<?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-6765979372859402542</id><updated>2011-04-21T16:47:24.588-07:00</updated><category term='can&apos;t'/><category term='insecurities'/><category term='pride'/><title type='text'>simplicity at its finest</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hellogracey.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6765979372859402542/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hellogracey.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Gracey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06077541629451436390</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='13' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_C6c-VHCLmws/SSZdeNqvHRI/AAAAAAAAAD0/NxUXtu0uqkM/S220/K%C3%A9p18.1.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>9</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6765979372859402542.post-7551068230547257718</id><published>2008-12-08T10:32:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-08T10:38:08.013-08:00</updated><title type='text'>21</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"&gt;21.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;believe it or not, I am turning that milestone age, twenty-freakin-one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;have ...21 years gone by that quickly?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and if tomorrow were my last day, what could i say that i have accomplished?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_C6c-VHCLmws/ST1pHGiiA6I/AAAAAAAAAEM/fTxK-ZPdDnI/s1600-h/jellocake.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_C6c-VHCLmws/ST1pHGiiA6I/AAAAAAAAAEM/fTxK-ZPdDnI/s320/jellocake.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277489909083538338" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6765979372859402542-7551068230547257718?l=hellogracey.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6765979372859402542/posts/default/7551068230547257718'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6765979372859402542/posts/default/7551068230547257718'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hellogracey.blogspot.com/2008/12/21.html' title='21'/><author><name>Gracey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06077541629451436390</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='13' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_C6c-VHCLmws/SSZdeNqvHRI/AAAAAAAAAD0/NxUXtu0uqkM/S220/K%C3%A9p18.1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_C6c-VHCLmws/ST1pHGiiA6I/AAAAAAAAAEM/fTxK-ZPdDnI/s72-c/jellocake.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6765979372859402542.post-1207817789384726930</id><published>2008-11-20T22:46:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-20T22:57:42.384-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pride'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='can&apos;t'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='insecurities'/><title type='text'>back here again.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_C6c-VHCLmws/SSZZobBOUaI/AAAAAAAAADU/ufi5wNwimgU/s1600-h/clear-your-mind-of-cant.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_C6c-VHCLmws/SSZZobBOUaI/AAAAAAAAADU/ufi5wNwimgU/s320/clear-your-mind-of-cant.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270998964866273698" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;oh, so much easier said than done.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;I can't get out of my own insecurities.&lt;br /&gt;I can't let go of my pride.&lt;br /&gt;I can't stop wishing things would all be better.&lt;br /&gt;I can't stop criticizing myself.&lt;br /&gt;I can't.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6765979372859402542-1207817789384726930?l=hellogracey.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hellogracey.blogspot.com/feeds/1207817789384726930/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6765979372859402542&amp;postID=1207817789384726930' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6765979372859402542/posts/default/1207817789384726930'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6765979372859402542/posts/default/1207817789384726930'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hellogracey.blogspot.com/2008/11/back-here-again.html' title='back here again.'/><author><name>Gracey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06077541629451436390</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='13' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_C6c-VHCLmws/SSZdeNqvHRI/AAAAAAAAAD0/NxUXtu0uqkM/S220/K%C3%A9p18.1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_C6c-VHCLmws/SSZZobBOUaI/AAAAAAAAADU/ufi5wNwimgU/s72-c/clear-your-mind-of-cant.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6765979372859402542.post-73994848149053263</id><published>2008-05-08T19:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-08T19:57:05.935-07:00</updated><title type='text'>first bite</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;I should be studying for my Japanese final tomorrow...&lt;br /&gt;but knowing I can only get an A- in the class isn't motivating me to do any work...