<?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-6019966961175189984</id><updated>2012-02-20T06:43:12.931+11:00</updated><category term='SL'/><category term='Matchbox Twenty'/><category term='Ranting'/><category term='Insomniac ramblings'/><category term='Relationships'/><category term='Random Lunacy'/><category term='Sanity'/><category term='Friends'/><category term='Panic'/><category term='Dissected people'/><category term='Insomnia'/><category term='Mumblings'/><category term='Happiness'/><category term='Offbeat theories'/><category term='Procrastination'/><title type='text'>Leaving it for later</title><subtitle type='html'>No standing, only dancing</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Sunshine Junkie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18050231751977786753</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5jExea6Y91c/TxGOED78sZI/AAAAAAAAAC8/AHL__04qhz0/s220/sunshine.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>48</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019966961175189984.post-7122738945011662715</id><published>2009-11-05T02:25:00.000+11:00</published><updated>2009-11-05T02:26:02.389+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Friends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sanity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ranting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Panic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Relationships'/><title type='text'>I hate being 'in like'</title><summary type='text'>You know what I don't get about unrequited 'like'? How could a connection possibly be only one way? You make me laugh, you make me think, you make me feel completely alive and annoyed and challenged and beautiful all at the same time. G'darn you. I didn't WANT to feel like this. IRRITATING, thats what you and your puppy eyes are. *breathe* How could it possibly be one way? It just doesn't make </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/feeds/7122738945011662715/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6019966961175189984&amp;postID=7122738945011662715&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/7122738945011662715'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/7122738945011662715'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/2009/11/i-hate-being-in-like.html' title='I hate being &apos;in like&apos;'/><author><name>Sunshine Junkie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18050231751977786753</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5jExea6Y91c/TxGOED78sZI/AAAAAAAAAC8/AHL__04qhz0/s220/sunshine.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019966961175189984.post-2406044784535285928</id><published>2009-10-29T00:10:00.003+11:00</published><updated>2009-10-29T00:23:22.214+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sanity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Panic'/><title type='text'>Still 12 and oh so confused</title><summary type='text'>I'm not old enough to be a 20 something! It's all a traumatising mistake, I was in the wrong line somewhere, lost in my own little fuzzy world and the title of 'adult' was bestowed upon me while I daydreamed about all the wonderful things I would be when I grow up. Still dreaming, still a little girl wondering  what all these strange things such as tax returns and lab reports are doing in my </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/feeds/2406044784535285928/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6019966961175189984&amp;postID=2406044784535285928&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/2406044784535285928'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/2406044784535285928'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/2009/10/still-12-and-oh-so-confused.html' title='Still 12 and oh so confused'/><author><name>Sunshine Junkie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18050231751977786753</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5jExea6Y91c/TxGOED78sZI/AAAAAAAAAC8/AHL__04qhz0/s220/sunshine.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019966961175189984.post-6122498221347222423</id><published>2009-10-20T03:21:00.002+11:00</published><updated>2009-10-20T03:34:22.793+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Procrastination'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Happiness'/><title type='text'>Struggle Town</title><summary type='text'>So,Sat down to write this essay which is overdue by more days than I want to count, I realised some useful facts. (a) Facebook stalker skills can, to a certain extent be used for proper research. No, really its not just justification, its that honing in on a target thing.(b) There is always some marvelous chappie who, several decades previously, spent time amalgamating research into a single </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/feeds/6122498221347222423/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6019966961175189984&amp;postID=6122498221347222423&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/6122498221347222423'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/6122498221347222423'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/2009/10/struggle-town.html' title='Struggle Town'/><author><name>Sunshine Junkie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18050231751977786753</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5jExea6Y91c/TxGOED78sZI/AAAAAAAAAC8/AHL__04qhz0/s220/sunshine.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019966961175189984.post-5358118553062942371</id><published>2009-10-09T01:56:00.000+11:00</published><updated>2009-10-09T01:57:02.930+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Relationships'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Happiness'/><title type='text'>'Heartless'</title><summary type='text'>I'm not the crying sort, find it rather unhelpful and pointless in most situations. This book had tears streaming down till 3am. Simple, straightforward language expressing emotions raw like skin scraping against rough concrete. The certainty based on rationality with which I approach life in general was given a severe shaking, casually churned over a few times and tossed back onto the floor. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/feeds/5358118553062942371/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6019966961175189984&amp;postID=5358118553062942371&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/5358118553062942371'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/5358118553062942371'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/2009/10/heartless.html' title='&apos;Heartless&apos;'/><author><name>Sunshine Junkie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18050231751977786753</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5jExea6Y91c/TxGOED78sZI/AAAAAAAAAC8/AHL__04qhz0/s220/sunshine.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019966961175189984.post-5450075339958917622</id><published>2009-09-22T15:16:00.002+10:00</published><updated>2009-09-22T16:01:38.451+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Friends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sanity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Offbeat theories'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Panic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Happiness'/><title type='text'>Where do you go to hide?</title><summary type='text'>I'm not unhappy very often. About a year ago that statement would have been quite different, sadness was often overwhelming for about a year. Looking back, I'd say it was entirely about coping skills. This time last year I'd stay in bed for a week, today I wore a pretty dress and pigtails and after an hour of meeting happy people and laughing with them, the world is my personal, pearl filled </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/feeds/5450075339958917622/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6019966961175189984&amp;postID=5450075339958917622&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/5450075339958917622'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/5450075339958917622'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/2009/09/where-do-you-go-to-hide.html' title='Where do you go to hide?'/><author><name>Sunshine Junkie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18050231751977786753</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5jExea6Y91c/TxGOED78sZI/AAAAAAAAAC8/AHL__04qhz0/s220/sunshine.