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	<title>Enthusiastic Failure &#187; kiva</title>
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		<title>Armenia, Bolivia, and Shiny Stuff</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I put another $50 in my Kiva account and sent it off to a café owner in Armenia and


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I put another $50 in my Kiva account and sent it off to <a href="http://www.kiva.org/lend/181653">a café owner in Armenia</a> and <a href=http://www.kiva.org/lend/179504">an antiquities dealer in Bolivia.</a> So, except for reloaning money when it comes back, my Kiva goal is met. Yay!</p>
<p>…i probably should have done this, oh, <em>any other week ever.</em> I&#8217;ve already spent a bit too much this week (hello, shiny new computer, shiny new external hard drive, and shiny pile of books…) and i&#8217;m wanting to start saving up for a folding bike so i can use public transit without being limited to the ridiculous only-twice-a-day route i actually live near. But as i&#8217;m going to be spending the Kiva-money eventually anyway… well, why not now. Karmacilly offset half a hard drive or something.</p>


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		<title>$50 for Iraqi Clothes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 06:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shashi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ha &#8211; so much for reloaning my Kiva funds every time my account gets $25. It reached $50 without me noticing. Ah well. Also the easiest time i ever had choosing loans &#8211; there were only two up when i logged in (probably because it&#8217;s 12:30 Sunday morning, and whoever normally adds new loans to [...]


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<p>Ha &#8211; so much for reloaning my Kiva funds every time my account gets $25. It reached $50 without me noticing. Ah well. </p>
<p>Also the easiest time i ever had choosing loans &#8211; there were only two up when i logged in (probably because it&#8217;s 12:30 Sunday morning, and whoever normally adds new loans to the site isn&#8217;t up to replenish whatever gets fully funded.) Rather than wait for new loans to be added (and completely forget about them, again) i just funded both the remaining ones &#8211; both Iraqis who sell women&#8217;s clothing. I&#8217;ve looked for Iraqis to loan money to the last few times i was on Kiva anyway, so i&#8217;m happy with this.</p>
<blockquote><p>Something which amuses me more than it should: The <a href="http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=community&#038;kv_orderBy=amt_loaned&#038;kv_direction=DESC&#038;kv_page=1">#1 lending team on Kiva</a> is, as it has been every time i look, the atheist group. It&#8217;s currently lent out $1,498,925.00. The #2 team is a Christian group, at $886,325.00. Maybe i just spent too much time as a kid being told how <strong>awesome</strong> we Christians are for our generosity, but this makes me outright giddy.</p></blockquote>


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