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April 27 Water NatureMy nose is a fucking broken faucet and my sinuses are runaway sprinklers. The combination of the two makes for one hell of a sneezing thundershower. To make matters shittier, I got Niagara falls going on in both eyes. My shutters are having a hard time staying open and my white curtains have turned bloodshot red. Every time a wave of blood rocks the little white boat floating through my organic river, shock ripples buzz their way through my system from my brain to the tip of my toes and back.
My dead body is floating somewhere in this river and will eventually make its way to the shore, but only after having suffered severe decomposition and having served as a tendre roast for underwater creatures. After surfacing, my discolored corpse will eventually be found by fisher-people, or by a curious kid who ventured a little too far, but only after having been fried by the scorching sun and having served as a big crunchy chip for the maggots.
Beautiful shit, we hardly knew ye.
Peace, love and seasick of it all. April 23 That's Some Good Shit!My four seasons - Autumn, Winter, Spring and Allergy Season.
This is why Canadian summer sucks major cock. The first budding ragweed I saw this year was a couple of weeks ago and I've been binging on Claritin ever since.
So basically, 420 was not about weed but about ragweed. I wasn't high on the Chronic but lord knows I was all stoned and shit because of those fucking anti-histamine pills that are not supposed to make you drowsy (bullshit).
Other side effects include drowsiness, sleepiness, somnia, slumber, tiredness, fatigue and headachs.
So the only good thing about allergies is that I get a shitload of quality time with my pillow.
But do I really have a choice between sneezing and snoozing? Pills or pillows? Headaches or hangovers? Bloody eyes or bloody shitcakes?
When you think about it, what are allergies? I think it's another reason for people to be popping pills or just keep complaining about the weather even when it's sunny out. Complaints is what makes the world go round. Thank God for everlasting unhappiness.
Peace, love, and....hu...hhhu... hap-CHU! *sniffle* April 18 Smutty, Bloody PicturesI've been to the old central bus station in Tel Aviv last summer. In fact, I've been to a lot of places in Israel where suicide bombings have taken place later on. I never thought that the next time I see that station, it would be littered with broken glass and shredded bodies on the front page of the fucking paper.
Apparently, the asshole bomber carried out that attack for some Palestinian prisoners or something. And apparently, in the Palestinian territories, there's a day called Prisoners' Day... Yes, they have a memorial day for prisoners.
I wonder why we don't have that in Canada or the U.S. or anywhere else... I say, let's have Rapists' Day... Or how bout Murderers' Day?
How bout no, Scott! We happen to have a brain. Jees!
And what's with Moussaoui's boohoo rhetoric about having a hard childhood or some mental illness? So fucking what? Am I supposed to feel sorry for this guy? The dude was gonna fly a passenger plane into the White House, so he can rot in jail for all I care.
I understand that the mentality of the Middle East differs from the mentality of the West, but we're all still somewhat human, goddamit!
Peace, Love and no more war, no more bullshit. April 11 Shelo Asani GeverA feminist article in time for Passover (Miriam was Moses' sister)
Enjoy!
Where is Miriam on the Seder plate? By Yael Levine Edah (the advocacy movement for a modern and relevant Orthodox Judaism) April 11, 2006 YNetNews.com
In recent decades, feminists have looked at the Passover seder and said: Wait a minute! Where are all the women? The result has been several new rituals, which continue to gain acceptance and popularity. It turns out, however, that our contemporaries were not the first generation to look for a way to bring to the Seder table the role of women in Israel's redemption…
After looking at some of the texts used centuries ago, it is clear that what we call the "traditional" Seder indeed has something fishy about it. What's fishy is a missing person, a missing ritual, and actually, some missing fish. For many years, the Seder was a time when Miriam, and the achievements of women, were memorialized. The most basic practice was a piece of fish placed on the Seder plate to commemorate Miriam…
Rabbi Sherira Gaon of 10th-century Babylon noted a custom of putting three foods on the plate… "There are those who put an additional cooked food in memory of Miriam, as it says, "And I sent before you Moses, and Aaron, and Miriam" (Micah 6, 4). According to this, Miriam and the role she fulfilled in the redemption from Egypt is represented by the third cooked food on the seder table… This tradition is worthy of renewal in our time, in recognition of the crucial role Miriam and the righteous women in Egypt played in the Exodus… Another rabbi cognizant of the importance of women to the Passover story was Rabbi Abraham Grate of Prague. His 1708 Haggadah commentary explained several seder rituals, including the initial hand washing, as referring to Pharaoh's daughter Bitya and her rescue of Moses from the Nile. Several traditional sources have drawn a connection between the four cups of wine that punctuate the Seder and the four matriarchs, Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, and Leah…
