You're an excellent writer. I'm sorry that Christmas won't be so merry and bright for you all. I wish there was something I could do for you outside of my usual loud-mouthed activism. Just know that I and lots of others are thinking about you and wish you all the best.
Hi Maze, it's the 4. December now. Sorry for taking so long to answer. I'm very forgetful. :( Good luck with the Astronomy-magazine-thingy! :D Don't worry, I won't tell anyone that you were actually wrong about something...;)
I didn't know about the Band "Staind" but I listened to the song you mentioned now. It's nice! It was uploaded to Youtube in 2007 - I don't know how old it really is... Not sure about keeping up with the times. :P But really? You don't have to keep up. Most new songs are - sorry- absolute bullshit.
Glad to hear you could meet your folks. What exactly do you do when they visit?
Hope you got your MP3 back. Life without music is boring:/ Especially in prison I can imagine.
I read your essay about time. I really like how you mix a serious topic with humorous examples (loved reading them).
Mhhh, it may shock you but I don't really do anything different in my holidays. I'm in front of my computer most of the time, spending my time playing video games, reading stuff or watching series~ I've never been skiing, but most people here love it. You've never seen snow?! Kinda depresses me. I actually hate snow (I'm more of a spring-summer child) but still, I can't imagine never having seen it.
No problem with your vegan joke. c; I'm forgiving.
x) Is a smiley, I guess. ) <- Mouth, x <- Eyes. You could put a nose between them like: X-)But young people don't really do that anymore. :P
I don't think I'll hear from you before Christmas so I'll just say it now: Merry Christmas!:)
Hello Robert, Sorry for answering so late. It's the 4. December now. Happy belated Birthday! You're as old as my mother now, she's 40 too.:> I'm glad you got to talk to your daughter. And it's unfair that you have to work so much and get nothing for it...:/ I hope your mother is feeling better now. Why was she in the hospital? Because of a seizure? Thanks for your motivating words! Means a lot. :) I can't ski - can you? I tried to snowboard once because we had a skiing camp with our class. We could pick between snowboarding and skiing... Everything hurt after that week. I found your niece Destiny on facebook. She seems sweet. Your brother accepted the request.:) I dont really get your last sentence. What do you mean by in the US Highschools they have classes that everyone goes to? What do I like about Switzerland... Mhhh. It's very peaceful where I live and most people are really nice. I lived in Germany until I was 12 and I sometimes still visit my friends there and it sometimes it shocks me how unfriendly the people are. In retail for example. In Switzerland most of them smile, wish you a good day - stuff like that. I live in a small village in a valley - everywhere around me are mountains, that's really pretty. I don't have a boyfriend. :D I'm not really a relationship person - at least for the time being. Too busy playing video games. :D I had one in... February? My parents liked him - they were only slightly annoyed because he was a picky eater. My parents aren't very strict. c: They just want to know what's going on in my life. What are school functions? I don't like sports... I'm lazy. Recently I hurt my finger in PE recently while playing basketball.. Aww, puppies! It's cool that you get them! Did you get the chance to pet them? I checked your profile, the 2 pictures your mentioned are on there. :) Cute little girl.
I don't want to put personal information on tis blog but I'll try to get into contact with your aunt Cindy!
To answer your last two questions: I can't really judge my art.. People tell me that I'm a good artist - I'm probably one of the best in my class. But then there are much more amazing artists in this world! I see so many amazing drawings all the time, so I wouldn't call myself a good artist tbh. But it doesn't frustrate me or anything because I don't really put time into getting better. - like i said, I'm very lazy~ And I don't go to church, no. I'm 100% an atheist. :)
I don't think we'll write eachother before Christmas so I want to wish you a Merry Christmas already!
Dear Otis, Thank you for sharing your story and writing so that people like me can start to understand your experience and the broken system. I am angry that injustices like what you describe are so common in our country, and I'm angry that a white person like me can live to be nearly 30 before having her "eyes opened" to these things. It isn't right. I wish you the best and I promise that I will work to educate my peers and family on the systematic racism that is so deeply woven into our society. I will support the BLM movement, attending protests and trying to explain it to people who don't get it. I hope that I can make a difference so people don't have to suffer like you have. Please keep writing. Lindsay
I just finished reading your piece, "A Very Norfolk Christmas." You are such a talented writer. Very poetic and poignant. Thank you for sharing it with us. Stay strong.
Thank you for sharing this. I grew up without any religion and then one day in my twenties I felt the presence of God, but it was such an unexpected and unknown embrace that I didn't know quite how to handle it. So to make the feeling more sensible and I guess comforting to myself, I tried to shape this inexplicable force of love into a grand-fatherly figure (ha, complete with a German accent like my own grand-father), but this only worked for a spell until then my soul saw through the charade. Eventually I gave up on trying to label and categorize this higher power of love and let my heart take over. It was then that I realized this power, however unknowable, was always with me and in every thing, indestructible, inviolable and eternal.
