Best Of Week

s0 lst week i think da best 0bsrvtn was prolly made by Anna fri. she sed dat amirs childhd memrys 0f afganstn r almst p0lar t0 th0se 0f his adulthd. whn he was a kid afgnstn was c0ntrld by rusia in war but l8r wld b 0f da taliban c0ntrl. both r times 0f 0pprssn but r diff kinds 0f opprssn. dis is leik da pckt dat mr allen gave us about memry. da pckt says dat memrys of da past r wr0ng usally n da real past culd b way diff. but amirs memrys r all taken as tru b/c it is a mem0ir. s0 da diff fer him is realy da past n da present n0t diff verzns of da past. but just leik da chess playr in da pckt who was sh0ckd when he f0und 0ut his treasrd memry 0f bears h0ldng a chess board realy was li0ns hldng sw0rds amir will face sh0ck frustratn n c0nfusn when da new reality 0f talibn afgnst c0nflcts w/ his memrys 0f pre rusia and rusia c0ntrld afgnstn. dis was a very imprtnt 0bsrvtn dat was made b/v it als0 put emfasis 0n da craft 0f da riting. leik mr allen sed b4 real gewd riting puts da karectr in c0nflct w/ demselvs 0n a macr0/micr0 scale. da happenngs 0f da macr0 wrld affect amir 0n a micr0 levl. housseni puts amir in c0nflct w/ a reality amir cnt change. wethr 0r n0t da macr0 change 0f rusia 2 taliban it wuld [assuming amir DUZ in fact feel c0nflct] be hard fer him 0n in a micr0 sense. pers0nally i think amir will b affcted by da change b/c it is difficult for ne1 0r @ least wuld b for me. m0st peopl tend t0 b disc0ncrtd when they realize dat imprtnt memrys r inc0rrct n i think dis is b/c 0f an adult unwillingnes 2 micr0 change. in my life i have n0ticed a trend 0f very young childrn being xtrmely flexible but adults being much more affectd by change [i.e. moving]. as a small child [0-10 yrs] i m0ved @ ar0und 3x ar0und chicag0land n i dnt recall being negatively affected @ all. my parnts m0ved fr0m rusia 2 chicag0 @ 20 ish but it was difficult for dem. my grandma who is alm0st 70 refuses 2 m0ve 2 da US even tho der wuld b a sig increas in her quality 0f life. mayb a partial reas0n f0r dis trend is w/ age xp is gaind n has its own sentimental/n0stalgic value b/c 0f which 0lder pe0ple may resist change. mayb its b/c changing a lifestyle @ such an 0ld age is alm0st leik thrwing away 1s wh0le life for a new 1 when it is near 2 its end. amir is @ ar0und 40 when he g0es back 2 da middle east which wuld make the change all the harder fer him.

SHORTHAND:

leik = like

xp = experience

b/c = because

w/ = with

1s = one's

dus = does

da = the

dat = that

r = are

n = and

+ many more words lacking vowels and correct punctuation.