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		<title>I&#8217;m so busy now, bullets will have to do</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 03:44:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raisy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My life feels like a mess. Not a bad mess, but an actual, really disorganized mess. My room can&#8217;t stay neat for a day, I&#8217;ve got shit lying around and shit missing and as much as my OCD self wants to get that situation fixed, my new workaholic self keeps reminding me that I just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More grown-up talk&#8230;this could get boring</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:34:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raisy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Somebody remind me the next time I go out that when I come home and throw up in my garbage can, throw the garbage bag out immediately! Last Saturday I ended up doing just that (throwing up in my garbage can) and neglected to throw it out the next day. As a result, it was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Today was somewhat of an improvement</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 04:13:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raisy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My dad informed me that I will be getting my first paycheck from him this Friday. So yay, money. I also lined up two job interviews for later this week. One is an informational interview with a company that somehow found my information and contacted me. The other is for a part-time retail job. It&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Americans, they so mean</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 21:31:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raisy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I got a job. Sort of. Last week my dad woke me up in the morning to tell me he wants me to come to his office, fill out a job application, and start manning the phones. Like on that day, good grief. And so here I am, at my dad&#8217;s place of business which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m getting old</title>
		<link>http://bumplum.com/2011/07/im-getting-old/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 05:25:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raisy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bumplum.com/?p=1587</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I know, I know, being nearly 22 years old does not exactly constitute one as feeling old yet, but I have several reasons for feeling as such. First of all, it&#8217;s a Tuesday night. I was invited to go out for drinks with some friends, but feeling incredibly lazy I decided to stay in. Even [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rolling with the big boys now</title>
		<link>http://bumplum.com/2011/06/rolling-with-the-big-boys-now/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 04:08:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raisy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve spent a majority of the day today trying desperately to reorganize my room. I just simply have way too much stuff. And unlike previous summers, where I was planning on only living at home for a couple months, I need to find room for it all on a more permanent basis. But alas, this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Man, looking for work IS hard work</title>
		<link>http://bumplum.com/2011/06/man-looking-for-work-is-hard-work/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 05:14:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raisy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bumplum.com/?p=1545</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The time has come for me to decide what direction I want to go in for the rest of my life&#8230;or at the very least, my immediate future life. &#8216;Cause as much as I don&#8217;t want to admit it to myself, I really can&#8217;t decide. I don&#8217;t really know quite what to do. I don&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The art of letting go</title>
		<link>http://bumplum.com/2011/04/let-it-go/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 05:25:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raisy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bumplum.com/?p=1443</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hurrah, hurrah! I&#8217;ve finished my monstrous 15-page research paper for EPS 310! Time to start doing other work, yay! /end sarcasm It&#8217;s come to my attention that I am now almost a full month away from college graduation. I know what you&#8217;re thinking. How do I feel? Am I ready for the real world? Am [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You will NOT be my American boy</title>
		<link>http://bumplum.com/2011/01/you-will-not-be-my-american-boy/</link>
		<comments>http://bumplum.com/2011/01/you-will-not-be-my-american-boy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 06:26:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raisy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night, 21-year-old Raissa made her debut in the hip, cool urban American bar scene. It was, in all seriousness, the thing I&#8217;d been waiting for in the two weeks since I&#8217;ve been home. Me, loose in the streets of Chicago, armed with a small bottle of booze and ready to get crazy. Because it&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Someday I&#8217;ll be coming home</title>
		<link>http://bumplum.com/2010/09/someday-ill-be-coming-home/</link>
		<comments>http://bumplum.com/2010/09/someday-ill-be-coming-home/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 03:06:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raisy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m learning that homesickness exists in various forms. It was a concept I never really understood until sophomore year of college, and even then I was only feeling homesick for Chicago area things, such as Jewel Osco and the ABC7 news. My family I missed on occasion, for sure, but I knew I would be [...]]]></description>
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