This is Defiantly An Occasion For Tiny Knickers!

I have become addicted to that movie, "Bridget Jones's Diary" I have this huge need to watch my own pain. Its very masochistic.

I love how when you stare at a clock a minute seems like forever and when your in Br. Paul's religion an hour seems like forever and the last day of school seems like forever, and when you just get your wisdom teeth out a week seems like forever. So when you pass that minute, hour, day, week its like you have passed forever. Your life goes back to super speed.

From the Editor

Dear Thales,
I remember sitting with you at Los Alamos high school, under Dylan's Nazi coat, with our butts going numb, freezing our asses off talking about life and love and everything, and sharing secrets with you that up until that point I had never told anyone and visa-versa. Because you listen. I remember at Kat's party trying to be that friend back to you, trying to listen to you as you did for me. Listening is one of the most important skills in life, never loose it. I love your advice, I feel it is practical and moreover it is honest. The only problem I feel is every now and then you can get a tiny bit pretentious. You listen to others perspectives but you definitely think they are wrong. I think you are wrong in this...let me tell you why...(I'm not hypocritical) No really you are really a good guy. I think you are extremely perceptive, and that is a very special ability.I am often afraid that you are not really my friend, that you hang out with me because I am there, but even if this is true I would like to tell you I consider you one of my best friends. I love your potato gun and your dog. (Its on my list of small animals to steal...besides Beasel.) and while your pyro tendencies freaked me out at my costume party two years ago, I have learned to enjoy it. I also think your hair is amazing...its a freak of nature how you can fluff it up and do all kinds of shit to it and it goes back to being normal...its crazy.
Alex

I started a painting class today, and I must admit I am a little overwhelmed. Everyone in the class has some idea what they are doing they have dealt with color theory and mediums before and know whether they are going to use oil or acrylic and then there is one undecided: me. Besides Asher Lev I am lost to the world of art. It is like speaking another language I hear words like Gamsol, Grumbacher, and Aileron crimson and I'm thinking "je ne se pas Francais" Its so overwhelming.

I am the only person under 25 in there also which makes things slightly difficult the woman tends to baby me. Asking me if I personally have any questions, and so on.

I understand now when Yudel Krinsky tells Asher "Oil colors is an entire Torah, Asher. They mix the original color with a certain oil. With water color, they mic the color with water. That is all I know...but this is even beyond Torah already. That is Gemorra and Tosefos." I never understood that until now. If any one would like to see Chaim Potok's view of "The Brooklyn Crucifixtion" Here.