<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:blogger="http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6298607198888930909</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Mon, 02 Sep 2024 03:00:20 +0000</lastBuildDate><title/><description>The e chronicles of a twentysomething nobody- yet.</description><link>http://ophour.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (ZenZoon)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>219</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6298607198888930909.post-2863411081400769195</guid><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2020 13:41:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2020-11-21T07:41:14.522-06:00</atom:updated><title>Tree in the woods.</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;What were someone to check this?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://ophour.blogspot.com/2020/11/tree-in-woods.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (ZenZoon)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6298607198888930909.post-4362227601240884917</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2018 14:09:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-05-03T09:09:24.288-05:00</atom:updated><title>least favorite words</title><description>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;
self-care&lt;br /&gt;
fingering (as in, 'she fingered through the cds')&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
</description><link>http://ophour.blogspot.com/2018/05/least-favorite-words.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (ZenZoon)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6298607198888930909.post-4383118261899450184</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2016 13:46:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2016-12-02T07:46:00.693-06:00</atom:updated><title>What I Should've Said To My Students</title><description>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;
My response to the U.S. presidential election, in Vice:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.vice.com/read/dear-students-from-your-muslim-american-teacher"&gt;Dear Students: A Letter From Your Muslim American Teacher&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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They talk about the perils of writers dating, but what about writers being friends? Seems even more dangerous and painful sometimes.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aY5DXw_6nGk"&gt;drumming song&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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back to writing, back to delusions-of-grandeur-inducing &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jTjBt0Enyw"&gt;techno&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
</description><link>http://ophour.blogspot.com/2016/05/old-self.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (ZenZoon)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6298607198888930909.post-1273330649562886062</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2015 20:25:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-10-27T15:25:21.252-05:00</atom:updated><title/><description>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;
artists dating artists is tricky business&lt;/div&gt;
</description><link>http://ophour.blogspot.com/2015/10/blog-post.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (ZenZoon)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6298607198888930909.post-5119356900959540726</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2015 14:55:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-09-25T09:55:13.413-05:00</atom:updated><title/><description>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;
I have a piece in &lt;a href="http://iowareview.org/issue/volume-45-issue-2-%E2%80%94-fall-2015"&gt;the Fall issue of the Iowa Review&lt;/a&gt;. If you're near a newsstand, check it out!&lt;br /&gt;
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heart tricky and important organ&lt;/div&gt;
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i deplore surprises of any and all kinds&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
it is a gloomy new york monday and the office is so silent that when i accidentally requested siri i was so ashamed by the beep&lt;/div&gt;
</description><link>http://ophour.blogspot.com/2015/05/blog-post_18.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (ZenZoon)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6298607198888930909.post-3356844851593308896</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2015 17:27:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-05-18T13:39:54.601-05:00</atom:updated><title>Today's Special</title><description>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;
The object will recede, so long as subject refrains from contacting, responding, indulging said object. Otherwise object will loom large, wielding unasked-for power and authority.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
</description><link>http://ophour.blogspot.com/2015/05/todays-special.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (ZenZoon)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6298607198888930909.post-3161340489609992935</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2015 13:45:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-05-12T08:45:35.994-05:00</atom:updated><title>sneak</title><description>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;
In an open plan office you can't do much&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
</description><link>http://ophour.blogspot.com/2015/05/sneak.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (ZenZoon)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6298607198888930909.post-5804759034078397982</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2015 05:40:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-05-12T00:40:30.538-05:00</atom:updated><title/><description>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;
art cannot feed itself.&lt;/div&gt;
</description><link>http://ophour.blogspot.com/2015/05/art-cannot-feed-itself.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (ZenZoon)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6298607198888930909.post-4975733918370459470</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2015 01:51:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-05-11T20:51:56.542-05:00</atom:updated><title/><description>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;
I am in NYC. It is hot, and sweaty, and greasy. The subway is uncomfortable and squished. Yet for once in months I did not nap.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
</description><link>http://ophour.blogspot.com/2015/05/i-am-in-nyc.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (ZenZoon)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6298607198888930909.post-6883692664214227724</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2015 00:47:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-05-05T19:47:51.107-05:00</atom:updated><title/><description>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;
i listen to &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWe3eEqwPPs"&gt;soul&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
</description><link>http://ophour.blogspot.com/2015/05/blog-post.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (ZenZoon)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6298607198888930909.post-6379209135890532941</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2015 02:35:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-05-04T21:35:46.767-05:00</atom:updated><title>things friends say</title><description>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;
'that's because of your floating woman need'&lt;/div&gt;
</description><link>http://ophour.blogspot.com/2015/05/things-friends-say.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (ZenZoon)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6298607198888930909.post-5286180575056922845</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2015 16:05:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-04-30T11:05:54.947-05:00</atom:updated><title>The call is coming from inside the house.</title><description>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;
I have a tremenedous ability to break my own heart.&lt;/div&gt;
</description><link>http://ophour.blogspot.com/2015/04/the-call-is-coming-from-inside-house.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (ZenZoon)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6298607198888930909.post-2537846101912532991</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2015 01:19:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-04-29T09:11:54.033-05:00</atom:updated><title/><description>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;
i loved that she rode shotgun the whole way, without even questioning whether anyone else might want to.&lt;/div&gt;
</description><link>http://ophour.blogspot.com/2015/04/i-liked-that-she-rode-shotgun-whole-way.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (ZenZoon)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6298607198888930909.post-4472627601997187317</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2015 03:50:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-04-21T22:50:37.308-05:00</atom:updated><title>e-f</title><description>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;
to get some &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cE-bnWqLqxE"&gt;reciprocity&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
</description><link>http://ophour.blogspot.com/2015/04/e-f.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (ZenZoon)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6298607198888930909.post-4861035564152973604</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2015 15:34:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-04-20T10:34:10.732-05:00</atom:updated><title/><description>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;
il est ennuyeux d'aimer quelq'un qui ne t'aime pas.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
</description><link>http://ophour.blogspot.com/2015/04/il-est-ennuyeux-daimer-quelqun-qui-ne.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (ZenZoon)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6298607198888930909.post-4145542895989631360</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2015 20:35:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-04-17T15:35:27.814-05:00</atom:updated><title>for this</title><description>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;
this is &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5tfJQvMMMU"&gt;good.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
</description><link>http://ophour.blogspot.com/2015/04/for-this.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (ZenZoon)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6298607198888930909.post-362432426482280500</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2015 17:53:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-03-23T12:53:05.112-05:00</atom:updated><title/><description>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;
this makes me &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0njNdBKXmbY"&gt;nostalgic&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
</description><link>http://ophour.blogspot.com/2015/03/blog-post_79.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (ZenZoon)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6298607198888930909.post-6015955468323648866</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2015 17:49:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-03-23T13:14:22.745-05:00</atom:updated><title/><description>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;
what's with the impulse to get closer to pain&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
i feel sad until i arrive at a point of ridiculosity.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
</description><link>http://ophour.blogspot.com/2015/03/blog-post_23.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (ZenZoon)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6298607198888930909.post-3755953841119858668</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2015 16:14:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-03-20T11:14:54.415-05:00</atom:updated><title/><description>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;
swimming through sick &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZ9SML_Gm6E"&gt;lullabies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
</description><link>http://ophour.blogspot.com/2015/03/indulgence.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (ZenZoon)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6298607198888930909.post-9209948436771272831</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2015 16:57:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-03-18T11:57:13.096-05:00</atom:updated><title/><description>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;
you cant write new essays if you keep repeating history&lt;/div&gt;
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