Much, much strength to you, smonster.

I'd still like to know what terrorist act it's possible to carry out with four ounces of liquid but impossible with three ounces.

Further note to self: if doctors can't/won't help, try other patients. Thank God for the network of EDS-ers across the internet. Someone suggested a way to get the joint in my back into place again. It took some hours of lying on the floor. Now I just need to sort out the muscles that have gone haywire! (Can't wait to tell my physio that the only useful solutions come via twitter.)

Hope you're enjoying being home, PixDesigns!

Hil, are your travel plans related to an interview? If so, I hope it goes well.

Hil, are your travel plans related to an interview? If so, I hope it goes well.

Five interviews. I'm going to a conference where a lot of schools do all their interviews. I'm also giving a talk there, but it's just a ten-minute talk.

Or 6 oz across two bottles?

OK, OK. So it took me a while, but I read everything. Yes, every post of the 300+ posts I was behind. You see, when you're having a hectic life, and then you're sick for a few days, you have to have even more hectic life to try and make up for what you've missed the few days you were down. I still have about 30% to complete. And hey, last time I commented here, Seska and The Girl were in Israel, and the PixDesigns weren't married yet.

And the only problem is that unlike my usual self, I didn't use the usual Gmail draft I keep to copy-paste stuff I wanted to react about (btw, I'm on Gmail-interface, so if you'd like to add me to the Gmail chat be my guest). So there's only my not-so-much there memory and Beep Me can serve. So here goes.

Congratulations, PixDesigns, and Erin!

{{{{}}}} and ~mas to smonster, P-C, Aims, JZ, and an interview~ma to Hil. You'll rock, dudette!

There was also a big issue I wanted to comment about, regarding Seska's trip to Yad Vashem. First, honey, {{}}. I've been there, and I know what it's like, in details. I also have Holocaust survivors in my family, including my grandmother, and 3 others who survived Auschwitz-Birkenau. But also, being raised here, I have a lot of critique regarding the way Israel abusing and twisting the Holocaust's memorial just to score points on the global public opinion. Also, the way they teach it in the education system... after 12 years, I want to hear nothing more about it. Our secular holidays system was designed to make us think in a certain manner (Holocaust remembrance day is a week before IDF memorial day, which is a day before Independence day). And the whole "mostly Jews suffered" bullshit. I just couldn't take anything like this, anymore. These days, I have the privilege to be in one institution with some of the best professors on this subject, and people I highly appreciate of; I cannot bring myself to take any class, eye-opening as it'll be, because I'm so sick and tired of the pornographic, abusive contempt my own country showed and still shows in so many levels to this period of time that it'll be too much. Holocaust survivors are starving to death and can't pay on their medications in my country this day, and we keep our gates locked from refugees from Darfur, but sure, the country can afford to subsidize youth's travels to Poland to see the death camps. Israel never learned the lessons that the Holocaust should teach any human being, and yet, it allows itself to lecture the entire world about it.

OK, these were my 2 cents about it.

In other news, I will now bitch (feel free to skip if you'd like):
I reached to the level where the semester is officially killing me. I have another 12 hours day tomorrow, and right now it feels like whatever I'm doing, and how hard I try, it's not good enough for the universe, or something (I'm around 85-95 in most classes, but I don't feel like I'm fulfilling myself anywhere this semester, and almost every day is a battle, unlike the previous year). So far, 16 Horsepower, Wovenhand, planning my big trip abroad after I'll be done with my degree and small accomplishments are helping, but I really need more... something. I don't know what. But I sure know that next year I will not build a schedule which leaves me with only 1-3 hours per day to myself. Sometimes before homework.

In other other news, it's starting to be hot in and around Gaza again, and my sister is going back there tomorrow. Everyone are talking about another op to take place. Joy.

I still have dizziness leftovers from the time I was sick. It's a blah.

Other than that, I'm gonna enjoy the next hour I got to myself by reading an article (it is good!) and watching a Kim Ki-duk.

Much safety~ma for your sister, Shir.

And here is the link to the story about the cat getting called to jury duty that I inexplicably forgot to include in my post about it: [link]

Shir, I truly appreciate you sharing your views with such enormous candor. I don't think I can respect you anymore than I do. And I look so forward to seeing how your life progresses and what dreams you'll accomplish.

I am in a weird headspace. Just finished watching Catch-22. Really need to take the Wigglebutts out, but just discovered that the DVD has commentary by Nichols and Steven Soderbergh!!

smonster, I wish you all success in this. It's a shame it had to come to this, but you're strong for taking this step.

Erin, seeing your glee is just wonderful. Shared squee expands exponentially, right? Feels that way, anyway.

Tell me I can't go out driving around exploring and sightseeing again today. I need to stay home and dig in on getting my closet reorged and more boxes unpacked. But it's pretty outside! Inside is work.

Close the closet door and hide the boxes. Don't waste the pretty day doing work when exploring new places is an option. t /enabler