<?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-8593769333751715062</id><updated>2012-02-16T10:30:45.252-08:00</updated><category term='Simon Mainwaring'/><category term='fei yue'/><category term='telephone poles'/><category term='Circle Portraits'/><category term='authenticity'/><category term='Talk'/><category term='Connection'/><category term='movies'/><category term='to go meals'/><category term='the project'/><category term='books'/><category term='give it a ponder'/><category term='death'/><category term='crowd attention'/><category term='university of oregon'/><category term='China trip'/><category term='james lipton'/><category term='bicycles'/><category term='negligence'/><category term='Presidential Election 08'/><category term='Cannes Lion'/><category term='personal description'/><category term='social mobile'/><category term='summer job'/><category term='Rihanna'/><category term='wasabi peas'/><category term='Ze Frank'/><category term='acquire'/><category term='Northwest Talent Farm. A good sign.'/><category term='flyers'/><category term='squished'/><category term='pwnage'/><category term='sharing the world'/><category term='spider'/><category term='Individualism'/><category term='app'/><category term='Bicycle Crash'/><category term='work'/><category term='Holidays'/><category term='reading'/><category term='Rockstar'/><category term='brain spoon'/><category term='advice'/><category term='UO EIR 09'/><category term='ron and don'/><category term='Virginia Tech'/><category term='college'/><category term='Satsuma'/><category term='literacy'/><category term='logo design'/><category term='easybake'/><category term='great environmental advertising'/><category term='interview'/><category term='LogObama How-to'/><category term='future-oriented'/><category term='Nutella'/><category term='Peace'/><category term='illustration'/><category term='mariachi'/><category term='live performance'/><category term='moving'/><category term='democracy'/><category term='flattery'/><category term='sexting'/><category term='NYC'/><category term='cupcake'/><category term='now'/><category term='cultural violence'/><category term='puppies'/><category term='youtube'/><category term='DroidX'/><category term='the Golden Rule'/><category term='Riff-Raft'/><category term='consummerism'/><category term='One Show'/><category term='Light'/><category term='bigotry'/><category term='brand lies'/><category term='Rishad Tobaccowala'/><category term='Cyber Friendships'/><category term='relevancy'/><category term='Tallest Man Earth'/><category term='canada'/><category term='learning'/><category term='Religion'/><category term='AHA'/><category term='Health'/><category term='Spring Cheer'/><category term='vote for me'/><category term='flute'/><category term='missed connections'/><category term='takeaways'/><category term='patterns'/><category term='ben affleck'/><category term='To Measure TIme'/><category term='chinese takeout'/><category term='migration'/><category term='music'/><category term='eugene'/><category term='wix'/><category term='sxswi'/><category term='POM juice'/><category term='tai chi'/><category term='lunch'/><category term='michael jordan'/><category term='quarter'/><category term='food'/><category term='one in a million'/><category term='twitter'/><category term='Black Friday'/><category term='digital'/><category term='Watched Woman'/><category term='Produce'/><category term='uosxsw'/><title type='text'>Orhiginal</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Rachel H</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/SYfLwfxF_RI/AAAAAAAAAGI/tPbEQzOEJko/S220/n11515425_36773156_2614.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>49</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8593769333751715062.post-4285771107059597053</id><published>2011-02-26T14:58:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-26T15:11:53.973-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Hey folks, bots! I wanted to thank you for following this blog from its inception and also let you know that I've refocused my thoughts into two additional blogs: The Dark Ages and Jr. Strategy.The Dark Ages is about growing up. It's my own chronicle contemplating the most mysterious years of an adult's life, their 20s. I was drawn to creating the blog after never quite getting a clear answer </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/feeds/4285771107059597053/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8593769333751715062&amp;postID=4285771107059597053&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/4285771107059597053'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/4285771107059597053'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/2011/02/hey-folks-bots-i-wanted-to-thank-you.html' title=''/><author><name>Rachel H</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/SYfLwfxF_RI/AAAAAAAAAGI/tPbEQzOEJko/S220/n11515425_36773156_2614.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8593769333751715062.post-3589424770880371577</id><published>2011-01-23T19:31:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-23T19:37:54.968-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='work'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='brain spoon'/><title type='text'>Fun @work</title><summary type='text'>It's Sunday night. And absolutely thrilling to work in a fast-moving, competitive, cream-at-the-top industry, huh!? Yeah! It never feels like you'd rather eat your brain out with a spoon! Why would it feel like that? That's ridiculous.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/feeds/3589424770880371577/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8593769333751715062&amp;postID=3589424770880371577&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/3589424770880371577'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/3589424770880371577'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/2011/01/fun-work.html' title='Fun @work'/><author><name>Rachel H</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/SYfLwfxF_RI/AAAAAAAAAGI/tPbEQzOEJko/S220/n11515425_36773156_2614.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/TTzza926LuI/AAAAAAAAAVM/5HKgV9O8gZI/s72-c/Fun%2540work.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8593769333751715062.post-3690773986606168410</id><published>2010-10-13T12:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-13T12:47:51.163-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rihanna'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flattery'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cannes Lion'/><title type='text'>Imitation is the most sincere form of flattery...</title><summary type='text'>Someone's out to win a Lion this year.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/feeds/3690773986606168410/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8593769333751715062&amp;postID=3690773986606168410&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/3690773986606168410'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/3690773986606168410'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/2010/10/imitation-is-most-sincere-form-of.html' title='Imitation is the most sincere form of flattery...'/><author><name>Rachel H</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/SYfLwfxF_RI/AAAAAAAAAGI/tPbEQzOEJko/S220/n11515425_36773156_2614.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/TLYMw7dYguI/AAAAAAAAAS8/seccwUhDAig/s72-c/Slide1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8593769333751715062.post-419959262151209298</id><published>2010-10-08T15:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-08T17:25:45.561-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='canada'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='patterns'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='migration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='moving'/><title type='text'>US Migration Patterns</title><summary type='text'>At this time I would like to pose the following contradictory point regarding immigration and migration. American movers are actually trying to leave the country.  They are heading toward warmer weather and most likely seeking refuge from our northern neighbor's judgefest in the warm embrace of Mexico's tolerant climate. Just take a look at this article from Buffalo's Business First News Journal </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/feeds/419959262151209298/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8593769333751715062&amp;postID=419959262151209298&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/419959262151209298'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/419959262151209298'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/2010/10/us-migration-patterns.html' title='US Migration Patterns'/><author><name>Rachel H</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/SYfLwfxF_RI/AAAAAAAAAGI/tPbEQzOEJko/S220/n11515425_36773156_2614.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/TK-esv0feHI/AAAAAAAAAR0/jiKpWtFg1nA/s72-c/2010-10-08_15-08-05_209.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8593769333751715062.post-6027199616218026768</id><published>2010-10-03T01:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-03T04:38:32.428-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='quarter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Circle Portraits'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='illustration'/><title type='text'>Fun with a Quarter</title><summary type='text'>Click to enlarge. Then click to super enlarge.