
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Bolt of Blue &#187; Books</title>
	<atom:link href="http://www.boltofblue.net/category/books/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://www.boltofblue.net</link>
	<description>photos, concert reviews, and other ramblings from a native Angeleno</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:58:53 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator>
		<item>
		<title>cold, cold water surrounds me now and all I&#8217;ve got is your hand</title>
		<link>http://www.boltofblue.net/2004/01/22/cold-cold-water-surrounds-me-now-and-all-ive-got-is-your-hand/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boltofblue.net/2004/01/22/cold-cold-water-surrounds-me-now-and-all-ive-got-is-your-hand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2004 02:12:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alyse</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[His Dark Materials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matthew Goode]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Phantom Planet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[That 70's Show]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.boltofblue.net/alyse/?p=477</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m still alive. Just haven&#8217;t felt like posting. Things are happening&#8230; life is moving along but I&#8217;m just not very motivated right now. Like I&#8217;ve lost a spark or voice that feels natural. I&#8217;ve tried to start several posts since my last one. Each one never gets finished. I feel so muddled right now. Tired. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m still alive. Just haven&#8217;t felt like posting. Things are happening&#8230; life is moving along but I&#8217;m just not very motivated right now. Like I&#8217;ve lost a spark or voice that feels natural. I&#8217;ve tried to start several posts since my last one. Each one never gets finished. I feel so muddled right now. Tired. Lonely. Stressed. Anxious. So here&#8217;s the best I can do at the moment. Some random thoughts that have crept into my head or have filled my thoughts these past few weeks.</p>
<ul type=square>
<li> <a href="http://that70sshow.com" target="new">That 70&#8242;s Show</a> will end after next year&#8217;s season. Sad.
</li>
<li> Money. Lack of money sucks.
</li>
<li> I think I&#8217;m finally going to get roped into jury duty.
</li>
<li> <a href="http://imdb.com/title/tt0098453/" target="new">Teen Witch</a> is an evil movie. No matter if I have somewhere to go or if I have better things to do, if I&#8217;m flipping channels and it&#8217;s on, I drop everything.
</li>
<li> Dominic Monaghan is really unattractive. His under bite and weird way his mouth juts out and moves to the side when he talks bugs me. This is pathetic of me, I know.
</li>
<li> My new crush is <a href="http://www.geocities.com/charmingmatthewgoode/" target="new">Matthew Goode</a>. So hot. Go see Chasing Liberty. It will make you smile. Unless you&#8217;re a co-co-cold hearted snake.
</li>
<li> The new <a href="http://phantomplanetfamily.com" target="new">PP</a> album is radness. It&#8217;s such a step up from their previous work and I really adore that it captures the energy they have when live. Their instore at Tower on the 10th was fun. I continue to love Sam. But it was too damn hot out. It&#8217;s supposed to be winter right? Bleh. That&#8217;s Los Angeles for you. Gorgeous 80 degree weather in the middle of January.
</li>
<li> Since after Christmas I&#8217;ve been immersed in the world of the <a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/features/pullman/" target="new">His Dark Materials</a> trilogy. I&#8217;ve never been so emotionally invested in a series of novels before. To the point where I would have to put the book down before getting to certain parts, afraid of what might happen, or because I had to calm myself as I sobbed uncontrollably. They simply floored me and made me reflect on life, death, religion, faith, and love. They will sit with me, in my thoughts and heart, for a long time to come.
</li>
</ul>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://www.boltofblue.net/2004/01/22/cold-cold-water-surrounds-me-now-and-all-ive-got-is-your-hand/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>this is a ballad for the good times and all the dignity we had</title>
		<link>http://www.boltofblue.net/2003/05/12/this-is-a-ballad-for-the-good-times-and-all-the-dignity-we-had/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boltofblue.net/2003/05/12/this-is-a-ballad-for-the-good-times-and-all-the-dignity-we-had/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2003 01:22:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alyse</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fandom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Idol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blur]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ewan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JRM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jude]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[web design]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.boltofblue.net/alyse/?p=424</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Um. I&#8217;m still alive. Just been majorly busy. And getting a bit sick. I had to finish this gift I was making by mother&#8217;s day for my mom. Work has been incredibly hectic. More than usual right now. So much so, I was not able to take off Friday and go to Jay Leno for [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Um. I&#8217;m still alive. Just been majorly busy. And getting a bit sick.
