what were we on?

I went to the gym again today. 35 minutes of pure elliptical. 270 calories burned. Go me!

Why do I still feel fat?

And of course, grandma invited us over to make latkes tonight. [Which is so helpful in my quest to be thin. She tells me I look good when I'm thin (putting more pressure on me to stay this way) then feeds me greasy foods and wonders why I'm not going to have dessert afterwards! What is wrong with the woman??]

On the plus side, I get to show everyone my pants-wearingness tomorrow when I'm in Baltimore. None of the JitW people have seen me in pants, with the exception of arctic_alpine.

( on archaeological pants. and fun pick-up lines and innuendos )

And then we were trying to think of physics ones, with no luck. [The ones GM thought up were pretty lame, and I couldn't even think of any at all!]

Which made us conclude that perhaps Physics majors weren't meant to be picked up:

( they weren't, were they? )

Oh well. Apparently I don't need the lines because I tend to attract them anyways. [See the stories from my freshman year about Sean. Like early February 2004] But then again, it couldn't hurt, could it?

Does anyone have any good physics pick-up lines?

OM freaking G

Reclaiming Mikveh: Pouring Ancient Waters into a Contemporary Vessel
Landmark Conference to be held in Boston, June 4-6, 2006

An exceptional convergence of scholars, clergy and laity from across the streams of Judaism will gather in Boston, June 4-6, 2006 to address the transforming power of Jewish rituals. Nationally prominent speakers Dr. Norman Cohen (HUC-JIR), Dr. Rachel Adler (HUC-JIR), Dr. Lori Hope Lefkovitz (RRC/Kolot), Dr. Vanessa Ochs (University of Virginia), Rabbi Elyse Goldstein (Kolel), Rabbi Lauren Berkun (Center for Jewish Healing), Barry Shrage (CJP/Federation) and author Anita Diamant will challenge the Jewish community to reinvent rituals for contemporary Jews.

Over 33 national partners are sponsoring this conference including the Reform, Conservative, Reconstructionist and Renewal movements, leading seminaries: Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, The Rabbinical School of The Jewish Theological Seminary, The Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, The Rabbinical School of Hebrew College, and Zeigler School of Rabbinic Studies- University of Judaism all joining together to offer this first-of-its-kind conference supported through a grant from Boston’s Federation, CJP.

Anyone open to new possibilities for spiritual enhancement will want to attend the landmark conference “Reclaiming Mikveh: Pouring Ancient Waters into a Contemporary Vessel.” Full conference or single day registration is still open, plus tickets are available for the evening with nationally prominent clergy and scholars at Mayyim Hayyim on Sunday June 4 and the evening performance of “The Mikveh Monologues” at Temple Shalom, Newton on Monday, June 5. Visit the conference website www.mayyimhayyim.org/conference, email mbenet@urj.org or call 781-449-0404 to reserve your space today. Registration scholarships for students are available. Click on the following "Total Immersion" article to visualize new possibilities for spiritual renewal and reclaiming Judaism’s most ancient wellspring.

Read about the conference in the Forward.
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I could meet Rachel Adler!!!! OMG OMG OMG!