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019966961175189984.post-5198746821034843881</id><published>2009-05-02T13:54:00.003+10:00</published><updated>2009-05-02T14:11:46.225+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Relationships'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Happiness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Matchbox Twenty'/><title type='text'>Let's go dance under the streetlights</title><summary type='text'>"Some people, its a pity,They go all their lives and never know,How to love or let love go" - Rob Thomas, Streetcorner SymphonyThat knowing when to let go stuff, it gets so complicated. When is something broken enough to leave before it is so completely shattered that it leaves little shards of itself embeded in you forever? </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/feeds/5198746821034843881/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6019966961175189984&amp;postID=5198746821034843881&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/5198746821034843881'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/5198746821034843881'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/2009/05/lets-go-dance-under-streetlights.html' title='Let&apos;s go dance under the streetlights'/><author><name>Sunshine Junkie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18050231751977786753</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5jExea6Y91c/TxGOED78sZI/AAAAAAAAAC8/AHL__04qhz0/s220/sunshine.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019966961175189984.post-5895274772591221791</id><published>2009-03-21T00:24:00.000+11:00</published><updated>2009-03-21T01:25:05.143+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Offbeat theories'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Happiness'/><title type='text'>Life can be so sweet, on the sunny side of the street</title><summary type='text'>So during one of my Psyc labs this week, we had to fill out yet another tedious questionnaire about the meaning of life. Anyway, while trying to choose a number to represent how I felt about my search for meaning, it dawned on me that I'm no longer particularly fussed about having a purpose/ some driving force/ greater meaning to my life. I used to be quite horribly tormented by it, i.e. it would</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/feeds/5895274772591221791/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6019966961175189984&amp;postID=5895274772591221791&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/5895274772591221791'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/5895274772591221791'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/2009/03/life-can-be-so-sweet-on-sunny-side-of.html' title='Life can be so sweet, on the sunny side of the street'/><author><name>Sunshine Junkie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18050231751977786753</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5jExea6Y91c/TxGOED78sZI/AAAAAAAAAC8/AHL__04qhz0/s220/sunshine.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019966961175189984.post-8119032212955073656</id><published>2009-03-09T23:59:00.000+11:00</published><updated>2009-03-10T00:05:56.763+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mumblings'/><title type='text'>Neglect</title><summary type='text'>Poor blog.*pat pat*It really is a bit like having a child and then ignoring it, however ridiculous it might be to allow a little particle of cyber space to make one feel guilty.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/feeds/8119032212955073656/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6019966961175189984&amp;postID=8119032212955073656&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/8119032212955073656'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/8119032212955073656'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/2009/03/neglect.html' title='Neglect'/><author><name>Sunshine Junkie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18050231751977786753</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5jExea6Y91c/TxGOED78sZI/AAAAAAAAAC8/AHL__04qhz0/s220/sunshine.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019966961175189984.post-6901784322342970743</id><published>2009-01-19T16:21:00.002+11:00</published><updated>2009-01-19T16:24:32.408+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sanity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Procrastination'/><title type='text'>Not so organised chaos</title><summary type='text'>Latest reason to clean room:Keys got lost possibly on the floor somewhere, need to see floor to find aforementioned keys.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/feeds/6901784322342970743/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6019966961175189984&amp;postID=6901784322342970743&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/6901784322342970743'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/6901784322342970743'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/2009/01/not-so-organised-chaos.html' title='Not so organised chaos'/><author><name>Sunshine Junkie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18050231751977786753</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5jExea6Y91c/TxGOED78sZI/AAAAAAAAAC8/AHL__04qhz0/s220/sunshine.jpg'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019966961175189984.post-2106458966105783504</id><published>2008-12-04T20:08:00.002+11:00</published><updated>2008-12-04T20:53:19.776+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sanity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mumblings'/><title type='text'>Culling</title><summary type='text'>Walked into my room today and between sneezes realised how long overdue it is for a throw everything out day.. Groan. I am a minimalist, honestly, just easily distracted especially by brightly coloured things. Its just amazing the amount, shapes and sizes of completely unnecessary things that manage to accumulate over just a few months. Especially when exams require retail therapy. So yes, three </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/feeds/2106458966105783504/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6019966961175189984&amp;postID=2106458966105783504&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/2106458966105783504'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/2106458966105783504'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/2008/12/culling.html' title='Culling'/><author><name>Sunshine Junkie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18050231751977786753</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5jExea6Y91c/TxGOED78sZI/AAAAAAAAAC8/AHL__04qhz0/s220/sunshine.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019966961175189984.post-5102038608120336427</id><published>2008-11-21T02:13:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2008-11-21T02:14:05.056+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Friends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sanity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Insomniac ramblings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SL'/><title type='text'>Where the heart is.</title><summary type='text'>"It don't matter to me'Cos all I wanted to beIs a million miles from hereSomewhere more familiarOh my god I can't believe itI've never been this far away from home"Catchy, non-whiny song. Positively boppy to be honest, always liked it, even now when its taken on an entirely new meaning. Post exam blues settled in after the initial euphoria of being free. People are heading back to where they </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/feeds/5102038608120336427/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6019966961175189984&amp;postID=5102038608120336427&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/5102038608120336427'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/5102038608120336427'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/2008/11/it-dont-matter-to-me-cos-all-i-wanted.html' title='Where the heart is.'/><author><name>Sunshine Junkie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18050231751977786753</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5jExea6Y91c/TxGOED78sZI/AAAAAAAAAC8/AHL__04qhz0/s220/sunshine.