From: "danceswithcarp" <dcombs-AT-bloomington.in.us> Subject: Re: Top Anarchist Events of the Century Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 09:46:19 -0500 Cry me a river, kid. Times are bad all over. carp From: <Chaos912-AT-aol.com> > $2,500~ stocks inherited from my grandmother. Really is a blast to hold > someone's balmy hand all night as their lungs fill up with liquid and their > ravaged with pain from chemotherapy. Waiting 2 fucking months for someone > you grew up with to die, knowing its only a matter of time > $8,000~ Working near minimum wage all summer. Giving up part of my youth > working 60 hours a week just so I could have a car going back to school. Not > fun but do ya think 60 hours a week for 3 months is worth at least that? > $5,000~ The rest of my working -AT- near minimum wage > $1,500~ Money set up for me to go to college by my grandparents > $225,000~ A fund set up by an insurance company just in case anything should > happen to go wrong with my health. I was 8 and hit by a car going 45mph. > Right side of the back of my head. Broke the side view mirror on the car. > My 60lb. body bounced off the concrete after being flung forward upwards of > 20 feet. Airlifted out of Central Dupage Hospital to Loyola Hospital clinging > to life. I was in a coma for almost 3 weeks and then couldn't even remember > my name let alone write it (the memory is primarily located in that part of > the brain.) The days I spent crying because I had to attend a rehabilitation > center to relearn everything I was taught and couldn't attend 3rd grade with > all my friends. They weren't even going to let me pass third grade. The Dr. > said I had a one in ten chance of ever reaching the level I was at. They > gave me a test to admit me back in to school. As a 9 year old (accident was > July 25, 1991 & my b-day's in September) I passed -AT- a high school level. I > went back to school but couldn't play outside all that year because they > feared I would injure my head. There's permenant scaring on my brain and I > still have seizures occasionally that last only seconds. My head is forever > slightly swollen and so is my foot. Is that worth that money? > Chaos
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