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    <title>Dear Me...</title>
    <description>Dreamer by day. Torch singer by night, I'm just a southern-fried girl who is trying to find her place in this world. I've got alot in my head that needs to be shared and so this is where I go to do it. I'm a hopeless romantic who was apparently born in the wrong era, as very little of what I am seems to match what the world is today. I long for chivalry and suave debonair men who will sweep me off my feet. Where is the background music? Where are the heroes? What happened to old-fashioned class? And why can't I break out into song whenever I feel happy, without anyone looking at me like I'm crazy? So, I hope you join me as I write and recite my way though my thoughts, here at "Dear Me".</description>
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      <title>The Tomboy</title>
      <description>....................



The Tomboy
By 
A. Desiree Midkiff....

.. ..

.. ..

My father, in his younger days, was a lively artist. His
hands created paintings, gardens, and had even been t...&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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      <category>Life</category>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Off-White Trash</title>
      <description>I'm so glad that no one can appropriately call me "white trash". Off-white. Taupe. Tan. Brown-ish. Olive-coloured, even. But never just plain ole run of the mill, standard issue, generic, boring white...&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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      <category>Food and Restaurants</category>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Papa's got a brand new bag!</title>
      <description>Yep, so I have been sewing for many years now, and I have my mom to thank for that (thank you, Mama!!). And lately the quality of my work has improved significantly. I'm starting to add finishing tou...&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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      <category>Fashion, Style, Shopping</category>
      <comments>http://www.myspace.com//traumaqueen1984/blog/285241577</comments>
      <pubDate>Sun, 08 Jul 2007 07:17:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Donuts for the Class</title>
      <description>Donuts for the Class   There was a certain Professor of Religion named Dr. Christianson, a studious man who taught at a small college in the Western United States. Dr. Christianson taught the required...&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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      <category>Religion and Philosophy</category>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 15:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>I fell in the trash compactor at work .</title>
      <description>LOL Yeah, it was fun. I got to climb in there with a sledge hammer and bang on a piece of metal until it was bent in half enough to reach down under the goo, grab it and pull it loose. I think I felt ...&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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      <comments>http://www.myspace.com//traumaqueen1984/blog/263664373</comments>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <author>Dr_Desiree84@yahoo.com (Desiree Midkiff)</author><feedburner:origLink>http://www.myspace.com//traumaqueen1984/blog/263664373</feedburner:origLink></item>
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      <title>Breath</title>
      <description>The most beautiful man fell asleep on my shoulder last night. As each warm exhale grazed softly across my neck, I found myself wishing I could be the air in his lungs. For even such a fleeting moment ...&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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      <category>Romance and Relationships</category>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2007 20:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>I never lost a thing in my life- because I quit first.</title>
      <description>You guys are going to be PROUD of me.After 5 years of putting it off, I finally enrolled back into college, yesterday.As I stood in the parking lot of the community college, putting my parking decal i...&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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      <category>Goals, Plans, Hopes</category>
      <comments>http://www.myspace.com//traumaqueen1984/blog/260060221</comments>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2007 04:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Big Girls</title>
      <description>BIG GIRLSByAudra MidkiffI am… a BIG GIRL.&amp;nbsp; I've got the motion of the ocean in this body, don't you see? I started a commotion, and got you all looking at me. Every ripple, every dimple is just o...&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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      <category>Writing and Poetry</category>
      <comments>http://www.myspace.com//traumaqueen1984/blog/235174103</comments>
      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2007 03:53:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>If this doesn't inspire you...</title>
      <description>Luca "Lazylegz" Patuelli was born with arthrogryposis, a disorder that affects his bone structure and prevents muscle development from the waist down. At the age of 15 he began breakdancing. He is one...&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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      <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TorchSingerByNight/~3/RyJNWeWLAVs/202521711</link>
      <comments>http://www.myspace.com//traumaqueen1984/blog/202521711</comments>
      <pubDate>Thu, 07 Dec 2006 03:26:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <author>Dr_Desiree84@yahoo.com (Desiree Midkiff)</author><feedburner:origLink>http://www.myspace.com//traumaqueen1984/blog/202521711</feedburner:origLink></item>
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      <title>Blurry Bourbon Drenched Memories Caught On Film!</title>
      <description>I think I was dancing...?Hmm... He seems nice.Don't ASK!The cowboy with no neck... how sad.Me... Makin that money!Rock &amp;amp; Roll BABY!!!!!!!!!CHEEEEEESEEEEY!!!!Huh?Mmmm... Bourbon. Mmmm... Beer.Aniss...&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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      <category>Parties and Nightlife</category>
      <comments>http://www.myspace.com//traumaqueen1984/blog/194589468</comments>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Nov 2006 20:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
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