<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<feed
    xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
    xmlns:at="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/at"
    xmlns:icbm="http://postneo.com/icbm"
    xmlns:rvw="http://purl.org/NET/RVW/0.2/"
    xml:lang="en">
    <title>mandaryn’s blog</title>
    <link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" title="mandaryn’s blog (Atom)" href="http://mandaryn.vox.com/library/posts/tags/work/page/1/atom.xml" />
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="mandaryn’s blog" href="http://mandaryn.vox.com/library/posts/tags/work/page/1/"/> 
    <link rel="service.post" type="application/atom+xml" title="mandaryn’s blog" href="http://www.vox.com/services/atom/svc=post/collection_id=6a00f48cdf1db6000200e398e0bca50004" /> 
    <link rel="service.subscribe" type="application/atom+xml" title="mandaryn’s blog" href="http://mandaryn.vox.com/library/posts/tags/work/atom.xml" />   
    <link rel="last" type="application/atom+xml" title="mandaryn’s blog" href="http://mandaryn.vox.com/library/posts/tags/work/page/1/atom.xml" />  
    <category term="work" scheme="http://mandaryn.vox.com/tags/work/?_c=feed-atom-full" label="work" /> 
    <generator uri="http://www.vox.com/">Vox</generator>
    <updated>2008-05-15T12:07:39Z</updated> 
    <author>
        <name>mandaryn</name>
        <uri>http://mandaryn.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom-full</uri>
    </author> 
    <id>tag:vox.com,2006:6p00f48cdf1db60002/tags/work/</id> 
    <subtitle>Duck tape is like the force, there&#39;s a light side, a dark side, and it holds the world together.</subtitle>  
    
    <entry>
        <title>approaching the half-way mark!</title>   
        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="approaching the half-way mark!" href="http://mandaryn.vox.com/library/post/approaching-the-half-way-mark.html?_c=feed-atom-full" />  
        <link rel="service.post" type="application/atom+xml" title="approaching the half-way mark!" href="http://mandaryn.vox.com/library/post/approaching-the-half-way-mark.html?_c=feed-atom-full#comments" /> 
        <link rel="service.edit" type="application/atom+xml" title="approaching the half-way mark!" href="http://www.vox.com/atom/svc=post/asset_id=6a00f48cdf1db6000200fa967597cd0003" />          <id>tag:vox.com,2008-05-15:asset-6a00f48cdf1db6000200fa967597cd0003</id>
        <published>2008-05-15T12:07:39Z</published>
        <updated>2008-05-15T12:07:39Z</updated>
    
        <author>
            <name>mandaryn</name>
            <uri>http://mandaryn.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom-full</uri>
        </author>
    
        
        <content type="html" xml:base="http://mandaryn.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom-full">
            <![CDATA[
                <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:at="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/at">
        <p>so i havnt written in a long while... the end of my sophomore year is approaching! almost 50% done with high school!!!!!!!! and josh graduates next saturday! wow. life&#39;s happening pretty fast. since i last wrote, i caught my hair on fire, lost my job, broke my tailbone,&#160;and got disowned by my mother [my birth mom, not my mom mom]. this has been an interesting &#39;08 so far! it&#39;s funny, cuz everything sounds negative, but it&#39;s actaully going pretty good. well, let&#39;s just say, life is unpredicatble. i&#39;m probably not gonna write as much as i used to. i&#39;m gonna be pretty busy this summer. i&#39;m looking everywhere for a new job, hopefully one that pays more than my old shitty job of taking orders and making pizzas. welll, adios, y&#39;all.</p>
<p>&#160;</p>
<p>amanda:]]</p>   <p style="clear:both;"> 
    <a href="http://mandaryn.vox.com/library/post/approaching-the-half-way-mark.html?_c=feed-atom-full#comments">Read and post comments</a>   |   
    <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00f48cdf1db6000200fa967597cd0003?_c=feed-atom-full">Send to a friend</a> 
</p>

                </div>
            ]]>
        </content> 
    <category term="work" scheme="http://mandaryn.vox.com/tags/work/" label="work" /> 
    <category term="parents" scheme="http://mandaryn.vox.com/tags/parents/" label="parents" /> 
    <category term="life" scheme="http://mandaryn.vox.com/tags/life/" label="life" /> 
    <category term="love" scheme="http://mandaryn.vox.com/tags/love/" label="love" /> 
    <category term="high school" scheme="http://mandaryn.vox.com/tags/high+school/" label="high school" /> 
    </entry> 
    
