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democracy? yeah right.
Every once in awhile, I get incredibly pissed about some political issue and send off a rash of e-mails to my elected officials, leaders of the House and Senate, the President and Vice President, and anyone else I feel may be at fault . . . I mean, able to do something to change the situation. It takes a lot to make me that angry, but once I am, ( Read more... ) -
don't forget who's taking you home
Pedicures and Mexican for lunch with a best friend.
Joining a conga line, the Macarena, the Cotton-Eyed Joe, Thriller, and the YMCA; being swept into dancing to Footloose; salsa-ing to Buble; and overall, ending up on the dance floor for three hours with strangers and people I may not see again soon.
Third RockLate night talks ("jabbity-jab-jab- ( Read more... ) -
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While waiting in line for a bus from NYC to Boston, I somehow got stuck in the middle of a conversation between a totally pissed-off woman-soldier, and a wanna-be soldier psycho ( Read more... ) -
who cares if you disagree
I don't think you have the right anymore to ask if I'm mad at you, "or just mad at life in general." I think you forfeited the right to ask questions like that many many months ago, when you told me you didn't plan on "communicating significantly" with me any longer ( Read more... ) -
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You would be proud of me, if we still spoke. I danced with a total stranger tonight because, dammit, I wanted to. And then, I danced for three more hours . . . unafraid. -
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If you have never read James Herriot, you should. His writing is like a soft flannel blanket, a gentle song, a cup of tea, fresh-baked bread. It's lovely, comforting, and warm. I love it.
Also, I would totally have been one of the many girls who fell victim to the charms of the Farnon brothers. Oh yes. I would have. -
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NYC makes me miss Jerusalem.
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it takes an ocean not to break
Unless you live under a rock, you know about the explosion yesterday in Jerusalem.
And, unless you refuse to see facts and learn from the past, you know that this will probably lead to a backlash of violence against Palestinians, which will then lead to violence against Jews ( Read more... ) -
all things new
Today I decided that, once and for all, I was going to sort through my Israel journals, in order to figure out what exactly I wanted to put into the book I'm "going" to write about my four months there ( Read more... ) -
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Quote of the day--
"My heart is beeping! Listen, I can hear it--BEEP . . . BEEP . . . BEEP . . ."