Yeah, they let us have a walkman in there. It was probably the nicest thing about that place. But we also got to have certain approved books. The choose your own adventure books were allowed as well and I loved them! It's kind of funny though since some of those books contained stuff that I know they would not have liked.

I think the American brand of Christianity is pretty messed up compared to other places as well. When I go to where my wife is from in England there are plenty of people who are into going to church. But they are nothing like the ones here.

I have written out a few of the more 'challenging' (troubling) experiences of my life and it sure was liberating/freeing to do so.

It is interesting how writing things down helps you to see things in a new light. I wonder if it is the fact that you have to really think it through in order to articulate it in written form. I suppose creativity in itself is a form of release.