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  <title>bitterfig</title>
  <subtitle>the power of orange knickers under my pretty coat</subtitle>
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    <email>bitter_fig@yahoo.com</email>
    <name>bitterfig</name>
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  <updated>2008-08-23T12:53:14Z</updated>
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    <id>urn:lj:insanejournal.com:atom1:bitterfig:127840</id>
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    <title>I'm feeling better but my modem isn't</title>
    <published>2008-08-23T12:53:14Z</published>
    <updated>2008-08-23T12:53:14Z</updated>
    <content type="html">I've been feeling quite a bit better over the past few days and I wanted to than &lt;b&gt;(&lt;a href="http://bitterfig.insanejournal.com/127840.html"&gt;Read more ...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>urn:lj:insanejournal.com:atom1:bitterfig:127535</id>
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    <title>involuntary</title>
    <published>2008-08-20T16:12:43Z</published>
    <updated>2008-08-20T16:12:43Z</updated>
    <category term="assorted physical problems"/>
    <content type="html">&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;In a way the self-pity and recriminations of my recent post &lt;b&gt;(&lt;a href="http://bitterfig.insanejournal.com/127535.html"&gt;Read more ...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:insanejournal.com:atom1:bitterfig:127435</id>
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    <title>one step forward, two steps back</title>
    <published>2008-08-18T16:20:23Z</published>
    <updated>2008-08-18T16:20:23Z</updated>
    <category term="me feeling bad about myself"/>
    <content type="html">&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;I just realized that as of today it’s been five years since &lt;b&gt;(&lt;a href="http://bitterfig.insanejournal.com/127435.html"&gt;Read more ...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>urn:lj:insanejournal.com:atom1:bitterfig:126985</id>
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    <title>sick of being sick</title>
    <published>2008-08-18T14:40:04Z</published>
    <updated>2008-08-18T14:40:04Z</updated>
    <category term="assorted physical problems"/>
    <content type="html">&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;I made it through my blood tests on Wednesday without incid &lt;b&gt;(&lt;a href="http://bitterfig.insanejournal.com/126985.html"&gt;Read more ...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:insanejournal.com:atom1:bitterfig:126975</id>
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    <title>more hypoglycemic fun</title>
    <published>2008-08-13T13:11:22Z</published>
    <updated>2008-08-13T13:11:22Z</updated>
    <category term="assorted physical problems"/>
    <category term="work"/>
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    <content type="html">&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;I’ve got to be at the doctor at &lt;div class='ljparseerror'&gt;[&lt;b&gt;Error:&lt;/b&gt; Irreparable invalid markup ('&amp;lt;st1:time [...] http://bitterfig.insanejournal.com/126975.html&amp;quot;&amp;gt;') in entry.  Owner must fix manually.  Raw contents below.]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width: 95%; overflow: auto"&gt;&amp;lt;p class=&amp;quot;MsoNormal&amp;quot;&amp;gt;I’ve got to be at the doctor at &amp;lt;st1:time minute=&amp;quot;0&amp;quot; hour=&amp;quot; &amp;lt;b&amp;gt;(&amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;http://bitterfig.insanejournal.com/126975.html&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Read more ...&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;)&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:insanejournal.com:atom1:bitterfig:126690</id>
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    <title>under sweet blood</title>
    <published>2008-08-09T20:26:31Z</published>
    <updated>2008-08-09T20:26:31Z</updated>
    <category term="assorted physical problems"/>
    <content type="html">&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;I talked to my Doctor yesterday morning about my blood test &lt;b&gt;(&lt;a href="http://bitterfig.insanejournal.com/126690.html"&gt;Read more ...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:insanejournal.com:atom1:bitterfig:126214</id>
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    <title>Terminus</title>
    <published>2008-08-09T13:39:54Z</published>
    <updated>2008-08-09T13:39:54Z</updated>
    <category term="chicago"/>
    <category term="harry potter"/>
    <category term="social life?"/>
    <content type="html">&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Thursday was my day off and also the first day of Terminus, &lt;b&gt;(&lt;a href="http://bitterfig.insanejournal.com/126214.html"&gt;Read more ...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:insanejournal.com:atom1:bitterfig:126149</id>
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    <title>call the doctor</title>
    <published>2008-08-08T15:17:59Z</published>
    <updated>2008-08-08T15:17:59Z</updated>
    <category term="assorted physical problems"/>
    <content type="html">&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;I went to the doctor on Wednesday; I just really have not b &lt;b&gt;(&lt;a href="http://bitterfig.insanejournal.com/126149.html"&gt;Read more ...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:insanejournal.com:atom1:bitterfig:125887</id>
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    <title>Terminus</title>
    <published>2008-08-06T20:43:23Z</published>
