<?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/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844</id><updated>2012-02-16T02:58:11.228-04:00</updated><title type='text'>La Vie en Rose</title><subtitle type='html'>"A look at life through rose-coloured glasses..."</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>638</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-9071050173584023086</id><published>2010-05-07T01:42:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-07T01:44:51.668-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Disney World!</title><summary type='text'>Hello all! I am currently writing from sunny (well, it would be sunny if it wasn't so late) Florida.  I've been at and I'm still going to Disney World!  And we threw in SeaWorld just for the Hell of it.  Woohoo!  I love friends!  One rented this completely awesome house here in Orlando - four bedroom, three and a half baths, a pool attached to the house, etc.  Awesome!  It'd be a vacation if we </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/9071050173584023086/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=9071050173584023086' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/9071050173584023086'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/9071050173584023086'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2010/05/disney-world.html' title='Disney World!'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-7360733210832359488</id><published>2010-02-11T14:10:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-02-11T14:18:58.944-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Things I've forgotten to mention...</title><summary type='text'>Happy Thanksgiving!Merry Christmas!Happy New Year!It's fricking cold.Congrats to Scott Brown; Hope is not lost!It's friggin' cold.Tax season...bleh.State of the Union - Same B.S. mixed with entirely new and unbelievable varieties of B.S.Why is it so c-c-cold?!Avatar was good, but almost exactly a cut-and-paste futuristic version of Pocahontas/The New World.  And it gave me one hell of a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/7360733210832359488/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=7360733210832359488' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/7360733210832359488'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/7360733210832359488'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2010/02/things-ive-forgotten-to-mention.html' title='Things I&apos;ve forgotten to mention...'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-5908816102051928978</id><published>2009-10-28T14:41:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-10-28T15:03:51.419-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Halloween!</title><summary type='text'>I hope everyone has a fun and thrilling Halloween!  I went to Boone Hall's Fright Night two weeks ago for a bit of a scare.  I wasn't very scared, but I nearly peed my pants laughing at one of the girls I went with.  She loves violent, gory movies, but cannot take people jumping out at her.  Well, guess what they did at Boone Hall...they jumped out of her, in spades.  It. Was. Hilarious.I did, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/5908816102051928978/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=5908816102051928978' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/5908816102051928978'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/5908816102051928978'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2009/10/happy-halloween.html' title='Happy Halloween!'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-5967740299065791813</id><published>2009-08-04T13:03:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-08-04T13:20:05.216-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>I'm almost certain that no one is reading this blog now, except for me when I proofread it, which means I can write whatever I want, including my opinion on a current, politically-charged topic.  Universal Health Care, um.. excuse me...National Health Care Reform scares the crap out of me.  This is why I did not vote for Obama.  This is why I did not vote for a single democrat.  I think the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/5967740299065791813/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=5967740299065791813' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/5967740299065791813'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/5967740299065791813'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2009/08/im-almost-certain-that-no-one-is.html' title=''/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-2346517203605924089</id><published>2009-07-01T15:35:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-01T15:59:09.991-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Forgot to mention...</title><summary type='text'>On the subject of movies of interest...Titus:Based on Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus, Titus is one seriously f***ed-up story.  Seriously!  I feel this play presents somewhat of an antithesis to Hamlet.  The title charachter in Hamlet meditates upon the justness, the rightness of seeking revenge for the murder of his father by none-other than his brother, Hamlet's Uncle, who then proceeded to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/2346517203605924089/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=2346517203605924089' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/2346517203605924089'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/2346517203605924089'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2009/07/forgot-to-mention.html' title='Forgot to mention...'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-8214006088083636692</id><published>2009-06-25T15:29:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-25T16:10:20.017-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Movies of Interest</title><summary type='text'>Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead:  Slow to start, but if you have patience and love Hamlet, this movie is hilarious!  Gary Oldman (a personal favorite) and Tim Roth star as the title pair, two of Hamlet's schoolmates/friends sent for by King Claudius and Queen Gertrude to cheer Hamlet out of his melancholy.  And like the students they are, they spend the entire time investigating scientific </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/8214006088083636692/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=8214006088083636692' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/8214006088083636692'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/8214006088083636692'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2009/06/movies-of-interest.html' title='Movies of Interest'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-6706706741541954112</id><published>2009-06-10T13:17:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-10T13:30:28.356-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Why is it when I find the time and the opportunity to blog, I can never think of anything to say?  I mean, I've been busy - I've been out doing things, having fun , and not just by myself.  Normally, by Friday I'm sick of spending every evening by myself, so I go out to a movie, by myself, and end up entertained, but even more painfully aware of how much of a loner I'm becoming.  But this past </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/6706706741541954112/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=6706706741541954112' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/6706706741541954112'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/6706706741541954112'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2009/06/why-is-it-when-i-find-time-and.html' title=''/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-7025514502705731764</id><published>2009-05-14T14:44:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-14T14:57:58.887-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Shorthand</title><summary type='text'>Not impressed with Magnolia Gardens.  Definitely a sprawling mess of same three damn flowers over and over again.  Still, had lots of fun with friends; took lots of pictures (some came out).  LOVE the library.  Got library card this Monday.  Have checked out and read four books, two movies so far.  Went back today for more.  Got Costco membership Monday before last.  Confess that mango slices and</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/7025514502705731764/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=7025514502705731764' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/7025514502705731764'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/7025514502705731764'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2009/05/shorthand.html' title='Shorthand'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-2837053820384360945</id><published>2009-04-24T13:08:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-24T13:15:19.642-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Magnolia Gardens</title><summary type='text'>Guess where I'm going tomorrow?!  My friend Sarah found out that I had never been to Magnolia plantation, and since she knows how much I love plants and gardening, she decided I had to see their gardens.  So, she got a bunch of our friends together and has arranged for us all to go on a tour of Magnolia Gardens tomorrow!  How sweet!  My only job is to convince Mel and Lyne to come with us, which </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/2837053820384360945/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=2837053820384360945' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/2837053820384360945'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/2837053820384360945'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2009/04/magnolia-gardens.html' title='Magnolia Gardens'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-6608354308136400689</id><published>2009-04-21T13:28:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-21T13:28:47.623-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hi</title><summary type='text'>Hello.Goodbye.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/6608354308136400689/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=6608354308136400689' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/6608354308136400689'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/6608354308136400689'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2009/04/hi.html' title='Hi'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-229280402954147471</id><published>2008-12-28T11:06:00.011-04:00</published><updated>2008-12-28T11:16:49.703-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Pictures</title><summary type='text'>      </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/229280402954147471/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=229280402954147471' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/229280402954147471'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/229280402954147471'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/12/pictures.html' title='Pictures'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BNKVebqVmbI/SVeXn9bjFRI/AAAAAAAAA5I/Ah6Bn-sDKO8/s72-c/Christmas+2008+008.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-3395265210736634380</id><published>2008-12-26T11:32:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-12-26T11:33:18.008-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Merry Day After Christmas</title><summary type='text'>I'm an Aunt again!  My sister Rita just had her baby not ten minutes ago, a beautiful baby girl!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/3395265210736634380/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=3395265210736634380' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/3395265210736634380'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/3395265210736634380'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/12/merry-day-after-christmas.html' title='Merry Day After Christmas'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-1051512895998949380</id><published>2008-12-25T15:52:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-12-25T16:27:11.963-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Merry Christmas</title><summary type='text'>It's been awhile since I last blogged, and I'm afraid that I'm all out of tune.  