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color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, 'segoe ui', 'lucida grande', helvetica, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 775px;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" valign="top"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;Your Major and Minor Personality Types&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" height="0" src="http://images.chemistry.com/s.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: initial;" width="20" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://images.chemistry.com/s.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: initial;" width="20" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" valign="top"&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 690px;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" valign="top"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;Characteristics of all four personality types can be found within each of us, but there is almost always one personality type that is dominant. We call this the major personality type.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;The Chemistry Profile also identifies your minor or secondary personality type. You exhibit some aspects of this personality type, though not to the same degree as with your major type.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;Your major personality type =&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #666699; display: inline; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;Director&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;Your minor personality type =&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: maroon; display: inline; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;Explorer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;You are a DIRECTOR/explorer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;You are courageous; and you seek challenges. You are a tough-minded, independent and daring thinker who likes to explore ideas or problems thoroughly. You focus easily. And you are persistent, systematic and competent in pursuing your interests and goals.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;You are also assertive; and you enjoy the opportunities your hard work wins.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;You have a lot of energy. You think quickly, make decisions more easily than most, dislike unnecessary rules, and take a rational approach to people, issues and ideas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;You don't often enjoy "small talk." You are generally not interested in pleasing boring people and you gravitate to men and women who are intellectually exciting and get to their point quickly during conversations.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;You are not conventional in most of your attitudes and values. You tend to be irreverent and pragmatic and you like spontaneous people. You can be an exciting, yet hard driving and exacting, friend and companion.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" height="0" src="http://images.chemistry.com/s.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: initial;" width="8" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="center" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" valign="top"&gt;&lt;div style="height: 130px;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="height: 120px;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td nowrap="" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="color: white; float: left; height: 15px; text-align: center; width: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;E&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: maroon; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;Explorer - 25%&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td nowrap="" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="color: white; float: left; height: 15px; text-align: center; width: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;N&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: olive; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;Negotiator - 24%&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td nowrap="" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="color: white; float: left; height: 15px; text-align: center; width: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;B&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc9900; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;Builder - 19%&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td nowrap="" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="color: white; float: left; height: 15px; text-align: center; width: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;D&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #666699; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;Director - 30%&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" height="0" src="http://images.chemistry.com/s.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: initial;" width="20" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" height="15" src="http://images.chemistry.com/s.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: initial;" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://images.chemistry.com/s.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: initial;" width="20" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" valign="top"&gt;&lt;div style="background-repeat: repeat-y; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; padding-top: 15px;"&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="width: 690px;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="color: #002c60; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 900; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;How your personality breaks out&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="center" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #999999; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 900; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;You&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="center" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="center" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #999999; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 900; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;Matched&lt;br /&gt;with&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="center" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="center" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #999999; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 900; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;Compatibility&lt;br /&gt;Rating&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="100%"&gt;&lt;span style="color: maroon; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 900; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;Explorer - 25% of your personality&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;Known for high energy, high creativity and spontaneity. Seeks novelty, risk and pleasure. Intellectually curious and not easily swayed by opinion.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://images.chemistry.com/s.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: initial;" width="8" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="center" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="50"&gt;&lt;div style="height: 50px;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="center" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="40"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" height="12" src="http://images.chemistry.com/sites/1000/lovemap/doublearrow.