-Georg Groddeck ( Read more... )

When I checked with the I Ching before my trip, it gave me the answer that my weekend in DC/Richmond would have an inauspicious beginning (a conflict or lawsuit, actually), but at the end I would be able to hold my head up: song to guan (gotta love those moving lines). I'm not so sure what the Book thought it was telling me about; perhaps it was ( Read more... )

I'm flying out to DC tomorrow morning to visit my long-time pen-pal Verinda (whom I haven't seen in 5 years), and my high school friend Jess (who just bought a house with her boyfriend Pat in Richmond, VA). I've been looking forward to this trip for a few weeks, but now I'm crippled by doubt ( Read more... )

Where has Ben been these past few weeks ( Read more... )

I uploaded more photos from my trip to Israel.

( This you call a photo album? )

-Elvis Costello, "God's Comic"

Slavoj Zizek says that even if you meet a greedy Jew, you're still prejudiced if you think Jews are greedy. Of course, we could turn that around and also come up with a true statement: even if you're not prejudiced, you might meet a greedy Jew.

( Yes, they are pushier in Israel. )

I'm not sure I have all that much to say about France: for one thing, it was pretty much how I remembered it from 7 years ago; for another thing, the trip wasn't really about doing things that were particularly French; for a final thing, it was a really short, quick visit ( Read more... )

can`t talk now, I`m in the middle of Jerusalem; suffice to say france was good, and I`m in Israel

can`t talk now, I`m in the middle of a game of hide and go seek; suffice to say passover was good, and I`m in France

1. Cooking Noir ( Read more... )