It is that time of year again, and once again it has completely snuck up upon me. I had no idea today was Erev Rosh Hashanah until I got home from Uni today (at 3pm). To discover I had to primp myself for the yearly night out surrounded by continuously well dressed, well-groomed, rich ex-South Africans (aka "kugels"). Haha. Most of them I grew up ( Read more... )

As I reached about eight posts in a row that looked identical to my OMGWTFLJ post, it occured to me how hilarious it must be to all the normal people. I am at Uni at the moment, having fixed my VPN connection, which a few weeks ago suddenly spazzed out and refused to work. Which is good for me - because it meant limited distractions. Again, here I ( Read more... )

The thing about Jewish festivals - well, the ones I go to Shul for anyway - is that I spend them not praying, or actually reading or anything, but I spend it daydreaming. This morning I lost about 3 hours to the always surprising stand-sit-sit-stand-stand-sit-stand-sit joy of synagogue, daydreaming about what it would be like if I lived in Atlantis ( Read more... )

I saw Stardust with Fern today. The last two movies I have seen involve crossdressing. I am slightly concerned. But this movie was kind of awesome. ALSO: the music played with the credits? Take That. Also? I CANNOT FIND IT TO DOWNLOAD ANYWHERE!! TAKE THAT, WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT TO ME!?

It seems to be a running gag in my life, that I will order ( Read more... )

Tonight at the Shabbas table, while eating a delicious dinner of roast meat and vegetables, with glistening glasses of red wine, I was once again amused/horrified at the topic of discussion. It is totally an African thing. All of us ex-South African/Zimbabweans gather around and discuss our ex-countries. And the violence. In calm, off-the-hand sort ( Read more... )