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NJ Sculptor Makes Molds of Women's Breasts Who Have Been Affected by Breast Cancer

I remember reading about this recently in the paper or in a magazine. Basically, this artist makes molds of women's breasts who have been affected by cancer and has made a really neat art installation out of it. It is called a Mamorial. Neat.

She also has made molds of perky breasts that still have not been affected by the cancer, but are at high risk. I love art like this because it has such meaning behind it. I found the article I read about this moving. The articles below aren't the same article I read, but have some background information about it.

Recently I came out to my sister and told her that I was a lesbian. After her initial shock, she took the news quite well and even tried to point out people who she thinks I should date (of the same sex, of course.). Anyhow, I hope that her inactive voting is a thing of the past. Hopefully, next election I can convince her that votes really do matter.

HRC.org, for example often says that geting family members and allies to vote for candidates who are running for office who have pro-gay agendas is an important step to making progress. After all, it is with banning together with allies that we can strengthen our vote and work towards equality. I have seen this work with many people's families and am hopeful that it will work with my sister. Ultimately, I know the 'gay issue' isn't the only issue on the plate, but it is importanat to me. However, if a gay-friendly candidate was wrong for me on all of the other positions that i think are important in an elected official, i would take a less gay-friendly candidate over the queer-friendly candidate if the less gay friendly candidate meant more objectives that i found to be at the top of my list... however, i'd ultimately look for the total package in my ideal elected official.

OK so here's the deal: My sister doesn't vote. She's 23. She is eligable.

OK, so I know it is her decision, and it is her right to choose not to vote or to choose to vote. But I find it hard to beleive that she is so uninterested in voting.

During the last presidential election she didn't even know who was running in the august before the election. We were at the DMV and saw a bumber sticker for John Kerry, and I yelled out "YAY! John Kerry!" and she replied "Who is that, our neighbor?

The following article is from 2004, but I still feel as though it is relevent today.

As I am in the midst of finals, I am drawn to the obvious amount of drug abuse on my campus when it comes to students looking for an edge on studying. I know people at several top colleges in the US who have taken it in order to stay up and do work for many hours. These aren't people who are close friends, but I have been aware of it and feel as though it is a huge problem today when many perscription drugs are so readily available to some people to abuse. It is also sad that extreme competitiveness has come to this and also encourage such behavior. After all, if the kid next to you stays up all night on adderall and you conk out at 2am, who is at a loss? The water certainly is muddy in this pond.

Hotel Rwanda is one of the best movies that I've seen in awhile.

Synopsis:
Ten years ago some of the worst atrocities in the history of mankind took place in the country of Rwanda--and in an era of high-speed communication and round the clock news, the events went almost unnoticed by the rest of the world. In only three months, one million people were brutally murdered. In the face of these unspeakable actions, inspired by his love for his family, an ordinary man summons extraordinary courage to save the lives of over a thousand helpless refugees, by granting them shelter in the hotel he manages.