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019966961175189984.post-957411810288973152</id><published>2008-11-07T21:11:00.002+11:00</published><updated>2008-11-07T21:17:51.723+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Strange fruit - Abel Meeropol</title><summary type='text'>Southern trees bear strange fruit,Blood on the leaves and blood at the root,Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze,Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees.Pastoral scene of the gallant south,The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth,Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh,Then the sudden smell of burning flesh.Here is fruit for the crows to pluck,For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck,</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/feeds/957411810288973152/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6019966961175189984&amp;postID=957411810288973152&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/957411810288973152'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/957411810288973152'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/2008/11/strange-fruit-abel-meeropol.html' title='Strange fruit - Abel Meeropol'/><author><name>Sunshine Junkie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18050231751977786753</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5jExea6Y91c/TxGOED78sZI/AAAAAAAAAC8/AHL__04qhz0/s220/sunshine.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019966961175189984.post-1013991178084752071</id><published>2008-10-02T23:37:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2008-10-02T23:37:30.988+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Friends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Offbeat theories'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dissected people'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Random Lunacy'/><title type='text'>Open window</title><summary type='text'>I have an obsession with knowing people's stories. Life stories, love stories, the happenings, the non-happenings, regrets, reflections. All the boys I date go through an ongoing grilling about what they were thinking or wanting at different moments in the initial fireworks stages. What did they think of me during the first conversation, first kiss? What did they want out of the situation? What </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/feeds/1013991178084752071/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6019966961175189984&amp;postID=1013991178084752071&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/1013991178084752071'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/1013991178084752071'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/2008/10/open-window.html' title='Open window'/><author><name>Sunshine Junkie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18050231751977786753</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5jExea6Y91c/TxGOED78sZI/AAAAAAAAAC8/AHL__04qhz0/s220/sunshine.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019966961175189984.post-818259600307405005</id><published>2008-09-27T05:45:00.003+10:00</published><updated>2008-09-27T06:12:03.533+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Procrastination'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Random Lunacy'/><title type='text'>Short and sweet</title><summary type='text'>There has actually been insane amounts of things happening, mostly good, some goose-bump inducing-ly crazy, some that will take a while to digest. Loving the ride overall. Figuring out what one wants seems to be such a messy, interesting, frustrating and fulfilling process. Two steps forward, one step back. Life is all about experiences, and now, finally, I'm back on track having some crazy fun </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/feeds/818259600307405005/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6019966961175189984&amp;postID=818259600307405005&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/818259600307405005'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/818259600307405005'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/2008/09/short-and-sweet.html' title='Short and sweet'/><author><name>Sunshine Junkie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18050231751977786753</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5jExea6Y91c/TxGOED78sZI/AAAAAAAAAC8/AHL__04qhz0/s220/sunshine.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019966961175189984.post-47105738316576280</id><published>2008-07-19T19:57:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2008-07-19T19:58:31.373+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sanity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Offbeat theories'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mumblings'/><title type='text'>Some men just want to watch the world burn.</title><summary type='text'>I love psychological movies. Especially the tearing them apart and have long meaty conversations dissecting them for hours on end. The Dark Knight is also going to feature in my dreams for a possibly traumatic while, I can tell. Fiction is a slanted reflection of the real world after all, even though its not a reality common to all. Thank god, sometimes. Not everyone falls madly in love and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/feeds/47105738316576280/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6019966961175189984&amp;postID=47105738316576280&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/47105738316576280'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/47105738316576280'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/2008/07/some-men-just-want-to-watch-world-burn.html' title='Some men just want to watch the world burn.'/><author><name>Sunshine Junkie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18050231751977786753</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5jExea6Y91c/TxGOED78sZI/AAAAAAAAAC8/AHL__04qhz0/s220/sunshine.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019966961175189984.post-847132094478929022</id><published>2008-07-16T01:10:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2008-07-16T01:10:46.190+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mumblings'/><title type='text'>Relaxin' awhile, livin' in style, talking to a raisin who occasionally plays L.A..</title><summary type='text'>Ooo it's been awhile since the last post, think I heard the blog gasping for breath, poor thing. Have been indulging in my tendency to swing to industrious extremes, mostly chocolate, sleep and cocktail related. Yum. Nothing like a few tasty sips from a beautifully shaped glass of deliciously decadent liquid to get the party started ;) Which is ridiculous really because alcohol is technically a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/feeds/847132094478929022/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6019966961175189984&amp;postID=847132094478929022&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/847132094478929022'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/847132094478929022'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/2008/07/relaxin-awhile-livin-in-style-talking.html' title='Relaxin&apos; awhile, livin&apos; in style, talking to a raisin who occasionally plays L.A..'/><author><name>Sunshine Junkie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18050231751977786753</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5jExea6Y91c/TxGOED78sZI/AAAAAAAAAC8/AHL__04qhz0/s220/sunshine.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019966961175189984.post-1206766863033121615</id><published>2008-06-24T03:09:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2008-06-24T03:11:39.320+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Offbeat theories'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mumblings'/><title type='text'>Ramblings</title><summary type='text'>Escaped to warmer climates for a week, benefits of living in a large continent with sub tropical state. It's been good for the soul, hanging out, partying, disregarding space and time. Entirely guiltless lying around on a sunny deck, catching up with friends, reading all night, walking around the city all night, impromptu salsa dancing in the square, eating deliciously unhealthy amounts of ice </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/feeds/1206766863033121615/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6019966961175189984&amp;postID=1206766863033121615&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/1206766863033121615'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/1206766863033121615'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/2008/06/ramblings.html' title='Ramblings'/><author><name>Sunshine Junkie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18050231751977786753</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5jExea6Y91c/TxGOED78sZI/AAAAAAAAAC8/AHL__04qhz0/s220/sunshine.