The phone is buzzing today. This is odd, because Monday is usually the day the phone buzzes. Annoying, because as I have mentioned before, it interfered with internet access.

I am still feeling helpless and angry over Rosa’s husband’s death. I am trying to think of something I can do as a response that will make me feel like I am part of making things better here. Jeni and I were talking about it yesterday, and we did come up with some ideas. We will see.

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I have been playing with my new diaryland gold membership (which Russiagirl helped me acquire. I check my stats in an obsessive manner. I also ran some banner ads (created on Microsoft paint, very high-tech) to see what would happened.

The police came to the office today. It was a routine house-to-house check to look at everyone’s passports and see who was living there. There was a little trouble with mine – I am not registered with OVIR bwcause my visa type, GL, does not require it. The police officers didn't believe that, and Gulia had to spend quite a while trying to explain it to them. I am not sure they ever understood, but they called their headquarters, and HQ said that I was okay.

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