{"id":587,"date":"2002-09-10T23:56:45","date_gmt":"2002-09-11T03:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/darkestlight.org\/xanga\/?p=587"},"modified":"2002-09-10T23:56:45","modified_gmt":"2002-09-11T03:56:45","slug":"587","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/darkestlight.org\/xanga\/?p=587","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P>Today was a long, slow day&#8230;.&nbsp; I&#8217;m glad tomorrow is wednesday&#8230;.&nbsp; that&#8217;ll be a little easier on me.&nbsp; I hate operating on like 4 hours of sleep.&nbsp; It&#8217;s rough.<\/P><br \/>\n<P>I tried using my spare car key today&#8230;.&nbsp; it turns out the guy at walmart did a pretty poor job of copying it. I tried using it and it failed to work.. then came back and looked for my regular keys (which my roommate lost).&nbsp; Upon finding them&#8230; the copy that they made me doesn&#8217;t even LOOK like it&#8217;s a copy of the key.&nbsp; The guy that made it must have been on crack or something.&nbsp; Geez \ud83d\ude09<\/P><br \/>\n<P>Anyway&#8230; the thing I was going to write.&nbsp; It probably sucks, and I haven&#8217;t really put too much effort into it.. like I haven&#8217;t reread it and made changes and such&#8230; so.. yeah.&nbsp; I&#8217;m sure it&#8217;s not any good, but here it is anyway.<\/P><br \/>\n<P>And now&#8230; without further ado&#8230;<\/P><br \/>\n<P><br \/>\n<CENTER><U><B>&#8220;The Hero&#8221;<\/U><\/CENTER><br \/>\n<P>&#8220;He rose from the east, bold and shining with the rising sun.&nbsp; Strong and powerful; clearly a man to be reckoned with.&nbsp; Shining eyes took in the world; a world of desperation.&nbsp; It challenged him, this world.&nbsp; It challenged him, and he accepted.&nbsp; Upon himself he placed the duty of protection.&nbsp; His strong arms a shelter for the broken.&nbsp; His heart an open vessel for their burdens.&nbsp; Into it was poured hatred, bitterness, resentment, hurt, and fear.&nbsp; It beat heavily.&nbsp; He bound himself to them.&nbsp; And dark times came.&nbsp; Taking to his sword, he met the attacks, steel for steel.&nbsp; And in doing so was inflicted with wounds that&nbsp;should&nbsp;not be his own.&nbsp; Overrun, he collapsed to the ground in exhaustion.&nbsp; Broken, covered in dirt.&nbsp;&nbsp; &#8220;He is nothing.&#8221;&nbsp; The people shook their heads, ashamed in their trust of this man.&nbsp; He lay shaking, sobbing, choking on blood and tears.&nbsp; An arm reached out towards his people, as men in glowing armor rode past him on horseback from the west.&nbsp; His eyes lost their shine, as&nbsp;his people chose their new lords.&nbsp; Strength ceased to flow through his veins.&nbsp; His spirit was crushed under the setting sun&#8230;&nbsp; There is no hero.&#8221;<\/B><\/P><br \/>\n<P>And now to quote a song \ud83d\ude09<\/P><br \/>\n<P>&#8220;<FONT face=Arial>Spring comes slowly to this old friend. <BR><\/FONT><FONT face=Arial>Still I&#8217;m frozen, I still live alone.<BR><BR>In time memories fade, senses numb, <BR>one forgets how it feels to have loved completely.<BR><BR>Love well young man, while you still can. <BR>Once your leaves turn you won&#8217;t love again.<BR><BR>In time memories fade, senses numb, <BR>one forgets how it feels to have loved completely, completely.<BR><BR>Is it special when you&#8217;re lonely, <BR>will you spend your whole life <BR>in a studio apartment with a cat for a wife? <BR>The seasons, when they call you <BR>do you barricade the door? <BR>Are you stubborn, stubborn, <BR>stubborn to the core? <BR>Is it your way or the highway? <BR>Is it your way or the highway? <BR>Is it your way or the highway? <BR>Is it your way or the highway? <BR>Then the longest winter is on her way, <BR>you called her without knowing it <BR>but now it&#8217;s too late.&#8221;<\/FONT><\/P><br \/>\n<P><FONT face=Arial>-&#8220;The Longest Winter,&#8221; by Pedro the Lion<\/FONT><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today was a long, slow day&#8230;.&nbsp; I&#8217;m glad tomorrow is wednesday&#8230;.&nbsp; that&#8217;ll be a little easier on me.&nbsp; I hate operating on like 4 hours of sleep.&nbsp; It&#8217;s rough. I tried using my spare car key today&#8230;.&nbsp; it turns out the guy at walmart did a pretty poor job of copying it. 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