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		<title>Things That Make Me Giggle With Girlish Glee</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 03:04:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>missa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I says to my class, after lecture, &#8220;Let&#8217;s play a game!&#8221; There was almost a response&#8230;. &#8220;I need six classic movies.&#8221; It took a little second, but we got there. &#8220;Ok, now I need six kinds of monster!&#8221; Oh, wow, turns out my class is way more excited about monsters than movies. *laugh* So, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Political Moment &#8211; Stop SOPA</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:12:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>missa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s the thing: this site relies on research. Sometimes I quote or show pictures of copy written materials. If I can&#8217;t show you, dear reader, the occasional bit of research, then what? You just have to take my word on it? The current version of the SOPA bill allows websites to be censored and cut [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I think I broke a Girl Scout</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 00:08:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>missa</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Funny Stuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Allergies]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I didn&#8217;t mean to. I really, really didn&#8217;t. I have nothing against Girl Scouts (now that I&#8217;m out of grade school). I think it&#8217;s kind of adorable when they actually go door-to-door selling their little cookies &#8211; way better than sending a parent in to the office/theater/classroom with a sign-up sheet. And when I could [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Of Resolutions and Lost Lawn Mowers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 23:58:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>missa</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[New Year's]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Organization]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been cleaning out the garage for almost six years now. Seriously. Not, like, &#8220;Gosh, I should sweep!&#8221; Like, &#8220;Didn&#8217;t we have a floor in here at one point?&#8221; Every single year, My New Year&#8217;s resolutions have included something about this being the year when I will finally have a clean garage. You know [...]]]></description>
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		<title>And Now, Something Completely Different&#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 00:41:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>missa</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cats]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s the holidays &#8211; parking lots are packed, drivers are homicidal, and people are getting abnormally feisty about their preference in seasonal salutations. Looks like it&#8217;s even getting to my cat&#8230;. &#160; Happy Holidays!  ;)]]></description>
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		<title>Das Über-Bustle</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 00:23:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>missa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I made a sedate little dress with just a teensy hint of a bustle for Stephanie last fall to go under this here little blue dress. By &#8220;a teensy little bustle&#8221;, I mean something that sticks out roughly 24&#8243; behind her. You know, no bigs&#8230; So what&#8217;s going on under there? First off, there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fake Fall Front for your Britches</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 22:14:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>missa</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pants]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nothing makes a pant look as fantastically olde-timey as a fall front. Unfortunately, a real fall front is a pain in the patouty to sew (trust me), and it&#8217;s not something that can be added in after the fact in any sort of historically accurate manner. Fortunately, if you&#8217;re not 100% concerned about authenticity, it&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Reblock a Felt Hat</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 19:19:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>missa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; It&#8217;s a sad commentary about my life that I am sitting here in mid-December still trying to finish writing all the demos I did photo work for during 1776 last spring. Life&#8217;s been a little crazy lately. Great/fantastic/amazing (grantasticazing?), but crazy. Anyhoo&#8230; One of life&#8217;s great mysteries seems to be &#8220;How do you alter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s official</title>
		<link>http://www.sempstress.org/2011/its-official/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sempstress.org/2011/its-official/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 04:27:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>missa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My Life]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ok, So I&#8217;ve been sitting on this news for weeks&#8230;.. But it&#8217;s basically official now. I got my letter of appointment as PT Faculty to the College of DuPage yesterday. If nothing goes kerblooey, I&#8217;m teaching Design Principles for Apparel and co-teaching Design Studio next semester. So, like, YAY!!!!! I&#8217;m excited. Slightly terrified, if my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quick and Cheesy Shoe Mod: Loafers to Colonial</title>
		<link>http://www.sempstress.org/demo/quick-and-cheesy-shoe-mod-loafers-to-colonial/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sempstress.org/demo/quick-and-cheesy-shoe-mod-loafers-to-colonial/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 03:21:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>missa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Accessories]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes, in theater, you need a specific period shoe and you don&#8217;t have the time to order it from the internet, the money to order it from the internet, or an actor who wears a size you can order from the internet. (In this case, it was an &#8220;all of the above&#8221; scenario &#8211; I [...]]]></description>
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