Wednesday, April 27, 2005

   good day...
today was a good day...we played matball in gym, the best game for socializing...and then in sci we did a crappy lab but at least it was a lab got to talk w/rini...and lunch was ok except i got my sis lunch and she got mine so we had to sneak out to get her locker combo and switch lunches (she was in study hall) but when the door guard saw us come in twice she figgered it out and now its gonna b harder to sneak out but w/e well manage. blah blah saw video conference w/ex-skinhead, rini and serenity were there too, interesting at first but after a while he was just rambling and we were CRAMPED but it was better than ss class which we were missing. then the good part i went over to serenitys house (walking w/ambi so that was also good) and we ddred and i made potatos in the microwave (which she apparently has never done b4) and that was good cuz it was kosher for passover and then we snacked on random food ie marichino cherries spanish olives etc it was a lot of fun and i only made one smartass comment at her sister this time (admittedly she was only there for about 5 min but lets not ruin my moment) so im proud of that.
neway im off to visit sites (amap) if i dont get to urz today i will tomoro!
~zelda
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Tuesday, April 26, 2005

who knows what sunday was?
who knows what last sunday was the anniversary was? what happened 90 years ago sunday? i want for somebody, anybody, to tell me what tragedy began on april 24, 1915, that goes largely unremembered today, that faids to the back, especially in the clout surrounding the jewish yom ha-shoah, the day of remembrance for the holocaust. i hate to be like this about it, but nobody knows and nobody cares and that's sad. i want somebody to know, somebody to tell me that they remember the tragedy, by comment or pm or something. that's all. and if you do research for it, try to remember till next year.
~zelda
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everyone get ready...really long post...
well, hey, i have a lot to cover, and thats about all i can say in my defense.
so on thurs, my sis (lotrfreak, hereafter to b known simply as freak) and my bro and me all go into the city to c our dad and spend the seders with him and our stepmom and stepsister and whoever she invited b/c lisa (stepmom) is the type who is only happy if there are ten guests. our apt has no room for that kind of extravagance but she still invited peeps and still woke up at 6 on fri to do the jewish mom thing - cook cook cook cook cook. im afrain neither i nor my own mom have that kinda devotion - she made EVERYTHING from scratch! - but it was kinda neat to watch her cooking everything. then fri nite we went to the synagogue where they were providing a good, chametzdic dinner for everone who had already cleaned their kitchens and couldnt cook chametz. for everyone who doesnt know, passover (if i slip and refer to pesach its the same thing) is a holiday when jews celebrate to exodus from egypt and in memory of how our ancestors left too fast to let the bread rise we eat unleavened bread also but for the whole 8 day of the holiday (last sun - next sat) we don't eat ANYTHING thats leavened and we dont eat stuff like rice and peanuts etc. this means that im facing a week of matzah-and-cream-cheese samdwiches *groan* ah well we bear the affliction with our ancestors lol. sry early morning making horrible jokes. tho i make horrible jokes all the time come to think of it. so anyway we cant have a single crumb of chametz (the leavened stuff ie bread pasta cookies) anywhere in our houses, so everyone cleaned everything for passover and then didnt want to get chametz all in it again but who wants to add one more day of matzah dependance than is necessary? so thats where we went fri nite. sat nite was first seder, a several hour long affair that can end anywhere from midnite to 7 am. basically, we retell the story of the exodus and cal God a lot of really wonderful things and use many synonyms for the ways in which we will praise (extole, bow to, revere, etc.) the Holy One (blessed be He.) then we eat but not before eating some horseradish to remember their suffering, and some charoset which is a sweet paste used to soften the effects of the horseradish usually made from chopped apples, nuts, grape juice/wine and spices but since im allergic to both apples and nuts and would go into anaflactic (thats not how its spelled) shock from one spoonful, we make ours from blenderized dried dates & figs and toasted sesame seeds and spices, yemenite style. then we get to the meal and all the excess food my stepmom has cooked (its GOOD food tho esp the matza ball soup) and theres also a guest, lisa's friend from israel avi who i liked at first but after he realized how utterly opinionated i am i think he stopped liking me which made me dislike him even tho its a common reaction in adults when they realize this 14-year-old has a brain and uses it to think about what the world should be and what the world actually is and then declares those thoughts publically b/c a lot of other peeps seem to just not get it and if thats a concieted way of putting it then im sry, im kinda pissed rite now. o yes and another aspect of the seder was recently developed: the hiding/finding of the afikomen. the afikomen is a peice of matzah that was broken in half early on in the seder, and then traditions vary. my moms side has the kids steal it at first opportunity and hide it, then hold it for ransom b/c we cant complete the seder w/out it. my dads side has the parents hide it then the kids get a prize if they find it. both give the kids rewards but i gotta say, my