<?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-1770175049033895859</id><updated>2011-07-07T20:14:53.457-05:00</updated><category term='gbs'/><category term='cannonball'/><category term='another sound'/><category term='turn it round'/><category term='whoops'/><category term='food'/><category term='weallmuststand'/><category term='Music'/><category term='poetry'/><category term='aspects'/><category term='Storms'/><category term='Star Trek'/><category term='tcg'/><title type='text'>The Novel Game</title><subtitle type='html'>The newly-minted blog of a college student.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thenovelgame.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1770175049033895859/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thenovelgame.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Scion</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08102643828816295443</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6_I6iYHuNrU/SgUEhtdOfvI/AAAAAAAAAAM/lXZOhx485us/S220/bestpics+020.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>12</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1770175049033895859.post-5646529145369425945</id><published>2009-08-22T22:01:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-08-22T22:02:11.195-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='weallmuststand'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>We All Must Stand</title><summary type='text'>We all must standLets all stand!Stand, celebrate the air!Bask in the running breeze!Raise our hands to the eternal, turquoise sky!Praise the clouds!Roll in the grass, down the hill!Embrace in the field of wheat,Share the grace given!Lets invite everybody!Dance in the rushing stream!Bathe in the clear pool!We shouldn't waste our lives!Stand up!Stand up, my loving siblings,Stand with me underneath </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thenovelgame.blogspot.com/feeds/5646529145369425945/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thenovelgame.blogspot.com/2009/08/we-all-must-stand.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1770175049033895859/posts/default/5646529145369425945'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1770175049033895859/posts/default/5646529145369425945'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thenovelgame.blogspot.com/2009/08/we-all-must-stand.html' title='We All Must Stand'/><author><name>Scion</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08102643828816295443</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6_I6iYHuNrU/SgUEhtdOfvI/AAAAAAAAAAM/lXZOhx485us/S220/bestpics+020.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1770175049033895859.post-583293470108044461</id><published>2009-08-22T21:39:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2009-08-22T21:39:54.720-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gbs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Under the Gray Building Sky</title><summary type='text'>Under the Gray Building SkyThere's a seaWe're drowning inShe grabs my armsays “No beginning, no end”We're stuck on the bassThe piano beats us downIn another year or so,we won't be around.“Stay in town.” she says“Leave it now.” says IShe drops her handsAll she can do is sighI tell her goodnightat the end of 12 AMShe grabs the door, tells me“There's no fear at the end.”The lights are all offPhones </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thenovelgame.blogspot.com/feeds/583293470108044461/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thenovelgame.blogspot.com/2009/08/under-gray-building-sky.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1770175049033895859/posts/default/583293470108044461'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1770175049033895859/posts/default/583293470108044461'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thenovelgame.blogspot.com/2009/08/under-gray-building-sky.html' title='Under the Gray Building Sky'/><author><name>Scion</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08102643828816295443</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6_I6iYHuNrU/SgUEhtdOfvI/AAAAAAAAAAM/lXZOhx485us/S220/bestpics+020.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1770175049033895859.post-406045650726466702</id><published>2009-08-21T23:35:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2009-08-21T23:35:49.085-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='aspects'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Aspects</title><summary type='text'>AspectsAll of our aspects have died.I'm sorry to say this, I wish it weren't true.The world is cracked, struggling, creaking coldly through space.No sun to guide, no planets.No asteroids.  No comets.Not even a tiny bit of dust.No radiation, no white-hot core.All of our aspects were left behind.Back in the old system, that's where they rot.That's where the volcanoes are.The atmosphere disappeared </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thenovelgame.blogspot.com/feeds/406045650726466702/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thenovelgame.blogspot.com/2009/08/aspects.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1770175049033895859/posts/default/406045650726466702'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1770175049033895859/posts/default/406045650726466702'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thenovelgame.blogspot.com/2009/08/aspects.html' title='Aspects'/><author><name>Scion</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08102643828816295443</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6_I6iYHuNrU/SgUEhtdOfvI/AAAAAAAAAAM/lXZOhx485us/S220/bestpics+020.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1770175049033895859.post-2677411104043640483</id><published>2009-08-20T23:12:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2009-08-20T23:12:33.495-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='another sound'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Another Sound</title><summary type='text'>Another SoundThe sound comes over the radioYoung men dead, dying, in spotsAn unholy OA dusk falling over themThe sun refracted through the misty bloodReflects from the oozing gutsThe glistening feast attracts the gullsWho shit on their meal as they gorge“Damn you, damn you all!” screams the one leftScreams the DJ from the radioScreams the last spearman left alive.