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Reem loves animals and movies. Add books and traveling to the pile, and she's a really happy camper.
contributor
member since 5.4.03
denver, co
dob:
12.31.78
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china
the black sheep
8.22.08
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With Beijing hosting the 2008 Summer Olympics, China is a hot topic and has been ever since the votes were in to let it host the Games.
I look at what's in the media about this country rich with history and find that in a way, China is to the US what Islam is to the US. It's greatly misunderstood, always made out to be the villain and is constantly under attack. Its good points are rarely (if ever acknowledged), and it is forever having to defend itself against harsh criticism and finger-wagging.
Tainted pet food, toys with lead in them, and an aggressive drive to look its best for the 2008 Olympics resulting in the displacement of millions of Chinese in the process-- I can see how these recent issues can make China look like a devil with horns. But I can also see how these issues are super-sized by the media, clogging our mental arteries. It's like that one shark attack that is caught on tape, causing Shark Week to move from the Discovery Channe...
read on
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genx television
before there was hdtv
7.23.08
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a one-sided struggle
east (china) vs. west (hollywood)
4.30.08
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i know who i'd vote for november 4, 2008
if only i cared!
4.24.08
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PRIMARY PROJECT | |
The Round City
a writing project
A historic fiction novel set in 12th century Baghdad, just before the fall of the Abbasid Empire.
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Latest Journal Post: A book proposal
Not really into outlines and plans for creativity, but the current publishing class I'm taking got this "dream" of a book actually moving. Much research is needed for the historic details, but I am now working on figuring out the basic plot, fleshing out of the characters, and some very basic fine-tuning before then nitty gritty begins.
posted: 9/27/2008 5:32:54 AM
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re: china
Some things need to be said even if they aren't any fun.
re: a one-sided struggle
One of our great American achievements is screwing up anything have to do with another culture. Didn't you know that?
re: i don't want to disembowel myself...
I found it sad that you are encountering such difficulties. Please don't give up. Your writing really is quite brilliant.
re: i don't want to disembowel myself...
Continue on your plight. Pour your guts out. Love the imagery.
re: they can take away my money
truer words have not been spoken
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