<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685743483548397573.post3973643936339418536..comments</id><updated>2008-12-21T11:31:07.216-05:00</updated><category term='GRE'/><category term='volunteer'/><category term='Kaplan'/><category term='plot'/><category term='lost'/><category term='top five'/><category term='blogging is hard'/><category term='research'/><category term='Starbucks'/><category term='movies'/><category term='characters'/><category term='books'/><category term='voluntourism'/><category term='orphanage'/><category term='my first novel'/><category term='Boston miscellany'/><category term='Michener Center'/><category term='language'/><category term='rejection'/><category term='inspiration'/><category term='Slate'/><category term='blue pens or black pens'/><category term='writer&apos;s blog'/><category term='style'/><category term='publishing'/><category term='publicity'/><category term='revising'/><category term='car horns'/><category term='miscellany'/><category term='Arusha'/><category term='MFA programs'/><category term='starting a novel'/><category term='writing a novel'/><category term='San Francisco'/><category term='Jersey Shore'/><category term='editing'/><category term='screenwriting'/><category term='literary journals'/><category term='blogging'/><category term='short fiction'/><category term='writer&apos;s block'/><category term='Tanzania'/><category term='journalism'/><category term='writer&apos;s life'/><category term='CHISWEA'/><category term='humor'/><title type='text'>Comments on Ink and Beans: A Holiday Poem</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.inkandbeans.com/feeds/3973643936339418536/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3685743483548397573/3973643936339418536/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.inkandbeans.com/2008/12/holiday-poem.html'/><author><name>Ink and Beans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05925437597390817963</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>3</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685743483548397573.post-7790834729717220216</id><published>2008-12-21T11:31:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-21T11:31:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>~Twelve fast approaches! Chicks, find your dudes!&lt;...</title><content type='html'>~Twelve fast approaches! Chicks, find your dudes!&lt;BR/&gt;It's a Boink Fest at midnight! (...making out is for prudes).~&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Hrrrmph. That's rather hetero-normative of you, isn't it?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;;)&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;~Rose</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3685743483548397573/3973643936339418536/comments/default/7790834729717220216'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3685743483548397573/3973643936339418536/comments/default/7790834729717220216'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.inkandbeans.com/2008/12/holiday-poem.html?showComment=1229877060000#c7790834729717220216' title=''/><author><name>J. Rosemary  Moss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02152942205390838862</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OYVhScj9PRM/SNUarRfWwnI/AAAAAAAACCM/aIQPhqeRyOE/S220/n720877376_7145.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.inkandbeans.com/2008/12/holiday-poem.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685743483548397573.post-3973643936339418536' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3685743483548397573/posts/default/3973643936339418536' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-821901694'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685743483548397573.post-8558572792637680865</id><published>2008-12-19T18:13:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-19T18:13:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Someone please tell Bala that Ms. Spears spells he...</title><content type='html'>Someone please tell Bala that Ms. Spears spells her name "Britney". Blasphemy, I tell you...</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3685743483548397573/3973643936339418536/comments/default/8558572792637680865'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3685743483548397573/3973643936339418536/comments/default/8558572792637680865'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.inkandbeans.com/2008/12/holiday-poem.html?showComment=1229728380000#c8558572792637680865' title=''/><author><name>cls79</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09330651185164638717</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.inkandbeans.com/2008/12/holiday-poem.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685743483548397573.post-3973643936339418536' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3685743483548397573/posts/default/3973643936339418536' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-377422112'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685743483548397573.post-7409461914772152444</id><published>2008-12-11T07:50:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T07:50:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>And our apartment still writes poems to this day f...</title><content type='html'>And our apartment still writes poems to this day for our New Year's party to commemorate the Jimb:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Twas the night before New Year's and all through mi casa&lt;BR/&gt;Everything was stirring 'specially kielbasa&lt;BR/&gt;The punch had been spiked - no alcohol was spared&lt;BR/&gt;By the time it was done, the cupboards were bare&lt;BR/&gt;The boys all dressed nice - wanting someone to bed&lt;BR/&gt;While visions of punani danced in their heads&lt;BR/&gt;The girls were hooched out, with makeup to boot&lt;BR/&gt;But their defense held up, the boys got no loot&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;When out in the hall, there arose such a clatter,&lt;BR/&gt;I sprang from the kitchen to see what's the matter&lt;BR/&gt;Through drunkards I swam, but my pace was so slow&lt;BR/&gt;And all I could hear, was that "No still means no"&lt;BR/&gt;When I got to the end, I looked to my left&lt;BR/&gt;And there stood a man, of incredible heft&lt;BR/&gt;I thought to myself, "Who on Earh do I see?"&lt;BR/&gt;But ghetto St Nick - for the bootie to be"&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;For a fat fucking bastard he really was quick,&lt;BR/&gt;A bass was soon bumpin and the speakers were sick&lt;BR/&gt;The tunes he was blastin soon brought the house down&lt;BR/&gt;His cries then brought people, from all over town&lt;BR/&gt;"Now 2Pac, now 50, now Justin and Biggie&lt;BR/&gt;And Rhianna, and Snoop and Michael and Brittany!&lt;BR/&gt;Turn it up turn it up, and tap the keg too!&lt;BR/&gt;When you're all really drunk, you'll know what to do"&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;With his very last word the stout man had gone,&lt;BR/&gt;But I took a quick glance, and saw it was on&lt;BR/&gt;The beer had been flowin, the punch had been too,&lt;BR/&gt;Where things were going, i think everyone knew&lt;BR/&gt;In the distance I heard before he left sight&lt;BR/&gt;"Happy New Year's bitches, and to all a good night"</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3685743483548397573/3973643936339418536/comments/default/7409461914772152444'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3685743483548397573/3973643936339418536/comments/default/7409461914772152444'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.inkandbeans.com/2008/12/holiday-poem.html?showComment=1228999800000#c7409461914772152444' title=''/><author><name>Senor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04730683557232262669</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.inkandbeans.com/2008/12/holiday-poem.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685743483548397573.post-3973643936339418536' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3685743483548397573/posts/default/3973643936339418536' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1375838959'/></entry></feed>
