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I commented in the Mononoke thread, and I started the LoGH one.

Also came across this today:

New head of Indian affairs acknowledges big challenge

A good summary of the issues Native Americans face today, and what the Bureau of Indian Affairs needs to do to solve them.  Personally, I'd like to see a little less focus on law enforcement in order to focus on the root causes of the high rates of crime and drug abuse to begin with (not that I don't want to see policing de-emphasized that much), and this kind of reform should have happened a long time ago -- despite the fact that the current administration has a lot on its plate, the 200+ years of suffering and opportunism that Indians have faced at the hands of the U.S. government should make this a higher priority, and if you want to improve the economy, doesn't it make sense to give the most help to our most economically disadvantaged group?  But having an actual Indian as head of the BIA and actually going out and meeting people is a step in the right direction.

As far as driving is concerned, I'm now driving to and from home each day to pick up my sister from sports camp (it's at Choate Rosemary Hall, where I believe JFK went to school), and I've started to practice parking.  Which is really, really fucking HARD.  :P  Right now I'm working with a 1998 Dodge Intrepid, which is a pretty big car to begin with.  The fact that I don't have very good depth perception means that I'm parking too far on one side of the space, too far in or out, and/or too crooked.  I'll figure it out one way or another, but in the meantime it's frustrating.  :(

I've also pledged this week to actually see the movies and anime I've been putting off for so long, considering that summer is going to end pretty quickly (then again, with the weather we've been having, we haven't had much of a summer in the first place).  I wanted to tonight, but I have a massive headache and it's late anyway, so I'll wait until tomorrow (today?), which is good because it's expected to rain which means I won't be expected to do much anyway.  >_>