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The Kalevala was amazing. I ended up writing several poems about various events in it (goldsmith constructing a golden bride without hands or feet, mother raking the entrails of her son from the water, etc.). Sometimes it was hilarious; others: heartbreaking. And for being so effing long, it was a pretty fast read.
I grew up in Manassas, but I'm going to school in Charlottesville now--a little ways from Kenbridge/Victoria. Still the same congressional district, though!
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