I used to sing this song to myself for years and years, and every once in a while it pops back into my head. Well I was listening to some Matisyahu — a hasidic reggae/rap artist — and even though he doesn’t sing this particular song, my mind became flooded with all of those melodies from when I was much younger.
But I couldn’t remember the Hebrew words as we sang them around that huge tree. I decided, for the first time, to use the internet to find the words to that song. I simply searched Google, in English, for the transliteration of some of the sounds that best matched my memory. My query was hebrew song avodah ki hashem. Well, I had the “ki hashem” part right, but not “avodah.” While that’s a valid Hebrew word, it’s not in the song. Basically, my mind had transformed the consonants to different sounds, replacing spotty memory with recognizable Hebrew words, but amazingly the vowel sounds I contained in my memory remained largely intact 25 years later.
The first page of search results led me to this page, a blog entry naturally, containing the real words to the tune I remember. The internet never ceases to amaze me, and some times it just blows me away.
]]> Comments (0) ]]>I’ve given my notice and I’ll be starting a new job in a few weeks. Same company, new office. It will be a nice change, but I’ll be sticking to my philosophy of “Don’t get too comfortable.”
]]> Comments (5) On Mar 22, 2006 8:46 AM, stacey commented:On Mar 22, 2006 3:53 PM, randi commented:congrats!!!
On Mar 22, 2006 6:46 PM, Amy commented:and good luck! :)
On Mar 22, 2006 7:33 PM, Barb commented:Congratulations! I’m so glad it all worked out for you. We’ll have to think of something special to do to celebrate!
On Mar 22, 2006 11:17 PM, Doobie commented:Ooh, congrats! This certainly is the year of switching jobs.
]]>I have an idea! Let’s take him out to dinner this Saturday and then to a comedy club afterwards!
Finally, something in the theater to look forward to. I also can’t wait to see Home for Purim’s studio-designed website — there better be one.
]]> Comments (1) On Mar 17, 2006 7:55 PM, Barb commented:]]>It also has John Krasinski, aka Jim from the US “Office,” with whom I am in love.
I’m back from Florida. I had a great time with my relatives. My cousins have grown up so much, it’s hard to contemplate. One is getting ready to graduate college and is still collecting scholarships like they’re pennies. He’s planning to be a CPA. My grandmother is still getting around at 90 years old.
The neighborhood where my cousins, uncle and aunt live was devastated during last year’s hurricane season. Most of the houses haven’t been completely fixed up — especially the rooves — and probably won’t before the next hurricane season starts.
We visited Las Olas and Miami. Las Olas reminded me of an upscale New Hope. The shops were a bit touristy and not very interesting to me. Nothing beats people-watching in Miami, though. There happened to be a film festival taking place when we were visiting, so there was an interesting mix of characters.
]]> Comments (0) ]]>My brother and I will be staying with my uncle, aunt, and cousins while down there.
When I come back and see people again, I’ll be old.
]]> Comments (7) On Mar 8, 2006 7:07 PM, Amy commented:On Mar 8, 2006 9:10 PM, Darren R. Sussman commented:I wish I could join you too! Florida will be much more fun then working. Maybe next time I will be able to take time off. Maybe you should visit more often.
On Mar 8, 2006 11:30 PM, M-D commented:Don’t feel too bad. I already think of you as old! :)
On Mar 11, 2006 7:45 AM, Amy commented:You’re older than you’ve ever been…
…and NOW you’re even older!
On Mar 12, 2006 5:19 PM, Elke commented:HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR SPIIIIIKKKE HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOOOOOOUUUUUU……
I hope you have a great day today!
On Mar 13, 2006 9:03 PM, Barb commented:Have a wonderful HAPPY BIRTHDAY:)
On Mar 18, 2006 10:26 AM, laura commented:Happy birthday! Hope it was great!
P.S. You’re totally old.
]]>um, excuse me, what does that make me? pssh.
Happy birthday!
On Mar 5, 2006 8:48 AM, Doobie commented:people really have way too much time on their hands….. :)
]]>Not bad, but you’d think that with all that work put into it, the guy playing Homer would have ditched the facial hair and just went with the simple 5 o’clock shadow. I’d also bust on Marge, but asking someone to dye their hair blue for a simple gag might have been too much.
The musical was cute. The songs weren’t magnificent, but some were memorable and the performers (a cast of four playing multiple characters) were very good.
Before the show, we had dinner in a small barbecue place down the street from the theater. The food was great but the drinks had way too much alcohol. It was a nice end to a full weekend. I had originally planned to take off from work today to extend my time, but decided not to and save the vacation day for another time, preferrably when Amy doesn’t have an appointment with her dentist. But there isn’t much going on in the office. The boss is out because she, like Amy, sliced her hand with a knife this weekend. There must be something going around.
]]> Comments (3) On Feb 21, 2006 3:37 PM, Doobie commented:On Feb 21, 2006 10:38 PM, Darren R. Sussman commented:“but the drinks had way too much alcohol”
That’s impossible.
On Feb 22, 2006 1:03 PM, randi commented:Yeah, you usually hear the complaint the other way around.
And how odd that my friend Jon also sliced his hand with a knife this weekend? Weird….
]]>perhaps it’s the same phenomenon that’s causing all the olympic skaters to fall down?
In the slight chance that it is the latter, here are some updates.
