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		<title>Thought of the moment&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://lazygeisha.com/2008/11/20/thought-of-the-moment-13/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:04:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nina aoki</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;How wrong it is for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself.&#8221; &#8211; Anaïs Nin
This has always been one of my favorite Nin quotes because it suggests a need for women to take responsibility for our own lives and the world we create instead [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Returning to the scene of the crime&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://lazygeisha.com/2008/11/18/returning-to-the-scene-of-the-crime/</link>
		<comments>http://lazygeisha.com/2008/11/18/returning-to-the-scene-of-the-crime/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:26:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nina aoki</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[bisexual women]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Red Dawn]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[the teahouse]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So, I mentioned here the other day that I showed up in my old stomping grounds on Sunday morning armed with my infamous word-uzi fully prepared to mount a Red Dawn style insurrection.
I basically turned the place upside down with a mere three paragraphs &#8212; sending countless women everywhere scurrying and running for cover as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Double Trouble and Innocent Eyes&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://lazygeisha.com/2008/11/16/double-trouble-and-innocent-eyes/</link>
		<comments>http://lazygeisha.com/2008/11/16/double-trouble-and-innocent-eyes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:09:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nina aoki</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[geishaland]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[forum]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[gender issues]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[how women communicate]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[lesbianism]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[NEWA]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[stay naked sunday]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[the lesbian continuum]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[the lives of women]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[the teahouse]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[word uzi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So I started my morning with my metaphorical Uzi and went on a bit of a shooting spree over in my former stomping grounds &#8212; taking no prisoners and racking up a bigger body count than my son does playing Halo 3!
Yes, I was in a bit of a mood, but it felt so good [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thought of the moment&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://lazygeisha.com/2008/11/14/thought-of-the-moment-12/</link>
		<comments>http://lazygeisha.com/2008/11/14/thought-of-the-moment-12/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:08:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nina aoki</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[creative endeavors]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[forum]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[the teahouse]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lazygeisha.com/?p=2289</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s been a busy few days in geishaland!
After lighting a fire here and removing a large segment of content, I’m finding myself feeling much better about the entire process and prospect of doing this; a renewal of sorts I suppose, or perhaps better put, the buds on my branches are starting to show and I’m [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indelible</title>
		<link>http://lazygeisha.com/2008/11/11/indelible/</link>
		<comments>http://lazygeisha.com/2008/11/11/indelible/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:08:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nina aoki</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[geishaland]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Buddhism]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[life]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[life lessons]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[love]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[reincarnation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[states of being]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Romantic love is a passionate spiritual-emotional-sexual attachment between two people which reflects a high regard for the value of each other&#8217;s person.&#8221;
Have you ever encountered someone who touched you so deeply that you just knew that you’d remember them for the rest of your life?
Not everyone we meet is like this; in fact, most of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Burnt Offerings</title>
		<link>http://lazygeisha.com/2008/11/10/burnt-offerings/</link>
		<comments>http://lazygeisha.com/2008/11/10/burnt-offerings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:08:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nina aoki</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[geishaland]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[blogging]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[cyberia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[psychology]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[the consequene free environment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;To love is to receive a glimpse of heaven.&#8221;  &#8211; Karen Sunde
Something I’ve done for a number of years; most of my adult life really &#8212; is this process of cleansing.  I’ve kept handwritten journals for years, and as I’ve written about here before, there’s a certain ritualistic ceremony involved in the burning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Freedom</title>
		<link>http://lazygeisha.com/2008/11/09/freedom/</link>
		<comments>http://lazygeisha.com/2008/11/09/freedom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 20:26:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nina aoki</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Descartes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[How do we define freedom?  Is it some transient concept which allows us to convince ourselves that all of our choices are about free will and that we’re actually the ones in control of our own lives?  Or is control just an illusion &#8212; moving from one transient state to another?
I have made [...]]]></description>
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		<title>stuff to do!</title>
		<link>http://lazygeisha.com/2008/11/08/stuff-to-do/</link>
		<comments>http://lazygeisha.com/2008/11/08/stuff-to-do/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 04:43:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nina aoki</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[geishaland]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Festival Ballet]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lisa]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lazygeisha.com/?p=2228</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I need a new list for my geishaland projects:

Work on categories
Go thru entire database
Consolidate Sanctuary
Answer emails and Sanctuary requests
Compare forum software
Get rid of/go thru Blogroll
Go thru all advertisements
Cull pages
Delete unnecessary or unwanted content

Lisa and I are going to the ballet tomorrow night, but this is the stuff I want to work on this weekend.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>fields of lavender&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://lazygeisha.com/2008/11/08/fields-of-lavender/</link>
		<comments>http://lazygeisha.com/2008/11/08/fields-of-lavender/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 04:34:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nina aoki</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I closed my eyes&#8230;
a dream of you; walking hand in hand
dancing naked in the rain
in fields of lavender&#8230;


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		<title>Thought of the moment&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://lazygeisha.com/2008/11/06/thought-of-the-moment-11/</link>
		<comments>http://lazygeisha.com/2008/11/06/thought-of-the-moment-11/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:04:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nina aoki</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[thoughts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When I think back about the history of geishaland; where I started, where I took things, and where things have ultimately ended up &#8212; part of that thought process has to include a certain level of bemused honesty that I’ve never really ever bothered to identify what it is that I actually think I’m doing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Day After&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://lazygeisha.com/2008/11/05/the-day-after/</link>
		<comments>http://lazygeisha.com/2008/11/05/the-day-after/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 02:35:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nina aoki</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lazygeisha.com/?p=2204</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay &#8212; So I’m officially disgusted with the women’s forum I belong to.
Yes, I know I’ve been off on another of my ‘nina missing-in-action’ spells again, but this one will be short lived, I promise.  Which like anything else around here means until I change my mind again!
Oh well&#8230; nobody is perfect&#8230;
So back to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Wins!</title>
		<link>http://lazygeisha.com/2008/11/05/obama-wins/</link>
		<comments>http://lazygeisha.com/2008/11/05/obama-wins/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 04:05:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nina aoki</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lazygeisha.com/?p=2202</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[WOO HOO!!    
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		<title>The dangers of upsetting a Japanese woman&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://lazygeisha.com/2008/10/23/the-dangers-of-upsetting-a-japanese-woman/</link>
		<comments>http://lazygeisha.com/2008/10/23/the-dangers-of-upsetting-a-japanese-woman/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:55:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nina aoki</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[virtual crimes]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[virtual worlds]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lazygeisha.com/?p=2195</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is too funny not to post &#8212; either as a commentary on &#8220;Do not piss off a Japanese woman&#8221;, or, &#8220;some people need to take a time-out from the online world!&#8221;
(more after the jump)

* * *
TOKYO – A 43-year-old player in a virtual game world became so angry about her sudden divorce from her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>weeping woman - picasso</title>
		<link>http://lazygeisha.com/2008/10/22/weeping-woman-picasso/</link>
		<comments>http://lazygeisha.com/2008/10/22/weeping-woman-picasso/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:31:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nina aoki</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[geishaland]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[art]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Pablo Picasso]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[the weeping woman]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lazygeisha.com/?p=2188</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
About The Weeping Woman
&#8220;For me she&#8217;s the weeping woman. For years I&#8217;ve painted her in tortured forms, not through sadism, and not with pleasure, either; just obeying a vision that forced itself on me. It was the deep reality, not the superficial one.&#8221;
&#8220;Dora, for me, was always a weeping woman&#8230;.And it&#8217;s important, because women are [...]]]></description>
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