I don't know what to say or how to say it in a way that makes it interesting, or at the very least funny.  But if you would like to know what's been going on in my life recently, here goes:I've been working around the clock for the three weeks following Thanksgiving, and while I'm grateful for time-and-a-half </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/1051512895998949380/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=1051512895998949380' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/1051512895998949380'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/1051512895998949380'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/12/merry-christmas_25.html' title='Merry Christmas'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-813502935848639406</id><published>2008-12-24T22:57:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-12-24T22:57:25.805-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Merry Christmas!!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/813502935848639406/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=813502935848639406' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/813502935848639406'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/813502935848639406'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/12/merry-christmas.html' title=''/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-6273385990558030293</id><published>2008-12-06T13:52:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-12-06T13:52:32.984-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Funny, but only for Republicans</title><summary type='text'>"Silly Liberal, checks are for workers!"</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/6273385990558030293/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=6273385990558030293' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/6273385990558030293'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/6273385990558030293'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/12/funny-but-only-for-republicans.html' title='Funny, but only for Republicans'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-5888007538164198485</id><published>2008-11-30T00:13:00.007-04:00</published><updated>2008-11-30T00:24:03.500-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Thanksgiving and Mo Cuishle</title><summary type='text'>Happy Thanksgiving! Here are a few pictures of my new kitty cat Mo Cuishle! </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/5888007538164198485/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=5888007538164198485' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/5888007538164198485'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/5888007538164198485'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/11/happy-thanksgiving-and-mo-cuishle.html' title='Happy Thanksgiving and Mo Cuishle'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BNKVebqVmbI/STIU85fDbTI/AAAAAAAAAoo/54et4Mvz1uI/s72-c/Home+-+My+Apartment+-+Mo+Cuishle+070.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-2456305609433008022</id><published>2008-11-05T06:57:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-11-05T09:29:01.446-04:00</updated><title type='text'>A Blue Day for America</title><summary type='text'>Is Racism over? Now that we have elected a black - excuse me - half-black man (you never do hear about the white side of his family, do you?) to be our next president, is America officially colorblind? Time will tell. I can say that yesterday I stood in line and proudly cast my vote for John McCaine and Sarah Palin, and did my duty to ensure that the great state of South Carolina at least </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/2456305609433008022/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=2456305609433008022' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/2456305609433008022'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/2456305609433008022'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/11/blue-day-for-america.html' title='A Blue Day for America'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-4168719846366441817</id><published>2008-10-31T14:08:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-31T14:16:10.269-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Happy Halloween!  I haven't blogged in a while, so let's see what's happened since I've been gone...My parents came down to Charleston last Friday, and met Mo Cuishle, Mel, and Lyne.  Mo hid for most of the night because Mel and Lyne had two young, cat-crazy children with them, Malaika and Amani, and Mo didn't particularly feel safe around them. Saturday, I went shopping at the outlets with Kim </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/4168719846366441817/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=4168719846366441817' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/4168719846366441817'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/4168719846366441817'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/10/happy-halloween-i-havent-blogged-in.html' title=''/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-1524371849847769992</id><published>2008-10-19T09:17:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-19T10:44:52.715-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Hi there! This whole not-being-able-to-afford-internet thing really blows. But on the plus side, it's cured me of my addiction to surfing the web.  Anyway, nowadays I get online for a few minutes during lunch at work to check my mail, and that's all I need. Blogging must be saved for times when I have a prolongued access to the web, like right now, at home in North Carolina. I do have a picture </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/1524371849847769992/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=1524371849847769992' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/1524371849847769992'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/1524371849847769992'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/10/hi-there-this-whole-not-being-able-to.html' title=''/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BNKVebqVmbI/SPtGveqRrbI/AAAAAAAAAn4/qbn8mfzpEyw/s72-c/Jessica%27s+apartment+051.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-2221936314505671952</id><published>2008-10-07T10:01:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-07T10:03:26.633-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Soon I'll post a picture of my new roommate, but right now let me just tell you that I love her!  She's cute and inquisitive and full of energy but oddly soothing.  And she's a cat.  Well, kitten, to be more specific - a 6-month old kitty named Mo Cuishle (Moe coosh-la).  She's a tabby, but she looks as if she's part wild cat, part prairie dog, and part hyena.  And she's so cute!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/2221936314505671952/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=2221936314505671952' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/2221936314505671952'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/2221936314505671952'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/10/soon-ill-post-picture-of-my-new.html' title=''/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-3338100187296400875</id><published>2008-09-29T14:24:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-29T14:33:36.121-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me...etc.  Yes, it was a wonderful, happy birthday!  It started with me opening my locker at 4AM to find a card from my 'secret admirer' in the locker next to mine.  Then Mel left a bunch of nickel samples going dry in my hood, and on each one she had written a letter, so that they spelled "Happy B-day, Jess."  Then Hope came in and gave me a big hug and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/3338100187296400875/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=3338100187296400875' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/3338100187296400875'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/3338100187296400875'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/09/happy-birthday-to-me-happy-birthday-to.html' title=''/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-804197215025078109</id><published>2008-09-24T15:02:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-24T15:11:43.154-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Work-related Rant</title><summary type='text'>There is no point to this post, so don't bother looking for one.   I just want to rant about my work, and how I've worked almost forty hours this week already, and I still feel like I'm making no headway.  AND I spilled one liter of 6M sodium hydroxide on my jeans today and had to walk around in loaner-sweat pants.  I just left work with a shitload of things left for other people to finish up for</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/804197215025078109/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=804197215025078109' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/804197215025078109'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/804197215025078109'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/09/work-related-rant.html' title='Work-related Rant'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-6257717519874778866</id><published>2008-09-19T21:38:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-19T21:48:53.736-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>I have not posted anything of note recently.  I've had the opportunity, but honestly, I've had nothing good to say.  I could talk about how hard the adjustment to living on my own has been, but I think that's depressing.  I could talk at length about the isolation I feel from my family.  I spent an hour crying on the phone with my mother this past Monday talking about that.  I could talk about </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/6257717519874778866/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=6257717519874778866' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/6257717519874778866'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/6257717519874778866'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/09/i-have-not-posted-anything-of-note.html' title=''/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-6771926299112567805</id><published>2008-09-18T09:27:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-18T09:27:55.372-04:00</updated><title type='text'>New Post</title><summary type='text'>(Text sold separately)</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/6771926299112567805/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=6771926299112567805' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/6771926299112567805'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/6771926299112567805'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/09/new-post.html' title='New Post'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-2634716418213228488</id><published>2008-09-02T13:57:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-02T14:28:21.604-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Meditation on Cats</title><summary type='text'>Cats.  Felines.  Fleabags.  I've never been much of a "cat-person", per-se.  I love animals (all except the eight-legged varieties), and cats are included.  I love dogs more, because dogs are loyal and loving and are always happy to see you.  Cats can be loving, and they can be happy to see you - when it's time to eat, or play, or do something that benefits them (except take a bath).  Dogs know </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/2634716418213228488/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=2634716418213228488' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/2634716418213228488'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/2634716418213228488'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/09/meditation-on-cats.html' title='Meditation on Cats'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-1803508011062889328</id><published>2008-09-01T00:21:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-01T00:21:48.360-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hello, I just got back...