Worlds Apart

I think I fell in love a little bit with Tel Aviv today. When I left Jerusalem it was cold, windy, and oppressive-feeling. Tel Aviv, on the other hand, was sunny and warm, full of regular non-Jerusalem crazy people. I saw the ocean (sea, I mean – I can’t get used to large bodies of [...]

I love my family.

Even from the other side of the planet, they can make me feel part of the hustle and bustle and craziness that is my family – wanted, loved, accepted, no questions asked. I treasure them.
Speaking of, MY MOM IS COMING TO VISIT!!!!!!!!!!!! Yes indeed, the wonderful magical loving and beloved Ima Lea is finally going [...]

the problem with 10 shekel umbrellas

… is that they only give you 10 shekels’ worth of protection from the raging storm you didn’t know was going on outside. And really, that just isn’t quite enough.

Good Times having Big Talks

I met with a coworker and good friend last night for a drink, and our conversation is part of why I love her and living in this country and knowing the people I know and living as an actively exploratory ideologist.
We started talking about anti-Zionism, post-Zionism and neo-Zionism in the context of modern Israel and [...]

an example of how quickly things move in the Jewish world

Tuesday, I had a talk with my new boss about my job - what I do, where I see it going, etc. Turns out she has a bit of a different idea of what she wants. I realized that our views aren’t going to be able to meet anytime soon, so it’s time to look for a [...]

spam cares

Recently, the junk-mail filters at work were finally fixed so that I no longer get 500 spam emails per day (literally – sometimes I would get even more). It’s an amazing relief when there are only 10-25 emails waiting for me in the morning.
However, there is something that I miss about the spam emails. Amongst [...]

very casually a big deal

http://www.wiretapmag.org/warandpeace/42914/
(it was THE feature when it first went up. it’s been a while now.)
AND
 http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070122/israeli_army
look at me goooooooooooo!!!!!

wanna hear something gross?

My roommate has a cat named Cedric (who I thought was named Curtis when I moved in, for some unknown reason. I thought the roomie was going to kick me out of the house when I called him that. She gave me a look and said, “I would never name my cat Curtis.” right.). Anyhow, he basically [...]

dramarama

besides all the other goings on, something happened at the gym today. No, I don’t know what it was. All I know is that it was kind of smoky, and then they started ushering people out, and then a tile fell from the ceiling because it was all weighed down by water. Most people left, [...]

The Worst Week Ever

As commented in the last entry, my hope and joy for the new year seems a bit naive now. I don’t want to get into too much details, but let me just say that the meetings that I thought would motivate my work in new and greater directions, did kind of the opposite. Changes were [...]