Lizrael Update: babbling about the expat life since 2004
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ma inyanim
Morah Wechter, Mrs. Eisenberger, Giveret Haramati HaYikarot; I do hope you have all been fairing well. I was accepted into Ulpan Etzion for January 2005. Exciting, isn’t it? Oh, you mean you don’t understand why I would need to re-learn hebrew after all the hebrew teaching you’ve administered into my head? Hmm, perhaps you should…
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i think?
you stand by your country like a loyal brother or a dutiful son. when you think your country wrongs, you support it because it’s part of you. and if you are especially bound to your country and countrymen, that support will come through in the form of sincere guidance, wise council, and a clear head.that…
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reply to ben's reply to my Snapple-rape entry
i couldn’t reply in the same post, so here is the reply from before – if you’re not a fan of political conversations, patriotism, or cheese, don’t continue. you’ve been warned. ——————————————————————————————- I wanna reply jovially but I cant. You want us to be proud of our wastefulness and indifference? You lecture on rape and…
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clarification #219
let me clarify. be proud of where you come from. you don’t come from a place that represses you on a daily basis. you have so many options and all that other cliche american fantasyness. no, let me clarify. you walk in a store and you can AFFORD to spend a whole 20 minutes choosing…
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advice #412
never ever put a canada patch on ur bag to hide who u are.besides, they always know the truth and if a Canadian finds out then you’re a huge loser.
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old school
So I wonder sometimes about where all this Israel stuff comes from anyways. This is from circa 5 years ago? ———————– ‘Jerusalem, your holy city,’ It was when I sang those words that my eyes gave way to tears. How odd, I thought, why at these words? I realized why. Next year most of my…
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election 2004
look what election 2004 has done to me: indecisiveness -> fear of commitment -> fear of losing my freedom -> libertarianism -> everybody free -> chaos -> no responsability -> don’t blame me for your shit
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spelling lesson
9-year-old girl i tutor studying for her spelling test: “Betrayal. b. e. t. r. a. y. a. l. Betrayal… I would never, ever do that! No, I would never. That’s not what friends do.”
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delusional
sometimes i get delusional. meaning, i hear the heavy step of my dad coming home after a long day of work. meaning, it’s 11 pm and i hear the door creak shut and the heavy steps of those clunky shoes, one with a foot and one with a half-foot and a brace. meaning, it’s time…
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isr-el
did you know: after they fought face to face, the angel of esav named yaakov ‘israel’ because ‘srita im elohim v’im anashim, v’tuchal.” meaning, ‘you fought with god and with man and you overcame’. [gen.32:29] maybe this explains a lot. maybe it explains jewish atheists – maybe it explains human nature & philosophical struggle –…
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dead passion
a: u know what? a: if i had a choice between going to israel and having career passion and life drive or staying here and loving one man passionately and completely – shit. b: damn a: …we used to talk about passion a lot. and really, he never thought there was room for more than…
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sign at the X to sell your soul
“yo, what’s your deal?” “what? i don’t really have a deal; i just don’t have anything anymore, for her, you know?” “but what changed that?” —what changed that? do you wanna go through all of that?— “she’s been doing what she’s been willing for the past few months; i made no sound about it, i…
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