<?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'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35814037</id><updated>2009-02-20T22:04:05.921-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Did I Ever Tell You...</title><subtitle type='html'>Our experiences are the means by which we know, and comprehend our world.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lifelessonsinthewordsofacritic.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35814037/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lifelessonsinthewordsofacritic.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>...Distant...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03256605609723236608</uri><email>bluburrymuffinz@gmail.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>11</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35814037.post-5249085719001966004</id><published>2009-01-18T17:25:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-18T17:41:30.452-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Peta</title><content type='html'>A few months ago I decided I would go vegitarian. Not only because it saves animals, but because I can loose weight. So far, I have saved many animals and lost over 10 pounds!&lt;br /&gt;This can change your life...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Check out this peta video!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&amp;amp;videoid=42062261"&gt;http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&amp;amp;videoid=42062261&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/35814037-5249085719001966004?l=lifelessonsinthewordsofacritic.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lifelessonsinthewordsofacritic.blogspot.com/feeds/5249085719001966004/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35814037&amp;postID=5249085719001966004' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35814037/posts/default/5249085719001966004'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35814037/posts/default/5249085719001966004'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lifelessonsinthewordsofacritic.blogspot.com/2009/01/peta.html' title='Peta'/><author><name>...Distant...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03256605609723236608</uri><email>bluburrymuffinz@gmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08501407070342941727'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35814037.post-117113248012450619</id><published>2007-02-10T13:18:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-10T13:34:40.133-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Message</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/F0FvG9GO8Qs"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/F0FvG9GO8Qs" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maybe when the messages get across... We could all live in harmony. &lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5439/666/1600/406725/dream%20big.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5439/666/320/407573/dream%20big.jpg" 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/35814037-117113248012450619?l=lifelessonsinthewordsofacritic.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lifelessonsinthewordsofacritic.blogspot.com/feeds/117113248012450619/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35814037&amp;postID=117113248012450619' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35814037/posts/default/117113248012450619'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35814037/posts/default/117113248012450619'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lifelessonsinthewordsofacritic.blogspot.com/2007/02/message.html' title='The Message'/><author><name>...Distant...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03256605609723236608</uri><email>bluburrymuffinz@gmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08501407070342941727'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35814037.post-116683395017683394</id><published>2006-12-22T19:31:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-22T19:32:30.183-05:00</updated><title type='text'>FREE HUGS!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vL7Jo_1Z3Y8"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vL7Jo_1Z3Y8" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/35814037-116683395017683394?l=lifelessonsinthewordsofacritic.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lifelessonsinthewordsofacritic.blogspot.com/feeds/116683395017683394/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35814037&amp;postID=116683395017683394' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35814037/posts/default/116683395017683394'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35814037/posts/default/116683395017683394'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lifelessonsinthewordsofacritic.blogspot.com/2006/12/free-hugs.html' title='FREE HUGS!!!'/><author><name>...Distant...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03256605609723236608</uri><email>bluburrymuffinz@gmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08501407070342941727'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35814037.post-116085794398674550</id><published>2006-10-14T16:31:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-14T16:43:09.786-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Personal 6 - I consider indicators of good character in myself and others to be...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;I consider indicators of good character in myself and others to be&lt;/em&gt;...&lt;em&gt;   &lt;/em&gt;inspiring! If I look at &lt;em&gt;him&lt;/em&gt;, I see what a wonderful person he is because he understands or he is optimistic, not because he has a nice butt... which could be true, but thats not what tells me he's a great person, or that &lt;em&gt;she's&lt;/em&gt; pretty so she must be a great person. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I believe it's all about the personality in a person! When this person moves their lips in a cresent moon smile, that means their throwing out a piece of their happiness to you to share, when I hug someone, I'm sharing my love for them, and the great friendship I have with them.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It's inspiring when you notice that you're a great person because you helped that old lady at Fred Myer who couldn't reach the can of beans on the top shelf, even though you almost fell on your ass trying to climb up there to get it anyway - or you notice that someone is always there for a certain person, and their loyalty even though they've been backstabbed a million times - determining that that person is loyal and strong. It's inspiring when you get that warm feeling behind your ribs, knowing that somethings are right. That somethings aren't really the boundries of your character like you once thought it was...