Just over the metal mesh border fence, it's San Luis Rio Colorado, Mexico, city of about 150,000.
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In Ariz. Town, Main Street Is A Border Crossing : NPR - 0 views
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It's what we sell the most - menudo
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We've got 40,000 to 50,000 on our peak time, people coming across.
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I grew up in - in Mexico. I love Mexico. I love San Luis, my town. Some friends, you know, I'm USA, yeah, I'm a USA citizen.
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I took a gander at this quote. The immigrant said that he loves his town,and his friends and he would like to stay in mexico. This is perfectly understandable. America makes it seem as though once your in,there is nothing else. There was nothing before and there wont be anything after. There are countries of equal significance or even more. All we have to do is look a bit further and we will see the truth.
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My name is Joel Silva. I'm born in the United States. I'm a USA citizen, but I live in Mexico all my life. When I'm 12 years old, my mom, she send me to buy, like, beans, like, potatoes that she pulled in the United States.
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It is so cool that you can go back and forth into another country to just buy the daily food -
This reminds me of the many people who were born in their home country but then moved to a different country for a better life.
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But my purpose to learn English to testify who is God, who is Jesus Christ
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This is so an obscure note, what does learning English has anything to do with testifying who is God and how can he testify who is God? No one can testify something that is beyond human understanding such as the notion of creation and the existence of a God, if in the first place He does exist
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We've got 40,000 to 50,000 on our peak time, people coming across.
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I had no idea so many people legally crossed the borders in one day. I always thought by the stereotypical way people always talked about it, that only illegal immigrants could come in because it was so difficult for people to do it legally. -
Wow, 40000 to 50000 people a day during peak time along just to cross the border for work is more than said for. I can imagine a line of cars waiting to get through the border every morning and evening. Like an never ending line of people, thirsty, hungry and exhausted.
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HOSALIN: This my other home right here.
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This quote makes a lot of sense. Anyone who spends the majority of time in a certain are (like students in school) consider that place to be their second home. But with these peoples hours, it may even be their first homes. o_O
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But when I got out, back to work.
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I found this extremely shocking because I can not believe that someone could get committed for a crime and still work as a legal immigrant in the USA.
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Mayor ESCAMILLA: Right now, we're on Main Street and you can see that there's some farm workers right now.
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I found this interesting because when I go to main street I only see Asian families and people. I see markets and small business, but in Arizona Main st is full of Mexican farmers and immigrants
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Tens of thousands of Mexicans legally cross every day. Many pick produce in southern Arizona's vast farm fields, and all of them cross the border on San Luis's Main Street.
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And usually at three o'clock in the morning you'll see the buses that park in the business parking lot. They'll just park there and wait for the workers.
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Its funny how even transportation is effected by the works who work over there. The buses on main street, flushing don't even wait for workers to get out during the week, they just run.
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they really like it a lot. Unidentified Man #7: (Spanish spoken) Ms. ESCAMILLA: (Through translator) And with that, they go to the fields to work really happy. Mr. SILVA: I work in the farm before in Mexico, but I started to work in the United States (unintelligible) 17 years old. When 1986, my wife, she passed away. I lose my car, I lose my pickup, I lose my small beans I had. I lose everything. And now I feel like my life is over. I don't see a reason to live. And these guy, he offered me to cross his car, and he put 30 pounds of dope inside. When I'm coming to cross the borderline over here in San Luis, Arizona, the officer, he saw me nervous with the way I speak to him. So, when the guy opened the trunk, he (unintelligible). In prison, I'm going to the book library and I find the bible and I start to read it. I never speak English the way I'm speaking to you now, never.
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You've got thousands of people coming across every single day just to commute to work.
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Thousands of people cross the boarder just to get to work. they are hard working Mexicans. -
When i read this, I though of main street in Flushing.. Thousands of people..
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Yeah, because you're working 14, 16 hours a day.
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I agree with Nicole, that is more than a normal working day of a 9-5 job. 14 to 16 hours a day is intense work. I'd be tired, hungry and bored.
