<?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>Thu, 14 May 2026 03:21:16 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@robotsparkles/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[How I Was Lured By A Child Predator Part One: "All I Wanted Was Love"]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I was 11 years old, I managed to convince my impoverished foster parents that I absolutely needed a computer for school. They didn't have much money but my sweet parents managed to get me what I needed,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@robotsparkles/how-i-was-lured-by-a-child-predator-part-one-all-i-wanted-was-love</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@robotsparkles/how-i-was-lured-by-a-child-predator-part-one-all-i-wanted-was-love</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[robotsparkles]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2016 05:46:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2BCfkBKbeaX3ndF4FpCsN3YGY4ek33WCm6Tpstuo9ux8aoy4ZKaNG6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A sky full of ash in California]]></title><description><![CDATA[Photo by me. Taken in Santa Barbara. I wish I could say those were just clouds but it was all ashes. These raging fires are quite scary and have been displacing so many people. ]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@robotsparkles/a-sky-full-of-ash-in-california</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@robotsparkles/a-sky-full-of-ash-in-california</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[robotsparkles]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2016 05:32:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MvwLKy3SfvJwXFKCRMDAFrt961PFK2nWfPAgGNWsg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stories of Hope: Hemingway's Lost Suitcase "How Losing Everything Can Actually Be Good."]]></title><description><![CDATA[When my ex first kicked me out I wasn't prepared. Not that anyone ever is prepared for that. But I really wasn't anywhere close to being okay on my own. It was early November. Just 3 months prior to that]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@robotsparkles/stories-of-hope-hemingway-s-lost-suitcase-how-losing-everything-can-actually-be-good</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@robotsparkles/stories-of-hope-hemingway-s-lost-suitcase-how-losing-everything-can-actually-be-good</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[robotsparkles]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2016 05:29:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/82kPqoBYiyUvqzXnYEb4WVsou234EqWqEH6p3PL8Dnd6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Donut Porn: Geek Edition "A good ending to a bad day"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today was really hard. Depression hit me full speed and I couldn't even manage to shower or do laundry. I'm sharing this picture of donuts with you because donuts make people happy. I hope you had a good]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@robotsparkles/donut-porn-geek-edition-a-good-ending-to-a-bad-day</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@robotsparkles/donut-porn-geek-edition-a-good-ending-to-a-bad-day</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[robotsparkles]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2016 05:40:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/82kPqoBYiyUvqzXnYEb4WVsou223dHwBpcBbiK9Ny8AU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Day in Pictures (8-20-16) "Los Angeles herself speaks to me."]]></title><description><![CDATA[8-20-16 "Kindness Is The Reason I'm Still Here" When I think back on last November it doesn't even seem real. At the point where I'm at now, though not perfect and totally plagued with anxiety, it's difficult]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@robotsparkles/my-day-in-pictures-8-20-16-los-angeles-herself-speaks-to-me</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@robotsparkles/my-day-in-pictures-8-20-16-los-angeles-herself-speaks-to-me</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[robotsparkles]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2016 06:30:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/82kPqoBYiyUvqzXnYEb4WVsou22Yqf9J4rhfyVntEbcc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How I was Sold and Eventually Found My Forever Home...]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Price Tag On My Head... (the littlest Eve) As a newborn....I was SOLD. Yes. Sold. Let me explain... A little over a year ago, a relative on their deathbed told me that I needed to know the truth about]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@robotsparkles/how-i-was-sold-and-eventually-found-my-forever-home</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@robotsparkles/how-i-was-sold-and-eventually-found-my-forever-home</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[robotsparkles]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2016 16:45:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MvwLKy3SfvJwXFKCRMDAFrt961L3XYUSeXMdHw3rN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Life In Pictures (8-18-16) "Overcoming Anxiety Feels Like Climbing Up A Steep Mudslide"]]></title><description><![CDATA[8-18-16 "In A Picture Perfect City I Feel Like An Abomination" Oh Thursday, My favorite day of they week....or not. Because I know what comes at the end of the day. Therapy! Woo! Don't get me wrong, I'm]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@robotsparkles/my-life-in-pictures-8-18-16-overcoming-anxiety-feels-like-climbing-up-a-steep-mudslide</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@robotsparkles/my-life-in-pictures-8-18-16-overcoming-anxiety-feels-like-climbing-up-a-steep-mudslide</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[robotsparkles]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2016 07:24:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/82kPqoBYiyUvqzXnYEb4WVsou1zTaTiemfejcRqh857n?