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/feeds/6027199616218026768/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8593769333751715062&amp;postID=6027199616218026768&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/6027199616218026768'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/6027199616218026768'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/2010/10/circle-portraits.html' title='Fun with a Quarter'/><author><name>Rachel H</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/SYfLwfxF_RI/AAAAAAAAAGI/tPbEQzOEJko/S220/n11515425_36773156_2614.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/TKhqZ6quk_I/AAAAAAAAAQk/oLoqvHiwfXs/s72-c/circle+portraits+post.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8593769333751715062.post-4196491173021057873</id><published>2010-09-15T12:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-15T15:48:24.216-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tallest Man Earth'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='future-oriented'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='live performance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='youtube'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='now'/><title type='text'>Future vs. Present, GLOVES OFF.</title><summary type='text'>Last night I had the privilege of going to a live concert performed by one of my favorite artists, The Tallest Man Earth. He's a master of tone, verbal inflection, lyricism, finger-picking. His music is the kind that speaks directly to your heart. It's simple and soulful. I've posted one of my favorite songs, Love Is All, here so that you, too, can relish the depth of feeling in this track.When</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/feeds/4196491173021057873/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8593769333751715062&amp;postID=4196491173021057873&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/4196491173021057873'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/4196491173021057873'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/2010/09/future-vs-present-gloves-off.html' title='Future vs. Present, GLOVES OFF.'/><author><name>Rachel H</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/SYfLwfxF_RI/AAAAAAAAAGI/tPbEQzOEJko/S220/n11515425_36773156_2614.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/TJFAsgdxoOI/AAAAAAAAAOM/u5v_Ae1tqqE/s72-c/2010-09-14_22-23-04_88.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8593769333751715062.post-4736102788998207191</id><published>2010-07-15T21:35:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-15T21:35:43.862-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DroidX'/><title type='text'>Orhiginal's DroidX Review!</title><summary type='text'>Holla! Just today I got my little hands on the new DroidX and here's my non-developer, not tech nerd, first-time-smart-phone owner opinion:    1 Awesome    2 To quote the lady in front of me at the Verizon store, "it's a big ass phone". The screen is enormous, but the phone is surprisingly thin. It's definitely a back- pocket rider.    3 Men men men. From the visual appeal (wallpaper, black and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/feeds/4736102788998207191/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8593769333751715062&amp;postID=4736102788998207191&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/4736102788998207191'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/4736102788998207191'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/2010/07/orhiginal-droidx-review.html' title='Orhiginal&amp;#39;s DroidX Review!'/><author><name>Rachel H</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/SYfLwfxF_RI/AAAAAAAAAGI/tPbEQzOEJko/S220/n11515425_36773156_2614.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8593769333751715062.post-7523315870380157063</id><published>2010-05-24T21:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-24T22:12:27.532-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='takeaways'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NYC'/><title type='text'>Fast as a New York Week...</title><summary type='text'>Just a couple weeks ago a group of students representing the UO Ad program packed their bags to terrorize New York, the city. On last year's trip I was extremely busy working on a client pitch for the student competition and a detailed presentation to BBH. This year, I decided to get the dirty work out of the way first (one presentation to BBH about SXSWi takeaways) and otherwise hit the city and</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/feeds/7523315870380157063/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8593769333751715062&amp;postID=7523315870380157063&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/7523315870380157063'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/7523315870380157063'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/2010/05/fast-as-new-york-week.html' title='Fast as a New York Week...'/><author><name>Rachel H</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/SYfLwfxF_RI/AAAAAAAAAGI/tPbEQzOEJko/S220/n11515425_36773156_2614.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8593769333751715062.post-7117602693639908617</id><published>2010-04-26T00:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-26T00:46:26.725-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='michael jordan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='twitter'/><title type='text'>Michael Jordan, the Person</title><summary type='text'>So I just started following Michael Jordan on Twitter. It's refreshing how he tweets like a normal person, with no ulterior motive to the ultra social tool.And now I know that, in my line of work, whenever I think about morning  coffee dependents, I'm also thinking about Michael Jordan. I also know  that we even share some opinions in common: Why LOST is useless as popular entertainment.Me and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/feeds/7117602693639908617/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8593769333751715062&amp;postID=7117602693639908617&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/7117602693639908617'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/7117602693639908617'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/2010/04/michael-jordan-person.html' title='Michael Jordan, the Person'/><author><name>Rachel H</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/SYfLwfxF_RI/AAAAAAAAAGI/tPbEQzOEJko/S220/n11515425_36773156_2614.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/S9VEoDKUDNI/AAAAAAAAAMg/x-BjhpgW1DM/s72-c/Picture+7.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8593769333751715062.post-5646108958524291226</id><published>2010-03-19T02:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-19T02:44:00.956-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='takeaways'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='university of oregon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='social mobile'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sxswi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='uosxsw'/><title type='text'>It All Makes Sense Now: A Week at SXSWi</title><summary type='text'>It's one day after SXSWi. I've stopped thinking of everything in # tags. I've had time to take a breather and enjoy the sunshine in my own state. After a good night's sleep, I woke up refreshed and inspired. Suddenly, the magnitude of the festival sunk into my brain. Like any other festival, you go for the whole experience. That's why you spend a week eating, drinking, excreting digital instead </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/feeds/5646108958524291226/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8593769333751715062&amp;postID=5646108958524291226&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/5646108958524291226'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/5646108958524291226'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/2010/03/it-all-makes-sense-now-week-at-sxswi.html' title='It All Makes Sense Now: A Week at SXSWi'/><author><name>Rachel H</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/SYfLwfxF_RI/AAAAAAAAAGI/tPbEQzOEJko/S220/n11515425_36773156_2614.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8593769333751715062.post-3861825638257297803</id><published>2010-03-19T00:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-19T00:42:45.236-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='app'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cupcake'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='relevancy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='easybake'/><title type='text'>Easybake Cupcakes for Adults!</title><summary type='text'>Here's a new app that I found in the "What's Hot" app store section. How painfully ironic! Actually, these cupcakes will never live up to their tasty expectations... It's the new superpretend Easybake oven for adults! But so much worse.Now if this 99cent app was for, I don't know, A REAL BAKERY that baked the cupcakes you designed, it would be a brilliant idea. Just a thought.