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<rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://tumblr.superfeedr.com/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"/><description>Hi, I’m Mona. I love to learn, to laugh, to dance, and to love.</description><title>common sense is not so common.</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @monaspeaks)</generator><link>http://monaspeaks.tumblr.com/</link><item><title>"Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic."</title><description>“Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;span&gt;Oscar Wilde,&lt;em&gt; The Picture of Dorian Gray&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/small&gt; (via &lt;a href="http://kiskolee.tumblr.com/" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank"&gt;kiskolee&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://monaspeaks.tumblr.com/post/19940019115</link><guid>http://monaspeaks.tumblr.com/post/19940019115</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 00:21:02 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Spring :)</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m19izlvh071qe3uv8o1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Spring :)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://monaspeaks.tumblr.com/post/19710348956</link><guid>http://monaspeaks.tumblr.com/post/19710348956</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 21:33:21 -0400</pubDate><category>spring</category><category>flower</category></item><item><title>
Steal my eyes and I will see you through on this bitter sweet...</title><description>&lt;iframe class="tumblr_audio_player tumblr_audio_player_18447616470" src="http://monaspeaks.tumblr.com/post/18447616470/audio_player_iframe/monaspeaks/tumblr_m04bzwLM0k1qe3uv8?audio_file=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tumblr.com%2Faudio_file%2Fmonaspeaks%2F18447616470%2Ftumblr_m04bzwLM0k1qe3uv8" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" scrolling="no" width="500" height="85"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Steal my eyes and I will see you through &lt;br/&gt;on this bitter sweet journey&lt;br/&gt;Take my hand and I will lead you to the so called end&lt;br/&gt;Hold me tight and I’ll forgive you for making me stay&lt;br/&gt;Tell me lies and then I’ll leave you&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;’&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;cause lies are made of fear&lt;br/&gt;[Delilah] &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://monaspeaks.tumblr.com/post/18447616470</link><guid>http://monaspeaks.tumblr.com/post/18447616470</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 14:40:00 -0500</pubDate><category>delilah</category><category>strong for me</category></item><item><title>*dies*</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxcjhqZD4p1r84mneo1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;*dies*&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://monaspeaks.tumblr.com/post/18438366360</link><guid>http://monaspeaks.tumblr.com/post/18438366360</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 10:20:05 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>i’ve decided. the blackboard and flowers are going in my...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzd0fs0bs41qd7j81o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;i’ve decided. the blackboard and flowers are going in my future kitchen…&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://monaspeaks.tumblr.com/post/18392650541</link><guid>http://monaspeaks.tumblr.com/post/18392650541</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 15:41:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>this whale tissue box makes me happy </title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyfgscsRJw1qdki6xo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;this whale tissue box makes me happy &lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://monaspeaks.tumblr.com/post/18392321061</link><guid>http://monaspeaks.tumblr.com/post/18392321061</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 15:35:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lx1bgiWek91r9obuwo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://monaspeaks.tumblr.com/post/18238921597</link><guid>http://monaspeaks.tumblr.com/post/18238921597</guid><pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2012 02:10:48 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>&lt;3 </title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvpk42OwXX1r4zxzoo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;3 &lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://monaspeaks.tumblr.com/post/17558777213</link><guid>http://monaspeaks.tumblr.com/post/17558777213</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:20:44 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>sadly.</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwtshpjm7L1qiln3bo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;sadly.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://monaspeaks.tumblr.com/post/17558224367</link><guid>http://monaspeaks.tumblr.com/post/17558224367</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:05:38 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>The Prince Charming List</title><description>&lt;p&gt;So basically, The Prince Charming List is a list of characteristics you want in an ideal guy&amp;#8230;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For example:&lt;br/&gt;
caring*&lt;br/&gt;
stable profession*&lt;br/&gt;
loyal/faithful*&lt;br/&gt;
family focused*&lt;br/&gt;
driven*&lt;br/&gt;
tall&lt;br/&gt;
dark &lt;br/&gt;
handsome&lt;br/&gt;
