Well, I’m still in Miluim, and had a day off to get some laundry done.
Apparently, a lady has moved in to our apartment, but I can only see evidence of this, as I’ve never met her myself. I even went out for a couple of hours, and when I returned things had changed slightly. I’m beginning to wonder if we have a ghost roommate.
I’m still working on my army memoirs, and I hope they’ll be done by this weekend. They’ll show here eventually.
On other notes, S has received a rejection form letter from her No.1 Masters program. She’s upset, and I’m of more than two minds about this. On the one hand, I want her to get in to any school she wants to and be happy. On the other hand, I don’t want her to up and leave for 3 years. On the other hand, if she goes, would I follow her there? Look for a job in the USA/London? On the other had, she is confident that it’ll all work out favorably in the end. On the other hand, do I want to wait for the ‘end’?
I think I’ve run out of hands. Any loaners? 😉
Category: General
OK, I’ve put this off long enough.
Well, I’ve successfully delayed in writing this ling enough.
If you didn’t know, I’m in miluim (mandatory military reserve duty).
It’s sucking pretty bad. I hope to post a much longer account over the next couple of days. I tried writing it up on my Palm, and got fairly far, but my palm battery kept running out. I’m going to conserve the battery by not using it at all, and beam any text file over t the palm, and post it that way via cellular connection.
I had a late lunch with Shannon today, the day I snuck out of the base for 24 hours, and we had a nice time together.
My miluim is over on Jan 27th, and she’s leaving to the USA for 2 weeks on the 25th, so if I don’t get out to see her again, I’m gonna be really bummed.
On a brighter note, she’s sending me off with chocolates and a logic puzzle. Woohoo!
I’m also bringing a bunch of web development stuff with me, in hopes that I get bored enough that I’ll actually set up a Perl & Web environment and try playing with some scripts and get a feel for yet another language. I don’t program, but I like to know how things work. So essentially, I can program, once I’ve seen that it can be done elsewhere, it’s just a matter of applying the same type of logic.
I spoke with , who might be able to assist with some Perl ideas I had, and maybe just maybe learn some more than I already don’t know. 🙂
Anyways, I have a lot more to write, and now isn’t the time for it yet.
On another note, I did a useless meme here:
| “ACHTUNG! |
| miketheman may actually be a spider-human hybrid |
From Go-Quiz.com
Why am I here?
So apparently some co-workers agreed that we could use a night out on the town.
And I guess that I was the only one to forget about it.
Thing is, I might be going away in a couple of days, and I wanted to spend more time with Shannon.
Now I’m not usually one to turn down a good beer, especially when it’s been scheduled beforehand.
Yet here I am, pint o’ Guiness in one hand, PalmPilot stylus in the other, writing away.
So I got dropped here to wait for the rest of the gang to get here, and in the meantime reserve a table, and have a pint.
(sigh)
I wish I was with Shannon.
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So last night, I was ecstatic that Shabbat was finally over, and called her, and we agreed on a couple of possible movies to watch at my place.
When she came over, we commenced watching “Intolerable Cruelty“. We’re both big fans of the Coen Brothers, and this is one of their better films. Clooney portrays a fairly interesting character that you don’t get bored with too fast.
A couple of things I don’t want to miss by going into miluim:
- Keves Cast Party
- Weekly dancing (salsa and others) with Shannon
- The 1st Jerusalem Winter Ball
Now, the last one is:
The 1st Annual Jerusalem Winter Ball
Formal Dinner, Dance & Drinks
January 22, 2005 8:00pm, 150NIS
Chatzer Ha’Moshava – 43 Emek Refaim (behind the Super HaMoshava)
Organized by The Jerusalem Post, for Hadassah-israel
All the proceeds benefit the Neonatal dept. at Hadassa Hospital, Mount Scopus
For tickets call: Alma 050-8946218 or Eli 054-521-1468
So i really want to go with Shannon, and in fact have already asked her, stipulating that it’s dependant on my miluim status.
I told her that I wanted to ask now, before some other guy asked her out, which she found amusing.
I still don’t get it. Maybe it’s a serious inferiority complex, but why ME? Surely she has courtiers hounding her every step. How couldn’t she?
It’s a new year
Well, last night was interesting.
I had actually fallen asleep on the sofa at around 3, and woke up a few hours later.
I am in the constant “cleaning my room” phase right now. I want to reorganize stuff that has been building up in the past and make it more efficient and accessible.
Later, I went over to EyeAndWhy’s place, where we hung out, had a few drinks and schmoozed. Eventually, we headed out to a club downtown called the “Stanga” where there was a pretty decent cover band going at it on the stage. Nice tunes, ok performance.
At some point I realized that with all these flirty little chicklets around, and the entire superficiality of it all, that all I wanted was for Shabbat to be over so I could see Shannon again.
