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A general update OTHER than the mad fic/let posting I've been doing the last couple of days:
1. Planes! Have been crashing in Thailand. And flying mysteriously over Syria. Oh, planes, why don't you appear in headlines as good news for once?
2. Daylight Savings Time. Sunsets are suddenly early. The reason for switching to it now, BTW, is to ease the Yom Kippur fast, as it is easier to fast more hours in the night before than on the day of, and for similar reasons ease the slichot, which are prayers made in the middle of the night. Great reason to lose the millions of shekels that would have been saved with one more hour of sunlight.
3. The IDF has compiled a report recommending equal service for women in the army, more or less. It's just a report, and it's just recommending, but... still. It's another step. The gist of it is that girls will be allowed to to anything boys are, with the Minister of Defense still reserving the right to close certain units off to women. But they "ascertained that men and women will be assigned identical positions during their military service based on set criteria and the recruits' personal attributes, rather then gender," and they will also shorten the service of non-combat male soldiers to match their female counterparts, and strive to compensate combat soldiers with a higher salary for their last few months of service.
It's all very complicated. If I were still in the army, I'd love to help all these be implemented, but god, just thinking about all the work and problems to be solved would give me a headache.
4. my T key is all funky, so if I'm missing any Ts that my spellchecker won't catch, forgive me. Also, I'm very tired.
5. I am having a crisis of... whatever, regarding whether or not to continue studying Computers or not. I have to decide within the next few days. I am very determinedly avoiding thinking about the issue, because I don't want to say "I'm switching", which feels like saying "I've failed", and. But. But but but. And I'd feel better if I were 19 and still had years and years to go, but I'll be 23 next year. And still have years and years to go, but like I said. But.
I dunno. A detailed report to follow once I reach a decision and get things going and see if certain options aren't too late. I don't know, gah. Life.
1. Planes! Have been crashing in Thailand. And flying mysteriously over Syria. Oh, planes, why don't you appear in headlines as good news for once?
2. Daylight Savings Time. Sunsets are suddenly early. The reason for switching to it now, BTW, is to ease the Yom Kippur fast, as it is easier to fast more hours in the night before than on the day of, and for similar reasons ease the slichot, which are prayers made in the middle of the night. Great reason to lose the millions of shekels that would have been saved with one more hour of sunlight.
3. The IDF has compiled a report recommending equal service for women in the army, more or less. It's just a report, and it's just recommending, but... still. It's another step. The gist of it is that girls will be allowed to to anything boys are, with the Minister of Defense still reserving the right to close certain units off to women. But they "ascertained that men and women will be assigned identical positions during their military service based on set criteria and the recruits' personal attributes, rather then gender," and they will also shorten the service of non-combat male soldiers to match their female counterparts, and strive to compensate combat soldiers with a higher salary for their last few months of service.
It's all very complicated. If I were still in the army, I'd love to help all these be implemented, but god, just thinking about all the work and problems to be solved would give me a headache.
4. my T key is all funky, so if I'm missing any Ts that my spellchecker won't catch, forgive me. Also, I'm very tired.
5. I am having a crisis of... whatever, regarding whether or not to continue studying Computers or not. I have to decide within the next few days. I am very determinedly avoiding thinking about the issue, because I don't want to say "I'm switching", which feels like saying "I've failed", and. But. But but but. And I'd feel better if I were 19 and still had years and years to go, but I'll be 23 next year. And still have years and years to go, but like I said. But.
I dunno. A detailed report to follow once I reach a decision and get things going and see if certain options aren't too late. I don't know, gah. Life.