</title><summary type='text'>Hello, I just got back from Mel's place. I had dinner with her and her friends. And then we watched movies "Dan In Real Life" and then "Holiday." Why do nice guys always pick girls which treat them like dirt? And why do always these movies always in halfway when real life is never like that? Anyway, if I could honestly call myself a lady, I'd call it lady's night. But as it is, I had a really </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/1803508011062889328/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=1803508011062889328' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/1803508011062889328'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/1803508011062889328'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/09/hello-i-just-got-back.html' title='Hello, I just got back...'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-3926697835696626881</id><published>2008-08-30T17:18:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-30T17:18:30.640-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hi. I just got back...</title><summary type='text'>Hi. I just got back from downtown on the Battery and it was beautiful, just really, really beautiful today. The sun was out, it was on the water, it was so nice. Driving wasn't so bad but I had a cop behind me the entire time so that freaked me out. Now, I'm back to my apartment and I'll probably be here till I go to work on Tuesday so if you're not doing anything, give me a call.  listenPowered </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/3926697835696626881/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=3926697835696626881' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/3926697835696626881'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/3926697835696626881'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/08/hi-i-just-got-back_30.html' title='Hi. I just got back...'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-1425329715382429926</id><published>2008-08-30T13:55:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-30T14:02:28.296-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>That post about my title was kinda bitter, so I'm making this one a separate post.  I think I'm going to brave driving downtown again today.  I really, really don't like it.  Not liking it isn't really the issue.  What is the issue is that it scares me.  I went last weekend by myself, and I drove in circles most of the time, pissed off a few drivers, and then left without stopping.  Today, I'd </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/1425329715382429926/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=1425329715382429926' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/1425329715382429926'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/1425329715382429926'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/08/that-post-about-my-title-was-kinda.html' title=''/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-5267755190899046020</id><published>2008-08-30T13:06:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-30T13:47:42.954-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Izzy, Izzy, Izzy! Who knew that buying a car could be so much damned trouble? My dealer told me that to register my car in SC, I'd need to go to a SC DMV with my title and register it there, pay the sales tax there, and apply for tags. Great. But- he couldn't give me the title. He wasn't allowed to give it to me. He had to send it to the DMV, and then I would go there and get everything taken </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/5267755190899046020/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=5267755190899046020' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/5267755190899046020'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/5267755190899046020'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/08/izzy-izzy-izzy-who-knew-that-buying-car.html' title=''/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-7224624408948025572</id><published>2008-08-29T22:29:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-30T13:50:46.663-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hey there, just got...</title><summary type='text'>Hey there!  I just got back from Parson -something or other.  I forgot the name of the restaurant, but it was pretty cool.  My first time at a bar or a half-bar, half-restaurant.  It was pretty cool.  I had my Vodka and red bull, and then I tried a sex on the beach.  It wasn't nearly as sandy as I thought it would be.   My date was very, very rowdy, but it was a good night.  And, I'm hoping to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/7224624408948025572/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=7224624408948025572' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/7224624408948025572'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/7224624408948025572'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/08/hey-there-just-got.html' title='Hey there, just got...'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-6587176139166734477</id><published>2008-08-29T17:29:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-30T13:52:52.622-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hi there, well I am...</title><summary type='text'>Hi there.  Well I am back from the DMV. I have a new tag so I'm good until the 8th of September and then I need to have the dealer working on my title and all that crap, an no one has any idea of what's going on, but we'll figure it out hopefully. I'm stuck in traffic on 61 which is the only thing I hate about where I live but I hope everyone has a happy Friday. listenPowered by Jott</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/6587176139166734477/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=6587176139166734477' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/6587176139166734477'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/6587176139166734477'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/08/hi-there-well-i-am.html' title='Hi there, well I am...'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-2756338471155382504</id><published>2008-08-28T17:40:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-28T17:40:02.354-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Audio blog post, transcription...</title><summary type='text'>Audio blog post, transcription unavailable listenPowered by Jott</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/2756338471155382504/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=2756338471155382504' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/2756338471155382504'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/2756338471155382504'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/08/audio-blog-post-transcription.html' title='Audio blog post, transcription...'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-1077081895367546205</id><published>2008-08-28T16:11:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-28T16:42:50.008-04:00</updated><title type='text'>"Things aren't always what they seem in this place."</title><summary type='text'>Before I started my job, I was afraid it would consume my life - or that my life would not only revolve around my job but also mainly consist of my job (i.e. I'd have no life outside of my job).  I see that fear gradually becoming a reality, but it really isn't that bad.  I'm not working around the clock, but I am starting to live for the interactions that I have with my co-workers.  It's just </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/1077081895367546205/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=1077081895367546205' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/1077081895367546205'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/1077081895367546205'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/08/things-arent-always-what-they-seem-in.html' title='&quot;Things aren&apos;t always what they seem in this place.&quot;'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-3915983244629857637</id><published>2008-08-27T16:14:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-27T16:20:33.598-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Labor Day</title><summary type='text'>Labor day fast approacheth, and I'm looking forward to a day of no labor (corny pun, I know).  I was thinking of going up to see my family in North Carolina, but with the expired-tag situation on my car still unresolved, and the tag still propped up in my back window since it was pulled off last Friday, I'm not driving anywhere except around town and to work.  I hate red tape.  So, a three-day </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/3915983244629857637/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=3915983244629857637' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/3915983244629857637'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/3915983244629857637'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/08/labor-day.html' title='Labor Day'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-8216960697014210978</id><published>2008-08-26T14:23:00.041-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-26T15:00:00.429-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Charles Towne Landing &amp; Other Pictures</title><summary type='text'>   </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/8216960697014210978/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=8216960697014210978' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/8216960697014210978'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/8216960697014210978'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/08/charles-towne-landing-other-pictures.html' title='Charles Towne Landing &amp; Other Pictures'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BNKVebqVmbI/SLRO5c-xa2I/AAAAAAAAAmA/8zLFGjt4nCk/s72-c/Charles+Towne+Landing+124.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-233269951277081799</id><published>2008-08-21T16:15:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-21T16:59:14.107-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Oy-vey. Sorry about all of the Jotts, but I had to stay connected somehow. Yesterday was an interesting day. It was girls' night, and Becca and I already had planned to meet as soon as she got home with Connor so she could show me where to pick him up and drop him off after school. About three-o-clock that afternoon, Becca called me and asked me what I was doing. "Readin' a book," I said, to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/233269951277081799/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=233269951277081799' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/233269951277081799'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/233269951277081799'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/08/oy-vey.html' title=''/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-5187452348171444504</id><published>2008-08-20T15:16:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-20T15:16:56.195-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hi there,
