<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' version='2.0'><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985688356648766480</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:21:11 +0000</lastBuildDate><title>loosely based on a true story</title><description>it's all lies.  trust me.</description><link>http://davidmisterat.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (mister)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>40</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985688356648766480.post-3819719156011116569</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 07:34:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-05-26T03:47:28.575-04:00</atom:updated><title>on songwriting</title><atom:summary type='text'>writer's block is starting to set in for the first time in almost 6 months and panic lead to a cigarette break which lead to me realizing that when i can't write anything, it's because i'm not being honest with myself about my state of mind, of being.i'm ignoring responsibility.  i'm ignoring heartbreak.  i'm ignoring possibility.  i'm ignoring disappointment.  i'm ignoring failure.  i'm ignoring</atom:summary><link>http://davidmisterat.blogspot.com/2009/05/on-songwriting.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (mister)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985688356648766480.post-6321502301370169668</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 07:11:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-03-30T03:13:01.109-04:00</atom:updated><title>My Personal Marxist Philosophy</title><atom:summary type='text'>"These are my principles; if you don't like them, I have others."~ Groucho Marx</atom:summary><link>http://davidmisterat.blogspot.com/2009/03/my-personal-marxist-philosophy.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (mister)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985688356648766480.post-489925744407675575</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:13:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-02-06T11:13:42.215-05:00</atom:updated><title>revision</title><atom:summary type='text'>"I hope you feel nicer"Baby boy, blue eyes; andbeauty stopped by on the doorstep.Came by, "au revoir, good night, goodtimes... "Age is heavy, sometimes, like a coat, and for what we knowwe hide in our deepest pocketsa shattered watch with a disabled, swinging latchfrom that moment, those moments, time, chance,and redemptionflew away from usdefeated by the sound of Earth.We are the harrow upon </atom:summary><link>http://davidmisterat.blogspot.com/2009/02/revision.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (mister)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985688356648766480.post-1345697797130783687</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 06:28:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-10-15T02:37:02.301-04:00</atom:updated><title>top five reasons to have a list</title><atom:summary type='text'>1.)  it gives you boundaries, so you can wrangle in your existence2.)  self-importance3.)  everybody should know how you feel and why you feel the way you feel because you're good enough, you're smart enough, and doggonit, people should like you4.)  easier to decipher than a graph or pie chart5.)  truth needs an outlet</atom:summary><link>http://davidmisterat.blogspot.com/2008/10/top-five-reasons-to-have-list.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (mister)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985688356648766480.post-7848087570936510551</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 06:22:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-10-15T02:27:24.623-04:00</atom:updated><title>top five things i can live without</title><atom:summary type='text'>political enthusiasts (attention whores)ink pen caps that pull the off bottom tab so that you can't put the cap back onthe News (FOXnews, especially)breadbitches that be naggin'</atom:summary><link>http://davidmisterat.blogspot.com/2008/10/top-five-things-i-can-live-without.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (mister)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985688356648766480.post-6566101736622733837</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:03:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-10-15T02:27:51.599-04:00</atom:updated><title>top five things i cannot live without</title><atom:summary type='text'>airshorts with pockets (why would you make anything without pockets!!! except shirts, that's tacky)showersjohnny cash cdsrice</atom:summary><link>http://davidmisterat.blogspot.com/2008/10/top-five-things-i-cannot-live-without.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (mister)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985688356648766480.post-6225956771647668985</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 01:41:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-09-09T22:10:55.317-04:00</atom:updated><title>banter</title><atom:summary type='text'>I've decided I'm going to write a million songs in my last semester before i have to graduate and "get a job" as all those "responsible" people like to put it.  I just pray it won't all be crap.Any ideas for a job with a creative writing degree with no experience?  "Welcome to LIlly's!  Would you like vegan pizza sauce?"check the myspace for a new song.  if it's not up today it'll probably be up </atom:summary><link>http://davidmisterat.blogspot.com/2008/09/banter.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (mister)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985688356648766480.post-9044751234401518117</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 05:04:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-07-26T01:09:18.456-04:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>music</category><title>musicking</title><atom:summary type='text'>so i have finally grown big enough cajones to record a song and lame enough to finally myspace it.http://www.myspace.com/dmxiongin two weeks, the 4901 sessions begin with the visit of the astute Clay Misenheimer.