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thenovelgame.blogspot.com/feeds/2677411104043640483/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thenovelgame.blogspot.com/2009/08/another-sound.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1770175049033895859/posts/default/2677411104043640483'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1770175049033895859/posts/default/2677411104043640483'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thenovelgame.blogspot.com/2009/08/another-sound.html' title='Another Sound'/><author><name>Scion</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08102643828816295443</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6_I6iYHuNrU/SgUEhtdOfvI/AAAAAAAAAAM/lXZOhx485us/S220/bestpics+020.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1770175049033895859.post-6231335619107128467</id><published>2009-08-20T23:09:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-08-20T23:11:50.432-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='turn it round'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Turn it Round</title><summary type='text'>  &lt;!--   @page { margin: 0.79in }   P { margin-bottom: 0.08in }  --&gt;   Turn it round.  The carnival is all...crushed. Under the feet of rain. Lost in Fayetteville The pay phone rings, nobody around to listen.  Stuck under a cloud, The cross is weeping, The houses below watching. Lost in this town, A ways off of Sixth. If you listen hard, You can hear the cannonball hurling down the tracks.  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thenovelgame.blogspot.com/feeds/6231335619107128467/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thenovelgame.blogspot.com/2009/08/turn-it-round.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1770175049033895859/posts/default/6231335619107128467'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1770175049033895859/posts/default/6231335619107128467'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thenovelgame.blogspot.com/2009/08/turn-it-round.html' title='Turn it Round'/><author><name>Scion</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08102643828816295443</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6_I6iYHuNrU/SgUEhtdOfvI/AAAAAAAAAAM/lXZOhx485us/S220/bestpics+020.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1770175049033895859.post-4220349326555541848</id><published>2009-08-20T22:44:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-08-20T22:46:29.229-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cannonball'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Cannonball</title><summary type='text'>CannonballMonday nightShe rolls overHer hand hits my face.  I've beenWoken up the strangest waysfor the last weekSunday early morning, she fartedand rattled the sheetsSaturday 12 pm, she screamed for her motherand rattled the walls“Mama, mama, alone, I've been everywhere and I'm all alone!”Friday morning, in the dark, she shoved me off the bedand I rattled the floorThursday morning, she laughed </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thenovelgame.blogspot.com/feeds/4220349326555541848/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thenovelgame.blogspot.com/2009/08/cannonball.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1770175049033895859/posts/default/4220349326555541848'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1770175049033895859/posts/default/4220349326555541848'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thenovelgame.blogspot.com/2009/08/cannonball.html' title='Cannonball'/><author><name>Scion</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08102643828816295443</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6_I6iYHuNrU/SgUEhtdOfvI/AAAAAAAAAAM/lXZOhx485us/S220/bestpics+020.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1770175049033895859.post-7823320376708718587</id><published>2009-07-27T22:28:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-07-27T22:29:16.209-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='whoops'/><title type='text'>In Retrospect to the title called "American Idol"</title><summary type='text'>Wow, I'm really vitriolic.  Sorry...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thenovelgame.blogspot.com/feeds/7823320376708718587/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thenovelgame.blogspot.com/2009/07/in-retrospect-to-title-called-american.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1770175049033895859/posts/default/7823320376708718587'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1770175049033895859/posts/default/7823320376708718587'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thenovelgame.blogspot.com/2009/07/in-retrospect-to-title-called-american.html' title='In Retrospect to the title called &quot;American Idol&quot;'/><author><name>Scion</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08102643828816295443</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6_I6iYHuNrU/SgUEhtdOfvI/AAAAAAAAAAM/lXZOhx485us/S220/bestpics+020.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1770175049033895859.post-4619110215087826484</id><published>2009-05-20T22:10:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-05-20T22:11:10.307-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Music'/><title type='text'>American Idol</title><summary type='text'>Sucks. I only pay attention to it when it showcases a nasty little bit of our society. Let's refer to this nasty little bit of dog-turd and Protestant conglomerate as "The Great Mighty Poo". Those of you who played "Conker's Bad Fur Day" might get the reference. As does the lordly shitpile in the game, this little streak recklessly hurls the odious dung he calls "music" on the heads of every </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thenovelgame.blogspot.com/feeds/4619110215087826484/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thenovelgame.blogspot.com/2009/05/american-idol_20.