If you are reading this, you are alive. How often are you truly aware of it? “I’m going to wake right up tomorrow morning and be grateful to be alive,” said Jason over dinner. He is one of my best friends; I’ve known him since our freshman year of college. I love him dearly. Earlier [...]
Archive for November, 2010
Death and Dating
Posted in General, tagged alive, awareness, dating, death, spirituality on November 28, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Less Stuff
Posted in General, tagged animism, clutter, space, stuff, things on November 24, 2010 | 2 Comments »
That’s all your house is: a place to keep your stuff. If you didn’t have so much stuff, you wouldn’t need a house. You could just walk around all the time. A house is just a pile of stuff with a cover on it. – George Carlin It doesn’t start off as stuff, of course. [...]
Guessing – Prologue to Longer Piece
Posted in Art/Music/Theater, Drisha, tagged guessing, playwriting, roots, shabbos, words on November 17, 2010 | 4 Comments »
But… but what does it mean? …My first instinct is to guess. Guess and just… go with it. I might be right. If I am—sweet. If I’m not, well, whatever… I was just guessing. You can’t hold me accountable. And you can’t make me do the work if I never slow down. (beat) My chevrusa—my [...]
Yiddish Music Video
Posted in Yiddish, tagged baleboste, song, video, Yiddish on November 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I can’t remember the last time I really enjoyed someone doing physical comedy. To my grateful surprise, an amazing Chasidic baleboste (translation, roughly: housewife/mistress of the house) nails it. This Yiddish music video, not originally meant for the public eye, is a critique of the culture of employing non-Jewish housekeepers, often from Poland. I would [...]
The Sugar-Free Challenge
Posted in Food/Fitness, tagged cravings, sugar, sweets on November 7, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Sugar undoes me; it is the shining chocolate chip in my crown of shame and weakness. I’m only a little bit joking. This is not, I realize, particularly earth-shattering or uncommon. Many people struggle with eating too many sweets. I’m just joining the club, getting in line, jumping on the wagon. The thing that disturbs [...]
