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Friday, July 09, 2004

So today is my 21st birthday. I don't feel much like celebrating, though.

While my great aunt Ruth weakens in nursing care, dying of gangrene of all things, my Dad's cousin Phil had a massive heart attack. It looks like he might not recover, despite the fact that he actually had the heart attack in the hospital, having gone as soon as he felt chest pain.

Phil grew up in Tanganyika as a missionary kid. I loved seeing his trunk full of skins, flyswatters, and other treasures when I was a kid. One time when we were at this house, he cooked whole fish, and told me that the in the culture where he grew up, honored guests ate the eyes. When my parents balked, I ate the eyes.

I'm spending my day thinking about Phil, in cardiac care at Columbia, his kids (ages 22 and 17), and his wife (who is a twin like my mom, and used to do twin shows with my mom and her twin, where they had to dress alike and sing songs), and his elderly mother.

On top of all the mess with my family, I don't feel very close to cancelling the debts of the Global South.

So it's my 21s birthday, but I don't feel much like celebrating. Luckily, I do feel like drinking.

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