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		<title>first valentine</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 04:21:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[so I have to tell you about my first real valentine&#8217;s day, the first valentine&#8217;s I spent with mar, the father of my child and man I&#8217;m going to marry. this particular valentine&#8217;s shouldn&#8217;t have even happened. I was 15, he was 16. we had only been together for about four months when valentine&#8217;s day [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rashidasimmons.wordpress.com&amp;blog=182975&amp;post=128&amp;subd=rashidasimmons&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>babylove&#8217;s love</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:57:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[this is a notice to everyone who will spend time with our baby boy alone, the people who love him and want to bond with him. he&#8217;s a really good kid, honest! he doesn&#8217;t mean to break your furniture and pull apart your electronic devices. he&#8217;s just curious and very enthusiastic. we want you to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rashidasimmons.wordpress.com&amp;blog=182975&amp;post=122&amp;subd=rashidasimmons&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">YYAAAAAYY!!!</media:title>
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		<title>exittheapple presents &#8220;story&#8221; episode 4: grandma&#8217;s house</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:57:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[exittheapple presents &#8220;story&#8221; &#8211; a pared-down film experience exploring the essence of story and storytelling. episode 4: grandma&#8217;s house, is a story by your&#8217;s truly! this was a tremendous experience and i&#8217;m so honored to have had the chance to tell my story. watch and enjoy! story -noun 1. a narrative, either true or fictitious, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rashidasimmons.wordpress.com&amp;blog=182975&amp;post=118&amp;subd=rashidasimmons&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>perspective</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:39:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[your mindset shapes your life. it shapes how you see the world, it colors your opinions of situations and people, it determines whether you have good or bad experiences. i was just reminded of a very short story that had a very big impact on me. in the 1920&#8242;s a bunch of fellow writers challenged [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rashidasimmons.wordpress.com&amp;blog=182975&amp;post=113&amp;subd=rashidasimmons&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>michael jackson, chris brown &amp; raising a man</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:18:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t often write about pop culture goings on but i had to make an exception. I usually keep such opinions to myself because I don&#8217;t tend to agree with the popular opinions, but I never cared about being popular so here goes. Michael Jackson and Chris Brown have become sort of linked in my [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rashidasimmons.wordpress.com&amp;blog=182975&amp;post=109&amp;subd=rashidasimmons&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m a Bad Motha-! &#8211; my kid&#8217;s a jerk!</title>
		<link>http://rashidasimmons.wordpress.com/2009/05/20/im-a-bad-motha-my-kids-a-jerk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 03:20:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[my kid&#8217;s a jerk! yea, that&#8217;s right, i said it; MY KID&#8217;S A JERK! even more annoying is the fact that he&#8217;s a very intentional jerk. i don&#8217;t think he intentionally means to be a jerk, but he very intentionally does things that are extremely jerk-like. po-tay-to, po-tah-to, whatever. he&#8217;s a jerk. i will say [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rashidasimmons.wordpress.com&amp;blog=182975&amp;post=101&amp;subd=rashidasimmons&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>begin</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 03:44:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rashida</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[have you ever read &#8220;lady in the water&#8221; by m. night shyamalan? not the movie, even though contrary to popular preference i liked the movie too. i mean the book that the movie is based on. it&#8217;s a children&#8217;s book, he wrote it for his own kids. it is classic shyamalan, there are twists and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rashidasimmons.wordpress.com&amp;blog=182975&amp;post=99&amp;subd=rashidasimmons&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>enough</title>
		<link>http://rashidasimmons.wordpress.com/2008/12/23/enough/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 20:37:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[i believe we create our own existence. by what we hope for or don&#8217;t hope for, by what we focus on or don&#8217;t focus on, and by what we surround ourselves with or don&#8217;t surround ourselves with. if you choose a life that includes happiness, love, health and harmony and embrace all of that in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rashidasimmons.wordpress.com&amp;blog=182975&amp;post=97&amp;subd=rashidasimmons&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m a Bad Motha-! &#8211; Sounds of Music</title>
