June 14, 2005

• Well…time for a late night blog.  A chance to confess, muse, bitch, and laugh into the internet abyss.

  
  

  Tomorrow I’m heading into NYC.  First, I’m meeting w/ a friend for lunch in Jersey.  Mind you…I’ve never gone to Jersey on my own, and I’m likely to find myself getting lost.  This friend is a special friend, we met about five years ago at a public policy type event in New York.  We spent a lot of time on the phone, mostly debating god and religion, and for about three years we only saw each other twice, it was one of those kinds of friendships, but recently, we’ve been getting in touch more often, which is a good thing.  The occassion tomorrow is a Jewish holiday called Shavuot, which, until today, I didn’t even realize was occuring, and to be honest, I had no idea what it was about.

  
  

  Apparently, it’s a holiday commemorating Moses getting the 10 commandments.  There’s only two other tidbits I know about this holiday, one is that Jews (the religious ones) spend an entire evening studying the Torah.  And the second, is that it’s traditional to eat dairy.  Tonight, we had blintzes, which are my favorite, and are essentially crepes stuffed w/ a sweet ricotta cheese, and traditionally w/ sour cream or apple sauce accomanying it.  So…tom. I’m having a shavuot lunch w/ my friend, I think it’ll be our 10th time seeing each other, which coincided w/ the 10 commandments (my friend is more religious and might see the “miracle” in that).

  
  

  Wednesday I have a phone interview with Liberty Travel.  I’m both excited and nervous for it.  Nervous because I have no back-up plans, and also nervous because I’ve never really wanted to be a travel agent.  Excited because I’m looking forward to the opportunity to get hired for my first full-time, salaried, health care providing job.  Also excited because this job might expedite the process of me being able to purchase such things as rent for a NYC apartment, one day perhaps.  As for the perks and learning opportunities that would come w/ being a travel agent…I’m gonna keep those on hold so as to not get my hopes up.

  
  

  So…i’ve begun reading Cat’s Cradle.  I think I need to look-up some cliff notes, because there’s clearly a reason this book is so well-read, but right now it’s coming off as not the most interesting thing I’ve ever come across.

  
  

  And apparently, the Mets are getting a new stadium in a few year’s time.  There were plans for this a few years back, a retractable dome and an old-style feel, like Camden Yards.  I’m not sure what it’s actually going to look like, but I pray they keep the giant neon ballplayers on the outside, it doesn’t get more classy than that.

  
  

  Now that the Michael Jackson trial is over…let’s hope we never hear from him again, except seeing some of his old music videos.  The same goes for “Iron” Mike Tyson, who quit after 6 rounds the other night.  His glory days ended when Mike Tyson’s punch-out was in every 10 year-old boys Nintendo.

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