[mercedesjin]

Originally Posted by MMM

Sorry, I didn't get it as a joke. That's the Internet. Sarcasm doesn't come through.

I don't really talk about my time of alienation because I never really felt alienated. That was the difference between me and the woman I wrote about earlier who "lost it" in Japan and her mother had to come pick her up and take her home after a few months. She felt completely alienated and isolated. The funny thing is, she had more native-English speaking friends than I did. Her community didn't alienate her, as mine didn't alienate me. She alienated herself, and paid the ultimate price.

I don't want you to read something if it going to make you upset. I would rather we get back on the topic, actually.

All right, I agree!