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my mom and i just got back from a six hour search for a christmas tree. it was really quite fun. we stopped by the local, well, not really “local” persay, but we stopped at the ‘nearset’ JCC and had food, finished up some prayers i missed off on, then went searching for a christmas tree. quite an oximoron, but all good.

just for a bit of advise : don’t feed you tree (if it’s a live tree that is) that evergreen ” if you feed me to your tree i’ll make it live longer” crap. it made ours keel over within the first two weeks we had it. TWO weeks. then we went out this morning and 6 hours later we returned with a tree. finally. i think it’s a bit better than the first tree we had, but all good:)

i’m gonna go met my friend at ruby tuesday’s now, so ttyl

have an —- -TASTIC day everybody!!

for inquiring minds who would like to know.

a zephyr is the west wind or a gentle breeze. the word comes from Zephuros, the god of the west wind.

yippie.i’m here again. it’s like i go into a bow for a few days and then pop back out and write something, then go back into the box.

we got out for vacation today. it’s awesome already. i just can’t wait for endless days of sitting on my ass at home or lugging myself into work. that’s pretty much my vacation, with the exception of new years. that, second to st patricks day, is one of the best days of the year. basically because i can get intoxicated off my ass and i can simply reply “happy new years”. st. patricks days are even worse. i would say ” happy st. patrick’s day”, but i’m usually to drunk to speak without sounding like george bush, if i can speak at all.

the only things that will be able to keep me insane this extremly long vacation are probably the books i got yesterday. i got a few john grisham books, the firm and the chamber i think, and a johnathan harr book, a civil action. legal thirllers are always good. i also got a red badge of courage and almost got confederates in the attic. i think i’ll go back and get that.

until next time, avi

wow sorry it’s been so long! i’ve had a pretty busy week in school, and i’m not very good at managing both my homework and my webwork. there’s just too much to do.

it really just comes down to this: i had an a.p us history essay to write. my advanced placement class is in fact the hardest one at my school and at times, i shudder at the thought of not succeeding in it. however, succeeding in that class usually is getting about a c. again, the hardest one in our school. well, i had to write this essay, due thursday, then deferred til friday.

the question was

“While the North grew and changed, economically the South merely grew…and southern growth reinforced existing conditions, including slavery.” Assess the validity of this statement.

yup that was it. and we don’t have the kind of teacher where you could just answer the question and call it a day. nope, we have the kind of teacher where you not only have to “assess the validity” of the statement, but we have to tie in the market economy, seperatly define ‘growth’, ‘change’, and ‘reinforce’, not bad. but it also has to have slavery and how that helped the south grow economically and the diversity of the northern economy due to change, especially the high population, metropolitian cities, and the western connestion via railroads. and to top it off, it had to be good and well written.

though it sounds like a lot to do, and though i didn’t make it sound all that hard ( i had to re-write it three times), it’s definitly worth it because not only through the book and classroom discussions, but through your individual aspect pertaining to the question. it’s really quite good.

i’m going to go get something to eat.

sorry i haven’t posted in a while. the way time flys when you’re having fun! it’s just not fair sometimes!

i’ve had a really busy week. a lot of schoolwork. i love the way teachers could care less if you have at least two hours work in just one class and they give you at least an hour of it. it’s just great spending four to five hours on homework every night. i don’t though. i only got about 3 hours tonight, or at least that was what i spent on it. all i had was 6 problems in precalculus, some really stupid execersizes in spanish, and to study for an ap us history test tomorrow. oh, i forgot to mention reading 40 pages of a civil action for my law class. all in all, not that bad.

but at least there will be break time this weekend. not really though. friday night i have to work. hazzah!! saturday morning i have to go to a seminar and saturday afternoon i have to go to a friend’s baby shower. then onsunday i’m going to see beauty and the beast on broadway. not that bad of a weekend. then there’s the sustaincial amount of homework time that needs to be kept aside. all good all in all.

but anyways. let’s focus our attention on a completly different subject.

so on the welcome menu page thing of aol, there was a poll. will the u.n. find illegal weapons in iraq was the question. the percent (at least te percent around 7 o’clock) was something like 51 yes and 38 no and the other percentage didn’t know. my question is this: if the iraqies know that the u.n. is going to come and search for illegal weapons, assuming they had any of coarse, wouldn’t they be smart enough to hide them? the iraqies might not be the smartest of people, be rest assured, they’re not dumb. if there was gossip, a simple rumour that was to greatly effect them in any way, the u.n. searches for example, wouldn’t one think to put their stuff into hiding? that’s just like your brother saying that your mom suspected you of having a porno in your room and you (still holding the assumption that you do have one) stashing it away even if she doesn’t come. it’s a simple defence mechinism. in your case, it puts your ass in jeoperdy because you know your mom will sure as hell kick the shit out of it. in iraq’s case, it puts their whole country in jeoperdy. it’s so dumb to think the u.n. expects to go into iraq, charge through a door labled “illegal weapons only” and find themselves in a room with all the illegal weapons in the country, saddam hussen, the members of the taliban, and osama bin ladden sitting around a table drinking tea.