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019966961175189984.post-715095779274490030</id><published>2008-06-11T19:31:00.003+10:00</published><updated>2008-06-11T19:35:03.046+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Friends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Offbeat theories'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ranting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Relationships'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dissected people'/><title type='text'>Subterfuge</title><summary type='text'>Watched Miss Pettigrew lives for a day, because even though I'm supposed to be cramming my ass off for 48 hours a day, the trailers caught my attention. I love movies that pick you up by the scruff of the neck and place you squarely, sometimes not so gently in another time and completely different world. Two hours of being caught up in an alternate reality with certain rules that ensure a basic </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/feeds/715095779274490030/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6019966961175189984&amp;postID=715095779274490030&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/715095779274490030'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/715095779274490030'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/2008/06/subterfuge.html' title='Subterfuge'/><author><name>Sunshine Junkie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18050231751977786753</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5jExea6Y91c/TxGOED78sZI/AAAAAAAAAC8/AHL__04qhz0/s220/sunshine.jpg'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019966961175189984.post-6440518161904917104</id><published>2008-06-04T13:01:00.003+10:00</published><updated>2008-06-04T14:37:34.860+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mumblings'/><title type='text'>Why seven??</title><summary type='text'>Ok I'm guessing everyone knows about the new tagging thing with rules. Hehe.. there seem to be far, far less than seven degrees of separation in the SL blogosphere, thus the tags from Gutterflower, Meese, and Jane Doe.- Link your tagger and list these rules on your blog.- Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird.- Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/feeds/6440518161904917104/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6019966961175189984&amp;postID=6440518161904917104&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/6440518161904917104'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/6440518161904917104'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/2008/06/why-seven.html' title='Why seven??'/><author><name>Sunshine Junkie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18050231751977786753</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5jExea6Y91c/TxGOED78sZI/AAAAAAAAAC8/AHL__04qhz0/s220/sunshine.jpg'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019966961175189984.post-2033053829765441060</id><published>2008-06-02T17:08:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2008-06-02T19:11:22.113+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Friends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Offbeat theories'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Relationships'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dissected people'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mumblings'/><title type='text'>Maybe I don't wanna hold your hand...</title><summary type='text'>After a little pondering, I've reached the conclusion that there are two types of trust. 1 - blind faith in the other person2 - faith in your judgement, the ability to recognise what the person is and is not capable of doing. I can think of only two people I'd trust in the first way, and even that is based on the fact that I believe I know them well enough to know they're solid. Gold. Personally,</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/feeds/2033053829765441060/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6019966961175189984&amp;postID=2033053829765441060&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/2033053829765441060'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/2033053829765441060'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/2008/06/maybe-i-dont-wanna-hold-your-hand.html' title='Maybe I don&apos;t wanna hold your hand...'/><author><name>Sunshine Junkie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18050231751977786753</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5jExea6Y91c/TxGOED78sZI/AAAAAAAAAC8/AHL__04qhz0/s220/sunshine.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019966961175189984.post-3896018348750005274</id><published>2008-06-02T16:42:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2008-06-03T10:03:10.999+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Friends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Offbeat theories'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ranting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dissected people'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mumblings'/><title type='text'>Life and love with an emotional Pyrrhus</title><summary type='text'>I love debate. Not the organised people in rows talking against the clock stuff, but the real deal the way the old philosophers did it, one on one or small groups, people actually listening to each other, bothering to figure out different points of view, large scale consumption of wine, wit and what in my head I see as a charged atmosphere of intelligent open minded people enjoying expanding </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/feeds/3896018348750005274/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6019966961175189984&amp;postID=3896018348750005274&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/3896018348750005274'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/3896018348750005274'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/2008/06/life-and-love-with-emotional-pyrrhus.html' title='Life and love with an emotional Pyrrhus'/><author><name>Sunshine Junkie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18050231751977786753</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5jExea6Y91c/TxGOED78sZI/AAAAAAAAAC8/AHL__04qhz0/s220/sunshine.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019966961175189984.post-8325595800412868067</id><published>2008-06-02T00:00:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2008-06-02T00:00:47.967+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Friends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mumblings'/><title type='text'>Sunday evening, no rain is falling</title><summary type='text'>Mmmm... the lingering moments between weekend and weekday. Dusk. Love that word. Such a musky sexy sound to it. On Sundays it heralds the end of pretending. Saturday mornings whisper of lazing around and enjoying the sun indefinitely, but its merely a subconsciously yearned for delusion, steadily dispelled by Sunday evenings. Don't have an issue with Monday per se, just its position in the scheme</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/feeds/8325595800412868067/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6019966961175189984&amp;postID=8325595800412868067&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/8325595800412868067'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/8325595800412868067'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/2008/06/sunday-evening-no-rain-is-falling.html' title='Sunday evening, no rain is falling'/><author><name>Sunshine Junkie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18050231751977786753</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5jExea6Y91c/TxGOED78sZI/AAAAAAAAAC8/AHL__04qhz0/s220/sunshine.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019966961175189984.post-2645828396890000154</id><published>2008-05-23T15:43:00.002+10:00</published><updated>2008-05-25T22:33:12.969+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sanity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Offbeat theories'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ranting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Panic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Random Lunacy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mumblings'/><title type='text'>21st century kid</title><summary type='text'>Woke up this morning after what must've been a traumatic night, cos all the hair on the left side of my head was sticking out horizontally. Fifteen minutes of talking to it soothingly, patting, twirling and dabbing with water proved futile so off to a strong burst of hot water it went. Another fifteen minutes later most of the it was in the biologically allocated position, a few strays popped up </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/feeds/2645828396890000154/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6019966961175189984&amp;postID=2645828396890000154&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/2645828396890000154'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/2645828396890000154'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/2008/05/woke-up-this-morning-after-what-mustve.html' title='21st century kid'/><author><name>Sunshine Junkie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18050231751977786753</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5jExea6Y91c/TxGOED78sZI/AAAAAAAAAC8/AHL__04qhz0/s220/sunshine.