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;"expand your mind..."&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/35814037-116085794398674550?l=lifelessonsinthewordsofacritic.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lifelessonsinthewordsofacritic.blogspot.com/feeds/116085794398674550/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35814037&amp;postID=116085794398674550' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35814037/posts/default/116085794398674550'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35814037/posts/default/116085794398674550'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lifelessonsinthewordsofacritic.blogspot.com/2006/10/personal-6-i-consider-indicators-of.html' title='Personal 6 - I consider indicators of good character in myself and others to be...'/><author><name>...Distant...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03256605609723236608</uri><email>bluburrymuffinz@gmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08501407070342941727'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35814037.post-116085780152828290</id><published>2006-10-14T16:18:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-14T16:30:01.536-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Personal 5 - I try to make the most or my talents and abilities by...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#336666;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;I try to make the most or my talents and abilities by...   &lt;/em&gt;making sure I expand them every once in a while. I'm not the smartest person, and I take breaks between creativity till all of it left in my mind has shrivled up and died and I'm left with a short-term-memory-loss. With my talents, I try and I try, and perfect till I think, till I know it's saficient enough to shine. My art, I make adjustments constantly, my sports... well I havn't really kept up with them, but I go to open gym every Thursday to bring up my skills, and my singing... I sing every day, during school, in the car, when I'm at work, when I'm walking home or to the bus stop, 24/7 and I always get a little louder after I warm-up quietly, making it ready to shine for that concert next week; my dancing... boy oh boy do I such, the ballroom coach gave me lead this coming recitle, I'm scared... I practice every school day for 2 hours or more... I'm getting better. I perfect...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#336666;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;With my abilities, well; I suppose I'm pretty good at reading body language, I do that everyday - analising the certain way his hand touches mine, or the pressure she put on me on that goodbye hug, or how bright his blush is when I scratch across his sides, or how he figits when he looks me in the eyes, and I determine things that way - and what to respond with. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#336666;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Another ability... it's something all humans do, almost everyday of their lame unspeachless lives. Lie. They lie with their minds, their hearts, their words, and movments. I practice lying so much, that even my teachers cross-examine me now... No one is able to determine id I'm lying or not, not even my own mother. A practiced sport, and an addiction. Can't be too complex or its plain, and can't be too blunt, or its a stand-off, needs skill, and it needs conviction of its seethers.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#336666;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To me... perfection, is the key word in any ability or talent... along with - perseveirence.&lt;/strong&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/35814037-116085780152828290?l=lifelessonsinthewordsofacritic.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lifelessonsinthewordsofacritic.blogspot.com/feeds/116085780152828290/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35814037&amp;postID=116085780152828290' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35814037/posts/default/116085780152828290'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35814037/posts/default/116085780152828290'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lifelessonsinthewordsofacritic.blogspot.com/2006/10/personal-5-i-try-to-make-most-or-my.html' title='Personal 5 - I try to make the most or my talents and abilities by...'/><author><name>...Distant...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03256605609723236608</uri><email>bluburrymuffinz@gmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08501407070342941727'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35814037.post-116085705636301375</id><published>2006-10-14T16:09:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-14T16:17:36.363-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Personal 4 - The value of setting worthwhile goals is...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663333;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The value of setting worthwhile goals is...&lt;/em&gt;   in the end as I said, is the worth of the whole situation is worthwhile if you put your best effort into it and persevere till you've accomplished your goal.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&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/35814037-116085705636301375?l=lifelessonsinthewordsofacritic.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lifelessonsinthewordsofacritic.blogspot.com/feeds/116085705636301375/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35814037&amp;postID=116085705636301375' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35814037/posts/default/116085705636301375'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35814037/posts/default/116085705636301375'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lifelessonsinthewordsofacritic.blogspot.com/2006/10/personal-4-value-of-setting-worthwhile.html' title='Personal 4 - The value of setting worthwhile goals is...'/><author><name>...Distant...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03256605609723236608</uri><email>bluburrymuffinz@gmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08501407070342941727'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35814037.post-116059192052399628</id><published>2006-10-11T14:37:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-14T16:09:01.200-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Personal 3 - The goals most worth aspiring to are...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The goals most worth aspiring to are... &lt;/em&gt;the goals that will show the most sucess. Not goals such as jobs and such, goals of which it involves me making a change to myself.