Living in Australia, I miss being around Judaism and Judaica more than I ever would have thought possible. I'm not a Jew, but I went to a secular Jewish school and most of my friends growing up were Jews, to varying degrees of observancy. Perhaps for those reasons, Judaism is the only culture of faith to which I have ever felt close. I do have Jews ( Read more... )

it's amazing the difference a couple of months of rainfall make in australia. ( warning, sizeable photos )

jackson and anna got engaged!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

so, my parents' visit is drawing to a close. they've been here for just over two weeks. i'm quite torn -- i'm very ready for them to go home, and have been for over a week, but i'm also not eager for them to go back to being so very far away. parents are best, i think, when they are situated just offscreen ( Read more... )

my hairdryer broke this morning. and my sister's getting a divorce.

arse.

today, for no reason i can surmise, "Highway to the Danger Zone" came into my head and i started singing it theatrically (as you do) while i was going about my business around the classroom.

caelan started singing along, real seriously and studiously. "hiiiiiii... waaaaaay... dooooooo... juhhh... jayyyja day"

kids are fucking excellent

today madeleine, age 3.25, shat herself violently. all down her pink-and-darker-pink striped stockings, all through her "ballerina shoes." she's one of those very princely children. she's got that type of utterly symmetrical, miraculously perfect attractiveness that you generally only see on television or in comic books: creamy, naturally-tanned ( Read more... )

look, let's face it, as totally over as rickrolling should be by now, it's not yet, and the fact of the matter is, we have all been rickrolled. maybe only once, maybe only twice, but nobody is immune. i am willing to bet, however, that i might be one of an incredibly tiny number of people who actually sits and watches the entire "never gonna give ( Read more... )

oy. okay ( Read more... )

does rooibos tea have something in it that causes slight euphoria? i feel wicked laid back and awesome right now after two mugs of it ( Read more... )