    <entry>
        <title>I&#39;m in a fight with the world but I&#39;m winning.</title>   
        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="I&#39;m in a fight with the world but I&#39;m winning." href="http://mandaryn.vox.com/library/post/im-in-a-fight-with-the-world-but-im-winning.html?_c=feed-atom-full" />  
        <link rel="service.post" type="application/atom+xml" title="I&#39;m in a fight with the world but I&#39;m winning." href="http://mandaryn.vox.com/library/post/im-in-a-fight-with-the-world-but-im-winning.html?_c=feed-atom-full#comments" /> 
        <link rel="service.edit" type="application/atom+xml" title="I&#39;m in a fight with the world but I&#39;m winning." href="http://www.vox.com/atom/svc=post/asset_id=6a00f48cdf1db6000200e398e4eb810005" />          <id>tag:vox.com,2008-03-11:asset-6a00f48cdf1db6000200e398e4eb810005</id>
        <published>2008-03-11T14:35:04Z</published>
        <updated>2008-03-12T12:25:32Z</updated>
    
        <author>
            <name>mandaryn</name>
            <uri>http://mandaryn.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom-full</uri>
        </author>
    
        
        <content type="html" xml:base="http://mandaryn.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom-full">
            <![CDATA[
                <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:at="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/at">
        <p>so my best friend mo thinks that i was totally going for the &quot;owen&quot; thing with josh. owen from &quot;just listen&quot;, that is. he&#39;s giantly tall, is never seen without his iPod, can be slightly mysterious, and has an extremely annoying sister. and he&#39;s totally against being a jerk. which is awesome. but i never really thought about the owen thing til mo brought it up. it does kinda seem like it. she said there&#39;s one part totally missing: he doesn&#39;t have anger issues. [thank God!] lol. we have a lot in common, and he&#39;s really sweet. he has a nerdy side, but i like that in guys. last night he came in to get pizza cuz he knew i had to work. i put in my discount for him. i was on the phone when he called though, so i didnt get to talk to him. but, lol, when he walked in i smiled at him and stuck out my tongue. he just laughed. i got sick after he left though, cuz i haven&#39;t been feeling too well. and i went home early. i talked to him on the phone for a couple hours. he helped me feel better. he&#39;s always there when i need him and he helps me to calm down when i&#39;m stressed. i say anything negative about myself and he tells me no. i&#39;m tired, he&#39;s okay with my laying my head on him and fall asleep. i seriously think he&#39;s my mr. perfect. he&#39;s a.m.a.z.i.n.g! when i say sorry for something [normally something stupid and unimportant] he always says &quot;it ok&quot; and if he&#39;s there with me, he smiles and sometimes grabs my hand or whatever. he makes me SO happy. yesterday i was kinda bummed cuz i wasn&#39;t feeling good, but i was so happy cuz i had been talking to him via text message and he was talking sweet like he sometimes does, and mo called me and beasley was im-ing me, and they were both really bummed about something or other that wasn&#39;t going well, and a few of my other friends were also freaked out cuz they think they&#39;re pregnant. i was feeling bad b/c everything was going well for me, and bad for them. when things go bad for a person i care about, i almost can&#39;t stand it. it just hurts so much for me to see suffering and pain. then i told him about how it was bugging me and he called me once i got off the phone with mo. and i was just kinda depressed and started crying and i was like &quot;you understand how i feel?&quot; and he was like &quot;yes. i feel that way right now, cuz it hurts me to see you hurt like this.&quot; and i was like awww, that&#39;s so cute! and i cheered up almost immediatly. i was like &quot;you&#39;re so sweet. i&#39;m glad you&#39;re here for me.&quot; he&#39;s just so awesome. i was hanging out with him this morning too. i was really tired and still not feeling good, so after a while i fell asleep with my head on his leg. [he was in his desk in study hall, i was sitting on the floor next to him]. i still can&#39;t figure out why, but that boy is just so special to me. he helps me so much and he just cares so much. :] i&#39;ve been thinking since it&#39;s not that far off, about what to get him for a graduation present. right after grad, he&#39;s going to cali for his internship. so i won&#39;t see him this summer. i don&#39;t know what to get for him. i&#39;m thinking about drawing or painting something for him. or getting him a new iPod since his old one broke. haha. but not til i get a new one for myself cuz i don&#39;t even have one yet. lol. well, it&#39;s almost time for the lunch bell to ring, and that&#39;s good cuz i&#39;m hungry. adios, y&#39;all. </p>
<p>MANDA. </p>
<p>&#160;</p>
<p>p.s. it would be great if i got some comments cuz it feels like i&#39;m writing to empty space sometimes... THANKS!</p>   <p style="clear:both;"> 
    <a href="http://mandaryn.vox.com/library/post/im-in-a-fight-with-the-world-but-im-winning.html?_c=feed-atom-full#comments">Read and post comments</a>   |   
    <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00f48cdf1db6000200e398e4eb810005?_c=feed-atom-full">Send to a friend</a> 
</p>

                </div>
            ]]>
        </content> 
    <category term="friends" scheme="http://mandaryn.vox.com/tags/friends/" label="friends" /> 
    <category term="work" scheme="http://mandaryn.vox.com/tags/work/" label="work" /> 
    <category term="life" scheme="http://mandaryn.vox.com/tags/life/" label="life" /> 
    <category term="love" scheme="http://mandaryn.vox.com/tags/love/" label="love" /> 
    <category term="sleep" scheme="http://mandaryn.vox.com/tags/sleep/" label="sleep" /> 
    <category term="avril lavigne" scheme="http://mandaryn.vox.com/tags/avril+lavigne/" label="avril lavigne" /> 
    <category term="graduation" scheme="http://mandaryn.vox.com/tags/graduation/" label="graduation" /> 
    <category term="texting" scheme="http://mandaryn.vox.com/tags/texting/" label="texting" /> 
    </entry> 
    
