<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6989247539086270999</id><updated>2011-07-30T16:26:43.307-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Pardi Time</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jamespardi.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6989247539086270999/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jamespardi.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Jimmy Pardi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05710264972348435947</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6989247539086270999.post-4521026848530184301</id><published>2010-09-04T22:24:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-08T20:01:27.381-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Hey Scuffs, Shut Up!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Mifr4euW5g4/TIM_QRd2zZI/AAAAAAAAAHc/qa-H4yJ7lr0/s1600/LEo.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'lucida grande';"&gt;I live in a 500 square foot apartment in Chicago Illinois—filled with a vintage table I purchased off e&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'lucida grande';"&gt;b&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'lucida grande';"&gt;ay, a couch set I found on Craig’s List, and bed I picked up at &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'lucida grande';"&gt;West Elm.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'lucida grande';"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Mifr4euW5g4/TIM7Vn4LboI/AAAAAAAAAGs/i4s0ZBk4tOA/s1600/Livingroom.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Mifr4euW5g4/TIM7Vn4LboI/AAAAAAAAAGs/i4s0ZBk4tOA/s200/Livingroom.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513315611499523714" style="text-align: justify;display: block; 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width: 200px; height: 150px; " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'lucida grande';"&gt;There’s &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'lucida grande';"&gt;scuffs on the wall where I use to park my road bike, which got stolen.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'lucida grande';"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'lucida grande';"&gt;I find it hard to say it’s my fault for leaving it outside over night, although I was warned not too. Who cuts through a metal lock? Now when I glimpse at the scuffs, they seem to say, “Shouldn't have left it outside.” I thought about cleaning them off, but they're right, and I should be reminded of my negligence.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'lucida grande';"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Mifr4euW5g4/TIM-yAdqpkI/AAAAAAAAAHU/DI6pZzPgPwU/s1600/SCUFFS.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Mifr4euW5g4/TIM-yAdqpkI/AAAAAAAAAHU/DI6pZzPgPwU/s200/SCUFFS.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513319397670430274" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'lucida grande';"&gt;Over all Chicago has treated me well. I’m a copywriter at Leo Burnett, and work with an incredibly talented art director named Ryan Stephens. He has a great wife and two beautiful kids. My Mother reminds me weekly of the need to find a girlfriend and get married. I tune her out by turning my focus to the scuffs on the wall, which at the time have something more interesting to say.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'lucida grande';"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Mifr4euW5g4/TIM_QRd2zZI/AAAAAAAAAHc/qa-H4yJ7lr0/s1600/LEo.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Mifr4euW5g4/TIM_QRd2zZI/AAAAAAAAAHc/qa-H4yJ7lr0/s200/LEo.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513319917630705042" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px; " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'lucida grande';"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'lucida grande';"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Mifr4euW5g4/TIM-yAdqpkI/AAAAAAAAAHU/DI6pZzPgPwU/s1600/SCUFFS.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'lucida grande';"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#0000EE;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'lucida grande';"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'lucida grande';"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Mifr4euW5g4/TIM0qLVmUOI/AAAAAAAAAGM/dgr7xkuMCbw/s1600/SCUFFS.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'lucida grande';"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="Times New Roman&amp;quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-USfont-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:12.0pt;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--EndFragment--&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6989247539086270999-4521026848530184301?l=jamespardi.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jamespardi.blogspot.com/feeds/4521026848530184301/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6989247539086270999&amp;postID=4521026848530184301' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6989247539086270999/posts/default/4521026848530184301'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6989247539086270999/posts/default/4521026848530184301'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jamespardi.blogspot.com/2010/09/i-live-in-500-square-foot-apartment-in.html' title='Hey Scuffs, Shut Up!'/><author><name>Jimmy Pardi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05710264972348435947</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Mifr4euW5g4/TIM7Vn4LboI/AAAAAAAAAGs/i4s0ZBk4tOA/s72-c/Livingroom.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
