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I just got done reading an article in the independent (www.indyweek.com) about a girl and her brother that are from Columbia living in North Carolina who have been illegal immigrants most of the time that they have spent here in the United States. The older brother was lucky enough to have found a girl that would marry him so that he could get his green card and live here legally which enabled him to get and education and decent work. His younger sister is not as fortunate. She is very smart, does well in school and got accepted to UNC. Unfortunately she will not be able to go to school because she does not have access to any kind of financial aid because she is not a documented student, and even if she did get financial aid, she would still have to pay out of state tuition even though she has lived in NC for seven years. I think that there is a lot seriously wrong with our country, when some that lives here works hard and makes a good effort at contributing to society and their commun...

So I just finished reading "My Friend Leonard". I really liked "A Million Little Pieces" even though most of it was fabricated, it was still a great story about someone overcoming addiction. I really liked the writing style of the first book, it had a gritty, no bullshit aura about it. It really made you feel for the guy going through all the hell that he did as a crack head trying to recover and rebuild his life, and how tough it is to deal with the effects on your body, mind, and psyche. I felt that I could really relate to how the guy felt in the first book, how he felt that he really had no purpose as a human being, and that people treated him as such. I feel like I could understand the way that he felt about himself and his life, like sometimes you feel like you just can't fight with the world around you anymore. I felt like I could understand what it is really like to be someone that is fighting addiction, and how hard it can for someone going through some...