<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5304012161536552469</id><updated>2011-08-13T00:12:38.598-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Crazy Random Happenstances</title><subtitle type='html'>Maddie's musings on miscellaneous moments in life.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maddieshappenings.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5304012161536552469/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maddieshappenings.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Maddie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13567907197219258737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HynYx7bcuyg/TkYhQpJx3JI/AAAAAAAAABc/TFHYxrjtXVs/s220/Photo%2B85.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>5</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5304012161536552469.post-1250891850387802559</id><published>2011-08-13T00:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-13T00:12:38.640-07:00</updated><title type='text'>This Week</title><content type='html'>This week I taught my friends how to play a game called Bang!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Z5xZ-BwEx6I/TkYiiYUdvaI/AAAAAAAAAB8/YCkRL_UiMoU/s1600/imgres.jpeg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 158px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Z5xZ-BwEx6I/TkYiiYUdvaI/AAAAAAAAAB8/YCkRL_UiMoU/s320/imgres.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640233557367307682" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To say that they liked it would be an understatement! We actually played the game four days in a row. Not that I can complain cause it's my favorite game :) But it just made me realize how much I like simple things. One simple card game could fill us with enough entertainment to last FOUR days! Who knew sitting in a park with Bang would end up being so fulfilling and that we could just relax and not have to find some complicated, expansive way to have fun. It was nice!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5304012161536552469-1250891850387802559?l=maddieshappenings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maddieshappenings.blogspot.com/feeds/1250891850387802559/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5304012161536552469&amp;postID=1250891850387802559' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5304012161536552469/posts/default/1250891850387802559'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5304012161536552469/posts/default/1250891850387802559'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maddieshappenings.blogspot.com/2011/08/this-week.html' title='This Week'/><author><name>Maddie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13567907197219258737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HynYx7bcuyg/TkYhQpJx3JI/AAAAAAAAABc/TFHYxrjtXVs/s220/Photo%2B85.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Z5xZ-BwEx6I/TkYiiYUdvaI/AAAAAAAAAB8/YCkRL_UiMoU/s72-c/imgres.jpeg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5304012161536552469.post-4437856401300786984</id><published>2011-08-03T22:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-03T22:52:14.162-07:00</updated><title type='text'>College and Stuff</title><content type='html'>I think that today was the first day that it really sank in that I'm leaving. With the start of August came this huge shock that I am leaving this month! In three weeks! The summer has magically seemed to vanish and I feel like I almost have no time left. All of the plans I made at the beginning of the summer still haven't happened and it feels a little overwhelming.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I went shopping for college stuff today, which was also weird. I bought my bedding and bath stuff for my dorm. It was weird thinking about how I'll need my own stuff cause I'll be living on my own. Like I need my own towels and toothpaste and shampoo, cause I'm so used to sharing that stuff. The whole experience was really strange, but also really exciting. I just hope that I can handle living on my own and that I'll have better luck convincing myself to do laundry in college.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5304012161536552469-4437856401300786984?l=maddieshappenings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maddieshappenings.blogspot.com/feeds/4437856401300786984/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5304012161536552469&amp;postID=4437856401300786984' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5304012161536552469/posts/default/4437856401300786984'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5304012161536552469/posts/default/4437856401300786984'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maddieshappenings.blogspot.com/2011/08/college-and-stuff.html' title='College and Stuff'/><author><name>Maddie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13567907197219258737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HynYx7bcuyg/TkYhQpJx3JI/AAAAAAAAABc/TFHYxrjtXVs/s220/Photo%2B85.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5304012161536552469.post-9005098136326972268</id><published>2011-07-01T23:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-01T23:29:21.130-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Lonely</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;I am not crazy about the fact that my two best friends aren't here. One has left me for college and is having a great time. The other is in Japan and I assume she is having a great time because I have no way to contact her. I on the other hand am here... on my computer at home. With nothing better to do than this....&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AwhGORkspNU/Tg655UfEvhI/AAAAAAAAAAg/MawU2wiyQFk/s320/Photo%2B89.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624637379035053586" /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;And this.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Vw0JDKluYhA/Tg655ZLpqrI/AAAAAAAAAAY/FvKzH0p0obw/s1600/Photo%2B83.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Vw0JDKluYhA/Tg655ZLpqrI/AAAAAAAAAAY/FvKzH0p0obw/s320/Photo%2B83.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624637380295764658" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;And definitely this.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kctDszgAAeQ/Tg655IlEcbI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/egG9MQAJB8s/s1600/Photo%2B80.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kctDszgAAeQ/Tg655IlEcbI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/egG9MQAJB8s/s320/Photo%2B80.