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In...</description><link>http://theitis.tumblr.com/post/254590125</link><guid>http://theitis.tumblr.com/post/254590125</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>This preview of MTV’s new show “Jersey Shore”...</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/QVWRXZWGzzI&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QVWRXZWGzzI&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;This preview of MTV’s new show “Jersey Shore” is not a parody, though all of these people in it are parodies of actual human beings. As one so-called “guido” says, “If hatin’ is your occupation, I probably got a full-time job for you.” I’ll finally be gainfully employed!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Do NOT miss the premiere - Dec. 3&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://theitis.tumblr.com/post/254441843</link><guid>http://theitis.tumblr.com/post/254441843</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:01:37 -0500</pubDate><category>MTV</category><category>AWESOME</category><category>Jersey Shore</category></item><item><title>thedailywhat:

OH SH- of the Day: Sarah Palin and her...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://18.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktjre5kWXn1qzpwi0o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://thedw.us/post/253987867/oh-sh-of-the-day-sarah-palin-and-her" target="_blank"&gt;thedailywhat&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;OH SH- of the Day: &lt;/b&gt;Sarah Palin and her doppelganger divide by zero &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=2840850&amp;op=1&amp;view=all&amp;subj=178313593434&amp;aid=-1&amp;auser=0&amp;oid=178313593434&amp;id=24718773587" target="_blank"&gt;at a November 19 &lt;i&gt;Going Rogue&lt;/i&gt; book signing&lt;/a&gt; in Noblesville, IN.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;[&lt;a href="http://digg.com/world_news/Sarah_Palin_meets_her_double_at_a_book_signing" target="_blank"&gt;via&lt;/a&gt;.]&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;This doppleganger lives dangerously close to my hometown!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://theitis.tumblr.com/post/254001159</link><guid>http://theitis.tumblr.com/post/254001159</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:45:38 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>julie911:

Emiliana Torrini - Today Has Been Ok (acoustic)
Wind...</title><description>&lt;embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://theitis.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/253957638/tumblr_ktd7dbHAAI1qz76g8&amp;color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://julie911.tumblr.com/post/249764155/emiliana-torrini-today-has-been-ok-acoustic" target="_blank"&gt;julie911&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Emiliana Torrini - Today Has Been Ok (acoustic)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Wind has burned your skin&lt;br/&gt;The lovely air so thin&lt;br/&gt;The salty waters underneath your feet&lt;br/&gt;No one’s gone in vain&lt;br/&gt;Here is where you’ll stay&lt;br/&gt;‘Cause life has been insane but&lt;br/&gt;Today has been ok&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://theitis.tumblr.com/post/253957638</link><guid>http://theitis.tumblr.com/post/253957638</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:04:17 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>soulscorpio:

Goodbye To You - Michelle Branch
I want you, but...</title><description>&lt;embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://theitis.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/253922558/tumblr_ktiim8KQbZ1qap97o&amp;color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://soulscorpio.tumblr.com/post/253026184/goodbye-to-you-michelle-branch-i-want-you-but" target="_blank"&gt;soulscorpio&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Goodbye To You - Michelle Branch&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;I want you, but I’m not giving in this time.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;When I hear this song, I think of “Laguna Beach” and Stephan and L.C. AWKWARD.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://theitis.tumblr.com/post/253922558</link><guid>http://theitis.tumblr.com/post/253922558</guid><pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:32:57 -0500</pubDate><category>flashback</category><category>Laguna Beach</category></item><item><title>"I’m taping toy guns to trees."</title><description>“I’m taping toy guns to trees.” - Al Gore on “Saturday Night Life”...</description><link>http://theitis.tumblr.com/post/253837827</link><guid>http://theitis.tumblr.com/post/253837827</guid><pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:20:56 -0500</pubDate><category>I laughed at this</category></item><item><title>Japanese Rockabilly Break Dancers.
This Peter Bjorn and John...</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/GwcaQ3qJ88U&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/GwcaQ3qJ88U&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Japanese Rockabilly Break Dancers.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This Peter Bjorn and John music video is the result of a minor Web rabbit hole I fell down. This is how it went down: Suzy Menkes —&gt; pompadour —&gt; Rockabilly —&gt; &lt;a href="http://japan-is-sexy.com/2009/03/rockabilly-invades-japan-with-extreme-hair-results.html" target="_blank"&gt;Japanese Rockabilly break dancers&lt;/a&gt;. Obviously.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://theitis.tumblr.com/post/253428698</link><guid>http://theitis.tumblr.com/post/253428698</guid><pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:09:17 -0500</pubDate><category>Japan</category><category>Rockabilly</category><category>Break dance</category></item><item><title>In response to Project Runway’s Season 6 finale (worst...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://12.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktg1ykW00j1qzn2oso1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;In response to &lt;a href="http://gawker.com/5409404/project-runway-fashion-weak/gallery/?skyline=true&amp;s=x" target="_blank"&gt;Project Runway’s Season 6 finale&lt;/a&gt; (worst season ever, btw), I must now find out more about Suzy Menkes and the wackadoodle bang that she has apparently been flipping and flaunting for decades. Loves it!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://theitis.tumblr.com/post/251889614</link><guid>http://theitis.tumblr.com/post/251889614</guid><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:03:05 -0500</pubDate><category>hair</category><category>Project Runway</category><category>Suzy Menkes</category></item><item><title>An excerpt from my hometown's Wikipedia page</title><description>“There are many known legends of murderers and strange noises that center around a small wooded area...</description><link>http://theitis.tumblr.com/post/251517717</link><guid>http://theitis.tumblr.com/post/251517717</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:23:10 -0500</pubDate><category>I need to move now</category><category>Terre Haute</category><category>Indiana</category><category>clown</category></item><item><title>“Community” just reminded me how much I loved the...</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XRjb8sMjYu8&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XRjb8sMjYu8&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;“Community” just reminded me how much I loved the movie “An American Tale” and how insanely heartwarming this mouse version of the song “Somewhere Out There” is.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://theitis.tumblr.com/post/250240470</link><guid>http://theitis.tumblr.com/post/250240470</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:28:59 -0500</pubDate><category>Feivel</category></item><item><title>Actual wall post from someone I am facebook friends with. This...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://5.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktdvbzrIt11qzn2oso1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Actual wall post from someone I am facebook friends with. This is not a jk.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://theitis.tumblr.com/post/250221590</link><guid>http://theitis.tumblr.com/post/250221590</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:11:59 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>fuckyeahlost:

Let the countdown begin.
- Crit

75 days!</title><description>&lt;img src="http://5.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktdlxmzlXh1qzzta5o1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://fuckyeahlost.tumblr.com/post/250016193/let-the-countdown-begin-crit" target="_blank"&gt;fuckyeahlost&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Let the countdown begin.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- &lt;a href="http://fuckyeahcrit.com" target="_blank"&gt;Crit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;75 days!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://theitis.tumblr.com/post/250028957</link><guid>http://theitis.tumblr.com/post/250028957</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:02:10 -0500</pubDate><category>LOST</category></item><item><title>An Excerpt from the San Francisco Panorama</title><description>Sing to me, America, of stock-car racing! Of four hundred miles driven in four hours. Sing to me of...</description><link>http://theitis.tumblr.com/post/249929854</link><guid>http://theitis.tumblr.com/post/249929854</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:13:00 -0500</pubDate><category>McSweeney's</category><category>writing</category></item><item><title>Johnny Depp named People magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive. No...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://22.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktddjgG7BF1qzn2oso1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Johnny Depp named &lt;i&gt;People&lt;/i&gt; magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive. No argument here.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(photo via &lt;a href="http://vanityfair.com" target="_blank"&gt;vanityfair.com&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://theitis.tumblr.com/post/249863777</link><guid>http://theitis.tumblr.com/post/249863777</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:47:40 -0500</pubDate><category>Johnny Depp</category><category>sexy</category><category>black and white</category></item><item><title>Lately I have been loving “The Wendy Williams Show.”...</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/q1A_sxzuBDU&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/q1A_sxzuBDU&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Lately I have been loving “The Wendy Williams Show.” Miss Wendy is a woman who is seven feet tall, wears wigs that are as long as the day is gay, and has a lot to say about pretty much everything. She was also recently named Woman of the Year by “The Soup,” and with a distinction like that, EVERYONE should be watching her, am I right? How you doin’?&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://theitis.tumblr.com/post/249794113</link><guid>http://theitis.tumblr.com/post/249794113</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:15:04 -0500</pubDate><category>How You Doin'?</category><category>TV</category><category>Wendy Williams</category></item><item><title>"I love America, land of the brave … land where I can dress up as a hot dog, unashamed."</title><description>“I love America, land of the brave … land where I can dress up as a hot dog,...</description><link>http://theitis.tumblr.com/post/249648769</link><guid>http://theitis.tumblr.com/post/249648769</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:02:13 -0500</pubDate><category>hot dog</category><category>America</category></item><item><title>Chuck Bass - “I’m Bored (You Ruined My Pants)”...</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/X_9L_74y-zQ&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/X_9L_74y-zQ&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Chuck Bass - “I’m Bored (You Ruined My Pants)” techno remix from The Soup&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://theitis.tumblr.com/post/249007744</link><guid>http://theitis.tumblr.com/post/249007744</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:00:40 -0500</pubDate><category>it makes me laugh</category></item><item><title>Did we know ...</title><description>that the guy who played Rusty from “European Vacation,” the girl who played Louise in...</description><link>http://theitis.tumblr.com/post/248948229</link><guid>http://theitis.tumblr.com/post/248948229</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:56:59 -0500</pubDate><category>Gossip Girl</category><category>Blake Lively</category></item><item><title>"We’re so used to finding anything in abstraction. If your mind wants to find something, you..."</title><description>“We’re so used to finding anything in abstraction. If your mind wants to find something,...</description><link>http://theitis.tumblr.com/post/248894418</link><guid>http://theitis.tumblr.com/post/248894418</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:54:47 -0500</pubDate><category>Vogue November 2009</category><category>art</category></item><item><title>My Word of the Day</title><description>Brob·ding·nag·ian Pronunciation: \ˌbräb-diŋ-ˈna-gē-ən, -dig-ˈna-\Function:  adjective Etymology:...</description><link>http://theitis.tumblr.com/post/248756062</link><guid>http://theitis.tumblr.com/post/248756062</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:26:52 -0500</pubDate><category>definition</category></item></channel></rss>