    <updated>2008-08-06T20:43:23Z</updated>
    <content type="html">I'm not going to be at Terminus proper however I do live in the city of Chicago  &lt;b&gt;(&lt;a href="http://bitterfig.insanejournal.com/125887.html"&gt;Read more ...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:insanejournal.com:atom1:bitterfig:125523</id>
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    <title>stormy munday</title>
    <published>2008-08-06T19:19:16Z</published>
    <updated>2008-08-06T19:19:16Z</updated>
    <category term="chicago"/>
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    <content type="html">&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;On Monday night (&lt;st1:date month="8" day="4" year="2008"&gt;08 &lt;b&gt;(&lt;a href="http://bitterfig.insanejournal.com/125523.html"&gt;Read more ...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>urn:lj:insanejournal.com:atom1:bitterfig:125240</id>
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    <title>bitterfig @ 2008-07-31T20:47:00</title>
    <published>2008-08-01T01:48:25Z</published>
    <updated>2008-08-01T01:48:25Z</updated>
    <category term="upstate new york"/>
    <category term="family"/>
    <category term="assorted mental problems"/>
    <content type="html">&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;I really feel like my visit to &lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;New    &lt;b&gt;(&lt;a href="http://bitterfig.insanejournal.com/125240.html"&gt;Read more ...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:insanejournal.com:atom1:bitterfig:125108</id>
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    <title>why so serious?</title>
    <published>2008-07-29T02:17:22Z</published>
    <updated>2008-07-29T02:17:22Z</updated>
    <category term="comics/manga"/>
    <category term="feminism"/>
    <category term="film"/>
    <content type="html">I saw &lt;i style=""&gt;Dark Knight&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp; a couple days ago and was more or less b &lt;b&gt;(&lt;a href="http://bitterfig.insanejournal.com/125108.html"&gt;Read more ...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>urn:lj:insanejournal.com:atom1:bitterfig:124766</id>
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    <title>the proverbial red x</title>
    <published>2008-07-27T01:00:26Z</published>
    <updated>2008-07-27T01:00:26Z</updated>
    <category term="assorted physical problems"/>
    <category term="too much information"/>
    <category term="assorted mental problems"/>
    <content type="html">&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;My period started yesterday which goes a long way towards e &lt;b&gt;(&lt;a href="http://bitterfig.insanejournal.com/124766.html"&gt;Read more ...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:insanejournal.com:atom1:bitterfig:124470</id>
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    <title>Jonathan Strange &amp; Mr. Norrell</title>
    <published>2008-07-25T00:15:48Z</published>
    <updated>2008-07-25T00:15:48Z</updated>
    <category term="books"/>
    <content type="html">&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;For the last month or so I’ve been engrossed in Susanna Cla &lt;b&gt;(&lt;a href="http://bitterfig.insanejournal.com/124470.html"&gt;Read more ...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>urn:lj:insanejournal.com:atom1:bitterfig:124349</id>
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    <title>my "before" pictures</title>
    <published>2008-07-24T01:01:17Z</published>
    <updated>2008-07-24T01:05:56Z</updated>
    <category term="weight"/>
    <category term="too much information"/>
    <content type="html">When I was 22 and 23 years old (in 1994 and 1995) I lost over 100 pounds.&amp;nbsp;  &lt;b&gt;(&lt;a href="http://bitterfig.insanejournal.com/124349.html"&gt;Read more ...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:insanejournal.com:atom1:bitterfig:123969</id>
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    <title>why is this so difficult?</title>
    <published>2008-07-23T23:34:15Z</published>
    <updated>2008-07-23T23:34:15Z</updated>
    <category term="assorted physical problems"/>
    <category term="work"/>
    <category term="assorted mental problems"/>
    <content type="html">&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;I ended up calling in to work yesterday and today which is  &lt;b&gt;(&lt;a href="http://bitterfig.insanejournal.com/123969.html"&gt;Read more ...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:insanejournal.com:atom1:bitterfig:123714</id>
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    <title>back to work</title>
    <published>2008-07-22T00:36:38Z</published>
    <updated>2008-07-22T00:36:38Z</updated>
    <category term="work"/>
    <content type="html">&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Yesterday was my first day back &lt;b&gt;(&lt;a href="http://bitterfig.insanejournal.com/123714.html"&gt;Read more ...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:insanejournal.com:atom1:bitterfig:123635</id>
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    <title>perfect daughter or perfect horror</title>
    <published>2008-07-20T01:32:55Z</published>
    <updated>2008-07-20T01:32:55Z</updated>
    <category term="comics/manga"/>
    <category term="too much information"/>
    <category term="upstate new york"/>
    <category term="family"/>
    <category term="assorted mental problems"/>
    <content type="html">&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;I got back from my visit to my parents yesterday evening an &lt;b&gt;(&lt;a href="http://bitterfig.insanejournal.com/123635.html"&gt;Read more ...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:insanejournal.com:atom1:bitterfig:123283</id>
