Glad you're feeling better, vw.

Bread's in the oven now, and my apartment smells all nice and bready. It's not going to be as good as usual, because I ran out of maple syrup and had to make up the difference with regular sugar, but it still smells good.

I'm being vegan this week (I try to do one vegan week a month, though I haven't been so good about that lately), and trying to have mostly homemade stuff. Which includes bringing my lunch to the office, rather than buying something. I really should do this way more often -- it's not too difficult, and it's much healthier and cheaper. For tomorrow, I've got a tempeh mango salad sandwich on pita, some apple slices, and some baby carrots, with hummus to dip them in. So that's two fruits, one vegetable, two proteins, and a bread. (I get a little bit obsessive about balancing my meals when I bring lunch. I have a lunchbox with a bunch of little compartments, so it just seems like I ought to have something different in each one.)

VW, glad to hear.

Looks like just as the Yankee/BoSox game gets rolling, I go into work. That's what dvr is for, right?

Don't worry, omnis. By the time you get back from work, the score will be 29-26, and it will only be the bottom of the 4th.

I like to do the same thing, Hil.

Afternoon productivity may be threatened by neighbors coming over with margaritas

And it's bad because...?

"Stop being such a wanker and put it on."

"You'll pay for this."

I watched it with a friend last night! Yeah, good times.

I've been lazy today

Well, duh. You with the not Skyping me...

< /Jewish mama mini-guilt trip>

Glad you're feeling better, vw.

random work rant deleted.

Hi Shir! I forgot to ask you how do you pronounce "I rock" in Hebrew? Which syllable has the accent?

Hi Laga!

Which syllable has the accent?

Err. Bunch of them. That's why I didn't say anything about it in the first post. "Ani" is I, me and all of that jazz (there's another word for it, but not a lot use it). The emphasis is on the "ni". "Sholetet"... well, all of the parts get sort of an emphasis to them, but it's mostly the "letet", and the two syllables should be heard clear: "let-et", and roll a little bit the "le" part in your mouth before moving to the "t" end and the next syllable.

Now, that was the feminine way. The masculine form is "Ani sholet", and it's the same, only the emphasis is on the "let" part alone.

I really hope that explanation was clear enough.

I really hope that explanation was clear enough

I think so. I bet I can get my point across to the next Hebrew speaker I meet.

In case you don't read Natter...

Look at this lovely hamster.

Shir, you speak Hebrew? My other half is from Israel. I have been trying to learn Hebrew for about two years now. Even went to a class. The frakking letters are so difficult that I'm not getting anywhere. I plan to try again when I'm having a break from my studies next year. I do love the sound of the language - very lyrical. I can say a few things. And sing a song about a hat. Yay Angel - good stuff. Season two was my favourite.

Nora, what's your paper on? Are you a fellow grad student? I'm writing a reserch methods paper at the moment, and it's driving me slightly loopy. 2000 words down, 4000 to go. And then I get to start on the Disability Studies paper of the same length (this being my actual MA subject).

Hamsters! Awesome. Mine is less amusing to look at. He's cute, though. And currently approaching four years old. Seriously. We think he might be an immortal.