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		<title>honors thesis</title>
		<link>http://rustedpen.wordpress.com/2011/11/02/honors-thesis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 09:37:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Min</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Honestly I believe people place too much hype into the notion of &#8220;FYP&#8221; or &#8220;thesis&#8221; or &#8220;GP&#8221;. When it ultimately comes down to &#8216;doing&#8217; this, it&#8217;s just a matter of hard work, empirical data, and good writing. It resembles that of a typical term paper, or essay, just that it is extended over a period [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rustedpen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5751119&amp;post=1057&amp;subd=rustedpen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>the nerd in me: pc upgrade</title>
		<link>http://rustedpen.wordpress.com/2011/10/15/the-nerd-in-me-pc-upgrade/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2011 06:16:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Min</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hobbies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wishing well]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[700 watt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ASUS GTX 570]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://rustedpen.wordpress.com/?p=1036</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I finally managed to acquire 3 pieces of hardware that would enable me to tide the waters of future gaming demands that may cometh by. It&#8217;s been awhile since I&#8217;ve got down and tinkered with my PC, researching for good hardware grabs and the &#8216;in thing&#8217; for PC upgrades. So I decided to upgrade 3 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rustedpen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5751119&amp;post=1036&amp;subd=rustedpen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fate</title>
		<link>http://rustedpen.wordpress.com/2011/04/01/fate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 18:09:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Min</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[emotions]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[chance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Between technology and chance. The automatic pistol and the Russian Roulette. Filed under: emotions, Rants<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rustedpen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5751119&amp;post=1022&amp;subd=rustedpen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">roulette</media:title>
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		<title>frustrating discursive gender practices</title>
		<link>http://rustedpen.wordpress.com/2011/03/18/frustrating-discursive-gender-practices/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 08:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Min</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contemplation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discourse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[femininity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[feminism]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[inequality]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Quote Yancey Martin (2003): When women see and/or experience groups of men mobilize(ing) masculinities in ways women cannot frame as working, they often perceive men as acting like men, instead of like vice presidents, chemists, or engineers. When this occurs, they experience a range of negative feelings-for example, feeling exhausted, different, excluded, unsure of themselves, and, as Valerie said, as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rustedpen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5751119&amp;post=1017&amp;subd=rustedpen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Modernity is Death; History is Undeath</title>
		<link>http://rustedpen.wordpress.com/2011/03/16/modernity-is-death-history-is-undeath/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 09:01:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Min</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contemplation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You know what, Modernity is Death. Why do I posit such heroic assumptions? Everything that is perceived as &#8216;modern&#8217; has to die, as such, a product/ideology/myth/narrative that is deemed &#8216;modern&#8217; is created to die, it has to be extinguished or be in a perpetual state of decay in order for a newer element to take [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rustedpen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5751119&amp;post=1015&amp;subd=rustedpen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Veiled glances and individualism</title>
		<link>http://rustedpen.wordpress.com/2010/09/16/veiled-glances-and-individualism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 02:16:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Min</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[shades]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think that the wearing of shades/sunglasses among individuals, is deeper than it seems. Though it may be used for utilitarian purposes such as reducing UV rays and such, the (post) modern era has created several constructions that surpass it&#8217;s initial purpose and is now used as an apparatus to galvanize individuality and difference. It [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rustedpen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5751119&amp;post=1010&amp;subd=rustedpen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>God issues Recall &#8211; Alexbogusky</title>
		<link>http://rustedpen.wordpress.com/2010/09/14/god-issues-recall-alexbogusky/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 15:55:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Min</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I found this blog article on Alex Bogusky&#8217;s blogroll, and I decided to share with you his views, in which I find very outstandingly written, with brilliant humor. Nevertheless, the facts are indeed true. HEAVEN&#8211; In a surprise move, God issued a statement today announcing an immediate recall of His complete book series:The Torah, The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rustedpen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5751119&amp;post=1006&amp;subd=rustedpen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>technological extensions of the human body</title>
		<link>http://rustedpen.wordpress.com/2010/08/21/technological-extensions-of-the-human-body/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 15:44:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Min</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our reliance on technology is inconspicuously phenomenal. Little did we realize that at least 75% of our existence in the modern world requires technological intervention, utilization and regulation. In fact, most of our actions are technologically determined, more so, to be human; a social being. Ever felt &#8220;lonely&#8221; when you left your cellphone behind at [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rustedpen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5751119&amp;post=995&amp;subd=rustedpen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">the technosocial</media:title>
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