All the day...</title><summary type='text'>Hi there,All the day wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be, it was actually kind of fun especially towards the end because it got so busy, but I had to leave work up to just because my feet hurt but now that I'm home just gonna relax maybe read on the pouch, talk to plants, he(?)dried out my keyboard, I don't know the possibilities are quite endless. listenPowered by Jott</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/5187452348171444504/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=5187452348171444504' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/5187452348171444504'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/5187452348171444504'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/08/hi-there-all-day.html' title='Hi there,&#xA;All the day...'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-8056882411064208008</id><published>2008-08-20T10:54:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-20T10:57:53.455-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>So I've come to realize that I am not without the Internet...I just don't have it in my apartment.  Luckily, I have it in the office at Middleton Cove, and I have it here at work (via which I'm posting now).  It's not so bad, but yes, it does suck.  Big time.  Anyway, today's gone so-so thus far, but is shaping out to be a truly bad day in the making.  Surplus of sample receipts = too much </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/8056882411064208008/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=8056882411064208008' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/8056882411064208008'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/8056882411064208008'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/08/so-ive-come-to-realize-that-i-am-not.html' title=''/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-9118701889107352837</id><published>2008-08-19T19:26:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-19T19:26:00.164-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hi there,
how was your...</title><summary type='text'>Hi there,how was your day, oh wait, you can't talk to me, so I'll tell about mine. Oh I didn't start really `well I thought it was gonna be a terrible day today. Took actually some time in the morning and made it to work and figured out I lost my badge I had to come back to get it so I was late for work and then everything was going wrong in the morning but after that it was Neil's birthday and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/9118701889107352837/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=9118701889107352837' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/9118701889107352837'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/9118701889107352837'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/08/hi-there-how-was-your.html' title='Hi there,&#xA;how was your...'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-8632731888056359815</id><published>2008-08-16T19:48:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-16T19:48:03.785-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hi there.  Sorry I haven't...</title><summary type='text'>Hi there.  Sorry I haven't blogged since Wednesday or Tuesday, I haven't been on the internet since then.  To catch up to speed on today, nothing much really, it's a plant day, I've been plotting since, oh for about three hours and I might of thrown my back out lugging up that huge bag of clothes(?) upstairs, it must have weighed 100 pounds maybe, I don't know.  I could use a beer right now, I'm </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/8632731888056359815/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=8632731888056359815' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/8632731888056359815'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/8632731888056359815'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/08/hi-there-sorry-i-haven.html' title='Hi there.  Sorry I haven&amp;#39;t...'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-8157275419247980406</id><published>2008-08-12T14:05:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-12T14:08:27.121-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Just tell God your plans</title><summary type='text'>That will make him laugh!  I had planned to go swimming today, but it's too rainy and overcast.  Oh, well.  I'd probably fall asleep anyway.  Work's been really long this week - I've already got over three hours of overtime accrued and it's not even Wednesday!  (3 hours isn't that much, I know, but for me...).  As for my apartment, I haven't really done anything new.  I got home yesterday and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/8157275419247980406/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=8157275419247980406' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/8157275419247980406'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/8157275419247980406'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/08/just-tell-god-your-plans.html' title='Just tell God your plans'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-8196462475410217509</id><published>2008-08-11T14:57:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-11T15:06:01.191-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Home Sweet Home</title><summary type='text'>Well, not quite, but it will be soon.  I LOVE my apartment!  It's beautiful and spacious and wonderful.  I have a ten foot ceiling in my living room, and a fire place, and a walk-in closet in the bedroom, and a porch for all of my plants.   Friday, Mom, Dad, and Rob came down from NC and braved a van with no AC for seven hours to bring my all my things.  Luckily, it was mostly overcast that day, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/8196462475410217509/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=8196462475410217509' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/8196462475410217509'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/8196462475410217509'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/08/home-sweet-home.html' title='Home Sweet Home'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-8809653872383162511</id><published>2008-08-10T19:40:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-10T19:40:37.306-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hi Blog,
It's me again...</title><summary type='text'>Hi Blog,It's me again well I have an apartment well it looks like an apartment, I can't believe we got everything unpacked and put away some samples of water and I wanna give a very very big thank you to everybody who helped me move people doing more work than I did and then anybody who moved something for me or got something for me brought me something thank you thank you thank you, I love </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/8809653872383162511/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=8809653872383162511' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/8809653872383162511'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/8809653872383162511'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/08/hi-blog-it-me-again.html' title='Hi Blog,&#xA;It&amp;#39;s me again...'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-6673421978953407796</id><published>2008-08-07T15:44:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-07T15:44:10.797-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hi,
I have a new apartment,...</title><summary type='text'>Hi,I have a new apartment, I am currently lying motionless on the floor of that apartment because I am getting ready to die from heat exhaustion but other than that I love my apartment and I have almost everything down here moved in and we'll move the rest of them tomorrow. listenPowered by Jott</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/6673421978953407796/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=6673421978953407796' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/6673421978953407796'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/6673421978953407796'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/08/hi-i-have-new-apartment.html' title='Hi,&#xA;I have a new apartment,...'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-1969103223544498331</id><published>2008-08-04T18:54:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-04T19:13:40.985-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>I don't know where this energy is coming from, but, man!, am I excited!  Somewhat nervous, but more than anything...excited.   Maybe I'm bi-polar (it does run in my family; seriously!)  Anyway...in three days, I get to move into my very own apartment!!  I can paint it any color(s) I want, and oh, boy!, do I intend to.  Bordeaux Wine, Ocean Blue, Tuscan Sunrise, Key Lime...I can't wait to decide </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/1969103223544498331/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=1969103223544498331' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/1969103223544498331'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/1969103223544498331'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/08/i-dont-know-where-this-energy-is-coming.html' title=''/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-6210266023271924569</id><published>2008-08-04T16:06:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-04T16:08:18.097-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince</title><summary type='text'>Here's the trailer Warner Bro's released last week.  It's awesome...it gave me goosebumps!!http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi215810329/</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/6210266023271924569/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=6210266023271924569' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/6210266023271924569'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/6210266023271924569'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/08/harry-potter-and-half-blood-prince.html' title='Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-7603912431119395962</id><published>2008-08-04T15:59:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-04T16:02:47.667-04:00</updated><title type='text'>A little responsibility</title><summary type='text'>Guess what!  Becca (not my sister, and not the one I work with) needs someone to drive her son, Connor, from school to daycare for the upcoming school year, and she asked me if I would be willing to help.  Me!  We're going to talk about it on Wednesday, but Wow!  I can't beleive that she'd trust me with her son (not that I'm such a bad person that she shouldn't trust him with me) but...man, what </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/7603912431119395962/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=7603912431119395962' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/7603912431119395962'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/7603912431119395962'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/08/little-responsibility.html' title='A little responsibility'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-7411180802355433586</id><published>2008-07-27T22:53:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-27T22:54:45.445-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Izzy</title><summary type='text'>Y'all should meet my new friend, Isabel (Izzy).  She's a 2008 4-Door SE Sedan Ford Focus, and she's beautiful!  And she's mine!!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/7411180802355433586/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=7411180802355433586' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/7411180802355433586'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/7411180802355433586'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/07/izzy.html' title='Izzy'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-5666381966630332139</id><published>2008-07-27T10:28:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-27T10:40:57.553-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>USAA Car Insurance Rocks!  I got a quote for under $100/month.  As soon as I get a car, that quote will go into effect.  What a load off!  Seriously, too, because I just found out that HR got my tax deductions wrong on my pay check, so they're not taking out enough money for taxes.  I need to correct that, and that means I'll have less money each month than I thought I would, so my budget is now </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/5666381966630332139/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=5666381966630332139' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/5666381966630332139'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/5666381966630332139'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/07/usaa-car-insurance-rocks-i-got-quote.html' title=''/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-3690984981080701081</id><published>2008-07-21T19:55:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-27T10:28:45.901-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Where to start...? I'm here at Darren and Kim's work, using their internet connection because A) it's safe, and B) it works. I've been researching auto insurance, cars, car loans, and credit cards. I literally want to scream.Geico is supposed to give discounts to Navy Federal Members, but they quoted me at $478/month for auto insurance, and that's just the minimum coverage on a 2008 Ford Focus. