<?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-5384467126756476273</id><updated>2011-12-31T08:20:51.757-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The World through the eyes of a nerd</title><subtitle type='html'>Are nerds all they're cracked up to be?  Find out next time on *insert random show here*.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://darthweder.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5384467126756476273/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://darthweder.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Darth Weder</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07969748053318700783</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>3</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5384467126756476273.post-4923638254320118755</id><published>2007-03-21T20:53:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2007-03-24T12:48:37.057-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Two Paths</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;When I look upon your face&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;All I see is my disgrace&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;A love unfounded&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;A heart displaced&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;There was a time this was not so&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;But it has passed as the wind does blow&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;In a different light&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;I may not seem to be in this plight&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;But none the less&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;It hurts as if had pierced my breast&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;A sword hidden in the night&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Disguised by my blinding fright&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;The way in which I head&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Is hidden by my dread&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Should I turn aside and leave it be?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Or continue on and see what I see?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Take the path towards the one I hold dear?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;And risk seeing all that I fear&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Or take the unknown road&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;And hope to find Theseus’ twine&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;A risk I must take&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;But a choice I dare not make&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;When I look upon your face&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;All I see is my disgrace&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;A love unfounded&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;A heart displaced&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;There was a time this was not so&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;But it has passed as the wind does blow&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;In a different light&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;I may not seem to be in this plight&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;But none the less&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;It hurts as if had pierced my breast&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;A sword hidden in the night&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Disguised by my blinding fright&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;The way in which I head&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Is hidden by my dread&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Should I turn aside and leave it be?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Or continue on and see what I see?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Take the path towards the one I hold dear?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;And risk seeing all that I fear&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Or take the unknown road&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;And hope to find Theseus’ twine&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;A risk I must take&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;But a choice I dare not make&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  v&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5384467126756476273-4923638254320118755?l=darthweder.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://darthweder.blogspot.com/feeds/4923638254320118755/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5384467126756476273&amp;postID=4923638254320118755' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5384467126756476273/posts/default/4923638254320118755'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5384467126756476273/posts/default/4923638254320118755'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://darthweder.blogspot.com/2007/03/when-i-look-upon-your-face.html' title='Two Paths'/><author><name>Darth Weder</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07969748053318700783</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5384467126756476273.post-3950947657724486204</id><published>2007-03-03T22:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-03-03T22:44:30.473-07:00</updated><title type='text'>ME!</title><content type='html'>If you would like to see my myspace page go to:  myspace.com/devinweder&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5384467126756476273-3950947657724486204?l=darthweder.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://darthweder.blogspot.com/feeds/3950947657724486204/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5384467126756476273&amp;postID=3950947657724486204' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5384467126756476273/posts/default/3950947657724486204'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5384467126756476273/posts/default/3950947657724486204'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://darthweder.blogspot.com/2007/03/me.html' title='ME!'/><author><name>Darth Weder</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07969748053318700783</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5384467126756476273.post-6855396394915236676</id><published>2006-12-29T00:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-08T14:41:32.335-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Xbox 360 in Alcoholics Anonymous</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m-gyda6DVJk/RZTLK5Su8aI/AAAAAAAAAAM/aIk48GMpFFg/s1600-h/BudLight.sized02.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m-gyda6DVJk/RZTLK5Su8aI/AAAAAAAAAAM/aIk48GMpFFg/s400/BudLight.sized02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5013855673208730018" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.9pt 0.0001pt 13.85pt;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Papyrus;font-size:100%;"  &gt;Hi, I’m Steve, I'm an Xbox 360, and I’m an alcoholic&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.9pt 0.0001pt 13.85pt;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Papyrus;font-size:100%;"  &gt;I’ve been an alcoholic for about ten months now&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.9pt 0.0001pt 13.85pt;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Papyrus;font-size:100%;"  &gt;For ten months I’ve been in his skinny, dirty, fingerprint leaving clutches&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.9pt 0.0001pt 13.85pt;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Papyrus;font-size:100%;"  &gt;At first I was alone&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.9pt 0.0001pt 13.85pt;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Papyrus;font-size:100%;"  &gt;Then, moved to a crowded apartment complex, &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.9pt 0.0001pt 13.85pt;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Papyrus;font-size:100%;"  &gt;pushed aside by a silver guy, CRT is his name&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.9pt 0.0001pt 13.85pt;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Papyrus;font-size:100%;"  &gt;stuck between two ceaselessly noisy neighbors&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.9pt 0.0001pt 13.85pt;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Papyrus;font-size:100%;"  &gt;on the left a tall, skinny, black guy named Phillip, who is obsessed with extremely noisy music; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.9pt 0.0001pt 13.85pt;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Papyrus;font-size:100%;"  &gt;on the right a tall, fat, silver guy, named Sylvan, who is &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;obsessed with The Simpsons&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.9pt 0.0001pt 13.85pt;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Papyrus;font-size:100%;"  &gt;below me there is a hot black lady, named Phillip, but we’re not compatible (She uses composite but I use component)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.9pt 0.0001pt 13.85pt;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Papyrus;font-size:100%;"  &gt;And then there’s me in the center finding myself hating them more and more as time goes by&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.9pt 0.0001pt 13.85pt;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Papyrus;font-size:100%;"  &gt;It’s not that I don’t like music or The Simpsons&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.9pt 0.0001pt 13.85pt;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Papyrus;font-size:100%;"  &gt;I was just destined for greater things&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.9pt 0.0001pt 13.85pt;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Papyrus;font-size:100%;"  &gt;I play games and movies, and even stream music from your computer &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.9pt 0.0001pt 13.85pt;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Papyrus;font-size:100%;"  &gt;I have piñatas for kids&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.9pt 0.0001pt 13.85pt;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Papyrus;font-size:100%;"  &gt;And I have 7 foot tall augmented humans in green armor and seizure inducing light shows for adults.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.9pt 0.0001pt 13.85pt;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Papyrus;font-size:100%;"  &gt;Eventually I became friends with all of my neighbors &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.9pt 0.0001pt 13.85pt;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Papyrus;font-size:100%;"  &gt;We helped each other realize our potential&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.9pt 0.0001pt 13.85pt;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Papyrus;font-size:100%;"  &gt;They were the ones that convinced me to get into this program&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.9pt 0.0001pt 13.85pt;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Papyrus;font-size:10;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;I hope that you can help me quit drinking silicon lube; it isn’t good for my processor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5384467126756476273-6855396394915236676?l=darthweder.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://darthweder.blogspot.com/feeds/6855396394915236676/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5384467126756476273&amp;postID=6855396394915236676' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5384467126756476273/posts/default/6855396394915236676'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5384467126756476273/posts/default/6855396394915236676'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://darthweder.blogspot.com/2006/12/xbox-360-in-alcoholics-anonymous.html' title='Xbox 360 in Alcoholics Anonymous'/><author><name>Darth Weder</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07969748053318700783</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m-gyda6DVJk/RZTLK5Su8aI/AAAAAAAAAAM/aIk48GMpFFg/s72-c/BudLight.sized02.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry></feed>
