no activity

ok ok...so there has been no activity [on my blog] since august.

but that does not mean i am not here. alive. breathing.

this time, i'm in new york. i'm still horrible at blogging, so that hasn't changed much but the scenery is markedly different this winter.

snow storms
sinus infections
wool knit scarves
new friends
old friends
meaningful work
cranberry butter
wellies
out-of-town guests
stamford
iron&wine
mulled apple cider
circle scarves
and my health - which after a week of laying in bed and creating more snot than i knew i could - i appreciate more than ever.

thirty months

having left this blog for a moment (read: way too long) i thought it only fair to return to my virtual home as i get ready to leave my physical one in the next few days.

leaving israel. leaving haifa. leaving home.

saying all my goodbyes way too early. is it too strange if i hug you goodbye three weeks before i actually leave? what if i see you in the lunchroom or in the stairwell or at the crosswalk?

as my mind lives in denial - my body does as well. i cannot seem to pack up my life. put it into boxes, close my accounts, conclude my friendships of small talk and polite conversation.

and i cannot get any sleep either.

so once again, it is too late to be productive and i'm too tired to sleep.

new web site

yes, my colleagues are awesome.

yes, they just launched this site.

and yes, i'm baking two cakes for our launch party tomorrow:
french apple tart and sour cream pumpkin bundt cake.

yippee for technology and sweets :)

oh the french have their own moments as well.

aahhh...so it turns out that little miss carolina is not the only one who cannot think under the pressure of lights, camera and her peers.

and this one goes out to all my jean-claude frenchy french friends out there. yes, the french are also retarded. the MOON. the MOON. and 56% of you did not get it. sad.

americans are retarded. and i have proof.

who would have thought that this question would be so impossibly hard to answer. apparently, she did. Laura Caitlin Upton, Miss Teen South Carolina 2007, in her rendition of "americans are retarded, and i'm the most retardedest of them all."

Question: Recent polls have shown a fifth of Americans can't locate the U.S. on a world map. Why do you think this is?

Answer: I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so, because, uh, some...people out there in our nation don't have maps, and, uh, I believe that our education like such as South Africa and, uh, the Iraq everywhere like, such as and...I believe that they should, our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S., er, should help South Africa and should help the Iraq and the Asian countries, so we will be able to build up our future, for our children...

for more insight into her views on foreign policy and paris hilton, please visit this link.

new postsecret mini-movie.....enjoy.

japanese IQ test

kinda interesting....japanese iq test

let me know how you fare.