And if these proto-feminist commentaries are from relatively forgotten sources, how to explain the fact that a basic interpretation of haroset revolves around women – and almost nobody knows it? According to the Talmud, haroset is in memory of the apple tree, and Rashi in his commentary makes reference to a midrash in which, the women would go to their working husbands and would conceive children between the fields. When the women were ready to give birth, they would leave their homes out of fear of the Egyptians. They would lie underneath the apple trees and give birth. Apple haroset, then, is about the fact that the Jewish women did not lose hope in those difficult times. Rituals, even time-honored rituals like the Seder – can make room for change rooted in traditional sources – in fact, these "changes" are in fact historical corrections bringing the women's voice back in after it was somehow dropped. As the haggadah itself reminds us, the more one expounds on the Exodus the more one is to be praised. In reviving these authentic and authoritative Seder rituals commemorating the role of our Jewish foremothers, we can more fully tell of the going out from Egypt. April 10 Social-Consciously CorrectI've realized something interesting about non-Jews (and non-Muslims for that fact) living in the Diaspora. None of them (of which I had contact with) would touch anything to do with the Middle East with a 10-foot pole.
Journalists (Jews or non-Jews, Israeli or not) don't really have a choice but to deal with it. But anyone else I know appears to be overtly ignoring the issue, some even seem terrified of it.
I think political correctness has taken over people's minds and staying away from conflicting issues is their best way of remaining politically correct. The whole Muhammad cartoon controversy was one of the events that revealed the true shitless fear that people harbor towards such issues.
That's fucking bullshit. This is why letters to the editor exist. This is why we live in a democratic society. People shouldn't be scared of that, they should be drawn to it and attacking it from all sides. Such limits to our freedom of speech is something that affects everyone and when the government refuses to take the appropriate steps to defend our values (and even encourages censorship), someone has to react. Unfortunately, the efforts that the free media make to protect these rights go unrecognized by the general public, because the public likes to bitch about the media more than to praise it. But I digress...
I dare anyone reading this to leave a comment about the situation in the Middle East. I don't want a news article. I know everything there is to know about that region. But I don't know what people really think about it because whenever I bring up that topic, people deliberately avoid it or change the subject.
In related news, here's an awesome editorial I read in the Globe and Mail:
Uh, Earth to Hamas Globe and Mail Editorial Apr. 1, 2006
The new deputy prime minister of the Palestinian Authority was all injured innocence when he learned that Canada was cutting off funding to his government. "Canada and the Palestinians used to be very close friends together," said Nasser Shaer, a leading member of Hamas, which was elected to lead the authority in January. "We hope to stay friends, but they are just following America and Israel. All the Palestinians are very disappointed. What's happening? What's going on? We are a people under occupation. We need help. Did we do anything? Has something happened that was done by Palestinians?"
There is a simple answer to that. Canada is not cutting off funding to the Palestinian people. Canadians sympathize with their plight and Ottawa has been careful to say that they will continue to receive Canadian humanitarian aid. Canada is cutting off funding to the Hamas-led government. The reason for that is no mystery and Mr. Shaer knows it very well, despite his pantomime of puzzlement.
Hamas is a terrorist organization. It has carried out something like 60 attacks against Israelis since 2000. In the most deadly of them, a suicide bomber blew himself up in a hotel dining room as a group of Israelis, most of them elderly, attended a Passover ceremony. Thirty were killed and 140 wounded. Hamas suicide bombers also attacked buses, cafés, malls and streets filled with pedestrians. The bombers recruited by Hamas for "martyrdom operations" included a mother of six and a mother of two children under the age of 10.
Did we do anything, bleats Mr. Shaer? Only slaughter scores of innocent men, women and children. What universe is he inhabiting that makes him think Ottawa will blithely hand millions of dollars to a government led by such a group?
Though Hamas leaders now claim to lead a moderate government and are currently observing a truce, they express no remorse for this depraved campaign of murder. When a terrorist from another group killed three Israelis in the West Bank on Thursday by disguising himself as a religious Jew, hitching a ride in a car and blowing himself up, Hamas legislator Mushir al Masri called it a "natural response" to Israeli crimes. "Our people have a right to defend themselves." Information minister Youssef Rizqa added that "resistance is a legitimate right for people under occupation."
