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		<title>It&#8217;s COLAB Time!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2011 13:07:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Karalekas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To those of you looking for an internship in the advertising world, guess what? COLAB time is here again&#8230; I participated in the inaugural 2008 group &#8211; wasn&#8217;t sure what to think going in, but it was the best six weeks I&#8217;ve spent during a summer &#8211; collaborating with some of the most forward thinking, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kimkaralekas.com&amp;blog=3224588&amp;post=4463&amp;subd=kimkaralekas&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 00:32:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Karalekas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like I&#8217;ve said many times before, I do love where I&#8217;m from. There&#8217;s something pretty special about Salem, Oregon, although it might not be obvious to the masses. I wouldn&#8217;t say it&#8217;s a good place for young adults, but it&#8217;s a great place to be raised. In Salem, we are lucky enough to have a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kimkaralekas.com&amp;blog=3224588&amp;post=3497&amp;subd=kimkaralekas&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 15:56:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Karalekas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before you read on&#8230;please read the title of this post&#8230;and the following definition of stereotype&#8230;then read on and enjoy! (= Stereotype: an exaggerated belief that can be positive or negative but generalizes without allowing for differences So…I went out in downtown Austin / W. 6th street for the first time last night in a long [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kimkaralekas.com&amp;blog=3224588&amp;post=3345&amp;subd=kimkaralekas&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:11:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Karalekas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, I had some friends from Salem visiting this past week. (p.s. quick tangent&#8230;I think it&#8217;s funny how depending on where I am geographically, or who I am talking to, I&#8217;ll change the location of where I am from or where I know people from. Like&#8230;if I was talking to a Texan and just said [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kimkaralekas.com&amp;blog=3224588&amp;post=2721&amp;subd=kimkaralekas&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>this and that</title>
		<link>http://kimkaralekas.com/2010/02/10/my-laundry-list/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:19:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Karalekas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here goes: The Bachelor: Ugh. So I rarely ever watch TV and I hate to admit I&#8217;m watching it, but it&#8217;s true. It all started a few weeks back when I found out a girl from Oregon was on the show. Then I found out the guy is from Dallas, which I thought could be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kimkaralekas.com&amp;blog=3224588&amp;post=2629&amp;subd=kimkaralekas&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:21:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Karalekas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I moved apartments this weekend&#8230;with moving there comes cleaning, with cleaning there comes recycling. Although Texas doesn&#8217;t have anything similar to the Oregon bottle bill, I&#8217;m sure happy that Austinies go out of their way to recycle. This place is kinda downtown Austin &#8211; Ecology Action (ecology!!!!) it&#8217;s basically a volunteer recycling organization. Nice. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kimkaralekas.com&amp;blog=3224588&amp;post=2622&amp;subd=kimkaralekas&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:43:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Karalekas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So here&#8217;s a quick recap of what has gone down in the past 3 weeks: I was very lucky that I had 2 weeks between the end of my internship and the start of my job, so I got to spend the holidays with my family and friends back in Oregon. It was a wonderful [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kimkaralekas.com&amp;blog=3224588&amp;post=2578&amp;subd=kimkaralekas&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<link>http://kimkaralekas.com/2010/01/20/manther/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Karalekas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So&#8230;I&#8217;m more or less from Salem. As 1/2 the UO populate seems to originate from Portland, the last four years, I was given a decently hard time being from Salem in: &#8220;Salem is so boring&#8230;what the heck is there to do in SALEM&#8221; blah blah blah. So Salem is no Portland, we all know this&#8230;but [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kimkaralekas.com&amp;blog=3224588&amp;post=2565&amp;subd=kimkaralekas&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>making cards by hand</title>
		<link>http://kimkaralekas.com/2010/01/13/making-cards-by-hand/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Karalekas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since I&#8217;ve moved to Austin, I&#8217;d gained a few penpals &#8211; friends from back home in Oregon. It&#8217;s one thing to keep in touch via Facebook message or text, but to receive a hand-written or even BETTER a hand-made, hand-written card &#8211; such a wonderful mailbox treat (= At first, I began purchasing cards to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kimkaralekas.com&amp;blog=3224588&amp;post=2379&amp;subd=kimkaralekas&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Heart in Oregon: Katy + Ryan</title>
		<link>http://kimkaralekas.com/2009/12/29/heart-in-oregon-katy-ryan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:17:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Karalekas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The last storyteller was from Luckenbach, Texas, now we&#8217;re back to the Northwest. As soon as I saw Katy + Ryan pull up in their Subaru with a giant Oregon Heart sticker on the back, I knew they&#8217;d be a great pair to interview. (= Posted in Inspiration, Society + Culture Tagged: heart in oregon, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kimkaralekas.com&amp;blog=3224588&amp;post=2395&amp;subd=kimkaralekas&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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