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  <title>shedding skin</title>
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  <updated>2009-04-04T09:06:27Z</updated>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:grace_manifesto:1775</id>
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    <title>hellish</title>
    <published>2009-04-04T09:06:27Z</published>
    <updated>2009-04-04T09:06:27Z</updated>
    <content type="html">why does a man say such things?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;again I'm confirmed tht my other is less then a man,&lt;br /&gt;for he has nasty addictions&lt;br /&gt;if its not his pot habit..its &amp;quot;his yea if i want to snort cocaine i will.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;MATURE REAL MATURE&lt;br /&gt;such a foolish banter with a lonesome dove &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;im honestly . and fully not willing to provide anything with such &lt;br /&gt;a sorry ass crack head.!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;he's absorbed my last sweet honey drop .&lt;br /&gt;that he could never appreciate.&lt;br /&gt;even if he tried.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;le sign....&lt;br /&gt;angry notes or folly of jokes are simply DONE.&lt;br /&gt;i sit with want and ambition he sits&lt;br /&gt;with resind lungs and jADED heart and mind &lt;br /&gt;not ever wanting to try.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;he's aloser at a game tht he never honestly participated in.&lt;br /&gt;so i say say LA VE' .lol</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:grace_manifesto:1460</id>
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    <title>Dear journal&amp;gt;&amp;gt;&amp;gt;&amp;gt;&amp;gt;</title>
    <published>2008-12-12T05:53:22Z</published>
    <updated>2008-12-12T21:10:00Z</updated>
    <content type="html">Its been 8 hrs. since my last entry.&amp;nbsp; =P &lt;br /&gt;---------------------------------------------- &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i enjoy escaping thru movies ..such a temporary relief. &lt;br /&gt;but then a&amp;nbsp;frustrating &amp;quot;association&amp;quot; arises. &lt;br /&gt;::ROMANCE::&amp;nbsp; is it a dead language? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;set scene:(gender optional)&amp;nbsp;boy courts girl- flirtly banter-girl lets boy kiss girl- girl kisses &lt;br /&gt;boy-touchy.touchy _gropey- FEELY. Passion.lust.FucK.LOVE. &lt;br /&gt;bitter sweet lingers ..cute&amp;nbsp;witty&amp;nbsp;banter.kissey kiss. So on and so forth. &lt;br /&gt;!::ROMANCE sweet cute romance.&amp;nbsp;SEXY&amp;nbsp;ROMANCE:::&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;why is instant gratification a&amp;nbsp; mandatory robotic expectancy? &lt;br /&gt;(geez-i feel like CARRIE from sex in the city..HA!) &lt;br /&gt;But seriously. &lt;br /&gt;why is it....that you can only find romance in the movies? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And ,&amp;nbsp;is it wrong to&amp;nbsp;..slight possibly have the want to LEave your other to &lt;br /&gt;find that with a new? &lt;br /&gt;I have a lot of LOVE ..and it doesnt seem as if he wants it or. even cares to explore ANYMORE. &lt;br /&gt;i know why its difficult for me to initiate...for..all the those times ..i was pushed away. &lt;br /&gt;LITERALLY. Actually.&amp;nbsp; What's his excuse?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For&amp;nbsp;me,&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;RoMaNce...the whole scene is&amp;nbsp;set.&amp;nbsp; the entire night. &lt;br /&gt;and all he and I need to do is fill the the comfy.warm.blanks.(or blankets*wink,smile*) &lt;br /&gt;(bottle red. a feather,candles,and some lotion)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Where has all the romance gone?</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:grace_manifesto:1101</id>
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    <title>and its a miss.</title>
    <published>2008-12-11T21:50:50Z</published>
