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		<title>No Guarantees</title>
		<link>http://nonsequiter.com/2012/01/no-guarantees/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:02:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Del R.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am working on myself. I have made a commitment to stop hiding in relationships from those parts of myself that are scared, uncomfortable, and petrified of being left. Part of this work includes weekly therapy, which started this past Friday. In the first appointment I already made a bunch of connections I had never [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Liking my own reflection</title>
		<link>http://nonsequiter.com/2011/04/liking-my-own-reflection/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 15:22:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Del R.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know that I have ever looked in the mirror and not found something to cringe about. That is, if I could bare to look into the mirror at all. Lately, however, I have been noticing that I am actually liking what I am seeing in my reflection. Its weird. I am a photographer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blast From The Past: Voice in Transition</title>
		<link>http://nonsequiter.com/2011/03/blast-from-the-past-voice-in-transition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Mar 2011 22:24:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Del R.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently have come across old voice recordings I had done just prior to and over the first few years of taking testosterone to aid in my physical transition. As I listen back on these it makes me giggle. For many of my friends now, they don&#8217;t know my voice pre-T or it has been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Request for Support</title>
		<link>http://nonsequiter.com/2010/08/request-for-support/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2010 18:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Del R.</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nonsequiter.com/?p=1340</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Family, Friends and Colleagues, I am writing to you today to ask your help in supporting a long time, seemingly unachievable goal of mine—the ability to get top surgery (click here for more information, specifically bilateral mastectomy) as part of my lifetime journey to live more congruently with my gender identity. On July 28th [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cutting Away to Queer &#8211; Part 3</title>
		<link>http://nonsequiter.com/2010/05/cutting-away-to-queer-part-3/</link>
		<comments>http://nonsequiter.com/2010/05/cutting-away-to-queer-part-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 17:25:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Del R.</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nonsequiter.com/?p=424</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My Blood Sacrifice Immediately after gaining a new understanding of Kali’s purpose and power I visited my tattoo artist in order to reclaim her presence in a radical and permanent way. We discussed her importance in my life, what it was that she symbolized to me, and decided to tattoo her on the entirety of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cutting Away to Queer &#8211; Part 2</title>
		<link>http://nonsequiter.com/2010/05/cutting-away-to-queer-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://nonsequiter.com/2010/05/cutting-away-to-queer-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 May 2010 17:43:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Del R.</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nonsequiter.com/?p=421</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Cutting Away March 2008 marked the end of an almost six-year relationship with another transgender man who was closeted about having been born into a female body. For the sake of the relationship, I had chosen to be closeted about being transgender. Because of my height and masculine build I often passed as a cisgendered [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Body Beautiful</title>
		<link>http://nonsequiter.com/2010/03/body-beautiful/</link>
		<comments>http://nonsequiter.com/2010/03/body-beautiful/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 02:39:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Del R.</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nonsequiter.com/?p=1282</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I love, love, love this song. I heard it again a few days ago as I was about to cross over the bay bridge. It is a good personal reminder and anthem, but it also makes me think of many of you. I hope it touches you they way it does me. ~~~ I Am [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Confessions of Self-Image</title>
		<link>http://nonsequiter.com/2010/01/confessions-of-self-image/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 04:36:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Del R.</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nonsequiter.com/?p=391</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Self-image is a complex thing. I have spent enough time around others that are body positive to learn that any body is beautiful and your worth and sex appeal is not determined by your weight. I absolutely believe this. Those who have spent any length of time with me know this to be true. Perhaps [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy New Start . . . er . . . Year</title>
		<link>http://nonsequiter.com/2010/01/happy-new-start-er-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 17:32:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Del R.</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nonsequiter.com/?p=380</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[New year&#8217;s resolutions are, culturally speaking, something that are made in earnest, but made with an almost expectation of failure. There are no pressures to fulfill them, in fact, just listen to the radio or turn of the TV over the next few weeks and see how many marketing campaigns are made from them. It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In The Past Decade . . .</title>
		<link>http://nonsequiter.com/2009/12/in-the-past-decade/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 02:52:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Del R.</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nonsequiter.com/?p=1288</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[- lived (in order) in Pleasant Hill, CA, SE Portland, NE Portland, NW Portland, Twain Harte, CA, NE Portland, SE Portland, Twain Harte, CA, and Berkeley, CA - dated 18 people including four long-term (more than 1 year) relationships, and a triad (three person) primary relationship - fostered feral kittens - come out as gender [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ch, Ch, Ch, Chia . . . Seeds</title>
