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Alida: A 23-year-old Canadian exploring the infinite abyss that is New York City.

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Uncle Richard, me, and James Earl Jones - Tuesday, Apr. 04, 2006
So beautiful when the boy smiles - Sunday, Apr. 02, 2006
One way or another - Sunday, Dec. 25, 2005
Way up high - Saturday, Dec. 10, 2005
Reason to start over new - Friday, Dec. 09, 2005

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One of the most intriguing things about today has been being on d*land and reading everyone's reactions to the tragedy. Everyone has a different opinion, different concerns, and different personal connections to everything that's happened, and it makes for some very interesting reading. I saw the same footage over and over and over again on TV, and I didn't need to hear any more about the official response. I wanted a real response. An honest, real life reaction to something that will change life forever. And, of course, I got it. This is the most... unified, I guess would be the word... that I've ever seen diaryland. Normally, there are as many topics of discussion as there are entries, but today everyone was, obviously, focused on one thing. And we were focused on it as real people with real hurts and fears, not as political crap about official responses or anything like that. This is real, not a movie, as much as it feels like it now. It's starting to sink in, but I'm so far away that it doesn't feel real... it feels like some strange movie; some odd TV show that everyone seems to be in on. But it's starting to become real.
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