Interesting read:

http://www.dailycal.org/article.php?id=13757

My thoughts:
Dear Michelle,

I must applaud you for the article recently written in
the Daily Cal in regards to the racial climate at UCB.
As an alum, I had the opportunity to see this up close
and personal, and each time I visit the campus I am
constantly reminded of the disconnect and lack of
diversity. As a Black female, I feel like I had to
over explain myself to justify my reasoning for being
at Cal. I mean, why was the question "How did you get
in?" posed to me so many times? Or my favorite, the
fact that I cannot just say that "I went to Cal," but
I have to say that "I graduated from Cal," as the
former is often followed up by "Did you finish?" It's
interesting how so many compounding factors can make
the waters so murky. You don't want to readily play
the race card so to speak, as critics often consider
it whining or that your making an excuse, but
sometimes you have to call it what it is. But then
again, there is the fact that we come from various
socio-economic backgrounds, cultures, genders, etc...
so yet again we are in such a nebulous state. Thank
you again for depositing little grains of insight that
I hope that folks on the UCB campus and beyond will
at least begin to think about. I'm just so tired
of having to explain myself.

Cheers!
Katherine Brown
Cal alumni 2001

SFSU MPH 2006 cohort is da bomb baby! You guys rock!!! :) *air hugs*

Song of the season:

"Silent Night" performed by The Temptations... so many memories :)

"Survivor's Guilt"

I went to Safeway earlier and it appears that the strike has reached parts of the Bay. As I was going inside I could hear a guy on a megaphone saying "If you have a conscious, don't shop Safeway." I have a conscious, at least I think, but what other alternative do I have? I live in Oakland. I'm broke and my family needs to eat. What am I going to do? It sucks when alternatives are no longer an option. When choice is not available to you. Deep down, I feel for the strikers, as they are fighting for a cause with very deep meaning and purpose. I can understand how when the balances are tipped in an opposite direction how it not only affects one but many. But what can you do in a situation like this? It's hard to comprehend, as answers can be so uncertain at times.

This futher validates that Ah-nuld is a dumbass! The big dope wants to cut Outreach Programs. Good move there Sherlock ;) Please go here to sign the petition:
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/SAC/
My thoughts:
As a student that greatly benefited from outreach programs, it would be a shame to see such systems become non-existent. There are many other alternatives than to deny the future of the world the opportunity for a fair chance at a quality education. Cutting outreach programs will only make such a fight infinitely harder. I strongly urge you not to cut outreach programs.

E-mails from TK always make me smile :)

Nothing is worse than the sound of a heart breaking...
Nothing is more annoying than not getting it...
Nothing is more humbling than loosing your vulnerability...
Nothing is worse than the pain of missing the ones you love...
Nothing is more frightening than the fear of loosing your balance...