&lt;br /&gt;I guess that explains all the facebook, limewire, and this current blog.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, last friday....I went to my first FICB banquet thingie.&lt;br /&gt;It was great. Cool performances. Cool food. Cool people. All for God.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_C6c-VHCLmws/SCO8aMC-qfI/AAAAAAAAACE/r6OrHLJaTXU/s1600-h/FICB+027.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_C6c-VHCLmws/SCO8aMC-qfI/AAAAAAAAACE/r6OrHLJaTXU/s320/FICB+027.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198205553012025842" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So I thought this picture was cool because it obviously has all the sophomore girls...&lt;br /&gt;But look closely, we're all aligned like a cross.&lt;br /&gt;Double cool. heehee.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Other than that...It was also Vicky's 20th birthday this past weekend.&lt;br /&gt;Gregoire's sandwiches, Nation's Banana Cream Pie x2, and more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Happy Birthday, Vicky Ma.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Hm. More news.&lt;br /&gt;I officially started my diet this week.&lt;br /&gt;Thanks to myplate.com, I am successfully counting all the calories I consume.&lt;br /&gt;Plus frequent RSF outings.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_C6c-VHCLmws/SCO9U8C-qgI/AAAAAAAAACM/r750Ul-oAA0/s1600-h/legs.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_C6c-VHCLmws/SCO9U8C-qgI/AAAAAAAAACM/r750Ul-oAA0/s320/legs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198206562329340418" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Motivation to us all. Sigh.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Can't wait till summer break! YAY!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6765979372859402542-73994848149053263?l=hellogracey.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hellogracey.blogspot.com/feeds/73994848149053263/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6765979372859402542&amp;postID=73994848149053263' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6765979372859402542/posts/default/73994848149053263'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6765979372859402542/posts/default/73994848149053263'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hellogracey.blogspot.com/2008/05/first-bite.html' title='first bite'/><author><name>Gracey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06077541629451436390</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='13' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_C6c-VHCLmws/SSZdeNqvHRI/AAAAAAAAAD0/NxUXtu0uqkM/S220/K%C3%A9p18.1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_C6c-VHCLmws/SCO8aMC-qfI/AAAAAAAAACE/r6OrHLJaTXU/s72-c/FICB+027.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6765979372859402542.post-5627829667165310137</id><published>2008-04-20T19:04:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-20T19:09:22.945-07:00</updated><title type='text'>second plate</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30336763&amp;amp;op=1&amp;amp;view=all&amp;amp;subj=1238194&amp;amp;id=1031670189#pid=30336738&amp;amp;id=1031670189"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30336763&amp;amp;op=1&amp;amp;view=all&amp;amp;subj=1238194&amp;amp;id=1031670189#pid=30336738&amp;amp;id=1031670189" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sigmaalphanu.org/head.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.sigmaalphanu.org/head.gif" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;I actually crossed!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enough pledging. Enough whining. Enough MIA-ing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_C6c-VHCLmws/SAv3AwhyKUI/AAAAAAAAAB8/v-49I6bw7bc/s1600-h/banquet+014.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_C6c-VHCLmws/SAv3AwhyKUI/AAAAAAAAAB8/v-49I6bw7bc/s320/banquet+014.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191514587873290562" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Me and the bros&lt;3&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6765979372859402542-5627829667165310137?l=hellogracey.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hellogracey.blogspot.com/feeds/5627829667165310137/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6765979372859402542&amp;postID=5627829667165310137' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6765979372859402542/posts/default/5627829667165310137'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6765979372859402542/posts/default/5627829667165310137'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hellogracey.blogspot.com/2008/04/second-plate.html' title='second plate'/><author><name>Gracey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06077541629451436390</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='13' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_C6c-VHCLmws/SSZdeNqvHRI/AAAAAAAAAD0/NxUXtu0uqkM/S220/K%C3%A9p18.1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_C6c-VHCLmws/SAv3AwhyKUI/AAAAAAAAAB8/v-49I6bw7bc/s72-c/banquet+014.