Moyshe kapoyer

[nuncstans]

Under the best of circumstances, I am not what you would call laid-back. No, I am wound more tightly than a cheerleader's high ponytail, a living ball of stress, filling the valuable nanoseconds with chatterthon as though one day to collect on a world-record in continuous drash, flipping unhappily through magazines and pursuing to the logical limit

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[ms_priestypants]

dammit.
I hate it when I post right after you do, because then on my friends list I see my whine boys whine whine post and then this, which made me snicker audibly and put me completely in your frame of mind.

Now I want to hear the bank story. And don't get all read/hear on me, I prefer to live with a lack fo clarity.

[nuncstans]

The bank story, as briefly as possible, transpired over the course of a month. Each time I tried to open a checking account at the only bank in town, I was told I was missing something. First, a third form of ID. Then, one of the three wasn't acceptable (they were: passport, NY State Learner's Permit [shameful, but valid], and local college ID; and it was one of the first two that didn't cut it

[ms_priestypants]

I had a similar experience at the churcch where I work, but the first time I visited. This woman I was talking to at coffee hour asked, after finding out I was in seminary, if I was going to be a "priestess", and being completely oblivious to the fact that there are still people in this world who object to the ordination of women in our denomination (my own home church had a woman as rector for 19 years), I thought she was just ignorant of the terminaology, and chirpily said "oh no, just a priest" smile smile smile and then as she made some other comment it dawned on me what she was really saying. So I continued to be sickly sweet with her and eventually she started making fun of Jimmy Carter, so she just ended up looking crazy. The man builds houses for poor people, for G-d's sake

[ms_priestypants]

I'm going to trust you to work out those typos. It will be good practice for teaching college.

[lightdenied]

okay, hi, I just read that whole, deep, self-scrutinizing entry and all I could hear was--YOU GOT A JOB.
(I think I'm obsessed w/the academic job market.) CONGRATULATIONS.

[nuncstans]

thank you. It's just a visiting position for one semester, so... you know, I'm still screwed, but with health and dental (huge difference)

[lightdenied]

well, good for the resume, buys you some time to apply to more things
(see, told ya I was obsessed)

[lightdenied]

and you're finishing up your dissertation!

sorry one more thing

[lightdenied]

didn't want to trivialize your worries about being Jewish in the midwest--
my college best friend just left New Mexico partly because the Jewish community there was so small. However she's also single and only really wants to date Jewish guys seriously and wants to get married soon--not sure what your situation is.

Re: sorry one more thing

[nuncstans]

It's mostly just anxiety about anxiety. I have a couple of funny anecdotes about being jewish in the midwest but really it's just funnier to talk about that than like being hypoglycemic in the midwest (what if I run out of low glucose-index nondairy snacks?) or not knowing how to drive in the midwest (will I have to take the bus to the store? in the WINTER?) or being irresponsible in the midwest (what if I have to do laundry after midnight?) or what if I run out of printer cartridge/paper/etc. At least I don't smoke anymore. God.

[hunterxtc]

How far into the Midewest??!! I mean, Ohio is considered "the Midwest" to some, but in Ohio, we consider the Midwest to be places like Kansas and Nebraska, where no one in their right mind would live except born again Christians and corn farmers.

[nuncstans]

Michigan

[hunterxtc]

Check out the T shirt in this post. It will get you ready for your excursion!

[nuncstans]

OMG WANT IT MUST FIND FIND SHIRT. IF all else fails, I will make it, but then it will look like crap.