it's been several years since this whole nervousness about Judaism began, and it died down for quite a while. in fact, it took me several years to understand that i wanted to be only comfortable with what i feel comfortable with, and leave the rest for a time when i want to strive for more ( Read more... )

so i call lots of things ridiculous. if i were speaking in spanish, it would have a much more formal, seriousness to it. if something's ridiculous, then it's half an abomination. at least, that's the impression i got. i dunno if it's softened. but i suppose i've been called ridiculous before. silly, maybe? now, that's the idea of being ( Read more... )

the 5 year reunion was upon me this past friday. the awkwardness was more than apparent in that most of the people that came up to me really only congratulated me on having such a cool dad. they really love him. honestly. he's great ( Read more... )

this is a quick post. this is an anti-domestic violence ad that's being released in chile on tv ( Read more... )

i just want to say that, despite all the difficulties i had there, i really enjoyed all the time that i had with the friends that i made and maintained. these people were indispensable, and i couldn't have had a better time without them--chilenos and gringos igual ( Read more... )

as my friends are beginning to talk about their experiences in chile, i've started to think about what it was that made me post here so much about the annoyances and disheartening stuff that i was going through while living in santiago. my friend at patas arriba, a fellow DuocUC teacher, finally ran into her culture shock, giving her a bit of ( Read more... )

here's another installment of my journey through duggan middle school. i think i got a little confused one day to the other, but i think for the most part i got this all right. let's hope. if not, i'll lie a little. does that count as a bad thing when i put hand this all in for class?

( day 2 it is, then! )

Duggan MS is an Expeditionary Learning school. i don't have as much info on what expeditionary learning is, but, to my knowledge it isn't just a philosophy of teaching, but something that was developed by Outward Bound--something i'll look into a little more ( Read more... )

heavy sounding topics, indeed. at my friend's prompt, i am updating my livejournal. i should really be sending an email out to everyone about this, which i will do soon enough, possibly today. but, for now it will be on the live-o-sphere in the form of textual pleasure. without further delaying, or digressing, here's the news: i'm in grad ( Read more... )

if some of you haven't gotten this, kashrut (keeping kosher) is really important to me. it is a defining part of my own personal Judaism, and what i hold on to away from my own house here in longmeadow (i'm back, by the way) in order to keep myself aligned in some way, shape, or form to the religion and a faith-based practice. it's the one thing ( Read more... )