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		<title>I love Being Single &#8211; Am I Alone? (No Pun Intended&#8230;)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:30:40 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>All around me, my friends are dropping like flies into the pool of relationships.  I suppose when you&#8217;re perpetually single, it seems like this is always the case, but trust me; it&#8217;s even more the case now.  Maybe it&#8217;s because we&#8217;re all getting older and the time for settling down is dawning on many a resigned party goer in my social circle.  Maybe it&#8217;s because biological clocks are ticking (I keep hearing from guys that we women have these clocks &#8230;</p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=collegecandy.com&#038;blog=860993&#038;post=9795&#038;subd=collegecandy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>All around me, my friends are dropping like flies into the pool of relationships.  I suppose when you&#8217;re perpetually single, it seems like this is always the case, but trust me; it&#8217;s even more the case now.  Maybe it&#8217;s because we&#8217;re all getting older and the time for settling down is dawning on many a resigned party goer in my social circle.  Maybe it&#8217;s because biological clocks are ticking (I keep hearing from guys that we women have these clocks &#8211; I don&#8217;t buy it &#8211; but maybe some women do?).  But whatever it is that is happening to everyone around me&#8230;I&#8217;m immune to it.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m so good at being single that it actually scares me a little bit.  I had steady boyfriends until I was 20 and then &#8211; suddenly &#8211; I just wasn&#8217;t interested in it anymore.  I didn&#8217;t wanna be vulnerable anymore, I didn&#8217;t want to be the center of anyone&#8217;s life.  I didn&#8217;t want to have to report back to anyone about what time I&#8217;ll be getting in. I didn&#8217;t want to have to share my bed anymore.  I didn&#8217;t care if anyone loved me; I knew my friends and family loved me.  I just didn&#8217;t&#8230;care.  Everyone said it would pass, but it didn&#8217;t. I&#8217;m 24 now and the only boyfriend I&#8217;ve had in the last 4 years was a very short-lived long distance relationship, which I think I could only handle because of the distance.</p>
<p>I genuinely like being single.  I like living for me.  I like not mixing up my goals and plans with someone else&#8217;s.  I like waking up alone.  I like getting up and traveling to whatever city I want, at any time, without even thinking to discuss it with someone else.  I love single life.  Doesn&#8217;t anyone else?</p>
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		<title>Candy Dish: Scarlet&#8217;s Boring Music Career Implodes&#8230;And No One Cares</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jess - NYU</dc:creator>
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<p>ScarJo may have Ryan Reynolds, but she sure don&#8217;t have the <a href="http://perezhilton.com/2008-05-29-another-reason-to-stick-to-making-movies">Billboard 100</a></p>
<p>Reality TV to get <a href="http://gawker.com/393742/how-reality-television-will-get-even-cheaper">cheaper / dumber </a>/ much more boring</p>
<p>So cute I might puke: <a href="http://jezebel.com/5011617/adorable-dog-adopts-orphaned-baby-bunnies?autoplay=true">Dog adopts BABY RABBITS </a></p>
<p>New York is about to have some <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/05/29/nygay.marriage/index.html#cnnSTCText">FABULOUS weddings</a>&#8230;</p>
<p>Is it okay to <a href="http://boinkology.com/2008/05/29/where-to-take-a-girl-on-a-first-date-rape/">joke about date rape</a>?  How about punching a dude in the balls?</p>
<p>Sorry Sarah Larson. George just <a href="http://www.thefrisky.com/post/246-mind-of-man-simple-thoughts-on-settling-down/">wasn&#8217;t ready </a>to settle down.</p>
<p>Screw the Freshman 15.  Try the <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1755972">Freshman 103</a>.</p>
<p>Drink &#8230;</p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=collegecandy.com&#038;blog=860993&#038;post=9262&#038;subd=collegecandy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:center;"><img src="http://collegecandy.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/29/scarlett-johansson-coachella-singing.jpg?w=343&h=245" alt="scarlett-johansson-coachella-singing.jpg" height="245" width="343" /></p>
<p>ScarJo may have Ryan Reynolds, but she sure don&#8217;t have the <a href="http://perezhilton.com/2008-05-29-another-reason-to-stick-to-making-movies">Billboard 100</a></p>
<p>Reality TV to get <a href="http://gawker.com/393742/how-reality-television-will-get-even-cheaper">cheaper / dumber </a>/ much more boring</p>
<p>So cute I might puke: <a href="http://jezebel.com/5011617/adorable-dog-adopts-orphaned-baby-bunnies?autoplay=true">Dog adopts BABY RABBITS </a></p>
<p>New York is about to have some <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/05/29/nygay.marriage/index.html#cnnSTCText">FABULOUS weddings</a>&#8230;</p>
<p>Is it okay to <a href="http://boinkology.com/2008/05/29/where-to-take-a-girl-on-a-first-date-rape/">joke about date rape</a>?  How about punching a dude in the balls?</p>
<p>Sorry Sarah Larson. George just <a href="http://www.thefrisky.com/post/246-mind-of-man-simple-thoughts-on-settling-down/">wasn&#8217;t ready </a>to settle down.</p>
<p>Screw the Freshman 15.  Try the <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1755972">Freshman 103</a>.</p>
<p>Drink <a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_27420,00.html">Mint Juleps</a>, impress EVERYONE</p>
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