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	<title>Andrea Wilson Woods&#039; Blog</title>
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	<description>Pondering happiness, hope, and wisdom</description>
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		<title>Finding Beauty in an Ugly World</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I want to apologize upfront for this extemporaneous, stream-of-consciousness blog entry—especially since it has been more than a month since I have posted and this material is not at all related to my Learning to Love LA (again) series, which I promise I will finish.
I was sitting here on my couch watching the news, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://andreawilsonwoods.com/happiness/2010/07/23/finding-beauty-in-an-ugly-world/</link>
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		<title>Learning to Love LA (again): Part Two—Walking the City</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have no sense of direction, but luckily, downtown Los Angeles is laid out on a grid system. Numbered streets run east and west while named streets run north and south. I often confuse the order of the named streets (e.g., Hope, Grand, Flower) so I definitely walked the longest way possible as I left [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://andreawilsonwoods.com/happiness/2010/05/27/learning-to-love-la-again-part-two%e2%80%94walking-the-city/</link>
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		<title>The friend who dumped me</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I remember the exact moment when TJ and I started becoming friends. We were coworkers sitting in a conference room celebrating another employee&#8217;s birthday. As the party wound down, people went around the room and announced their birthdays. He said, &#8220;August 13&#8243; to which I replied, &#8220;Oh my god! Another Leo! Mine is August 15—no [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://andreawilsonwoods.com/happiness/2010/05/24/the-friend-who-dumped-me/</link>
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		<title>Learning to Love LA (again): Part One—Being a Tourist</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Every year on or near my sister Adrienne&#8217;s birthday, I go to an event as a way to honor her. Usually I see a ballet, a play, or a concert, but this year I decided to try something different. I had wanted to see the new exhibition, Collection: MOCA&#8217;s First Thirty Years, at the Los [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://andreawilsonwoods.com/happiness/2010/04/21/learning-to-love-la-again-part-one%e2%80%94being-a-tourist/</link>
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		<title>Winning the game of life</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Do you remember The Game of Life? Originally created by Milton Bradley in 1860, Life received a makeover 100 years later, and I&#8217;m almost positive that we owned the 1963 edition. I played the game often as a child, but I didn&#8217;t enjoy very much. I didn&#8217;t like that girls had to be &#8220;pink pegs&#8221; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://andreawilsonwoods.com/happiness/2010/04/08/winning-the-game-of-life/</link>
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		<title>Paul McCartney: Power, Magic, and Pure Ego</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, March 31, my husband took me to see Paul McCartney&#8217;s Up and Coming Tour at the Hollywood Bowl. At 67 years old, Paul has survived the breakup of the Beatles, the death of his beloved Linda, and a bitter divorce from his second wife Heather Mills. Though he is not the most dynamic [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://andreawilsonwoods.com/happiness/2010/04/04/paul-mccartney-power-magic-and-pure-ego/</link>
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		<title>A Blogger&#8217;s Battle with ADHD</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I get bored easily. Very easily.* My problems with focus are exemplified by the many unfinished projects in my life, the high number of 14-week relationships that I&#8217;ve had, and the reason that I don&#8217;t stay at a job for more than three years. I need a change as often as a baby with a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://andreawilsonwoods.com/happiness/2010/03/26/a-bloggers-battle-with-adhd/</link>
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		<title>Is healthcare reform &#8220;the right thing to do&#8221;?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to President Obama, &#8220;I&#8217;m confident it [the healthcare bill] will pass because it&#8217;s the right thing to do.&#8221; I agree with him; reforming America&#8217;s healthcare system is necessary. But when our president has not read the bill in its entirety, when congressmen are bribed with special deals for their states (or just a ride [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://andreawilsonwoods.com/happiness/2010/03/18/is-healthcare-reform-the-right-thing-to-do/</link>
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		<title>The Coincidence of Queen</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Is this the real life?
Is this just fantasy?
Caught in a landslide
No escape from reality
Whenever I hear those words echo out of my car radio, I think two things: Is this my real life—the one without Adrienne? And is she talking to me right now? Queen was one of Adrienne&#8217;s favorite bands and even though &#8220;Bohemian [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://andreawilsonwoods.com/happiness/2010/03/11/the-coincidence-of-queen/</link>
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		<title>Best of Mammoth: a skier&#8217;s point of view</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am sitting in a bar in Mammoth Lakes, California, during one of the busiest times of the year—President&#8217;s Day weekend. As I listen to the inane chatter of intoxicated birthday girls, inebriated ski bunnies, slick man whores, and a staff who can&#8217;t wait for this night to be over, I don&#8217;t feel like part [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://andreawilsonwoods.com/happiness/2010/03/04/best-of-mammoth-a-skiers-point-of-view/</link>
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