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624637375838974386" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;My life is great.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5304012161536552469-9005098136326972268?l=maddieshappenings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maddieshappenings.blogspot.com/feeds/9005098136326972268/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5304012161536552469&amp;postID=9005098136326972268' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5304012161536552469/posts/default/9005098136326972268'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5304012161536552469/posts/default/9005098136326972268'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maddieshappenings.blogspot.com/2011/07/lonely.html' title='Lonely'/><author><name>Maddie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13567907197219258737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HynYx7bcuyg/TkYhQpJx3JI/AAAAAAAAABc/TFHYxrjtXVs/s220/Photo%2B85.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AwhGORkspNU/Tg655UfEvhI/AAAAAAAAAAg/MawU2wiyQFk/s72-c/Photo%2B89.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5304012161536552469.post-4925896355031056969</id><published>2009-10-23T20:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-29T00:21:16.421-07:00</updated><title type='text'>1 Year Later</title><content type='html'>So in my last post (a year ago) I lied. You may have noticed that I said I would be addicted and post often...I haven't. I've kinda taken the same approach to blogging as I do to journal writing. AKA I don't do it. So here's my second attempt to blog. Because in reality I have no free time but I love to give myself to many things to do so here is just one more.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;So as I'm writing this I'm also watching "Say Yes To The Dress" home alone at my house. I'm home alone because I've been sick for the last week and am not allowed to go to my brother birthday party. Luckily, I love this show. In every episode there's the dictator mom who won't let their daughter choose their own dress and the daughters end up crying so the mom tries to take over the whole store AND there's always the girl who comes in and tries on a dress loves it but says she'll try on other ones. So they try on like fifty dresses and in the end decide to get the first dress anyway. And it's just hilarious I love watching brides, mothers and sales-assistants all cry over A DRESS! Plus one of my most favorite gay guys ever is Randi who just makes the whole show better.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;So thats how I'm spending my evening, isn't it great. And thats why I hate being sick. Because I'm spending my friday night alone while watching woman cry. I know you're all secretly jealous you're not me right now. I mean, don't you wanna have a headache for a solid week, a stuffy nose, not able to smell and your whole body ache? Of course!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5304012161536552469-4925896355031056969?l=maddieshappenings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maddieshappenings.blogspot.com/feeds/4925896355031056969/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5304012161536552469&amp;postID=4925896355031056969' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5304012161536552469/posts/default/4925896355031056969'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5304012161536552469/posts/default/4925896355031056969'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maddieshappenings.blogspot.com/2009/10/1-year-later.html' title='1 Year Later'/><author><name>madison</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5304012161536552469.post-3921696617472056300</id><published>2008-07-31T13:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-31T15:07:20.704-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Little Light Bulb</title><content type='html'>This is my first post for anyone reading. This is also my first blog. My dad's been bugging me to start one for about a week, ever since I got home from girls camp. My summer has been extremely busy so far and I  haven't really had any free time. Since being home I've found I have &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;a lot&lt;/span&gt; of free time that I've been wasting away on solitaire and virtual websites. Thus, making my dad have me sit down and write out ideas for a blog... I didn't have very many. I couldn't even think of a name, so I've been putting it off for about a week.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One interesting happenstance that has occurred last week, however, is Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along-Blog was discovered by my family. It's available on iTunes. There's three episodes and it's very funny. I recommend it to everybody. The point of all of this, though, is that since watching said show my family(mainly my sister, mom, and me) are constantly quoting it. Today my sister, Katie, and I have been incredibly bored. This has led to the demolition of various teen posters we own. While doing so Katie and I also let loose on our vast vocabulary of Dr. Horribleness, until at one point Katie exclaimed "What a crazy random happenstance!". This is when the little light bulb in my head went off and I proceeded inside to share my discovery with my daddy. This was my first idea that he has actually liked. So I sat down on my mom's computer and my blog was born.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   I am quite excited to spend hours of my time on this blog and I hope to bring my friends into the time consuming addiction (I knows it's an addiction because both my parents can't stop and are obsessed.)(MOM- http://barnaclebutt.wordpress.com)(DAD- http://jiggyintel.blogspot.com/). Thus ending my first post.&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5304012161536552469-3921696617472056300?l=maddieshappenings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maddieshappenings.blogspot.com/feeds/3921696617472056300/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5304012161536552469&amp;postID=3921696617472056300' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5304012161536552469/posts/default/3921696617472056300'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5304012161536552469/posts/default/3921696617472056300'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maddieshappenings.blogspot.com/2008/07/little-light-bulb.html' title='The Little Light Bulb'/><author><name>madison</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry></feed>
