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		<title>Surviving as an Artist from Elizabeth Gilbert</title>
		<link>http://blog.torabrava.com/2010/08/17/surviving-as-an-artist-from-elizabeth-gilbert/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 22:49:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve ever struggled as any kind of artist or maker of things, this video is for you. Dig the anecdote about Tom Waits. And with that, back to writing. Filed under: stories, writing<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.torabrava.com&amp;blog=7482785&amp;post=571&amp;subd=torabrava&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Classic moment</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 06:24:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The camera cuts out at an abrupt 30 seconds, but you get the idea. I got to see one of the most amazing songwriters of, well &#8212; ever! How lucky was I??? Billy Steinberg wrote hits like &#8220;Alone&#8221;, &#8220;Like a Virgin&#8221;, &#8220;I Touch Myself&#8221;, &#8220;Eternal Flame&#8221; &#8212; most of which he performed on a lone [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.torabrava.com&amp;blog=7482785&amp;post=506&amp;subd=torabrava&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>MMSlam Reality Wrap Around Video</title>
		<link>http://blog.torabrava.com/2009/11/27/mmslam-reality-wrap-around-video/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:38:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The outfit was highly relevant to the monologue, I swear! Then we decided the tool belt with the drill and stuffed teddy bear was a tad too much.  When the Galinsky Brothers, Robert and Philip, the beneficent, wild and hiNRG hosts of the Manhattan Monologue Slam institution, asked me to perform a monologue at the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.torabrava.com&amp;blog=7482785&amp;post=311&amp;subd=torabrava&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The suble view from Mars</title>
		<link>http://blog.torabrava.com/2009/11/18/the-suble-view-from-mars/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:55:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I hit the hay tonight, I shall dream that I am in my comfy, pimped-out air-locked pod on a spaceship hurtling through space heading straight for our green earth. Nothing but the hum of oxygen tides surrounds. When I wake up at the joyous hour of &#8211;, I will be 110% rested and rejuvenated, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.torabrava.com&amp;blog=7482785&amp;post=303&amp;subd=torabrava&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Le Party</title>
		<link>http://blog.torabrava.com/2009/11/08/le-party/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.torabrava.com/?p=284</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I woke up at 8am today and been going ever since. That&#8217;s strange because A LOT of tequila and macoli (traditional unfiltered soju) was imbibed last night. Most of it by me. Yeah, in addition to being weird like that, I do have gymming to thank for every one of my thank-the-lord, hangover-less mornings Aside [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.torabrava.com&amp;blog=7482785&amp;post=284&amp;subd=torabrava&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>All Souls Day</title>
		<link>http://blog.torabrava.com/2009/11/05/all-souls-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:29:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The sky looked different this morning. From where I sit at my desk, I can usually see a lot of sky, including what is revealed apart from it, the cityline and river and the changing colors of leaves and trees. The sky is like the ocean. It never looks the same, but sometimes it will [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.torabrava.com&amp;blog=7482785&amp;post=267&amp;subd=torabrava&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Polar Halloween 09</title>
		<link>http://blog.torabrava.com/2009/11/04/polar-halloween-09/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:31:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know how many parties we hit over the course of the weekend, but there were a few. Me and li&#8217;l Pola on my shoulder, being the last polar bears on earth gave me the perfect excuse to carry an M16 around with me. After all, you&#8217;re allowed to protect the ones you love. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.torabrava.com&amp;blog=7482785&amp;post=269&amp;subd=torabrava&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>@THE CENTER on a midsummer&#8217;s night</title>
		<link>http://blog.torabrava.com/2009/08/04/the-center-on-a-midsummers-night/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 23:19:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;Twas a beautiful evening post-rain, the air distilled, a taut summer breeze&#8230; perfect for a midsummer night&#8217;s salon at THE CENTER. Ed Bennett and Dusty Wright of Culture Catch had asked me to perform my rendition of &#8220;Smells Like Teen Spirit&#8221;, which got the crowd really riled up and hopping (but the party was already [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.torabrava.com&amp;blog=7482785&amp;post=206&amp;subd=torabrava&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Physical education</title>
		<link>http://blog.torabrava.com/2009/07/24/physical-education/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:19:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I never had any intention of finding myself at the gym. I don&#8217;t really know how I get there. I just blink, and look around, and it&#8217;s hey! I&#8217;m on the treadmill. Or hey! I&#8217;m on the lat machine. Or hey! I got new earbuds! I mean, how did I even get there? The television [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.torabrava.com&amp;blog=7482785&amp;post=187&amp;subd=torabrava&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>“Assembled for Battle” part 2</title>
		<link>http://blog.torabrava.com/2009/07/14/%e2%80%9cassembled-for-battle%e2%80%9d-part-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:14:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was a kid, my brother and I would play. And I don&#8217;t mean just play. We would really PLAAAAY. Some kids would sit down and play board games or get up and play freeze tag or sit down again and play video games. Not us. We&#8217;d do all those things all at the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.torabrava.com&amp;blog=7482785&amp;post=177&amp;subd=torabrava&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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