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1770175049033895859/posts/default/4619110215087826484'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1770175049033895859/posts/default/4619110215087826484'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thenovelgame.blogspot.com/2009/05/american-idol_20.html' title='American Idol'/><author><name>Scion</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08102643828816295443</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6_I6iYHuNrU/SgUEhtdOfvI/AAAAAAAAAAM/lXZOhx485us/S220/bestpics+020.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1770175049033895859.post-2293311504881365990</id><published>2009-05-17T16:33:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-05-17T16:34:10.966-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='food'/><title type='text'>Cravings</title><summary type='text'>You know those weird cravings that come out of nowhere in the middle of the day, when you're kinda hungry but not hungry enough to warrant a full meal?  I got one of those, for FIG NEWTONS of all things.  I'd go out and buy some, but I don't have any money.  Oh well, just needed to complain.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thenovelgame.blogspot.com/feeds/2293311504881365990/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thenovelgame.blogspot.com/2009/05/cravings.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1770175049033895859/posts/default/2293311504881365990'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1770175049033895859/posts/default/2293311504881365990'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thenovelgame.blogspot.com/2009/05/cravings.html' title='Cravings'/><author><name>Scion</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08102643828816295443</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6_I6iYHuNrU/SgUEhtdOfvI/AAAAAAAAAAM/lXZOhx485us/S220/bestpics+020.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1770175049033895859.post-5126160144737806332</id><published>2009-05-09T22:29:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-05-09T22:34:10.684-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Star Trek'/><title type='text'>Star Trek</title><summary type='text'>So I went and saw Star Trek with the family today.  I really think J.J. Abrams did a pretty good job.  Bones, Kirk, Spock, and Scotty were exquisitely well played.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thenovelgame.blogspot.com/feeds/5126160144737806332/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thenovelgame.blogspot.com/2009/05/star-trek.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1770175049033895859/posts/default/5126160144737806332'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1770175049033895859/posts/default/5126160144737806332'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thenovelgame.blogspot.com/2009/05/star-trek.html' title='Star Trek'/><author><name>Scion</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08102643828816295443</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6_I6iYHuNrU/SgUEhtdOfvI/AAAAAAAAAAM/lXZOhx485us/S220/bestpics+020.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1770175049033895859.post-6929424188002076654</id><published>2009-05-09T12:41:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-05-09T12:43:53.166-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tcg'/><title type='text'>Card Game</title><summary type='text'>Wow, I finally finished digitizing my trading card game.  I started doing that last semester and just now finished the 224-ish card set.  Now I can print them off and draw the pictures on them!  YAY</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thenovelgame.blogspot.com/feeds/6929424188002076654/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thenovelgame.blogspot.com/2009/05/card-game.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1770175049033895859/posts/default/6929424188002076654'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1770175049033895859/posts/default/6929424188002076654'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thenovelgame.blogspot.com/2009/05/card-game.html' title='Card Game'/><author><name>Scion</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08102643828816295443</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6_I6iYHuNrU/SgUEhtdOfvI/AAAAAAAAAAM/lXZOhx485us/S220/bestpics+020.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1770175049033895859.post-6719576321209643934</id><published>2009-05-09T01:11:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-05-09T01:11:00.464-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Storms'/><title type='text'>Here we go!</title><summary type='text'>So, this is a blog, eh?  Looks like fun!  Lets get started!I love it when thunderstorms move through Fayetteville.  The rumbles make me feel secure, for some reason.  Spring and summer storms were more enriching when I lived on the western fringe of Springdale, though.  There was this huge field with no trees right behind my house, so I could watch those storms develop and lumber towards me.  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thenovelgame.blogspot.com/feeds/6719576321209643934/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thenovelgame.blogspot.com/2009/05/here-we-go.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1770175049033895859/posts/default/6719576321209643934'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1770175049033895859/posts/default/6719576321209643934'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thenovelgame.blogspot.com/2009/05/here-we-go.html' title='Here we go!'/><author><name>Scion</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08102643828816295443</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6_I6iYHuNrU/SgUEhtdOfvI/AAAAAAAAAAM/lXZOhx485us/S220/bestpics+020.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
