My poor kid just might be Omar. I was all set to name my cat that, but he turned out to be a different type. Naming a kid after a gangster won't fuck him up too much, right? A GAY gangster? Good thing I'm single, yeah? Yeah. Gris, try to enjoy the moment right now...it's a moment not everybody gets. But you both have a lot to think over before the next phase. Mos def.

There's something unique about the quality of the blue sky in New Mexico. I miss it - it's been pretty gray since we got back here.

as I now have seven mosquito bites between elbow and shoulder on the arm that most often faces upward, and I'm pretty sure there were only five yesterday. Grreat.

er, could it be fleas? Though they often go for the ankles and lower legs.

Timelies, all.

I'm too fuzzy to really meara, but I will say that I love the name "Olivia".

And I hope SailAway's allergic reaction (if that's what it is) eases quickly.

but whatever it was bothered her at the time of year that her seasonal allergies act up, and it was just too much for her body to process. Soon, EVERYTHING bothered her (like hypo-allergenic moisturizer) until her auto-immune system quieted down, again.

That's what I'm thinking, too.

Stephanie, those baby pictures done killed. me. ded. as usual. What a sweetie!

Snow in Utah. Heavy frost on the cars. Ah, the winter wardrobe, most especially the leather jacket.

Stephanie, those baby pictures done killed. me. ded. as usual. What a sweetie!

Yes. And nobody'd better take her bunny, neither.

Sorry about the deletion above -- accidentally hit Enter before I realized I didn't actually have anything to say.

And not the kind of pressure that Gris is getting.

Just to be clear: I'm under no pressure to convert whatsoever. None. Zero. It is completely assumed by everybody that I will NOT be converting, that I will remain non-Jewish, and that the eventual result of this relationship will be amiable parting, as so many relationships end. I will never be put under pressure to convert - if I decide to give it a whirl, it will be my own decision and I'll probably have a difficult time convincing the GF I mean it. She'll probably try to talk me out of it. She has no idea I'm doing all this reading, and I don't intend to enlighten her about it until I've come to some sort of conclusions.

Judaism is fascinating to me. I'm actually very interested in the religion. Thus the reading. If I thought there was no chance that I could actually believe it, then I wouldn't be looking at it at all, other than maybe to understand GF better. But that's not the case - my agnosticism is a reluctant agnosticism, due mainly to my loss of faith in Christianity. Exposed to something different, I could easily return to my religious background, and this is a perfect excuse to start studying one of the different things.

My complaining has nothing to do with being mad that I'd have to convert to get married to this girl. It has only to do with the dual standards of what a convert is held to believe as opposed to what a born Jew is held to believe. Inconsistency annoys me, even when it makes perfect logical sense, like in this case.