hey,
you're living with your birth father?? woa, that must be pretty cool. I've lost my father to alzeimers and it's tough, i hope the relationship is going well and maybe I can live vicariously through you!
Yea, I heard about La, well, I'm glad you weren't like her. I can only imagine. I'm actaully suprised, you sound really good. I'm happy for you, I hope that you're satisfied with your life...
A little about me- I'm graduating soon- finally. I may go to grad school, i kind of would like to get PhD in political theory- i really love the topic- if not I would like to study law... who know's. As of now I think I will be leaving NYC to greener pastures, maybe LA or Florida. My g/f works in film, but is having second thoughts about pursuing it fully- so it's almost up to her where we go. She can earn a liiving in Florida working with her step father building homes. not thrilled about the prospect of FL, but I'm thrilled about her so I will likely soon live in a state that, last I heard, does not allow people like she and I do adopt kids... great.
Beyond that, not much is going on. My mom's living in mexico, we talk when we can but aren't super close b/c...well, she's got issues that are difficult to reconcile in terms of our relationship. She's a Jehovi, need I say more?
By the way, how are your parents? did you ever meet your biological mom?
I heard MMS got way worse after I left- I would imagine you would call it 'better' though, no? Presumably our definitions of what is 'good' and bad' differ? Curious what you have to say about your experience. I have yet to understand how coercive practices, a. can be justified at any level and b. how they are, at their core truly effective and helpful and c. how, given it's helpful for some and harmful to others, there is no room for admission of guilt for those who it did wrong within its current framework...
I wonder, did you too have nightmares about MMS after you left- things like being sent back or going back and not being able to leave?
People have e-mailed Colleen seeking answers and (far as I know they did not reply) while, yes, some questions are fueled by hostility and anger, rightly so I may say, why wouldn't they as an institution reply- why the deliberate hold up on providing answers? dunno.
ok, got to go. I'm so drowsy, I have a beer everyonce in a while, oddly enough, even if I have one I feel hungover the next day. I had 3 last night and I'm swimming in fuzziness...and I have a 10 pager due on (if you know anything about femenist political thought) Carol Pateman notion of 'sexual contract'. It's going to be a long weekend- but the Gay Pride parade of NYC crosses in front of our apt. (it's madness like you wouldn't believe). So despite my work I have my party hat on and am ready to nurse a beer for 5 hours- lest i incur the evil hang over.
ps. reason i reply so quickly is i'm avoiding real work...i just can't wait to get my BA over and done with it![ This Message was edited by: katfish on 2005-11-05 14:19 ]