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019966961175189984.post-3632165943117768360</id><published>2008-05-16T11:45:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2008-05-16T11:45:32.545+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Friends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sanity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ranting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Panic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Insomniac ramblings'/><title type='text'>All the world's a stage, please can I, may I leave the theatre now?</title><summary type='text'>Drama should be forcibly limited to when there are people acting. Which, of course takes place with or without a stage, costumes, lighting, a set. All very well, as long as its carefully put into one of those sealed isolation units in alien movies - monitored, any sign of leakage swiftly dealt with preferably in a method involving permanent separation. Basically, I fervently wish it would stay </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/feeds/3632165943117768360/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6019966961175189984&amp;postID=3632165943117768360&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/3632165943117768360'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/3632165943117768360'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/2008/05/all-worlds-stage-please-can-i-may-i.html' title='All the world&apos;s a stage, please can I, may I leave the theatre now?'/><author><name>Sunshine Junkie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18050231751977786753</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5jExea6Y91c/TxGOED78sZI/AAAAAAAAAC8/AHL__04qhz0/s220/sunshine.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019966961175189984.post-5158054820887713560</id><published>2008-05-15T17:37:00.002+10:00</published><updated>2008-05-15T18:19:29.206+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mumblings'/><title type='text'>Ten happiness inducing things</title><summary type='text'>Ok I was caught by Sach, first time in this little blog's life that its been tagged! Sooo.. in no particular order:1 - Big Sunday brunch in the sun with a good book at a cosy, friendly little street cafe.2 - The energy and possibilities of a city, particularly Melbourne3 - Picking up the phone and hearing the voice of someone I love, especially first thing in the morning.4 - Daydreaming5 - </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/feeds/5158054820887713560/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6019966961175189984&amp;postID=5158054820887713560&amp;isPopup=true' title='25 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/5158054820887713560'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/5158054820887713560'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/2008/05/ten-happiness-inducing-things.html' title='Ten happiness inducing things'/><author><name>Sunshine Junkie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18050231751977786753</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5jExea6Y91c/TxGOED78sZI/AAAAAAAAAC8/AHL__04qhz0/s220/sunshine.jpg'/></author><thr:total>25</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019966961175189984.post-4389843264802225078</id><published>2008-05-13T20:05:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2008-05-13T20:05:01.418+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sanity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Offbeat theories'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Procrastination'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Panic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mumblings'/><title type='text'>Hazy shades of cramming</title><summary type='text'>Made it through mid semester assessment, vaguely alive. As usual muttering profanities at the idiotic previous self that chilled out and procrastinated, leaving things till there was no later left. Afterwards, I got to think about why it is that cramming works. What is it about that last minute desperation, that makes learning so much easier, more efficient and effortless compared to when you've </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/feeds/4389843264802225078/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6019966961175189984&amp;postID=4389843264802225078&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/4389843264802225078'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/4389843264802225078'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/2008/05/hazy-shades-of-cramming.html' title='Hazy shades of cramming'/><author><name>Sunshine Junkie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18050231751977786753</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5jExea6Y91c/TxGOED78sZI/AAAAAAAAAC8/AHL__04qhz0/s220/sunshine.jpg'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019966961175189984.post-6057753839086037538</id><published>2008-05-11T00:20:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2008-05-11T00:22:29.905+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sanity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Procrastination'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Panic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Insomniac ramblings'/><title type='text'>Memo</title><summary type='text'>Good resolutions involve cleaning, clearing, filing, organising, alphabeticalising, colour-coding and writing lists. Usually a happy process, because of course, from now on I will be organised, and efficient and responsible and not a procrastinator. In the middle of the back patting and general sense of purpose, an awful doomed feeling crashed the party. I've done this sooo many times in my [</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/feeds/6057753839086037538/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6019966961175189984&amp;postID=6057753839086037538&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/6057753839086037538'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/6057753839086037538'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/2008/05/memo.html' title='Memo'/><author><name>Sunshine Junkie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18050231751977786753</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5jExea6Y91c/TxGOED78sZI/AAAAAAAAAC8/AHL__04qhz0/s220/sunshine.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019966961175189984.post-8537593948681712355</id><published>2008-05-08T14:55:00.002+10:00</published><updated>2008-05-11T00:24:35.332+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Friends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sanity'/><title type='text'>xxx</title><summary type='text'>The 'just before' sucks. Waiting for something to happen, either good or bad. For all the lasts to be over: last night, last day, last meal, last trip up the mountain, last hug, last look, last wave, last glimpse. Interesting how the airport is divided into the happy arrivals section [Love Actually!] and the often awkward departure lounges, where people are waiting for those final minutes to pass</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/feeds/8537593948681712355/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6019966961175189984&amp;postID=8537593948681712355&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/8537593948681712355'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/8537593948681712355'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/2008/05/xxx.html' title='xxx'/><author><name>Sunshine Junkie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18050231751977786753</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5jExea6Y91c/TxGOED78sZI/AAAAAAAAAC8/AHL__04qhz0/s220/sunshine.