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/3690984981080701081/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=3690984981080701081' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/3690984981080701081'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/3690984981080701081'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/07/where-to-start.html' title=''/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-5849910050051467269</id><published>2008-07-20T00:59:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-20T01:56:11.724-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Today was a good day.  I could end this post here, but I am compelled by forces outside of my control to say more.  Actually, I think it's funny, so I'm going to tell you anyway.  Kim kicked both Darren and Calvin's butt tonight putting together furniture.  Seriously.  And she didn't even read the instructions, or use a power tool.  She used her own hand-power and logic, and whipped out some very</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/5849910050051467269/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=5849910050051467269' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/5849910050051467269'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/5849910050051467269'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/07/today-was-good-day.html' title=''/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-1219876178816574820</id><published>2008-07-19T14:39:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-19T14:50:51.702-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Excitement</title><summary type='text'>The Dark Knight was AMAZING!  It was everything I wanted it to be and more.  I'm surprised I don't have bruises on my arm from how tight I was gripping, it was that exciting!  It was so exciting that I couldn't sit still for hours after the movie was over - I was too jittery, too jumpy.  Of course, it wasn't entirely the movie's fault - coffee, anxiety, delayed-shock, cabin fever, and other </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/1219876178816574820/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=1219876178816574820' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/1219876178816574820'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/1219876178816574820'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/07/excitement.html' title='Excitement'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-4141039587107883262</id><published>2008-07-17T21:34:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-17T21:34:42.794-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Guess who's going to see The Dark Knight tomorrow....ME!!!!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/4141039587107883262/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=4141039587107883262' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/4141039587107883262'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/4141039587107883262'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/07/guess-whos-going-to-see-dark-knight.html' title=''/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-3289218610544977292</id><published>2008-07-16T21:22:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-16T21:24:24.102-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Living la vida roja</title><summary type='text'>I am a Lobster.  Seriously, I have never been so sunburnt before - not that I can remember, and I've been sunburnt many-a-time before.  I can't figure out how my legs got sunburnt!?!  My face isn't too bad, but my shouders, arms, and chests are lobster-red, and I am burning up.  But hey...at least I have a souvenier from my time at the beach today!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/3289218610544977292/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=3289218610544977292' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/3289218610544977292'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/3289218610544977292'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/07/living-la-vida-roja.html' title='Living la vida roja'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-5451174921879797513</id><published>2008-07-15T21:01:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-15T21:36:51.053-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Yay for Tuesday being over!  Today was a bit of a whirlwind day; I was ambitious at work and got four batches started, and even finished several of them and turned them in...in other words, that's fast-pace for me.  I had my 30-day review last week, and they told me that they were late in getting that taken care of, which explains why my 45-day review is this Thursday.  This review, however, is </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/5451174921879797513/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=5451174921879797513' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/5451174921879797513'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/5451174921879797513'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/07/yay-for-tuesday-being-over-today-was.html' title=''/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-3585576160608579192</id><published>2008-07-14T21:06:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-14T21:19:12.582-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Another beautiful day in (what they tell me) Sunny Charleston! Actually, I like the rain, and I love thunderstorms, so to me, today was a beautiful day.Guess what comes out this Friday! Really, guess! The Dark Knight! I can't wait! I've wanted to see it ever since I saw Batman Begins, and soon I finally will be able to. Maybe not on Friday, but perhaps at some point this weekend. I'd like to head</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/3585576160608579192/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=3585576160608579192' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/3585576160608579192'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/3585576160608579192'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/07/another-beautiful-day-in-what-they-tell.html' title=''/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-5386094554936729043</id><published>2008-07-12T12:50:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-12T13:06:00.463-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Hi there!The Internet is working for now; we'll see if this lasts. It has been a busy week for me - I got an apartment, had my 30-day review, found my way over to Folly Beach, stayed up and got slightly tipsy last night...busy, busy, busy. I had lunch with Susan yesterday and she said she could take me up to North Carolina the next time she goes, which will (probably) be in a few weekends, and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/5386094554936729043/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=5386094554936729043' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/5386094554936729043'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/5386094554936729043'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/07/hi-there-internet-is-working-for-now.html' title=''/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-604543404433030755</id><published>2008-07-10T18:08:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-10T18:13:59.170-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>I made it out to Folly Beach today, and went swimming for the second time this summer, and the first time at the beach.  A lot of things worked in my favor: traffic was heavy but fast-moving, so I never stood still and lost my AC for very long; a storm popped up, so I didn't have to contend with the sun beating down on me; and then it rained, which helped to clean me off when I got back into the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/604543404433030755/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=604543404433030755' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/604543404433030755'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/604543404433030755'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/07/i-made-it-out-to-folly-beach-today-and.html' title=''/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-8806294456137694023</id><published>2008-07-09T15:55:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-09T16:04:40.460-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hi Blog. Guess what....</title><summary type='text'>Hi Blog. Guess what? I got an apartment! I get to move in August 7th. listenPowered by Jott</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/8806294456137694023/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=8806294456137694023' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/8806294456137694023'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/8806294456137694023'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/07/hi-blog-guess-what.html' title='Hi Blog. Guess what....'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-7348262386166071105</id><published>2008-07-09T14:06:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-09T16:07:16.181-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hi!</title><summary type='text'>Hi, Love.  It's me.  I'm home from work now and I'm very happy because today was the first day that I got more than four hours of sleep!  I'm going to check out Middleton Cove Apartments shortly, and then maybe go see a movie or do something out in town.  Talk to you later!  listenPowered by Jott</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/7348262386166071105/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=7348262386166071105' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/7348262386166071105'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/7348262386166071105'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/07/hello-this-me-i-got.html' title='Hi!'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-7878586911381679958</id><published>2008-07-07T20:29:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-07T20:50:03.334-04:00</updated><title type='text'>First day of the real shift</title><summary type='text'>Adjusting to a new schedule is not easy, but it is doable.  You just have to go to bed early, earlier than this.  I'm so tired right now that I can barely keep my eyes open, which begs the question: "Why am I still awake."  Yeah...I got nothing.  So, while I'm still awake for no apparent reason, let me tell you about my first day working my shift.  I woke up at 3:30, got ready, left, made it to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/7878586911381679958/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=7878586911381679958' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/7878586911381679958'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/7878586911381679958'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/07/first-day-of-real-shift.html' title='First day of the real shift'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-3980717445078607593</id><published>2008-07-06T19:39:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-06T19:39:59.989-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>I think I've found the apartment complex I want to live in.  Darren and I drove around a bit today and looked at all the complexes on a list that I made this morning and after seeing most of them, there was really only one that I was impressed with, but there's still one I haven't seen, so I'll talk more about my decision once I go and visit that one.  This hunt is exciting!  I may have my own </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/3980717445078607593/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=3980717445078607593' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/3980717445078607593'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/3980717445078607593'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/07/i-think-ive-found-apartment-complex-i_06.html' title=''/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-8362757893300874391</id><published>2008-07-05T18:13:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-05T18:14:30.814-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Random Question</title><summary type='text'>Do I know anyone in the Czech Republic?