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/feeds/3861825638257297803/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8593769333751715062&amp;postID=3861825638257297803&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/3861825638257297803'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/3861825638257297803'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/2010/03/easybake-cupcakes-for-adults.html' title='Easybake Cupcakes for Adults!'/><author><name>Rachel H</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/SYfLwfxF_RI/AAAAAAAAAGI/tPbEQzOEJko/S220/n11515425_36773156_2614.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/S6MqmVtonmI/AAAAAAAAAMI/WZ60p34r5ZE/s72-c/Picture+4.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8593769333751715062.post-158017162928482237</id><published>2010-03-19T00:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-19T00:44:37.218-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sxswi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='interview'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='uosxsw'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ze Frank'/><title type='text'>Interviewing Ze Frank at SXSWi</title><summary type='text'>Rachel Hom interviews Ze Frank at SXSWi from Isaac Viel on Vimeo.I saw him from the side. And then from the front, to make sure. It was, in fact, Ze Frank. He was kind enough to grant us an impromptu, unblinking interview. Isaac was quick with the camera, and I got the audio with my *new thumbtack iPod mic. Thanks Thumbtack! I was too nervous/excited to be normal, but thanks for inspiring us, Ze.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/feeds/158017162928482237/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8593769333751715062&amp;postID=158017162928482237&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/158017162928482237'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/158017162928482237'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/2010/03/interviewing-ze-frank-at-sxswi.html' title='Interviewing Ze Frank at SXSWi'/><author><name>Rachel H</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/SYfLwfxF_RI/AAAAAAAAAGI/tPbEQzOEJko/S220/n11515425_36773156_2614.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8593769333751715062.post-3715206241447892725</id><published>2010-01-28T17:04:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-28T17:18:34.310-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='crowd attention'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mariachi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lunch'/><title type='text'>Midday Mariachi</title><summary type='text'>A wonderful surprise in the Fishbowl (a commons area in UOregon's student union building) today: a mariachi band took out their instruments and serenaded the lunch crowd. They were terrific. Great singers and musicians, in the full scale outfit. I think they were members of Mariachi Viva Mexico.While I enjoyed the musical treat, I took a quick appraisal of my surroundings. There were about 40 </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/feeds/3715206241447892725/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8593769333751715062&amp;postID=3715206241447892725&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/3715206241447892725'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/3715206241447892725'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/2010/01/midday-mariachi.html' title='Midday Mariachi'/><author><name>Rachel H</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/SYfLwfxF_RI/AAAAAAAAAGI/tPbEQzOEJko/S220/n11515425_36773156_2614.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/S2I2l6G-vfI/AAAAAAAAALs/UDtrhl1K8tA/s72-c/mariachi+fishbowl.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8593769333751715062.post-320911721290478763</id><published>2010-01-24T20:09:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-24T20:31:56.528-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wix'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='learning'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='books'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acquire'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='twitter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='digital'/><title type='text'>Productivity + Digital</title><summary type='text'>It's amazing how our productivity as a society has soared in this digital era.Or has it?True, we can now communicate faster than ever before, sometimes even faster than we can talk, or think. Before the words come out of our mouths they're tweeted. Maybe before the thought is even complete, it's retweeted. This is all well and good for a college student such as myself; I can update my blog while </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/feeds/320911721290478763/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8593769333751715062&amp;postID=320911721290478763&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/320911721290478763'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/320911721290478763'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/2010/01/productivity-digital.html' title='Productivity + Digital'/><author><name>Rachel H</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/SYfLwfxF_RI/AAAAAAAAAGI/tPbEQzOEJko/S220/n11515425_36773156_2614.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8593769333751715062.post-891455482973297886</id><published>2009-12-04T11:39:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-04T12:06:36.602-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='james lipton'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='give it a ponder'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sexting'/><title type='text'>"Give It a Ponder"</title><summary type='text'>Great move by LG and Y&amp;R, NYC, encouraging teens to think about the consequences of their texts BEFORE making a move they regret. This is one of two major advertising leaps that James Lipton has taken semi-recently. The other was with DC shoes from LA agency, 72 and Sunny. My question: do teens teens watch Inside the Actor's Studio?</summary><link rel='related' href='http://adweek.blogs.com/adfreak/yrs-give-it-a-ponder-campaign-for-lg.html' title='&quot;Give It a Ponder&quot;'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/feeds/891455482973297886/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8593769333751715062&amp;postID=891455482973297886&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/891455482973297886'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/891455482973297886'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/2009/12/give-it-ponder.html' title='&quot;Give It a Ponder&quot;'/><author><name>Rachel H</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/SYfLwfxF_RI/AAAAAAAAAGI/tPbEQzOEJko/S220/n11515425_36773156_2614.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8593769333751715062.post-6173445669654341713</id><published>2009-11-21T23:20:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-22T00:08:33.221-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='UO EIR 09'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='AHA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rishad Tobaccowala'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Talk'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Simon Mainwaring'/><title type='text'>University of Oregon Executives in Residence</title><summary type='text'>This past week it was our pleasure to host two brilliant minds from the global media sphere: Rishad Tobaccowala (CEO: Denuo) and Simon Mainwaring (Consultant, Mainwaring Creative).My takeaways from their advice and conversation were huge. Material to fill many blog posts to come. Both are forward thinkers focusing on the future of advertising and branding.  Simon believes that in the future, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/feeds/6173445669654341713/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8593769333751715062&amp;postID=6173445669654341713&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/6173445669654341713'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/6173445669654341713'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/2009/11/university-of-oregon-executives-in.html' title='University of Oregon Executives in Residence'/><author><name>Rachel H</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/SYfLwfxF_RI/AAAAAAAAAGI/tPbEQzOEJko/S220/n11515425_36773156_2614.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/Swjv-yzXCxI/AAAAAAAAAK0/-LDMreftw6w/s72-c/connectors1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8593769333751715062.post-8422604172141933527</id><published>2009-11-11T14:36:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-11T14:49:28.493-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reading'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='democracy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='literacy'/><title type='text'>Vicious Cycle of (il)Literacy</title><summary type='text'>A most discussed article from GOOD prompted my speculation.