High Holiday Update

So I was just talking to Rabbi Mike, who said that because it's now Wednesday and Rosh Hashana is on Saturday it's too late to be learning new nuisach, and thus I have to boring psukei nuisach for boring psukei. The most I could do is rush through it. Why can't you have someone non-singingy do it? Psukei is my 2nd favorite service if and only if I can do fun things with it, and it isn't being compareed to fun High Holiday stuff that i might have otherwise been doing. Neither of these conditions hold true as of now. And besides Shabbat Shuva, there's no Kabbalat Shabbat for like a month. I hate that minhag (albeit a very strong one) of not doing Kabbalat Shabbat when it falls on a chag or right after a chag or chol ha moed. I don't think it detracts from the holiday by welcoming Shabbat. And I go crazy with a month of no kabbalat Shabbat. And then there are all the people who are like "if you don't like it, why don't you go sing by yourself?" Because it's not the same thing. I can sing by myself all the time, whenever I want. But that's not a real kabbalat shabbat, that's just me singing. It's empty. It lacks something intangible that I can't describe.

In other news, I've managed to avoid eating in Hillel for 3 out of 4 meals for Rosh Hashana. Hillel food is amazing during the week, and pretty bad on Shabbat. Not that it tastes bad, but there's no selection. It's just chicken and salad and soup and kugel (and never potato kugel, always noodle kugel). And no deli-roll. That would just be too nice.

(Wait, was it reality or a dream that the dining hall actually did serve deli-roll on the Shabbat that I was away? I remember arigi telling me about it, but it totally could have been a dream.)

And Yom Tov food is good when it's not also Shabbat, since then they can do regular weekday fleishig food.

So I just got invited to Friday night dinner at Rav Mordy and Limor's house, Saturday lunch I'm making, and Sunday lunch I'm at Livia and Simone's. So that leaves only Saturday dinner in Hillel. Yay!

Though there are still tons of mashing shifts to fill. I might take on more, depending, but the problem is I don't know whether or not CJC will need me to make a minyan. If they don't I could mash during Musaf both days and shacharit day 2 and mincha both days, so that way Barry can make at least some davening. But then again I'd like to be at davening. Maybe some other people will volunteer. I'm gonna send out a mashing e-mail right now. So much for productive thesisizing.

Cutest thing ever!

http://homestarrunner.stores.yahoo.net/babytrogdor.html

Awww! When I have baby hobbitses I want them to wear Trogdor clothes!

Though that won't be for a really long time and I doubt these will still be around by then...

If only Purim weren't on spring break

levana_b and I were discussing cool ideas for group Purim costumes (that won't be used since it's over break but oh well). Here's what we've got so far:

Lord Of the Rings
cynara_linnaea: Frodo
Me: Sam or Pippin. I'd rather be pippin
E-hobbit: Merry
levana_b: Gandalf
arigi: Gimli
A.B.: Aragorn
A.A.: Legolas
J.K. as Boromir I think

And I forget the rest of that one...

Princess Bride
arigi: Vizzini
J.K.: Fezzik
A.B.: Inigo Montoya
Me: Buttercup
masteraleph:Miracle Max
levana_bValerie

And my favorite- Firefly!!!!

Me: Kaylee (of course. Who else would be Kaylee but me? I'm so Kaylee)
cynara_linnaea: Inara
levana_b:Zoe
A.B.:Mal
A.A.:Simon (though this is a bit disturbing in my opinion, but we're working with what we've got)
J.K: Jayne
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In other news, I don't think I've ever mentioned my "harem" on LJ. Or maybe I have but I've forgotten.

Basically, over the course of last year I've acquired myself a harem. Like I rescued JG from a dead mouse, and I undid a bracelet she had stuck on for days, so I became her boyfriend. Then I had (still have) amazing taste in jewelry, and became cynara_linnaea's boyfriend as well. And then a certain guy was my gay boyfriend, but he's since abandoned me. Then GM became my boyfriend as well, though I forget why, maybe she just said she'd be a good boyfriend and I agreed. [And that explains my facebook profile]

At the end of the semester platypuses became my "companion" because she gives amazing massages.

And now, the newest addition (much to masteraleph's chagrin) is levana_b. Since I spent some mashing money on her tonight and bought her an ice cream.

Me: what will masteraleph say when he finds out you're my girlfriend?
levana_b: Well it could be worse. There are so many other guys I could be dating...not that I think you're a guy
Me: *smacks her forehead*

My imaginary love life is much more interesting than my real one. All the OCP guys would kill to have my imaginary dating stats.