<?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-7566344138459550873</id><updated>2011-09-04T08:35:34.598-07:00</updated><category term='?'/><title type='text'>the epic tale</title><subtitle type='html'>CAN YOU FIND THE MISSING PART?</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theepictale.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7566344138459550873/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theepictale.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>H. Benjamin Hansen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05441663429243337247</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_F5KLEWWp6Wg/SsP8RVOrRmI/AAAAAAAAAAM/uEjwSlcNT4U/S220/Photo+on+2009-09-30+at+18.40.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>14</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566344138459550873.post-8298558727336012923</id><published>2010-05-21T08:28:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-21T08:48:14.483-07:00</updated><title type='text'>to be read with one raised eyebrow and not too seriously</title><content type='html'>well i came out on this little study abroad thing-trip-class to learn some kind of lesson.  and i think i have one.  but perhaps i should wait till i have finished the program till i reveal it.  "you've already written this much, just finish", but kamina, it really isnt that hard to just erase it.  "are you really going to quit! finish what youve started and be a man about it!" *uppercut to left jaw*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;well i have never really felt much of a deep and passionate allegiance to the U.S.A, i was born here, i was called american in canada, and i live in america, so i be an american..thats about it.  but now that i have been out in europe, and seen the differences in the way things are (albiet, they are not great differences, but one can defiantly see the differences...ok fine there are some big differences) i have seen that i am an american.  i act like one, i think like one, and...i am finding comfort in that for some reason.  i have an identity! "you always had an identity", but now i recognize it. "you recognize that you are an annoying and loud american..."  yes, and i like it.  " well ok then". &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;also, i saw robin hood, and i was in salzburg.  i watched a movie in salzburg.  that is something i would do.  fuunnnnyyyy.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7566344138459550873-8298558727336012923?l=theepictale.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theepictale.blogspot.com/feeds/8298558727336012923/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://theepictale.blogspot.com/2010/05/to-be-read-with-one-raised-eyebrow-and.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7566344138459550873/posts/default/8298558727336012923'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7566344138459550873/posts/default/8298558727336012923'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theepictale.blogspot.com/2010/05/to-be-read-with-one-raised-eyebrow-and.html' title='to be read with one raised eyebrow and not too seriously'/><author><name>H. Benjamin Hansen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05441663429243337247</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_F5KLEWWp6Wg/SsP8RVOrRmI/AAAAAAAAAAM/uEjwSlcNT4U/S220/Photo+on+2009-09-30+at+18.40.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566344138459550873.post-6293328261738669587</id><published>2010-05-21T08:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-21T08:27:50.206-07:00</updated><title type='text'>really? split personalities?</title><content type='html'>why do i have a blog? &lt;br /&gt;cause matt, julie, and others have one and you wanted to be cool. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and what am i supposed to write about?&lt;br /&gt;what ever you want.  thats what you've done thus far.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;is it good?&lt;br /&gt;no.  so keep doing it, youll get better.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;do you see the secret?&lt;br /&gt;yes.  and others will soon.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7566344138459550873-6293328261738669587?l=theepictale.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theepictale.blogspot.com/feeds/6293328261738669587/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://theepictale.blogspot.com/2010/05/unexpected-lesson.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7566344138459550873/posts/default/6293328261738669587'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7566344138459550873/posts/default/6293328261738669587'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theepictale.blogspot.com/2010/05/unexpected-lesson.html' title='really? split personalities?'/><author><name>H. Benjamin Hansen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05441663429243337247</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_F5KLEWWp6Wg/SsP8RVOrRmI/AAAAAAAAAAM/uEjwSlcNT4U/S220/Photo+on+2009-09-30+at+18.40.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566344138459550873.post-7483978936252998963</id><published>2010-03-02T15:15:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-02T15:52:25.144-08:00</updated><title type='text'>wonder ponder conjure</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_F5KLEWWp6Wg/S42kZmY53CI/AAAAAAAAACw/uHpR4bDiJ4E/s1600-h/road.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 217px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_F5KLEWWp6Wg/S42kZmY53CI/AAAAAAAAACw/uHpR4bDiJ4E/s320/road.