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019966961175189984.post-8373789915301148990</id><published>2008-04-27T10:00:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2008-04-27T09:56:56.977+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mumblings'/><title type='text'>Olympic rant</title><summary type='text'> These anti-China protesters are annoying. Agreed, China does have a dodgy [to put it mildly] human rights record, they're evasive, controlling, and the poor Tibetans are being treated terribly etc etc. Yes, just before the Olympics is a good public moment to air all those issues, thumbs up for free speech!However, to seriously suggest that entire countries should not take part is unfair on many </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/feeds/8373789915301148990/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6019966961175189984&amp;postID=8373789915301148990&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/8373789915301148990'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/8373789915301148990'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/2008/04/olympic-rant.html' title='Olympic rant'/><author><name>Sunshine Junkie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18050231751977786753</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5jExea6Y91c/TxGOED78sZI/AAAAAAAAAC8/AHL__04qhz0/s220/sunshine.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019966961175189984.post-5602537130217463564</id><published>2008-04-05T16:25:00.004+11:00</published><updated>2008-04-08T00:57:59.115+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Friends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sanity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mumblings'/><title type='text'>Old Friends</title><summary type='text'>Can you imagine us years from today,Sharing a park bench quietly How terribly strange to be seventy - Simon and Garfunkel There are so many horror stories of friendship turned arsenic: gruesome and bloody backstabbings, smashing of trust with blunt instruments, unauthorised sharing of top level secrets. Despite going to an all girls school, I managed to float through school observing and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/feeds/5602537130217463564/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6019966961175189984&amp;postID=5602537130217463564&amp;isPopup=true' title='13 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/5602537130217463564'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/5602537130217463564'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/2008/04/old-friends.html' title='Old Friends'/><author><name>A</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>13</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019966961175189984.post-1365477957263190455</id><published>2008-04-01T00:44:00.002+11:00</published><updated>2008-04-01T10:20:57.653+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sanity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Insomniac ramblings'/><title type='text'>Don't want to be my winter</title><summary type='text'>It's finally arrived. That constant chill, hanging out persistently even on the sunniest spots of the pavement. Jeans and t-shirt weather has long gone, shorts rejected and stuffed into dark corners of the clothes shelves a week ago. Fingers and toes starting to get numb during the day. Finally gave in and took down all the neatly packed away winter coats, socks, beanies.  So much wool. So much </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/feeds/1365477957263190455/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6019966961175189984&amp;postID=1365477957263190455&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/1365477957263190455'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/1365477957263190455'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/2008/04/dont-want-to-be-my-winter.html' title='Don&apos;t want to be my winter'/><author><name>Sunshine Junkie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18050231751977786753</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5jExea6Y91c/TxGOED78sZI/AAAAAAAAAC8/AHL__04qhz0/s220/sunshine.jpg'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019966961175189984.post-7449397261883119276</id><published>2008-03-24T22:40:00.000+11:00</published><updated>2008-03-24T22:37:40.312+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Friends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sanity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Offbeat theories'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Insomniac ramblings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dissected people'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Matchbox Twenty'/><title type='text'>Just three miles from the rest stop, she slams on the breaks</title><summary type='text'>That flash of piercing clarity where you realise, from the depths of your gut, that this is not where you want to be. Its not a logical conclusion derived after analysis, or a calculated decision after weighing up pros and cons, but a quiet sort of 'right, I'm not putting up with this rubbish anymore' which has a powerful, contained resolve. You may have been rationally analysing along those </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/feeds/7449397261883119276/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6019966961175189984&amp;postID=7449397261883119276&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/7449397261883119276'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/7449397261883119276'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/2008/03/just-three-miles-from-rest-stop-she.html' title='Just three miles from the rest stop, she slams on the breaks'/><author><name>Sunshine Junkie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18050231751977786753</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5jExea6Y91c/TxGOED78sZI/AAAAAAAAAC8/AHL__04qhz0/s220/sunshine.jpg'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019966961175189984.post-9031832504174102633</id><published>2008-03-15T03:47:00.002+11:00</published><updated>2008-03-15T04:17:37.781+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Offbeat theories'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Insomniac ramblings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dissected people'/><title type='text'>Reality leaves a lot to the imgination*</title><summary type='text'>Italian Job 2 has such sexy moments. [Spoiler alert. If you haven't watched it yet: what was the weather like on that middle star of Orion's belt?]. Stella's introductory scene where she drives a Mini through London traffic captured my heart wholesale. At some point in my life I will own/rent/borrow/run off with/hug and refuse to let go of one of those. Don't care that they are overpriced. It's </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/feeds/9031832504174102633/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6019966961175189984&amp;postID=9031832504174102633&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/9031832504174102633'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/9031832504174102633'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/2008/03/reality-leaves-lot-to-imgination.html' title='Reality leaves a lot to the imgination*'/><author><name>Sunshine Junkie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18050231751977786753</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5jExea6Y91c/TxGOED78sZI/AAAAAAAAAC8/AHL__04qhz0/s220/sunshine.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019966961175189984.post-8635703810519640912</id><published>2008-03-11T22:12:00.004+11:00</published><updated>2008-03-15T04:18:13.282+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Friends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sanity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Insomniac ramblings'/><title type='text'>There is an awful lot of breathing room</title><summary type='text'>So, I have all these drafts hanging out in my blogspot account: some random, some reflective, some stressed out, some are actually more panicked neurons on the rampage than coherant thoughts, but they're all chilling in there, wondering what the next step is. Ideally, I would like to write them out and post them, but I've gotten to that apparently inevitable point where worries about people </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/feeds/8635703810519640912/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6019966961175189984&amp;postID=8635703810519640912&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/8635703810519640912'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/8635703810519640912'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/2008/03/there-is-awful-lot-of-breathing-room.html' title='There is an awful lot of breathing room'/><author><name>Sunshine Junkie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18050231751977786753</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5jExea6Y91c/TxGOED78sZI/AAAAAAAAAC8/AHL__04qhz0/s220/sunshine.