uninspired - BEDA 26</title><atom:summary>

sorry blog. i have yet to be inspired tonight. i really have nothing interesting to say at the moment. i'm sure you're arguing that i never have anything interesting to say. to which i reply that this is true, and we both know this, but it's just plain mean spirited and in poor taste for you to rub it in my face. 

hopefully i'll have a better, longer, more inspired blog tomorrow. (wow, that </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/coolhandjohnny/~3/Sc56IWukinY/uninspired-beda-26.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Chelsea)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/coolhandjohnny/~4/Sc56IWukinY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://coolhandjohnny.blogspot.com/2010/04/uninspired-beda-26.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420428204088728551.post-4077696193091970930</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 06:59:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-04-26T00:06:56.261-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">BEDA</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">online</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">friends</category><title>real friends online - BEDA 25</title><atom:summary>
ok, i have limited time, but i'm in a much better mood, so let's try this again shall we?

from Feb 5th:
so i've been thinking a lot lately about how awkward and slightly creepy it is to have friends online. don't get me wrong, i love you guys. but, see, that's the problem. it's kind of creepy that i love you guys.
let's look at the facts. with the exception of one person, i have never actually </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/coolhandjohnny/~3/ly35Q-7MTLw/real-friends-online.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Chelsea)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii150/coolhandjohnny/journal/th_BEDAicon25.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/coolhandjohnny/~4/ly35Q-7MTLw" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://coolhandjohnny.blogspot.com/2010/04/real-friends-online.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420428204088728551.post-3911817815945593753</guid><pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 19:14:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-04-24T12:15:30.276-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">BEDA</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">screen names</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">bad mood</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">7NAP</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">digress</category><title>boy or girl? - BEDA 24</title><atom:summary>
hi blog! so, as promised, grumpy Chelsea went to sleep last night and awoke as refreshed, even-tempered, sound-minded, messy-haired, happy Chelsea. i would have linked to the grumpy Chelsea 7NAP video yesterday, but it was still uploading, so here it is today: 



so, yes, i still think it epically sucked that i didn't get to make the super-fun video i wanted to make due to lack of tweet </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/coolhandjohnny/~3/9solG0cVBV4/boy-or-girl-beda-24.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Chelsea)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii150/coolhandjohnny/journal/th_BEDAicon24.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/coolhandjohnny/~4/9solG0cVBV4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://coolhandjohnny.blogspot.com/2010/04/boy-or-girl-beda-24.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420428204088728551.post-8081950325656760816</guid><pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 05:13:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-04-23T22:13:02.771-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">BEDA</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Guide to Nerdfighting</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">bad mood</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">7NAP</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">twitter</category><title>bad mood</title><atom:summary>
Fatigue Meter: 10

Chelsea and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. 

ok, so it wasn't that bad (like at all), but i still wanted to say that. (book nostalgia FTW!)i wish i had written my blog earlier when i was in a better mood. 

as much as i'd like to say i'm totally over it, i'm totally not over the fact that my plan for an epic video was epic alright. an epic fail. 

so, i sent </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/coolhandjohnny/~3/03LxNDwS-VA/bad-mood.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Chelsea)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii150/coolhandjohnny/journal/th_BEDAicon23.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/coolhandjohnny/~4/03LxNDwS-VA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://coolhandjohnny.blogspot.com/2010/04/bad-mood.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420428204088728551.post-433056071522403932</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 20:31:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-04-22T13:37:30.945-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">BEDA</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Alex Day</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">FedEx</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">work</category><title>seeing the arrow</title><atom:summary>

because damned Alex Day turns off comments on his blog after a while, i can't make this comment on the appropriate post. but i can't just not share this either.

now, i read that post before, and it bugged me then. now, for some reason, it was still in my reader "unread". which allowed it to bug me again. what, exactly is it that bugs me?

well, dear reader, i make my living by, among other </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/coolhandjohnny/~3/11yPdlzNbkg/seeing-arrow.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Chelsea)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii150/coolhandjohnny/journal/th_BEDAicon22.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/coolhandjohnny/~4/11yPdlzNbkg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://coolhandjohnny.blogspot.com/2010/04/seeing-arrow.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420428204088728551.post-6053464797831530903</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 09:17:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-04-22T02:18:48.719-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">BEDA</category><title>slanted views and technicalities</title><atom:summary>
Fatigue Meter: 8

Location: Firmly Settled in the Land of Slanted Views and Technicalities

well, if you want to get technical, this is the middle of the night for me. i'll be going to sleep and wake up in the morning. 

there is SO much to say, but i really do need to go back to sleep. (i woke up like 10 minutes ago.)

so yeah. 

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Fatigue Meter: 5

i told myself earlier that i should just blog and get it out of the way, but did i listen to myself? of course not! freakin' know-it-all! 
no, i had to say, "no, i'll have PLENTY of time later! i won't even get tired!" yeah, i don't know who's character and past experiences i was thinking of when i came to that conclusion, but it clearly wasn't mine! 

and quickly, for the </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/coolhandjohnny/~3/l2d-iuDoknU/seriously-beda-20.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Chelsea)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii150/coolhandjohnny/journal/th_BEDAicon20.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/coolhandjohnny/~4/l2d-iuDoknU" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://coolhandjohnny.blogspot.com/2010/04/seriously-beda-20.html</feedburner:origLink></item></channel></rss>

