you can do it. you're the world's greatest grandma.

[tsuki_no_bara]

there's some group at work that's been here all week (i have no idea what they're doing but they took over the big conference room), and because they're here all day they get lunch, and today for some reason there were a lot of leftovers. so i passed up my sandwich (ham) in favor of slightly spicy grilled shrimp on skewers, grilled veg, sliced

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[amberdreams]

What's a Messianic Jew? One that is waiting for the messiah? I thought that was part of normal Judaism? (Is clearly ignorant in spite of having read Chaim Potok in one's youth)

And I'd never heard of The Outsiders until SPN and their association with Thingy Hinton. It seems to be a big part of US culture.

[tsuki_no_bara]

messianic jews believe jesus was the messiah and that the way to salvation is through belief in him. they follow the new testament. as far as i'm concerned they're christians who happen to like some of the outward trappings of judaism, but they ain't jews. actual jews are still waiting for the messiah.

>>(Is clearly ignorant in spite of having read Chaim Potok in one's youth)<<

i would say that makes you-well read. :D not knowing about messianic jews doesn't make you ignorant, tho - i think they're enough of a fringe that a lot of people don't really know where they fit along the monotheist spectrum.

thingy hinton! hee. she's apparently written spn fic, and i'm DYING to know where/if she posted it, and what it's about. the outsiders loomed large in lots of american girls' early teenagerhood.

[donutsweeper]

Oooh the Outsiders. *sighs dreamily* So much pretty on that screen.

btw- did you see the Timeless news? It'll be back for a two-part series finale (which I assume means two hour movie kind of thing) at some, yet to be determined point. So, with any luck, Rufus will be saved!

[tsuki_no_bara]

it's amazing how cute they all were! after the movie was over my sister said that when she saw matt dillon on the screen, she knew she was a girl. which i guess is the het girl's version of queer boys saying "david bowie in labyrinth [or whoever] made me realize i was gay". i giggled internally, anyway.

i saw that! i really hope it means they manage to save rufus, because i was so annoyed the show ended on that cliffhanger. the actor is on preacher now and it's SO WEIRD.

[halfshellvenus]

OMG, your purloined lunch sounds fabulous! I can go seriously nuts over shrimp. :O

I read the Outsiders frequently when I was a teen, and the slashiness was pretty damn obvious to me in the book. Plus, it was brothercest, at least the part I noticed. Ponyboy for freakin' ever, man. Whoo!

*koff* I might have stirred up some memories there...

[tsuki_no_bara]

SO MUCH SHRIMP. i'm weak in the face of shrimp skewers. and every time anyone came into the cafe and so much as glanced at the leftovers, i turned into such a shrimp pimp.

i don't remember the book being even remotely slashy when i read it, but i was like thirteen and wasn't aware of slash as a thing yet. it's amazing the shit we do and don't pick up on when we're kids, that we recognize as adults.