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: initial;" width="40" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="center" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="50"&gt;&lt;div style="height: 50px;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="center" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.chemistry.com/sites/1000/lovemap/equals.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: initial;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="center" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="62" src="http://images.chemistry.com/sites/1000/lovemap/star3.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: initial;" width="56" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" height="10" src="http://images.chemistry.com/s.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: initial;" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc9900; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 900; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;Builder - 19% of your personality&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;Usually very popular. Deep attachment to home and family. Calm demeanor and low anxiety. Often consistent, loyal and protective.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://images.chemistry.com/s.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: initial;" width="8" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="center" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="50"&gt;&lt;div style="height: 50px;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="center" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="40"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" height="12" src="http://images.chemistry.com/sites/1000/lovemap/doublearrow.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: initial;" width="40" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="center" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="50"&gt;&lt;div style="height: 50px;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="center" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.chemistry.com/sites/1000/lovemap/equals.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: initial;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="center" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="62" src="http://images.chemistry.com/sites/1000/lovemap/star2.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: initial;" width="56" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" height="10" src="http://images.chemistry.com/s.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: initial;" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: olive; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 900; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;Negotiator - 24% of your personality&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;Excels at seeing the big picture, long-term planning and consensus building. An intuitive thinker who is flexible, verbal and socially skilled. Imaginative, empathetic and nurturing.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://images.chemistry.com/s.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: initial;" width="8" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="center" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="50"&gt;&lt;div style="height: 50px;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="center" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="40"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" height="12" src="http://images.chemistry.com/sites/1000/lovemap/doublearrow.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: initial;" width="40" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="center" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="50"&gt;&lt;div style="height: 50px;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="center" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.chemistry.com/sites/1000/lovemap/equals.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: initial;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="center" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="62" src="http://images.chemistry.com/sites/1000/lovemap/star5.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: initial;" width="56" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" height="10" src="http://images.chemistry.com/s.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: initial;" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #666699; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 900; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;Director - 30% of your personality&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;Daring, original, direct and inventive. A non-conformist. Skilled at abstract thinking and short-term planning. Often assertive and quite competitive. Tough-minded and efficient.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://images.chemistry.com/s.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: initial;" width="8" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="center" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="50"&gt;&lt;div style="height: 50px;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="center" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="40"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" height="12" src="http://images.chemistry.com/sites/1000/lovemap/doublearrow.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: initial;" width="40" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="center" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="50"&gt;&lt;div style="height: 50px;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="center" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.chemistry.com/sites/1000/lovemap/equals.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: initial;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="center" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="62" src="http://images.chemistry.com/sites/1000/lovemap/star4.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: initial;" width="56" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" height="0" src="http://images.chemistry.com/s.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: initial;" width="20" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" height="20" src="http://images.chemistry.com/s.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: initial;" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5239708453140940173-5140023011341568837?l=ephemeraljourney.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ephemeraljourney.blogspot.com/feeds/5140023011341568837/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ephemeraljourney.blogspot.com/2009/09/i-am.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5239708453140940173/posts/default/5140023011341568837'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5239708453140940173/posts/default/5140023011341568837'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ephemeraljourney.blogspot.com/2009/09/i-am.html' title='I am....'/><author><name>Journey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00947534482564374053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='29' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Vun_0MfbTW0/SreINQIsNDI/AAAAAAAAApM/zrTzeBnjRMc/S220/Spirals.