I think I’m the only person in this country who watches the Olympics. I haven’t watched much, but I did catch some great moments. There’s something about young people performing at the ultimate level that really interests me. There is so much emotion whether it’s athletics, music, or anything else at the highest level of performance. It beats watching overpaid athletes who are more interested in posturing and getting the multimillion-dollar salary than performing.
I’m finally doing something about getting into better shape. It’s not much, but I’m being consistent with it and I have plans to get even more exercise. I’m eating better and cooking more. I haven’t had a microwaveable dinner in a long time, but I still have junk once in a while, like Tuna Helper.
I should be done with my master’s degree in September, and I can’t wait. All I can say right now is that the experience has not been good and I’m happy I have to pay for only a small portion of the tuition. I just hope even that small expense ends up being worth my time. I don’t know what that means… maybe a better job, maybe a feeling that I’ve actually learned something worthwhile other than how to be a mid-level manager in a corporation. At least the class I’m taking now deals a little with something interesting: behavioral psychology.
Most of my remaining classes will be self-directed or one-on-one, so perhaps my experiences will change. The administration is absolutely horrible. I’m assigned a new financial counselor about once a month, and the outgoing one doesn’t bring the new one up to speed. My invoices are incorrect every class, which makes it a pain dealing with the new counselor and getting things done quickly so I can get reimbursed by my company. They can’t determine my full schedule because the version of my program is outdated — that’s what I get for taking a year off while I was teaching.
We have facilitators, not professors. There’s nothing to profess — the individuals who lead the class (although they tend to have great credentials) just facilitate discussion as far as I can tell. In general, for a program where writing is such a key ingredient, you would think the facilitors would have much better writing skills. I don’t think “noun-verb agreement” is a “foreign concept.”
Don’t get me started on trying to determine exactly how some of my classmates graduated high school, let alone got accepted into a graduate program. The learning experience should not be like this.
Let’s see, what else. My lease is up in June and I need to decide where I’m going. I can’t bear to live another year here, so it’s time to get out.
That’s it for now.
]]> Comments (5) On Feb 17, 2006 1:02 AM, Barb commented:On Feb 17, 2006 1:11 AM, Spike commented:Wow, your life sounds a lot like mine. Only subtract the degree and add a new job.
I LOVE the Winter Olympics. Did you watch the snowboard cross? That was awesome! …Anyway.
On Feb 17, 2006 1:21 PM, randi commented:I did see some of the snowboard cross tonight. It looked very cool, almost made me want to try to learn how to do it myself. Almost. (I’ve never seen the X-Games or anything, though I have played video games that involved the snowboard half-pipe.)
On Feb 18, 2006 8:44 AM, Doobie commented:i’ve been watching the olympics too. i missed some great performances last night though trying to pack and renew my car registration. anyway, i really enjoy watching everything - i’d even like to watch curling, but they’re only showing it when i’m either sleeping or at work. the bums. and yeah, watching the half-pipe competition was fun - i kept seeing them do moves that i’ve done in the game. hehe :)
On Feb 23, 2006 3:02 AM, Leah commented:If it wasn’t for ice hockey, I’d have no reason to watch the winter olympics. Before it used to be just Team USA, but since the NHL has star players scattered all over the world, almost any team I see is guaranteed to have a recognizable (to me anyway) star on it.
]]>I LOVE the winter olympics….. it’s pretty much the only time I ever see snow - and the athlete’s definitely handle it much better than I don (on those infrequent snow-handling occasions). Also, there’s something super cool about hurtling down or flinging yourself off a mountain!
]]>It makes one long for the days when VPs kind of hung out in the background and never did anything memorable.
Four jobs you’ve had in your life:
Four movies you can watch over and over:
Four places you have lived:
Four TV shows you love to watch:
Four places you have been on vacation:
Four websites you visit daily:
Four of your favorite foods:
Four places you would rather be right now:
Four bloggers you’re tagging (who are under no obligation to continue):
]]> Comments (0) ]]>]]>It’s amazing how adding some dramatic music can drastically alter the meaning of a line…. :)
You scored as Psychology. You should be a Psychology major!
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On Feb 1, 2006 9:16 AM, Darren R. Sussman commented:I got 75% scores in mathematics and journalism…go figure. While these Quizfarm tests are neat, I never took them too seriously since anyone can create a test there and lead someone to a false conclusion.
On Feb 1, 2006 10:39 AM, stacey commented:I got a 75% towards Math and then it all went down from there, but since I answered the majority of the questions with a middle or below rating, that’s no big surprise. I mean, I don’t really enjoy ANY of the things they asked about there. I guess I’m just lazy. :P
On Feb 2, 2006 8:10 AM, Barb commented:yeah, i didn’t think those questions were very meaningful either. it said i was 75% math, 42% theatre (which was actually my major!). also, nothing about music or anything i could really relate to.
On Feb 2, 2006 5:02 PM, me commented:It had me as an English major, which I was. But once you got past that…no. And I don’t think I’m “passionate” about any of the things they asked.
On Feb 3, 2006 6:51 AM, Jimmy commented:i got 83% philosophy and 75% math. turns out i actually have a philosophy and economics double major.
]]>92% Art, Philosophy & Theater You scored as Art.
You should be an Art major! How bohemian! who knew?
Thanks to Amy for making all the arrangements. Let us know if you haven’t received the evite but would like to come. (I can leave this an open invitation on this website because my lack of posting here has resulted in having very, very few readers, from what I can tell.)
It’s been a while since I’ve seen some good live comedy.
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