moms way is more fun. so for a while we were playing by the rules of whichever house we happened to b in until one year when i was 8 i think we took...ahm...preemptive action...and stole it from my dad b4 he had a chance to hide it. we werent really applying concepts from moms house to dads house. we were just being smart. if we get it, they cant hide it, and look at how much easier it is for us. that theory ended in my aunt helaine chasing freak until freak ran into the bedroom where me and my bro were waiting and we closed the door b4 she could follow. neway to prevent that this year my dad kept it actually on his person until he got a chance to hide it in the kitchen, but b/c he hadnt left the kitchen we knew where to look. this time around we had 5-year-old maya "helping" us. she was very good about helping us find a new place to hide it. then she went and told lisa where it was. i must say i was very annoyed but l8r she helped us find it again b/c she knew where lisa had hidden it so it works both ways at least. i got yosef (my bro) to distract maya and hid it again, where it stayed until time to take it out. that seder lasted til around 1:30 am and i was impressed - maya stayed up for the whole thing. of course none of us were rousable the follwing morning and so we spent the day lazing around/reading/playing in the park. that nite we had ANOTHER seder to which my uncle rich (my fave of my parental figures' siblings) and 2 of mayas friends (both age five) plus their moms had been invited. tell me, have u ever bn attacked by 3 5-year-olds with a need to tack "head" onto the end of ur name? a strange experience, as i can say firsthand. i must say tho i think i kinda bonded w/one of them. hannah is not like most 5-year-old girls - in fact shes rather as i imagine i was at 5 years old. she despises princess games and would rather play by herself than play a princess game. tho in this case she had the option of playing w/me, which she asked to do, and i was kinda touched. we played kosherland then at my insistence she asked that maya and rina play a dif game so i could go eat my dinner, guilt-free. o yeah and the 3 of them *helped* make lemonade - heres what it sounded like: ok, ill go make a pitcher of lemonade. hey i wanna help! me too! me too! wait for me! lemonade! ok ok fine uh maya will u plz go get the lemon juice? oo i wanna pour in lemon juice! me too! hey thats not fair i wanna go first! well im going second! guys please its not like we're gonna run out of lemon juice. now we have to add sugar. oo sugar can we eat some? no you'll get sick and if those fingers rnt washed get them out of the sugarbowl! hey let me put in a spoonful first! ok each of u can put in a spoonful order doesnt matter. hey she put in 2 spoonfuls we each get to do 2 now to make it fair! no no no ull make it too sweet... etc. so yeah then they had the brite idea of playing attack zelda, then lets have zelda and freak carry us around on their backs which i actually didnt mind but lets do math...3 impatient midgets...2 available backs...do u sense chaos? so then we played hide and seek and i was once again impressed - hannah hid everywhere i would have hidden were i that small. in fact i REMEMBER hiding in a place just like her fave when i was her age (god i sound so old!) by this point we had rehidden the afikomen but lisa was again trying to get them to tell where it was so, again, i tried to get yosef to distract them while i rehid it. but while rina and maya followed him hannah knew exactly what i was doing and followed me everywhere. then when i sat down on the couch to think, she stood staring at me for a moment, the she came over and said "ok, u can hide it" and kissed my cheek, then left. ISNT THAT JUST THE SWEETEST THING EVER? i no i really should say this but i kinda wish i got hannah instead of maya as my stepsister. i just sat for a moment kinda shocked by the sweetness of it.
b/c of all our shenanigans, that seder lasted till 3. uncle rich never showed up (l8r we found out it was b/c his previous seder had run till 7 b/c of a theological discussion on the nature of god and where was he during the holocaust etc. a ton of really deep matters i dont feel like getting into) the kids lasted till 1 then their parents collapsed and had to take em home. as soon as they were gone, freak, maya, and lisa collapsed into various states of sleep, leaving me, my dad, and yosef to finish the seder, which we did. we were harder to wake up yesterday morining as one might expect but my dad made kosher for passover pancakes which were good but really dense - but then its kosher for passover its not gonna be great quality. then in the afternoon we wanted to go to the park again and play kickball but it started to rain so we came back. good thing too or we mite have mmissed uncle rich who dropped by that afternoon and we had a very pleasant visit. he really is a lot of fun he tells us really funny stories about his and our dads childhood together and about doing a lot of the things we do now - hes really perceptive. also he makes movies which is what freak wants to do so she loves talking to him. so then we made havdalah which is the ceremony allowing us to do stuff like use electronics and write etc. again after a holiday or shabbos, and practically ran to grand central to grab a train back out to pelham. so, yeah, thats my weekend. hope everyone has a wonderful pesach!
~zelda
o yes if anyone wants a more detailed account or a more thoro description of any of the ceremonies or wants to complain about how long my post is (i did warn u!) just pm me ill respond asap i always do!
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Monday, April 25, 2005

