﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>BigBoa's Xanga</title><link>http://bigboa.xanga.com/</link><description>Latest Xanga weblog from BigBoa</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>60</ttl><image><title>The Weblog Community</title><url>http://s.xanga.com/images/xangalogobutton.gif</url><link>http://bigboa.xanga.com/</link></image><item><title>Vegas</title><link>http://bigboa.xanga.com/453507639/vegas/</link><guid>http://bigboa.xanga.com/453507639/vegas/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Mar 2006 13:14:10 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;P&gt;Just got back and I'm here working first thing Monday morning. . .My body is confused, it doesn't know if it should be tired or not.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Vegas is fun . . .but man does that town suck you dry. . .your money. . .your energy. . .your soul. . .it was loads of fun. . .will post the "safe"&amp;nbsp;pics later&amp;nbsp;. . .whatever happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Congrats Shubes&lt;/P&gt;</description><comments>http://bigboa.xanga.com/453507639/vegas/#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>Friday, February 24, 2006</title><link>http://bigboa.xanga.com/448272869/item/</link><guid>http://bigboa.xanga.com/448272869/item/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2006 05:43:00 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;P&gt;It's 12 hours till the test and I still only scoring 70% on internal control communications.&amp;nbsp; Why on earth would you report immaterial misstatements to the Audit Committee?&amp;nbsp; Yes misstatement of petty cash of $10. . .send it to the Audit Committee!!. . .Adverse opinion baby. . .Do it. . Do it&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;It's so&amp;nbsp;We Todd Did. . I tell you. . .We Todd Did!!&lt;/P&gt;</description><comments>http://bigboa.xanga.com/448272869/item/#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>Thursday, February 23, 2006</title><link>http://bigboa.xanga.com/447766094/item/</link><guid>http://bigboa.xanga.com/447766094/item/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2006 06:44:08 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;=======================================================&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;It's 2 a.m.&amp;nbsp; Based on all the CPA practice tests I have taken, I 'm averaging 76.&amp;nbsp; The passing score is 75.&amp;nbsp; Take it for what you will.&amp;nbsp; 36 more hours. . .&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description><comments>http://bigboa.xanga.com/447766094/item/#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>Wednesday, February 15, 2006</title><link>http://bigboa.xanga.com/442495913/item/</link><guid>http://bigboa.xanga.com/442495913/item/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2006 03:21:13 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Studying for the CPA *yawn *&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;TD align=middle bgColor=#66ccff&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black" face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif"&gt;&lt;B&gt;You Have A Type A- Personality&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;
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&lt;CENTER&gt;&lt;FONT color=#0000cc size=+6&gt;A- &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/CENTER&gt;&lt;FONT color=#000000&gt;You are one of the most balanced people around Motivated and focused, you are good at getting what you want You rule at success, but success doesn't rule you. When it's playtime, you really know how to kick back Whether it's hanging out with friends or doing something you love! You live life to the fullest - encorporating the best of both worlds&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;/TBODY&gt;&lt;/TABLE&gt;
&lt;DIV align=center&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.blogthings.com/typeaquiz/" target="_new"&gt;Do You Have a Type A Personality?&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;P align=center&gt;studying for &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P align=center&gt;&lt;A href="http://x43.xanga.com/9fdb63505633435744897/b23943379.jpg" target=xangaphoto&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; WIDTH: 300px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px" alt="" src="http://x43.xanga.com/9fdb63505633435744897/z23943379.jpg"&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"&gt;The next 2-3 months are going to be some good times. . .&amp;nbsp; If&amp;nbsp;anybody can identify the reference from the above pic,&amp;nbsp;I will give them a special gift straight&amp;nbsp;from the related identified reference.&amp;nbsp;. .&lt;IMG height=15 src="http://www.xanga.com/Images/smiley5.gif" width=15&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description><comments>http://bigboa.xanga.com/442495913/item/#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>Friday, February 03, 2006</title><link>http://bigboa.xanga.com/436988288/item/</link><guid>http://bigboa.xanga.com/436988288/item/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2006 13:09:04 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;First entry of 2006. . .&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;I'm wearing all black in tribute of. . .&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial size=7&gt;Coretta Scott King,&amp;nbsp; April 27, 1927 - January 31, 2006&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;widow of slain civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;Rest in Peace&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;I would never be where I am today if it were not for you and a lot of others, . . .Thank You&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description><comments>http://bigboa.xanga.com/436988288/item/#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>Monday, December 26, 2005</title><link>http://bigboa.xanga.com/411950169/item/</link><guid>http://bigboa.xanga.com/411950169/item/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2005 00:37:55 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;P&gt;Yes &lt;FONT size=7&gt;&lt;FONT color=#ff8000&gt;B&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT color=#0000ff&gt;e&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT color=#ff8000&gt;a&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT color=#0000ff&gt;r&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT color=#ff8000&gt;s&lt;/FONT&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;WORK!!!&amp;nbsp; Illinois sports has been awesome this year.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;================================================&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;haha thanks Soo&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT color=#df2020&gt;&lt;FONT size=7&gt;M&lt;FONT color=#107010&gt;E&lt;/FONT&gt;R&lt;FONT color=#107010&gt;R&lt;/FONT&gt;Y &lt;FONT color=#107010&gt;C&lt;/FONT&gt;H&lt;FONT color=#107010&gt;R&lt;/FONT&gt;I&lt;FONT color=#107010&gt;S&lt;/FONT&gt;T&lt;FONT color=#107010&gt;M&lt;/FONT&gt;A&lt;FONT color=#107010&gt;S&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;FONT color=#2b2b2b&gt;!!!&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;============================================================&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Wow this is amazing. . . check this out.&amp;nbsp; It really works. . . Thanks Libragirl.&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description><comments>http://bigboa.xanga.com/411950169/item/#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>Tuesday, December 20, 2005</title><link>http://bigboa.xanga.com/410789046/item/</link><guid>http://bigboa.xanga.com/410789046/item/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2005 17:53:45 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;OL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=1&gt;