    <updated>2008-12-11T21:50:50Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;span style="font-size: small"&gt;i understand where to place blame.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small"&gt;i have no quams with being wrong; &lt;br /&gt;nobody likes it..heh...but i understand.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;when push comes to shove..you never seem to release,&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;its always a barrier of stubborn stale air.&lt;br /&gt;you exhauste me. i become tired..and then reflect &lt;em&gt;your&lt;/em&gt; nasty horrible stubborn&lt;br /&gt;traits. i dont like it!. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strike&gt;i could sit here and waste time with tit-for -tat but thats YOU.&lt;br /&gt;or speak in circles of blame and not understand- but thats your personal misery.&lt;br /&gt;i dare not be consumed. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strike&gt;the more i try to understand the more i lose ME.&lt;br /&gt;and i&amp;nbsp;willl NOT lose myself!&lt;strike&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strike&gt;I guess what im trying to say is:&lt;br /&gt;i give up! i cant&amp;nbsp;understand why you simply &lt;br /&gt;cannot apologize when wrong. or simply admit when wrong. &lt;br /&gt;which is an apology all in itself.&lt;br /&gt;Change is &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; what i want ..learning and growth together..is what &lt;em&gt;we &lt;/em&gt;need gain.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:grace_manifesto:868</id>
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    <title>confession of a bleeding heart.</title>
    <published>2008-12-09T23:08:12Z</published>
    <updated>2008-12-09T23:08:12Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i am like you,,i get lost in emotion and commotion. (agitation)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;after fever has diminshed , i then realize i was right but wrong&lt;br /&gt;right , for being human and expressive...wrong,&amp;nbsp;by being&amp;nbsp;brutish in the delivery.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and another fuel to that fire-heat, was liquor.&lt;br /&gt;that&amp;nbsp;horrible eve, was the lack of companionship and communication&amp;nbsp;on your part&amp;nbsp;-&amp;nbsp;not wanting to be with me.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; (or so it seemd to be)&lt;br /&gt; so ii DRANK- DRANK&amp;nbsp;drank ...drank drank..&lt;br /&gt;the feeling that you are embarassed to be seen with me.. or the wanting of others to KNOW we are together.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;i blame you too. &lt;br /&gt;becuz it DOES take 2.&lt;br /&gt;action for&amp;nbsp;every reaction.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;::::self realization:&lt;br /&gt;i honestly know NOW, that, from our colorful-dreaded past hardships ;&lt;br /&gt;my soul is taking it out on you..when intoxicated with remorse and altered state.&lt;br /&gt;(those are my footnotes from past)&lt;br /&gt;not saying UNFAIR, but it hurts.&lt;br /&gt;hurts me that i hurt you.:::::&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;back to present: &lt;br /&gt;im not sure if u truly understand i drink NOT to get drunk &lt;br /&gt;but to subdue the pain of&amp;nbsp; heightend feelings.&lt;br /&gt;to numb temporaily; so that i can focus and laugh. &lt;br /&gt;(becuz sometimes i forget - to breath and laugh)&lt;br /&gt;that night may have seemed like past horrible happens..but it wasnt.&lt;br /&gt;i will not live in the past events. &lt;br /&gt;but I now know better,&lt;br /&gt; to make the present, &lt;br /&gt;a gift from the past&amp;nbsp;for renewel towards&amp;nbsp;the future.&lt;br /&gt;(a happier and loving future)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;cont. . . . &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:grace_manifesto:604</id>
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    <title>grace_manifesto @ 2008-12-07T03:25:00</title>
    <published>2008-12-07T08:26:38Z</published>
    <updated>2008-12-07T08:26:38Z</updated>
    <content type="html">hi.&lt;br /&gt;so,..i hear writing thoughts of colorful to dreadful times &lt;br /&gt;could be quite the grow for some.&lt;br /&gt;lately ive tried to live life as it comes...but it seems QUITE difficult.&lt;br /&gt;just when you've stopped to smell the roses ...a gigantic black&amp;nbsp;spider sits down beside you.&lt;br /&gt;this magnificent 8 legged creature begins to create what it does naturally- the web of truth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and in that instant you realize how beautiful life really is.</content>
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