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239708453140940173.post-8630577243786185566</id><published>2009-09-24T11:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-24T11:28:51.789-07:00</updated><title type='text'>PROMISE</title><content type='html'>It was a confluence of minds with a&amp;nbsp;promise&amp;nbsp;of deep connection hanging in the air&lt;br /&gt;but the demons hidden within would not let anyone in.&lt;br /&gt;The smell of the damp fall leaves&lt;br /&gt;the hint of a smile or was it just a trick of sunlight&lt;br /&gt;Maybe I wandered off to the track no one had noticed before&lt;br /&gt;or was it that I forgot my walking stick.&lt;br /&gt;His cycle covered with mosaic of webs parked on the side of the lane&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Vun_0MfbTW0/Sru6KQ4e4UI/AAAAAAAAAp4/B1CihZmT4AM/s1600-h/Sun.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Vun_0MfbTW0/Sru6KQ4e4UI/AAAAAAAAAp4/B1CihZmT4AM/s320/Sun.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;a cardboard box aimlessly skipping and jumping on the road.&lt;br /&gt;The shanty barn shed where I imagined a picture with the sun&lt;br /&gt;slanting from the side sending its light across your face.&lt;br /&gt;The memories haunt while I watch the raccoon race across my yard&lt;br /&gt;a smile fades, a tear sparkles on the concrete.&lt;br /&gt;The words of advice, your resolution lies within&lt;br /&gt;not visible but still yours own.&lt;br /&gt;What do they mean "small steps...one moment at a time"&lt;br /&gt;the nails through the metatarsals hold me to a moment long gone past.&lt;br /&gt;I am sorry I did not see the promise,&lt;br /&gt;I am sorry I just saw the demons...&lt;br /&gt;but please remember they are always my true friends.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5239708453140940173-8630577243786185566?l=ephemeraljourney.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ephemeraljourney.blogspot.com/feeds/8630577243786185566/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ephemeraljourney.blogspot.com/2009/09/promise.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5239708453140940173/posts/default/8630577243786185566'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5239708453140940173/posts/default/8630577243786185566'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ephemeraljourney.blogspot.com/2009/09/promise.html' title='PROMISE'/><author><name>Journey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00947534482564374053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='29' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Vun_0MfbTW0/SreINQIsNDI/AAAAAAAAApM/zrTzeBnjRMc/S220/Spirals.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Vun_0MfbTW0/Sru6KQ4e4UI/AAAAAAAAAp4/B1CihZmT4AM/s72-c/Sun.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239708453140940173.post-8413382508739183728</id><published>2009-09-22T10:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-22T10:27:16.731-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Lonely Path</title><content type='html'>What moves along the way caught&amp;nbsp;through&amp;nbsp;the corner of the eye is just an illusion.&lt;br /&gt;We hope to see what the world has in store for us but never do we make an attempt to see what the world sees in us.&lt;br /&gt;Does it even seek us or do we impose ourselves on it?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Vun_0MfbTW0/SrkIylomMFI/AAAAAAAAApw/JhvOquotl40/s1600-h/a+little+darkness.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Vun_0MfbTW0/SrkIylomMFI/AAAAAAAAApw/JhvOquotl40/s320/a+little+darkness.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;That shadow that lurks behind me,&amp;nbsp;constantly&amp;nbsp;following&amp;nbsp;me even on the darkest nights; is that me?&lt;br /&gt;Or is it the reflection I see in the ripples of your eyes?&lt;br /&gt;People walk in and out of our life, but some just seem to linger in their absence to haunt the sleepless nights.&lt;br /&gt;Its at moments like these that the confidence in your identity is shaken to the core.&lt;br /&gt;I see them just doing fine without me but what is it that I still feel has remained unsaid.&lt;br /&gt;The streets seem to be just as lively...&lt;br /&gt;Where did I miss the turn that the rest took?&lt;br /&gt;Do I wish to be a part of the unthinking multitude that is following some unknown direction?&lt;br /&gt;Will I ever be a part of that "superficial fun loving" crowd?&lt;br /&gt;I know, no...&lt;br /&gt;But then there is another stream just waiting to drown you.&lt;br /&gt;Where do I find that singular rock where my presence is without the shadow?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5239708453140940173-8413382508739183728?l=ephemeraljourney.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ephemeraljourney.blogspot.com/feeds/8413382508739183728/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ephemeraljourney.blogspot.com/2009/09/lonely-path.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5239708453140940173/posts/default/8413382508739183728'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5239708453140940173/posts/default/8413382508739183728'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ephemeraljourney.blogspot.com/2009/09/lonely-path.html' title='Lonely Path'/><author><name>Journey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00947534482564374053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='29' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Vun_0MfbTW0/SreINQIsNDI/AAAAAAAAApM/zrTzeBnjRMc/S220/Spirals.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Vun_0MfbTW0/SrkIylomMFI/AAAAAAAAApw/JhvOquotl40/s72-c/a+little+darkness.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239708453140940173.post-170203249818829353</id><published>2009-09-21T06:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-21T06:58:02.716-07:00</updated><title type='text'>New Spirits</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We hold on to the mirages&lt;br /&gt;The parched dried thirsting eyes&lt;br /&gt;Blinks drive away our illusions&lt;br /&gt;Festering bleeding pain in the chest&lt;br /&gt;Searing scorching sand under our feet&lt;br /&gt;Do you know the meaning of what we hold&lt;br /&gt;Of the deafening sounds and bands under her window&lt;br /&gt;Of wayward slanting walks on the pavement&lt;br /&gt;The ocean tides driving back the rivers&lt;br /&gt;Rains that fall like molten lead&lt;br /&gt;Where indeed is the tree with azure shades&lt;br /&gt;Or the grey lunar eclipse&lt;br /&gt;That promised us a world of joy&lt;br /&gt;The spiral hypnosis of his art&lt;br /&gt;And the meaningless strokes of my pen&lt;br /&gt;Stench of the dead from a pond in the woods&lt;br /&gt;Long winding roads beyond the horizon&lt;br /&gt;Our mirages still hold on....&lt;br /&gt;Waiting for us and pretending in its own ephemeral reality&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5239708453140940173-170203249818829353?l=ephemeraljourney.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ephemeraljourney.blogspot.com/feeds/170203249818829353/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ephemeraljourney.blogspot.com/2009/09/new-spirits.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5239708453140940173/posts/default/170203249818829353'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5239708453140940173/posts/default/170203249818829353'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ephemeraljourney.blogspot.com/2009/09/new-spirits.html' title='New Spirits'/><author><name>Journey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00947534482564374053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='29' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Vun_0MfbTW0/SreINQIsNDI/AAAAAAAAApM/zrTzeBnjRMc/S220/Spirals.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
