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		<title>does this look like the face of a 30 year old?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p> &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; <p> good answer. <p> thirty years ago today, the U.S.S.R. performed nuclear tests at Novaya Zemlya, U.S.S.R.Ringo released his &#8220;Ringo the 4th&#8221; album.and my mother was relieved of her 12 thousand hour labor with me. <p> this is not a big deal, people. it&#8217;s not.I know a hand full of people who have [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a class="highslide img_11" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DEPuKIoxvxE/Rv9TZhaydtI/AAAAAAAAAwo/toSou1eZh8E/s1600-h/selfportraitfriday.jpg" onclick="return hs.expand(this)"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DEPuKIoxvxE/Rv9TZhaydtI/AAAAAAAAAwo/toSou1eZh8E/s400/selfportraitfriday.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115899399648736978" border="0" /></a>
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<div style="text-align: center;">good answer.</div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">thirty years ago today, the <span class="body">U.S.S.R. performed nuclear tests at Novaya Zemlya, U.S.S.R.</span><br /><span class="body">Ringo released his &#8220;Ringo the 4th&#8221; album.</span><br /><span class="body">and my mother was relieved of her 12 thousand hour labor with me.</span><br /><span class="body"></span></div>
<p><span class="body"><br /></span>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="body">this is not a big deal, people. it&#8217;s <span style="font-style: italic;">not</span>.</span><br /><span class="body">I know a hand full of people who have made it to thirty and guess what?</span><br /><span class="body">they&#8217;re <span style="font-style: italic;">still </span>alive.</span><br /><span class="body"></span></div>
<p><span class="body"><br /></span>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="body">I don&#8217;t even celebrate my birthday.</span><br /><span class="body">so this really, <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">really</span> isn&#8217;t a big deal.</span><br /><span class="body"></span><br /><span class="body">now, can you guys please tell <span style="font-style: italic;">everyone else</span> on the planet that?</p>
<p>seriously, what gives?<br />people act as if 30 is the magic number that when you reach it, your hair suddenly turns gray, your spine bends forward slightly and you make an appointment with the local Mortuary to look at silk color swatches for the lining of your casket.</p>
<p>every birthday that has come and gone, I have walked away from, unscathed.<br />no bruises.<br />no soars.<br />no pain.</p>
<p>actually, I look back at my life after thirty years and I see <span style="font-style: italic;">all</span> that I have accomplished&#8230;.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: bold;">teenage modeling gig .</span><br />(try not to laugh at the dress!)</p>
<p></span><a class="highslide img_12" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DEPuKIoxvxE/Rv9CdhaydoI/AAAAAAAAAwA/ODigkvXca0Q/s1600-h/fashionshow.jpg" onclick="return hs.expand(this)"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DEPuKIoxvxE/Rv9CdhaydoI/AAAAAAAAAwA/ODigkvXca0Q/s400/fashionshow.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115880776670541442" border="0" /></a><br /><span class="body"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">my baptism.</span></p>
<p></span><a class="highslide img_13" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DEPuKIoxvxE/Rv9CdxaydqI/AAAAAAAAAwQ/24_Sit-8Y6o/s1600-h/duncan_dunked.jpg" onclick="return hs.expand(this)"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DEPuKIoxvxE/Rv9CdxaydqI/AAAAAAAAAwQ/24_Sit-8Y6o/s400/duncan_dunked.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115880780965508770" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">my wedding day.</p>
<p></span><a class="highslide img_14" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DEPuKIoxvxE/Rv9CeBaydrI/AAAAAAAAAwY/at8NRUO5th4/s1600-h/040700.jpg" onclick="return hs.expand(this)"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DEPuKIoxvxE/Rv9CeBaydrI/AAAAAAAAAwY/at8NRUO5th4/s400/040700.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115880785260476082" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">going back to school to get my High School diploma.</span><br />(while working part time with a 3 year old and 1 year old at home.)</p>
<p><a class="highslide img_15" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DEPuKIoxvxE/Rv9CdhaydpI/AAAAAAAAAwI/43rIvnAS890/s1600-h/gradutution.jpg" onclick="return hs.expand(this)"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DEPuKIoxvxE/Rv9CdhaydpI/AAAAAAAAAwI/43rIvnAS890/s400/gradutution.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115880776670541458" border="0" /></a></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: bold;">oh.</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">and I made <span style="font-style: italic;">THESE</span>.</p>
<p></span><a class="highslide img_16" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DEPuKIoxvxE/Rv83FhaydlI/AAAAAAAAAvo/ODmMFAlRNQk/s1600-h/meetingzoe.jpg" onclick="return hs.expand(this)"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DEPuKIoxvxE/Rv83FhaydlI/AAAAAAAAAvo/ODmMFAlRNQk/s400/meetingzoe.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115868269725775442" border="0" /></a><br /><a class="highslide img_17" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DEPuKIoxvxE/Rv83HxaydmI/AAAAAAAAAvw/-FExNGaMaUQ/s1600-h/meetingzach.jpg" onclick="return hs.expand(this)"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DEPuKIoxvxE/Rv83HxaydmI/AAAAAAAAAvw/-FExNGaMaUQ/s400/meetingzach.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115868308380481122" border="0" /></a><br /><a class="highslide img_18" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DEPuKIoxvxE/Rv83IhaydnI/AAAAAAAAAv4/nZeeSv5y7J4/s1600-h/meetingzander.jpg" onclick="return hs.expand(this)"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DEPuKIoxvxE/Rv83IhaydnI/AAAAAAAAAv4/nZeeSv5y7J4/s400/meetingzander.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115868321265383026" border="0" /></a><br />okay.  so the guy in the Wedding Day photo helped me make &#8216;em.</p>
<p><a class="highslide img_19" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DEPuKIoxvxE/Rv9TaRayduI/AAAAAAAAAww/KkEyPg575BM/s1600-h/theloveofmylife.jpg" onclick="return hs.expand(this)"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DEPuKIoxvxE/Rv9TaRayduI/AAAAAAAAAww/KkEyPg575BM/s400/theloveofmylife.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115899412533638882" border="0" /></a><br />but still, just look at what a great job <strike>we</strike> I did!</p>
<p><a class="highslide img_20" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DEPuKIoxvxE/Rv9QtBaydsI/AAAAAAAAAwg/qcyg--wru4k/s1600-h/whitmanmissionbenchport.jpg" onclick="return hs.expand(this)"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DEPuKIoxvxE/Rv9QtBaydsI/AAAAAAAAAwg/qcyg--wru4k/s400/whitmanmissionbenchport.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115896436121302722" border="0" /></a></p>
<p>and I threw in that Fall Fashion show at 16 just for good measure!<br />I mean, it was fun doing it and for a while, I actually had the fleeting thought that the super model life might be in my future.</p>
<p>then it dawned on me, I just don&#8217;t enjoy the &#8220;5 M&amp;M&#8217;s and a pack of cigarettes for lunch&#8221; diet.</p>
<p>all in all, I have had some great experiences.<br />and <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">look!</span></p>
<p>I even have my own <a href="http://kalurah.org/">Shrine.</a><br />do <span style="font-style: italic;">you</span> have your own shrine?<br /><span class="body"> </span></div>
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