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Welcome to my first Internet blog. It's been really hard living down here. I can barely ride my skateboard down the street without having to walk around a pile of debris. My best friend since kindergarten moved to Florida. The bottom half of my house doesn't have walls. We got Internet last night. This is the first time I've checked my e-mail in weeks. I had like 600 messages. (OK, I over exaggerated a little bit, but I had a lot.)

I started school about a month ago. It was a little surreal. Every weekend I would come home and have to work. Sometimes my dad and I would go work at other people's houses and do stuff there. Well that's all for tonight. I'll write more sometime.

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Noah, please keep writing. It is very important that you give your point of view, let everyone know what is happening when you are really living in the present here and now. I think the only way we can survive this is to talk, don't let it get caught up inside. Bless you and keep on skateboarding.

good to here from ya...things gotta get better down there..stick in there

Ah, Noah.... life has returned to normal, hasn't it, now that you have the Internet back? It seems wierd to me, being about twice your age, to think of the days when the Internet wasn't a thought in my mind and I functioned quite fine! But now....don't even ask! Please keep us up to date on how things are going for you. I'll look forward to hearing about rebuilding from your youthful perspective. I wish you well in school!

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