I am getting rid of this journal.

For those of you still interested in my musings, check out my other one:

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During the Salvadoran civil war of 1980 - 1992, Washington backed the government party with training and more than $6 billion in aid in order to deter the efforts of the Marxist Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN). A 1993 UN Truth Commission later determined that 90 percent of the violence was committed, not by the much maligned ( Read more... )

Financial aid problem solved.

My freshman year, my mom's contribution was $1,000. She makes about 10,000 a year.

Last year, it was 1,500.

This year: 20,000.

OMG!?

And fuck the G8 conference and the 'Developed World' for ignoring Darfur.

That is all.

I like honest people.

Honest people are brave enough to speak up, even if it means making enemies.

But on the flip side, they are brave enough to make real friends. And all without petty pretexts.

I love honest people.

Now that David's family has cancelled the family camp at the ranch (to which I was planning on going) there is a distinct possibility that I might come back to LA sometime in August...

I must think this over.

I am no longer on blitz. My Reed e-mail address is the same. I just thought I'd announce that.

It seems that every summer is, whether I like it or not, a chance to be reminded of whence I came. Yesterday, I was unexpectedly confronted with my aunt's problems. (She is a homeless drug-addict who keeps returning to an abusive relationship while totting around my 3 year-old cousin). I heard this from my other aunt, with 8 kids (one I wrote ( Read more... )

I recieved a request to post my potential reading list ( Read more... )