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Sukkot is just around the corner, so Chag Sameach to everyone if you're going to be celebrating the festival.. I'll be with my friend C again. A friend of ours helped put up her Sukkah after Yom Kippur and now she has this massive thing on the courtyard above her apartment. It's awesome.

I spent the weekend in the Hunter Valley. I can't wait to post all the photos. If was the best weekend I've had all year. I really want to go back already. Or at least crack open a few of the bottle that we brought back with us. We bought so much wine! I tried to fast for Yom Kippur, but after drinking so much wine, I got really dehydrated and sick, so half way into the fast I had to break it. Last year was so much easier. I was really prepared, and I spent most of the time in the synagogue, so it was eeeeasy..

Speaking of Fasting.. and all related issues, I recently read that Jessica Alba suffered from Anorexia. I should have known because I also recently watched the 2 first and only seasons of Dark Angel on DVD, and Jessica went from this gorgeous sexy voluptuous womanly creature in the first season, to a skinny, scraggly sick-looking, almost ugly, stick figure thing in the second season, and she was anorexic during 2001, which was between the 2 seasons, so there you go..

My lastest poetry submission is inspired by that.. and also the Poetry Thursday prompt. I havent written poetry for so long.. nearly 2 years.. so expect some crappolla deviations before the good stuff starts coming again..

Love y'all... have a great weekend.

PS: Meic, hope you're well, angel.

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Listening to: Panic at the Disco
Reading: CPA Module 4. Fun!
Watching: Dark Angel season 2 DVDs

Happy new year all you sexy Jews out there.

L'shana tova vmetuka!



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Listening to: King Without a Crown, Matisyahu
Reading: Letters From the Rebbe
Watching: Munich

On Monday I wrote a little entry on September 11, 2001. It was just a brief flashback about my experience 5 years ago, and I wrote it in a terrible rush just as I was about to leave my office at the end of the day, but later I started thinking about what I'd written, and it started making me feel sick. I didn't want to remember how I felt that day, nor did I understand why everyone around the world was obsessed with re-living the experience. So the next time I came online, I deleted the entry and decided that the next time I wrote in this journal, it would be something positive. Unfortunately, this isn't a positive entry, because I don't really have anything positive to write. Last night was one of the worst nights I can remember having. Maybe the last time I had a night worse than the one I experienced last night, was in 2004 when I was working at a bar in Dee Why, and I was living in Marrickille, and before my bar shift, I'd eaten some sushi which happened to be off, and during my shift I started experiencing the most severe food poisoning I'd ever had, still til this day I've never had food poisoning so badly. I literally passed out in one of the rooms at the hotel, and later had to will myself to drive to my parent's house because Marrickville was too far to drive in that condition, and shortly after I'd climbed into my old bed, my parents came home and knew something was wrong because they saw my car there, and my mother brought me a bucket and.. wow, the vomit that came out smelled like the foulest thing imaginable, mainly a fishy smell because of the sushi, and anyway.. it was intense.. But last night, I thankfully, didn't throw up. I did however, remain in a constant state of alertness because I was feeling terrible nausea and kept running to the bathroom because I felt as though I would be sick, but after spitting for some time into the toilet, I'd go back to bed. Occassionally I would drift in and out of consiousness, all the while feeling nauseous, even in my dreams. And all my dreams, no matter how hard I tried to change them, were about work. I was at the office, doing work, speaking to my collegues, speaking to clients, writing emails, working... aargh g-d, the more I dreamed about work, the more I'd feel like throwing up. After some consideration this morning, I've put it down to stress. I had an awefully stressful day yesterday. I have too much to do, too many people who need my help or who need to ask me what to do.. I'm not cut out for it, as clearly demonstrated by aforementioned nocturnal torture. I really need to find a way to deal with this stress thing. And right now, I need to find a way to stay awake all day. It's only 8.30am and I'm already feeling like I could just curl up onto the cold tiles beneath my desk and fall asleep.

