<?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-3487854908284318229</id><updated>2011-07-07T18:56:44.184-05:00</updated><category term='Quote'/><category term='Index.'/><category term='FutureMe'/><category term='Sociology'/><category term='Performance'/><category term='Elementary'/><category term='Family'/><category term='Plato'/><category term='Music'/><category term='Success'/><category term='Birthdays'/><category term='Songwriting Club.'/><category term='Philosophy'/><category term='change'/><category term='Writing'/><category term='Foreword'/><category term='Kind'/><category term='Unkind'/><category term='phonebook'/><category term='Childhood Songs'/><category term='Soul'/><category term='Basic'/><category term='Oxymoron'/><category term='ABC&apos;s'/><title type='text'>INDEX.</title><subtitle type='html'>An online reference to the life and thoughts of me.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://myownpersonalindex.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3487854908284318229/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myownpersonalindex.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Tony.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07466730436976962731</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_WIj0ZqoSt0I/SHNtMokqIeI/AAAAAAAAABk/i2pxJIcQiUk/S220/melean_a.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>11</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487854908284318229.post-4276683795592232672</id><published>2008-07-15T12:37:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-07-15T16:01:39.596-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sociology'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Writing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='FutureMe'/><title type='text'>Now and Later.</title><summary type='text'>       DEFINITELY click one of the links in this blog so that you can take part in this great collaboration. The premise of the site is to write a note to the future you, and then pick a date that the message will be sent. No rules otherwise, just write to yourself, vent, share hopes for the future, or acknowledge the past!"FutureMe.org is based on the principle that memories are less accurate </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.futureme.org/' title='Now and Later.'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://myownpersonalindex.blogspot.com/feeds/4276683795592232672/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3487854908284318229&amp;postID=4276683795592232672' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3487854908284318229/posts/default/4276683795592232672'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3487854908284318229/posts/default/4276683795592232672'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myownpersonalindex.blogspot.com/2008/07/now-and-later.html' title='Now and Later.'/><author><name>Tony.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07466730436976962731</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_WIj0ZqoSt0I/SHNtMokqIeI/AAAAAAAAABk/i2pxJIcQiUk/S220/melean_a.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487854908284318229.post-3195992065262660413</id><published>2008-07-15T03:32:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-07-15T11:01:42.609-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='change'/><title type='text'>Now and Then.</title><summary type='text'>Boy, have times changed.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://myownpersonalindex.blogspot.com/feeds/3195992065262660413/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3487854908284318229&amp;postID=3195992065262660413' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3487854908284318229/posts/default/3195992065262660413'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3487854908284318229/posts/default/3195992065262660413'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myownpersonalindex.blogspot.com/2008/07/now-and-then.html' title='Now and Then.'/><author><name>Tony.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07466730436976962731</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_WIj0ZqoSt0I/SHNtMokqIeI/AAAAAAAAABk/i2pxJIcQiUk/S220/melean_a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_WIj0ZqoSt0I/SHzJ0hcTE1I/AAAAAAAAABs/UYXhzBa3vjE/s72-c/b%26w.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487854908284318229.post-8299104617243019022</id><published>2008-06-24T01:16:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-06-24T02:17:30.765-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Songwriting Club.'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='phonebook'/><title type='text'>Songwriting Club.</title><summary type='text'> "s1-phonebook"love! always there for you if you remember where you placed itsoft to the touchor is it rather that the texture's unfamiliarturning the pageslowly becoming obsoletein a world that needs to save more than the trees...save the phone bookkeep it on the porchor right by the front dooras long as your address is registered it will comefor all the familythe cover always changesbut the </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.derrickoliver.com/2008/06/09/songwriting-club/' title='Songwriting Club.'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://myownpersonalindex.blogspot.com/feeds/8299104617243019022/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3487854908284318229&amp;postID=8299104617243019022' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3487854908284318229/posts/default/8299104617243019022'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3487854908284318229/posts/default/8299104617243019022'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myownpersonalindex.blogspot.com/2008/06/songwriting-club.html' title='Songwriting Club.'/><author><name>Tony.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07466730436976962731</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_WIj0ZqoSt0I/SHNtMokqIeI/AAAAAAAAABk/i2pxJIcQiUk/S220/melean_a.