This California Babylon, my man...
Wow, this Transplants cd reminds me way too much of Aunt Jackie. I miss her a lot.
Uncle Jack, Ali, and Lauren came to my confirmation last night. I really wish Aunt Jackie could have been there. She would have been proud of me :-(.
So, at the confirmation, I had a lot of things to do during the service. Basically I carried around a 40-50 lb. Torah for 10 min straight around the isles and then I held it straight up over me head so the congregation could see the hebrew writing (these are a bunch of jewish traditions just in case you non-jews are reading this). Yeah so my arms were mad fuckin tired and it didn't help that my nose was stuffed and my throat hurt like hell from allergies. 'Cause then I had to read a spech. But, apparently everyone liked my speech so that was cool.
After the service, my rabbi comes up to me and explains why I was chosen to do the activities with the Torah. He told my dad that I'd be doing it, but never told me until about 2 hours before the service. He chose me because he felt that I was worthy enough of becoming a rabbi myself. That was weird. I don't think I could ever see myself as a rabbi. But, apparently, mine does. He also told me secretly that he watched me every class: my reactions and answers to certain too-tough questions, my attitude towards certain issues, and so on. And he said he enjoyed observing my insights and liked my explanations. That made me feel really good.
It's nice to know at least SOMEBODY gives a shit about my insights and beliefs.
Yeah so here's who came to my confirmation: Mom, Dad, Mike, his friend Phil, Uncle Jay, Aunt Fran, Uncle Arthur, Uncle Jack, Ali, and Lauren. I felt so special because so many people came to see me for 2 hours. heh.
Yeah so getting back to Aunt Jackie, I really miss her a lot. It's only been like 5 months and I think about her almost everyday. Her and Grandma Roz last year.
At Brian's wedding, Joseph put together a slide presentation of those in the family cirle who, unfortunately, were unable to make it to the wedding (deceased). And I saw a lot of pictures of my Grandma Roz. I cried a lot when I saw those pictures. I also saw pictures of "Buddy", my Mom's original father who died when she was 13. That was very interesting.
When I think about Buddy, I can't help but think why, and what if. Why did he have to die so early? And what if he lived to see me? How proud would he be of my Mother and her sisters to have families that we have? I just wonder what it would be like to have met him and interacted with him.
Thank god for Ouija boards. OK I'm gonna need some females to do it with me (at least 1) and maybe some other dudes and dudettes. It's part of the rules of the game: at least 1 boy and 1 girl.
Ok, that's it for tonight, Raw's on...
"Sad but true but the list is too long. If i had to name you all, it wouldnt be fit in this song. This magnums got me thinkin', and its making me pissed. Your lives were taken to early and you will always be missed. All the mothers who cry and the fathers who mourn. For every life that taken, theres another child born. That doesn't make it better, and it doesn't make it right. I'm just thankful everyday that you came in my life."
~Transplants- Sad But True~
~ES~
Uncle Jack, Ali, and Lauren came to my confirmation last night. I really wish Aunt Jackie could have been there. She would have been proud of me :-(.
So, at the confirmation, I had a lot of things to do during the service. Basically I carried around a 40-50 lb. Torah for 10 min straight around the isles and then I held it straight up over me head so the congregation could see the hebrew writing (these are a bunch of jewish traditions just in case you non-jews are reading this). Yeah so my arms were mad fuckin tired and it didn't help that my nose was stuffed and my throat hurt like hell from allergies. 'Cause then I had to read a spech. But, apparently everyone liked my speech so that was cool.
After the service, my rabbi comes up to me and explains why I was chosen to do the activities with the Torah. He told my dad that I'd be doing it, but never told me until about 2 hours before the service. He chose me because he felt that I was worthy enough of becoming a rabbi myself. That was weird. I don't think I could ever see myself as a rabbi. But, apparently, mine does. He also told me secretly that he watched me every class: my reactions and answers to certain too-tough questions, my attitude towards certain issues, and so on. And he said he enjoyed observing my insights and liked my explanations. That made me feel really good.
It's nice to know at least SOMEBODY gives a shit about my insights and beliefs.
Yeah so here's who came to my confirmation: Mom, Dad, Mike, his friend Phil, Uncle Jay, Aunt Fran, Uncle Arthur, Uncle Jack, Ali, and Lauren. I felt so special because so many people came to see me for 2 hours. heh.
Yeah so getting back to Aunt Jackie, I really miss her a lot. It's only been like 5 months and I think about her almost everyday. Her and Grandma Roz last year.
At Brian's wedding, Joseph put together a slide presentation of those in the family cirle who, unfortunately, were unable to make it to the wedding (deceased). And I saw a lot of pictures of my Grandma Roz. I cried a lot when I saw those pictures. I also saw pictures of "Buddy", my Mom's original father who died when she was 13. That was very interesting.
When I think about Buddy, I can't help but think why, and what if. Why did he have to die so early? And what if he lived to see me? How proud would he be of my Mother and her sisters to have families that we have? I just wonder what it would be like to have met him and interacted with him.
Thank god for Ouija boards. OK I'm gonna need some females to do it with me (at least 1) and maybe some other dudes and dudettes. It's part of the rules of the game: at least 1 boy and 1 girl.
Ok, that's it for tonight, Raw's on...
"Sad but true but the list is too long. If i had to name you all, it wouldnt be fit in this song. This magnums got me thinkin', and its making me pissed. Your lives were taken to early and you will always be missed. All the mothers who cry and the fathers who mourn. For every life that taken, theres another child born. That doesn't make it better, and it doesn't make it right. I'm just thankful everyday that you came in my life."
~Transplants- Sad But True~
~ES~