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/feeds/8422604172141933527/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8593769333751715062&amp;postID=8422604172141933527&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/8422604172141933527'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/8422604172141933527'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/2009/11/most-discussed-article-from-good.html' title='Vicious Cycle of (il)Literacy'/><author><name>Rachel H</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/SYfLwfxF_RI/AAAAAAAAAGI/tPbEQzOEJko/S220/n11515425_36773156_2614.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/Svs_V7LFgiI/AAAAAAAAAKc/xsJJFhkGv38/s72-c/litercay+cycle.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8593769333751715062.post-7879032139645580561</id><published>2009-09-29T21:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-29T21:21:19.804-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Health'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='brand lies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nutella'/><title type='text'>Nutella News</title><summary type='text'>Alright, it's here in the US of A.NUTELLA. But not Nutella...A NUTELLA COMMERCIAL.There is some great buzz following this stuff, from loyal consumers who are happy to have Nutella's public presence backing their fanfare to health watch-dogs calling out the claim to health benefits. In the commercial a mom reasons feeding Nutella to her kids in the morning because she puts it on healthier </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/feeds/7879032139645580561/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8593769333751715062&amp;postID=7879032139645580561&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/7879032139645580561'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/7879032139645580561'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/2009/09/nutella-news.html' title='Nutella News'/><author><name>Rachel H</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/SYfLwfxF_RI/AAAAAAAAAGI/tPbEQzOEJko/S220/n11515425_36773156_2614.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/SsLcuW4Gx-I/AAAAAAAAAKM/kqnv3CJOffI/s72-c/Nutella.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8593769333751715062.post-2582652786117938175</id><published>2009-09-05T19:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-05T19:54:07.321-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spider'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='one in a million'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='squished'/><title type='text'>Fantastic Show of Odds</title><summary type='text'>It may seem that there are a lot of bicycle-related postings on my blog. You're right. There are. You are a faithful reader and I thank you. TODAY! However, is an awe-inspiring reminder that one in a million can happen, and does! But if you're this one of a million... I'm sorry.A few weeks back I noticed some little wings blowing around on my bicycle lock when I was about to lock up my bike on </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/feeds/2582652786117938175/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8593769333751715062&amp;postID=2582652786117938175&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/2582652786117938175'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/2582652786117938175'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/2009/09/fantastic-show-of-odds.html' title='Fantastic Show of Odds'/><author><name>Rachel H</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/SYfLwfxF_RI/AAAAAAAAAGI/tPbEQzOEJko/S220/n11515425_36773156_2614.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/SqMjdgdOryI/AAAAAAAAAKE/bf5Qr_JjG1I/s72-c/IMG_3586.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8593769333751715062.post-7192844843776383425</id><published>2009-08-18T17:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-18T17:30:05.852-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='logo design'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vote for me'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ron and don'/><title type='text'>MY LOGO IS IN THE TOP 13</title><summary type='text'>One day my parents called me up and persuaded me into a logo design contest for a Seattle show:Ron&amp;Don Nation (KIRO 97.3 FM) So one day I busted out three logos and sent them in. Though I liked one best, they were all the product of my hands, and CS2.Now, one of my logo's is in the 13 and could win the contest! So give it up and vote for #4! I'd be much appreciative, and my Dad really wants those</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/feeds/7192844843776383425/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8593769333751715062&amp;postID=7192844843776383425&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/7192844843776383425'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/7192844843776383425'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/2009/08/my-logo-is-in-top-13.html' title='MY LOGO IS IN THE TOP 13'/><author><name>Rachel H</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/SYfLwfxF_RI/AAAAAAAAAGI/tPbEQzOEJko/S220/n11515425_36773156_2614.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/SotHDwtUykI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/ofyDmEg9tQQ/s72-c/all.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8593769333751715062.post-4014691700334147300</id><published>2009-08-11T15:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-12T23:26:42.075-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='eugene'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='missed connections'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bicycles'/><title type='text'>Bicycle Love</title><summary type='text'>In Eugene, a lot of people ride bikes. Of that number, a significant portion love bikes. And an even slimmer percentage fantasize about bikes. Some of them fantasize about other cyclists.I happened upon this little gem yesterday afternoon. Another bicycle come on. The thing is, these notes aren't so uncommon. Lovers of bikes = cyclist lovers. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/feeds/4014691700334147300/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8593769333751715062&amp;postID=4014691700334147300&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/4014691700334147300'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/4014691700334147300'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/2009/08/bicycle-love.html' title='Bicycle Love'/><author><name>Rachel H</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/SYfLwfxF_RI/AAAAAAAAAGI/tPbEQzOEJko/S220/n11515425_36773156_2614.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/SoOxVKTHnZI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/phFxOikEPlY/s72-c/IMG_3580.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8593769333751715062.post-759342684165799537</id><published>2009-08-09T23:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-09T23:43:11.983-07:00</updated><title type='text'>WOW!!</title><summary type='text'>When I was a little girl—actually the whole time I lived with my parents—my mom would ask me to clean up my sprawling clutter, and I would simply re-stack, or push it around. I remember how she would look emphatically into my eyes and say, "THROW. IT. AWAY." Ever since, I've been fascinated with the things people choose to keep or dispose of. I am more of a "just-in-case" keeper, but I've </summary><link rel='enclosure' type='video/mp4' href='http://www.blogger.com/video-play.mp4?contentId=446dfecb3e867084&amp;type=video%2Fmp4' length='0'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/feeds/759342684165799537/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8593769333751715062&amp;postID=759342684165799537&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/759342684165799537'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/759342684165799537'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/2009/08/wow.html' title='WOW!!'/><author><name>Rachel H</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/SYfLwfxF_RI/AAAAAAAAAGI/tPbEQzOEJko/S220/n11515425_36773156_2614.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/Sn-_T5iDD-I/AAAAAAAAAJk/9RSGm1qNmy0/s72-c/IMG_3575.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8593769333751715062.post-9101785188686954851</id><published>2009-08-09T19:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-09T19:42:55.182-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ben affleck'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='movies'/><title type='text'>Bottom of the Barrel</title><summary type='text'>So, you know when you've once been the cream that rose to the top and soon sunk to the bottom of the celebrity barrel when you're Ben Affleck. I was paroozing movie trailers the other night and I happened upon a charming little film called "Extract" with Jason Bateman. When I noticed a suspiciously familiar but down-hill face in the clip, I checked the credits to see who was listed at the bottom </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/feeds/9101785188686954851/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8593769333751715062&amp;postID=9101785188686954851&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/9101785188686954851'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/9101785188686954851'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/2009/08/bottom-of-barrel.html' title='Bottom of the Barrel'/><author><name>Rachel H</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/SYfLwfxF_RI/AAAAAAAAAGI/tPbEQzOEJko/S220/n11515425_36773156_2614.