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019966961175189984.post-5750771539721053308</id><published>2008-02-22T16:04:00.003+11:00</published><updated>2008-02-22T16:11:19.305+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Random Lunacy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mumblings'/><title type='text'>Survival</title><summary type='text'>So, four straight nights of alcoholic mayhem, one bone drenching rainstorm, one small teeth chattering hailstorm, and a ridiculously inadequate quantity of sleep later, my immune system is still happy and relatively strong. A little tired, but hanging in there.Can I just say, I'm kinda impressed?!?!One more big one to go :D</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/feeds/5750771539721053308/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6019966961175189984&amp;postID=5750771539721053308&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/5750771539721053308'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/5750771539721053308'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/2008/02/survival.html' title='Survival'/><author><name>Sunshine Junkie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18050231751977786753</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5jExea6Y91c/TxGOED78sZI/AAAAAAAAAC8/AHL__04qhz0/s220/sunshine.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019966961175189984.post-8335457181323409797</id><published>2008-02-20T20:11:00.000+11:00</published><updated>2008-02-20T20:19:31.164+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Friends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Random Lunacy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mumblings'/><title type='text'>Shades of awesomeness!</title><summary type='text'>Commitment phobic, independent spirit, its all a matter of perspective really. All I know is that at this moment in time, I am without a doubt thoroughly addicted to being single. The last couple of nights have been shades of awesome!! :D A heady, exhilarating mix of fun music, crazy theme parties, tequila, vodka, pineapple juice, funky friendly people and general mayhem. Total spontaneity is </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/feeds/8335457181323409797/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6019966961175189984&amp;postID=8335457181323409797&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/8335457181323409797'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/8335457181323409797'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/2008/02/shades-of-awesomeness.html' title='Shades of awesomeness!'/><author><name>Sunshine Junkie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18050231751977786753</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5jExea6Y91c/TxGOED78sZI/AAAAAAAAAC8/AHL__04qhz0/s220/sunshine.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019966961175189984.post-6547410555528729044</id><published>2008-02-15T18:51:00.000+11:00</published><updated>2008-02-15T00:09:17.142+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Poor old Saint V</title><summary type='text'>Ahhh V day. I guess Love with a capital is always a touchy subject, so the amazingly emotional reactions makes sense. Anti valentine rants like Kaiser's are so much fun to read, plus anti valentine's day cards and cartoons are so creative! Loving it!On the other hand, feeling rather sorry for Saint Valentine because he seemed to have been a good enough bloke. As far as the - apparently </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/feeds/6547410555528729044/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6019966961175189984&amp;postID=6547410555528729044&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/6547410555528729044'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/6547410555528729044'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/2008/02/poor-old-saint-v.html' title='Poor old Saint V'/><author><name>Sunshine Junkie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18050231751977786753</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5jExea6Y91c/TxGOED78sZI/AAAAAAAAAC8/AHL__04qhz0/s220/sunshine.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Uc8zIAMWzLk/R7Q6yESzq-I/AAAAAAAAAAw/3IJzFJUnmtM/s72-c/chickeneverlasting.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019966961175189984.post-389776720394696980</id><published>2008-02-05T19:18:00.000+11:00</published><updated>2008-02-06T16:17:53.550+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Procrastination'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mumblings'/><title type='text'>Knuckling down. Kindof-ish.</title><summary type='text'>The Hippie nose is not happy. Its being firmly held to the grindstone, and told it has to stay that way for the next two weeks. Sigh. I've actually never properly 'studied' for an exam in my life. Always the crazy last minute cram session where normality is abandoned, sleep is a unknown concept, massive quantities of chocolate is consumed and adrenaline keeps the system going. Good times. Fear is</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/feeds/389776720394696980/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6019966961175189984&amp;postID=389776720394696980&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/389776720394696980'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/389776720394696980'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/2008/02/knuckling-down-kindof-ish.html' title='Knuckling down. Kindof-ish.'/><author><name>Sunshine Junkie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18050231751977786753</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5jExea6Y91c/TxGOED78sZI/AAAAAAAAAC8/AHL__04qhz0/s220/sunshine.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019966961175189984.post-5537305880646807256</id><published>2008-01-31T18:35:00.000+11:00</published><updated>2008-01-30T23:22:44.962+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Happily ever after</title><summary type='text'>Fairy tales are overrated. Perhaps I'm just hard to please, but the standard gorgeous prince saves helpless docile princess and makes her blissfully happy for ever more is just mind numbingly dull. The brothers Grimm ones were quite funky, but a little too dark for my taste, perhaps I was too young cos they fired my hyperactive imagination and caused some crazy nightmares. So I gave up and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/feeds/5537305880646807256/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6019966961175189984&amp;postID=5537305880646807256&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/5537305880646807256'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/5537305880646807256'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/2008/01/happily-ever-after_30.html' title='Happily ever after'/><author><name>Sunshine Junkie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18050231751977786753</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5jExea6Y91c/TxGOED78sZI/AAAAAAAAAC8/AHL__04qhz0/s220/sunshine.jpg'/></author><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019966961175189984.post-6379468218476993896</id><published>2008-01-23T23:22:00.000+11:00</published><updated>2008-01-24T00:22:35.896+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Gripes</title><summary type='text'>Its so irritating when couples come for a dinner and spend the evening cooing at each other. Not necessarily to the extent where they need a room, but even just creating dead air in terms of conversation and interaction.Went for a Curry party got stuck at the couples end of a table for a while, which was quite a painful experience. Is it that difficult to retain your individuality and ability to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/feeds/6379468218476993896/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6019966961175189984&amp;postID=6379468218476993896&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/6379468218476993896'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/6379468218476993896'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/2008/01/gripes.html' title='Gripes'/><author><name>Sunshine Junkie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18050231751977786753</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5jExea6Y91c/TxGOED78sZI/AAAAAAAAAC8/AHL__04qhz0/s220/sunshine.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019966961175189984.post-8127894814091885924</id><published>2007-12-30T11:20:00.000+11:00</published><updated>2008-01-31T23:19:15.724+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SL'/><title type='text'>GNP to be royally screwed?