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    <title>ready for vacation</title>
    <published>2008-07-13T14:15:00Z</published>
    <updated>2008-07-13T14:15:00Z</updated>
    <category term="pets"/>
    <category term="social life?"/>
    <category term="work"/>
    <category term="bicycle"/>
    <content type="html">&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Tomorrow I fly to &lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;New York&lt;/st1:place&gt;(&lt;a href="http://bitterfig.insanejournal.com/123283.html"&gt;Read more ...&lt;/a&gt;)&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:insanejournal.com:atom1:bitterfig:122911</id>
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    <title>Goody Goody Goody</title>
    <published>2008-07-09T19:18:18Z</published>
    <updated>2008-07-09T19:18:49Z</updated>
    <category term="family"/>
    <content type="html">&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;I’m going to be going to visit the parents in Upstate New Y &lt;b&gt;(&lt;a href="http://bitterfig.insanejournal.com/122911.html"&gt;Read more ...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:insanejournal.com:atom1:bitterfig:122816</id>
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    <title>how far will you go...</title>
    <published>2008-07-05T18:24:02Z</published>
    <updated>2008-07-05T18:24:02Z</updated>
    <category term="chicago"/>
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    <category term="society"/>
    <category term="art"/>
    <content type="html">Yesterday I had lunch with my sister, her husband and kids and my brother-in-law &lt;b&gt;(&lt;a href="http://bitterfig.insanejournal.com/122816.html"&gt;Read more ...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>urn:lj:insanejournal.com:atom1:bitterfig:122394</id>
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    <title>Mother of Tears</title>
    <published>2008-07-05T13:44:03Z</published>
    <updated>2008-07-05T13:44:03Z</updated>
    <category term="chicago"/>
    <category term="film"/>
    <category term="family"/>
    <category term="assorted mental problems"/>
    <content type="html">&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;I had both Thursday and Friday (07/03 and 07/04) off so I e &lt;b&gt;(&lt;a href="http://bitterfig.insanejournal.com/122394.html"&gt;Read more ...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>urn:lj:insanejournal.com:atom1:bitterfig:122303</id>
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    <title>late Christmas gift</title>
    <published>2008-07-01T14:34:30Z</published>
    <updated>2008-07-01T14:34:30Z</updated>
    <category term="comics/manga"/>
    <category term="art"/>
    <category term="family"/>
    <content type="html">I e-mailed my sister about how it had hurt my feelings when she told me I had em &lt;b&gt;(&lt;a href="http://bitterfig.insanejournal.com/122303.html"&gt;Read more ...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:insanejournal.com:atom1:bitterfig:121930</id>
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    <title>bitterfig @ 2008-06-30T12:02:00</title>
    <published>2008-06-30T17:02:56Z</published>
    <updated>2008-06-30T17:02:56Z</updated>
    <category term="social life?"/>
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    <content type="html">&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div class='ljparseerror'&gt;[&lt;b&gt;Error:&lt;/b&gt; Irreparable invalid markup ('&amp;lt;p [...] http://bitterfig.insanejournal.com/121930.html&amp;quot;&amp;gt;') in entry.  Owner must fix manually.  Raw contents below.]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width: 95%; overflow: auto"&gt;&amp;lt;p class=&amp;quot;MsoNormal&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;o:p&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/o:p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;  &amp;lt;p class=&amp;quot;MsoN &amp;lt;b&amp;gt;(&amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;http://bitterfig.insanejournal.com/121930.html&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Read more ...&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;)&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:insanejournal.com:atom1:bitterfig:121721</id>
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    <title>This little pill in my hand that keeps the pain laughing</title>
    <published>2008-06-30T02:22:15Z</published>
    <updated>2008-06-30T02:22:15Z</updated>
    <category term="feeling bad about myself"/>
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    <category term="medication"/>
    <category term="assorted mental problems"/>
    <content type="html">&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;This weekend was Gay Pride in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class='ljparseerror'&gt;[&lt;b&gt;Error:&lt;/b&gt; Irreparable invalid markup ('&amp;lt;st1:ci &amp;lt;b&amp;gt;') in entry.  Owner must fix manually.  Raw contents below.]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="width: 95%; overflow: auto"&gt;&amp;lt;p class=&amp;quot;MsoNormal&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This weekend was Gay Pride in &amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;st1:ci &amp;lt;b&amp;gt;(&amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;http://bitterfig.insanejournal.com/121721.html&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Read more ...&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;)&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content>
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