:| For some reason the cafeteria on the MCV campus has not had any clean dishes for over a week or clean glasses for several weeks. They've been giving us styrofoam plates, plastic utensils, and those waxy cardboard cups you get from fast food places.

WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU VCU?

When they did have dishes they were pretty scummy looking anyway so my best guess is that a failing dishwasher finally died and they haven't replaced it yet. This is so stupid though because of all the trash the students are making. Today I finally brought my bowl, cup, and chopsticks (which are the only things I had) to the cafeteria and used them instead of the the styrofoam stuff. (I hate that shit.)

Should I take pictures and send it to a higher-up with complaints? Because this is really stupid.

I've been reading the BBC the past few days and tonight (for reasons other than just a keen interest) I started watching and listening to the video clips showing the monks and protests that have been taking place in Burma.

The first video that I clicked on showed me all of these crazy things that are going on: rioting, gun fire, tear gas. The voice over says that the only thing the Buddhist monks do is recite prayers. I CAN NOT even begin to explain how much respect and admiration I have for these people.

I've been raised in a Christian community and I've got this "Catholic guilt" (which is really stupid because I'm not even Catholic) because I respect Buddhist monks so much more than I could ever respect any of the Christian leaders that are living today. They're totally stoic and wonderful and AMAZING! The average preacher or priest are.....lackluster and seemingly lacking in conviction.

Is this just my problem?