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[crayolaonsuede]

Things lately have been nuts, and very non-conducive to updating. Two friends moved in last Monday and stayed for a week, our wireless network stopped working--leaving only one internet-connected computer in the house--we had a two-day Jewish holiday, and I went on a four-day youth retreat with lousy cell reception, during which I supervised a

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[anonymous]

I really have nothing that I wouldn't say to your face...

I think you're really cool and sometimes I think you may even sell yourself short.

[anonymous]

If I'm absolutely forced to say something that I wouldn't say to your face, it would probably be that sometimes you seem willing to do anything for attention.

That's not really a fair statement, though, because I don't think you do it consciously, and because you're also willing to do anything to (for example) brighten someone's day.

So, on second thought, I don't think I have anything to say anonymously. So, please disregard this comment. :-P

[lesch2k]

i dont see the need to comment anonymously..

i'll go with what the first two people said though - you like to be the center of attention and you sell yourself short

alhtough i like to be the center of attention too though so go figure

and one more thing, you should live on campus - peretz went from being a comuter to living on campus except for shabbos so it can be done

[anonymous]

sometimes i think you're way too uninhibited and it could end up hurting you. this will kill me being anonymous do you remember when we were 8 or 9 and you announced at dinner at my house that you wanted to be a nudist when you grew up? i think everyone thought that at some point you'd grow up and settle down but it never happened. You've always been wilder and more open than anyone else I know and I sometimes worry that it scares people or gives them the wrong idea. I think you forget that your dad is an Orthodox rabbi and that people are expecting you to act accordingly.

[anonymous]

Why should she have to act a certain way because of who her parents are??

[anonymous]

Publicly posting that you never wear underwear shows a lack of self respect.

s/he's just jealous. This will be long.

[anonymous]

This is Raylynn, I love you, and that's ridiculous. I've known you for nearly a decade and I've never once thought you had any lack of self-respect or self-esteem. In fact, sometimes you have so much of both things, you're secure to the extent that you intimidate people. (Like B and Jamesie, which blows). You've been through so much crap and you've always dealt with it with poise and strength and self-respect. The girls you mentor look up to you because of it. You're amazing

Re: s/he's just jealous. This will be long.

[anonymous]

I totally agree. Some people might not wear underwear, or talk about it, for attention grabbing reasons to build up an artificial self confidence, but that doesn't mean everybody does. And everything you do in life seems to scream "This is who I am, deal with it!" That either takes being an extraordinary asshole, or having an admirable amount of self confidence. And with the abundance of compassion you have for everybody else -- no matter how close, or how much a stranger -- you're clearly not an asshole.

I also really respect and appreciate point III above, it's so true, and that's such a great quality to have. You really are a wonderful, and truly inspirational, person.

Re: s/he's just jealous. This will be long.

[anonymous]

Self respect and self confidence are two different things.
That she possesses one does not mean that she has other.