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My birthday at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter  "I'm glad I'm still here."]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'm glad, despite all the odds being against me, that I made it to 29... Birthdays have never been a fun concept for me. Not necessarily because of the getting older part but because since I’ve moved to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@robotsparkles/my-birthday-at-the-wizarding-world-of-harry-potter-i-m-glad-i-m-still-here</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@robotsparkles/my-birthday-at-the-wizarding-world-of-harry-potter-i-m-glad-i-m-still-here</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[robotsparkles]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2016 20:29:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/82kPqoBYiyUvqzXnYEb4WVsou22x8PrUHPHts4nwuPMr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Day In Pictures (8-13-2016) "The Perfect Life From the Outside Looking In..." + Dragons!]]></title><description><![CDATA[8-13-2016 "I Hope I Have A Friend to Walk These With Someday." The Venice Canals were created by Abbot Kinney in 1905. They're modeled after THE Venice canals in Italy. I didn't even know they existed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@robotsparkles/my-day-in-pictures-8-13-2016-the-perfect-life-from-the-outside-looking-in</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@robotsparkles/my-day-in-pictures-8-13-2016-the-perfect-life-from-the-outside-looking-in</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[robotsparkles]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2016 06:01:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/82kPqoBYiyUvqzXnYEb4WVsou1wiMpnQqHADTka9yXV2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Grim State of the Drought in California]]></title><description><![CDATA[I go jogging along this creek almost every single say. It has never really registered as a creek to me. I don't know what I thought it was....just some big, empty, concrete monster? But as I was looking]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@robotsparkles/the-grim-reality-of-the-state-of-the-drought-in-california</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@robotsparkles/the-grim-reality-of-the-state-of-the-drought-in-california</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[robotsparkles]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2016 18:54:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/82kPqoBYiyUvqzXnYEb4WVsou1yJf4ArTYPGkxmw9s8t?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some of my Favorite Shots from Radiohead's show in Los Angeles (8-8-16)]]></title><description><![CDATA[The view when you're 5'2"... Their stage set up was just as entertaining as the band. When I'd get squished behind people and I couldn't get a decent view the screens were playing enough interesting]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@robotsparkles/some-of-my-favorite-shots-from-radiohead-s-show-in-los-angeles-8-8-16</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@robotsparkles/some-of-my-favorite-shots-from-radiohead-s-show-in-los-angeles-8-8-16</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[robotsparkles]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2016 13:33:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/82kPqoBYiyUvqzXnYEb4WVsou223Jcp1kXMRZVKWuoGc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Day In PIctures (8-12-2016) "A Life Without Filters"]]></title><description><![CDATA[8-12-2016 "A Life Without Filters" In my previous post I mentioned how much I loved taking pictures as a kid/teen. Those pictures, no matter how amateur really and truly captured a moment in time for me.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@robotsparkles/my-day-in-pictures-8-12-2016-a-life-without-filters</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@robotsparkles/my-day-in-pictures-8-12-2016-a-life-without-filters</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[robotsparkles]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2016 14:12:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/82kPqoBYiyUvqzXnYEb4WVsou1yJTDWvAnJMXEE7jPSY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Day In Pictures (8-11-2016) "My Therapist's Waiting Room Feels Like The Desert"]]></title><description><![CDATA[8-11-2016 "I Can Be Like A Palm Tree Too." I really love palm trees. I never cared for them at all until one of my friends visited me from England. He kept snapping pictures of palm trees and kept exclaiming]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@robotsparkles/my-day-in-pictures-8-11-2016-my-therapist-s-waiting-room-feels-like-the-desert</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@robotsparkles/my-day-in-pictures-8-11-2016-my-therapist-s-waiting-room-feels-like-the-desert</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[robotsparkles]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2016 03:33:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/82kPqoBYiyUvqzXnYEb4WVsou1yDwiQ1oDckrwzB9c8p?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>