<?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-6497875337958133047</id><updated>2011-08-03T11:51:31.428-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A Blurry Big Picture</title><subtitle type='html'>A blog of things in life that I see.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://defectiveillusions.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6497875337958133047/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://defectiveillusions.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Defective Illusions</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12880819020193661999</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JqExbBxnTCE/TBLB2F8kZBI/AAAAAAAAAA8/Yo4DSRXcX6Y/S220/n665991275_1488863_7091.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>7</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497875337958133047.post-3544276292537652599</id><published>2010-06-24T18:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-24T18:22:29.915-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Poetry</title><content type='html'>I cannot write poems&lt;br /&gt;They come out all wrong&lt;br /&gt;What sounded nice in mind&lt;br /&gt;Sounds awful spoken aloud&lt;br /&gt;It should be obvious to you&lt;br /&gt;By reading what I write now&lt;br /&gt;So there you go&lt;br /&gt;My awful poem about how&lt;br /&gt;I cannot write poems&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6497875337958133047-3544276292537652599?l=defectiveillusions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://defectiveillusions.blogspot.com/feeds/3544276292537652599/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://defectiveillusions.blogspot.com/2010/06/poetry.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6497875337958133047/posts/default/3544276292537652599'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6497875337958133047/posts/default/3544276292537652599'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://defectiveillusions.blogspot.com/2010/06/poetry.html' title='Poetry'/><author><name>Defective Illusions</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12880819020193661999</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JqExbBxnTCE/TBLB2F8kZBI/AAAAAAAAAA8/Yo4DSRXcX6Y/S220/n665991275_1488863_7091.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497875337958133047.post-7551465112893917077</id><published>2010-06-24T02:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-24T02:09:01.942-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Derek</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: courier new;"&gt;Derek lead us here.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;Dead end.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: courier new;"&gt;Derek's dead now.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;Asshole.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6497875337958133047-7551465112893917077?l=defectiveillusions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://defectiveillusions.blogspot.com/feeds/7551465112893917077/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://defectiveillusions.blogspot.com/2010/06/derek.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6497875337958133047/posts/default/7551465112893917077'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6497875337958133047/posts/default/7551465112893917077'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://defectiveillusions.blogspot.com/2010/06/derek.html' title='Derek'/><author><name>Defective Illusions</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12880819020193661999</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JqExbBxnTCE/TBLB2F8kZBI/AAAAAAAAAA8/Yo4DSRXcX6Y/S220/n665991275_1488863_7091.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497875337958133047.post-8632058596734962841</id><published>2010-06-23T02:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-23T02:07:00.224-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Life</title><content type='html'>Alas depression my muse, when I have thee I want you gone, when you leave me I miss thy inspiration. Such is the life of one who attempts to write.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;***&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More videos coming soon you tube!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Check out my &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#%21/profile.php?id=100001234352663"&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/DefectIllusions"&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt;, and of course if you haven't been there, my &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/defectiveillusions"&gt;YouTube&lt;/a&gt; Channel!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;***&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Defective Illusions&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6497875337958133047-8632058596734962841?l=defectiveillusions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://defectiveillusions.blogspot.com/feeds/8632058596734962841/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://defectiveillusions.blogspot.com/2010/06/life.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6497875337958133047/posts/default/8632058596734962841'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6497875337958133047/posts/default/8632058596734962841'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://defectiveillusions.blogspot.com/2010/06/life.html' title='Life'/><author><name>Defective Illusions</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12880819020193661999</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JqExbBxnTCE/TBLB2F8kZBI/AAAAAAAAAA8/Yo4DSRXcX6Y/S220/n665991275_1488863_7091.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497875337958133047.post-6879267043553454875</id><published>2010-06-11T16:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-11T16:07:23.269-07:00</updated><title type='text'>...And it's been a while.....</title><content type='html'>Depressing title, not a depressing post.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm happy, I'm good again, my camera is broken and I'm jobless, but I'm working on it, and my boyfriend says I can use his laptop for filming myself and posting videos - so the quality may not be great - but I will soon be posting again!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Defective Illusions&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6497875337958133047-6879267043553454875?l=defectiveillusions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://defectiveillusions.blogspot.com/feeds/6879267043553454875/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://defectiveillusions.blogspot.com/2010/06/and-its-been-while.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6497875337958133047/posts/default/6879267043553454875'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6497875337958133047/posts/default/6879267043553454875'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://defectiveillusions.blogspot.com/2010/06/and-its-been-while.html' title='...And it&apos;s been a while.....'