Let's be clear about this. No cause, however noble, no occupation, however harsh, justifies blowing up a carload of civilians. Nor can any right of resistance excuse the act of walking onto a bus full of commuters and eviscerating them with a bomb packed with nails. Ottawa is simply asking Hamas to acknowledge that obvious moral fact, accepted by all decent people and every civilized country. Is that too much to require of a government before agreeing to fund it from the Canadian treasury?
The government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper has laid out three simple conditions for resuming aid to the Palestinian Authority. Hamas must recognize Israel's right to exist, renounce violence and accept the interim peace accords signed by previous Palestinian governments. Despite Mr. Shaer's protests, there is nothing remotely surprising or outrageous about these demands. Unless Hamas agrees to them, it should not get a single Canadian cent.
Peace, love and Go Canada! April 09 Sappy...Kurt Cobain died/committed suicide/was killed on April 5, 1994, depending on whether you think he died of a heroin overdose, a self-inflicted gunshot wound or if his wife killed him.
I love his music and I think Nirvana is the greatest band that ever existed. But personally, what I find most tragic about this whole thing is that Kurt never set out to become what he became and people treated him like an icon, and after he died, they treated him like a god - a dead god.
When he was still alive, I was too young and still living in isolation to know who or what Nirvana was. I don't remember the first time I heard the song Smells Like Teen Spirit or the first time I saw the video, and I can't pinpoint the moment where Nirvana changed my outlook on music as a whole. What I love about it is the subtlety of it all. How it came to me under the radar was almost surreal.
Unlike all the other bands I like/liked, Nirvana was the only one I could say that I liked without being ridiculed. If I said I liked Marilyn Manson, people would call me a freak. If I said I liked Rammstein, people would call me a Nazi. If I said I liked Bikini Kill, people would call me a feminist cunt (or most of the time would just stand there going "who?"). But if I said I liked Nirvana, people would say "you got good taste in music."
Really? Do I?
So I enjoyed feeling like I have something in common with the mainstream after having managed to isolate myself so perfectly in all other aspects of life. Liking Nirvana's music was not considered a rebellion anymore. Even my mom knows the lyrics to almost all of the songs from Nevermind, and she doesn't even speak English all that well. The truth is, with Nirvana, you don't have to know English to sing along to it. I think that even Kurt had no idea what the hell he was singing.
Another thing worth mentioning is what a lot of people fail to realize, and what I have yet to hear being detailed in documentaries about Nirvana. The band was part of the Riot Grrrl movement. They even appear in some Riot Grrrl albums. Kurt Cobain used to date Toby Vail from the band that started it all, Bikini Kill, and they were both involved in the movement. Toby was also the inspiration for some of Nirvana's songs (About a Girl among others) and her deodorant was also an inspiration (Smells Like Teen Spirit). And like it or not, Hole was originally a riot grrrl band, and you all know where I'm going with this.
Another documentary will air in about five minutes, so I'll just wrap this up saying rest in peace, Kurt. Lord knows your music brought peace to so many of us.
Peace, love and "I guarantee you I will screw this song up..." April 06 No Shit!Study: PMS can lead to suicide attempts From YNetNews.com 04.03.06
Are you overly anxious, unfocused while driving, staying at home, or being hard on yourself? It's possible that you are a week away from your menstrual period.
Studies conducted all over the world show that half of car accidents and suicide attempts involving women took place in the week before the women had their periods.
The studies were compiled by Professor Mark Glazerman, director of the Women's Comprehensive Health Center at the Rabin Medical Center.
Symptoms: Swelling of the body, headaches, fatigue Prof. Glazerman, who is also the deputy director of Rabin Medical Center, said that 80 percent of women suffer from PMS. Forty percent suffer serious symptoms, and 10 percent experience difficulties in day-to-day functions.
Pre Menstrual Syndrome is diagnosed when a woman suffers from at least one of the following symptoms: Over anxiety, insomnia, low self-esteem that could lead to suicidal tendencies and withdrawal from society and disorientation.
The distress can also be recognized by physical disorders such as pain and inflammation of the joints (especially the knees), swelling of the body, headaches, fatigue, or a swollen stomach.
In case a woman suffers from one of the symptoms consistently during one week before the period, or up to two days after the period, these are most likely symptoms of PMS.