more 2moro
its bn passoer so thats why i havent bn on at all sry folks im gonna rite a really really long post 2moro tho so brace urselves! and o yeah i finally got 50 gb signings so yeah thanx everyone this is awesome!gtg now im actually supposed to be going to sleep *ahem*
~zelda
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Wednesday, April 20, 2005

wow i am tired
its almost 2....and its almost time for me to babysit...but i wanted to apologize to anyone who was creeped out by my last post. but if u start mouthing off at my friend, and make her upset, damn u i will just blow off! nyway...i think as soon as im off babysitting, im off to visit some sites. yeah ive only been playing ddr for 3 days and i c the arrows...arrows, in front of my eyes...nnn...but i cant really focus, im tired. so. yeah. tomoro im going to my dads so i dont think ill be able to update for a while, and then itll be a holiday so i wont be on again till tues unless i get lucky.
~zelda
ps im watching the incredibles its hilarious (my comp has a dvd player) edna is funny, all short and a little snooty damn im rambling again sry
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:-)
im at serentiys house...and we r playing ddr...which i have recently aquired an obsession for...and its 1:20 am....and im totaly addicted...like really really addicted...and my body is trying to decide whether its really really tired or really really hyper cuz we had a ton of m&ms i luv chocolate whee! but when i close my eyes i c ddr arrows scrolling up the screen. i no my mom wont let me get it and spend forever playing b/c we have this one-hr-of-electronic-games-daily rule, and i would get so wrapped up id toatlly forget. anyhowz id like to apologize sincerely to anyone who mite be offended by this, but i have to say it: SHE IS A F*CKING B*TCH! (not my mom) i swear it was all i could do to keep my fatass mouth shut, cuz if i actualy said anything serenity wouldve gotten in trouble and who wants to bring that down on their friend? so yeah...i had to say it tho...i bet everyones wondering why serenity is friends with such a bigmouthed smartass. if they have complaints tho they should email me and leave serenity alone its not her fault her friend cant control her mouth!
k thats all i had to say just had to vent out...im gonna go sign folks gbs now...or not...maybe ill just go and play more ddr...i cant help it...so addictive...AHHH!!! I WILL NOT BE HELD HOSTAGE TO AN ELECTRONIC MAT! then again...maybe i will...lol
~zelda
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Monday, April 18, 2005