    <entry>
        <title>i sit and count the colors in his eyes.</title>   
        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="i sit and count the colors in his eyes." href="http://mandaryn.vox.com/library/post/i-sit-and-count-the-colors-in-his-eyes.html?_c=feed-atom-full" />  
        <link rel="service.post" type="application/atom+xml" title="i sit and count the colors in his eyes." href="http://mandaryn.vox.com/library/post/i-sit-and-count-the-colors-in-his-eyes.html?_c=feed-atom-full#comments" /> 
        <link rel="service.edit" type="application/atom+xml" title="i sit and count the colors in his eyes." href="http://www.vox.com/atom/svc=post/asset_id=6a00f48cdf1db6000200f48ce2efc20003" />          <id>tag:vox.com,2008-03-10:asset-6a00f48cdf1db6000200f48ce2efc20003</id>
        <published>2008-03-10T11:49:23Z</published>
        <updated>2008-03-12T12:26:01Z</updated>
    
        <author>
            <name>mandaryn</name>
            <uri>http://mandaryn.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom-full</uri>
        </author>
    
        
        <content type="html" xml:base="http://mandaryn.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom-full">
            <![CDATA[
                <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:at="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/at">
        <p>tired as hell. </p>
<p>i couldn&#39;t sleep last night.</p>
<p>i got about 5 hours, if that.</p>
<p>i&#39;m prolly gonna go to sleep here in a min.</p>
<p>study hall, nuthin to do. ugh.</p>
<p>before class, i hung out with josh like normal.</p>
<p>i fell asleep with my head on his leg. </p>
<p>he woke me up by poking me and playing with my hair.</p>
<p>cuz the bell was about to ring and i needed to go to class. </p>
<p>i had a great weekend, for once.</p>
<p>worked friday, had the PRA test on sat. </p>
<p>after PRA, went to josh&#39;s. </p>
<p>watched tv, ate choc chip pancakes, got in a pillow fight.</p>
<p>normal josh stuff. lol.</p>
<p>i love spending time with him cuz </p>
<p>it&#39;s just normally kinda a laid-back and lazy time.</p>
<p>i dont have to worry about anything,</p>
<p>except for of course, losing track of time and missing curfew. </p>
<p>but that didn&#39;t happen! </p>
<p>cuz it was just sat afternoon,</p>
<p>and we had to be at church&#160;by 3:30 to set up chairs.</p>
<p>we finished set up by 5, so i went home.</p>
<p>we talked on the phone for most of the night,</p>
<p>except for a little while cuz i fell asleep. </p>
<p>then he fell alseep,</p>
<p>so we got off the phone and slept for a while</p>
<p>then i called him back around 8 cuz he wanted to be up by then.</p>
<p>then we talked til my mom made me get off the phone.</p>
<p>and i went back to sleep.</p>
<p>sunday morning was church</p>
<p>which was fun.</p>
<p>more josh-time. lol.</p>
<p>after church was of course, more phone time, like always. lol.</p>
<p>then i had to go to work at 5.</p>
<p>i&#39;m supposed to go to work tonite,</p>
<p>but im thinking about seeing if korey, luke, or mallory wanna swap shifts,</p>
<p>cuz i&#39;m sick as hell right now. </p>
<p>not contagious prolly, tho,</p>
<p>just &quot;throw up and sleep&quot; sick.</p>
<p>and cramps.</p>
<p>ugh.</p>
<p>well. i&#39;m gonna go sleep.</p>   <p style="clear:both;"> 
    <a href="http://mandaryn.vox.com/library/post/i-sit-and-count-the-colors-in-his-eyes.html?_c=feed-atom-full#comments">Read and post comments</a>   |   
    <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00f48cdf1db6000200f48ce2efc20003?_c=feed-atom-full">Send to a friend</a> 
</p>

                </div>
            ]]>
        </content> 
    <category term="work" scheme="http://mandaryn.vox.com/tags/work/" label="work" /> 
    <category term="weekends" scheme="http://mandaryn.vox.com/tags/weekends/" label="weekends" /> 
    <category term="life" scheme="http://mandaryn.vox.com/tags/life/" label="life" /> 
    <category term="love" scheme="http://mandaryn.vox.com/tags/love/" label="love" /> 
    <category term="sleep" scheme="http://mandaryn.vox.com/tags/sleep/" label="sleep" /> 
    <category term="high school" scheme="http://mandaryn.vox.com/tags/high+school/" label="high school" /> 
    <category term="taylor swift" scheme="http://mandaryn.vox.com/tags/taylor+swift/" label="taylor swift" /> 
    </entry> 
</feed>


