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the chako is almost a landed immigrant

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Toronto, 2003.04.22

Tonight I met Chako for dinner. She's applying to become a landed immigrant here in Canada, and has to learn a certain mastery of English. I helped her sort out a practice letter she was writing, and a brief essay. It was interesting; I'd sure hate to have to write something in any other language just to keep on living the life I'm living!

rand()m quote

In the wake of 9/11, we [in America] have made the decision as a society that we can never again create something in which we can take pride, for fear that someone will destroy it. Moreover, we must suppress any trace of individualism, lest someone have the desire to rise above the bland sameness that protects us. I have, alas, no idea how to recapture our courage.

—Anonymous post to boingboing.net, 2009