Cute, cute, cutiehead babies!

I saw "P.S. I Love You" today, mostly because "Atonement" was sold out, but also because I liked all the actors in it. I also really enjoyed the movie, but kept giggling every time they wanted me to think that the cast was under 30, or thereabouts. I mean, I love them, but Hilary Swank, Gerard Butler, James Marsters, Gina Gershon, Lisa Kudrow? You guys all totally rock, but you aren't 28. Or 19--that one scene was especially distracting. I mean, really. But overall, I quite enjoyed it. And it's especially good if you're up for a cry here and there. (White fonted just to be extra safe. No big plot points revealed.)

Then my friend and I walked over to a Chinese restaurant. And then I felt totally Jewish. I mean, a movie and Chinese food, a big fondness for Christmas, but no actual decorations up in my house. It was like I was suddenly experiencing the Christmas experience the way 80% of my friends in high school (on Long Island) usually did.

I'm afraid to put unknown chinese food in my belly.

I meant to say earlier how utterly ded from cute I am with all the Buffista kidlets, and Hec's recent post just made me dedder.

One baby to rule them all.

(I just watched all the LOTR movies....)

Sorry, Tommy, I edited to include older spawn and made you look craxy. Babies, kidlets--they're all pretty damned cute.

I'm watching a couple of students take a special make-up exam. They're so few, and it's so early in the morning, I put them in my room in the university.

That's a perfectly good excuse to play on b.org, right? I mean, I don't have enough attention span for both watching them as well as actual work, right?

Hey, Nilly! I'm looking at a clock that reads Israeli time right now! My 16-year-old cousin, who just got back from the "most amazing trip ever" to Israel, is madly in love with your country and culture, so she still has the clock in your time zone in her room. (I'm staying in her bedroom in Arizona one more night--been here celebrating Christmas.)

Kristin!

What is Arizona time? Is it like the board's, or a different timezone?

Also, yay for enjoying a visit to Israel! Where has she been? Was this an arranged-for-groups (err, where is my vocabulary?) trip, or something smaller? [Edit: hmm, and what does she mean by "culture"? Just one? We have so many! But maybe that's the culture she's talking about? Hmm.]

Everybody should come visit Israel! Um, and not even because I am here and will get to see you. Because it's lovely.

Arizona time is one hour later than board time for half the year and the same as board time the other half. They don't change for daylight savings time. Right now it's an hour later than board time.

Cousin L. went all over the country but mainly Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and Eilat. She says that her entire host stay in Eilat was amazing--they had a student exchange, so she stayed with the family of the girl who L. hosted here in Arizona earlier this fall.

The program was through the American Israel Friendship League. (L. is here dictating to me as I ask her your questions, so my response may seem choppy.) She toured Tel Aviv University--is that where you are, by chance?

ETA: And she says she visited the Diaspora Museum.

Oh, Eilat is probably the most relaxed place to be in Israel - that's the first vacation choice for so many people. And it's lovely. Did she see the underwater observatory? And the reef?

Tel Aviv University isn't the one I go to, but it's not far away.

The Diaspora Museum in Jerusalem? "Yad Vashem"? It's very impressive, even on repeated visits.

I'm so glad she enjoyed her trip! As if I'm in charge of Israel being nice, or something. Silly patriotism, I guess, but there you go.