<?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-3706252983661267273</id><updated>2012-02-16T17:42:33.051-08:00</updated><title type='text'>rosesareoverrated</title><subtitle type='html'>This a creative outlet while submerging myself in a Master's Degree in Information Systems, trying to maintain a balanced mind.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rosesareoverrated.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3706252983661267273/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rosesareoverrated.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Mhodges_hughes</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16561793086775813692</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4PmprQ-OcTc/SfNLyD8gADI/AAAAAAAAAAo/0fJo8HRV8OM/S220/dillmanacrylic.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>6</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3706252983661267273.post-6665025623788440054</id><published>2009-06-24T18:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-24T18:25:35.224-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Quiet Time</title><content type='html'>Words...they criticize&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Words...nothing but lies&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Words...makes me cry, steal my life....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Silence is simple it helps hide the pain&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;left behind....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;numbness&lt;br /&gt;blame&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3706252983661267273-6665025623788440054?l=rosesareoverrated.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rosesareoverrated.blogspot.com/feeds/6665025623788440054/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://rosesareoverrated.blogspot.com/2009/06/quiet-time.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3706252983661267273/posts/default/6665025623788440054'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3706252983661267273/posts/default/6665025623788440054'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rosesareoverrated.blogspot.com/2009/06/quiet-time.html' title='Quiet Time'/><author><name>Mhodges_hughes</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16561793086775813692</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4PmprQ-OcTc/SfNLyD8gADI/AAAAAAAAAAo/0fJo8HRV8OM/S220/dillmanacrylic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3706252983661267273.post-3830982460767195017</id><published>2009-05-13T20:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-13T20:19:41.124-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Just like Tinkerbelle</title><content type='html'>Sitting in silence, away from your stoic stare&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Barely breathing, hoping you won’t notice me there&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ghost-like…an apparition, conditioned to suppress&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hope, Faith and Trust…just like pixie dust&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wears away….&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Peter Pan has nothing on you…&lt;br /&gt;You won’t grow up…&lt;br /&gt;You won’t own up…&lt;br /&gt;To all the damage you’ve done&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Waiting patiently, for you to fall asleep&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anxiously, hoping you won’t feel me creep&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tip-toeing past, a child crawling, looking past you feeling nothing...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hope, Faith and Trust….just like pixie dust&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wears away….&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Peter Pan has nothing on you…&lt;br /&gt;You won’t grow up…&lt;br /&gt;You won’t own up…&lt;br /&gt;To all the damage you do&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The words you say dim the light inside and just like Tinkerbelle dying…when you say you don’t believe….&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In Hope, Faith and Trust…just like pixie dust&lt;br /&gt;Wears away…&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3706252983661267273-3830982460767195017?l=rosesareoverrated.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rosesareoverrated.blogspot.com/feeds/3830982460767195017/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://rosesareoverrated.blogspot.com/2009/05/just-like-tinkerbelle.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3706252983661267273/posts/default/3830982460767195017'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3706252983661267273/posts/default/3830982460767195017'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rosesareoverrated.blogspot.com/2009/05/just-like-tinkerbelle.html' title='Just like Tinkerbelle'/><author><name>Mhodges_hughes</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16561793086775813692</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4PmprQ-OcTc/SfNLyD8gADI/AAAAAAAAAAo/0fJo8HRV8OM/S220/dillmanacrylic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3706252983661267273.post-402508674139064848</id><published>2009-05-13T20:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-13T20:15:41.766-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Acceptance</title><content type='html'>When I’m defending my heart, you see through me…&lt;br /&gt;I want to block it out and you break through to me…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You make me laugh when I feel like crying…&lt;br /&gt;You see through all of my denying…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And you love me anyway.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Friends are all we’ll ever be…friends&lt;br /&gt;I understand you, finish your thought and I accept all the baggage you’ve got&lt;br /&gt;And I love you anyway&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I’m covering up the scars, you try to heal me…&lt;br /&gt;I want to be invisible and you conceal me…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You make me laugh when I feel like crying…&lt;br /&gt;You see through all of my denying…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And you love me anyway.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Friends are all we’ll ever be…friends&lt;br /&gt;You understand me, finish my thoughts and you accept all the baggage I’ve got&lt;br /&gt;And love me anyway.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3706252983661267273-402508674139064848?l=rosesareoverrated.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rosesareoverrated.blogspot.com/feeds/402508674139064848/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://rosesareoverrated.blogspot.com/2009/05/acceptance.