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Wow that's like going to work at 6 am and coming back at 10 pm.. I don't think I could handle that. -
Those people are working really hard just so they can have food on their tables and be able to live. Working 14-16 hours is insane. It's way more than a normal day. I think I can work for that long, maybe. I wouldn't mind as long as I get a good paycheck.
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Unidentified Man #4: No.
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You've got thousands of people coming across every single day just to commute to work.
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It is crazy how so many people do this everyday i never knew about this.
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Tens of thousands of Mexicans legally cross every day.
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My name is Hosalin. We don't know each yet. He knows me because we've met each other in the different jobs here. Lettuce, melons, watermelons, (unintelligible). Like a big family, all of us.
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it show the busy at work on Main Street.and the different jobs on Main Street.
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Mr. SILVA: We are now in the parking lot of Sol Supermarket. This is the area where the buses parking. You can see buses from there to here. No cars. Morning, coffee.
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i think this is intersectuing because it shows that buses are comeign from like mexicoon and goign abck this is liek hte place for them to get off and get off to go to work thats why i think this was cool and worth to write about because without the place they cant go to work really.
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We come very early every day to sell food to the guys
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You can see buses from there to here. No cars. Morning, coffee.
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Dang, that's weird. In NY you cant cross a street without finding a couple of cars in the street.
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: (unintelligible) is different here. (unintelligible) across the line and go to work and come back, five, six, seven p.m. So tired.
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Like a big family, all of us.
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Mexican people all consider each other family, even if they dont know each other because thats how strong they feel about there culture.
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I'm buying a whole meal to everyone here and the best is the Panchita
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They probably have good relationship that's why that guy is buying a whole meal to everyone here.
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I'm going to the book library and I find the bible and I start to read it. I never speak English the way I'm speaking to you now, never.
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HOSALIN: This my other home right here.
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HOSALIN: This my other home right here.
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this is my job to pick up the beans, to carry the boxes to them
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They don't have time to eat at home because they leave very early
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You can see buses from there to here. No cars. Morning, coffee.
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We are working from two in the morning until four in the afternoon.
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So, this is my job to pick up the beans, to carry the boxes to them. You can put the melons in here. These are two small ones. The (unintelligible) is more big ones.
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The life of people on Main Street in Arizona is very different from ours. They focus a lot more on farming jobs. Though the lifestyles are different, we both have our own special things.
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And usually at three o'clock in the morning you'll see the buses that park in the business parking lot. They'll just park there and wait for the workers.
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How did they afford to have buses waiting for them if they didnt have much money?
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Right now, we're on Main Street and you can see that there's some farm workers right now.
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This is different from flushing main street, there are no farms and no farm workers in the city
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cause you're working 14, 16 hours a day.
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Tens of thousands of Mexicans legally cross every day. Many pick produce in southern Arizona's vast farm fields, and all of them cross the border on San Luis's Main Street.
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But the four-lane road also serves as a border station between the U.S. and Mexico.
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The Main Street in Arizona, as a border station, must be very desolate compared to our Main Street in NY. But since there are so many people crossing the border everyday, it must be very famous too.....
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Tens of thousands of Mexicans legally cross every day. Many pick produce in southern Arizona's vast farm fields, and all of them cross the border on San Luis's Main Street.
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Yeah, because you're working 14, 16 hours a day.
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They is crazy for a people work more that 12 hour a day, they don't have any time to do the other thing,because some of they need woke up at 2 am.their life just only work and sleep.
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We come very early every day to sell food to the guys. They don't have time to eat at home because they leave very early. We are working from two in the morning until four in the afternoon.
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This is a very nice thing this person is going she makes sure they eat i know theyhave to pay but still she thinks of them
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We come very early every day to sell food to the guys. They don't have time to eat at home because they leave very early. We are working from two in the morning until four in the afternoon.
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Sometimes we not take a break. Sometimes we not taking no lunch. We're working straight.
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That is very difficult since they are working 14-16 hours a day. They must be very strong. I don't think I can work that long without taking a break or eating. If I am able to do those things, then I can work those hours.