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Listening to: King Without a Crown, Matisyahu
Reading: Letters From the Rebbe
Watching: Munich

Remember remember, the 5th of September.. (Ok, I recently watched V for Vendetta, and have had that "5th of November" speech in my head for the last few days). So today marks the anniversary of the Munich Massacre. Just another example of why the Israeli Government is so adamant about national security and protecting it's citizens from terrorists; you call it extreme, we call it necessary.

" The Munich massacre occurred during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, when members of the Israeli Olympic team were taken hostage by the Palestinian terrorist organization Black September, a group with ties to Yasser Arafat's Fatah organization. The terrorists murdered 11 Israeli athletes and one German police officer. Five of the eight hostage-takers were killed by police during an abortive rescue attempt. The three surviving captured hostage-takers were later released by Germany, following the hijacking of a Lufthansa airliner. The massacre was followed by a series of Israeli revenge assassinations of the principal planners... [more, courtesy of Wikipedia] "

I was not overly impressed by Spielberg's Munich, but it is a good film and I plan to watch it tonight, considering the significance of today. But if any of you are really interested, I think One Day In September is a far better representation of the horror of the Munich Massacre, and particularly, this documentary focuses on the bungled, if not disingenuous attempts to save the hostages, by the German police and government.

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Listening to: King Without a Crown, Matisyahu
Reading: Letters From the Rebbe
Watching: Pride & Prejudice

I watched Pride & Prejudice last night - the Keira Knightly version. Wow, what a dismal film that was! I must admit, I enjoyed the cinematography moreso than in my beloved BBC version, but the crap cinematography in the latter only made it more realistic. I've never seen such terrible acting in my life, except of course, Judy Dench - she was great, but her part was tiny! And also to a small extent, Donald Sutherland, he was quite good. But geez, if you've got something fantastic, why try to make it better? I refer of to the BBC miniseries, Pride and Prejudice, with the delicious Colin Firth as Mr Darcy.. and it isn't as though I'm being biased because I adore Colin Firth - in fact, it is this very production that made me appreciate Firthy in the first place.

Now, where did I want to go with this entry....? Ah yes, a questionnaire. These are so fun, if only for the time consuming aspect of them..


BOOK CLUB SURVEY:

Favorite Book: The Power of One, Bryce Courtney

Favorite Book Genre: Travel

Favorite Author(s): Bryce Courtney, Dan Brown

About how many books do you read in a month?: Not many. Hardly ever have time.

How long does it take you to finish a book?: Depends on the book. Also, depends on how much time I have. I can read the Da Vinci Code in 2 days.

Have you ever written your own stories?: Yes. I used to looove writing. No time for it now..

Is reading your favorite hobby?: No. My favourite hobby is writing poetry.

Worst books you've read: Cant think of one.

Why do you love to read?: Because it transports you to another place.

Favorite place to read?: In bed

Do you belong to any book clubs?: No

Favorite book store: Borders

Current book you're reading: Letters from the Rebbe vol 6

What's your next book?: I was thinking of reading the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Favorite Childhood book: Something by Roald Dahl probably. I used to read all his books when I was little. I also was a HUGE fan of Baby Sitters Club. I read ALL the books Hahah and I also loved Playing Beatie Bow by Ruth Park

About how many books in your collection?: No idea.. I have HEAPS. Most of them however, are non-fiction books, like travel books and philosphy stuff.

After you finish a book do you put it away on your shelf, give it away, throw it away, etc.?: I put it on my shelf and sometimes read it again.. sometimes I lend it to someone but I never give it away or throw it away

Finish this sentence: Without books to read and enjoy, life would be ______. Different. Not worse.. there would certainly be something to replace the void..

Do a really brief review on the last book you read: The Time Traveller's Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger.. well.. I'll say.. its kind of erotic, very exciting.. disturbing.. sad.. i dont know. I dont have enough time to write a proper review, but its a good book. Not the best, but worth a read.

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