&lt;LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Book Antiqua"&gt;&lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;There is no such thing as Lemonade in &lt;?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /&gt;&lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;London&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt;&lt;/B&gt; – I asked for Lemonade, and I got a Sprite.&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;I asked for Sprite and they didn’t know what I was talking about.&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;Go figure.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Book Antiqua"&gt;&lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;I lost five pounds&lt;/B&gt; – Most people gain weight when they travel, but I lose weight. . &lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;I didn’t have time to get to a gym and I was stuck doing my 360 pushups in less than 10 minutes a day routine.&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;Yes I know, I’m a slacker.&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;=/&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Book Antiqua"&gt;&lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;Wagamama is amazing&lt;/B&gt; – It’s a restaurant that sells “Londonized” Asian food.&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;They cook many different foods including Chinese, Japanese, Middle Eastern, etc.&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;Best Asian Fusion I’ve had by far, and never thought eggplant could be so good. &lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;The are very big in &lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;London&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt;, and it’s only a matter of time until they hit the states.&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;When there stocks becomes public on the NYSE, BUY BUY BUY. &lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;Click here for website&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Book Antiqua"&gt;&lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;The power of positive thinking&lt;/B&gt; - Unfortunately I didn’t get to see 2XS &lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;London&lt;/st1:City&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; until Friday night.&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;I knew my staff and boss would be ticked if I went off by myself during the workday week.&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;Corporate &lt;st1:country-region w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;America&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt; politics.&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;Plus, when I tried to meet up with them I got totally lost.&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;On top of that I was late and I was wondering the streets like a mad man.&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;. .lol. . .Then I hear “Cory”.&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;I look to the side of me and there’s Kim and Sisqo, directors of 2XS &lt;st1:country-region w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;U.K.&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;I was so determined to meet up with 2XS &lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;London&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt; and it was meant to be.&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;=).&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;That group is so amazing and very hospitable.&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;In April, I determined to hang out with them more.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Book Antiqua"&gt;&lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;Accent &lt;/B&gt;– &lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;It’s so funny to be the foreigner and have the accent.&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;I feel that myself and other Midwestner’s don’t have a pronounce accent, until Kim did an impression of me.&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;I fell out my chair laughing because it was dead on.&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;I think Brits tend to speak faster and slur their words.&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;Americans tend to over pronounce their words.&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;Bloody Non-sense I tell you.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Book Antiqua"&gt;&lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;Sunday Night, after dinner &lt;/B&gt;– I was walking back to my hotel and I notice music coming from a café shop with a lot off people hanging out.&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;I go inside, and follow the music.&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;I go upstairs behind the counter and there is a Rave.&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;Crazeeee. . .Londoners are party animals.&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;You would swear it was Friday night.&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;I look at the café menu and they were selling cappuccinos and Jim Bean.&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;Now the states definitely need to get on that tip. &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/OL&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT face="Book Antiqua"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Book Antiqua"&gt;Overall, I love working in &lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;London&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt;. &lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;I could never live there, they don’t have lemonade haha.&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;I admire some of &lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;London&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt;’s fashion.&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;I will post pics later.&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;It’s too much effort, and I got work to do.&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;I need to buy a better digital camera.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT face="Book Antiqua"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Book Antiqua"&gt;HELP!!!&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;My gym membership ran out.&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;Does anyone have any gym hookups or know of any bomb gym deals.&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;Let me know. &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description><comments>http://bigboa.xanga.com/410789046/item/#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>Monday, December 19, 2005</title><link>http://bigboa.xanga.com/410129615/item/</link><guid>http://bigboa.xanga.com/410129615/item/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2005 16:44:37 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;P&gt;looks like a virus is traveling through xanga again. . .nice.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;===============================================&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;I'm so busy, so London update has to wait.&amp;nbsp; But what should I get my mom for Christmas?&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;I already got her:&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Digital Camera&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;35" HD flat screen&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;DVD &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Cell Phone.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;She wouldn't have any use for a&amp;nbsp;mini-IPOD.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; I need help.&lt;/P&gt;</description><comments>http://bigboa.xanga.com/410129615/item/#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>Monday, December 12, 2005</title><link>http://bigboa.xanga.com/405258006/item/</link><guid>http://bigboa.xanga.com/405258006/item/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2005 18:07:03 GMT</pubDate><description>London is awesome. . .much to write later. . .time is 7:07 p.m.(GMT)</description><comments>http://bigboa.xanga.com/405258006/item/#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>Thursday, December 08, 2005</title><link>http://bigboa.xanga.com/402611127/item/</link><guid>http://bigboa.xanga.com/402611127/item/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2005 21:10:02 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;P&gt;Alright experiment. . .whoever reads this and is&amp;nbsp;in the ATL right now&amp;nbsp;.&amp;nbsp;. .where's the party at tonight?&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;========================================================&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;wow I never seen Xanga so dead. . .&amp;nbsp; Is everybody alright in Chicago?&lt;/P&gt;</description><comments>http://bigboa.xanga.com/402611127/item/#firstcomment</comments></item></channel></rss>