</atom:summary><link>http://davidmisterat.blogspot.com/2008/07/musicking.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (mister)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985688356648766480.post-6854702561074600572</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 04:48:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-06-16T00:49:15.987-04:00</atom:updated><title></title><atom:summary type='text'>i've been lazy.</atom:summary><link>http://davidmisterat.blogspot.com/2008/06/ive-been-lazy.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (mister)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985688356648766480.post-5625601944018115407</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:19:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-04-18T03:19:43.450-04:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>halloween</category><title>more old things i can no longer reproduce</title><atom:summary type='text'>halloweeni remember holding hands andhating it.  my mother wouldpoint to the next house, and my oldersister would slide the van door, and we would dart outlike some vast battalion, shedding our shieldhand at the helm of our swords, sometimesliterally, and we had already conquered our greatestfears, the gauntlet had been vanquished, before our toesbent the blades of evening dew, and our arms wide </atom:summary><link>http://davidmisterat.blogspot.com/2008/04/more-old-things-i-can-no-longer.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (mister)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985688356648766480.post-3613251495418843157</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:07:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-04-18T03:14:12.270-04:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>bitter</category><title>bitter-bitter-bitter-ness</title><atom:summary type='text'>the death of an answerbided time with my toothpickshe was right,life moves much too quickfor the slow of witand i think i saw a fly movebehind her head, drawing breathsunder armpit-wingpit... what must beoverwhelmingly identifiedin time, i supposeshe saw mestaring over her headand muttered something like, "ridiculous"or "ostensive"-ly something good,but not so, much moreas it landed in her </atom:summary><link>http://davidmisterat.blogspot.com/2008/04/bitter-bitter-bitter-ness.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (mister)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985688356648766480.post-7042748689885704438</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:04:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-04-18T03:06:06.095-04:00</atom:updated><title>when in rome</title><atom:summary type='text'>casablancawasted, awaythe yellowreminds meof this oldclownfellow, whoknocked on our doorwhen i was a kid, sellingtricks, a dance, a befuddledjig, like a plate of fruitcocktailabout toslipmy mother always yelled at us fortalkingto himbut these aremyteeth.  my blinkingexistence.  my loosebulbin the arch above somepeeling pathlinoleumcurleduplike somedyinghand's grasp, whenwhat is there leftto </atom:summary><link>http://davidmisterat.blogspot.com/2008/04/when-in-rome.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (mister)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985688356648766480.post-2210440727334197473</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:49:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-04-18T03:03:02.623-04:00</atom:updated><title>kibbles and bits; and/or experimentation with punctuation</title><atom:summary type='text'>frivolous; is agood wordthere is a kingdomdestinedto smite usall.  the pauper, the prince, the girlat the grocery storecounter who wears a golden crossupon her apron, subservient for the meansof good will, and good faith.(Amen)she needs no Daedalus, noulterior denouement, only what is,what has been, and what willultimately be.but --- here;the liars and the cheats;everything labeled and shelved </atom:summary><link>http://davidmisterat.blogspot.com/2008/04/kibbles-and-bits.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (mister)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985688356648766480.post-9167013048231305729</guid><pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 16:38:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-04-12T12:50:11.845-04:00</atom:updated><title>reading does a body good</title><atom:summary type='text'>"In ancient times, people's hearts were direct and straightforward.  Because their hearts were direct, their actions were simple, and because things were simple, the words they spoke also were uncomplicated.  When emotions rose up in their hearts, they would put them into words and would sing, and they called this "poetry" [uta}. When they sang, they did so directly and with a single heart.  </atom:summary><link>http://davidmisterat.blogspot.com/2008/04/reading-does-body-good.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (mister)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985688356648766480.post-5352077572406977840</guid><pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:22:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-04-07T17:22:53.672-04:00</atom:updated><title></title><atom:summary type='text'>today i successfully played a bar chord in the midst of a progression.  i can die happy now.</atom:summary><link>http://davidmisterat.blogspot.com/2008/04/today-i-successfully-played-bar-chord.