<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061460264260571218</id><updated>2011-06-25T12:37:08.661-07:00</updated><title type='text'>ill of the dead</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://illofthedead.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1061460264260571218/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://illofthedead.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>andje</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-13ts--v-QYo/TgY4wkDf6MI/AAAAAAAAANw/PHZrGnL517c/s220/facebook_meld%2Bcopy.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>5</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061460264260571218.post-2563467367849145841</id><published>2008-08-09T23:57:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-09T23:57:59.731-07:00</updated><title type='text'>glub glub.</title><content type='html'>i enjoy my fish.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;his name is gil.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1061460264260571218-2563467367849145841?l=illofthedead.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://illofthedead.blogspot.com/feeds/2563467367849145841/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1061460264260571218&amp;postID=2563467367849145841' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1061460264260571218/posts/default/2563467367849145841'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1061460264260571218/posts/default/2563467367849145841'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://illofthedead.blogspot.com/2008/08/i-enjoy-my-fish.html' title='glub glub.'/><author><name>andje</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-13ts--v-QYo/TgY4wkDf6MI/AAAAAAAAANw/PHZrGnL517c/s220/facebook_meld%2Bcopy.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061460264260571218.post-4060484269947042569</id><published>2008-07-27T01:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-27T01:58:40.347-07:00</updated><title type='text'>oh eight alum</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"  &gt;one thing the universities do not tell students is how hard it is to graduate and transition into the "real world."  transitional stages are never fun for a reason.  they involve change.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"  &gt;a poem to fit the mood:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;For eighteen years&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;Label – Student&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;This includes:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;a. Pride&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;b. Respect&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;c. Purpose&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;d. Identity&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;Occupation – Bookworm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;Skills required:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;a. Studying&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;b. Reading&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;c. Memorizing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;d. Regurgitating&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;For seventy-six days&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;Label – Unknown&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;Feelings of:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;a. Defeat&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;b. Isolation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;c. Dejection&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;d. Worry&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;Occupation – Any&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;Job entails:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;a. Inexperience&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;b. Routine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;c. Insignificance&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;d. Disappointment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;All is dull&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;Monotonous&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Unending&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"  &gt;i would like to get back to a routine, something familiar.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1061460264260571218-4060484269947042569?l=illofthedead.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://illofthedead.blogspot.com/feeds/4060484269947042569/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1061460264260571218&amp;postID=4060484269947042569' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1061460264260571218/posts/default/4060484269947042569'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1061460264260571218/posts/default/4060484269947042569'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://illofthedead.blogspot.com/2008/07/oh-eight-alum.html' title='oh eight alum'/><author><name>andje</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-13ts--v-QYo/TgY4wkDf6MI/AAAAAAAAANw/PHZrGnL517c/s220/facebook_meld%2Bcopy.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061460264260571218.post-1678483627247764480</id><published>2008-07-26T19:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-26T20:00:33.647-07:00</updated><title type='text'>pros&amp;cons</title><content type='html'>reasons i cannot have a puppy:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. i forget to feed my fish.&lt;br /&gt;2. small apartment.&lt;br /&gt;3. 20 lbs pet limit.&lt;br /&gt;4. i travel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;reason i want a puppy:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_1RnUa7pcMR4/SIvkH2rH--I/AAAAAAAAACI/Iinl2qvJF3w/s1600-h/puppy_cute.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_1RnUa7pcMR4/SIvkH2rH--I/AAAAAAAAACI/Iinl2qvJF3w/s320/puppy_cute.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227522616080202722" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1061460264260571218-1678483627247764480?l=illofthedead.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://illofthedead.blogspot.com/feeds/1678483627247764480/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1061460264260571218&amp;postID=1678483627247764480' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1061460264260571218/posts/default/1678483627247764480'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1061460264260571218/posts/default/1678483627247764480'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://illofthedead.blogspot.com/2008/07/pros.html' title='pros&amp;cons'/><author><name>andje</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-13ts--v-QYo/TgY4wkDf6MI/AAAAAAAAANw/PHZrGnL517c/s220/facebook_meld%2Bcopy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_1RnUa7pcMR4/SIvkH2rH--I/AAAAAAAAACI/Iinl2qvJF3w/s72-c/puppy_cute.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061460264260571218.post-4768580930375840916</id><published>2008-07-24T01:23:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-26T23:55:13.059-07:00</updated><title type='text'>and still they wait.</title><content type='html'>it has been some time and yet no posts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i will get to it soon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[maybe]&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1061460264260571218-4768580930375840916?l=illofthedead.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://illofthedead.blogspot.com/feeds/4768580930375840916/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1061460264260571218&amp;postID=4768580930375840916' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1061460264260571218/posts/default/4768580930375840916'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1061460264260571218/posts/default/4768580930375840916'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://illofthedead.blogspot.com/2008/07/and-still-they-wait.html' title='and still they wait.'/><author><name>andje</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-13ts--v-QYo/TgY4wkDf6MI/AAAAAAAAANw/PHZrGnL517c/s220/facebook_meld%2Bcopy.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061460264260571218.post-8045614504647026363</id><published>2008-03-06T00:38:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-07-26T23:55:00.081-07:00</updated><title type='text'>the alpha without an omega.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;after having had this blog for a month or so [and postponing any posts due to lack of decisive power], a conclusion has finally been reached:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;the blog will be a conglomeration of everything - stories, photos, events, et al.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1061460264260571218-8045614504647026363?l=illofthedead.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://illofthedead.blogspot.com/feeds/8045614504647026363/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1061460264260571218&amp;postID=8045614504647026363' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1061460264260571218/posts/default/8045614504647026363'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' 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