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Unidentified Man #2: Hello, sir. How are you doing? (Spanish spoken)
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A New Option for Sleepless Nights by Dr. Sharon Orrange/Primary Care Physician: at Dail... - 0 views
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Move over Ambien, there is a new kid in town for the treatment of insomnia. A medication used for sleep, Eplivanserin, is in clinical trials and appears to be performing well. Eplivanserin has a very cool mechanism and works differently than Ambien, Sonata, and Lunesta.
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Açaí Palm - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views
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This is important because it supports the idea that there is no scientific evidence that suggests acai berry promotes weight loss.
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Global demand for the fruit has expanded rapidly in recent years, and açaí is now cultivated for that purpose primarily.
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I'm wondering why so many people are falling for the whole acai berry businesses. It has been revealed a long time ago that there is nothing different about acai berry than any other types of berries.
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Eight species are native to Central and South America, from Belize southward to Brazil and Peru, growing mainly in swamps and floodplains
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The fact that acai berry only grows in brazil is important because this is what makes the price go up so high. It can't be found anywhere in the United States.
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Recently, the açaí berry has been marketed as a dietary supplement. Companies sell açaí berry products in the form of tablets, juice, smoothies, instant drink p
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There have been many products using acai, many of which is just utilizing the popularity.
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Even web sites purporting to warn about açai-related scams are themselves perpetrating scams
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Another source that says this is http://www.quackwatch.com/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/PhonyAds/acai.html
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http://www.quackwatch.com/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/PhonyAds/acai.html
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According to ABC News correspondent Susan Donaldson, these products have not been evaluated (in the United States) by the FDA, and their efficacy is questionable.
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In other words, though the efficacy of acai is questionable, currently there is no way to address this problem because the products haven't been evaluated by the FDA
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A study in 12 healthy fasted human volunteers demonstrated that blood antioxidant capacity was increased within two hours after consumption of a commercial açaí juice beverage or applesauce.
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This supports that acai does have antioxidants. It is a good fruit, but nothing about it makes it different than other healthy berries.
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When three commercially available juice mixes containing unspecified percentages of açaí juice were compared for in vitro antioxidant capacity against red wine, tea, six types of pure fruit juice, and pomegranate juice, the average antioxidant capacity was ranked lower than that of pomegranate juice, Concord grape juice, blueberry juice, and red wine
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Marketers of these products, such as Monarch Health Sciences, parent company of MonaVie, make claims that açaí provides increased energy levels, improved sexual performance, improved digestion, detoxification, high fiber content, improved skin appearance, improved heart health, improved sleep, and reduction of cholesterol levels.
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Quackwatch noted that "açai juice has only middling levels of antioxidants—less than that of Concord grape, blueberry, and black cherry juices, but more than cranberry, orange, and apple juices."
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This is important because they tell you what other fruits have almost the equal amount of antioxidants; means you don't have to spend tons of money on acai
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Report from Haiti: Desperate Call for Aid with Rescue Equipment, Medicine, Food & Water... - 0 views
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I didn’t see a single aid worker or a single official aid convoy from the Haitian government or from an aid agency or from the peacekeeping force that’s here, the United Nations.
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Really where are they these people need help to recover from this tragic event. -
I don't see where these people could be? What are they doing and where are they? -
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I think that some parts of the city do have electricity. Also phone service is really spotty, but occasionally it seems to work. I’ve been able to receive a few calls and, just on occasion, make a call out. But many times, there is no service.
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I can't begin to express my horror as I picture these small children being crushed it is a terrible state of events
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And I talked to people there, and many of the children were just immediately crushed.
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When I heard this, I just wanted to cry. Little children, younger than I am, lost their lives in an instant. No one know what is going to happen in the future, but I just feel like I can't really do anything for these dead children and their families. I wish I could.
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I...I really felt sad when I read this. It's unforunate that these children died at such a young age and so violently at that.
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are still in the streets trying to stay away from houses and walls and buildings that can further collapse, buildings that are fragile.
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Wow there are still buildings falling to the ground three days after the earthquake. -
I can't believe that the bulidings are still falling down. It must have been so strong and powerful earthquake.
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There was just a state of panic in the streets, people screaming, people running every which way.
