If a Jew is alone, is she still a Jew?

Man I don't even remember what's happened since last time I updated. One thing on my mind is how much I love taking the metro every day. I love it because it's built-in reading time. I've been reading so much! Not just books but also davening, so I'm practicing my Hebrew kriat. I am already getting faster! I time it based on the metro stops. Before ( Read more... )

 Yesterday, my first real day of work, went well. I just hate that I have 2.5 hours of break in the middle of the day. I guess I'm just going to read a lot. But it's like I'm working a 9-5 and getting paid for 16 hours. Oh well. Also one of the teachers started telling me at lunch that you have to eat meat to get all the nutrients/protein that you ( Read more... )

So last night I went to the ice bar with Alice and her friends. It was 15 euros, what a rip-off. But now I can say I've been inside a bar made of ice in Madrid? Afterwards we went for churros and chocolate. It was so delicious. They have all these places that serve a bunch of churros (less sweet than the ones I'm used to, without cinnamon sugar) ( Read more... )

Today I went to la tabacalera for the thing about agroecologia. Turns out it wasn't a workshop or anything, but simply a party with vegetarian paella (!). Delicious. I sat there alone for a long time wandering around being weird, but then I met a dude named Fernanado from Ecuador. Why is it impossible to meet Spaniards? He is really cool and I met ( Read more... )

-period yesterday (1-10-10) need to start keeping track of it again because it's so irregular ( Read more... )

Yesterday I ended up staying at home because I couldn't figure out how to turn on the gas to cook, so I didn't have time to go anywhere by the time I was finished. I went with Dona to get a metro card and then went home. In the afternoon I went to carrefour to buy groceries. I started to prepare rice, chickpeas, and vegetables but like I said, ( Read more... )

So on Tuesday night I walked to Casa Blanca, another squat with free classes. It was definitely less official than La Tabacalera. Definitely an abandoned building. I didn't know what time the yoga class was, so I got there early. I went out to the back and there was a little community garden! I talked to the people working on it and told them I ( Read more... )

These past couple days have been weird because now I'm just waiting for my job to start. It feels like I'm already settled but everything will change once I start working. I feel kind of bored in a way, like what am I doing here?, but then I remember that I am not going to be like this for long. Yesterday I went to Ikea and got some stuff for my ( Read more... )

 I am writing this post from my new flat!!! Today was crazy and unpredictable, just like every other day since I arrived. I couldn't sleep last night since I took a nap at 19 (I have to get used to time that way). I finally fell asleep at like 5 in the morning and didn't wake up until 1, I mean 13. Ruben and I left his flat to go have lunch at an ( Read more... )