I've learned alot here and I spend more time lurking than I should. I've never written a diary because I've yet to believe I have something to say that hasn't already been said better by some REALLY amazing writers.
I work in social services, frequently with AA youth. I have learned SO much from them and so much from the amazing diarists here - enough to know that I don't know. And I will never know. What it's like to walk on the sidewalk AA. What it's like to shop AA. What it's like to ride Trimet AA. What it's like to go to school, to look for a job, to go to work, to go to the airport (thank you for your deeply touching diary Oke), to drive, ...AA. I could go on and on but it just boils down to the hate has to stop. The singling out of any group of people: AA, POC, LGBTQ - needs to stop.
So I will take a week off and see what other sites of interest I can find on the web to fill my incessant curiosity and need for information.