ah the irony :)
1. feeds broke
2. I fixed the 304 error.
3. feeds fixed
4. In another thread, someone said something about going into options/reading and clicking update (stupid me, I did that, NOT that i would ever want to click that button normally or anything)
5. feeds broke, wont validate:
XML parsing error: <unknown>:2:0: xml declaration not at start of external entity
there are a gazillion feed related threads. I think ive tried every suggestion in every thread, just a rant, not a cry for help. It is irritating though, I have to say.
6. on second glance, it appears some feeds work and some dont , gotta love that!