numerology

on my part, two productive things took place today. first, i organized a section breakfast and it went well. second, i spent two hours cleaning the kitchen. the rest of the day was just as much a waste as the rest of the last two weeks.

we had a half an hour ceremony to celebrate passover, and the rabbi decided that we needed a lesson in jewish numerology. not only was the concept behind his lesson mind-numbingly dry but he felt the need to give all the numbers, and not just a sample. at one point a few of us were sarcastically counting with him... the next speech was great by comparison :P

i'm already coming up with ways to get to see chris cornell despite the fact that i'll be on a course down south. my methods are not entirely void of deception, but if that's the price i have to pay, so be it.

after discovering that the tickets aren't on sale yet and missing some weird celebration of "ducking" tel aviv" - i'll get to that in a second - i did some shopping and came home.

some recently deceased artist / poet / whatever wanted to turn tel aviv into a city filled with ducks. as part of an attempt at posthumous humouring [sic] him, a giant inflatable duck was placed on top of the city council building, looking over the rabin square...

i just had sushi-sashimi supper with the kid, a friend of his and our neighbour. the kid's friend really pissed me off, not by merely arguing over the size of the tip, but by expressing his disgust at tipping a waitress who's "dress and manner indicate enough prosperity that she doesn't need your tip". what a moron.

the finger exercises are working! the only serious (and painful) problem i'm having is pulling off with my pinky. almost everything else works (obviously not perfectly, but i'm getting more comfortable) and i'm enjoying playing with the sounds :)

now fasting until my blood tests in the morning.