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/8362757893300874391/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=8362757893300874391' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/8362757893300874391'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/8362757893300874391'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/07/random-question.html' title='Random Question'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-536259213885377332</id><published>2008-07-04T23:59:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-05T00:02:42.764-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Independence Day</title><summary type='text'>Happy 4th of July! This was the first Independence Day in ten years that I’ve spent out of North Carolina and away from the fireworks show put on by Havelock, and I’m glad I got to spend it with family because I’d have been even more homesick than I was if I hadn’t. For some reason today I really, really missed home. I missed sitting with my family on a blanket, playing Mindtrap and telling jokes</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/536259213885377332/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=536259213885377332' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/536259213885377332'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/536259213885377332'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/07/independence-day.html' title='Independence Day'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-7394755754455119375</id><published>2008-07-03T17:47:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-03T17:48:57.652-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Yay for Friday!</title><summary type='text'>Thursday, actually, but it feels like it's Friday, and that's what counts. Woohoo for the weekend! Work this week just seemed to go by really, reeeaaaaallllyyyy slowly; I've been exhausted, yawning-every-other-minute every morning the week, and then I made so many mistakes that everyone was nice enough to tell me had never ever been made before (it always made me feel really, really good to hear </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/7394755754455119375/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=7394755754455119375' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/7394755754455119375'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/7394755754455119375'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/07/yay-for-friday.html' title='Yay for Friday!'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-3559018476047256378</id><published>2008-07-01T23:00:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-01T23:28:50.617-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Hey!  The internet's back!  Woohoo!So, Darren and I had a heart-to-heart this afternoon while my cajun-parmesan-chicken-alfredo-pasta concoction made the journey from done to I-hope-you-like-it-black done. He helped me come up with a budget using my current paycheck to figure out what I can afford.  As my mom and I concluded earlier, that's not much.  After figuring in the necessities, I'm </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/3559018476047256378/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=3559018476047256378' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/3559018476047256378'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/3559018476047256378'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/07/hey-internets-back-woohoo-so-darren-and.html' title=''/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-1103156703533221484</id><published>2008-07-01T17:07:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-01T17:07:56.039-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Thought for today. Do...</title><summary type='text'>Thought for today. Do not put card board boxes in the muzzle furnace. They will become nothing but ash, and then you will have to clean it up. This is the mistake I have made earlier this week, and I've already screwed up enough times at work. So, I'm glad that work week is half way over. I don't have internet, which is why I'm talking to you from Jott. Talk to you later. listenPowered by Jott</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/1103156703533221484/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=1103156703533221484' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/1103156703533221484'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/1103156703533221484'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/07/thought-for-today-do.html' title='Thought for today. Do...'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-2330463974788012477</id><published>2008-06-30T23:11:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-30T23:33:04.476-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Well, dear blog, it looks like it's just you and me tonight, and I have news: I passed my test! The results came in today, and I am now certified to run the liquid-based test for Strontium. It's definite: I start my regular shift on Monday. I wish I felt more excited.  Honestly, the shift really does suck.  Badly.  Maybe I'll write something about it; I've found poetry lately to be cathartic, and</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/2330463974788012477/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=2330463974788012477' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/2330463974788012477'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/2330463974788012477'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/06/well-dear-blog-it-looks-like-its-just.html' title=''/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-2802505736142579411</id><published>2008-06-29T22:58:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-29T23:00:09.627-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Rejected Hallmark Thank You Card</title><summary type='text'>[Front] Thanks!  If I was a dog, I'd lick your face.[Inside] Oh, what the heck, c'mere!--From The Shoebox Blog, Hallmark</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/2802505736142579411/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=2802505736142579411' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/2802505736142579411'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/2802505736142579411'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/06/rejected-hallmark-thank-you-card.html' title='Rejected Hallmark Thank You Card'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-3428119875469236154</id><published>2008-06-29T19:45:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-29T21:09:35.098-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The Real World Closes In</title><summary type='text'>I talked with my parents today and one of the things we talked about was money. I always hate talking about money, normally because I don't really have any, but my Mom asked me how much I made last week, to help me figure out my budget and how much I can afford on rent and a car and insurance &amp; etc. as soon as I get my own place. Not much, it turns out. Worrying about it later is not something I </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/3428119875469236154/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=3428119875469236154' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/3428119875469236154'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/3428119875469236154'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/06/real-world-closes-in.html' title='The Real World Closes In'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-7887877348532456561</id><published>2008-06-28T19:07:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-28T19:07:56.136-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hi blog, I'm here on...</title><summary type='text'>Hi blog, I'm here on the couch with Darren and Kim. Just thought I'd say hi. Goodbye. listenPowered by Jott</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/7887877348532456561/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=7887877348532456561' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/7887877348532456561'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/7887877348532456561'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/06/hi-blog-i-here-on.html' title='Hi blog, I&amp;#39;m here on...'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-9209473146093138251</id><published>2008-06-28T01:39:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-28T01:43:13.069-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Yay!</title><summary type='text'>Yay, they're home!!  Darren and Kim arrived home about an hour ago, and both have since gone to sleep.  In the brief time that we talked, I received a beautiful beaded necklace in one of my favorite colors and some real hispanic coffee that even Darren loves (and he hates coffee!).  I told them that since I bought stuff for margaritas, we should all get drunk tommorow while D and K talk about the</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/9209473146093138251/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=9209473146093138251' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/9209473146093138251'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/9209473146093138251'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/06/yay.html' title='Yay!'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-7383598957187990690</id><published>2008-06-27T19:11:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-27T19:12:28.095-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Just checked out the "Listen" link from my Jott post...</title><summary type='text'>And it's official...I really, really hate the sound of my own voice.  I'm never talking again!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/7383598957187990690/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=7383598957187990690' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/7383598957187990690'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/7383598957187990690'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/06/just-checked-out-listen-link-from-my.html' title='Just checked out the &quot;Listen&quot; link from my Jott post...'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-2716319820842974197</id><published>2008-06-27T19:03:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-27T19:10:45.958-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hi Blog, it's me Jessica,...</title><summary type='text'>Hi Blog, it's me, Jessica, your creator. How is it going? Good, good to hear. I guess I will be talking to you more often, now that I have this Jott thing. This is pretty cool. All right. Bye, bye.  ListenPowered by Jott</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/2716319820842974197/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=2716319820842974197' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/2716319820842974197'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/2716319820842974197'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/06/hi-blog-it-me-jessica.html' title='Hi Blog, it&amp;#39;s me Jessica,...'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-4869534137679267056</id><published>2008-06-25T23:57:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-25T23:58:18.626-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Bon Nuit</title><summary type='text'>Good night, sleep tight. Don't let the bedbugs bite!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/4869534137679267056/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=4869534137679267056' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/4869534137679267056'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/4869534137679267056'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/06/bon-nuit.html' title='Bon Nuit'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-3988116844482473462</id><published>2008-06-23T19:22:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-23T19:28:44.211-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Storm's Brewing</title><summary type='text'>Rumble bumble rumble grumble goes the bruised sky outside.  