<?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-6001679263004836996</id><updated>2011-09-05T09:36:00.556-07:00</updated><category term='missing absence'/><category term='reborn'/><category term='back'/><category term='desolate solace'/><category term='dulcet perfidy treason stab hurt pain love heartbreak'/><title type='text'>Moi</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tjohny.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6001679263004836996/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tjohny.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Buzz Kill Joy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10707607298406312215</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uCR0LT9OOCM/TVk_jphIEXI/AAAAAAAAF2U/JtkO6XLjBoM/s220/WeeMee_b7a017b84c1f3056e451bf58aaac6ba9_for_john.b.rodrigues.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>6</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001679263004836996.post-4879217799294303614</id><published>2011-03-02T07:05:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-03-02T07:05:57.094-08:00</updated><title type='text'>...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;"&gt;As said by Frank Zappa... “You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline - it helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer” ... and me just leaving for a country that oozes with it :) ... Last/Late (IN) Goodbyes to nears/dears... take good care of thyself ...Keep in touch ...Smile on!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6001679263004836996-4879217799294303614?l=tjohny.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tjohny.blogspot.com/feeds/4879217799294303614/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6001679263004836996&amp;postID=4879217799294303614' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6001679263004836996/posts/default/4879217799294303614'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6001679263004836996/posts/default/4879217799294303614'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tjohny.blogspot.com/2011/03/blog-post.html' title='...'/><author><name>Buzz Kill Joy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10707607298406312215</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uCR0LT9OOCM/TVk_jphIEXI/AAAAAAAAF2U/JtkO6XLjBoM/s220/WeeMee_b7a017b84c1f3056e451bf58aaac6ba9_for_john.b.rodrigues.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001679263004836996.post-8246172012749053735</id><published>2011-02-14T06:42:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-14T06:42:42.595-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Cupid Conspiracy...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;There it goes again, shooting arrows into beings unknown&lt;br /&gt;With what just struck, mesmerized remain the souls in town&lt;br /&gt;The perplexed Minds start to wonder, questioning the cause&lt;br /&gt;Is it part of some Mystical Destiny or just remorse?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cupids, in all their grandeur, wonder how they do it all&lt;br /&gt;Whether they go about, differentiating the similarities found&lt;br /&gt;Or just give the existing differences, a matching call&lt;br /&gt;One may never know, maybe it’s both or the other way round&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When the arrow pierces, the cherubic feeling spreads its wings&lt;br /&gt;No amount of preparation is adequate for the pain and the joy it brings&lt;br /&gt;Springs up within, a fear of never knowing till when it might last&lt;br /&gt;Fight it or Leave it all, decide on the part to be played in cupid’s cast&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enigma engulfs the senses in ecstasy as an upshot of cupid’s dart&lt;br /&gt;The path might never be as glib as it appeared at the consented start&lt;br /&gt;Steps taken forward and apprehensions about the intricacy arise&lt;br /&gt;Amidst all the phobias, does the force exist, to face any surprise?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The feeling, it can be joy on the outside, but pain concealed inside&lt;br /&gt;Or on the face, the tears &amp;amp; smiles at the same instant, try and confide&lt;br /&gt;Inspiring to know, it can breakdown and rule any obdurate pride&lt;br /&gt;Begin believing in principles and beliefs, earlier personally defied&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Times roll on getting weird by the minute, things don’t seem to be sane&lt;br /&gt;Emotions get mixed up… Pain feels like joy and joy, some kind of pain&lt;br /&gt;Even if in a place like paradise, keep staring out of the windowpane&lt;br /&gt;Feel warm in the rain and lonely in a crowd, it’s never easy to explain&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Strange senses awaken; start to hear words spoken through silence&lt;br /&gt;Everything seems different… it’s all part of the experience&lt;br /&gt;Can one live without it or is it worth to die for, which of it is true?&lt;br /&gt;Million dollar questions, each being has to answer, when time is due&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Unfortunate truth remains… no one can clap with just one hand&lt;br /&gt;Unknown past or known futures… just turn the hourglass of sand&lt;br /&gt;Confronting challenges with a hope of the blissful peace and intimacy&lt;br /&gt;Whatever said and done, play well thy role… in The Cupid Conspiracy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;Cheers,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Johny&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;"It is Incompletely Complete and Completely Incomplete"&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6001679263004836996-8246172012749053735?l=tjohny.