		<link>http://nonsequiter.com/2009/12/ch-ch-ch-chia-seeds/</link>
		<comments>http://nonsequiter.com/2009/12/ch-ch-ch-chia-seeds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:43:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Del R.</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nonsequiter.com/?p=452</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The following article has been moved from a former Raw blog of mine that is no longer active. The other day I was in the store looking for a gluten free oatmeal like cereal from my partner. The only thing I was able to find was rice based, which has been an irritant for him [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Alive</title>
		<link>http://nonsequiter.com/2009/12/its-alive/</link>
		<comments>http://nonsequiter.com/2009/12/its-alive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 17:42:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Del R.</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nonsequiter.com/?p=449</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The following article has been moved from a former Raw blog of mine that is no longer active. Thanks to a dear friend of mine, I have been growing my own sprouts for the last month. She provided gifted me with three Sprout Master sprouting trays. There is something amazing about growing your own food. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dear January</title>
		<link>http://nonsequiter.com/2009/01/dear-january/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 04:09:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Del R.</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nonsequiter.com/?p=836</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am asking you please, take with you the crappy start that you have brought to 2009. Never before have I witnessed so much grief in the eyes of those I loved within the span of one month. You are supposed to be the bearer of hope and promise, but this year, you brought with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brain Drain</title>
		<link>http://nonsequiter.com/2009/01/brain-drain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 03:52:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Del R.</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nonsequiter.com/?p=827</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[holy crap i have so much in my head right now. this post is really more of a please gawd get it out of my head, stream of consciousness, sanity thing. within the first few days of the year i learned that one friend had been diagnosed with stage 4 ovarian cancer and another was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baggages and Stages of Healing</title>
		<link>http://nonsequiter.com/2008/11/baggages-and-stages-of-healing/</link>
		<comments>http://nonsequiter.com/2008/11/baggages-and-stages-of-healing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 03:09:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Del R.</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nonsequiter.com/?p=795</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[there comes a point when i feel like i have to make a decision to change the course of direction when it comes to baggage. now obviously this is not to say that i can simply choose not to be triggered or have a baggage related responses simply because i will it so. if only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dating Bill of Rights</title>
		<link>http://nonsequiter.com/2008/11/dating-bill-of-rights/</link>
		<comments>http://nonsequiter.com/2008/11/dating-bill-of-rights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 03:07:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Del R.</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nonsequiter.com/?p=793</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just saw this on a list I&#8217;m on and love, love, loved it. Soooo, I had to share We, the people — in particular, those socially active seekers of romance, companionship and pleasure — deserve certain inalienable rights when it comes to charting the waters of the dating scene. And so, in honor of Independence [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Writing for Myself Again</title>
		<link>http://nonsequiter.com/2008/06/writing-for-myself-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:02:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Del R.</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nonsequiter.com/?p=691</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s something I wrote yesterday ~~~ There Comes A Time There comes a time in everyones life where you have to stop caring what everyone else thinks. There comes a time where you have to stop and ask What do I think? This is a scary proposition because it ask you to be brave and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Santosha &#8211; Contentment</title>
		<link>http://nonsequiter.com/2008/01/santosha-contentment/</link>
		<comments>http://nonsequiter.com/2008/01/santosha-contentment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 23:50:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Del R.</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nonsequiter.com/?p=682</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve had so much going on in my head over the past few weeks between M&#8217;s cancer treatment, school and the ever wonderful finances. Today in yoga, Ariel introduced a new component of our classes. She has begun to discuss the principles of yoga (eight limbs of yoga). Today she began with santosha, which translates [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Being Sick Sucks</title>
		<link>http://nonsequiter.com/2008/01/being-sick-sucks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2008 23:48:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Del R.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been feeling like crud since late Sunday afternoon. I haven&#8217;t been back to work this week. So today I decided to go to my local Providence &#8220;Immediate&#8221; Care. Four hours later I have my note for work and am told that I have the flu. Oh joy. I just love being poked and prodded. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asta La Vista, Bankruptcy</title>
		<link>http://nonsequiter.com/2006/03/asta-la-vista-bankruptcy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Mar 2006 01:47:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Del R.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most of you probably don&#8217;t know this, but ten years ago I had to file bankruptcy. It was entirely due to my own stupidity and spending beyond my means. When all was said and done I had over $30K in debit including having a new car repo&#8217;ed. I have worked my ass off to get [...]]]></description>
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