<p>
I had to finish this gift I was making by mother&#8217;s day for my mom. Work has been incredibly hectic. More than usual right now. So much so, I was not able to take off Friday and go to Jay Leno for <a href="http://ewanspotting.com" target="new">Ewan</a>. And because of traffic, I didn&#8217;t make it in time to see Ewan leave the studio. Ah well.</p>
<p>
I spent most of last week finally redesigning and revamping my <a href="http://brilliance.nu" target="new">Jude Law</a> fansite. This has been something I&#8217;ve needed to do for months and months. I came up with several discarded designs until finally coming up with the right one. I also did the entire site in PHP. I recently revamped the <a href="http://jrmfansite.org" target="new">JRMfansite</a> using PHP. And my first real stab at PHP was redesigning and restarting <a href="http://pop-trash.com/glow" target="new">Glow</a>. It&#8217;s going to be a while before all my sites get going with PHP but I&#8217;m very happy I&#8217;ve started to get the hang of using it. It makes life so much easier (I&#8217;m more knowledgeable and comfortable using ASP but most webhosting servers do not have that capablity). Plus I&#8217;ve almost completely changed all of my fanlistings to using either PHP or Megabook. I just need to convert one more&#8230; and ahem&#8230; I&#8217;m signed up for 4 more fanlistings that I need to complete. </p>
<p>
Yeah. I&#8217;ve got issues.</p>
<p>
And to top it all off&#8230; <a href="http://blur.co.uk" target="new">Blur</a> are trying to kill me! Well&#8230; either that or get more money out of me. According to <a href="http://pollstar.com" target="new">Pollstar</a> (via <a href="http://unblogged.com" target="new">Val</a>), they are going to play Seattle June 20 and then Vancouver June 21. (Along with Vegas on June 12.) So looks like I&#8217;ll be visiting Remi that weekend. Already got pit tickets for <a href="http://91x.com/xfest2003.html" target="new">Xfest</a> just to see them. <a href="http://hothotheat.com" target="new">Hot Hot Heat</a> were added to the bill. Just as long as they don&#8217;t play at the same time, June 15th will be a radness filled day.</p>
<p>
Oh&#8230; anyone got details regarding the American Idol final to be held at the Universal Amphitheater?</p>
<p>
I&#8217;ve decided I&#8217;m regressing back to my childhood. Well&#8230; with my reading habits at least. I&#8217;ve been re-reading some of my favorite books from when I was a kid. I&#8217;ve zipped through The Westing Game and From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. Now I&#8217;m working on Lord of The Flies which I have not read in ages and ages. Catching the <a href="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0100054" target="new">movie</a> on Bravo the other day made me pull out my old copy.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://www.boltofblue.net/2003/05/12/this-is-a-ballad-for-the-good-times-and-all-the-dignity-we-had/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Friday Five strikes again</title>
		<link>http://www.boltofblue.net/2002/06/25/friday-five-strikes-again/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boltofblue.net/2002/06/25/friday-five-strikes-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jun 2002 16:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alyse</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harry Potter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LOTR]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.boltofblue.net/alyse/?p=312</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sunday Seven, 2 days late&#8230; My seven favorite book characters in order: 1. Eowyn (The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien) 2. Andry (Dragon Prince trilogy by Melanie Rawn) 3. Peekay (The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay) 4. Bilbo Baggins (The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien) 5. Legolas [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://onthefringe.org" target="new">Sunday Seven</a>, 2 days late&#8230;</p>
<p>My seven favorite book characters in order:<br />
1. Eowyn (The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien)<br />
2. Andry (Dragon Prince trilogy by Melanie Rawn)<br />
3. Peekay (The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay)<br />
4. Bilbo Baggins (The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien)<br />
5. Legolas Greenleaf (The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien)<br />
6. Scout Fitch (To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee)<br />
7. Harry Potter (Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling)</p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://www.boltofblue.net/2002/06/25/friday-five-strikes-again/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>

