<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Ina @ obsidianpotency.blog-city.com</title><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/</link><description>(Ina) </description><copyright>Copyright 2008 obsidianpotency.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:48:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Ina @ 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>2007</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/2007.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/2007.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2008 22:04:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=2007</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I&#39;m not going to go into the world&#39;s 2007 retrospective, because I always feel like my version of events is too short-sighted and biased.&nbsp; Instead, I prefer to make it deliberately self-focused and dispense with any pretense of balance.&]]></description></item><item><title>And we say Chi-City</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/and_we_say_chicity.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/and_we_say_chicity.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2007 15:33:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=and%5Fwe%5Fsay%5Fchicity</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This past weekend, I stayed with Ina in Chicago.&nbsp; I got to meet Mike and Beth&#39;s son, who is almost 1 year old now.&nbsp; He is walking and has said a few words, both verbally and in sign language (if you hadn&#39;t heard, babies are capable]]></description></item><item><title>Going To Chicago (Never get airline vouchers).</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/never_get_airline_vouchers.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/never_get_airline_vouchers.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2007 15:51:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=never%5Fget%5Fairline%5Fvouchers</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[So I&#39;m going to Chicago this weekend to see Ina, Mike, Beth, Spencer and hopefully McVety.&nbsp; Maybe Sabah?&nbsp; Anyway, I voluntarily bumped myself from a US Airways flight last year in order to get a free round-trip voucher to anywhere in th]]></description></item><item><title>On the horns of a dilemma</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/on_the_horns_of_a_dilemma.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/on_the_horns_of_a_dilemma.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2007 21:08:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=on%5Fthe%5Fhorns%5Fof%5Fa%5Fdilemma</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I suppose this is the best problem to have.&nbsp; Basically, I've committed to going to two different parties two Saturdays from now in DC.&nbsp; This is also a long weekend for President's Day.&nbsp; 

Here's the dilemma: one of my roommates is of]]></description></item><item><title>Tsubo Men&apos;s Spum</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/tsubo_mens_spum.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/tsubo_mens_spum.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2007 17:07:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=tsubo%5Fmens%5Fspum</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Review of Tsubo Men's Spum]]></description></item><item><title>What I&apos;ve been doing lately.</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/what_ive_been_doing_lately.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/what_ive_been_doing_lately.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2007 07:05:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=what%5Five%5Fbeen%5Fdoing%5Flately</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[New Years is my favorite holiday, simply because almost everyone in the world is celebrating at the saem time on the same day.  For New Year's Eve, I went to two parties: one thrown by Russ in Arlington, and another in College Park/Berwyn Height]]></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>Giving Thanks, and New York Trip</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/giving_thanks_and_new_york_trip.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/giving_thanks_and_new_york_trip.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Nov 2006 20:48:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=giving%5Fthanks%5Fand%5Fnew%5Fyork%5Ftrip</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This past weekend was pretty calm in that no travelling was involved.&nbsp; I had my customary dual Thanksgiving dinners, hung out with Dave, Joe, Laura and Ina, snuck in a trip to Chief Ike's Mambo Room, did some shopping for house stuff for my new]]></description></item><item><title>Moved in...</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/moved_in.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/moved_in.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2006 19:53:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=moved%5Fin</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The cause for my recent posting slump is that I finished moving into my new place last Wednesday.   Shockingly, I still don't have internet - and it won't be turned on until November 27.  In the meantime, I'll have to settle for piggybacking on wirel]]></description></item><item><title>Tough Call</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/tough_call.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/tough_call.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Oct 2006 09:43:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=tough%5Fcall</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I've been house-share-hunting for over a month now, all the while knowing that I can move when I want.  But obviously, I'm getting antsy.  It's natural; living on my own is the one big gaping hole in my life right now.  

Anyway, I s]]></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>Double the fun</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/double_the_fun.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/double_the_fun.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2006 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=double%5Fthe%5Ffun</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This weekend was awesome.  Friday night, I hung out with Farmer, Jeff and Melissa at some bars in Bethesda and downtwon D.C.  On Saturday, Ina came into town to celebrate her (and her twin Ada's) birthday.  Unfortunately, I missed dinn]]></description></item><item><title>Chicago Trip</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/chicago_trip.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/chicago_trip.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2006 07:14:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=chicago%5Ftrip</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[(NOTE: This post will include photos in an homage to The Rob's style.)My journey to Chicago was eventful and a blast.  It was the first time I'd been back there in four years, at least.  Since I lived there for my first 6 months after colle]]></description></item><item><title>In Chicago this weekend!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/in_chicago_this_weekend.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/in_chicago_this_weekend.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2006 07:17:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=in%5Fchicago%5Fthis%5Fweekend</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[FINALLY, the Negro HAS COME BACK to Chi-CA-go!  Yes, I am indeed finally going back to the first city I lived in after college.  I haven't lived there in 6 years, and I don't think I've visited since 2001.  Regardless, I still have som]]></description></item><item><title>Drafty</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/drafty.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/drafty.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2005 06:11:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=drafty</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I spent a ridiculous amount of time watching the NFL draft the past couple of days.  After a year away, my football cravings are nearly insatiable.  I'l watch anything football-related.  And the new NFL Network makes it a lot easier for me to get]]></description></item><item><title>Days of Being Wild</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/days_of_being_wild.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/days_of_being_wild.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2005 20:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=days%5Fof%5Fbeing%5Fwild</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This entry is named after a movie by Wong Kar-Wai -- and a song that I actually have heard by one of my favorite bands, ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead.  In fact, I'm listening to the song now.  This past weekend was a good one.  Joe Yan]]></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>2004</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/2004.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/2004.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2005 13:43:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=2004</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[My reflection on last year was way too hurried to be thorough enough for my tastes.  So I'm going to go back to last year in order to recap some major political events and my own personal life.  In the news, the USA's political process captured an un]]></description></item><item><title>Moved, and Moving</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/moved_and_moving.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/moved_and_moving.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2004 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=moved%5Fand%5Fmoving</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Moved, and MovingSTATUS: PublishALLOW COMMENTS: 1CONVERT BREAKS: 1ALLOW PINGS: 1PRIMARY CATEGORY: EventsCATEGORY: EventsDATE: 02/23/2004 05:00:30 PM-----BODY:So I moved (again), this time out of my house in Arlington.  I l]]></description></item></channel></rss>