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444188284269485090" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;do you ever wonder what will be of yourself a few years down the road, and realize that the road is completely open, so there is not a huge reason to fear about it cause there are no big consequences, assuming i follow the big rules (read your scriptures, fast and pray, go to church and dont be...a... slacker at school). i often think about why i worry so much, in fact i ponder a great deal about things that are not that crucial, and then i get worked up and stressed, so i go and haras my baby sister's stuffed animals while she yells and hits me. i get caught up on things and dont let them go, and conjure up farfetched ideas about how to pursue or exploit or prove or show or destroy or embrace or ask or say or confess or yell or fake or lie about or avoid or stalk or bake or love or tell the things that i ponder about. then i wonder what the purpose of it all is and decide that it is better to eat cake.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_F5KLEWWp6Wg/S42j7a5L-zI/AAAAAAAAACo/3OHGtpl63PI/s1600-h/sexcake2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 154px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_F5KLEWWp6Wg/S42j7a5L-zI/AAAAAAAAACo/3OHGtpl63PI/s200/sexcake2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444187765787589426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_F5KLEWWp6Wg/S42jmgf-TxI/AAAAAAAAACY/uEUVbS8gKN8/s1600-h/MillenniumFalconCake1-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_F5KLEWWp6Wg/S42jmgf-TxI/AAAAAAAAACY/uEUVbS8gKN8/s200/MillenniumFalconCake1-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444187406515195666" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_F5KLEWWp6Wg/S42jY8K61mI/AAAAAAAAACI/GFpRwKo8ZV4/s1600-h/images.jpeg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 110px; height: 122px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_F5KLEWWp6Wg/S42jY8K61mI/AAAAAAAAACI/GFpRwKo8ZV4/s320/images.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444187173424911970" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;                                    *in gregorian chant*&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;                                         Amen for Cake&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&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/7566344138459550873-7483978936252998963?l=theepictale.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theepictale.blogspot.com/feeds/7483978936252998963/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://theepictale.blogspot.com/2010/03/wonder-ponder-conjure.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7566344138459550873/posts/default/7483978936252998963'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7566344138459550873/posts/default/7483978936252998963'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theepictale.blogspot.com/2010/03/wonder-ponder-conjure.html' title='wonder ponder conjure'/><author><name>H. Benjamin Hansen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05441663429243337247</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_F5KLEWWp6Wg/SsP8RVOrRmI/AAAAAAAAAAM/uEjwSlcNT4U/S220/Photo+on+2009-09-30+at+18.40.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_F5KLEWWp6Wg/S42kZmY53CI/AAAAAAAAACw/uHpR4bDiJ4E/s72-c/road.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566344138459550873.post-9201045643915187188</id><published>2010-02-03T13:28:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-03T13:35:27.561-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_F5KLEWWp6Wg/S2nsDFGSBfI/AAAAAAAAABw/4HLsFF31nxQ/s1600-h/biy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 379px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_F5KLEWWp6Wg/S2nsDFGSBfI/AAAAAAAAABw/4HLsFF31nxQ/s400/biy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434133963051501042" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_F5KLEWWp6Wg/S2nr9lnoWvI/AAAAAAAAABo/Fi0NRt1Vo44/s1600-h/tree.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_F5KLEWWp6Wg/S2nr9lnoWvI/AAAAAAAAABo/Fi0NRt1Vo44/s400/tree.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434133868702096114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;what is a man to do when the source of his joy becomes the cause of his agony? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7566344138459550873-9201045643915187188?l=theepictale.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theepictale.blogspot.com/feeds/9201045643915187188/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://theepictale.blogspot.com/2010/02/what-is-man-to-do-when-source-of-his.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7566344138459550873/posts/default/9201045643915187188'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7566344138459550873/posts/default/9201045643915187188'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theepictale.blogspot.com/2010/02/what-is-man-to-do-when-source-of-his.html' title=''/><author><name>H. Benjamin Hansen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05441663429243337247</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_F5KLEWWp6Wg/SsP8RVOrRmI/AAAAAAAAAAM/uEjwSlcNT4U/S220/Photo+on+2009-09-30+at+18.40.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_F5KLEWWp6Wg/S2nsDFGSBfI/AAAAAAAAABw/4HLsFF31nxQ/s72-c/biy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566344138459550873.post-4964607682858574454</id><published>2010-01-22T17:46:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-22T18:11:45.524-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_F5KLEWWp6Wg/S1pZxYSqDhI/AAAAAAAAABg/FnwAdWvmh3s/s1600-h/Screen+shot+2010-01-22+at+7.06.33+PM.png"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 296px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_F5KLEWWp6Wg/S1pZxYSqDhI/AAAAAAAAABg/FnwAdWvmh3s/s400/Screen+shot+2010-01-22+at+7.06.33+PM.