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Were is everyone at where is the international help and they need it wether or not there is any central government there is still need and they are still people so there is a thing called caring and duty.
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I think that people will be running around and they will be panicing because, they are scared and they don't know what to do.
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You’ve got the natural disaster of the earthquake and then the poverty of Haiti
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So it’s an extremely sad situation. You have mothers outside, outside of these schools
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They don’t know what they can do besides wait, because the Haitian government is so weak.
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g I can say, for example, that’s a little bit striking is that the slum
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I was down at the prison yesterday, as well. And, you know, people were concerned with the fact that prisoners escaped. There was a woman there whose son was inside the prison at the time of the earthquake, and he was gone. She was looking for him. The prison is entirely empty. The roof just seems to have disappeared, sort of collapsed in on the building. And I believe there was a fire there, as well. Parts of the building were charred. So I think it’s, you know, a state of chaos in really different parts of the city.
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This can be scary for people because if a murderer has escaped, people would be scared to sleep at night. Peace would not be maintained and also saving lives can be harder because of this.
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Everyone Needs Therapy: Borderline Personality Disorder and The Fake - 0 views
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I'm learning more about "personality" right now, and in particular what I'm wondering about is:"Why do I always feel so lonely?" and "Why do I always act so funny?" I was researching this question onine, and this blog "Borderline Personality Disorder and The Fake" caught my attention because the title attracted me and my problem is somewhat related to that title, so I think it should answer my questions. This sparked my interest because maybe I'm somewhat depressed and stressed these days so that I always think too much, which makes me want to explore more about people's inner psychology. My favorite quote in this blog is "the truth is, most people with this disorder are smart, and they can really be very funny." This quote I chose here is basically saying that people who cannot easily control their emotions actually always look funny and they are always very smart. I like this quote because I think it somewhat applies to my situation. I think this is cogent and it makes me wonder that if I am also that type of person. I always look very funny, and maybe most people think I'm smart, which isn't exactly true... but anyways, actually I'm also easy to feel lonely and I always feel that I have some sort of inner disorder or something like that, though I don't really show that on my face, so people cannot really tell. I just don't want people to think that the thing I'm annoyed with is very silly and insignificant. Yet I believe that most people always get angry at very little things, but sometimes things have different meanings to different people, so something may be insignificant to someone, but it may also be very paramount to another. Nevertheless, I have to admit that when I get annoyed with something or someone, I usually just pretend nothing has happened. And the same with things that frustrate me. I would always try to look happy and funny even if I was very depressed. Anyways I believe that it's something that most people do in this society, so it's not rea
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I'm learning more about "personality" right now, and in particular what I'm wondering about is:"Why do I always feel so lonely?" and "Why do I always act so funny?" I was researching this question onine, and this blog "Borderline Personality Disorder and The Fake" caught my attention because the title attracted me and my problem is somewhat related to that title, so I think it should answer my questions. This sparked my interest because maybe I'm somewhat depressed and stressed these days so that I always think too much, which makes me want to explore more about people's inner psychology.\n\n"And the truth is, most people with this disorder are smart, and they can really be very funny. Traditionally with people who have Borderline Personality Disorder, once they're flying, meaning angry, there's no stopping them. The anger is a manifestation of pain. If you can't see that, then there's no helping your spouse, your child, your friend, your mother, whoever it is who is unable to regulate emotion. When the plate needs shattering, it will shatter. When they need love, they'll find someone to sleep with. When a car needs to be keyed, it will be keyed."\n\nMy favorite quote in this blog is "the truth is, most people with this disorder are smart, and they can really be very funny." This quote I chose here is basically saying that people who cannot easily control their emotions actually always look funny and they are always very smart. I like this quote because I think it somewhat applies to my situation.\n \nI think this is cogent and it makes me wonder that if I am also that type of person. I always look very funny, and maybe most people think I'm smart, which isn't exactly true... but anyways, actually I'm also easy to feel lonely and I always feel that I have some sort of inner disorder or something like that, though I don't really show that on my face, so people cannot really tell. I just don't want people to think that the thing I'm annoyed with is very silly and insi