say thank you to your favorite russian hero today

RUSSIA: DEFENDERS OF THE FATHERLAND DAY

"Defenders of the Fatherland Day" has taken the place of the Soviet
"Army Day" on February 23. It is a day to recognize the military and
its veterans. Wreaths are laid at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier in
Moscow. This particular date commemorates a 1918 clash with German
troops that went down in history as the inauguration of the Red Army.

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When I should be looking at my notes or getting ready to leave the house, I'm here staring. Sometimes I really wonder. Nightmares over and over again last night and perhaps that is why it is so hard to keep moving this morning. I can't figure out what I want to say. I should go now, before I miss my bus. I'm tired of fighting about my inability to explain why I care.

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So I did miss my bus this morning. I was actually on time, but I left the house without my wallet, my student id, my notebooks, and my Kafka. Damn. So I had to drive back home through wretched wet morning traffice, get my things and return to the bus stop. *Sigh.* The bus kept emitting a high pitched unbearable siren when the low water light came on in the dash. Bus driver man did nothing. *Sigh.*

Right so I eventually made it to my government test. The professor choose two new questions, one of which we had last time. Didn't get the one everyone wanted about nuclear war though. I didn't mind though. Wrote a massive essay on America and isolationism.

The most important part of the day came during Prague class. Professor P. told us something about herself and her life that moved me to tears. I'm going to write it up sometime later so I can do it justice. I can honestly say I've never heard anything so amazing, moving and inspiring. The feeling I carried away from class was something so totally incredible and undescribable.