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6765979372859402542.post-4292621436071266871</id><published>2008-04-06T16:19:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-06T16:29:00.894-07:00</updated><title type='text'>first plate</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_C6c-VHCLmws/R_la3cEK7BI/AAAAAAAAABs/m3JcY4VHTro/s1600-h/mirror.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_C6c-VHCLmws/R_la3cEK7BI/AAAAAAAAABs/m3JcY4VHTro/s320/mirror.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186276354366827538" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;I want to go back in time.&lt;br /&gt;Back to the dreams of becoming a doctor, ballerina, singer, or announcer...&lt;br /&gt;Back to waking up to Sailor Moon, trips to the Zoo, snack time and sleep time during school, and recess on the playground...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now, I just seem to helplessly count down the days before law school, endless hours at work, and migraines.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I now understand why parents vicariously live through their children.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ew. Enough pessimism.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;YUM.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_C6c-VHCLmws/R_lcjsEK7CI/AAAAAAAAAB0/9fNYfHrvDKE/s1600-h/raccoon.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_C6c-VHCLmws/R_lcjsEK7CI/AAAAAAAAAB0/9fNYfHrvDKE/s320/raccoon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186278214087666722" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6765979372859402542-4292621436071266871?l=hellogracey.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hellogracey.blogspot.com/feeds/4292621436071266871/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6765979372859402542&amp;postID=4292621436071266871' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6765979372859402542/posts/default/4292621436071266871'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6765979372859402542/posts/default/4292621436071266871'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hellogracey.blogspot.com/2008/04/first-plate.html' title='first plate'/><author><name>Gracey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06077541629451436390</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='13' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_C6c-VHCLmws/SSZdeNqvHRI/AAAAAAAAAD0/NxUXtu0uqkM/S220/K%C3%A9p18.1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_C6c-VHCLmws/R_la3cEK7BI/AAAAAAAAABs/m3JcY4VHTro/s72-c/mirror.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6765979372859402542.post-6961484635348402084</id><published>2008-03-20T23:05:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-20T23:21:23.459-07:00</updated><title type='text'>fourth cup</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_C6c-VHCLmws/R-NRT8EK68I/AAAAAAAAABE/lJ-_cwkjEik/s1600-h/girls.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_C6c-VHCLmws/R-NRT8EK68I/AAAAAAAAABE/lJ-_cwkjEik/s320/girls.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5180073399389187010" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_C6c-VHCLmws/R-NQU8EK67I/AAAAAAAAAA8/m3YEV3aFSKQ/s1600-h/missyou.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_C6c-VHCLmws/R-NQU8EK67I/AAAAAAAAAA8/m3YEV3aFSKQ/s320/missyou.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5180072317057428402" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;(Mahnee Bogoshipuh-I miss you a lot.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Friend.&lt;br /&gt;Dictionary: a person attached to another by feelings of affection or personal regard; a person who is on good terms with another; a person who is not hostile; a person who gives assistance; patron; supporter&lt;br /&gt;Synonyms: Homie. Buddy. Crime buddy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I miss the old. Love the new.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;      &lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_C6c-VHCLmws/R-NSBMEK69I/AAAAAAAAABM/6jIcZmnCtEM/s1600-h/roomies.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_C6c-VHCLmws/R-NSBMEK69I/AAAAAAAAABM/6jIcZmnCtEM/s320/roomies.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5180074176778267602" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Roomies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_C6c-VHCLmws/R-NSY8EK6-I/AAAAAAAAABU/It5cSUEob9Q/s1600-h/red+013.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_C6c-VHCLmws/R-NSY8EK6-I/AAAAAAAAABU/It5cSUEob9Q/s320/red+013.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5180074584800160738" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Two of the lovers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_C6c-VHCLmws/R-NSnsEK6_I/AAAAAAAAABc/UceTrRPh850/s1600-h/vday+and+SGlove+004.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_C6c-VHCLmws/R-NSnsEK6_I/AAAAAAAAABc/UceTrRPh850/s320/vday+and+SGlove+004.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5180074838203231218" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Small Group&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_C6c-VHCLmws/R-NTBcEK7AI/AAAAAAAAABk/fTxI803W_q8/s1600-h/superman+037.