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429751005617720850" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;...uhh, &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;ya, this has nothing to do with the post&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;i just think this looks cool&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;shes the singer from&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;Pomplamoose&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;a popular youtube band-thing &lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--StartFragment--&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;There is a girl in my class, and I tried to talk to her…ok, she talked to me and then I attempted to make myself NOT look like a fool.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;That is the story...&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;“man, thats all that happened! You didn’t DO anything?”&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;what, like what, kamina? “get her number!”&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;*blank stare at kamina.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;“ya, REAL men do stuff like that, they don’t roll to see if they should either.”&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;I hate you kamina&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;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;So I ran into julie garbutt today, and then samuele caramia (missionary from NY whom I &lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;literally&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt; whipped with my belt for sport) came whilst I was talking to julie .&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;then alex johnson came whilst samuele julie and I were talking.  &lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;THEN, whilst I was in the traffic booth for the museum parking lot, mike and patty stroud came by.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;All these people that I have not seen in quite some time.  Why do I tell you this?&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Well, see if you can find the significance of it all, and how it all relates.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;if you do, then tell me, and I will then know the significance also, and we will rejoice in the significance together.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;BUT FOR HEVENS, SAKE DON’T TELL ANYONE!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;!--EndFragment--&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7566344138459550873-4964607682858574454?l=theepictale.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theepictale.blogspot.com/feeds/4964607682858574454/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://theepictale.blogspot.com/2010/01/blog-post.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7566344138459550873/posts/default/4964607682858574454'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7566344138459550873/posts/default/4964607682858574454'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theepictale.blogspot.com/2010/01/blog-post.html' title=''/><author><name>H. Benjamin Hansen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05441663429243337247</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_F5KLEWWp6Wg/SsP8RVOrRmI/AAAAAAAAAAM/uEjwSlcNT4U/S220/Photo+on+2009-09-30+at+18.40.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_F5KLEWWp6Wg/S1pZxYSqDhI/AAAAAAAAABg/FnwAdWvmh3s/s72-c/Screen+shot+2010-01-22+at+7.06.33+PM.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566344138459550873.post-193547464247127821</id><published>2009-12-14T20:51:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-14T21:29:06.565-08:00</updated><title type='text'>does my suffering cause the heavens to laugh?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_F5KLEWWp6Wg/Sycdrv0QpzI/AAAAAAAAABY/n_tCcVx_Das/s1600-h/sad_boy_400.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_F5KLEWWp6Wg/Sycdrv0QpzI/AAAAAAAAABY/n_tCcVx_Das/s400/sad_boy_400.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415329714343552818" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;so there i was, sitting in the cougar eat, eating a burrito and going over notes for a final, just doing what all good byu people do.  here comes this girl, and she sits down. i dont look up (cause of this fear of being condemned a creep, which most females love to accuse of any guy who looks in their direction) and continue to eat and pretend to study.  she puts down a chinese text book, and opens her notes and sets down an iced cream.  *oh balliks,* i think to myself, *shes learning chines...shes either a return missionary or a total nerd...oh balliks*  i sat there, looking at my notes, slowly chewing on the tasty beef and potato that i love so very much, as apposed to the other taco bell stuff.  *maybe god is throwing me a bone...naaaawwww....* i mentally throw my hands in the air *FINE, I'LL DO IT!* "so why the chines?" *ARE YOU HAPPY?! I SOUND LIKE A TOTLA GEEK!!*  "actually, i served a mission, and i want to keep it up," she says, not bratt-ily i might add. so we talk, and i am asking her questions and she is answering them, and i find out  that her chines nickname is "happy phenix", "cause the phenix is like, the coolest magical beast there is!" she says, and i say "i know right!" and i think *oh you are so hot right now...