Wednesday Morning Rambly Bits

[gnomi]

-- You can now go on a moose safari in Maine.

-- mabfan and I went and saw "A Jihad for Love" and then attended the Q&A thereafter with the producer and director. I enjoyed the film, but I'm still processing my thoughts about it.

-- Random "I hadn't made the connection before" moment from yesterday: The actor who played the "real" Captain Jack Harkness in "Captain Jack Harkness" (Torchwood series 1 episode 12) is the same guy who gets a plug at the end of every Reduced Shakespeare Company podcast.

-- New TV shows with which I have become enamored: "The Middleman" and "In Plain Sight."

-- Returning shows the premiers of which I am anxiously anticipating: "Psych," "Eureka," "Stargate: Atlantis," "Burn Notice."

-- Now that it's summer, and with a vengeance, I've been looking for cooler and cooler (temperature-wise) ways to cover my hair. I've settled, for now, on tichels (head scarves), digging out the collection of scarves I picked up in Israel almost 20 years ago. But now I want to get more scarves. Because I like variety. :-) And mabfan and I have this desire to wear matching tie (his) and scarf (mine) to shul. So I'm now looking for, among other things, a scarf with Superman shields on it.

-- For those for whom this is relevant, tomorrow and Friday are Rosh Chodesh Tammuz.

-- I cannot turn off the editing part of my brain. This was brought into stark relief on Shabbat when the rabbi said that the pit into which Korach's followers fell was created "on the first Friday of creation." I leaned over and said to my friend (whose sister-in-law, to whom I had not yet been introduced, was sitting between us), "Hang on… the first Friday of creation? Wasn't there only one?" Immediately, the s-i-l knew that either (a) I am a language pedant, (b) I'm a bit nuts, or both.

Comments

[eireangus.livejournal.com]

That was an awesome post!

I will be very curious to hear your view of "A Jihad for Love". I am still not sure when it is playing in the SF Bay area, but I need to eventually look it up.

Does anyone in your shul wear a sheitel? I'm not even sure if it's a Modern Orthodox minhag to wear them. I know Chabad women tend to wear them, and then another covering for shul (if they go). I talked to my parents and they said the heat and humidity are sure going strong. Thus, I am sure a tichus is the way to go (as opposed to a hat). You should take a trip to Brooklyn, I am sure you will find tichels of all sort there! ;-)

I can't believe how quick time if flying and Rosh Chodesh Tammuz is here. Wow! Before I know it I will be back in Boston (late August).

I can TOTALLY see you doing that in shul. You are nuts, then again, so am I!!!! ;-) That's why we get along famously!

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

A couple of women in our shul wear sheitel regularly (the rebbetzin is really the only one I can think of who always wears one). Everyone else goes with hats or tichels.

According to the site, A Jihad for Love (http://www.ajihadforlove.com/screenings.html) will be in San Francisco in late August. With luck, it won't be the same part of late August that you'll be here in Boston.

I can TOTALLY see you doing that in shul.

Over the past year and a half or so, I have acquired something of a posse (as one of the members of said posse has termed it) in my row in shul. They indulge my weirdnesses, and I theirs.

[eireangus.livejournal.com]

Very interesting! My experience is mostly with Chassidish women and most wear a sheitel always, and then sometimes a tichus or hat over it (at least for shul). I think at home some of them just wear a covering without a sheitel. But, since I am not a woman, I am not sure.

I think I might be able to just make it, as I will be in Massachusetts from August 27th until September 3rd. I am hoping to meet up again with everyone!

You have a little more flexibility with having your own posse in shul, as mine is so small and mostly just men. At least women can hide a bit easier in shul. Hehe! ;-)