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You seem about 22 to me, Yana. Usually people think I'm about 16, but people at college seem to have other ideas and told me that I seemed about 20. I'm not sure if that nmakes me happy or annoyed. I would love to stay 18 forever...maybe 21, actually.

I can't believe you moved out when you were 17! I would have been terrified, unless I had moved to Nathan's What was it like for you? Was it sad? Why did you move?

I want to see a picture of your parents! I love to see if people look like their parents. I'll send you one of mine once I get back to Eureka.

I look nothing like my parents, I think! What do you think, Zib? You saw them - testify!

Well, you can see too, Yana, once I send you a picture!

Wow. Yeah. Why aren't we partying like every other person our age?! Huh. I've never participated in a real college or high school party. I went to one on Halloween, but just stood outside of it and watched people who were drunk and crazy and dressed up. I suspect I would be bored with parties. I like being crazy, but not by partying. I like stuff like jumping in the ocean at night and watching weird or scary movies with friends.

All right, now I'm rambling. Tha's what we're all here for, though, to hear each other talk, so do it all you want! Lose control and get as wild as you want, OK!

Gek meisje. OK. When is it 'gekke'?? Dutch is really easy for me because of the words like: is, water, kat, hond, de, het, schrijven, zijn, hij, zij, u, jij, etc, because they sound like English and are just easy for some reason. The grammar, though...oh, that grammar! I would love to read Anne Frank's diary in Dutch (have you read it, in both English and Dutch?), but I would never make it!

It's so funny whenever I raed Dutch. I sometimes read it outloud and get very frustrated when it doesn't sound right, such as: Vaak bewust maar nog veel vaker onbewust had ik al die tijd dat ik hier was en verlangen naar vertrouwen.... I read that outloud and say: Often conscious but yet much often unconscious had I already that time that I here was and long for trust..whaaaat?!

You see what I mean!