*  so she is majoring in european studies, and i say how i am an anthropology major, and she served in canada, and i am thinking this is cool.  maybe i will just be a man and try to put myself out there.  "so my boy friend and i were talking about how canada and america are different..." *(mentally banging head on table repeatedly) &lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:x-large;"&gt;ARE       YOU   FREAKING           KIDDING            MEEEEE!!!!!*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt; "ya i was only there till i was like 13, so i dont remember much."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7566344138459550873-193547464247127821?l=theepictale.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theepictale.blogspot.com/feeds/193547464247127821/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://theepictale.blogspot.com/2009/12/does-my-suffering-cause-heavens-to.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7566344138459550873/posts/default/193547464247127821'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7566344138459550873/posts/default/193547464247127821'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theepictale.blogspot.com/2009/12/does-my-suffering-cause-heavens-to.html' title='does my suffering cause the heavens to laugh?'/><author><name>H. Benjamin Hansen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05441663429243337247</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_F5KLEWWp6Wg/SsP8RVOrRmI/AAAAAAAAAAM/uEjwSlcNT4U/S220/Photo+on+2009-09-30+at+18.40.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_F5KLEWWp6Wg/Sycdrv0QpzI/AAAAAAAAABY/n_tCcVx_Das/s72-c/sad_boy_400.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566344138459550873.post-8710763429810440130</id><published>2009-10-19T14:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-19T15:00:57.830-07:00</updated><title type='text'>a quote from Dr. David P. Crandall</title><content type='html'>"faces in the crowd become recognizable only after we come to know something about the people behind the faces--their lives, their preferences, and their habits.  strangely, not only do their faces vary according to physical appearance, but once their characters and personalities are known, their very countenances seem to change"&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7566344138459550873-8710763429810440130?l=theepictale.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theepictale.blogspot.com/feeds/8710763429810440130/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://theepictale.blogspot.com/2009/10/quote-from-dr-david-p-crandall.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7566344138459550873/posts/default/8710763429810440130'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7566344138459550873/posts/default/8710763429810440130'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theepictale.blogspot.com/2009/10/quote-from-dr-david-p-crandall.html' title='a quote from Dr. David P. Crandall'/><author><name>H. Benjamin Hansen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05441663429243337247</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_F5KLEWWp6Wg/SsP8RVOrRmI/AAAAAAAAAAM/uEjwSlcNT4U/S220/Photo+on+2009-09-30+at+18.40.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566344138459550873.post-7230537563241380096</id><published>2009-10-12T15:21:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-12T15:25:42.669-07:00</updated><title type='text'>pants are an illusion, and so is death</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_F5KLEWWp6Wg/StOsC_tknNI/AAAAAAAAABQ/wq8Dxf5hB1A/s1600-h/illusion.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 133px; height: 111px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_F5KLEWWp6Wg/StOsC_tknNI/AAAAAAAAABQ/wq8Dxf5hB1A/s400/illusion.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391842346354908370" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;there was a woman who told me to stop wearing shorts and where pants, that it is too cold.  "No,"  i proclaimed, "you are wrong, for i AM wearing pants, i am wearing Short Pants."  the ducked woman left, humiliated and defeated, and no one questioned the man again.  for he was one who was made of legend, at least for the time being.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7566344138459550873-7230537563241380096?l=theepictale.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theepictale.blogspot.com/feeds/7230537563241380096/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://theepictale.blogspot.com/2009/10/pants-are-illusion-and-so-is-death.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7566344138459550873/posts/default/7230537563241380096'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7566344138459550873/posts/default/7230537563241380096'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theepictale.blogspot.com/2009/10/pants-are-illusion-and-so-is-death.html' title='pants are an illusion, and so is death'/><author><name>H. Benjamin Hansen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05441663429243337247</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_F5KLEWWp6Wg/SsP8RVOrRmI/AAAAAAAAAAM/uEjwSlcNT4U/S220/Photo+on+2009-09-30+at+18.40.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_F5KLEWWp6Wg/StOsC_tknNI/AAAAAAAAABQ/wq8Dxf5hB1A/s72-c/illusion.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566344138459550873.post-71284193263108805</id><published>2009-10-08T14:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-08T14:40:07.157-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_F5KLEWWp6Wg/Ss5buoMfHUI/AAAAAAAAABA/zgq1RtXOvdM/s1600-h/obi.