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        <pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:22:58 PST</pubDate>        
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                <title>I'm Back</title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 10:38:13 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ For those of you who missed me, I'm finally back on Deviant Art. Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhh. I missed being here. I finally realize that i'm not really myself if I can't write some poems, or draw something I like. So for the first time in a very long time I am posting again. I hope those of you that watch me will continue to do so and hope I can get some new deviants to watch as well. I started with some poems and will post some art in the next few days. Hope you enjoy my work. Thank you so much for the support. Until next time.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>~MetalRic</author>
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                <title>New Job Search</title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 19:44:40 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Well the school i was working at decided to close down their Harlingen location. They  pretty much gave us all the month of March as a going out of business special. Hee Hee. I took it pretty well considering my last class ended on February 07. I would just show up for work to oversee my students during their internship. Their official close day was March 31, so I've been relaxing and wasting away my savings. My money is starting to run low so it's time to get serious and start looking for a new job. Ah well, i had a much deserved vacation, which is a good thing. Now it's time to rebuild the savings account. Just thought I'd share that, i did get a chance to draw some new pics I'll upload them as soon as i add some color. Well until next time, Laters.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Busy Busy</title>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 22:19:54 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Sorry for the long slumber, but work has kept me busy along with woman chasing. Yeah well not really chasing but juggling work and dating. She's at work and I'm off, and I'm at work and she's off. Trying to find time to see each other at the wee hours of night is not a problem for an insomniac like me. She on the other hand is not an insomniac, so you see my dilemma. My classes had asked me to paint a ceiling tile for them since they didn't want to do it themselves. It gave me a chance to draw something while at work so I said why not. Every class that finishes the program paints a tile and adds the class picture so the new class that comes in can remember or ask about them. It is pretty fun for me to tell stories of the previous class and every new class wants to outdo the last classes tile. It's all in good fun and when old students come back to say hi they get to see what the new classes have come up with. Anyway sorry again for the long wait on new pieces I'll try not to take so long next time.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>~MetalRic</author>
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                <title>Thinking Happy Thoughts</title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 20:58:33 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Well I've decided to think happy thoughts and do happy fun things. So far I keep singing the happy happy joy joy song in my head. It's pretty silly but it does the job, it puts a smile on my face and that is always a good start. I've gone out drinking with some friends not to the point of a drunken stuper but enough to have fun and let loose enough to where I can still drive home and not fall asleep and crash my car again. Yeah drinking into the we hours of the morning sobering up and then trying to drive home when you haven't slept in two days bad idea. Anyways feeling better, more like myself and getting better by the day. If you don't know what the happy happy joy joy song is I added this <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lzxQHYk_74&NR=1">[link]</a> to let you know what I'm singing in my head. Try it out and you'll see it will put a smile on your face. Anyways thanks for the support.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>~MetalRic</author>
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                <title>Brokenhearted</title>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2007 09:30:36 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Well it seems I've lost the love of my life. She has decided she isn't ready to be in a relationship. Silly me I thought we were in one already. I don't have any regrets though I gave my heart completely and that's all I could do. I didn't hold back what I felt and told her I loved her and meant it with all of my heart. There isn't anything more I can do to change her mind so it does seem that nice guys finish last. If I had been a jerk would she have stayed? I don't know and now I can't seem to focus on anything. My mind is unbalanced and my emotions are shot. I need to start back down my path and watch closely at feet to make sure I don't trip on any rocks or boulders. I need to look clearly in front of me and watch out for potholes in the path I walk. I'm not saying that she was a rock or a pothole in my path I'm trying to say that after being with her my vision has blurred and I can't see my path clearly. My mind is unfocused and confused so I need to take time to focus my thoughts and clear my emotions. I wrote two poems to help me clear my head and focus my emotions. Sometimes it is easier to write what you feel down in order for you to see a path that you can walk through to clear the rough spots in your life. Well thanks for reading my story about my broken heart.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>~MetalRic</author>
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                <title>Don't Sleep and Drive.</title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2007 21:31:16 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ I was in a car wreck recently and thankfully I'm okay. I had gone out with some friends on Thursday and we had a good time met some new people. We followed the back to their place and hung out till 4:00am I drove my friend home from Brownsville to Harlingen. I dropped her off and headed back to Brownsville it's about a 30 min. drive. I got on the expressway and headed back. Just before the water tower in San Benito I fell asleep and hit the cement barrier. I woke up on the side of the road with the cell phone in my hand. I knew I was a heavy sleeper but I didn't even wake up with the crash. My body went into automatic mode and saved me from what would have been the end of me. I had all the warning signs that the day was going to turn out bad. My first sign was the moon, I can usually draw energy from the moon and recharge myself. That day it felt like something was blocking that energy from me. My second sign was everyone around me was asking me if I was feeling okay. I had been kind of distracted and was zoning out while they were talking to me. My third sign was my friend being all hyped up about going out and then asking before we left If I still wanted to go out. I was thrown off by that and said " Yeah of course, don't you want to go?"  She replied "yeah I guess" We called up another friend and asked where she was so we could meet up with her. She was in Brownsville with her sister and some friends so we went and met up with them. We had a few drinks and some laughs. we stopped drinking when our friends left. We stayed a little longer with some new people we met and played some pool. Like I mentioned earlier we followed them back and hung out till 4:00am. We kind of lost track of time just talking and telling stories of past adventures. I kept getting distracted throughout the night and it ended with me falling asleep and crashing. Thankfully I was by myself and nobody else was hurt. Well except for the car that is. This is a warning to those of you like me that see the warning signs and ignored them. Please learn from my mistake and listen to the warning signs. I know from now on I'm going to listen to them more closely. Well that's all for now so drive safe and sleep in a bed and not in a car. Hee Hee.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>~MetalRic</author>