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_C6c-VHCLmws/R-NTBcEK7AI/AAAAAAAAABk/fTxI803W_q8/s320/superman+037.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5180075280584862722" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;New Friends.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God Bless.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6765979372859402542-6961484635348402084?l=hellogracey.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hellogracey.blogspot.com/feeds/6961484635348402084/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6765979372859402542&amp;postID=6961484635348402084' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6765979372859402542/posts/default/6961484635348402084'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6765979372859402542/posts/default/6961484635348402084'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hellogracey.blogspot.com/2008/03/fourth-cup.html' title='fourth cup'/><author><name>Gracey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06077541629451436390</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='13' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_C6c-VHCLmws/SSZdeNqvHRI/AAAAAAAAAD0/NxUXtu0uqkM/S220/K%C3%A9p18.1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_C6c-VHCLmws/R-NRT8EK68I/AAAAAAAAABE/lJ-_cwkjEik/s72-c/girls.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6765979372859402542.post-6517281906973042983</id><published>2008-03-16T14:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-16T14:20:01.912-07:00</updated><title type='text'>third cup</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_C6c-VHCLmws/R92MDL551II/AAAAAAAAAAk/kkV5d6yycWw/s1600-h/face.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_C6c-VHCLmws/R92MDL551II/AAAAAAAAAAk/kkV5d6yycWw/s320/face.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178449132909089922" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Time and time again, I am reminded of how much I love my parents.&lt;br /&gt;My Dad never makes his feelings known...he much likes to keep all his emotions and feelings to himself.&lt;br /&gt;That is why he never makes an effort to physically show me how he feels.&lt;br /&gt;My Mom always makes her feelings known...whether it is expressed through emails, over the phone, or with a simple hug and kiss..she always takes the time to make her thoughts known.&lt;br /&gt;Whether they show it or not, I feel so blessed to be loved unconditionally.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_C6c-VHCLmws/R92NJL551JI/AAAAAAAAAAs/-mf2q9GWU3M/s1600-h/past+days+681.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_C6c-VHCLmws/R92NJL551JI/AAAAAAAAAAs/-mf2q9GWU3M/s320/past+days+681.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178450335499932818" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I take on from my Mom and definitely make my feelings known. (hmm, not so sure if that's good or bad)&lt;br /&gt;That is why I am sure it is apparent that I am obviously stressed by family issues at home.&lt;br /&gt;I miss how we used to be...the Cheong family.&lt;br /&gt;I miss almost gagging from their PDA...or them ecstatically planning our next family trip.&lt;br /&gt;Is my absence at home to blame?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_C6c-VHCLmws/R92OV7551KI/AAAAAAAAAA0/xfhXCpI_oSk/s1600-h/IMG_0111.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_C6c-VHCLmws/R92OV7551KI/AAAAAAAAAA0/xfhXCpI_oSk/s320/IMG_0111.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178451654054892706" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aw man. Why are my posts so emo?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6765979372859402542-6517281906973042983?l=hellogracey.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hellogracey.blogspot.com/feeds/6517281906973042983/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6765979372859402542&amp;postID=6517281906973042983' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6765979372859402542/posts/default/6517281906973042983'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6765979372859402542/posts/default/6517281906973042983'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hellogracey.blogspot.com/2008/03/third-cup.html' title='third cup'/><author><name>Gracey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06077541629451436390</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='13' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_C6c-VHCLmws/SSZdeNqvHRI/AAAAAAAAAD0/NxUXtu0uqkM/S220/K%C3%A9p18.1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_C6c-VHCLmws/R92MDL551II/AAAAAAAAAAk/kkV5d6yycWw/s72-c/face.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6765979372859402542.post-2612032895559941934</id><published>2008-03-14T02:40:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-14T02:43:01.025-07:00</updated><title type='text'>second cup</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_z52rI8ZVIiM/R9pGuVjkuJI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/anvc95cEieo/s1600-h/pencil26web_150.