<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Ashley @ obsidianpotency.blog-city.com</title><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/</link><description>(Ashley) </description><copyright>Copyright 2008 obsidianpotency.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:48:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Ashley @ obsidianpotency.blog-city.com</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>Escape To New York</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/escape_to_new_york.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/escape_to_new_york.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 05:12:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=escape%5Fto%5Fnew%5Fyork</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I just got back from an alternately relaxing and rushed weekend in New York City, the city in which I attended grad school.&nbsp; Joe had FedExed me the keys to his apartment earlier in the week, and I had his place to myself for a chunk of the time]]></description></item><item><title>In NYC Next Weekend (Business)</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/in_nyc_next_weekend_business.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/in_nyc_next_weekend_business.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2007 05:06:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=in%5Fnyc%5Fnext%5Fweekend%5Fbusiness</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I&#39;ll be going up to New York next weekend for the SIOP Annual Conference (Society of Industrial/Organizational Psychology) at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square. The conference runs all day Friday and Saturday, and a half-day on Sun]]></description></item><item><title>Wii Weekend before the last</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/wii_weekend_before_the_last.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/wii_weekend_before_the_last.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2007 19:50:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=wii%5Fweekend%5Fbefore%5Fthe%5Flast</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I forgot that two weekends ago was a long weekend, so I decided to take an evening trip up to New York Monday night.&nbsp; As it stands, I probably should have gone to Chicago.&nbsp; Anyway, my job allows me to travel for free, so it was no biggie.&n]]></description></item><item><title>4 Years In The Black!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/4_years_in_the_black.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/4_years_in_the_black.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2007 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=4%5Fyears%5Fin%5Fthe%5Fblack</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Four years ago today, I put up my very first weblog entry. Back then I used MovableType as my weblog provider, and the header/title was "[my first name]'s Obsidian Potency."  Eventually I would invite others to post along with me, and]]></description></item><item><title>2006</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/2006.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/2006.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 31 Dec 2006 23:41:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=2006</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I last had an entry with this title in 2004, so I thought I'd revisit the year a bit from my point of view.

Worldwide, Saddam Hussein was executed in dubious circumstances (again, The Rob does a good job of elucidating how potentially harmful and]]></description></item><item><title>NY, NY</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/ny_ny.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/ny_ny.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Dec 2006 19:25:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=ny%5Fny</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I just got back from NYC early this morning, which was a good time.  I ate barbecue twice in the weekend to try new restaurants (Blue Smoke and Dinosaur).  Dinosaur has now taken the crown long held by Brother Jimmy's as the best barbecue p]]></description></item><item><title>New Job! (in an old place)</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/new_job_in_an_old_place.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/new_job_in_an_old_place.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Jul 2006 17:20:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=new%5Fjob%5Fin%5Fan%5Fold%5Fplace</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I got a full-time job offer July 7, and I just found out that all the checks that needed to happen are finished and good!  It's a job in my field, doing similar work to what I did in South Africa.  And it's in D.C.  And it gives me a c]]></description></item><item><title>Inconvenient Truths</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/inconvenient_truths.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/inconvenient_truths.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 02 Jul 2006 16:06:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=inconvenient%5Ftruths</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Recently, a friend of mine broke up with his girlfriend for...well, for reasons that just didn't make any sense on the surface.  Basically, she didn't trust him -- even though she had no reason not to trust him.  She also didn't feel like h]]></description></item><item><title>What I Love The Most</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/what_i_love_the_most.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/what_i_love_the_most.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Apr 2006 03:54:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=what%5Fi%5Flove%5Fthe%5Fmost</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Well any man with a microphone can tell you what he loves the most."-- The White Stripes, "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground"As you can tell by the above quote, I'm going to write about what I love the most.And what I love the mos]]></description></item><item><title>Here I Go Again</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/here_i_go_again_1.