wow i feel lucky...
so remember how in my last post i was going out with a coupla friends? well, we were suposed to be back by 5 but i was having so much fun i decided to ask if we cold stay out l8r, so i called in on my cell and my mom said sure just be back by 5 30 which i thought would be no prob, only then we went to serenitys house and played ddr and it was my first time ever so i suck but it was still tons of fun and i sorta lost track of time so we ended up getting back at around...uh...*whispers* 5 50 *hangs head in shame* and the whole way back (we got a ride w/rini) rini and me were debating whos fault it was, cuz se thought it was her fault but shes always trying to take the blame for stuff thats my fault esp when i screw up a lab in sci (and if any comment of urs says its ur fault rini ur dead!) but in the end we decided it was the tree's fault. anyway i was expecting to get decapitated on our return but she actually wasnt all that mad. this prob had something to do w/the fact that zelda (baby sister) was striking a very cute pose. so, we're not grounded and in fact we can prob also go to a sleepover tomoro nite! *whoops and starts dancing* my mom is really a lot nicer than i realized :-) of course the fact that this was the first time this has happened prob helped but now im just rambling and i have a holocaust allegory to write so i have to go. ill try to visit a few sites first tho the rest ill get to tomoro.
~zelda
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   w00t!
today will be a good day, b/c my mom and my stepdad r out (meaning that we have to babysit but also that they wont be checking in on us. also at 3 im meeting serenity, rini, lotrfreak, and (hopefully) ambi-chan and arsh. it was supposed to be a set up for lotrfreak and the guy she likes but then he went on vacationn so its an all-girls thing.
on fri, tho, it was with him. it waas supposed to be lotrfreak, the guy she likes, his best friend (who is, by the way, a MAGGOT), serenity, ambi-chan and of course me. only then chris (the maggot) ditched out leaving my sis's crush alone in a group of girls. we had lotsa fun neway tho, we all got a little hyper and we went to the park near the school where serenity and ambi used to go, and where lotrfreak and i went for part of 5ht grade (long story) and we had fun creeping out the midgets. serenity, ambi and i tried to ditch lotrfreak and her crush so they could have a private chat - all u pervs get ur mind away! shes my sis i wouldnt think something like that about her so BACK OFF!
neway...it was cool...o we wanted to check out the schools library cuz it ad a mural by ambis mom and we werent actually supposed to be there and while we were in there, lotrfreak called my phone! all of a sudden (we were whispering so it was really loud) we heard da da-da-da da-da-da da-da-daaaa, and then i picked up. it was really funny actually but thats only cuz we didnt get caught. it was a lot of fun we raced and stuff and ambi teased the guy cuz he wouldnt give her a hug lol.
so, now i have to go babysit but once my shift is over ill go check out peeps sites if i dont forget
~zelda
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Sunday, April 17, 2005

sry everyone
sry i wont have time to comment on folks sites its the sun b4 pesach (pasover) which is fyi a holiday where we can so much as own let alone eat any chametz, which is anything that was allowed to rise b4 being baked or legumes. this means no bread, pasta, cake, peanuts, beans, or anything that was manufactured on the same machinery that produces this stuff. meaning we have to go thru everything, and i mean EVERYTHING, to find every little bit of chametz that mite have snick into our beds, backpacks, desks etc. at least my mom isnt one of those superorthodox wackos who insist on checking between the pages of EVERY SINGLE BOOK they own to find one solitary crumb. meaning no offense to peeps who really believe they have to do this, thats a little extreme. my mom is a bookworm and my dad is a bookworm and they raised three boookworms and then divorced and married a pair of new bookworms resulting in the fact that there is not a single bit of wallspace at waist level that u can touch b/c where there would be, theres a bookcase crammed w/books instead. and its not like we're packrats we get rid of books regularly but we KEEP BUYING NEW BOOKS! even little zelda loves her books more than most of her toys - admittedly most of them have pop-ups or whatever but still and all thats a little weird.
so the point of this whole thing is to say that i shouldnt actually be updating i should be cleaning b/c despite the fact that our apt is small theres still chametz everywhere (well duh zelda likes to spread the cheerios) so im cleaning everything. actually im very proud of myself. for the first time since we moved in last summer u can c the surface of my desk. the crap i removed from my bed included 21 books (4 library not overdue thank goodness, 2 of my stepfathers, 3 of my moms, 2 of my sisters, 1 of my brothers and 9 of mine) and 5 CDs (not broken, 3 my moms and 2 mine) lotsa school papers (trash, trash, trash) and a trove of pens & pencils (whoohoo thats where they all went! in my binder, all of u) wow can u believe all that fit? plus of course 3 pillows 2 blankets and this computer. u wouldnt think there was room for me up there but hey ud be surprised - i sure was! k i dont no why i just told u what was up in my bed i think the dust must be getting to me im allergic but its not supposed to affect my brain!
*sigh* k i have to get back to cleaning now o well maybe just one game of snood first...
~zelda
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Thursday, April 14, 2005

tired, but happy...
im sooooo tired...i shouldnt be cuz except for getting woken up by my baby sis at 5 this morning i actually got an ok nites sleep (whih is a rare occurence for me) but im still so tired! happy tho...today was a good day cuz in gym i only had to play one game of badminton...dont get me wrong gym itself is ok its this game (and the people im forced to play with) but b/c i suck so bad and it was playoffs today i barely had to play at all. o yeah and this guy came in and talked to us about not getting into drugs etc. only he made it interesting and funny and showed us how wed been trained and we were stereotyping and all that. it was actually really funny - better than earth sci anyway which is what i was missing. and now ive gotten this really strong urge to play sims when i still havent done my ss hw...must stay focused...must stay focused...must stay focused...must stay - *gives in and starts playing nyway*
~zelda
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