funny/charming&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;*must have&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This list is helpful because it gets you thinking about the kind of person your &amp;#8216;soulmate&amp;#8217; is. Also it helps weed out the sleezeballs and bimbos. The list should be specific enough so not everybody makes the cut but general enough to account for human imperfection. obviously you would never waste any time with somebody that doesn&amp;#8217;t meet the &amp;#8216;must have&amp;#8217; requirements. also timing is very important&amp;#8230;it&amp;#8217;s probably a good idea to prove to yourself that you can be single for a while; it will make you more independent and gain mastery over your emotions. Remember to be flexible as your list will probably change over time. also, look for guys with the potential to be this prince charming, leaving room from growth and maturation. At the same time, don&amp;#8217;t cling too closely to the hope of radical change, know when to let go and when to move on.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;hope this helps! &amp;#8212;Y.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&amp;#8230;So one of my best friends from high school sent me this above blurb today in response to my recent failed attempts to adjust to single life. He pretty much wadded everything up into a crystal ball filled with ice cold water and threw it at my face. Blunt and brilliant. I am so thankful and really appreciate it. Hopefully this post will help someone else out there going through the same battle as I am: fighting between the obvious answer to the future and the relentless past.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://monaspeaks.tumblr.com/post/15761879742</link><guid>http://monaspeaks.tumblr.com/post/15761879742</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:54:01 -0500</pubDate><category>prince charming</category><category>ideal guy</category><category>mr. right</category></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxbdskXHsB1qa5ou2o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://monaspeaks.tumblr.com/post/15443517945</link><guid>http://monaspeaks.tumblr.com/post/15443517945</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 02:47:13 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>rustybreak:

Coloured Vases by Ai Weiwei.
</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkyc7kLbfg1qdki6xo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://rustybreak.tumblr.com/post/5344291460/coloured-vases-by-ai-weiwei" target="_blank"&gt;rustybreak&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Coloured Vases &lt;/em&gt;by Ai Weiwei.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://monaspeaks.tumblr.com/post/14356778424</link><guid>http://monaspeaks.tumblr.com/post/14356778424</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 11:05:12 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvv018foAg1qzgt9no1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://monaspeaks.tumblr.com/post/13898866556</link><guid>http://monaspeaks.tumblr.com/post/13898866556</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 20:22:07 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lku996ZRXl1qdki6xo1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://monaspeaks.tumblr.com/post/13826801858</link><guid>http://monaspeaks.tumblr.com/post/13826801858</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 09:49:04 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvkle9zmJw1r70gfao1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://monaspeaks.tumblr.com/post/13790877743</link><guid>http://monaspeaks.tumblr.com/post/13790877743</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:55:24 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvjg5b5eUw1r2lohvo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://monaspeaks.tumblr.com/post/13789989064</link><guid>http://monaspeaks.tumblr.com/post/13789989064</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:35:16 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqrtm6lNb61qzkv57o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://monaspeaks.tumblr.com/post/13728446177</link><guid>http://monaspeaks.tumblr.com/post/13728446177</guid><pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 10:05:28 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>mols:

I think you could fall in love with anyone if you saw the parts of them no one else gets to...</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://mols.tumblr.com/post/13467132674" target="_blank"&gt;mols&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;I think you could fall in love with anyone if you saw the parts of them no one else gets to see. Like if you followed them around invisibly for a day and saw them crying in their bed at night or singing in the shower or humming quietly to themselves as they make a sandwich or even just walking along the street. And even if they were really weird and had no friends at school, I think, after seeing them at their most vulnerable, you wouldn’t be able to help falling in love with them.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://monaspeaks.tumblr.com/post/13728412164</link><guid>http://monaspeaks.tumblr.com/post/13728412164</guid><pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 10:04:21 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>wow, this is what i want to wake up to.</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvla8tmJ9q1r2lohvo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;wow, this is what i want to wake up to.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://monaspeaks.tumblr.com/post/13728246678</link><guid>http://monaspeaks.tumblr.com/post/13728246678</guid><pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 09:58:47 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>omgahhh beautiful…</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvk6jlnqA41r24iyqo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;omgahhh beautiful…&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://monaspeaks.tumblr.com/post/13638807276</link><guid>http://monaspeaks.tumblr.com/post/13638807276</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 12:30:14 -0500</pubDate><category>ballet</category><category>beautiful</category></item></channel></rss>
