Hi Ed. Damn, what a sad story. I actually just met some Chin people recently. They were with the Burmese democratic alliance, who were protesting at the Chevron shareholders meeting at their world HQ in San Ramon last month. I was there with the Filipino community. One of the Chin guys shared with me his amazing ornamental drum. The Ecuadorian community was also there. It's wierd how we were all united through the fact that Chevron is screwing over our "homelands", but it was beautiful nevertheless.

Anyway, the real reason I'm writing is to thank you for your really kind comment on my blog. I have since removed the post, as I didn't want to freak my parents out. Anyway, I'm glad I wrote it; I need to keep a record of my healing. I'm feeling a little better today, just so you know. I really appreciate what you had to say. It's something about caring and "giving a shit" that let's us see beyond the matrix, but unfortunately renders us so different from the majority of people. It can be so lonely unless we find our own kind. Maybe we have to create our own community of outsiders, huh? Keep up your great work and stay in touch :-)