i've been scowling all day. i don't know, maybe being back home is the opposite if what i've first expressed: its way too real... i've been reduced, made small, my voice nullified. i realize, now, that school acts as a buffer; being a student is a position of comfort and relative power, as well as severe myopia. in buffalo, i can't hide behind textbooks and claim to be making a difference

ack, ack, ack. war over diplomacy.. i've been boycotting the television for the past three days