Aaah, what a day!

I got up at 4:50 (which sounds a lot worse than ten to five) for my father to drive me to Yerushalayim to take the 6:10 bus to Netanya to get a bus from there to Kfar Yona to be there by 9 for my Sayeret. I did not have coffee.
The Sayeret was not that great, but I'm not blaming that on the lack of caffeine. What I can blame on that was not being able to do anything useful on the ride home. I had coffee when I got home, wasn't able to do that much then either and now I have a bad headache. It may be a good idea to go to sleep soon...

I'm sad.

I lost my wallet, about 250 Shekels, my ID and a bunch of other useless stuff. The only thing I didn't lose is my driver's liscense, because I don't have one.
Speaking of which, my driving teacher as good as promised me that I'll be learning for a very very long time. Just one of those days I feel absolutely hopeless.
This is the worst part: I have a playlist on my iPod with a bunch of great songs with great beats that always cheer me up when I'm upset, and it didn't work!

2006 Idiot of the Year

Listening to a discussion on this week's MuggleCast, I felt the need to vent about a certain Laura Mallory. This mother from Georgia was named "Idiot of the Year" by the Washington Post for trying, quite fruitlessly, I might add, since August 2005 to have the Harry Potter books taken out of the Gwinnet County schools. She believes that the books promote "evil themes, witchcraft, demonic activity, murder, evil blood sacrifice, spells and teaching children all of this." Thing is, the idiot never even read the books, just because they're too long. There was a hearing in April, and her request was rejected. Big surprise there. She appealed the decision, and they rejected her again. But no, that wasn't enough for her, so, without it ever occurring to her to read the books, she announced last week she's appealing again. Now she's collecting money for her "cause", and claims to have recieved "significant donations". She said: "We will take a stand for truth, and pray God will touch the hearts of this generation." To which Micah of MuggleCast responded: "You know, Laura, there is somebody who has already touched the hearts and minds of this generation. Her name is J.K. Rowling." Then there are some of us who believe that the two don't contradict each other.
I had to end up here with the official opinion of Emerson, MuggleNet's webmaster: "Ever seen a fly crash itself repeatedly into a transparent pane of glass, never quite getting the hint? Yeah."

Sick days

Today of all days... Grrr... Although, I was quite happy to stay home today considering the weather.

Son of a Witch

I mentioned I was reading Son of a Witch, the sequel to Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West in a post I wrote a few weeks ago where I was venting about my obsession with Wicked, the musical. I said that I wasn't enjoying the book too much, because there weren't enough characters from Wicked and it was somewhat boring.
Everything I said about the book, I take back. I definitely liked it a lot. It wasn't Wicked, but that's pretty hard to be. I don't think I actually realized I liked it until the very end, with the appearance of a certain... someone I can't talk about in case I ruin the book for somebody. But that someone created the cliffhanger of the century, which is why I was thrilled to hear that Gregory Maguire (the author, in case I haven't mentioned him) is writing a third book, called A Cowardly War, supposedly having to do with the Cowardly Lion from The Wizard of Oz and Wicked. Anyway, the book was great. It happened quite a few times that I thought I detected a hint of a reference to the musical, which may have not actually been there but I liked them anyway because I'm obsessed with the musical, in case I haven't mentioned that before. I loved the dedication to the cast and creators of the musical, in the spirit of the dedication in the sequel to The Wizard of Oz. It was all great.
By the way, I just started another of his books, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister. I can't convey an opinion yet, but I will update when I do.
OK, that was freaky. I was writing this post, listening to ancient Leaky Mugs 'cause it's fun and home alone with my sleeping brothers, and suddenly it started raining and hailing really hard and loud, and there was tons of thunder and lightening and then the power (not to mention the computer) went off. It was really creepy, and then Mira called- she was babysitting for the neighbors, didn't know where to find a flashlight and couldn't find their number they'd left for her. Poor kid.
If I'm already posting on my blog, I should probably update on the Sherut Leumi status. Two Sayarot down, both in schools in Ariel and Kochav Yaakov, and two left, in special ed Ganim in Elkana and Kfar Yonah. Answers will come in a few weeks.
And I'm hard at work on my last Beintchumi, which is this big paper we have to write for school. The last one, and I can't wait for all the free time I get when I'm done!

Public service announcement, courtesy of PotterCast:

(Although the Blog Challenge hasn't been around lately)
There is no release date for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. There is a title, but we don't know if the book is coming out on 7/7/07, any other date in 2007, or any other date in the next century or so. Whatever else you may hear, is WRONG.
For further details, go to www.leakynews.com and scroll all the way to the disclaimer at the bottom of the page.

The fun has begun!

I had my first Sayeret today. A Sayeret is a day where I go see the place, and get interviewed. I went to check out a school in Ariel today, and I liked it. I don't know yet how much I liked it, and I have couldn't really tell, but there were only 3 of us, and we're looking at 10 positions... I have 3 more Sayarot, so I'll be keeping you posted!

Humor is a good thing.

In honor of 2007, check this out.