So Readers' Digest version: my Hebrew language studies have the main focus in my (at least linguaphilic) life at the moment. There are a few reasons for this -- mainly, we have a shlixa in Peoria now who has been creating nights specifically for spoken Hebrew use (which means very little English is allowed), and I need to grab that opportunity. ( Read more... )

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I'm spending it alone, again. Carl has to work, Jamie and Tim work, all my other friends are busy, and I'm broke. As sucky as that sounds, I'm accustomed to it, as that's how I've spent at least two of the last four new years.

I suppose that I should be lucky that the apartment complex doesn't have a repeat of the shootings we had when we first ( Read more... )

( Yay, piccies under the cut! )

This morning I'd kneeled down to look into my bag while waiting for the bus, and the bus passed me up. I was already late yesterday, so this caused me to throw common sense to the wind and I BOLTED down the street, and ended up running three miles to the post office, where a coworker picked me up. A super annoying coworker commented, "I saw you ( Read more... )

I sometimes hate living where I live, and working where I work. At my place of business I'm the only out gay man. Hell, I'm the only Jew a few people have met at this place, so this is already a recipe for misinformation and stupid/insulting questions ( Read more... )

Yesterday I did lunch with Scott, AKA the incredibly sexy kumazuki, and I introduced him to the my favourite Indian place (that was even at lunch on a Friday kind of sparse, sadly). We talked about all sorts of things -- so much so that I ended up late from lunch! :: laugh ( Read more... )

Ah, my Life in Peoria series, where I took pics of things that amused me in the Peoria area. I always enjoyed them, but I know at least one guy who got pissed off by the series. :: laugh ( Read more... )

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It's been a long time, but our renewal on our apartment is coming up in November, and Carl's positive that it'll be even more expensive than it currently is. So, over dinner, Carl looked at me and suggested us buying a house together ( Read more... )