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Procrastinating... can't focus. I keep thinking about a girl I knew in college: she was a good fencer, on another team, younger than me, so we only fenced against each other during my last year, but she was tough. She was also one of those fighters who just never gave up. She was loud and emotional and she really wanted to win. That's how I remember her at least. We were never friends and I am not even sure if we ever really talked. I heard a couple of days ago that she had committed suicide. It horrifies me to hear something like this. To try to imagine how desperate and unhappy and lonely one has to be in order to decide that there was no other option. It breaks my heart. Rest in peace, Mel.