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You're an excellent writer. I'm sorry that Christmas won't be so merry and bright for you all. I wish there was something I could do for you outside of my usual loud-mouthed activism. Just know that I and lots of others are thinking about you and wish you all the best.
Sending warm thoughts,
Sara in Michigan
it's the 4. December now. Sorry for taking so long to answer. I'm very forgetful. :(
Good luck with the Astronomy-magazine-thingy! :D
Don't worry, I won't tell anyone that you were actually wrong about something...;)
I didn't know about the Band "Staind" but I listened to the song you mentioned now. It's nice! It was uploaded to Youtube in 2007 - I don't know how old it really is... Not sure about keeping up with the times. :P But really? You don't have to keep up. Most new songs are - sorry- absolute bullshit.
Glad to hear you could meet your folks. What exactly do you do when they visit?
Hope you got your MP3 back. Life without music is boring:/ Especially in prison I can imagine.
I read your essay about time. I really like how you mix a serious topic with humorous examples (loved reading them).
Mhhh, it may shock you but I don't really do anything different in my holidays. I'm in front of my computer most of the time, spending my time playing video games, reading stuff or watching series~
I've never been skiing, but most people here love it. You've never seen snow?! Kinda depresses me. I actually hate snow (I'm more of a spring-summer child) but still, I can't imagine never having seen it.
No problem with your vegan joke. c; I'm forgiving.
x) Is a smiley, I guess. ) <- Mouth, x <- Eyes. You could put a nose between them like: X-)But young people don't really do that anymore. :P
I don't think I'll hear from you before Christmas so I'll just say it now: Merry Christmas!:)
Stay well,
Jamie
Sorry for answering so late. It's the 4. December now. Happy belated Birthday! You're as old as my mother now, she's 40 too.:>
I'm glad you got to talk to your daughter.
And it's unfair that you have to work so much and get nothing for it...:/
I hope your mother is feeling better now. Why was she in the hospital? Because of a seizure?
Thanks for your motivating words! Means a lot. :)
I can't ski - can you? I tried to snowboard once because we had a skiing camp with our class. We could pick between snowboarding and skiing... Everything hurt after that week.
I found your niece Destiny on facebook. She seems sweet.
Your brother accepted the request.:)
I dont really get your last sentence. What do you mean by in the US Highschools they have classes that everyone goes to?
What do I like about Switzerland... Mhhh. It's very peaceful where I live and most people are really nice. I lived in Germany until I was 12 and I sometimes still visit my friends there and it sometimes it shocks me how unfriendly the people are. In retail for example. In Switzerland most of them smile, wish you a good day - stuff like that. I live in a small village in a valley - everywhere around me are mountains, that's really pretty.
I don't have a boyfriend. :D I'm not really a relationship person - at least for the time being. Too busy playing video games. :D I had one in... February? My parents liked him - they were only slightly annoyed because he was a picky eater. My parents aren't very strict. c: They just want to know what's going on in my life.
What are school functions? I don't like sports... I'm lazy. Recently I hurt my finger in PE recently while playing basketball..
Aww, puppies! It's cool that you get them! Did you get the chance to pet them?
I checked your profile, the 2 pictures your mentioned are on there. :) Cute little girl.
I don't want to put personal information on tis blog but I'll try to get into contact with your aunt Cindy!
To answer your last two questions: I can't really judge my art.. People tell me that I'm a good artist - I'm probably one of the best in my class. But then there are much more amazing artists in this world! I see so many amazing drawings all the time, so I wouldn't call myself a good artist tbh. But it doesn't frustrate me or anything because I don't really put time into getting better. - like i said, I'm very lazy~
And I don't go to church, no. I'm 100% an atheist. :)
I don't think we'll write eachother before Christmas so I want to wish you a Merry Christmas already!
Best wishes,
Jamie
Thank you for sharing your story and writing so that people like me can start to understand your experience and the broken system. I am angry that injustices like what you describe are so common in our country, and I'm angry that a white person like me can live to be nearly 30 before having her "eyes opened" to these things. It isn't right. I wish you the best and I promise that I will work to educate my peers and family on the systematic racism that is so deeply woven into our society. I will support the BLM movement, attending protests and trying to explain it to people who don't get it. I hope that I can make a difference so people don't have to suffer like you have. Please keep writing.
Lindsay
Great poem, great rhyme, great drawing. Thanks for telling us how it is. Keep sharing with those of us on the outside.
Thank you. Brooke
I just finished reading your piece, "A Very Norfolk Christmas." You are such a talented writer. Very poetic and poignant. Thank you for sharing it with us. Stay strong.
All my best wishes,
Elizabeth
Peace and love be with you,
Susie