Call up Moses, its arc building time. It has not stopped raining in New York for months (about a week). Sidewalks are flooded, people are wet, and the electronic lock to the door on our rehersal space shorted out from the rain, making it impossible to exit the building. You had to climb down a fire escape last week to get out. When I was living on the west coast, rain was the ultimate excuse for anything. News reports would spend hours covering the rainstorm. I kid you not, this was on an actual newscast
“(in a sad low tone) Carwashes went without business. School playgrounds went empty, children forced to spend recess indoors. It was not a bright day for southern California”
One day during a regular rainstorm, nothing too intense, I was the only person on time for work. Everyone trickled in 30-45 minutes late, and it was perfectly acceptable. Man, I wish that could happen now.
Last night was Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of atonement, or as my college professor Rabbai Al called it, “The day of At-One-ment” ooooh, that Rabbi Al, he’s a kidder. This holiday concludes the Jewish new year festivities, in which you reflect on the year past. And on this particular day, you Fast, meaning not eat, from sundown to sundown. I know, i know, it goes directly against the Odyssey. I am also not that religious, BUT, i see it as a challenge to myself, so I have done it for many years. But in college, one thing comes to mind.
My spohomore year, my roomate was also Jewish, about the same intensity as me. We believed more in the Motzoh Ball than the Torah. But when it came to Yom Kippur, I did the fasting thing. We discussed it, and he decided to try it as well. I saw him later in the day and asked how the fast was going. He said “Well, I ate some breakfast, and had a bit of lunch, but I am going to fast in between meals” Yes, fasting in between meals. Thats like “Dude, I totally quit smoking in between cigarettes!” Us Jews, we really know how to get around the rules, take the hole in the sheet for example. anyway……
I was speaking to Web Master T Bone over email this morning, and we were discussing the new ipod. Like many, he feels the need to upgrade to the new video capable ipod, to watch porn on the go. We likened the switch to the old man who dumps his old wife for a younger chick. Sure, the old woman has been with you for a while, but there are some things she just can’t do anymore, that the newer model is capable of. The conclusion? If your wife is not photo/video capable, trade her in for a Nano or regular Ipod.
In other news, I will be leaving the country in November. GONE. OUT. for 13 days, which works out to 10, because I actually lose a day in the air. I am going to the land of the rings, New Zealand. because of the wacky time difference I get there 2 days after I left, then on the return, I get into LA 3 hours before i left New Zealand. Anyone know where I can get some illegal tranquilizers cheap? Eh? eh? drugs?