<?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-3984881822818894893</id><updated>2011-12-08T20:51:52.323-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Everlasting Quest</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://everlastingquest.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3984881822818894893/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://everlastingquest.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>were1993</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17645409893853148311</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>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3984881822818894893.post-7772637663541244903</id><published>2011-12-08T20:38:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-08T20:50:14.491-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Misunderstandings</title><content type='html'>I've always wondered why I'm being misunderstood sometimes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Me: I understand but I don't accept it.&lt;br /&gt;Friend: &amp;nbsp;What?! &amp;nbsp;How can you understand and not accept it?!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Answer: &amp;nbsp;I &lt;i&gt;understand&lt;/i&gt; why you&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;believe it but I don't &lt;i&gt;accept&lt;/i&gt; your argument as applicable for me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But that seems so wordy. &amp;nbsp;In a heated discussion, I want to move on to the next point rather than argue the same one over and over again. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So I tried to say more:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Me: Well, if you think about the situation we were having...&lt;br /&gt;Friend: If you think that's a problem then why don't we just....&lt;br /&gt;Me: But that's not what I was trying to say!&lt;br /&gt;Friend: Then what were you &lt;i&gt;trying&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;to say then&lt;/i&gt;!?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Answer: I was getting there. &amp;nbsp;Just give me two more sentences.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ah, I just have trouble finding the right amount of words to say in order to express my opinion and actually get to my point. &amp;nbsp;This may sound like such an elementary problem to have but I have it and I feel like I'm a five year old whenever it occurs. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aristotle would probably say something like "say the right amount of words to express the right amount of opinion for the right situation in the right reason." &amp;nbsp;Everything is conditional. &amp;nbsp;It's based on who you're talking to, what you're talking about, where you're talking, and how you're talking. &amp;nbsp;Well, isn't that a problem? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hope I find an answer to this in my life time because I really am tired of being misunderstood. &amp;nbsp;I've probably spent two thirds of my life clarifying myself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My quest to find the perfect proportion of words. &amp;nbsp;It'll probably be everlasting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EQ &amp;nbsp;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3984881822818894893-7772637663541244903?l=everlastingquest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://everlastingquest.blogspot.com/feeds/7772637663541244903/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://everlastingquest.blogspot.com/2011/12/misunderstandings.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3984881822818894893/posts/default/7772637663541244903'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3984881822818894893/posts/default/7772637663541244903'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://everlastingquest.blogspot.com/2011/12/misunderstandings.html' title='Misunderstandings'/><author><name>were1993</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17645409893853148311</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>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3984881822818894893.post-3232460203440847315</id><published>2011-11-30T03:07:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-30T03:08:14.465-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Purpose</title><content type='html'>This is just going to be a blog about my everlasting quest for knowledge. &amp;nbsp;Just random questions that might pop into my head as I live life (hopefully to the fullest). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It might be academic, it might be random, it might be useless, it might just be something common. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EQ&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3984881822818894893-3232460203440847315?l=everlastingquest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://everlastingquest.blogspot.com/feeds/3232460203440847315/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://everlastingquest.blogspot.com/2011/11/purpose.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3984881822818894893/posts/default/3232460203440847315'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3984881822818894893/posts/default/3232460203440847315'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://everlastingquest.blogspot.com/2011/11/purpose.html' title='Purpose'/><author><name>were1993</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17645409893853148311</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>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
