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Happy birthday, birthday girls Cherie & Kelly! I'm going to listen to "July, July" today and jump up and down in tribute to you. 1 comment | post a comment
( It was okay )
Today is the day of the Resurrection! Let us be illumined by the feast! Let us embrace one another! Let us call "Brother" even those who hate us, And forgive all as we sing: Christ is risen from the dead, Trampling down death by death And to those in the tombs Bestowing life! After catching up on my sleep and eating a lot of meat, I'm finally getting around to making an LJ entry! We had an incredible and joyful Pascha. Our friends Michelle and Micah came up from Texas to see us for a few days, and it was great to celebrate it with them. This Lent for some reason has been extremely rough, with many of our friends having serious spiritual and mental crises out of freaking nowhere. Both of the Readers at our church had disappeared for all of Lent, which left Dan in charge of the chanting, which he dislikes. But Saturday night the hard parts of the past few weeks were forgotten. By the time the Resurrection service had finished, it was about 3am, and by the time we actually left the Paschal feast at church and got to bed it was 4:30am. You know it's a good feast when you come with an insane amount of food and leave with a similarly ridiculous amount of food. We brought a 7-lb roasted leg of lamb, potatoes, a block of feta, koulourakia (the Greek twisty cookies), one bottle of red wine, one of white, and a bottle of Ouzo. We left with a small amount of leftover lamb and potatoes, half of the Ouzo, some ham, some raw (unpasturized) cheese (illegal in the U.S.!), a bunch of red-dyed hard boiled eggs, an ENTIRE coconut cream pie, and a large pot of sweet-smelling white lilies. The surreal, liminal joy of crowding together into a small room in the time between sleeping and waking -- most of us shoeless, many of us sitting on the floor in our fancy Easter clothes, feasting and drinking together and periodically shouting "Christ is risen" and "Truly He is Risen" in our various languages -- was overwhelming and symbolic. It was truly the eighth day. 5 comments | post a comment
Happy Easter to everyone who celebrates today! post a comment
This Lent is JERKS. 1 comment | post a comment
I had a strange dream last night about a man who murdered his wife, but was never convicted. After the suspicions of the police had quieted down, he decided to write his wife's biography in order to make a ton of money (she was some kind of famous scientist). However, by some sort of divine retribution, he came down with a crippling case of writer's block, and was completely unable to settle on a title for the book. The last scene in the dream was the man, sweating and tortured, desperately writing out possible titles for the book and, over and over again, furiously striking them out. I woke up actually feeling terrified for this man. 4 comments | post a comment
Q: What smells better than (non-poopy) babies?
Everyone had better listen to "Alice's Restaurant" today. Otherwise, it's just not Thanksgiving. :) post a comment
Law-based religions like Judaism or Islam are great religions for the laity. They have clear rules about how you live and what you do from day to day. Follow the rules and you'll please God. It's simple! Christianity is a ridiculously hard religion for the laity. "A new commandment I give to you: that you love one another." It initially appears simple, but it's vague and non-specific. Different people disagree on the best way to do it. It asks that people throw their whole life into it, which is almost impossible for most of us (except the rare divinized person living in the midst of our societies, and monks who live outside of society). It's not that surprising that some denominations in Christianity have constructed a more law-based approach in order to make it more concrete and feasible for the laity. 3 comments | post a comment
Updates on the new jorb:
So on Friday night, shortly after performing my getting-a-job dance, I got a call from the director at Halton Region stating that she had some questions about the wording on my work permit, and would need to postpone my start date. The issue was that my work permit states that I'm not supposed to work in any child care facilities because I haven't had an official immigration medical exam. Temporary residents like myself are not required to get a medical exam to enter Canada, and in fact Immigration tells you all over their website and offices NOT to get one unless it's necessary. As a Developmental Consultant (my fancy pancy job title), I would need to observe children's social interactions from time to time, and this will sometimes mean entering a child care facility. Does this constitute working at a child care facility in the sense indicated on my work permit?
- get a haircut!
HOLY COW, I GOT THE JOB! 11 comments | post a comment
Something happened!
So, to update: There is still no update from Halton Region. : / I'm having a hard time deciphering the meaning behind this time lapse (2 weeks today) between my interview and their hiring decision. Yesterday I left a message for one of the interviewers letting them know that if they could use any further info to help them make their decision more easily, they can feel free to contact me. I hope this sends the message that I am still very interested. Which I am! Very VERY interested! I may call back today and see if I can reach someone. post a comment
Oh damn. I just got word from less lovable position (A) that they have offered the position to someone else because they really needed someone to start this week. O.O COME ON POSITION B, PLEEEEZ TO BE HIRING ME... 2 comments | post a comment |
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