I worked late today, and am now looking forward to relaxing in the world of household minutiae.  I have things I want to bake, dishes I want to prepare, laundry I want to get going, and organization that I want to bring to this house.  Painting can wait for another day - it's too humid anyway.  Both kitties were extremely affectionate </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/3988116844482473462/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=3988116844482473462' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/3988116844482473462'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/3988116844482473462'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/06/storms-brewing.html' title='Storm&apos;s Brewing'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-3702108185650947918</id><published>2008-06-18T17:36:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-18T17:52:57.552-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I can see clearly now</title><summary type='text'>I can see clearly, yes, much clearer than with my old glasses, but my depth perception is all whacky right now.  Outer Vision called me today to say that my prescription safety goggles were ready to be picked up, so I drove over there after work and got my new goggles.  It's amazing how crisp and clear my vision is now.  It's taking me a while to get used to it, but I can see and read so many </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/3702108185650947918/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=3702108185650947918' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/3702108185650947918'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/3702108185650947918'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/06/i-can-see-clearly-now.html' title='I can see clearly now'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-3251270155867143527</id><published>2008-06-17T18:17:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-17T18:36:46.778-04:00</updated><title type='text'>One is the Loneliest Number</title><summary type='text'>Good thing I have Pi and Hobbes here to keep me company.  I'm using one of Darren's laptops and the wireless connection from next door to write to you tonight...hello!  Darren and Kim left early (really really early) this morning so they could make their flight out of Savannah.  They will be gone for the next ten days, spending some quality time in the Dominican Republic.  I looked at their </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/3251270155867143527/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=3251270155867143527' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/3251270155867143527'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/3251270155867143527'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/06/one-is-loneliest-number.html' title='One is the Loneliest Number'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-775957115671050866</id><published>2008-06-14T20:52:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-14T21:35:10.590-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Gentlemen, the lunchbox has landed</title><summary type='text'>And by lunchbox, I mean bed.  Yes, dear reader(s), I have now joined the ranks of people who sleep on actual matresses.  Woohoo!  Eat my dust, people who sleep on the couch!  Darren and Kim ordered a futon matress not too long ago, and it came yesterday.  Darren, being the excellent brother that he is, hauled the thing up the stairs and into the guest bedroom, where he and I unwrapped the matress</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/775957115671050866/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=775957115671050866' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/775957115671050866'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/775957115671050866'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/06/gentlemen-lunchbox-has-landed.html' title='Gentlemen, the lunchbox has landed'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-4522650066485584210</id><published>2008-06-09T21:00:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-09T21:14:56.783-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Another Update</title><summary type='text'>Hello again!  I didn't think I'd be on the internet again this soon, but here I am!  I'm at Kim and Darren's work; I had to order some personalized checks because of something that happened yesterday, but I will get to that in a moment.Yesterday, we went swimming at Calvin and Sam's apartment complex and boy was that FUN!  I may be overreacting, simply because to me, swimming at a pool is only </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/4522650066485584210/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=4522650066485584210' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/4522650066485584210'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/4522650066485584210'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/06/another-update.html' title='Another Update'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-1055718807891322900</id><published>2008-06-08T12:42:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-08T12:47:09.210-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Quick Check In</title><summary type='text'>Hi!  Just writing to say I'm fine and my job is excellent!  I love Charleston and I love the weekends!  On Friday, it was Shaun's birthday, so Darren, Kim, and I went over to Tsunami's (I know, I know...what the Hell am I going to order at a sushi restaurant?) and then I proceded (with some help) to get so drunk that I couldn't walk straight.  Seriously.  I tried.  I was flanked by Shaun and his </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/1055718807891322900/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=1055718807891322900' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/1055718807891322900'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/1055718807891322900'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/06/quick-check-in.html' title='Quick Check In'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-8808528112416368920</id><published>2008-06-01T15:48:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-01T16:18:59.143-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Charleston, Here I Be</title><summary type='text'>My fingers are twitching to correct the incorrect usage of grammar in this post title, but I'm trying to curb that urge.  I have to learn to take a chill pill when it comes to grammar because when I hear people talk, I automatically correct their grammar and it's only my natural reticence around people I don't know very well that saves me from the horrible faux pas of openly correcting them.  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/8808528112416368920/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=8808528112416368920' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/8808528112416368920'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/8808528112416368920'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/06/charleston-here-i-be.html' title='Charleston, Here I Be'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-1641885654962936542</id><published>2008-05-27T17:50:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-05-27T18:00:26.591-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>It's weird that it's my last night here at home before I move and I'm not choked up.  I'm not scared or sad or any other emotion.  I think it's because I'm not really leaving home.  Home is where the heart is, and for me, that's family, so because I'm staying with family, I'll be home.  Simple!  Dad and I went out to the Credit Union today so I could open up a checking account, and now I have </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/1641885654962936542/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=1641885654962936542' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/1641885654962936542'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/1641885654962936542'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/05/its-weird-that-its-my-last-night-here.html' title=''/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-3437478612188670694</id><published>2008-05-24T14:28:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-05-24T14:47:30.779-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Musing</title><summary type='text'>"No one's gonna want to buy the cow when they can get the milk for free."Hmmm.  Really?What does that really mean?  Bluntly, it means that if a man gets sex from a woman, he won't marry her.  Right?  Correct me, please, if I'm wrong.  So, if a woman - and it has to be a woman, I understand - it can't be the other way around with a woman refusing to marry a man because he had sex with her - but </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/3437478612188670694/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=3437478612188670694' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/3437478612188670694'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/3437478612188670694'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/05/musing.html' title='Musing'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-1572232049363458121</id><published>2008-05-21T14:23:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-05-21T14:38:50.864-04:00</updated><title type='text'>A busy day, kinda</title><summary type='text'>It's 2pm and I have no shame in admitting that I just woke up.  Seriously.  See, Grandma's flight was at 6:10 this morning, so in order to get her to the airport early, Rebecca, Grandma Betty, and I left the house at 4am. At 11pm or so last night, I thought I'd read for a bit and then try to get 3 hours of sleep.  At 1:30am, I decided that I could make it through the night awake, took a shower, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/1572232049363458121/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=1572232049363458121' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/1572232049363458121'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/1572232049363458121'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/05/busy-day-kinda.html' title='A busy day, kinda'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-7948806902199278916</id><published>2008-05-20T14:05:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-05-20T14:06:25.786-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hired!</title><summary type='text'>If you're looking for me, say sometime in June, you'll have to look a little further south because I just got a job with GEL in Charleston!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/7948806902199278916/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=7948806902199278916' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/7948806902199278916'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/7948806902199278916'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/05/hired.html' title='Hired!'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-2908728284419580550</id><published>2008-05-15T21:27:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-05-15T21:28:20.337-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Tag!  You're it!Oh, and I'm coming down to Charleston Saturday evening for an interview with GEL on Monday!