You remember how Spanish is not a real language, and apparently neither is Quechua? Oh man neither is Yiddish. At all. It sounds like an English speaker with a Russian accent trying to speak German but substituting in occasional Hebrew words and hoping no one will notice.

Goodbye.

I HAVE CLEANED ALL THE THINGS ( Read more... )

"And what can I get for you ( Read more... )

My second year at Interlochen, someone stole my CD cases. 40 CDs total, many of irreplaceable sentimental value. The CD that Paul gave me, the night he asked me out. The CD Melody made for me, the special circular one, of the American and 1st Shostakovich quartet, two of the pieces the Ecthelion quartet had played that year. And two CDs that ( Read more... )

Kol ze yavo machar im lo hayom
Ze nachon: ma od ba tso'orayim?
Kol ze yavo machar im lo hayom
Ve im lo machar, az misparayim...

People tend not to believe me when I say this, but I've met the Pied Piper. On three separate occasions during my childhood I have heard his music and followed it, along with the other children present, to the source- a tall man dressed in full Scottish regalia, playing the bagpipes, not looking behind to see whether we still followed as he walked ( Read more... )

So I realized that I never actually mentioned that the reason I was all dressed up and masked and wandering around singing at people was because it was Purim. That might have been relevant, maybe. *shrugs*

*checks* Actually I totally did. y'all have no excuse.

My foot is much better, but still occasionally hurts, in a way that doesn't feel ( Read more... )

So with perfect, perfect timing, Wizard Blue arrived today, and so I dressed up as steampunky as I possibly could, donned my new magical mask, and strode around East Lansing in the best of Purim stylings. I also had two cups of coffee in an attempt to make up for having woken up yesterday evening around 7:00 PM and not having slept since, despite ( Read more... )

So Elgar is made of win, as we all know. Also this new green salsa is *prim!Vulcanface* adequate. Oddly enough, it is the one salsa I have ever tasted that actually made me think Mexico. Tuna-salsa-cheese quesadillas are, as ever, delicious. Lit candles for Shabbat, because I am a good Jew, while eating my fish-on-cheese. Actually I have no ( Read more... )

I think I have mentioned before that Edmund is a Magnificent Bastard and I adore him. But I just watched James Earl Jones's King Lear again and I would like to reiterate: that man is unapologetically evil, knows he's evil, takes full responsibility credit for his evil, is smart and clever enough to pull evil schemes off, is loved, is happy to be ( Read more... )