Wow. Why did no one tell me that my family's cable had those features?! Last night, a bit past midnight, I made the incredible-but-also-rather-unfortunate discovery that with Comcast OnDemand, I can watch episode after episode (after episode) of Sex and the City, free of charge. After I realized this, of course, I stayed up until about 3:30 AM ( Read more... )

The Seder is such a beautiful ceremony. Even someone without a drop of Hebrew blood can't help but feel a sense of ancestral pride and sorrow as the Haggadah recounts the age-old tale of slavery, sacrifice, and the greatness of the Master of the Universe. It unites everyone who has suffered and still suffers, joining them by the hope that someday ( Read more... )

Fine, I'll do it, but only because Chris told me to ( Read more... )

Nate's dad died last night. He had a seizure in the morning, was conveyed to the hospital, and then by the evening he had lost all brain activity ( Read more... )

I'm at the beach right now. A friend of my mom's lent us (my parents and me) a house for the weekend, and this friend apparently has more money than I gave her credit for, because the house is ridiculous. It's right on the water, for starters. It's also three stories high, has six bedrooms, and comes fully equipped with an indoor and outdoor hot ( Read more... )

Homework for my classes this semester takes up so much of my time that the subjects are essentially always on my mind. I suspect that by May, it will have driven me insane, but I find it very pleasant for the time being. There's something quite dreamy about wandering about campus at night by myself, when the stars are bright and snow glitters ( Read more... )

I was going to write a long and thoughtful entry about the constancy of friendships beneath the weight of lost time and growing up, but then I got distracted by Bookworm and completely lost any train of coherent thought. Sometimes I truly loathe myself. Fuckin' A. Fuckin' Bookworm. Fuckin' Internet ( Read more... )

As much as I love shopping for bright, lovely, foppish articles of clothing, it certainly creates a well of emptiness in the soul. The very act of browsing through a store creates an enormous sense of desire, and while I can fulfill part of that desire by buying clothes, I can't possibly fulfill all of it as fast as it's being created. So it ( Read more... )

Well, tomorrow is the last day of my summer job. It was good experience, and a nice bank account filler. I might want to do something more mentally stimulating next summer, but . . . knowing me, I'll end up with the same job because that's easier than looking for a new one ( Read more... )

My emotionally smothering mother, who passes through these parts from time to time, charged me with the accusation of not updating frequently enough. This is absolutely true. What she does not know, however, is that I in fact updated with a compelling friends-locked entry only yesterday, for the first time in weeks ( Read more... )