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/2908728284419580550/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=2908728284419580550' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/2908728284419580550'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/2908728284419580550'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/05/tag-youre-it-oh-and-im-coming-down-to.html' title=''/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-7498349247424376056</id><published>2008-05-14T21:11:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-05-14T21:16:11.835-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The Mint is In</title><summary type='text'>Today we went up to Tryon Palace to tour the gardens once more. I admit my main objective was to surreptitiously procure more of their chocolate mint. I succeeded in my mission, and have four sprigs of the most chocaliscious chocolate mint plants cooling their heels in a glass of water in my room, along with sprigs of spearmint, peppermint, and apple mint. Most of them already have roots, so </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/7498349247424376056/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=7498349247424376056' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/7498349247424376056'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/7498349247424376056'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/05/mint-is-in.html' title='The Mint is In'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-7717852272957950249</id><published>2008-05-12T19:04:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-05-13T12:48:01.992-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The Fun Goals</title><summary type='text'>Right now, my big goal is to find a job, and I'm getting around to it, but I'm a commitment-phobic and I don't want to make such a big decision. And I'm scared, but I will get over it and get on with it.I'm looking forward to my other goals far more than I am to finding a job, and although I need to find the job and get settled before I can even think of achieving any of those goals, I thought </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/7717852272957950249/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=7717852272957950249' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/7717852272957950249'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/7717852272957950249'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/05/fun-goals.html' title='The Fun Goals'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-6740276346753295058</id><published>2008-05-11T16:16:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-05-11T16:25:20.765-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Last Grade and News</title><summary type='text'>I finally got my Creative Writing grade: A (higher than I expected, woohoo!)And, one of the people I tutored got her grade as well.  She needed to make and 85 in Organic Chemistry II in order to graduate Magna Cum Laude after the second summer session, and she wasn't sure she was going to make it.  She was without a doubt the best tutee I have ever had, and I think it was because she was </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/6740276346753295058/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=6740276346753295058' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/6740276346753295058'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/6740276346753295058'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/05/last-grade-and-news.html' title='Last Grade and News'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-7705082762091332537</id><published>2008-05-10T22:25:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-05-10T22:37:28.466-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Graduation, in brief</title><summary type='text'>It has been a whirlwind past few days, I tell you what.  Right now, I can't walk straight, I'm so tired, but Mom and Dad could be home as early as 9am tomorrow, and I am NOT getting up that early, so I need to decorate and wrap presents for mother's day tonight. Friday was the most out-of-body experience for me.  I kept forgetting and then realizing that I was graduating the next day, today, and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/7705082762091332537/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=7705082762091332537' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/7705082762091332537'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/7705082762091332537'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/05/graduation-in-brief.html' title='Graduation, in brief'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-4873202856713392383</id><published>2008-05-08T10:37:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-05-08T10:59:39.759-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Two muffins are baking in an oven.  One muffin says to the other "Boy, is it hot in here!"The other muffin turns to him and says, "Ahhhh!  A talking muffin!"That joke comes to you courtesy of Becca; I don't know what it is, but it sure is funny!Let's see, I have new grades:Human Anatomy: AGraduate Transitions: A+French: A+Now all I have to wait on is my Creative Writing grade - I can't wait to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/4873202856713392383/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=4873202856713392383' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/4873202856713392383'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/4873202856713392383'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/05/two-muffins-are-baking-in-oven.html' title=''/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-4568325130915415511</id><published>2008-05-05T11:30:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-05-05T11:34:45.961-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Feliz Cinco De Mayo!</title><summary type='text'>I'm writing to you from home because today, the day I thought I might head back up to school, is Cinco de Mayo, and Mom and Dad were looking forward to me cooking something good in celebration.  I confess, that sounds lovely to me, so I'm staying.  I'm going to make nachos, and then sliced steak in a verde sauce served with beans, rice, lettuce, sour cream, cheese, salsa, and flour tortillas, and</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/4568325130915415511/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=4568325130915415511' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/4568325130915415511'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/4568325130915415511'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/05/feliz-cinco-de-mayo.html' title='Feliz Cinco De Mayo!'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-6377514115592651701</id><published>2008-04-30T19:17:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-30T19:43:41.091-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Summing up nicely</title><summary type='text'>I just bought another purse.  Actually it's a clutch that's going to be my wallet because my old wallet has seen many, many, many better days.  And I bought more clothes - business slacks and a shirt - which I'm sure will be needed sooner rather than later.  And that's about it.I have finished with all of my exams (I only had three).  I have a portfolio due tomorrow (I'm starting on it tonight), </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/6377514115592651701/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=6377514115592651701' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/6377514115592651701'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/6377514115592651701'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/04/summing-up-nicely.html' title='Summing up nicely'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-8332768734576846740</id><published>2008-04-29T22:58:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T15:44:54.664-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/8332768734576846740/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=8332768734576846740' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/8332768734576846740'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/8332768734576846740'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/04/blog-post_29.html' title=''/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BNKVebqVmbI/SBfgfRsYNuI/AAAAAAAAAio/upQ-p77j5A8/s72-c/fortune+cookie.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-6907603340751750636</id><published>2008-04-29T13:52:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T15:44:54.892-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/6907603340751750636/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=6907603340751750636' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/6907603340751750636'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/6907603340751750636'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/04/blog-post.html' title=''/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BNKVebqVmbI/SBdgXBsYNtI/AAAAAAAAAig/Z0_Jxo-4i00/s72-c/Bowie+Comic.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-7371199487326307136</id><published>2008-04-28T22:58:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-28T22:59:30.282-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Actual Question</title><summary type='text'>1. Higher-order mental functions encompass each of the following except:A. memoryB. learningC. reasoningD. coughingSeriously?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/7371199487326307136/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=7371199487326307136' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/7371199487326307136'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/7371199487326307136'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/04/actual-question.html' title='Actual Question'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-2709418159669554090</id><published>2008-04-27T23:11:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-27T23:20:29.355-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Etymological Derivations</title><summary type='text'>Egad (By God/ A God).  It's time for those dratted (May God Rot Them) final exams.   Zounds (God's Wounds).  Exams are so dreary (gloomy, depressing; related to the flow of blood).  If they were physical entities, I'd take a swing (to flog, to beat) at them.  As it is, I'll simply take them and bid them goodbye (God be with you). So, I just bought a book on word origins, and those are some of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/2709418159669554090/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=2709418159669554090' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/2709418159669554090'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/2709418159669554090'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/04/etymological-derivations.html' title='Etymological Derivations'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-1213788522438452396</id><published>2008-04-26T01:13:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-26T01:40:14.495-04:00</updated><title type='text'>27 Dresses</title><summary type='text'>Ah...finally, a good romantic comedy.  I've just seen 27 Dresses, and I have to say that it was a breath of fresh air, a tall glass of cool water on a hot day, ...etc.  It is so nice to see James Marsden get the girl in the end.  He was in X-Men, and his competition for the girl was Hugh Jackman - I mean, c'mon, is that even a real contest, let alone a fair one?  Then he was in The Notebook, and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/1213788522438452396/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=1213788522438452396' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/1213788522438452396'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/1213788522438452396'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/04/27-dresses.html' title='27 Dresses'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19555844.post-6697688312979165743</id><published>2008-04-24T15:44:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T15:44:56.390-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Science Jokes!</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/feeds/6697688312979165743/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19555844&amp;postID=6697688312979165743' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/6697688312979165743'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19555844/posts/default/6697688312979165743'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jessleeiam.blogspot.com/2008/04/science-jokes.html' title='Science Jokes!'/><author><name>Jessica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17859552282713796428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/lady_gwenefar/me-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BNKVebqVmbI/SBDjtBsYNsI/AAAAAAAAAiY/JZzzPRqxexo/s72-c/shrodinger.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