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Picking and prying at what I think isn't good enough in me, isn't good enough to me. So I will adjust more and more, and I've become sick of it. So I won't focus my goals on appearence or personality. I set my goals to the improvments of something I need or don't have. For example, my responcibility, and my laziness needs to change. In the end, goals like these are more rewarding then perspiring to a future, that is not written in stone.&lt;/strong&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/35814037-116059192052399628?l=lifelessonsinthewordsofacritic.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lifelessonsinthewordsofacritic.blogspot.com/feeds/116059192052399628/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35814037&amp;postID=116059192052399628' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35814037/posts/default/116059192052399628'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35814037/posts/default/116059192052399628'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lifelessonsinthewordsofacritic.blogspot.com/2006/10/personal-3-goals-most-worth-aspiring.html' title='Personal 3 - The goals most worth aspiring to are...'/><author><name>...Distant...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03256605609723236608</uri><email>bluburrymuffinz@gmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08501407070342941727'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35814037.post-116053204706352938</id><published>2006-10-10T21:57:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-10T22:04:33.213-04:00</updated><title type='text'>!!!COMMENTING FORMAT!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you would like to put your piece of the topic, here is the format for you to put it as - of course, we want our feelings to be pretty!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#999900;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Don't Forget To Put Something About You Also!!!&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(Seporator) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(Name) &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(Email)&lt;br /&gt;(Link -opotional-)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;(Subject/Topic/&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Did I Ever Tell You...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt; Heading)&lt;br /&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;YOUR&lt;/span&gt; Responce to the &lt;em&gt;Did I Ever Tell You...&lt;/em&gt; )&lt;br /&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(Salutation)&lt;br /&gt;(Name)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;(Curtain Closing Quote)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(Seporator)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;/strong&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/35814037-116053204706352938?l=lifelessonsinthewordsofacritic.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lifelessonsinthewordsofacritic.blogspot.com/feeds/116053204706352938/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35814037&amp;postID=116053204706352938' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35814037/posts/default/116053204706352938'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35814037/posts/default/116053204706352938'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lifelessonsinthewordsofacritic.blogspot.com/2006/10/commenting-format_10.html' title='!!!COMMENTING FORMAT!!!'/><author><name>...Distant...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03256605609723236608</uri><email>bluburrymuffinz@gmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08501407070342941727'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35814037.post-116053055281750524</id><published>2006-10-10T21:20:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-10T21:38:58.646-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Personal 2 - There are probably many keys to happiness. One that's worked for me is...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;There are probably many keys to happiness. One that's worked for me is...&lt;/em&gt; the escaping of my whole being. When I know I did my best, or know I did what I could to help, then that's what is my happiness. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;When I was younger in mind, I didn't think there could be a thing called happiness. So I surrounded myself with people who were always happy, but it didn't help any. When that was all run-out, I moved to a new place, and I found nothing more than hatrid and pain for myself and others. I can admit, I looked to the &lt;em&gt;happy&lt;/em&gt; people I now surrounded myself with. It became a routine, a drug addiction to be bold and come out and say. But that wasn't happiness I found... only a painful substance that brough on more pain.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Years later after nothing more then pain, I met a woman, with the whole world in her hand - with no God, with no objective, and nothing in the world was more important but to be the best she could be! This woman taught me over a short period how to take care of myself, how to look in the mirror and not hate myself (completely) and how to be me. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I've turned over a new leaf, and this is my deduction of it. Life is hard, so cry if you have to - But don't spend the whole day crying, or you've wasted a whole day you could've spent laughing... you only have one life.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I bought myself a happiness key, a ros on the skeleton of the handle, and a lace that hangs from the rose. Engraved in the side, is the word &lt;em&gt;happiness&lt;/em&gt; in bold cut. This would be my symbol of life. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I have the key, I can open &lt;em&gt;anything&lt;/em&gt;... I can open &lt;em&gt;anything&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I repeat to myself that I am, and what I repeat, I do... I am, and I keep pulling out the heartaches, and brushing them off. I'm untouchable, because I've got my key to the secret garden. And you can only enter if you found a key in the briar rose bush. No... I didn't actually find a key, but... I found me -- that is my key. The best of me, from me to you. Thats how we spend it. I AM happiness!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I have my key, I can open &lt;em&gt;anything&lt;/em&gt;.... I can open &lt;em&gt;anything&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/strong&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/35814037-116053055281750524?l=lifelessonsinthewordsofacritic.