JitW shoutout! (Or an entry on Tu B'Av)

[theyellowhobbit]

http://forward.com/main/article.php?ref=michaelson20060803839

And my mom called me yesterday. Apparently I got a letter, from a Levine in Teaneck (I know 2 people from there with that last name) but mom was at work. So this morning she e-mailed me- it's an invitation to Ari Levine and Ariela Schwartz's engagement party in September. Yay!

And today is Tu B'Av, the Jewish semi-parallel of Valentine's Day, though ours came way before Christianity/Hallmark thought up their holiday. I'm being very silly, and wearing all white. I'm probably not going to dance in a field to catch myself a husband.

And a few days ago when boroparkpyro and I were in the supermarket, we saw some valentine's day chocolate being sold. So he decided to get one that said "Be my Valentine" and cross out "Valentine" and write "Tu b'Av" instead and he gave it to a friend of his. Very amusing.

Though I don't think people generally give chocolate and flowers today.

I might call A.G. after she's done chevruating and see if she wants to get together and maybe we can give each other flowers and/or chocolate in honor of my singleness and her boyfriend being on a different continent. I mean, it's not necessary, but it would make me happy, since no one ever gets me flowers, especially on Tu B'Av or Valentine's day, with the possible exception of when Mikey got me flowers for my birthday when I had told him (a while ago when he gave me and my roommate a boquet of paper flowers that he made with little pieces of scrap paper) that no guy had ever given me flowers before. And no guy since then either. It's not such a big deal, but days like this I think are meant to rub in people's singleness while the rest of the world holds hands and gives each other presents and writes each other sappy love letters/e-mails...

Yeah. No field dancing. If a guy likes me he can go ahead and ask me out. And besides, I feel like it would be kind of sketch to meet a random guy while dancing in the field. Even if I'm in Israel. Especially because I'm in Israel. I mean the original biblical story is pretty sketch. And nice religious boys aren't supposed to watch women dancing.

Instead, I go to the Rockefeller Museum today, and possibly Hebrew U. as well. W00t!

[Though if anyone does want to get me flowers or chocolate or yarn, go right ahead. OOh! I can just picture it! A boquet of yarn!!!]

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[marlowe1.livejournal.com]

Interesting. You see I'm boycotting the bangitout singles event and going to a Black Dice concert tonight. This is sadly ironic since I know about Black Dice through my ex-girlfriend (her brother is in it) but it's still less pathetic that SINGLES EVENT.

[sen-ichi-rei.livejournal.com]

I ended up spending the day, ironically enough, at world pride. Though A.G. said she'd be my Tu b'Av, and if she's feeling well in a couple of hours we'll go for coffee, otherwise maybe tomorrow we'll celebrate the holiday and give each other chocolate and flowers.

I normally boycott Valentine's day and wear all black. But I've never had the chance to celebrate Tu b'Av. I figured "why not?" And I must admit that I look pretty good in my all white ensemble, though it does look like a Shabbat outfit (cause it is one). tobeginagain was all confused as to why I was wearing white....

I've never been to a singles event (unless you count schmoozing after Mt. Sinai services, which definitely would be a legit thing to count in my book) and I don't intend on going to one. It's too forced, and everyone is in competition with each other for meeting people of the opposite sex. And I don't do well in contrived social situations. Better to host a Friday night dinner and have a friend bring a friend or something. But besides today I really don't mind the single thing anymore. It's just that days like this remind me that I'm single and everyone else I know isn't. (Ok, maybe that's not true...oh wait, what are all my friends doing today? GOING TO A WEDDING!!! Yeah, everyone else in the world is not single. I'll just go adopt all the stray cats of Jerusalem now. Or get a Hyrax.)

And why should I not get flowers and chocolate just because I don't have a boyfriend. It's not like I deserve them any less. So I'll buy them myself.

[rivka-m.livejournal.com]

or a bouquet of chocolate yarn-- best of all worlds.

I want to go to the Rockefeller museum (though I see you didn't go)-- I've wanted to go for a while, but always felt uncomfortable in that part of town. though I got better about that towards the very end.

awww, mikey

[sen-ichi-rei.livejournal.com]

Chocolate yarn... I could crochet edible kippot!!

[rivka-m.livejournal.com]

yeah. but jerusalem in the summer would be the wrong place for anyone to wear them :)