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Saturday, December 01, 2001
It's 5:50pm on World AIDS Day. I tried to post more this morning, but of course I was one of those unlucky thousands who woke up to a bankrupt Internet service. Anyway.
Lately what I've heard about AIDS has tended to be of the "wake-up-and-smell-the-other-diseases" variety. Yes, there are more vicious killers than AIDS. There are more threatening diseases (like the flu in Africa, for example). There will always be more killers. But HIV is very preventable. As my American generation all got told in school, you can't get it from a sneeze, a cough, or even a kiss. And right now it's also manageable. There are drugs to manage this preventable pandemic. So why look the other way when despite all of that, people are still dying?
19:05
It's 2am on World AIDS Day, so I'm not very coherent. But I just returned from seeing a production of Angels in America, a beautiful play about dying of AIDS, living gay, and going insane. It's been sort of an HIV/AIDS day for me personally, luckily not too personally. I'm going on a trip to New York to deliver meals to homebound people with HIV/AIDS, and as a prep my group watched And The Band Played On, which is kind of a history of the disease. Then I went to a Latino youth group meeting, where I was supposed to be helping them start a magazine, but instead ended up listening to a speaker telling these 12-16 year-old kids how to put on condoms so they don't get HIV.
HIV/AIDS links:
World AIDS Day. The Body: HIV/AIDS information ranging from the very basic to the extremely specific.
Poz magazine: Looks at living with HIV/AIDS, and a lot more.
Positoid: An online journal of a man's life with AIDS and activism.
God's Love We Deliver: The site I'm going to for Alternative Break. Info on volunteering and signing up for meal delivery.
03:09
Friday, November 30, 2001
Update: Last night's dinner-- wine and macaroni and cheese. This morning's breakfast -- wine and Blueberry Morning cereal. Hmm.
16:58
Thursday, November 29, 2001
What are you thankful for? Check randomness for a sampling of what bloggers said this year.
14:46
Tuesday, November 27, 2001
Update: Today things disappeared. Nothing philosophical here, just objects. Valued objects. A sacred computer disk at work was missing, prompting a day-long search that turned up nada. Then my roommate's bike was stolen right outside our apartment. A girl in my philosophy class also had her bike stolen today. What gives?
19:18
Random thought: I really didn't believe the Barenaked Ladies were imposters, sell-outs, etc. etc. until "If I Had A Million Dollars" became the new theme of New York Lotto.
19:15
I miss Denmark a lot today. I miss my host family, my friends and my creative writing class. I want to see Denmark during Christmas. I want to practice my Danish... it's slipping already. I want bakeries and cobblestone streets and candles.
10:07
Monday, November 26, 2001
So Thanksgiving week: The train ride was no fun, not something I'd recommend. Late, crowded, slow. Wednesday night I saw Janelle, her whole family, and her boyfriend Dave, which was very cool. We saw Harry Potter -- just about as fun as the books. Thanksgiving day... my contribution to dinner was chopping onions. Oh well. Family time was nerve-grating. Any time you gather that much energy into one room, things get loud and tetchy. Friday, hung out with Deanna, Sarah, Deanna's new puppy and Bethany.
20:06
"That must've hurt." -- My sister, reflecting after smashing a bee repeatedly
11:58
Update: I am back in Evanston... where are you? The train ride, the family, the friends -- all went on without disaster. More to come.
11:57
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