/><author><name>Defective Illusions</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12880819020193661999</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JqExbBxnTCE/TBLB2F8kZBI/AAAAAAAAAA8/Yo4DSRXcX6Y/S220/n665991275_1488863_7091.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497875337958133047.post-4224236545783962383</id><published>2009-03-31T13:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-31T13:18:34.992-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A Little Bit of Pain</title><content type='html'>So an update with me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My parents kicked me out again, I believe I'm not moving back no matter what this time, I broke up with my boyfriend - mostly because he is a complete dumbass and it took me way too long to realize that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Uuuuhm...I'm working on posting a video... hopefully I can post a lot more videos soon...but it's going to take some time especially since I'm sleeping on peoples couches presently until I can get a job.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But that's life. Thank god I have good friends.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6497875337958133047-4224236545783962383?l=defectiveillusions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://defectiveillusions.blogspot.com/feeds/4224236545783962383/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://defectiveillusions.blogspot.com/2009/03/little-bit-of-pain.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6497875337958133047/posts/default/4224236545783962383'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6497875337958133047/posts/default/4224236545783962383'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://defectiveillusions.blogspot.com/2009/03/little-bit-of-pain.html' title='A Little Bit of Pain'/><author><name>Defective Illusions</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12880819020193661999</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JqExbBxnTCE/TBLB2F8kZBI/AAAAAAAAAA8/Yo4DSRXcX6Y/S220/n665991275_1488863_7091.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497875337958133047.post-7587610003692881011</id><published>2009-02-06T12:16:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-06T12:18:11.706-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Shiney New Day</title><content type='html'>It's a shiney new day, kinda rough on the eyes, but good for your heart I suppose.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fixed things with my best friend, back together with my boyfriend, and life is pretty damn good.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well except for the part where I don't have a job...but I'm working on that.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6497875337958133047-7587610003692881011?l=defectiveillusions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://defectiveillusions.blogspot.com/feeds/7587610003692881011/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://defectiveillusions.blogspot.com/2009/02/shiney-new-day.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6497875337958133047/posts/default/7587610003692881011'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6497875337958133047/posts/default/7587610003692881011'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://defectiveillusions.blogspot.com/2009/02/shiney-new-day.html' title='Shiney New Day'/><author><name>Defective Illusions</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12880819020193661999</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JqExbBxnTCE/TBLB2F8kZBI/AAAAAAAAAA8/Yo4DSRXcX6Y/S220/n665991275_1488863_7091.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497875337958133047.post-2707199234132914036</id><published>2009-01-31T20:06:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-31T20:17:39.345-08:00</updated><title type='text'>A Hazy Day</title><content type='html'>Have you ever had a day where everything was hazy, not quite there.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am sad today I find. It is a slump prehaps. Though admittedly I have reason for sadness today.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I find sad is better than depressed in many ways, though it is just as hazy - I am not numb. I feel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And while what I am feeling today is sadness, it is a blessing in someways, because it is something.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I feel something.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I look at the world today, and it is beautiful and silent, undisturbed; it's as though I have a lens over my eyes brushing away all distrubances - all mars on this perfect vision.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is so beautiful, it is cry worthy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I do need people, like anyone else, but at times I wish that should I go outside, I'd find only a forest.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yes, a beautiful forest with a whispering brook, it's trying to get my attention, and if I learn to listen close enough I can learn the secrets that I've been searching for my entire life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To drift into something so perfect, to dream of my perfect place, it is taunting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I sit here at this desk, and I dream of somewhere without pain, people, effort.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Such a place does not exsist.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To Any Of My You Tube Veiwers:&lt;/strong&gt; I'm sure if you've read this you'll realize that while writing I am given to dramatics, but I find I am also much more eloquent...and also slightly...nonsensical. I tend to trail off, but thank you for taking a look.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6497875337958133047-2707199234132914036?l=defectiveillusions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://defectiveillusions.blogspot.com/feeds/2707199234132914036/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://defectiveillusions.blogspot.com/2009/01/hazy-day.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6497875337958133047/posts/default/2707199234132914036'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6497875337958133047/posts/default/2707199234132914036'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://defectiveillusions.blogspot.com/2009/01/hazy-day.html' title='A Hazy Day'/><author><name>Defective Illusions</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12880819020193661999</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JqExbBxnTCE/TBLB2F8kZBI/AAAAAAAAAA8/Yo4DSRXcX6Y/S220/n665991275_1488863_7091.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>