		<link>http://rashidasimmons.wordpress.com/2008/10/19/im-a-bad-motha-sounds-of-music/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 03:16:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Music is important. Music is a crucial part of life and growth. In all honesty I can&#8217;t think of anyone that I like who doesn&#8217;t listen to as much music as I do or more. It does&#8217;t really matter what you listen to, it just matters that you listen. If you have the skill, make [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rashidasimmons.wordpress.com&amp;blog=182975&amp;post=90&amp;subd=rashidasimmons&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>a hug from the universe</title>
		<link>http://rashidasimmons.wordpress.com/2008/10/09/a-hug-from-the-universe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:44:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rashida</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[i love when i can actually look around at the tangible and intangible things in my life and see, fully see, the energy i put out coming back to me. the hopes, the love, the dreams- all reflected in my day-to-day life. even better is when it&#8217;s a surprise! right now, my life is pretty [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rashidasimmons.wordpress.com&amp;blog=182975&amp;post=80&amp;subd=rashidasimmons&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m a Bad Motha-! &#8211; Food for Thought</title>
		<link>http://rashidasimmons.wordpress.com/2008/09/01/im-a-bad-motha-food-for-thought/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:25:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rashida</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Breastfeeding. Breastfeeding. Think about that word for a sec &#8211; breastfeeding. Literally, feeding a person from a breast. My breast. If you&#8217;ve done this before it probably just seems rather innate after a while, and I&#8217;m sure after a while it will seem innate to me too, however right now I am painfully aware that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rashidasimmons.wordpress.com&amp;blog=182975&amp;post=70&amp;subd=rashidasimmons&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m a Bad Motha-! &#8211; Adjustments</title>
		<link>http://rashidasimmons.wordpress.com/2008/08/27/im-a-bad-motha-adjustments/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:46:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rashida</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s amazing the things that one can adjust to in a short period of time. I never thought I would not only get used to, but actually enjoy having a person drool or vomit on me. Having been a wild ass drunken club kid it&#8217;s not the first time in my life that these things [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rashidasimmons.wordpress.com&amp;blog=182975&amp;post=67&amp;subd=rashidasimmons&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m a Bad Motha-! &#8211; Shut Yo&#8217; Mouth!</title>
		<link>http://rashidasimmons.wordpress.com/2008/08/16/im-a-bad-motha-shut-yo-mouth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 17:54:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a mommy! This is of course the focus of much of my writing because it is the focus of most of my life. I&#8217;m having a ridiculously interesting time at mommy-hood and I&#8217;m finding parts of it to feel like an extention of pregnancy. For example, people feel compelled to offer advice, old wive&#8217;s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rashidasimmons.wordpress.com&amp;blog=182975&amp;post=64&amp;subd=rashidasimmons&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Welcoming Me Back</title>
		<link>http://rashidasimmons.wordpress.com/2008/07/02/welcoming-me-back/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:28:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think around the eigth month of pregnancy I started to really grasp the fact that I was actually having a baby. Really, &#8216;being pregnant&#8217; and &#8216;having a baby&#8217; are two entirely different things. I focused on &#8216;being pregnant&#8217;, eating right, exercising the muscles in all the right places, getting doctors and making (and keeping) [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rashidasimmons.wordpress.com&amp;blog=182975&amp;post=60&amp;subd=rashidasimmons&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Adding Up and Counting Down</title>
		<link>http://rashidasimmons.wordpress.com/2008/03/23/adding-up-and-counting-down/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 02:06:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Motherhood. Mommy. Mom. Soon, very, very soon, these words will apply to me. Damn. I&#8217;m not really sure that I&#8217;m ready, I wasn&#8217;t even ready for the pregnancy and the abundance of changes that came about, but I guess most first time mothers have that sense of fear and uncertainty. I have days where all [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rashidasimmons.wordpress.com&amp;blog=182975&amp;post=59&amp;subd=rashidasimmons&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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