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lifelessonsinthewordsofacritic.blogspot.com/feeds/116053055281750524/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35814037&amp;postID=116053055281750524' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35814037/posts/default/116053055281750524'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35814037/posts/default/116053055281750524'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lifelessonsinthewordsofacritic.blogspot.com/2006/10/personal-2-there-are-probably-many.html' title='Personal 2 - There are probably many keys to happiness. One that&apos;s worked for me is...'/><author><name>...Distant...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03256605609723236608</uri><email>bluburrymuffinz@gmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08501407070342941727'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35814037.post-116052628574749766</id><published>2006-10-10T20:17:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-10T21:16:44.613-04:00</updated><title type='text'>!!!COMMENTING FORMAT!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you would like to put your piece of the topic, here is the format for you to put it as - of course, we want our feelings to be pretty!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#999900;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Don't Forget To Put Something About You Also!!!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(Seporator) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(Name)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(Email)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(Link -opotional-)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(Subject/Topic)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(YOUR Responce to the &lt;em&gt;Did I Ever Tell You...&lt;/em&gt; )&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(Salutation)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(Name)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(Curtain Closing Quote)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(Seporator)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;/strong&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/35814037-116052628574749766?l=lifelessonsinthewordsofacritic.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lifelessonsinthewordsofacritic.blogspot.com/feeds/116052628574749766/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35814037&amp;postID=116052628574749766' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35814037/posts/default/116052628574749766'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35814037/posts/default/116052628574749766'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lifelessonsinthewordsofacritic.blogspot.com/2006/10/commenting-format.html' title='!!!COMMENTING FORMAT!!!'/><author><name>...Distant...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03256605609723236608</uri><email>bluburrymuffinz@gmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08501407070342941727'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35814037.post-116051182886696592</id><published>2006-10-10T16:04:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-10T21:38:43.086-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Personal 1 - The things of real value in my life have been...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The things of real value in my life have been...&lt;/em&gt; the momories I have now. Sure, there are things I wish I could take back, but without the downs, there probably wouldn't be ups. Everything I think, has happened to me for a reason, weather it's God's punishment for me not believing IN him, or just the fact I tend not to have the greatest luck in the world. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#ff6600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;But everything I cherish has long since vanished, and all I have to show for it is the momories. The momories of &lt;em&gt;him&lt;/em&gt;, the memories of &lt;em&gt;her, &lt;/em&gt;the memories of &lt;em&gt;this&lt;/em&gt;, and the momories of &lt;em&gt;that&lt;/em&gt;. All those bad and hard times seems worth it for what I have now: A complete, guarded, unofficial ME. And when I look in the mirror, all those exagerations, those tears and holes in the wall barelly seem worth it. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#ff6600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I cherish my friendships, because I know not all of them (especially the best) will last forever. I cherish them because I am honored to know such great people and say, "wow... There is no other person in the world like this person, standing here, talking to me. They took the time, to talk to me, and that means something." The way he squirmed and blushed when I'd barelly touch him, the way she'd squeal and hug me tightly to her chest like she would never let go, as if the world depended on this one moment of friendship with her and me, and him and I. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#ff6600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I think that, since I will never in my life meet the same person, that I should cherish these moments. Which is very true, I need to cherish them. Because when I close my eyes tonight, and awaken in the morn' -- I would have lost my chance to know 3 new GREAT people. And so I think, "Wow! I'm so lucky, to be surrounded by such great people... like &lt;em&gt;him&lt;/em&gt;, or &lt;em&gt;her&lt;/em&gt;. "&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#ff6600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It's the fact that this person, thought I was worthy of their time, and I agreed, and that connection between the two became something - worth more than anything in the whole world. More than money, love, pleasure, or fame. Something that could stay with me forever.&lt;/strong&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/35814037-116051182886696592?l=lifelessonsinthewordsofacritic.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lifelessonsinthewordsofacritic.blogspot.com/feeds/116051182886696592/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35814037&amp;postID=116051182886696592' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35814037/posts/default/116051182886696592'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35814037/posts/default/116051182886696592'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lifelessonsinthewordsofacritic.blogspot.com/2006/10/personal-1-things-of-real-value-in-my.html' title='Personal 1 - The things of real value in my life have been...'/><author><name>...Distant...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03256605609723236608</uri><email>bluburrymuffinz@gmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08501407070342941727'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></entry></feed>