A few things I forgot in the last entry

-I asked Raphi for a "Shomer bracha" (everyone else asking him was either related to him, male, or both) which he gave me. I'm not sure what he said. But he seemed so spiritual, it was amazing.

-Part of the shtick involved people dancing with the letters D T R. Josh Schainker gave me the R, which I wore around my neck for a bit, then hung on my chair, then brought it home. Meira gave me a lei, which actually belonged to Yosef, so I gave it back to him.

-Dave & Beth Perkel were at the wedding, as was Stu. Also Professor Hellerstein was there with her son (David Stern, her husband, was not, because he had surgery, I'm not sure for what) which I didn't expect. Neither Raphi nor Dassi are Jewish studies majors, and neither is from Philly/Lower Merion. So it was random, but random in a cool kind of way.

-I still remember middle school and high school dances, with all the teachers chaperoning, and feeling very inhibited since they were there watching us. Or maybe I was inhibited because it was mixed dancing. I definitely like this kind of dancing better, except that no one at Penn knows Israeli dances, and they played Al ha nisim, and I felt a pang of regret that I wasn't with NFTYites then. rachinisrael probably knows what I mean. I miss doing the actual dances instead of just running around in a circle.

-After the wedding Bryna had a chanukkah party, which originally was gonna be 403 and 407 and then got ginormous. But Bryna considered me part of that original list. Maybe I'm an official unofficial member of 403 now.

More dreams

A while ago I dreamed that I e-mailed Rachel Adler, and she was more than happy to help me on my thesis. So I flew out to LA to meet her.

On the plane today back to RI I took a nap (Yay sleep deprivation!) and dreamed that I was running around and grabbed a sandwich to eat. I passed by Chuck, and asked him if he wanted a bite. He said sure. Then he tasted it and didn't like it. So then I threw it out. I can't even remember what type of sandwich it was. I usually don't eat sandwiches [the exception being Panini).

If in general my dreams have been prophetic [which they have been to some extent. It's kind fo weird] I'm wondering if I should e-mail Rachel Adler. If it worked in my dream, maybe it could work in real life. I'm not even sure what I'd ask her [now that I finished that paper, baruch Hashem.]

To drop or not to drop

Right now I am signed up for 5 classes, 4 of which are anthro. The other is Jewish studies. Thus, none can be pass/failed. Usually I only take 4 classes.

One of the classes is the monge seminar, Human Adaptation, that meets on Fridays from 2-5.

As I've posted before, she's ok with me leaving 1/2 hour early for the 1st few weeks so I can get to Hillel before shabbat starts and not be stuck with muchtza stuff.

However, a class from 2-5 means that I can't go away for shabbat, ever, until April, not even to Lower Merion. So if (who am I kidding?) when I get sick of Shabbat at Penn, I'll be stuck. Stuck stuck stuck forever. so I can't visit Sarah in MD, I can't go to Limud NY http://www.jewschool.com/2005/12/limmud-ny-2006-we-got-to-pray-just-to_27.php
or Jews in the Woods. Or away.

But Monge usually just teaches ANTH 003, intro to human evolution, a big lecture of 100 people. And I've already taken it with her. So I'm not sure when else I could have her.

The course isn't essential for my major. Anthropology is pretty loose in its requirements. You need a 4 100 level+ classes in the different areas, the 3 intros, and then 7 classes of your choice, 3 of which can be non-anth but anth related (like Jewish folklore).

Help!

trying to out Mittens my cat

He won't let me update. But I will win this battle.

These pictures come from groovin_reuven. Mine will eventually be up.

( lots of pictures, with a fun story. The lines describe the picture below it )

The end!