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tjohny.blogspot.com/feeds/8246172012749053735/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6001679263004836996&amp;postID=8246172012749053735' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6001679263004836996/posts/default/8246172012749053735'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6001679263004836996/posts/default/8246172012749053735'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tjohny.blogspot.com/2011/02/cupid-conspiracy.html' title='Cupid Conspiracy...'/><author><name>Buzz Kill Joy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10707607298406312215</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uCR0LT9OOCM/TVk_jphIEXI/AAAAAAAAF2U/JtkO6XLjBoM/s220/WeeMee_b7a017b84c1f3056e451bf58aaac6ba9_for_john.b.rodrigues.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001679263004836996.post-4916654702711528172</id><published>2011-02-07T07:50:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-07T07:50:31.332-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='missing absence'/><title type='text'>In thy absence...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Barren lands, bald trees, murky waters… is all that is seen&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;You left and along with you… went all the glee, wiped out clean&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Things have turned gloomy and troubles are running free&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Without you, I am unable to be the one I used to be&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Up in the sky… the stars don’t seem so bright&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;The moon is in hiding… there’s darkness all night&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;The sun… in your absence, feels shining is not right&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Trees bow down to a breeze with no vigor left to fight&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;The chirping of birds does not feel so sweet&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;The smiles of children, seems to be incomplete&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Looking around, a distinct emptiness fills the air&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Weird thoughts creep up, cornered in a haunting lair&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Tears flow down the cheek, reminiscing the past&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;The ship of life seems to have a broken mast&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;The spirits that keep things lively, have lost their essence&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Reality seems to have lost its grandeur … in thy absence&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;Cheers,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Johny&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6001679263004836996-4916654702711528172?l=tjohny.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tjohny.blogspot.com/feeds/4916654702711528172/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6001679263004836996&amp;postID=4916654702711528172' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6001679263004836996/posts/default/4916654702711528172'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6001679263004836996/posts/default/4916654702711528172'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tjohny.blogspot.com/2011/02/in-thy-absence.html' title='In thy absence...'/><author><name>Buzz Kill Joy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10707607298406312215</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uCR0LT9OOCM/TVk_jphIEXI/AAAAAAAAF2U/JtkO6XLjBoM/s220/WeeMee_b7a017b84c1f3056e451bf58aaac6ba9_for_john.b.rodrigues.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001679263004836996.post-480584039298679270</id><published>2011-02-02T18:59:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-02T18:59:42.080-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dulcet perfidy treason stab hurt pain love heartbreak'/><title type='text'>Dulcet Perfidy</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;On a path of smiles and tears, hatred and love… life treads on &lt;br /&gt;Look around and realize that the trusted allies are long gone &lt;br /&gt;Left for dead, with oozing sores, a cursing fate… an eternity forlorn &lt;br /&gt;All words and promises, once filled with faith… now remain torn &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Walk along the path of life, shaking hands and making acquaintances &lt;br /&gt;Socializing, unaware of the hidden treasures or nuisances &lt;br /&gt;Look around, understand motives and start maintaining distances &lt;br /&gt;Sometimes just get stuck in between and there come the fences &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then there arises the fear, a known Stranger makes its way &lt;br /&gt;You send an invite for a grand welcome, your feelings sent astray &lt;br /&gt;Then you walk away, leaving the known Stranger for its sins, to pay &lt;br /&gt;Why did you do so? Only you can answer in the games that you play &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pull along the Stranger into confidence, a life being destroyed &lt;br /&gt;A connive of treachery is what everyone seems to have employed &lt;br /&gt;Stabs on the back, piercing quite deep… scars the other side &lt;br /&gt;Bleeds the heart… never regretting what thy sweet perfidy conspired&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: inherit; text-align: right;"&gt;Cheers,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: inherit; text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Johny&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6001679263004836996-480584039298679270?l=tjohny.