Like a Good Book

[Annoying as hell - writing a full passage in English and then lifting my eyes to the screen and seeing Hebrew gibberish]

I got a problem!!! I want a Kindle cover, but the Amazon things are ugly, so I went to have a looksie at Etsy... and came up with over 8000 results!

I narrowed it down to three - this, this and this..

What do you guys think?

I'm not having another free afternoon this week, so I grabbed myself today and took off to TA. I left early enough to catch the 5:00 o'clock train and get to Dizengof Center by 17:45.

SOHO was a must, since I had a birthday present waiting there (got a blank notebook for drawing, plus a great pen for drawing - I need this practice, it's time), and I also gave Steimatzky a round, even though I still have my reading project going on. I got two books (one of them has already been read to it's half point) and also about 10 minutes of TV talk with the sales people. Funny and Fun.

Last but not least - dinner - at Idelson - with great ravioli, ice tea and cream puffs. And the book, of course, which gave me some mood-whip-lash, since I spent most of the time reading it either crying or laughing. :/

But it's a great book.

Anyway, I'm at home now, playing some TV game with my dad. So that's it. Good day.

* My shoes are incredibly greasy and I'm leaving footprints all over the office. I guess that's what happens when you have the kind of job I have.

* The radiator cover I designed arrived. It's horribly designed and it's going to need *a few* adjustments... I told AS I should have my degree revoked. :)

* No trains. Again. My morning routine now includes a trip to Ynet to see if I'll have a train. Service taxi it is, again, and more money spent. I'm going to go yell at someone at the train's PR office when they come back to work.

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So I'm inside a school, yes? And I don't know if I went back to being a Perach instructor or it's just a social call, and I think Hagar was there with me, and suddenly the alarms go off. The kind i remember from the Gulf War, and I tell Hagar "It's the real deal, I just know it", and we go to the shelter. The school is really quiet - too quiet - I've been in schools as an adult to know exactly how noisy they are, even during lessons, and we seem to be alone in the shelter.

Then - three large explosions, one after another, and we're outside looking at the smoldering Azrieli towers after they've been hit with some bloody missile.

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I only just remembered that dream some half an hour after I woke up. Made me stand still for a moment.

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Also - finished the first novelette from Grossman's "In another Life" [בגוף אני מבינה]. Gave me chills that wouldn't go away for 10 minutes.

I spent the last few days reading the first three books of "The Caster Chronicles" ("Beautiful Creatures", "Beautiful Darkness" and "Beautiful Chaos"). I have to say, the cliffhanger in the end of the third is the worst I've ever seen, and that says something. Altogether, they're really good, and I laughed my ass off at some parts (cried my eyes out as well at the end of the third book). Now I'm going to have to find something else to read during my work hours.

Yes, that's what I do at work most of the time. I haven't made up my mind yet if it's nice or annoying, so I guess it's some of both.

Job hunting still haven't yielded any results (hence the reading during my crappy-year-long-job), but I've been looking for only about 4 weeks, and it's supposed to take something like 3 to 6 months, so I'm not (very) frustrated yet.

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Hey, the tickets to Cirque Du Soleil just arrived by mail! Yey!

(It's in August. I know, but if I'd waited we wouldn't have had these great seats on the most wanted date, so I'm super excited.)

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I have to clean out my room. I've taken out all my school stuff out of the closet and now I have to gather up the courage to throw them out (or find the space to stuff them back in there). I'm the messiest person alive...

( School )

( Family )

( Work )

( Books )

...Is that is?

1. First week of the job went smoothly. I haven't really written about what I'm doing, huh? Well, I'm a scholarship-receivers coordinator (sound better in Hebrew, and, boy, that's a first - רכזת מלגאים) at the Student association of TAU, which is a fancy way of saying "secretary", but it's fine. Spent the first few days putting things in order (who the fucking shit files names by their first, I ask you?!) and spending some of the money I'm yet to earn (bras. Needed new bras).

2. School year starts Sunday. Last year (hopefully nothing extra I'll have to take or re-take). Kind of a big deal, see. I know myself, and when I get on the bus on Sunday morning (or during the ride at some point) I'll really comprehend that and have a huge smile on my face and some tears. I truly hope this is the last B.Sc. I'll go through... Might go for Masters at some point, but I've had enough of TAU for at least five years.