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/here_i_go_again_1.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2005 05:44:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=here%5Fi%5Fgo%5Fagain%5F1</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I'm up super-late, and I just finished a fantasy football draft.  You didn't think I was going to miss fantasy this year just because I am moving and was out of the loop last year, did you?  If I could do it from South Africa, I can certainly do it]]></description></item><item><title>Back in the Big Apple</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/back_in_the_big_apple.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/back_in_the_big_apple.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2005 01:27:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=back%5Fin%5Fthe%5Fbig%5Fapple</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I took a bus up to New York/New Jersey last-minute for the past few days.  I stayed with Daina and Andrew at their house in Jersey, and attended two career fairs.  They were labeled &quot;diversity fairs&quot;, and endorsed by the local NAACP.  On]]></description></item><item><title>Biting the Apple</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/biting_the_apple.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/biting_the_apple.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2005 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=biting%5Fthe%5Fapple</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I'm at Dave's apartment in Manhattan right now.  It's ben pretty surreal getting here: first I hung out with my old friends Tommy and Farmer in Baltimore for St. Patty's, then I thought I missed my bus, then the bus smelled like urine and I had to si]]></description></item><item><title>What will I do?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/what_will_i_do.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/what_will_i_do.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2005 11:38:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=what%5Fwill%5Fi%5Fdo</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Recently, some people have asked me: what will you do when you get back?  What will you eat?  Who will you see?  Well, I think I'm close enough to departure (2 weeks!) to answer those questions.  The first thing I'll do when I step off that airplane]]></description></item><item><title>27</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/27.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/27.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2004 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=27</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[TITLE: 27STATUS: PublishALLOW COMMENTS: 1CONVERT BREAKS: 1ALLOW PINGS: 1PRIMARY CATEGORY: South AfricaCATEGORY: South AfricaDATE: 06/07/2004 05:15:03 AM-----BODY:Thank you guys so much for the kind wishes, and for the even kinder]]></description></item><item><title>Back in NYC Yet Again</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/back_in_nyc_yet_again.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/back_in_nyc_yet_again.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2004 03:29:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=back%5Fin%5Fnyc%5Fyet%5Fagain</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[TITLE: Back in NYC Yet AgainSTATUS: PublishALLOW COMMENTS: 1CONVERT BREAKS: 1ALLOW PINGS: 1PRIMARY CATEGORY: EventsCATEGORY: EventsDATE: 02/16/2004 09:15:18 AM-----BODY:So I'm in NYC yet again sitting at (Dave's roommate) Chris' c]]></description></item><item><title>Sub-Average Joe</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/subaverage_joe.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/subaverage_joe.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2004 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=subaverage%5Fjoe</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[--------AUTHOR: ashleyTITLE: Sub-Average JoeSTATUS: PublishALLOW COMMENTS: 1CONVERT BREAKS: 1ALLOW PINGS: 1PRIMARY CATEGORY: AshleyCATEGORY: AshleyDATE: 01/06/2004 09:50:13 AM-----BODY:-----EXTENDED BODY:Hey it's Ashley, reality-tv junkie, wondering]]></description></item><item><title>Pop This! 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(For You)STATUS: PublishALLOW COMMENTS: 1CONVERT BREAKS: 1ALLOW PINGS: 1PRIMARY CATEGORY: AshleyCATEGORY: AshleyDATE: 12/19/2003 04:47:35 PM-----BODY:Just a random "Seinfeld-ism" for my first ent]]></description></item><item><title>Love Boat Captain</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/love_boat_captain.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/love_boat_captain.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2003 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=love%5Fboat%5Fcaptain</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Love Boat CaptainSTATUS: PublishALLOW COMMENTS: 1CONVERT BREAKS: 1ALLOW PINGS: 1PRIMARY CATEGORY: FriendsCATEGORY: FriendsDATE: 11/10/2003 12:33:20 PM-----BODY:On account of Carrie's early Thanksgiving potluck, I drove up t]]></description></item><item><title>Go Shorty</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/go_shorty_1.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/go_shorty_1.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2003 20:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=go%5Fshorty%5F1</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[TITLE: June 6 (photos included)STATUS: PublishALLOW COMMENTS: 1CONVERT BREAKS: 1ALLOW PINGS: 1PRIMARY CATEGORY: EventsCATEGORY: EventsDATE: 06/09/2003 11:25:44 AM-----EXTENDED BODY:My birthday ended up being a lot of fun.  Dave a]]></description></item><item><title>Pimp Assumptions</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/pimp_assumptions.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/pimp_assumptions.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2003 20:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=pimp%5Fassumptions</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[TITLE: Pimp AssumptionsSTATUS: PublishALLOW COMMENTS: 1CONVERT BREAKS: 1ALLOW PINGS: 1PRIMARY CATEGORY: Sex & GirlsCATEGORY: AshleyCATEGORY: EventsCATEGORY: FriendsCATEGORY: Sex & GirlsDATE: 03/24/2003 09:11:07 AM-----BODY]]></description></item></channel></rss>