I'm getting to the point where I am ready to take religion on... head on. It is becoming increasingly obvious that the only people who really fall for it are the ones that don't have any sense to begin with. How the hell do you negotiate all of these hypocrisies? Oh, that's right, "lean not on your own understanding ( Read more... )

So I came here seeking little pearls of wisdom from the past. I haven't found what I am looking for just yet. What I did find was little pearls of insecurity, doubt, faith, truth & trust... This is the recipe for wisdom. I guess I need to do the foot work. (I wish, for once, someone would do that for me ( Read more... )

 The posts are few & far between, but this hits home: 3.bp.blogspot.com/_a7jkcMVp5Vg/S2T945clWqI/AAAAAAAAK68/jsyj3pvrwv8/s1600-h/rightthings.jpg

So wow. Here I am. Where am I, you ask? Well, I'm in my apartment in Hell's Kitchen, NYC. It's weird, especially looking at this journal, how the hell did I get here ( Read more... )

I just deactivated my facebook. G-d, it's scary how addicted one can get. I am making myself stay away for a week. The point is not to get rid of it, but to stop giving it so much of my time.

In other news, I think I am having my quarter-life crisis. I am only 22, but I am used to doing things a little prematurely.

Pray for me.

"my back is breaking from this heavy heart ( Read more... )

signed my lease on saturday. apartment is mine as of friday, 02/13. all superstitions aside.

this is the beginning of something bigger than a new dwelling. not sure what, just yet. however, at the very least it is the beginning of a 13 month commitment to nyc.

c'est la vie.

I am about to embark on the single greatest financial obligation of my life (to date) and I am scared outside of my fucking mind.

Please please please please please let this be the right decision.

-aek

this has no relevance except that it is stuck in my head- and i haven't heard this song in months:

i can't get laid in this town without these pointy fucking shoes.

hm,
aek

I just got a call from my friend from Israel who was discharged from the army about 6 months ago and has been living in Boston. He is being called back to the army and is leaving back to Israel on Friday. My other friends are also being called to fight in Gaza. He told me he is not as scared as he is worried- about his family, about his friends, ( Read more... )