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487854908284318229.post-991491459032568470</id><published>2008-06-23T13:20:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-06-23T13:25:11.188-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Success'/><title type='text'>Just a Reminder.</title><summary type='text'>Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.Don't forget that!-Fin.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://myownpersonalindex.blogspot.com/feeds/991491459032568470/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3487854908284318229&amp;postID=991491459032568470' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3487854908284318229/posts/default/991491459032568470'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3487854908284318229/posts/default/991491459032568470'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myownpersonalindex.blogspot.com/2008/06/just-reminder.html' title='Just a Reminder.'/><author><name>Tony.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07466730436976962731</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_WIj0ZqoSt0I/SHNtMokqIeI/AAAAAAAAABk/i2pxJIcQiUk/S220/melean_a.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487854908284318229.post-7666713264666654397</id><published>2008-06-16T11:02:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-06-16T11:08:36.247-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ABC&apos;s'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Soul'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Childhood Songs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Performance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Elementary'/><title type='text'>The ABC's Revisited.</title><summary type='text'>




...Just a little music to tide you over until i post a new blog in writing. IT'S COMING!!! -Fin.</summary><link rel='enclosure' type='video/mp4' href='http://www.blogger.com/video-play.mp4?contentId=2bc27d5a87ad4b26&amp;type=video%2Fmp4' length='0'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://myownpersonalindex.blogspot.com/feeds/7666713264666654397/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3487854908284318229&amp;postID=7666713264666654397' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3487854908284318229/posts/default/7666713264666654397'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3487854908284318229/posts/default/7666713264666654397'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myownpersonalindex.blogspot.com/2008/06/abcs-revisited.html' title='The ABC&apos;s Revisited.'/><author><name>Tony.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07466730436976962731</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_WIj0ZqoSt0I/SHNtMokqIeI/AAAAAAAAABk/i2pxJIcQiUk/S220/melean_a.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487854908284318229.post-2474812810728398873</id><published>2008-04-07T22:54:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-04-08T18:01:26.887-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Unkind'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Philosophy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Plato'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Quote'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Basic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kind'/><title type='text'>...On Being Kind.</title><summary type='text'>Being kind as opposed to being unkind just seems right in my head, never a question, as long as you keep the question that simple. Thing is, the question to be "KIND or UNKIND?" could easily become "KIND only when kindness is given?" or UNKIND when   rude behavior is received?" It makes one think. Now to take this eternally broad introduction and narrow it down a bit for grammatically correct </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://myownpersonalindex.blogspot.com/feeds/2474812810728398873/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3487854908284318229&amp;postID=2474812810728398873' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3487854908284318229/posts/default/2474812810728398873'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3487854908284318229/posts/default/2474812810728398873'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myownpersonalindex.blogspot.com/2008/04/on-being-kind.html' title='...On Being Kind.'/><author><name>Tony.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07466730436976962731</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_WIj0ZqoSt0I/SHNtMokqIeI/AAAAAAAAABk/i2pxJIcQiUk/S220/melean_a.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WIj0ZqoSt0I/R_sJN749MiI/AAAAAAAAABQ/TvqE3OXeo94/s72-c/Picture+23.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487854908284318229.post-4847539059649110281</id><published>2007-11-23T00:32:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2007-11-23T00:46:50.937-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Playing Catch Up.</title><summary type='text'>So things have been well, I've been pretty busy, never making the time to blog, but always thinking about things to blog about next. This time I'm relating the whole process to finding your voice. See, for those who don't know, I sing, and i've got a voice that has some heart behind it. I'm just not sure what my genre is...same thing with this blog. I want to narrow it down to something concise </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://myownpersonalindex.blogspot.com/feeds/4847539059649110281/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3487854908284318229&amp;postID=4847539059649110281' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3487854908284318229/posts/default/4847539059649110281'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3487854908284318229/posts/default/4847539059649110281'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myownpersonalindex.blogspot.com/2007/11/playing-catch-up.html' title='Playing Catch Up.'/><author><name>Tony.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07466730436976962731</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_WIj0ZqoSt0I/SHNtMokqIeI/AAAAAAAAABk/i2pxJIcQiUk/S220/melean_a.