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/Sn-H-s_fhrI/AAAAAAAAAJc/SRFWIOE7SVI/s72-c/Picture+9.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8593769333751715062.post-5535791244930707195</id><published>2009-08-01T17:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-01T20:44:57.507-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flyers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='telephone poles'/><title type='text'>Some things</title><summary type='text'>Well it's my first summer spent here in my collegiate residence, Eugene. So far, it has been a marvelous time, excluding the blistering heat. Going for a bike ride intended to refresh onself  felt more like pedaling on a stationary exercise bike inside a dry sauna, in front of a hair dryer. But! those times have passed. And now it's prime time to work on projects and dawdling around, noticing </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/feeds/5535791244930707195/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8593769333751715062&amp;postID=5535791244930707195&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/5535791244930707195'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/5535791244930707195'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/2009/08/some-things.html' title='Some things'/><author><name>Rachel H</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/SYfLwfxF_RI/AAAAAAAAAGI/tPbEQzOEJko/S220/n11515425_36773156_2614.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/SnUKFfGldII/AAAAAAAAAJM/yXhLheKR8Rk/s72-c/living_poles.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8593769333751715062.post-8122485477539680085</id><published>2009-07-01T19:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-01T19:24:20.185-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the project'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flute'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='university of oregon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='music'/><title type='text'>Best $5 Ever Spent</title><summary type='text'>A little while back I was privileged enough to experience "The Project", a Brooklyn based ensemble, at the University of Oregon. Originally I picked up on posters advertising the arrival of the beatboxing flute player, but I left the show completely enamored with the group as a whole (not to mention two cd's, autographs, and a how-to manual).</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/feeds/8122485477539680085/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8593769333751715062&amp;postID=8122485477539680085&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/8122485477539680085'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/8122485477539680085'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/2009/07/best-5-ever-spent.html' title='Best $5 Ever Spent'/><author><name>Rachel H</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/SYfLwfxF_RI/AAAAAAAAAGI/tPbEQzOEJko/S220/n11515425_36773156_2614.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8593769333751715062.post-7077202459756159719</id><published>2009-03-11T23:10:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-01T20:43:01.693-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='negligence'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sharing the world'/><title type='text'>Almost Run Over!</title><summary type='text'>I was almost crushed under the wheels of a small SUV. Here's what happened: This morning  I was biking to school as usual. I took a right turn at a green light, in a continuous bike lane. I was watching closely for pedestrians, and suddenly I was jolted by the side of an SUV. I strained against the vehicle to keep upright. I yelled to the driver, but she made no response as she lowered her cell </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/feeds/7077202459756159719/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8593769333751715062&amp;postID=7077202459756159719&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/7077202459756159719'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/7077202459756159719'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/2009/03/almost-run-over.html' title='Almost Run Over!'/><author><name>Rachel H</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/SYfLwfxF_RI/AAAAAAAAAGI/tPbEQzOEJko/S220/n11515425_36773156_2614.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/Sbitq4X5wSI/AAAAAAAAAH4/1LGju3vYNus/s72-c/12_share_the_road.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8593769333751715062.post-6815644331863365649</id><published>2009-03-11T02:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-01T20:50:09.187-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='great environmental advertising'/><title type='text'>Getting It Right This Time</title><summary type='text'>So, it's normal to now say that people have screwed up. We've done a lot of terrible things to each other and to the planet we live on. But, it's also optimistic, and not uncommon, to say we're heading in the right direction. We have the opportunity, and maybe even the foresight, to make better choices in the future, and possibly fix mistakes.Here is some of my favorite work showcasing this new </summary><link rel='enclosure' type='video/mp4' href='http://www.blogger.com/video-play.mp4?contentId=56f779986ddda118&amp;type=video%2Fmp4' length='0'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/feeds/6815644331863365649/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8593769333751715062&amp;postID=6815644331863365649&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/6815644331863365649'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/6815644331863365649'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/2009/03/getting-right-this-time.html' title='Getting It Right This Time'/><author><name>Rachel H</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/SYfLwfxF_RI/AAAAAAAAAGI/tPbEQzOEJko/S220/n11515425_36773156_2614.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/SnUMwvtF9cI/AAAAAAAAAJU/U5HmJSWYaR0/s72-c/WWF+spot.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8593769333751715062.post-8782081446401696780</id><published>2009-02-25T23:36:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-26T11:30:29.479-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='advice'/><title type='text'>5 Pieces of Advice</title><summary type='text'>In response to an assignment from Deb Morrison's class I'd like to share what I've learned this term at the University of Oregon:5 PIECES of ADVICEFIND 3RD SPACE.I bummed this term from two great sources: Starbucks and Zach Blank. For Starbucks, this is the place that isn't work, and isn't home. It's the place where you can enjoy transition. For Zach Blank, it wasn't the classroom, and it wasn't </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/feeds/8782081446401696780/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8593769333751715062&amp;postID=8782081446401696780&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/8782081446401696780'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/8782081446401696780'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/2009/02/5-pieces-of-advice.html' title='5 Pieces of Advice'/><author><name>Rachel H</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/SYfLwfxF_RI/AAAAAAAAAGI/tPbEQzOEJko/S220/n11515425_36773156_2614.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8593769333751715062.post-4654257906595021971</id><published>2009-02-09T22:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-09T23:18:02.098-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LogObama How-to'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bigotry'/><title type='text'>BIGOTRY! Response How-To</title><summary type='text'>So, remember the LogObama from November? It looked like this:Well, crazy as it sounds, I always had this impression that my fellow residents dislike my outward, optimistic support of our new president. In fact, they despised it and hissed behind my back.  At this point I should add that I don't really know the other residents, sad, yes, but we mostly keep to ourselves. And I also had no reason to</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/feeds/4654257906595021971/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8593769333751715062&amp;postID=4654257906595021971&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/4654257906595021971'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/4654257906595021971'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/2009/02/bigotry-response-how-to.html' title='BIGOTRY! Response How-To'/><author><name>Rachel H</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/SYfLwfxF_RI/AAAAAAAAAGI/tPbEQzOEJko/S220/n11515425_36773156_2614.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/SZEep6zB59I/AAAAAAAAAGw/gesK8MUkpkg/s72-c/IMG_2286.