<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 23:23:37 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@ljay/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Even puppies have best friends]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just some pics of Khaleesi hanging out with her best friend, Luka.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@ljay/even-puppies-have-best-friends-9775c9021386</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@ljay/even-puppies-have-best-friends-9775c9021386</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ljay]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2018 13:32:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAMwFWSLuWzQMYvDwpwRe6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zip lining in Ecuador]]></title><description><![CDATA[This was right before my friends and I got to zip line across a huge gorge in Banos, Ecuador. We ziplined backwards and UPSIDE DOWN. It was insane and you couldn’t even tell which way was up. Definitely]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@ljay/zip-lining-in-ecuador-4371493a634c</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@ljay/zip-lining-in-ecuador-4371493a634c</guid><category><![CDATA[travel]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ljay]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2018 05:23:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAN2r6ZTwUs2eDQVjysxaa?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time spent in the hospital]]></title><description><![CDATA[My boyfriend had to spend a few days in the hospital (he’s fine, don’t worry), so naturally Khaleesi had to come visit too.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@ljay/time-spent-in-the-hospital-30220b8e8d48</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@ljay/time-spent-in-the-hospital-30220b8e8d48</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ljay]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 25 Feb 2018 02:46:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAMftieTyU9PcK2RESW4nJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Long distance relationships]]></title><description><![CDATA[This picture was from the day I returned home after living in Belgium for 5 months. Lots of people told me my boyfriend and I probably wouldn’t last, or “what he doesn’t know won’t hurt him” because that]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@ljay/long-distance-relationships-b510cb09fb341</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@ljay/long-distance-relationships-b510cb09fb341</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ljay]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2018 20:45:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAN5QYZWNbNBvo2L9SRWpW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Riobamba, Ecuador]]></title><description><![CDATA[Riding through the mountains in the beautiful country of Ecuador]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@ljay/riobamba-ecuador-a33f7b376c39</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@ljay/riobamba-ecuador-a33f7b376c39</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ljay]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2018 23:06:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAMeLmMzsycsfEnTXvPQ8N?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Say hello to Cuddles]]></title><description><![CDATA[I’d like everyone to meet the cutest, funniest, and 100% the weirdest cat I’ve ever met, my baby, Cuddles.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@ljay/say-hello-to-cuddles-e0558f9adc8f9</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@ljay/say-hello-to-cuddles-e0558f9adc8f9</guid><category><![CDATA[introduceyourself]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ljay]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2018 18:37:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAN5QNdWhn1SZixHS94afG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fam]]></title><description><![CDATA[Now everyone can meet my family, my Mom and Dad. And no, contrary to popular belief, I didn’t always wish I had siblings. I never thought about it much because my family is so big that my cousins were]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@ljay/the-fam-aae7073fd5544</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@ljay/the-fam-aae7073fd5544</guid><category><![CDATA[introduceyourself]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ljay]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2018 23:34:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAMfWZckvpJ1iCM8nReHP4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[City of Champions]]></title><description><![CDATA[My hometown of Pittsburgh during the Night Nation Run this past summer, which is a 5k that raises money for Stand Up 2 Cancer.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@ljay/city-of-champions-db35b20e4ade4</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@ljay/city-of-champions-db35b20e4ade4</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ljay]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2018 19:43:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAMxnePiywYJhWpi8TpTtS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Princess Khaleesi]]></title><description><![CDATA[Princess Khaleesi being adorable as always]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@ljay/princess-khaleesi-407128a895894</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@ljay/princess-khaleesi-407128a895894</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ljay]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 18 Feb 2018 21:00:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAMe56zT3sUwNxMm88an5t?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The princess out for her walk]]></title><description><![CDATA[Khaleesi getting to play outside all day when it finally got warm the other day. She was clearly having the time of her life.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@ljay/the-princess-out-for-her-walk-4bfe19ae562de</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@ljay/the-princess-out-for-her-walk-4bfe19ae562de</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ljay]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 17 Feb 2018 23:12:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAMwMGztXnpRZi3VTj3XTU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[“I’ll have one glass”]]></title><description><![CDATA[One hell of a holiday pour, nick]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@ljay/i-ll-have-one-glass-15839bf962a2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@ljay/i-ll-have-one-glass-15839bf962a2</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ljay]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2018 14:58:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAMe55mZ4XTLKrAixnn1VQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amsterdam, Netherlands]]></title><description><![CDATA[First place I visited when I studied abroad]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@ljay/amsterdam-netherlands-953dbae0a92fe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@ljay/amsterdam-netherlands-953dbae0a92fe</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ljay]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2018 05:33:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAN4Eq3RvajqZWUdZ3PrR4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The famous Belgian waffle]]></title><description><![CDATA[Our first week living in Brussels, Belgium we travelled to Bruges, Belgium and had our very first official Belgian waffles.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@ljay/the-famous-belgian-waffle-b428840dc4a6f</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@ljay/the-famous-belgian-waffle-b428840dc4a6f</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ljay]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2018 20:00:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAN6SmB73SuGAGGoTmoDxJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forio, Campania... Italy]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@ljay/forio-campania-italy-c846440b96b76</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@ljay/forio-campania-italy-c846440b96b76</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ljay]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2018 22:07:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAN5QxKRDV13rRuf9vpaWA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tyrrhenian Sea]]></title><description><![CDATA[The beautiful, and breathtaking, Tyrrhenian Sea on a ferry ride back to Naples, Italy from the island of Ischia.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@ljay/tyrrhenian-sea-bc1b705a6283a</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@ljay/tyrrhenian-sea-bc1b705a6283a</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ljay]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2018 21:44:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAMzf1cxs1rTPNshfU4qyG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[What do you think about feminism?]]></title><description><![CDATA[So today someone said to me, “I understand feminism and I’m all for it, I just don’t want to be in an environment with a bunch of feminists.” Funny, right? Damn sure seems to me that they don’t support]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@ljay/what-do-you-think-about-feminism-d83beeea8d38e</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@ljay/what-do-you-think-about-feminism-d83beeea8d38e</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ljay]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2018 03:22:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAN548kcsdXcRGhVYUVw74?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Say hi to the Mother of Dragons...]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hope everyone enjoys these pictures of Khaleesi... she’s kind of hard not to love]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@ljay/say-hi-to-the-mother-of-dragons-0bb77d9818b1d</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@ljay/say-hi-to-the-mother-of-dragons-0bb77d9818b1d</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ljay]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 11 Feb 2018 17:48:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAMzZmN8vH2UEiL7n4Z7w4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Military Ball]]></title><description><![CDATA[This past December, I got to go to a military ball hosted by the Air Force Academy, which is where my boyfriend’s best friend goes. Glad I got to have this experience and be fancy for a night.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@ljay/military-ball-eba20355a00cc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@ljay/military-ball-eba20355a00cc</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ljay]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 10 Feb 2018 20:30:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAN697BuvZfZZirkVPj14A?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Medical Mission Trip to Ecuador]]></title><description><![CDATA[Recently, about 3 weeks ago, I got back from a medical mission trip to Riobamba, Ecuador. It was definitely something that changed me. I got to actually make a difference in the lives of people who seemingly]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@ljay/medical-mission-trip-to-ecuador</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@ljay/medical-mission-trip-to-ecuador</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ljay]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2018 19:49:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVdwrRufzBJVEgoAYd1Z2qtZrpthJCyJxNxudnrAiHB3jHQKX8rMRGkRJhxabijB1gsNPzD1APVpopmL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meet Khaleesi, breaker of chains and mother of dragons]]></title><description><![CDATA[Since I introduced myself yesterday, it only seemed right to introduce the puppy today. 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