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 89px; height: 119px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_F5KLEWWp6Wg/Ss5buoMfHUI/AAAAAAAAABA/zgq1RtXOvdM/s400/obi.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390346660630961474" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;there is a girl, she sits afar, across the room and i took an interest to know her name.  then the teacher called on her and &lt;i&gt;then &lt;/i&gt; i knew that i must say hi.  then i held the door open for her, then i knew that i MUST say hi.  that was two weeks ago. know i have a sound and firm desire to say hi and what happens?  we are put into the same group in class.  the teacher counted off, 1, 2, 3, she was &lt;i&gt;4&lt;/i&gt;!  i must be number four!  and i was.  "the heavens are kind to me this day" i remarked.  then i had trouble fitting in the stupid desk-chair.  "its ok," i thought, "many see you clumsiness and suffering as humorous and may break this ice that has formed between us"...&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;i did not talk to her.  *sigh&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;on accident i found out where she works.  one day i was walking and i saw her working in the crafts and floral place in the wilk.  but would it be creepy of me to go?  i could make up a story, ya a story, a fake one too!  i would go in and pretend to be looking for flowers for my girlfriend, "oh you work here?  what a surprise! ya i was just looking around ha ha ha!"and then, run.   nah, that would never work...if only i were a Jedi.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7566344138459550873-71284193263108805?l=theepictale.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theepictale.blogspot.com/feeds/71284193263108805/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://theepictale.blogspot.com/2009/10/there-is-girl-she-sits-afar-across-room.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7566344138459550873/posts/default/71284193263108805'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7566344138459550873/posts/default/71284193263108805'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theepictale.blogspot.com/2009/10/there-is-girl-she-sits-afar-across-room.html' title=''/><author><name>H. Benjamin Hansen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05441663429243337247</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_F5KLEWWp6Wg/SsP8RVOrRmI/AAAAAAAAAAM/uEjwSlcNT4U/S220/Photo+on+2009-09-30+at+18.40.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_F5KLEWWp6Wg/Ss5buoMfHUI/AAAAAAAAABA/zgq1RtXOvdM/s72-c/obi.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566344138459550873.post-1861527888554490267</id><published>2009-10-06T14:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-06T14:56:14.095-07:00</updated><title type='text'>TEST results</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;file:///Users/h4hansen/Pictures/iPhoto%20Library/Originals/2006/Cowboy%20Bebop/250px-BebopCrew%5B1%5D.jpg&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7566344138459550873-1861527888554490267?l=theepictale.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theepictale.blogspot.com/feeds/1861527888554490267/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://theepictale.blogspot.com/2009/10/test-results_06.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7566344138459550873/posts/default/1861527888554490267'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7566344138459550873/posts/default/1861527888554490267'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theepictale.blogspot.com/2009/10/test-results_06.html' title='TEST results'/><author><name>H. Benjamin Hansen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05441663429243337247</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_F5KLEWWp6Wg/SsP8RVOrRmI/AAAAAAAAAAM/uEjwSlcNT4U/S220/Photo+on+2009-09-30+at+18.40.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566344138459550873.post-3077667277858844659</id><published>2009-10-06T14:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-06T14:52:54.170-07:00</updated><title type='text'>test results</title><content type='html'>matt found my blogg spot!  or at least you did something about finding it. the test is to see who looks at my face book.  and i do not think that i deserve a blogspot, i.. i...i need a women!   ya i knew you would not believe me.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7566344138459550873-3077667277858844659?l=theepictale.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theepictale.blogspot.com/feeds/3077667277858844659/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://theepictale.blogspot.com/2009/10/test-results.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7566344138459550873/posts/default/3077667277858844659'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7566344138459550873/posts/default/3077667277858844659'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theepictale.blogspot.com/2009/10/test-results.html' title='test results'/><author><name>H. Benjamin Hansen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05441663429243337247</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_F5KLEWWp6Wg/SsP8RVOrRmI/AAAAAAAAAAM/uEjwSlcNT4U/S220/Photo+on+2009-09-30+at+18.40.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566344138459550873.post-6119977023862182654</id><published>2009-10-02T13:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-02T13:12:22.197-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>so i was walking to the MARB at byu, listening to death cab for cutie, and a guy stopped and asked me what i was listening to.  i told him marching bands in manhattan, and he wrote it down, and told me he was with some byu thing about songs.  