3. My mom cleaned my room and took the liberty of organizing stuff, I can't find a bloody thing. It's like having a maid again.

4. Reading list? Harry Potter. Yes. Well, it's been a while since I read the entire thing from scratch, and I see (yet again) how good it is. Makes me smile. I also got a book by Marjane Satrapi ("Embroideries") and it was very lovely. Maye "lovely" ain't the word exactly, but it was good. Made me laugh in the middle of the bus.

5. "Bones" this week was wonderful! I really hate the changing interns, but this one was just precious. Plus her outfit in the end, and Hodgins answering "The Dude" with all the other kids... I clapped and cheered on and jumped in my seat. :)

6. Took my mom out today - just me and her. We walked around in Neve Tzedek in TA, got into some incredible shops and had some great ice-cream. Also checked out the new "Station" complex (they fixed up some old train station next to the beach in Jaffa and turned it into a posh shops and cafes complex). Walked around some, got into some cool shops, bought some cheese and olives in the market stands and headed home. My dad called and wanted to know if we were coming to cook for him, so I told him he can cook for himself (he eats early on Fridays because he goes play Soccer with his friends in the afternoon). It was very hot, but we had a lot of fun and it wasn't even as big a mess as we thought it would be.

7. Saw Lilach yesterday. That's three times in a month - and I'm glad we did it. I don't want to lose touch with her, and I need the frontal conversations (not a very big phone person).

8. Somewhere in the middle I was crowned "link to Udi", since my tiny little brother of 23 is currently at India and will only send me messages via Facebook. Funny kid.

9. Also, took some pics out today, I'll post them in a while.

10. I'm actually behind on my shows - Still haven't watched "Chuck" or "Fringe".

11. ...And I need to get that work proposal done and send it to my project instructor.

12. I'm also considering my outfit for Sunday. Problem is, I'll be doing a shift in the Student association tent and I'll need to be with that horrible t-shirt they issued me (first week of semester the association has a big fair in the middle of the university, with beer and sponsors and what-nots, and people from the association to explain students what services they can get from it). Gonna be a problem with my other clothes... Crap.

And that's all for now.

Passing through five of the Tillerman Cycle novels, I cam across the thought of the Alethiometer. It wasn't the truth that needed to be found, it's the holding down of meanings I've thought of. When I read, I make these jumps - up and down meanings, and today was the worst (reading "Come a Stranger" I got to thinking if Mina would have voted for Barak Obama, and how old was she now, and the black rights in the US, and our own prejudices here). I held the meanings in my head and made those jumps, those jumps no one else but me makes because I'm the only me.

And then riddles - how they're the same. We have one on the paper every day - called hidato - that needs to look a few steps ahead, and thinking about it strategy games do as well.

So that was the thought today. It was a good thought.

And now I see how it all comes together, and the layers all connect (yes, I watched "Inception" yesterday).

I love going down paths like this one. Especially when the alternative is Elasticity studying.

"Joe Speedboot" (Tommy Wieringa) is also finished, which brings my total in the last three weeks to five books (if we include "Stranger Things Happen" By Kelly Link and "Implied Spaces" by Walter John Williams), and in the last four days to three. Can you tell I really don't want to study?

I will study today, I have to, though. It's time to stick my head into that stinking pile of Elasticity.

Also - the first bird of grades is here. Processing - 94. I knew it was going to be good, but it's extremely nice to see that grade on my grade sheet, which usually sees 60's and 70's. :)

ETA: On the other hand, it seems I didn't get the job I went for last week. I'm... I don't know - on the one hand, I wanted to finally have a job, and on the other, I want a job that will promote me in my own line of studying.

Fucking shit.

My room looks like a library exploded in it. Those of you who know it know that my room isn't organized in the best of times, but this is really over the top.

1. Book week - the way you see the first of the stalls, and know there is something good waiting there. One of the best Israeli traditions.

2. Spotting your best friend across the road, and realize that yes, it is her in the pink and white.

3. Hugging your best friend when you both know what you want to say in that hug. Hugging her and knowing it's that conversation from last night that's being wrapped up.

4. Opening the first page of a book for the first time. Feeling it's one of many times you'll open this book. Also, closing the last page of the book for the first time and placing your hand on it, just for a moment, to savor it, closing your eyes.

5. Eating when you're hungry - the egg's yolk will drip through your fingers and you can suck them happily, because it's your home.