</title><summary type='text'>So Mahinda darling is at it again. Its amazing that his ego hasn't caused his head to explode. Yet. We live in hope. The village thug continues to casually flick away any who don't recognise that the red scarf means Royalty. A passport to an ongoing party for all obliging relations and bum sucking followers. Looks like Peter Hill ignored the memo, good on him. So he's getting thrown out of his </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/feeds/8127894814091885924/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6019966961175189984&amp;postID=8127894814091885924&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/8127894814091885924'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/8127894814091885924'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/2007/12/gnp-to-be-royally-screwed.html' title='GNP to be royally screwed?'/><author><name>Sunshine Junkie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18050231751977786753</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5jExea6Y91c/TxGOED78sZI/AAAAAAAAAC8/AHL__04qhz0/s220/sunshine.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019966961175189984.post-6076144654854267259</id><published>2007-12-16T19:08:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2007-12-19T00:16:54.072+11:00</updated><title type='text'>All you need is love?</title><summary type='text'>If I went all out hippie/bohemic crazy, would he still love me? He finds the hippie streak attractive, of course.. its different, its interesting, adds a small unpredictable element, but if I stopped squashing it, if I suddenly decided that today Im going to live in a cliche' brightly painted VW, spreading the love denying tedious reality, could he accept that? Loving someone 'just as they are' </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/feeds/6076144654854267259/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6019966961175189984&amp;postID=6076144654854267259&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/6076144654854267259'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/6076144654854267259'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/2007/12/all-you-need-is-love_16.html' title='All you need is love?'/><author><name>Sunshine Junkie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18050231751977786753</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5jExea6Y91c/TxGOED78sZI/AAAAAAAAAC8/AHL__04qhz0/s220/sunshine.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019966961175189984.post-3243463354672901894</id><published>2007-11-20T22:23:00.000+11:00</published><updated>2007-11-25T14:51:00.495+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Insomnia'/><title type='text'>What is it about 3am?!</title><summary type='text'>I don't know if Matchbox Twenty chose 3 am as opposed to 2 or 4 for a reason, but whenever unwanted thoughts kill my sleep, and i finally give up and switch on the light in exasperation, it is that particular wretched hour give or take about twenty minutes. I love my sleep. Crankiness invades if at least 8 solid hours have not been had. But tonight it is not to be, and rather than tear the sheets</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/feeds/3243463354672901894/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6019966961175189984&amp;postID=3243463354672901894&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/3243463354672901894'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/3243463354672901894'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/2007/11/what-is-it-about-3am.html' title='What is it about 3am?!'/><author><name>A</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019966961175189984.post-4353618235179372681</id><published>2007-11-18T16:43:00.000+11:00</published><updated>2007-11-18T21:44:07.788+11:00</updated><title type='text'>To do list for summer 2007</title><summary type='text'>Learn to surfGet drivers licenceRecover crazy wild self. Rather miss that selfRead books already bought before buying moreFocus!! Be a nerd. Well, during the semester that is.Find an interesting volunteer job.Kick the addiction to airports.WriteSay yesStart the photography thing again i.e - get a life.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/feeds/4353618235179372681/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6019966961175189984&amp;postID=4353618235179372681&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/4353618235179372681'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/4353618235179372681'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/2007/11/to-do-list-for-summer-2007.html' title='To do list for summer 2007'/><author><name>A</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019966961175189984.post-296614531750143351</id><published>2007-10-30T22:55:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2007-10-30T23:06:37.603+11:00</updated><title type='text'>*Gulp*</title><summary type='text'>A week and 3 days to go before the end of exams, the semester and my first year of university. Not going so well. Especially the second semester, where a vague sense of panic sort of hovered over everything, not demanding any attention, just...existing. All the time. I tried sleeping it away. Disaster. After a few weeks, hazily wondering which month it was, I started to fret in earnest. The </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/feeds/296614531750143351/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6019966961175189984&amp;postID=296614531750143351&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/296614531750143351'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/296614531750143351'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/2007/10/gulp.html' title='*Gulp*'/><author><name>A</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019966961175189984.post-4644272657051621800</id><published>2007-10-11T17:44:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2008-01-31T23:11:39.578+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Another ditch in the road, we keep moving...</title><summary type='text'>I really need life to stop. Is that so much to ask? A little pause. A few days. Which is really a miniscule drop in the ocean if you look at the bigger scheme of things. I will frantically gulp down lungfuls of oxygen. My head will stop spinning. I can stop running. Im taking rests when there arent supposed to be any and falling even further behind in The Race. Im so far behind, but not yet out, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/feeds/4644272657051621800/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6019966961175189984&amp;postID=4644272657051621800&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/4644272657051621800'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/4644272657051621800'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/2007/10/another-ditch-in-road-we-keep-moving.html' title='Another ditch in the road, we keep moving...'/><author><name>A</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019966961175189984.post-6469959660538671527</id><published>2007-10-06T18:01:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-10-06T18:20:51.079+10:00</updated><title type='text'>The wherefores.</title><summary type='text'>So, this being a couple of weeks before exams it is, of course, the most rational time to start a blog. I've never been this screwed for exams. Ever. Even with A levels, even though I did no work on my own, I had some vague idea as to what is going on, and lets face it, London ALs especially with the modules, is not too bad. This time around, having made into uni through some glitch in the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/feeds/6469959660538671527/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6019966961175189984&amp;postID=6469959660538671527&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/6469959660538671527'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6019966961175189984/posts/default/6469959660538671527'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chilliechocolate.blogspot.com/2007/10/wherefores.html' title='The wherefores.'/><author><name>A</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019966961175189984.post-6760062508645063600</id><published>2007-10-01T23:04:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-10-01T23:13:58.486+10:00</updated><title type='text'>The whys</title><summary type='text'>Im terrible at the whole perseverance thing. The last time I tried a blog, it lasted a grand total of about 3 months, starting off of course with enthusiastic posts every few days dwindling down to the inevitable zero posts every month. Flatlined. This time around however, Im hoping I'd have developed enough of a personality to keep it going. 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