Am I getting too emotionally attached too fast? I don’t know, but I know that when we’re together, and when we talk on the phone, I don’t want it to end. We usually part ways with very logical arguments such as, “You’ve got to get up at the crack of dawn tomorrow, so let’s call it a night.” Does that sound weird?
I am NOT looking forward to Tuesday, when I will be heading down to Beer Sheva early to catch a nasty bus to a military command training facility for my annual reserve duty. I have placed a formal request for either a delay or cancellation of this one, but due to the timing involved, that wasn’t processed correctly. I am on fairly good terms with my liason officer, so if they need 10 people and they get 11 or more, I’m number 1 on the discharge list. So at he best, I’ll lose a day or two. At the worst, 21 days in fatigues. Ugh.
2004 Review
Well, I decided to review all my LJ entries and make a listing of highlights of this past year. They are not listed in level of important, only sequentially.
1. Having a Job
2. “Oliver!” – Beit Hillel
3. “What’s Wrong with This Picture?” JEST – casted and dropped
4. “Pirates of Penzance” JEST – pit crew
5. “Romeo & Juliet” CST – Prince Escalus
6. More Job ranting and disapproval
7. Fantasy.Con 2004 – digital media
8 .Quit Smoking
9. CannaBrownies
10.Spinning
11.Icon2004 – digital media
12.Cooking – Chili at Shaiel’s
13.Touching Linux – and failing
14.Finally answered ‘s questions
15.”HaKeves….” CST – The father figure
16.Cooking – Friday night dinner – Lasagna and garlic
17.SHANNON in my life.
I’m going to have to go with number 17 as the most important of the year.
I challenge you all to figure out a relatively short list of what you did this year, higlights only! Single Line!
Early morning thoughts….
Ah, the joys of morning.
Now, don’t get me worng, I’m not a morning person, however, sometimes I enjoy the morning rituals.
I get into the office, after having a good shower & shave, feeling good, and head over to the kitchen to brew a pot of mocha coffee.
After that’s been started, I grab a large cup (a lá Friends) and fill it with milk.
Head back to my office, sit down and fill the full cup with cornflakes.
Start checking my emails, sign in to Messengers (7 in all, thanks to Trillian!) and get grabbed to discuss something or other by someone.
Open Winamp, and grab a nice morning station, like LiveIreland, playing some beautiful music to work to.
It’s too early for the fit to hit the shan, but be assured that this will happen, and probably more than once before mid-day.
On the ride here, I was thinking (as I am prone to do) about what abilities I no longer have since my childhood. I can’t dive into a pool headfirst anymore. I’ve forgotten how. No more hand/head-stands, and actually putting my foot in my mouth. I can’t touch my toes anymore, as my hamstrings are WAY too tight.
I’m sure there’s more, but these struck me as abilities I wish I still had.
Ah, young love…
So I’m ecstatic about spending time with Shannon.
Last night she was really beat, soe we didn’t go dancing as orignially planned.
And when she said, “But you were really looking forward to dancing tonight”, I, the newly-crowned king of cheese, said “I was just looking forward to spending time with you.”
What has happened to me?
Over the weekend, came by, and and I cooked. Well, I cooked, and everyone else helped.
Made what I call “French Bagels” and some delicious vegetarian mushroom-tomato lasagne, a nice tossed salad, and even some rice that we didn’t get around to eating.
So we hung out, got baked, and slept a lot.
Sat. night’s show marked the closing of The Sixteenth Sheep, and afterwards most of us went out to eat at a restaurant called “Shakespeare”.
Ok, stop laughing.
Seriously.
Well, after that, we drifted home, and Shannon and I hung out at my place, and watched some Storyteller stories. It was a lot of fun.
Sunday I went to the Frankel School over in French Hill after work, as I was invited to come stage manage their show.
It was an interesting audition, as not many people showed up. I was offered the part of the innkeeper (probably a bit of song and dance, and a lot of talking). I don’t know if I can work this into my schedule. I have a career to think about, after all. 🙁
It’s taken all day to write these few snippets, as work has been crazy.
I’m trying to figure out how to get a laptop so I can work on some projects while in Miluim for about 3 weeks to stay sane.
It’s late, so…
… I’ll keep this short.
She and I have discussed it after auditions tonight.
I won’t participate in Her production of Shakespeare’s “As You Like It”, because we are more important that the production to each other, and being the one who 1) is not directing it and 2) is not a life hurdle for and 3) would rather build the relationship than place an immediate strain on it, I have gracefully (***) stepped down.
So while the majority of my pals will be in the show having a wild time, I will be having mine own “wild” time with Her.
Good night!
*** – Doesn’t gracefully mean without tripping over your own damned feet? Just a thought.
This is actually a backdated entry.
A moment I want to remember.
She and I, finally getting over ourselves and forcing “the talk” – actually a good one, but it was a moment of fear, wavering shaking fear.
The outcome was well worth it.
Just a memory, like a fluttering butterfly in the breeze.