listmania!

[desh]

Because my mind has been bored lately, and it decided to start some lists. But not finish them.

Best Months
1. August
2. October
3. January
4. May
5. June
...
12. February


Things I want to do at some point in my life
daven mincha with a minyan at a rest stop, preferably on the Jersey Turnpike
See the aurora borealis
Invite our family's lifelong occasional cleaning woman to my wedding
Spend Yom Kippur at the Leader Minyan in Jerusalem
Have a clean bedroom
EDIT: Actually learn Hebrew. (How'd I forget this one?)
Take a train somewhere I've never been before
Cook cholent for the LJ Abuse Team
Watch the Phillies clinch the World Series in person. Or at least go to the parade.

Best TV shows new enough that I can remember when they were on
1. My So-Called Life
2. Gargoyles
3. Sportscenter (think about it...)
4. The Wonder Years
and a bunch more

Best spectator sport experiences
1. 1993 Phillies
2. 1999-2000 Flyers
3. 2001-2002 Eagles
4. 2003-2004 Flyers
5. 2004 Red Sox

Members of the mainstream media who have noticed that the presidential election might not be over, or at least, not as conclusive as everyone would like you to believe
1. Keith Olbermann

I had another good one too. Oh well.

Comments

[below-the-belt.livejournal.com]

of the things you want to do at some point in your life, here are the ones i want to do with you:
* daven mincha with a minyan at a rest stop, preferably on the Jersey Turnpike
* Take a train somewhere I've never been before
* Cook cholent for the LJ Abuse Team [I like cooking cholent, duh, and I'd love to see LJers IRL, plus I don't think I've ever seen you cook; the most I've ever seen any of this crowd cook is Cheese and Macaroni, Kraft-style, between movies/making out at Dov's house. Not what you'd call gourmet.]

[I can't remember what the aurora borealis is so i don't know if i want to see it - is it the northern lights, in Alaska?]

I think you should have people sign up to do these things with you. [Finding someone to sign up to invite your family's domestic employee to your wedding with you, however, might be tricky at this state, since getting married is not a signing-up type thing.]

[desh]

Sad to report, I don't think you'd like my cholent. There are usually bits of former animal in it. And you've never seen me cook because I don't cook. Well, that's not really true anymore; I've done it like 6 times. Tomorrow I'm going to try cooking multiple things simultaneously, for the first time. We'll see how it goes.

But let's go on a train trip. Or get married. Whichever.

[bloomable.livejournal.com]

You cooked with me! The spaghetti, remember? It was yummy :-)

[desh]

Mmm, yeah. Though I'm counting times when I was the primary or only cook. That doesn't happen often.

I'm still seeing you again soon, yeah? Yay!

[below-the-belt.livejournal.com]

you seem to be misled. while i am a hardcore self-rightous vegan, i still enjoy the smell [and vicarious eating, through friends] of former animal cholent. mmmmm... cholent fleische.... shalvi schachter makes killer cholent. with fleische. and i ate it when i was a seventeen-year-old vegetarian.

good luck with your cooking adventures.

i think i'd prefer the train trip, as it's less commitment and far less heteronormative [except you and i marrying wouldn't be so het, now would it? that's an enticing idea]. eh. i'm tossing a coin - call it in the air!

[myq.livejournal.com]

what's daven mincha? is this something dirty?

[desh]

Not at all! Daven is yiddish for "pray", and mincha is the name for the afternoon service. Many observant Jews daven mincha every day, frequently with a minyan (either 10 people over the age of 13, or 10 men, depending on who you ask). I don't; I do so on most Fridays and Saturdays, and occasional other times.

It's a short service, even on Shabbat, and there's not much to it, but I like it anyway. My favorite things about it are the melody with which the mincha prayers are tradtionally sung on Saturdays; and the fact that the rest of the week, if you're going to do mincha at all, it's going to have to be on the run, or at work, or some other place that most people wouldn't think of to pray. (It has to be done between noon and sundown, approximately.) I like that juxtaposition.

[myq.livejournal.com]

we should just have rugs and pray 5 times a day

[desh]

In a lot of ways, it's not that different...

because i like to be less serious and more random

[nytesenvy.livejournal.com]

yay for putting August as your favorite month! my birthday is in august, usualy by proxy making it my favorite month too.

ok random tangent ended