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		<title>Because &#8216;Participant&#8217; Is Not An Award, And Life Is Not The Special Olympics</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Truth of the matter is:
We don&#8217;t all get a hug for our efforts.

What we do &#8216;get,&#8217; however, is Freedom Of Choice&#8230;
(though make no mistake: to not choose is—in itself—a decision).
A choice you&#8217;re hereby offered the opportunity?
Who gets an award (yourself, perhaps?), and
For what?
BEHOLD: THE LATEST OFFERING from 
THE JARED GOLD/CLINT CATALYST COLLABORATION&#8230;
P R I Z E   [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;">Truth of the matter is:</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">We <em>don&#8217;t </em>all get a hug for our efforts.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">
<p style="text-align: center;">What we do &#8216;get,&#8217; however, is Freedom Of Choice&#8230;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">(though make no mistake: to <em>not </em>choose is—in itself—a decision).</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">A choice you&#8217;re hereby offered the opportunity?</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Who gets an award (yourself, perhaps?), and</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">For what?</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">BEHOLD: THE LATEST OFFERING <em>from </em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff69b4;"><strong>THE JARED GOLD/CLINT CATALYST COLLABORATION&#8230;</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>P R I Z E   R I B B O N S !</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">photo by </span><a href="http://www.dirkmai.com"><big><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><strong>Dirk Mai</strong></span></span></big></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">as modeled by a Most Epic Individual herself:</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Miss <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005306"><big><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"> Pauley Perrette</span></strong></big></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/epic-ribbon"><span style="color: #ff69b4;"><strong>:: CLICK HERE TO ORDER ::</strong></span></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff69b4;"><strong><br />
</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">But for those of you whom the terminally cute</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">is a constant reminder that human beings do, indeed, have a &#8220;Gag Reflex&#8221;?</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
<a href="http://www.clintcatalyst.com/blog/wp-content/gallery/prize-ribbonscollaboration-with-jared-gold/aldo-vento-hater-prize-pin-etsy.jpg" title="" class="thickbox" rel="singlepic122" >
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Go ahead and</span> <strong>OWN</strong> <span style="font-weight: normal;">THAT BITTER BILE</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">DOWN TO THE BONE!</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Pictured above, at Hollywood&#8217;s latest haunt of legendary proportions,</span> <a href="http://www.blackbookmag.com/article/getting-ready-for-the-mr-black-la-invasion/10780"><big><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Mr. Black</span></strong></big></a>:</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3539504"><big><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Aldo Vento</span></strong></big></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">flaunts his </span><em><span style="font-weight: normal;">Hater</span></em><span style="font-weight: normal;"> status</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">in black-on-black-on-black&#8230;</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">
<p style="text-align: center;">
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=35347865"><span style="color: #ff69b4;"><strong>:: CLICK HERE FOR YOUR OWN &#8216;BARK OF SNARK&#8217; ::</strong></span></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff69b4;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><span id="more-1989"></span><br />
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Next up? The antithesis to this current trend of eliminating &#8220;competition&#8230;&#8221;</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">(Just. Don&#8217;t. Get. It!)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">If you&#8217;d rather &#8216;Raise the Bar&#8217; than succumb to the notion</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">that life&#8217;s a game of Limbo—</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">or, </span><em><span style="font-weight: normal;">hell</span></em><span style="font-weight: normal;">, even if you&#8217;re just playing a video game—</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">GO</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>FOR THE WIN!</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">(Otherwise, why even bother?)</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">photo credit: </span><a href="http://www.dirkmai.com"><big><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Dirk Mai</strong></span></big></a></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">As for the ribbon?</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=35137683&amp;ref=sr_list_3&amp;&amp;ga_search_query=clint+catalyst&amp;ga_search_type=handmade&amp;ga_page=&amp;includes[]=tags&amp;includes[]=title"><span style="color: #ff69b4;"><strong>:: AVOID FAIL/CLICK HERE NOW ::</strong></span><strong> </strong></a><strong> </strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Whereas pictured below?</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The &#8216;prize&#8217; for which it seems</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I garner a Lifetime Achievement Award:</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">
<p><center>
<a href="http://www.clintcatalyst.com/blog/wp-content/gallery/prize-ribbonscollaboration-with-jared-gold/cc-queer-jared-gold-merchandise.jpeg" title="" class="thickbox" rel="singlepic123" >
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<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://jaredsrenegadefashion.ning.com/page/covetable-and-mysterious#ecwid:category=146154&amp;mode=product&amp;product=297864"><span style="color: #ff69b4;"><strong>:: SAY NO MORE, MARY ::</strong></span><strong> </strong></a><strong> </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">
<p style="text-align: center;">(It&#8217;s either &#8220;Hit Eject,&#8221; or &#8220;Come Correct&#8221;!)</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">&#8230;seriously, though&#8230;</span></span></p>
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		<title>It&#8217;s All Fun &amp; Games Until&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:03:44 +0000</pubDate>
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(WARNING: POTENTIAL ANA &#8220;TRIGGER&#8221;!) :: O.K., if I told you who cut this video? Bet you guys wouldn&#8217;t believe me. Shit is DARK. :: What was intended as dark comedy ended up&#8230;well&#8230; :: Know this&#8230;1) No, anorexia isn&#8217;t &#8220;cool.&#8221; 2) Yes, I inhaled that entire effing can. My friend who shot the footage turned off [...]]]></description>
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(WARNING: POTENTIAL ANA &#8220;TRIGGER&#8221;!) :: O.K., if I told you who cut this video? Bet you guys wouldn&#8217;t believe me. Shit is DARK. :: What was intended as dark comedy ended up&#8230;well&#8230; :: Know this&#8230;1) No, anorexia isn&#8217;t &#8220;cool.&#8221; 2) Yes, I inhaled that entire effing can. My friend who shot the footage turned off the &#8220;auto-focus&#8221; option for whatever artsy-fartsy reason &#8212; NOT to blur footage so that I could &#8220;cheat.&#8221; As a result, I passed it off to someone else to edit. 3) Please don&#8217;t ask if this is auto-biographical, and/or to what degree. Take the message for what it is.  (And what it is?  What you get out of it&#8230;or what you <em>don&#8217;t,</em> conversely.)</strong></strong></strong></p>
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