After compiling the data officials at Rabin Medical Center decided to establish a new clinic for women who suffer from the symptoms. Similar clinics already opened in some hospitals in Israel operating under the Center for Women's Health.
In case the woman will be diagnosed with PMS she will be offered treatments by medication, physiologists, or psychiatrics. The clinic will also have available rheumatologists, nephrologists, and dermatologists.
Dude, I don't know about you, but although it's very nice and all that people are making such efforts to help women who suffer from PMS, I think it's a bit insulting to be treated like a mental case. I suffer from PMS, and I rather enjoy the comfort I find in it. It's very therapeutic to let your feelings run wild every month or so. But I guess that if it's as severe as they say it can get, than maybe treatment is necessary, whatever...
Peace, love and playing on the mood swing! April 04 Down on MeIt has begun. The stress, pre-partum depression and the eating disorders I get before a flight. Usually it happens a few weeks before, but now it’s a one-way flight, so I’m getting a head start… one-way sprint straight into a wall. Being ecstatic is not as great as it may seem. The pressure and the depression make for an unbelievable case of manic depression. And the weather isn’t helping shit. It’s raining and it’s all gray and it’s as cold and unforgiving as death. Music has lost all its power, and I’m drained of all my tears. Some asshole managed to make matters worse by leaving a Muslim prayer on my blog as a “comment.” Is this some sick joke? I don’t throw my religion in your face like it’s a brick. I sure as fuck don’t want you leaving your bullshit on mine. Don’t you have better things to do than trying to force-feed the world with your poison? I appreciate comments, but I do not appreciate fascist crusaders. Besides, if you’re gonna start converting people, start with your own religion. Muslim extremists (the emphasis being on “extremists”) around the world are terrorizing their people as well as the populations of their host countries in the name of “Allah.” They hold a sword in one hand and Mein Kampf… I mean, the Koran in the other. What kind of image do you think this is sending out to Western populations? They say “We don’t want you, we don’t need you, get the fuck out of our country and take your blood-thirsty religion with you.” Terrorism is not the way to get people to respect, much less convert to, your religion, and neither is your sorry-ass excuse for a comment. Speaking of terrorism, I never understood the logic in suicide bombings. If you really believe in God, and if you really believe that God created you and every living being, you wouldn’t think for a second to harm yourself or anyone. So suicide bombings are a double-blasphemy for your ass. The only way I make sense of it is that these people are miserable and were gonna kill themselves anyhow. Being the bitter assholes they are, they say “hey, I’m gonna take some innocent souls along with me.” Learn a little from Fatima who commented on my space with a certain amount of something called “reason.” Say it with me: “REASON.” Yes, it means using your brain - an organ given to you BY GOD, to be used for PEACEFUL means. So I’ll just delete your comment/prayer and you can give it another try, alright? Do all moderate religious people get this shit, too, or is it just me? Fuck! Peace, love, and resume psychological moderation. April 02 High on EL-ALI have a date...
Well actually five potential dates out of which I have to choose three and eventually get only one.
Yes, these are my dates for the Aliyah and I have to choose my first, second and third choice before I even get my acceptance letter from Nefesh.
Truth is I'm so scared I'm gonna shit my pants. What if I go through the same shit I went through here trying to find a job? On the other hand, my current job contract ends on June 30 and after that I'll be losing my mind again. So what's worse? Being jobless in Montreal or being jobless in Israel?
Another truth is that media-related jobs pop up in Israel every so often, whereas in Montreal, they don't. So all I need is a little divine intervention and I guess I'll be fine in Israel. :-S
And so, here are the dates: July 5, July 19, August 9, August 15, September 5. All are departing from New York except for Aug. 15 which also departs from Toronto.
Dude, my heart is beating my ribs to a bloody pulp! Fuck!!! I'm freaking out!
*breath*
OK, now for my going-away party, I'm inviting 10 people, one of which I can count on for making it, and the rest which are, well, unpredictable to say the least. Some are working their skin off, some are planning trips, others are getting married (well, actually only one) and may leave for the honeymoon.
Whether or not there will be any buddha at the party I still don't know. Chances seem slim considering my budget, but I think it's for the best because in any case I won't be doing any as long as I'm in Israel with more important shit to take care of.
Ah, hopefully I'm overreacting and my plans won't go to shit.
Now I got Passover to look forward to, hurray! :-D
Peace, love and Avadim hayinu be'Canada! :-P |
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