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Date: Fri, 22 Aug 1997 00:53:59 -0400 (EDT)
From: Beithe@aol.com
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To: nathanw@MIT.EDU
Cc: Beithe@aol.com
Subject: Computers hate me.

Nathan,

         I assume you got my accidentaly sent part of a letter. Lets put it
this way- I probably do computers about as well as you probably do
gymnastics. But at the moment I'm desperate. Mom says (it's your cousin
Jessica by the way) that last year you were part of a Samhain festival. For
about a year and a half now I have been studying paganism and wicca and the
like. I love it. I never really was cut out to be a Christian (what with not
believing in that god or Hell). I liked meeting okay but only because no one
crammed theology down your throat. So I've found a religion I really believe
in, and I'm trapped in a den of mindless young-lifers. Help. Tell me
everything you know, give me your friends address so she can talk to me,
anything to keep me sane till I can get a little farther from the bible belt.
Everyone here assumes I'm a christiian because I don't listen to marilyn
manson. satanism makes even less sense to me. love to enlighten everyone who
thinks pagan=satan and that budhists are "communist baby killers". Some well
meaning Christian actually said that to my closet budhist boyfriend, and she
couldn't understand why she was wrong. You lived here, you know what it's
like! At least please come home and talk to me about the festival. It was
probably more interesting than the ones I preform. Please write back and tell
me which way youre leaning. I never would have guessed to another pagan in
our family. Dad is but mostly he's not Catholic. Thats the most important
part. I'd love to talk to you about this. Sorry the letter is so much. Talk
to you soon. Thank you!

                                                      Jessica