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8593769333751715062.post-3025063684339121958</id><published>2009-02-05T20:55:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-05T20:59:32.612-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='POM juice'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pwnage'/><title type='text'>POM promo</title><summary type='text'>This is a short-short video Jason Shannon and I did for portfolio class. Neither of us having much experience in flash, we tried to work within our skill sets. We chose a poem style format for the copy to give the piece a little bite, and keep the video do-able :) I think we'll be adding to this.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/feeds/3025063684339121958/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8593769333751715062&amp;postID=3025063684339121958&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/3025063684339121958'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/3025063684339121958'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/2009/02/pom-promo.html' title='POM promo'/><author><name>Rachel H</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/SYfLwfxF_RI/AAAAAAAAAGI/tPbEQzOEJko/S220/n11515425_36773156_2614.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8593769333751715062.post-6884638298103366012</id><published>2009-01-22T17:36:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-27T23:40:30.177-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fei yue'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tai chi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='authenticity'/><title type='text'>Swindled Again!</title><summary type='text'>I have been studying the ancient art of Tai Chi for a little more than a year now. Every quarter my class meets in the Student Rec Center and begins practice with silent warm-ups. My chosen pair of shoes have been well broken in and, when I am late, they squeak as I try to creep behind the group. I've been thinking about getting some new shoes.All the enlightened Wushu kids in the class, and our </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/feeds/6884638298103366012/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8593769333751715062&amp;postID=6884638298103366012&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/6884638298103366012'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/6884638298103366012'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/2009/01/swindled-again.html' title='Swindled Again!'/><author><name>Rachel H</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/SYfLwfxF_RI/AAAAAAAAAGI/tPbEQzOEJko/S220/n11515425_36773156_2614.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/SYAFwMD7foI/AAAAAAAAAF4/UJdVuDXNzYE/s72-c/Diana+Sword.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8593769333751715062.post-4770056573909928296</id><published>2008-12-09T19:15:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T19:23:39.738-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal description'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wasabi peas'/><title type='text'>Appease yourself.</title><summary type='text'>Only a few days ago I sat at my kitchen counter. My sinuses burned and my eyes watered with the enjoyment of wasabi peas. When I regained my vision, I noticed the bag's label:"WASABI PEAS: A DELICIOUS COMBINATION OF SPICY WASABI AND CRUNCHY PEAS."I was struck by this incredibly accurate description of its contents. Subsequently. I felt a little ashamed that a bag of peas has a clearer description</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/feeds/4770056573909928296/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8593769333751715062&amp;postID=4770056573909928296&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/4770056573909928296'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/4770056573909928296'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/2008/12/appease-yourself.html' title='Appease yourself.'/><author><name>Rachel H</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/SYfLwfxF_RI/AAAAAAAAAGI/tPbEQzOEJko/S220/n11515425_36773156_2614.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/ST81x9aC-aI/AAAAAAAAAFM/qlwEyI2am-o/s72-c/pea+graphic.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8593769333751715062.post-7197553112948555749</id><published>2008-11-29T01:07:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-29T04:45:04.000-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='death'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Black Friday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='consummerism'/><title type='text'>Black Friday Stampede</title><summary type='text'>Walmart says it was a security flaw; local law enforcement says, "all hell broke loose," it was a mob mentality; a young woman at the end of this clip says somebody lost their life because of a stupid Black Friday sale, which was not even going to last all day.  And me? Of course, you're desperate to know what I say:It's us. It's not an economic slump, or even a recession. It's a disease in our </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/feeds/7197553112948555749/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8593769333751715062&amp;postID=7197553112948555749&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/7197553112948555749'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/7197553112948555749'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/2008/11/black-friday-stampede.html' title='Black Friday Stampede'/><author><name>Rachel H</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/SYfLwfxF_RI/AAAAAAAAAGI/tPbEQzOEJko/S220/n11515425_36773156_2614.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8593769333751715062.post-4859467759901574162</id><published>2008-11-13T08:36:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-13T08:48:51.790-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='China trip'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='puppies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='One Show'/><title type='text'>Wo qu zhong guo..</title><summary type='text'>So, I am fortunate enough to travel with three other students to Shanghai for the ONE Show China: Young Creative Workshop. This is, needless to say, an amazing opportunity sponsored by the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication.As far as I know, I'm prepared. We've got these new little books to reflect in (nerds!) and I even brought snacks! But they were confiscated from me </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/feeds/4859467759901574162/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8593769333751715062&amp;postID=4859467759901574162&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/4859467759901574162'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/4859467759901574162'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/2008/11/wo-qu-zhong-guo.html' title='Wo qu zhong guo..'/><author><name>Rachel H</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/SYfLwfxF_RI/AAAAAAAAAGI/tPbEQzOEJko/S220/n11515425_36773156_2614.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/SRxaaq5UjSI/AAAAAAAAAFE/UztPMEEqlDU/s72-c/Shanghai-night.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8593769333751715062.post-5561762170190194901</id><published>2008-11-05T16:12:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-05T16:58:33.964-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LogObama How-to'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Presidential Election 08'/><title type='text'>Congratulations, Country</title><summary type='text'>Yes, I know millions are saying it, and now more than ever, our collective voices mean more than each separate. Today is a new day. Today I woke up inspired because we have elected a leader that I admire. Although I'm not one to boast my political values, last night I was so moved I decided to show my support and made an Obama logo (LogObama) for my front door. Here's how. So can you.</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jll5baCAaQU' title='Congratulations, Country'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/feeds/5561762170190194901/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8593769333751715062&amp;postID=5561762170190194901&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/5561762170190194901'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/5561762170190194901'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/2008/11/congratulations-country.html' title='Congratulations, Country'/><author><name>Rachel H</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/SYfLwfxF_RI/AAAAAAAAAGI/tPbEQzOEJko/S220/n11515425_36773156_2614.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/SRJAwwMcihI/AAAAAAAAAEs/twOUtmLXALI/s72-c/how-to.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8593769333751715062.post-4830301891728077650</id><published>2008-02-27T20:20:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-04-10T17:34:46.829-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='to go meals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the Golden Rule'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chinese takeout'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='food'/><title type='text'>"To Go"</title><summary type='text'>He told me, "Enjoy your dinner."I thanked him and walked out the door.