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tjohny.blogspot.com/feeds/480584039298679270/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6001679263004836996&amp;postID=480584039298679270' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6001679263004836996/posts/default/480584039298679270'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6001679263004836996/posts/default/480584039298679270'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tjohny.blogspot.com/2011/02/dulcet-perfidy.html' title='Dulcet Perfidy'/><author><name>Buzz Kill Joy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10707607298406312215</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uCR0LT9OOCM/TVk_jphIEXI/AAAAAAAAF2U/JtkO6XLjBoM/s220/WeeMee_b7a017b84c1f3056e451bf58aaac6ba9_for_john.b.rodrigues.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001679263004836996.post-6140588891253497331</id><published>2011-02-01T08:04:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-01T08:04:10.683-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='desolate solace'/><title type='text'>Desolate solace</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Years go by and still at the start of the race, run many a times&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Wondering about all things that went right and those that went astray&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;What has it built within and all that it has destroyed along the path&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Mesmerized between love and lust, yet forlorn in acceptance&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;An elated feeling of altruism circles down to selfish annihilation&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Creativity lost into experience and in search of excellence by rebirth&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Reputations ruined amidst the turmoil of affairs of state&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Look behind at choicest memories of those well cherished ones&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Now only frames remain with their portraits reduced to ashes&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Rendezvous of past ghosts with the lifelessness of the present&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Concealed feelings that never die out, no matter what effort&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Resolutions of a resurgence resulting in worse elucidation&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Nursing inflicted wounds with bandages that give no reparation&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Stuck on the edge... questioning the pains and the gains&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;A real act or an act of reality... twisted over perceptions&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Gazing into the future of giving up on improbable promises&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Words no longer remain in the boundaries of conviction&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Actions remain to deceive the eyes and a bewitched heart&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;In glory all that is left behind is a stab into this desolate solace!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;Cheers,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Johny&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6001679263004836996-6140588891253497331?l=tjohny.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tjohny.blogspot.com/feeds/6140588891253497331/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6001679263004836996&amp;postID=6140588891253497331' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6001679263004836996/posts/default/6140588891253497331'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6001679263004836996/posts/default/6140588891253497331'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tjohny.blogspot.com/2011/02/desolate-solace.html' title='Desolate solace'/><author><name>Buzz Kill Joy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10707607298406312215</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uCR0LT9OOCM/TVk_jphIEXI/AAAAAAAAF2U/JtkO6XLjBoM/s220/WeeMee_b7a017b84c1f3056e451bf58aaac6ba9_for_john.b.rodrigues.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001679263004836996.post-5510258536561065825</id><published>2010-12-08T21:42:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-08T21:46:26.378-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='back'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reborn'/><title type='text'>...a Blogger reborn! [hopefully]</title><content type='html'>Been a while... had given up on the "creative" side of me...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A recent nostalgic chat and a word on personal recovery has led to the blogger in me being reborn!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hope to get it good this time...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks to the Crazy Diamond!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cheers,&lt;br /&gt;TheJohny&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6001679263004836996-5510258536561065825?l=tjohny.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tjohny.blogspot.com/feeds/5510258536561065825/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6001679263004836996&amp;postID=5510258536561065825' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6001679263004836996/posts/default/5510258536561065825'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6001679263004836996/posts/default/5510258536561065825'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tjohny.blogspot.com/2010/12/blogger-reborn-hopefully.html' title='...a Blogger reborn! [hopefully]'/><author><name>Buzz Kill Joy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10707607298406312215</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uCR0LT9OOCM/TVk_jphIEXI/AAAAAAAAF2U/JtkO6XLjBoM/s220/WeeMee_b7a017b84c1f3056e451bf58aaac6ba9_for_john.b.rodrigues.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry></feed>