well in the meantime, i have to go study for a quiz tomorrow. ciao. -avi

Back to the Hell I call Life

well, it’s monday, and it’s also the last day of my thanksgiving vacation. i’ve had a week of freedom from school and unfortunatly it’s time to go back. yay. i don’t know why i’m complaining though. after two weeks of school, i get a month of vacation, so i should just shut up.

for all of those wondering why i get long vacations, i go to boarding school. i used to go to a public school, then my mom yanked me out because she didn’t think that the education there would get me anywhere in life. i’ve actually gotta say that i’m glad she did. i’ve now got friends from all over the world opposed to all over the city. we also have better food than public schools. it’s actually real and they actually cook it.

but i’ll get back to my complaining. i’ll tell you all what i did, or didn’t do over my vacation.

i ate. i worked. i read fredrick douglass’s narrative. it really wasn’t that bad. if you want to read a REALLY bad book, well, not as bad as is dry, read the unredeemed captive. i had to read it for ap us history and it’s a killer. think of a really dry, really big stick in any oracle in your body. that’ s kinda what that book felt like. but freddy d was pretty good. i went to new haven ct for my uncle’s 90th b-day party. we went to this really fancy resturant and i had the shrimp. it was really good. i listened to josh groban’s cd. he’s really good. if you want to learn more about him, go to Josh’s Site. you can even listen to his whole album through his site if you’ve never heard it. it’s really good.

speaking of album’s, i’m listening to mariah carey’s album online as we speak. it’s ok. many of the songs sound the same though. the whole thing, with the exception of a song or two, has a very similar base line. all good though. i would burn it instead of buy it, and i love mc.

i’m gonna go get ready for school though. i’m gonna go experiment with different styles in my hair.

avi

HAPPY HANUKKAH!!

the best 8 days of the year are here!! happy hanukkah to all the jews out ther, and even to the non-jewish people who sorta celebrate it.

the only thing that is upsetting this hanukkah season is that we had to use an old monorah because i broke our last year. i, being half jewish, half christian, give or take, celebrate both christmas and hanukkah. so last year we were setting up the christmas tree during hanukkah and i thought it was nice and sturdy in the tree holder thing. i was wrong. i turn around and see the christmas tree com tumbling down on our poor little monorah, wiping out at least the first four days. then we had to go searching for one and we found another one, and though a bit older, it still stood. now my mom’s complaining at me because it “doesn’t go with the furnature”. yeah like i care.

but anyways! happy dredel days!!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYBODY!!

DON’T EAT TOO MUCH!!

A Simple Review

Josh Groban, a fresh twenty-one year old baritone/tenor, has started to capture the eyes, and the hearts of the musical society. Emerging from California, this talented young man sings a range of genres, from opera to pop.

I have just purchased his cd, and it is quite good. His smooth voice floats over the 13 tracks of Italian, Spanish, and Enlgish songs. His cd even features his duet with Charolette Church, “The Prayer”, that was sung at the 2002 Olypics. He intriquetly weaves the notes through the bar on which they are written and it produces a truly marvelous sound.

Produced by Dr. David Foster, he has been “subbed in ” for Andrea Borachelli at the Grammy’s, singing with Celine Dione when only 17. He has appeared on everything from David Letterman to having his own special on PBS’s Great Performances. Josh will even be going on tour this coming spring. That is anticipated to be absolutely sensational.

In short, this smooth upcoming sensation has trapped the eyes and ears of many, and it’s only time before he’ll capture yours.

[This is in no way affiliated with Josh Groban or any official copywritten document/s. It’s just a really bad review.]

i just wrote in my journal a few nights ago about different thigns to write about, and so far i’ve got about 50 different things. i don’t feel like writing about any of them righ tnow though. there are a few things that are ticking me off right now however.

i got a splinter in my hand last week. it’s right where the thumb bends too. so i literally had to operate on my hand. i cut it open (the wood broke off and the part that was in me was in pretty deep) and got the tweezers and tried to fish around in the wide gash. i finally cut deep enough to extract the wood. it was about 2 mm long! it was so tiny! then all this blood gushed out and it was really quite disgusting. my mom told me that it would still feel like there was something in there after i had taken out the nusance. she was right. it agitated me so much that i went into the sealed gash i had made. i again searched around. i saw a tiny, almost microscopic dot, and thought nothing about it. i couldnt find anything unfortunatly. it wasn’t until like 15 minutes ago that i noticed that microscopic dot was actually something. i bet it’s the flippin piece of wood that had been pissing me off for so long now. i’ll have to operate on it again.

just thought i’d fill everyone in.

hey thanks for having me on your blog! i can’t wait to start writing! this’ll be fun!

first post!