Gen-Gen-Genocide!

Here's something...interesting that Switch Over to Darfur made as a satire on the Olympic games in China:
http://www.switchovertodarfur.org/

Also, Terri found this really cool website:
http://www.betheirmessenger.org/
This website deals with human rights issues in Uganda, Congo, and Darfur. It's centered around individual people's stories though, not just statistics, and I haven't really had a chance to look at it, but I signed up for her weekly email list and at the bottom she wrote:

Keep up the great work! Every little thing we can do makes a difference. Time to think outside the box, and think globally. The world is so much bigger than what happens within our four walls. Every time you think something isn't possible, or you can't really make this or that work - try it anyway! 9 times out of 10 that gets me places. Persistence!

I learned a great lesson this week which teaches me to strive for wisdom to know where change is needed and the strength to do it.

It's refreshing to read that, because lately I've been feeling really weighed down about the world and all of it's problems. I've felt like there is so much to do (which there is) and I don't know, just thinking about how much there is to do is discouraging. Like, where do you start?
And I've been caught up in family problems so much that I don't want to get involved with Darfur. But I read her email, and she oddly enough inspired me, so hopefully that bought will be done.
I really just want one day with a good internet connection to just sit there, write, read, and learn.
And catch up. I feel rather behind in my summer to do list.
Oh well.

I've recently become obsessed with "Couches in Alleys" by Stryofoam. Only the version I heard was a Ben Gibbard live concert, and it is very different from the original. Kind of sadly so. If you guys want a link to that, here it is as well:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=E6H0tRlRb0M
Mostly, I would recommend going to podcasts, NPR, NPR live concert podcast, and downloading the Ben Gibbard one. Frapping amazing. Iron and Wine has one too that is awesome as well.

Also, I am leaving for Chicago tomorrow, and will have an unpredictable internet access, so I may not be on for two weeks or so...depending.

BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE IN THE WORLD!
But I read