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                <title>Be My Valentine</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2007 10:17:34 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Happy Valentines day to all you love birds out their and if your without that special someone, then I know how you feel. I felt that way last Valentines day thankfully though this year I will get to romance a special someone in my life. I hope I'm not to rusty in the romance department. I'll try to keep it simply and not overdo it. Flowers, candy, candle light dinner, and a walk on the beach weather permitting of course. In South Texas you can never be sure what the weather will be like so I'll have to wait and see. Planning things out has never really worked for me in the past so I'm prepared to deal with the unexpected. Weather, working late, flat tire, run out of gas, food burning, allergic reaction to food, yep I've experienced these things on past Valentines Days. Thankfully not all on one day. Hee Hee. Anyways, I hope you all have a wonderful Valentines Day, I'll try to do the same. For those of you who will spend Valentines Day alone, like I did last year, I send you a warm hug and say "Will You Be My Valentine?" Happy Valentines Day.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>~MetalRic</author>
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                <title>500</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2007 11:28:20 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ My 500th page view took longer than I thought but thanks to everyone who has come to checkout my gallery. Hope you liked what you saw and read? I've tried to add new pics and poems when I could. So far they have been mostly of Dragon Ball Z, but what can I say, I Love Dragon Ball Z. Hee Hee. I'm still trying to improve my coloring skills so most of my drawings will be in pencil but I will throw in a few color pics into the gallery. I'll try to add new anime pics soon, and I wont forget to add new poems every now and then as well. So thanks again for the views and here's to 500 more. Special Thanks to chaoticdysfunction for being my 500th viewer.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>~MetalRic</author>
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                <title>Happy Holidays</title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 23 Dec 2006 12:07:56 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Yep, It's the holiday season and all is joyful in the world. Yeah OK, even I don't believe that. Hee Hee. Yep, it's the holidays again so time to be broke and wonder how many more gift I'm still missing. Well this year I think I'm going to make it easier on my self and my wallet, and only get gifts for the people who were good this year. Yep, I'm taking Old Saint Nick's advice and only gifting the good. That should shorten my list in half. Hee Hee. Last year I was a big spender and got everyone gift cards to their favorite stores. Hee Hee. That just means I didn't know what they liked, so I asked where they wanted their gift cards from. Hee Hee. All and all I spent around a thousand dollars. Ouch it still hurts. I no longer have that good paying job so this year their is no way I can spend that much. So what to do, yep, you guess it, selective gifting. Hee Hee. I hope everyone that doesn't receive will understand and if they don't well I'm sorry. What can I say, spend the money when you can and be a scrooge when you can't. Hee Hee. I hope you all have a joyful holiday break and enjoy the company of loved ones. Happy Happy Holidays.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>~MetalRic</author>
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                <title>Fully Charged</title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 02 Dec 2006 10:53:10 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Fully charged once again, thanks to some meditation and some R&R. That and the fact the their will be a full moon soon so the werewolf in me can come out and play. Hee Hee. Seriously though the moons energy has a calming effect on my emotions and energizes my body and spirit. So fully charged and ready to post some new sketches and my first attempt at story telling. It's really short but well that's why it's a first attempt. Hee Hee.<br />
I'm still working on my coloring skill so don't expect to many color pieces. I will color some but not all, again I'm still in the process of trying to figure out the color scheme. Oh well, hope you enjoy the new pieces. Oh, one more thing don't forget to howl at the full-moon and let your inner wolf come out to play. Hee Hee.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>~MetalRic</author>
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                <title>Life's bumps and bruises.</title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 19 Nov 2006 15:18:19 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Life's bumps and bruises have been catching up to me lately. I thought I had handled those situations and moved on. I just thought they were small enough that I could not worry about them. After a while I realized that the bumps and bruises had taken their toll on me. I felt sluggish and tired, and had lost that spring in my step and pep in my voice. I need to take some time off and recover from these injuries. I've taken it a little for granted, thinking " it's nothing, just a little bump on my psyche". In reality I've been feeling a little lost and confused. I've always kept a positive attitude or at least tried to. There haven't been too many things that could bring me down. Unfortunately lately I haven't given myself time to meditate as much I would like. Keeping that in mind you can see why things have been piling up on me. I've focused my energies on other things and lost track of myself a little in the process. I've decided to make time for myself again to clear my thoughts and regain that spring in my step and that pep in my voice. I know if I give myself some time I'll be as good as before or even better. So I've posted a few new pieces of work, hopefully you'll like them. Be back soon with that spring in my step and that pep in my voice later.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>~MetalRic</author>
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                <title>Let's Begin to Free our Emotions.</title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 23 Sep 2006 19:29:37 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ The journal to my art of living life with balance. I've found that life has many bumps on the path to finding the time to do the things we love. Things don't always go as planned, so I've stopped trying to plan things out and learned to take things as they come. I have found that true balance comes when you accept all that life throws at you. Losing someone close to us. Reuniting with old friends. People pissing you off. Finding the love of your life. Never be afraid to Cry when you need to, Laugh when you can, Scream when your mad, Love with your full heart without fear of having it broken. If we fear the worst we're just bottling up our emotions. We should Never be afraid to show our emotions. Since we spend most of our lives trying to hide our emotions we're always out of balance. Our emotions and our control over them will give us that balance. When we have balance we learn to accept things we can't control and focus on the things that bring us joy everyday and cherish them even more. In closing these are only words, you decide if they have any meaning to you. Thanks for reading.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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