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Hi! My husband and I are moving at the end of the year and we'd like less stuff to relocate. All prices are entirely open for negotiation. New items 4/22!-I ship from Illinois to any location in the US or internationally (postal laws permitting). -Smoke free home. -PayPal payments only. Trades are also good! I'm looking for certain Japanese books -- please see my post for details. shipping, payment, and trade informationfeedback postJapanese Language Manga, Novels, and Art Books: Several Bleach doujinshi anthologiesRurouni Kenshin 1, Busou Renkin 1-7 Assorted manga: Dragon Quest 1, Jungle Tantei Leo (by Tezuka Osamu) 1, Naruto 3, Hoshi no Kirby 5, SD Gundam Eiyuuden 1 (includes card), Slayers 1 mangal Star Wars: A New Hope 1 & 2, Star Wars: The Phantom MenaceToriyama Akira manga: Toriyama Akira Maru Sakugekijou 1, Kajika, Sand Land, Dr. Slump 1Pokemon manga: Golden Boys 3, Pokemon Movie 1 comic (full color), Pokemon Getto Daze! 4 & 5 RahXephon novels 4 & 5 Art books: Capcom Design Works Early Days; The Art of Metal Gear Solid by Yoji Shinkawa ver.1.5 Animedia and Animage with Sengoku Basara 2, K-ON!!, Black Rock Shooter furokuVarious magazines - FREE with shipping! Fun Yet brand comic bags - FREE with any order! CDs: Last Exile OST 1 Sweet Junction 1 (radio/talk CD featuring Sugita Tomokazu, Morita Masakazu, and Morikubo Shoutarou) Silent Hill: Shattered Memories limited OST Tags: artbooks, doujinshi, magazines, manga: japanese, music: other
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Originally posted by ![[info]](http://www.livejournal.com/stc/img/userinfo-support.gif) theljstaff at Help Us Support Planned Parenthood Join us in standing up for reproductive health and education. Planned Parenthood, the organization that delivers reproductive health care, sex education and information to millions of people worldwide, has come under fire in the U.S. lately, with many politicians on both state and federal level seeking to end funding (and in a few cases succeeding). During the month of May, you can send a specially designed Planned Parenthood vgift to your friends to help support this cause. (And if you need someone to send it to, ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/user_ontd.gif?v=92.2) frank is always happy to receive gifts!) There are three variations ($1, $5 and $10) for you to choose from, but they'd all look good on your profile when your friends know that you stand by something so important. Thank you all for your help in our support for Planned Parenthood. This promotion ends June 1, 2012; LiveJournal is not affiliated with Parent Parenthood. For more information about Planned Parenthood, please visit: http://www.plannedparenthood.org/-The LiveJournal Team (If you'd like to help spread the word that we're raising funds for Planned Parenthood, you can crosspost this entry in your own journal or community by using the repost button below!) Tags: planned parenthood
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A really strange thing happened today. Our landlady's ex-husband invited us to his theatre troupe's performance they were doing for a group of Afghans that were traveling the US.
I went in, assuming it would be men. I don't hold Afghan men in the highest regard. It's a little hard, when I've been trained to despise them. I recognize this as a technique the military uses to help dehumanize people you may have to kill. And we're only supposed to hate the Taliban, but when many of our dealings with the local nationals was with the understanding that they could turn on us, it's a little hard to embrace the local populace. (And indeed, while I was there, we had several men--including a Lieutenant Colonel at the base next to ours murdered by their "counter parts")
And to my surprise, it was a group of 10 or so women. To my further surprise, they were all really well-to-do. They were teachers, lawyers, and judges. Through their translator, I told them of my surprise. I had been trained that all women in Afghanistan were oppressed.
They were quick to tell me how many women are working in the parliament, as judges, in the government, doctors, and teachers. They also thanked Greg and I profusely for our service in their country and that they felt bad for us to have to serve there.
They told us that sure, in the very rural areas (which, I guess makes sense that I had that impression, as that's where we operated) the women are still oppressed, but when the Taliban rule ended in 2000, so did the majority of oppression in their country. They told us that women are very active there now.
For some reason, they also considered me something of a minor celebrity and all wanted to take a picture with me. Greg and I had been reluctant to tell them we'd been in the Marines in Afghanistan because, hello. It's an awkward thing, "Hi! I was trained to go and kill in your country!" But they were very receptive and happy for our presence. There was absolutely no animosity on either of our parts.
So, I traded e-mails with them and took pictures with them and told them the next time I hoped to go to Afghanistan, it would be as a tourist, once the war is over.
So I learned a lot more about the people of Afghanistan, and spent more time with Afghans today than I did in 7 months in country. And I'm really, really grateful I had that opportunity.
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Lots of JE and Anime goods for sale! PomPom RingsMagazine clippingsClearfilesPostersJE groups available: Arashi, Domoto Koichi, KAT-TUN, Kanjani8, Yamashita Tomohisa, TegoMass, Akanishi Jin and Uchi HIroki Anime: Prince of Tennis, Gundam Seed, Ayashi no Ceres Many other things are available and will be updated in the next week. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask. Will accept all reasonable offers. makettogadenTags: anime, idols: johnny's
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