Month: December 2006

I’m kinda getting tired of saying good-bye to people. My brother has been here since the wedding, and left tonight after an adventure consisting of running a soup kitchen, building furniture and cowboy-ing. I’d say it was a complete post-college-break experience; but I guess you’d have to ask him. He made several contributions to our…

We’re discussing if a direct life-threatening situation arose here, would we leave/when would we leave. And it’s weird because I feel like somewhere out there, a young couple in 1930s Germany was asking each other the same thing.

In other news, a commercial just came on for Star Wars: Darth Vadar walks into a bank. The guard starts to pat him down and asks, “Neshek, yesh?”

Since cable TV magically started channeling through to our apartment (not so magic, really; we just hooked up the TV and there it was) we’ve begun to morph into couch potatoes, Israeli style. The usual American TV-show suspects (Friends, Seinfeld) repeat way too often (you’ll see the same episode aired four times in 48 hours)…

It’s nearly two years since I made aliyah. There are a lot of things about the experience I’m over at this point. Some highlights of what I’m over: – ‘Making aliyah’– The intrigue of being a secular Israeli– Being called by my Hebrew name– Speaking English in the street– Visiting the States– Maps of Israel–…

The thing about living in a Mizrachi neighborhood is… everyone looks like Benny Sela.

You know how I know I’m growing up? I don’t convulse or throw-up-in-my-mouth-a-little at the thought of Justin Timberlake. Now, wait – before you write me off – it does make sense. Surely, a lot of people know they’re growing up when they get over silly pop culture, but I wasn’t so much like a…

You know you’re married when you get hit on by the hottest guy and the first person you call to gush about it is… your husband.

I didn’t have a dog in the States, but I knew (or assumed) enough about doggy etiquette by watching Americans in my area walk their dogs. Americans:– Hold their dogs on a shorter leash when passing by other people and dogs.– Rarely let their dogs run loose unless in a dog-specific park.– Are careful about…