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_z52rI8ZVIiM/R9pGuVjkuJI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/anvc95cEieo/s320/pencil26web_150.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5177528483490085010" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;It's 2:30 in the morning and I still have yet to pack.&lt;br /&gt;I officially ordain myself the Queen of Procrastination.&lt;br /&gt;My essays, studying, and packing are all a testament to my decree.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyways, I am going home today (technically).&lt;br /&gt;However, I don't feel that surge of excitement I usually get hours before my flight.&lt;br /&gt;I feel burdened, worried, and stressed with what  I am going to have to bear through the weekend...&lt;br /&gt;I fear the thought of living at home with the two people I love the most in this world whose relationship is on the rocks right now....&lt;br /&gt;Does that even make sense?&lt;br /&gt;Well, God will pull through.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hmm. I wish I had more time to update this blog.&lt;br /&gt;I wish I went out to party tonight.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z52rI8ZVIiM/R9pHqljkuKI/AAAAAAAAAAY/PGrJ9cK3J0E/s1600-h/bunny.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z52rI8ZVIiM/R9pHqljkuKI/AAAAAAAAAAY/PGrJ9cK3J0E/s320/bunny.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5177529518577203362" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6765979372859402542-2612032895559941934?l=hellogracey.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hellogracey.blogspot.com/feeds/2612032895559941934/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6765979372859402542&amp;postID=2612032895559941934' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6765979372859402542/posts/default/2612032895559941934'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6765979372859402542/posts/default/2612032895559941934'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hellogracey.blogspot.com/2008/03/second-cup.html' title='second cup'/><author><name>Gracey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06077541629451436390</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='13' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_C6c-VHCLmws/SSZdeNqvHRI/AAAAAAAAAD0/NxUXtu0uqkM/S220/K%C3%A9p18.1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_z52rI8ZVIiM/R9pGuVjkuJI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/anvc95cEieo/s72-c/pencil26web_150.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6765979372859402542.post-4766004434847054173</id><published>2008-03-08T19:23:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-03-08T19:35:55.937-08:00</updated><title type='text'>first cup</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_C6c-VHCLmws/R9NZ47551HI/AAAAAAAAAAY/y9ihUc_yEf8/s1600-h/pencil31web_163.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_C6c-VHCLmws/R9NZ47551HI/AAAAAAAAAAY/y9ihUc_yEf8/s320/pencil31web_163.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5175579231466935410" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wearing pink jammie pants.&lt;br /&gt;Listening to F.O.B. music.&lt;br /&gt;Pretending to study some Art History.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I woke up today with the narliest headache.&lt;br /&gt;Popped some pills and went back to sleep.&lt;br /&gt;Oh, what a productive Saturday.&lt;br /&gt;I have two formidable midterms this coming Monday and Tuesday.&lt;br /&gt;And what am I doing?&lt;br /&gt;Not studying!&lt;br /&gt;Oh, I have to go to the gym today.&lt;br /&gt;That pushes me back another couple hours.&lt;br /&gt;Great.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Can't wait wait till I go home this Friday.&lt;br /&gt;Can't wait wait till I go home the following weekend for spring break.&lt;br /&gt;Oh, how spoiled am I.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What is this verbal vomit?&lt;br /&gt;Blah.&lt;br /&gt; Blah.&lt;br /&gt;Blah.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6765979372859402542-4766004434847054173?l=hellogracey.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hellogracey.blogspot.com/feeds/4766004434847054173/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6765979372859402542&amp;postID=4766004434847054173' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6765979372859402542/posts/default/4766004434847054173'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6765979372859402542/posts/default/4766004434847054173'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hellogracey.blogspot.com/2008/03/first-cup.html' title='first cup'/><author><name>Gracey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06077541629451436390</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='13' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_C6c-VHCLmws/SSZdeNqvHRI/AAAAAAAAAD0/NxUXtu0uqkM/S220/K%C3%A9p18.1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_C6c-VHCLmws/R9NZ47551HI/AAAAAAAAAAY/y9ihUc_yEf8/s72-c/pencil31web_163.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry></feed>