*** It was almost 8:30pm. It was getting late and I still had plenty of homework to truck through. But, worst of all, I was uninspired. I opened the cabinets in our kitchen—I have two for myself—and couldn't think up a mealish experience. Yes, I opened a can of beans, but since the big frying pan was soaking with water and egg </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/feeds/4830301891728077650/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8593769333751715062&amp;postID=4830301891728077650&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/4830301891728077650'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/4830301891728077650'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/2008/02/to-go.html' title='&quot;To Go&quot;'/><author><name>Rachel H</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/SYfLwfxF_RI/AAAAAAAAAGI/tPbEQzOEJko/S220/n11515425_36773156_2614.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/R_6xtQv4EfI/AAAAAAAAAA8/MBAIcK0B3m0/s72-c/takeout.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8593769333751715062.post-6217416026442099982</id><published>2008-01-04T23:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-04-10T17:43:49.944-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Satsuma'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Connection'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Produce'/><title type='text'>Orange You Glad...</title><summary type='text'>It's nearly 2am, late for a college kid to be up working... on winter break. The fragrant box of Holiday Satsumas sitting next to me on the counter exercise a passionate romance with my nose. I shamelessly eat one. When selecting my second post-holiday Satsuma I realize how soft the peel is. and while I peel it, realize how ripe the fruit must be. last call by produce time. Time for eatin.  a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/feeds/6217416026442099982/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8593769333751715062&amp;postID=6217416026442099982&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/6217416026442099982'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/6217416026442099982'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/2008/01/orange-you-glad.html' title='Orange You Glad...'/><author><name>Rachel H</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/SYfLwfxF_RI/AAAAAAAAAGI/tPbEQzOEJko/S220/n11515425_36773156_2614.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/R_6z_wv4EhI/AAAAAAAAABM/3d_kyRDo37k/s72-c/1463641070_2dc25cb396.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8593769333751715062.post-6566791267443000272</id><published>2007-12-21T13:22:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-12-21T14:10:34.574-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Peace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Light'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Holidays'/><title type='text'>Rumpled Braid</title><summary type='text'>She patted my shoulder and leaned in close, with a firm, pressed smile in her rosy face. "Excuse me," she said. Startled, I pulled down my glasses instead of my headphones, to hear her. When responding to spontaneous strangers, I feel the pressure to pick one action and stick with it. You know, like saying, "You too" to someone who said, "Thanks". Yeah, I don't know anyone who's discovered a way </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/feeds/6566791267443000272/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8593769333751715062&amp;postID=6566791267443000272&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/6566791267443000272'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/6566791267443000272'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/2007/12/rumpled-braid.html' title='Rumpled Braid'/><author><name>Rachel H</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/SYfLwfxF_RI/AAAAAAAAAGI/tPbEQzOEJko/S220/n11515425_36773156_2614.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8593769333751715062.post-1186885755098377796</id><published>2007-10-30T02:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-30T03:03:51.832-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Northwest Talent Farm. A good sign.'/><title type='text'>Monday, Monday...</title><summary type='text'>so good to me. Monday, Monday, it was all I hoped it would be. It sure was. Well, it's been a while since last our souls melded, bloggerland. I find myself at the edge of paradise once again tonight, looking over my shoulder at the most amazing day of the term. The day's experience was not something to be passed up, and required heartfelt documentation. Where better than a place of perpetual </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/feeds/1186885755098377796/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8593769333751715062&amp;postID=1186885755098377796&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/1186885755098377796'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/1186885755098377796'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/2007/10/monday-monday.html' title='Monday, Monday...'/><author><name>Rachel H</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/SYfLwfxF_RI/AAAAAAAAAGI/tPbEQzOEJko/S220/n11515425_36773156_2614.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8593769333751715062.post-792197963425300571</id><published>2007-07-23T19:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-23T19:41:33.204-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Individualism'/><title type='text'>Mad World</title><summary type='text'>So, it's true, without argument, that I'm a little nutz. We all are. And, from time to time, it shows more than usual. Yeah it scares the people you don't know, but it just feels great to let it go and indulge your instincts. Then there are those other times, when you feel the same roar in your chest, but you can't let it out. It's trapped inside your body and if you don't find the cork it's </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/feeds/792197963425300571/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8593769333751715062&amp;postID=792197963425300571&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/792197963425300571'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/792197963425300571'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/2007/07/feelin-crazy.html' title='Mad World'/><author><name>Rachel H</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/SYfLwfxF_RI/AAAAAAAAAGI/tPbEQzOEJko/S220/n11515425_36773156_2614.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8593769333751715062.post-3609718524255516645</id><published>2007-07-19T20:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-30T03:08:32.906-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Riff-Raft'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='college'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='summer job'/><title type='text'>College RiffRaft</title><summary type='text'>First Friday6.29.072100So. Here I am in Nowhere, Oregon. Wait, I didn’t check my sources on that.  Roseburg. Roseburg,Oregon. I am working my first full-time, forty hour a week, ironically boring, teeth-pulling, job. I am also spending what could very well be the first weekend all by my lonesome. And, as it was recently pointed out to me by the omnipotent and cruel world, I am college rift-raft. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/feeds/3609718524255516645/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8593769333751715062&amp;postID=3609718524255516645&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/3609718524255516645'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/3609718524255516645'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/2007/07/college-riffraft.html' title='College RiffRaft'/><author><name>Rachel H</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/SYfLwfxF_RI/AAAAAAAAAGI/tPbEQzOEJko/S220/n11515425_36773156_2614.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8593769333751715062.post-8146587292263561042</id><published>2007-07-19T20:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-19T20:16:56.421-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Virginia Tech'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cultural violence'/><title type='text'>Shooter: A Coveted First Person Narrative</title><summary type='text'>This spring I took a mandatory class: Writing 122. I loved my gtf, and the space she gave us for our papers. Our first paper needed to be "something about art. How you think of it, what it is, where you find it, be creative. Or you can write about the Virginia Tech shooting." Well, duh.20 April 2007Shooter: A Coveted First Person NarrativeAdam was backed up against the brick wall. He looked </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/feeds/8146587292263561042/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8593769333751715062&amp;postID=8146587292263561042&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/8146587292263561042'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/8146587292263561042'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/2007/07/shooter-coveted-first-person-narrative.html' title='Shooter: A Coveted First Person Narrative'/><author><name>Rachel H</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/SYfLwfxF_RI/AAAAAAAAAGI/tPbEQzOEJko/S220/n11515425_36773156_2614.