{"id":76,"date":"2008-10-20T17:57:51","date_gmt":"2008-10-20T15:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fuzzy-fish.com\/wordpress-he\/?p=76"},"modified":"2008-10-20T19:30:58","modified_gmt":"2008-10-20T17:30:58","slug":"the-ballad-of-ernie-the-red","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fuzzy-fish.com\/wordpress-he\/archives\/76","title":{"rendered":"The Ballad of Ernie the Red"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>The Ballad of Ernie the Red <\/strong><br \/>\nby Tamir Buchshtav<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This one is dedicated to all those millions RPG players out there, who for some reason can't figure out how to spell Rogue<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I remember when I was a spirit,<br \/>\nWithout incarnation or form,<br \/>\nStanding before the creator,<br \/>\nSeconds before I was born.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I handed the form with the questions,<br \/>\nOf what I would do with my life,<br \/>\nNever aware of the problem,<br \/>\nThat\u2019ll fill my existence with strife.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Chorus:<br \/>\nErnie\u2019s my name, and my hair is like flame,<br \/>\nThough my skin is an Indian red,<br \/>\nMy eyes are the color of embers,<br \/>\nOf a fire that\u2019s soon to be dead.<br \/>\nI wanted to be but a scoundrel,<br \/>\nTo steal and to cheat and to booze,<br \/>\nOne simple mistake in an answer,<br \/>\nAnd now I am Ernie the rouge.<\/em><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Blending in crowds is a given,<br \/>\nFor those who would live lives of crime,<br \/>\nBut trying to blend with my color,<br \/>\nIs simply a waste of my time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Picking the pockets of strangers,<br \/>\nLive light a thief in the night,<br \/>\nBut how can I stay out of prison,<br \/>\nWhen everyone knows me on sight?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Chorus <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Going away on adventures,<br \/>\nLiving a life in the wild,<br \/>\nIs a noble and worthy vocation,<br \/>\nFor one with a life such as mine,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">But being the color of demons,<br \/>\nIs not a good way to survive,<br \/>\nWhen warriors start wielding their weapons,<br \/>\nI can\u2019t be sure I\u2019ll stay alive.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Chorus <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Listen to me all you people,<br \/>\nHear what I have here to say,<br \/>\nGod has a great sense of humor,<br \/>\nHeed me or else you will pay.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Learn how to spell your intentions,<br \/>\nLearn how to write what you mean,<br \/>\nOr else \u2018stead of being a fighter,<br \/>\nYou\u2019ll find yourself \u201cJerry the Green\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Chorus<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,13],"tags":[8,134],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fuzzy-fish.com\/wordpress-he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fuzzy-fish.com\/wordpress-he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fuzzy-fish.com\/wordpress-he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fuzzy-fish.com\/wordpress-he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fuzzy-fish.com\/wordpress-he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.fuzzy-fish.com\/wordpress-he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":232,"href":"http:\/\/www.fuzzy-fish.com\/wordpress-he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76\/revisions\/232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fuzzy-fish.com\/wordpress-he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fuzzy-fish.com\/wordpress-he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fuzzy-fish.com\/wordpress-he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}