not that I have one but even if I did this would not be your usual Yom Kippur post
We don't say happy Yom Kippur, but I am so happy this Yom Kippur. Last night my uni roommate M gave birth to her first son; while I've had coworker-friends go through it, she's my first friend-friend to give birth, the first for whom I received an update when she went into labor and spent the next 20 hours obsessively refreshing my phone for updates, waiting for some news while trying to be good and give her space. And finally the good news at midnight, and I talked to her a bit this morning (via text, haven't heard her voice yet), but I'm just so - full of feelings.
There's a word for that in Hebrew. In English it sounds so net-speak, so tumblr, I AM HAVING FEELINGS, but in Hebrew that's the actual verb. I'm mitrageshet - it can mean I'm emotional, it can mean I'm excited, it can mean I'm moved depending on context, but literally, it just means I Am Having Feels. If you are mitragesh you are having Feelings. If something is meragesh it gives you feelings. And this - so much more than I expected, this is fucking meragesh ♥.
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I can only assume that it was in honor of Yom Kippur that the NHL has decided to stage the most ridiculous photoshoot of various NHL players draped by their national flags aka the one where they ALL LOOK LIKE THEY'RE WEARING A TALLIT.
Guys, more than anything else this photoshoot is just so. fucking. weird. Also mildly traumatizing because haha, living in Israel and religion being the loaded issue it is, my relationship with Judaism and people wearing tallitot (prayer shawls) is not always the most positive. Basically my brain's reaction to seeing these is DOES NOT COMPUTE.
All of which leads to the exhibits below, beginning with: Jonathan Toews goes to Canadian shul.
WHAT.
He is accompanied by his good friends, Rebbe Ladd and Rebbe Eberle:
Or is it... REBBERLE?
I assume they are all gathering for the momentous occasion of Brendan Gallagher's bar mitzvah:
Yes, Brendan Gallagher turns into a man today. He's putting on a tough front but really he's just terrified he's going to forget the words to his haftarah.
Many distinguished guests are also invited, like Geno Malkin and Hank Lundqvist:
Enveloped in silken glory.
More guests are invited - Shea Weber, who never went to How to Wear a Tallit Class:
David Backes, who is clearly hiding all of the candy under his tallit (David Backes's Operation: Sabotage continues this Olympic season, even if it just means shooting (or slapshooting) bar mitzvah candy from the gallery at Team Canada members)
Possibly he is hiding the candy in his hair. David Backes, what the fuck is up with your hair.
Logan Couture is not impressed with the fact that Gally is having his bar mitzvah on Yom Kippur like what even that is all kinds of wrong:
But Rabbi Tuukka Rask, leading the services, makes sure everyone treats both Yom Kippur and Gally's upcoming manhood with the proper respect they deserve:
(or possibly he's just a crazy goalie deluding everyone into thinking he's the High Priest, really, nobody knows).
...sorry for that /o\ I'm just. NHL. Jonathan Toews. WHY
To wrap up the subject of Awkwardest Photoshoot, Eric Staal is the only NHL player who knows how to pose with the flag, because if you're going to do it, then do it with all of your fucking heart. The magnificence of that photo (and the comments in that post) is only eclipsed by someone photoshopping it into the harlequin novel you never knew you wanted to read.
I will leave you with gifs of shirtless Eric Staal biking in slow motion. Because uh... it is on topic. LET ME KNOW IF YOU WANT TO READ FICS ABOUT THIS DUDE I HAVE RECS.
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There's a word for that in Hebrew. In English it sounds so net-speak, so tumblr, I AM HAVING FEELINGS, but in Hebrew that's the actual verb. I'm mitrageshet - it can mean I'm emotional, it can mean I'm excited, it can mean I'm moved depending on context, but literally, it just means I Am Having Feels. If you are mitragesh you are having Feelings. If something is meragesh it gives you feelings. And this - so much more than I expected, this is fucking meragesh ♥.
*
I can only assume that it was in honor of Yom Kippur that the NHL has decided to stage the most ridiculous photoshoot of various NHL players draped by their national flags aka the one where they ALL LOOK LIKE THEY'RE WEARING A TALLIT.
Guys, more than anything else this photoshoot is just so. fucking. weird. Also mildly traumatizing because haha, living in Israel and religion being the loaded issue it is, my relationship with Judaism and people wearing tallitot (prayer shawls) is not always the most positive. Basically my brain's reaction to seeing these is DOES NOT COMPUTE.
All of which leads to the exhibits below, beginning with: Jonathan Toews goes to Canadian shul.
WHAT.
He is accompanied by his good friends, Rebbe Ladd and Rebbe Eberle:
Or is it... REBBERLE?
I assume they are all gathering for the momentous occasion of Brendan Gallagher's bar mitzvah:
Yes, Brendan Gallagher turns into a man today. He's putting on a tough front but really he's just terrified he's going to forget the words to his haftarah.
Many distinguished guests are also invited, like Geno Malkin and Hank Lundqvist:
Enveloped in silken glory.
More guests are invited - Shea Weber, who never went to How to Wear a Tallit Class:
David Backes, who is clearly hiding all of the candy under his tallit (David Backes's Operation: Sabotage continues this Olympic season, even if it just means shooting (or slapshooting) bar mitzvah candy from the gallery at Team Canada members)
Possibly he is hiding the candy in his hair. David Backes, what the fuck is up with your hair.
Logan Couture is not impressed with the fact that Gally is having his bar mitzvah on Yom Kippur like what even that is all kinds of wrong:
But Rabbi Tuukka Rask, leading the services, makes sure everyone treats both Yom Kippur and Gally's upcoming manhood with the proper respect they deserve:
(or possibly he's just a crazy goalie deluding everyone into thinking he's the High Priest, really, nobody knows).
...sorry for that /o\ I'm just. NHL. Jonathan Toews. WHY
To wrap up the subject of Awkwardest Photoshoot, Eric Staal is the only NHL player who knows how to pose with the flag, because if you're going to do it, then do it with all of your fucking heart. The magnificence of that photo (and the comments in that post) is only eclipsed by someone photoshopping it into the harlequin novel you never knew you wanted to read.
I will leave you with gifs of shirtless Eric Staal biking in slow motion. Because uh... it is on topic. LET ME KNOW IF YOU WANT TO READ FICS ABOUT THIS DUDE I HAVE RECS.
comments on Dreamwidth.