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3706252983661267273/posts/default/402508674139064848'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3706252983661267273/posts/default/402508674139064848'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rosesareoverrated.blogspot.com/2009/05/acceptance.html' title='Acceptance'/><author><name>Mhodges_hughes</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16561793086775813692</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4PmprQ-OcTc/SfNLyD8gADI/AAAAAAAAAAo/0fJo8HRV8OM/S220/dillmanacrylic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3706252983661267273.post-910243549213560456</id><published>2009-05-13T20:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-13T20:13:43.689-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Next Storm</title><content type='html'>My hands shake, my eyes …take in everything&lt;br /&gt;A certain look, your eyes turn green,&lt;br /&gt;A look that tells me the shit’s gonna fly….&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It’s fine for now, but I’m waiting for the bomb to drop…&lt;br /&gt; where you spout hate and permeate&lt;br /&gt;  my heart with barbed phrases…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You’re so sorry, it’s always the same sad story…&lt;br /&gt;We’ll make it through you say…we’ll find a way&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;but I’m still looking for sanctuary from the next storm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My heart aches, my head … senses a fatal crash from&lt;br /&gt;A certain thunderous sound, the way your fist pounds&lt;br /&gt;Against the door….&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It’s fine for now, but I’m waiting for the bomb to drop…&lt;br /&gt; where you spout hate and permeate&lt;br /&gt;  my heart with barbed phrases…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You’re so sorry, it’s always the same sad story…&lt;br /&gt;We’ll make it through you say…we’ll find a way&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;but I’m still looking for cover from the next storm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Where did I go between the explosions?  I’m an apparition from this condition, I should have listened to my mind, before you went too far.&lt;br /&gt;Then I would have evaded all these scars.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It’s fine for now, but I’m waiting for the bomb to drop…&lt;br /&gt; where you spout hate and permeate&lt;br /&gt;  my heart with barbed phrases…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You’re so sorry, it’s always the same sad story…&lt;br /&gt;We’ll make it through you say…we’ll find a way&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;but I’m still looking for refuge from the next storm&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3706252983661267273-910243549213560456?l=rosesareoverrated.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rosesareoverrated.blogspot.com/feeds/910243549213560456/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://rosesareoverrated.blogspot.com/2009/05/next-storm.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3706252983661267273/posts/default/910243549213560456'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3706252983661267273/posts/default/910243549213560456'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rosesareoverrated.blogspot.com/2009/05/next-storm.html' title='The Next Storm'/><author><name>Mhodges_hughes</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16561793086775813692</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4PmprQ-OcTc/SfNLyD8gADI/AAAAAAAAAAo/0fJo8HRV8OM/S220/dillmanacrylic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3706252983661267273.post-3958387816924155313</id><published>2009-04-25T07:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-25T07:14:01.026-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Project and Presentation for Fiscal Management</title><content type='html'>This is what I'm "supposed to be doing" right now.  However, I'm not. I've become addicted to &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Facebook&lt;/span&gt;, Twitter and Blogging.  I know it doesn't seem like it since my last post was 10 days ago, but I haven't been alone since then. Obviously something I'm in short supply of...me time.  That is due mostly to the fact that I spend an &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;exorbitant&lt;/span&gt; amount of time "doing" for too many others and not enough doing for myself. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I really do enjoy school, it gives me a reason to claim time for myself. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"He" made me promise not to pursue the PhD.  Hope I can honor that promise.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3706252983661267273-3958387816924155313?l=rosesareoverrated.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rosesareoverrated.blogspot.com/feeds/3958387816924155313/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://rosesareoverrated.blogspot.com/2009/04/project-and-presentation-for-fiscal.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3706252983661267273/posts/default/3958387816924155313'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3706252983661267273/posts/default/3958387816924155313'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rosesareoverrated.blogspot.com/2009/04/project-and-presentation-for-fiscal.html' title='Project and Presentation for Fiscal Management'/><author><name>Mhodges_hughes</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16561793086775813692</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4PmprQ-OcTc/SfNLyD8gADI/AAAAAAAAAAo/0fJo8HRV8OM/S220/dillmanacrylic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3706252983661267273.post-6588250419094588815</id><published>2009-04-15T19:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-15T19:31:43.405-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Before the batteries die</title><content type='html'>2009.04.15&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tax day...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Made it to the post office just in time, but missed my son's volleyball game because I couldn't get out of work in time to do both. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More creative things to come.... my battery is running low on the laptop and it's just about bed time anyway.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3706252983661267273-6588250419094588815?l=rosesareoverrated.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rosesareoverrated.blogspot.com/feeds/6588250419094588815/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://rosesareoverrated.blogspot.com/2009/04/before-batteries-die.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3706252983661267273/posts/default/6588250419094588815'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3706252983661267273/posts/default/6588250419094588815'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rosesareoverrated.blogspot.com/2009/04/before-batteries-die.html' title='Before the batteries die'/><author><name>Mhodges_hughes</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16561793086775813692</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4PmprQ-OcTc/SfNLyD8gADI/AAAAAAAAAAo/0fJo8HRV8OM/S220/dillmanacrylic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