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8593769333751715062.post-3531420104278661441</id><published>2007-03-08T16:47:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-03-08T17:12:56.913-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Spring Cheer'/><title type='text'>Daffodil Damnation</title><summary type='text'>Speaking of flowers, I have recently noticed patches of daffodils popping up all over the place. And this bothers me. "But why, Rachel, should the glorious tidings of spring irritate you delicate moral senses?" Yes, I am a chronic sufferer of hayfever, but this is not why.  I find the daffodils very suspicious, for the following reasons:They are all the same size, which appears to be fully </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/feeds/3531420104278661441/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8593769333751715062&amp;postID=3531420104278661441&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/3531420104278661441'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/3531420104278661441'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/2007/03/articifial-beauty.html' title='Daffodil Damnation'/><author><name>Rachel H</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/SYfLwfxF_RI/AAAAAAAAAGI/tPbEQzOEJko/S220/n11515425_36773156_2614.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8593769333751715062.post-5751594202375168250</id><published>2007-03-07T19:57:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-03-08T17:18:14.977-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cyber Friendships'/><title type='text'>How to: Press Friendships in a Facebook</title><summary type='text'>We are the inhabitants of the 21st century. We have amazing technology that allows us to do things that are impossible in nature. And though we are able to alter the course of nature, one must ask if we are simply fooling ourselves. Sure, we are able to deny organic or biological order, but what about the indisputable way of things? Take, for a very small scale example, keeping friendships with </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/feeds/5751594202375168250/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8593769333751715062&amp;postID=5751594202375168250&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/5751594202375168250'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/5751594202375168250'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/2007/02/how-to-press-friendships-in-facebook.html' title='How to: Press Friendships in a Facebook'/><author><name>Rachel H</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/SYfLwfxF_RI/AAAAAAAAAGI/tPbEQzOEJko/S220/n11515425_36773156_2614.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8593769333751715062.post-1920232434460736547</id><published>2007-01-29T00:26:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-29T13:02:04.435-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rockstar'/><title type='text'>My Period Thinks It's A Rockstar</title><summary type='text'>My period likes to show up for special occasions, often uninvited, but dressed in a tuxedo with guitar and amp in hand. "Hey, good to see you again," I'd say. "Boy, you look classy... Whoa, hey, what's the guitar for? You can't bring that inside.""Sha baby, I'm ready to rockn'roll, and you got tickets in the front row!"Alright, it's not really invited but, when I look on my calendar, it was </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/feeds/1920232434460736547/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8593769333751715062&amp;postID=1920232434460736547&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/1920232434460736547'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/1920232434460736547'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/2007/01/my-period-thinks-its-rockstar.html' title='My Period Thinks It&apos;s A Rockstar'/><author><name>Rachel H</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/SYfLwfxF_RI/AAAAAAAAAGI/tPbEQzOEJko/S220/n11515425_36773156_2614.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8593769333751715062.post-56920631643554939</id><published>2007-01-21T17:52:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-24T13:00:14.389-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Religion'/><title type='text'>A Story: Religion and RaH</title><summary type='text'>For my whole life, I have avoided religion. That's not to say that we are desperate enemies, but more anonymous passerbys on the busy streets of life. Yes, we've had our run-ins: a Sunday or two with relatives in a Lutheran church, awkward "Grace" at other families' dinner tables, a few years in Unitarian Christmas plays, and awesome middle school trips to hostels and sister churches in foreign </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/feeds/56920631643554939/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8593769333751715062&amp;postID=56920631643554939&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/56920631643554939'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/56920631643554939'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/2007/01/story-religion-and-rachel-hom.html' title='A Story: Religion and RaH'/><author><name>Rachel H</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/SYfLwfxF_RI/AAAAAAAAAGI/tPbEQzOEJko/S220/n11515425_36773156_2614.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8593769333751715062.post-3830679507004018233</id><published>2007-01-21T17:37:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-22T01:27:07.114-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='To Measure TIme'/><title type='text'>Measuring Time</title><summary type='text'>After the thought, i realized that this idea sounded eerily like that song from rent...For just a vacation, indefinite, I would like to visit a place that does not measure time in days. Or minutes, or hours, or seconds. Has this linear, objectified style progressed us, as the human race? Everything is pressure, because the measurement never changes. The meter keeps ticking away until your life </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/feeds/3830679507004018233/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8593769333751715062&amp;postID=3830679507004018233&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/3830679507004018233'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/3830679507004018233'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/2007/01/measuring-time.html' title='Measuring Time'/><author><name>Rachel H</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/SYfLwfxF_RI/AAAAAAAAAGI/tPbEQzOEJko/S220/n11515425_36773156_2614.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8593769333751715062.post-4577278760543550838</id><published>2007-01-18T20:34:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-03-07T12:54:29.216-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bicycle Crash'/><title type='text'>Devestation</title><summary type='text'>He missed the sidewalk, but proceeded anyway, maybe thinking he could best the curb. He couldn't. His front tire bit into the yellow paint and slowly pushed him forward. The entire crash was in slow motion. I had the time to stop walking and stare; wondering if he was going to recover before the moment of judgment. His hands remained, gripped, on the handlebars. The only indication of resistance </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/feeds/4577278760543550838/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8593769333751715062&amp;postID=4577278760543550838&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/4577278760543550838'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/4577278760543550838'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/2007/01/devestation.html' title='Devestation'/><author><name>Rachel H</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/SYfLwfxF_RI/AAAAAAAAAGI/tPbEQzOEJko/S220/n11515425_36773156_2614.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8593769333751715062.post-1400323588131053547</id><published>2006-11-30T19:57:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-22T01:25:11.476-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Watched Woman'/><title type='text'>ConVoCaTioN</title><summary type='text'>Welcome to Original RaH, postings and reflections about real life from a real human being. Granted, what's "real" is entirely subjective, but what better chance to understand the separate realities of individuals than to share them? That's a tangent for another time. Welcome noted, moving on.This was my last day of Fall term's Thursday classes, so I went to all of them. And in my Women and Gender</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/feeds/1400323588131053547/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8593769333751715062&amp;postID=1400323588131053547&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/1400323588131053547'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8593769333751715062/posts/default/1400323588131053547'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://orhiginal.blogspot.com/2006/11/convocation.html' title='ConVoCaTioN'/><author><name>Rachel H</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WR-rl4hoX9k/SYfLwfxF_RI/AAAAAAAAAGI/tPbEQzOEJko/S220/n11515425_36773156_2614.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry></feed>