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487854908284318229.post-366117040796275528</id><published>2007-10-22T00:21:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-10-22T00:44:14.067-05:00</updated><title type='text'>First Impression.</title><summary type='text'>I'm a bit teary-eyed tonight. I stayed up late to watch Blood Diamond, and it was just as good as Oprah said it was! I finished up my training to become a server at a local restaurant in town as well. It was such a long week of training, studying, testing, and just establishing that paramount first impression for my new employer. I'm looking forward to it actually, I've been so anti-social lately</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://myownpersonalindex.blogspot.com/feeds/366117040796275528/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3487854908284318229&amp;postID=366117040796275528' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3487854908284318229/posts/default/366117040796275528'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3487854908284318229/posts/default/366117040796275528'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myownpersonalindex.blogspot.com/2007/10/first-impression.html' title='First Impression.'/><author><name>Tony.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07466730436976962731</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_WIj0ZqoSt0I/SHNtMokqIeI/AAAAAAAAABk/i2pxJIcQiUk/S220/melean_a.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487854908284318229.post-7937908645662474499</id><published>2007-10-16T16:20:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-10-16T16:51:58.640-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Oxymoron'/><title type='text'>Making sense out of none.</title><summary type='text'>Gotta love a well designed product. In my inbox each day i recieve an email entitled "The Daily New." from Mossonline.com. This is one of my favorite products of all time! You can call it like you see it, the Gun Table Lamp. It's designed by Phillip Starck, one of the most literal designers of our time in my opinion. While I don't love everthing he does, I think that this piece is modern while </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.mossonline.com/' title='Making sense out of none.'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://myownpersonalindex.blogspot.com/feeds/7937908645662474499/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3487854908284318229&amp;postID=7937908645662474499' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3487854908284318229/posts/default/7937908645662474499'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3487854908284318229/posts/default/7937908645662474499'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myownpersonalindex.blogspot.com/2007/10/making-sense-out-of-none.html' title='Making sense out of none.'/><author><name>Tony.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07466730436976962731</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_WIj0ZqoSt0I/SHNtMokqIeI/AAAAAAAAABk/i2pxJIcQiUk/S220/melean_a.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487854908284318229.post-4661438713780174738</id><published>2007-10-15T13:22:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-10-15T14:07:50.681-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Time is precious.</title><summary type='text'>Let's head to the week after my birthday. THe main topic on the famil agenda is finding out what's wrong with daddy! His hip pain has become increasingly worse, and we had to schedule a biopsy because it looked to the doctors like we might be looking at cancer! So the biopsy rolls around, and cancer is confirmed, so now we just need to know what we can do to get rid of it and relieve my pops hip </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://myownpersonalindex.blogspot.com/feeds/4661438713780174738/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3487854908284318229&amp;postID=4661438713780174738' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3487854908284318229/posts/default/4661438713780174738'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3487854908284318229/posts/default/4661438713780174738'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myownpersonalindex.blogspot.com/2007/10/time-is-precious.html' title='Time is precious.'/><author><name>Tony.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07466730436976962731</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_WIj0ZqoSt0I/SHNtMokqIeI/AAAAAAAAABk/i2pxJIcQiUk/S220/melean_a.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487854908284318229.post-3712487952748694086</id><published>2007-10-13T13:15:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-10-13T13:48:46.082-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Index.'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Foreword'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Birthdays'/><title type='text'>Turning 23.  (the foreword)</title><summary type='text'>To start off my blog I'm actually back tracking a bit. Taking you back to September 1st. MY BIRTHDAY! It was a good day! I got calls from all of my friends, called all of the friends who hadn't called me yet. And my own venture into starting my own business with Toshi, was going really well! I celebrated the big 23rd birthday by having dinner at Uncle Julio's with a group mainly consisting of my </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://myownpersonalindex.blogspot.com/feeds/3712487952748694086/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3487854908284318229&amp;postID=3712487952748694086' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3487854908284318229/posts/default/3712487952748694086'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3487854908284318229/posts/default/3712487952748694086'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myownpersonalindex.blogspot.com/2007/10/turning-23-foreword.html' title='Turning 23.  (the foreword)'/><author><name>Tony.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07466730436976962731</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_WIj0ZqoSt0I/SHNtMokqIeI/AAAAAAAAABk/i2pxJIcQiUk/S220/melean_a.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>