he took my name and got a picture.  why do i write this?  figure it out, the irony is amazing.&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;i need a phone, it would make things easier.  i was going to meet a friend today, but onething led to another and no go.  and, i need to call a buddy and his phone is a california number and so of course for some reason it is not working on the byu "curtsy" phones. ya, curtsy phones, cause the phones are about as useful as a curtsy.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt; i am going to a mission reunion today.  too bad i was not able to make some dramatic change in my physical appearance for this, like loose weight.  hahah. ha.  or bleach my hair platinum.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;wow, you read these things?  i need to be creative like my friends.  but how...i need yoda&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7566344138459550873-6119977023862182654?l=theepictale.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theepictale.blogspot.com/feeds/6119977023862182654/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://theepictale.blogspot.com/2009/10/so-i-was-walking-to-marb-at-byu.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7566344138459550873/posts/default/6119977023862182654'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7566344138459550873/posts/default/6119977023862182654'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theepictale.blogspot.com/2009/10/so-i-was-walking-to-marb-at-byu.html' title=''/><author><name>H. Benjamin Hansen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05441663429243337247</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_F5KLEWWp6Wg/SsP8RVOrRmI/AAAAAAAAAAM/uEjwSlcNT4U/S220/Photo+on+2009-09-30+at+18.40.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566344138459550873.post-2570660591357026181</id><published>2009-10-01T14:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-01T14:53:03.108-07:00</updated><title type='text'>good day, second blog</title><content type='html'>here is the second blogg that i have put out, and maybe there will be more.  i ran into julie gabutt, a friend, in the library.  she was of to go visit with someone over ice cream.  even she said something about how i need to date.  cant you people leave me along!?  nah, i be kidding.  i aced a quiz today.  then i had classes, and now i am here.  wow this blogger thing is really borring.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7566344138459550873-2570660591357026181?l=theepictale.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theepictale.blogspot.com/feeds/2570660591357026181/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://theepictale.blogspot.com/2009/10/good-day-second-blog.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7566344138459550873/posts/default/2570660591357026181'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7566344138459550873/posts/default/2570660591357026181'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theepictale.blogspot.com/2009/10/good-day-second-blog.html' title='good day, second blog'/><author><name>H. Benjamin Hansen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05441663429243337247</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_F5KLEWWp6Wg/SsP8RVOrRmI/AAAAAAAAAAM/uEjwSlcNT4U/S220/Photo+on+2009-09-30+at+18.40.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566344138459550873.post-2654958215313889872</id><published>2009-09-30T12:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-30T12:35:44.997-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='?'/><title type='text'>hmm...</title><content type='html'>this is my first blog thing... this seems like the thing to do...i see many people doing it...and i think i will try.  the people who i am familiar with are talented and artistic... i make toys of things i find...like a stick into the "Sword of Fraveor, king of the cocky", thus showing that by divine right i am entitled to the +6 bonus to jock-ness and masculinity skill checks.&lt;div&gt;i am listening to clarck gable by the postal service, i find it pleasing.  did you notice how i hate capitals in writing, i dont mind it for things like STAR WARS, or Star Treck, because those things are important.  but the other things like song titles, names of people who i know or dont like, please.  perhaps dry humor is something that one should not try out unless said person is born with a talent for such a complicated act of personality...hmm...  do you regret reading this?  i regret every key i type, is that the correct type, or is it tipe, nop, because the computer put that stupid squigly red line under it.  i hate that line, some people goo pages with out seeing it when they are writhing something on the computer...not me.   well, i have stuff to do&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7566344138459550873-2654958215313889872?l=theepictale.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theepictale.blogspot.com/feeds/2654958215313889872/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://theepictale.blogspot.com/2009/09/hmm.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7566344138459550873/posts/default/2654958215313889872'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7566344138459550873/posts/default/2654958215313889872'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theepictale.blogspot.com/2009/09/hmm.html' title='hmm...'/><author><name>H. 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