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (mister)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985688356648766480.post-185271347037462247</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 10:18:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-04-04T06:18:53.158-04:00</atom:updated><title>or the power of 1s</title><atom:summary type='text'>gumption.  that's a good word.</atom:summary><link>http://davidmisterat.blogspot.com/2008/04/or-power-of-1s.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (mister)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985688356648766480.post-6870343546393083048</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 23:15:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-04-03T19:35:58.671-04:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>windhover eleventy billion</category><title>the power of 11</title><atom:summary type='text'>I can only write 11 things each month.  (see side panel for cosmic reference)I just received notice I've been published in this year's edition of the NC State's Windhover Literary Arts Magazine.  It only took me six years and a few minutes of intense motivation for me to click that 'send' button.Grab a free copy if you can (it is free).I also got a song put on their audio CD which I shall go </atom:summary><link>http://davidmisterat.blogspot.com/2008/04/power-of-11.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (mister)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985688356648766480.post-6545646759544917412</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:20:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-03-17T19:45:38.186-04:00</atom:updated><title>erosion</title><atom:summary type='text'>Paul dragged an axe and left a canyon.I have dragged myself and -time, is a novel ideawhen you're running out of it.---</atom:summary><link>http://davidmisterat.blogspot.com/2008/03/erosion.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (mister)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985688356648766480.post-8548405624423148655</guid><pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 03:12:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-02-19T22:14:50.934-05:00</atom:updated><title>bottom five things ever</title><atom:summary type='text'>expectationsunder the skin itchesalarm clocks/clocks in generalmelted ice creamParis Hilton</atom:summary><link>http://davidmisterat.blogspot.com/2008/02/bottom-five-things-ever.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (mister)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985688356648766480.post-5855813328449969107</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 06:20:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-02-18T01:24:29.009-05:00</atom:updated><title>top five things ever</title><atom:summary type='text'>treesstarlightprocreation (the act of, not the consequence of)breakfast cerealirony</atom:summary><link>http://davidmisterat.blogspot.com/2008/02/top-five-things-ever.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (mister)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985688356648766480.post-5383871504908762673</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 06:13:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-02-18T12:51:34.703-05:00</atom:updated><title>top five human inventions</title><atom:summary type='text'>in no particular order:the fountain penthe acoustic instrumentthe shuriken/ninja starthe cartoon/comichappy endingsversus someone (he who's name cannot be spoken or written or read) else's list:jet packpencilcoffee percolatortire swingMolotov cocktail</atom:summary><link>http://davidmisterat.blogspot.com/2008/02/top-five-human-invetions.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (mister)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985688356648766480.post-2212844275011620864</guid><pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 06:02:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-02-15T01:03:08.579-05:00</atom:updated><title>Today I felt...</title><atom:summary type='text'>taller. Seriously!</atom:summary><link>http://davidmisterat.blogspot.com/2008/02/today-i-felt.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (mister)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985688356648766480.post-3327762452770523833</guid><pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 05:42:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-02-15T00:43:24.032-05:00</atom:updated><title>on valentine's day</title><atom:summary type='text'>i put my shirt on backwards today-- all daywithout thinking; except for, it fits better today.---i watched young boys the age of men purchase grocery storeconveniences to celebrate a mysterious notion best acknowledged vialimp, inanimate stitched socks and suede, and card stock;the cologne's waiting at home. let me say i love you in a balloon, or two?ten minutes 'til dinner with her. two birds,  </atom:summary><link>http://davidmisterat.blogspot.com/2008/02/on-valentines-day.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (mister)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985688356648766480.post-455419588964575418</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 07:38:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-02-14T02:39:00.532-05:00</atom:updated><title>the wise</title><atom:summary type='text'>sleep in.</atom:summary><link>http://davidmisterat.blogspot.com/2008/02/wise.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (mister)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985688356648766480.post-8850252318887473343</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 07:37:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-02-14T02:38:14.815-05:00</atom:updated><title>the manic</title><atom:summary type='text'>bake cookies.</atom:summary><link>http://davidmisterat.blogspot.com/2008/02/manic.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (mister)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item></channel></rss>