Thursday, October 25, 2007

Look what happens when I try to be a good blogger...

For the first time in a long time, I really wanted to blog one day this week. I went online in the teacher's room in the school where I work (BTW, it's going great B"H.) and it just wouldn't let me get to blogger.com. Apparently they have some kind of filtering system, but it lets in most stuff. Gmail, Facebook, MuggleNet all worked, but I couldn't blog. So any hopes of blogging during the week as a way of getting back into blogging basically went down the drain. I'll need to save whatever I have to say for the weekends.
So why did I need to blog so badly? Because there was this little thing that my friend Jo Rowling said at a big event in New York last week. Albus Dumbledore is gay, and not just gay, but in love (what does in love mean, anyway?) with Gellert Grindelwald, who was his BFF-turned-enemy. So here's the thing. My religion prohibits homosexuality, which basically means I'm opposed to it. But I've never had anything against gay fictional characters. Until now. Maybe it's because this relationship was already a central part of the last book, and now it just looks totally different. Maybe it's because Jo didn't tell us until after the book was out. Which makes sense, because Harry never knew. But it's just so confusing. Towards the beginning of the week I was just mad. Then I was in denial, waiting for Jo to say she was just joking. I do find it a bit ridiculous, to be honest. Grindelwald?!
So Sherut is going well, but I'm really really in need of more time at home. I'm home now but going back to Ariel for Shabbat, and I just have no time. Going a bit crazy... Shabbat Shalom!

Thursday, October 18, 2007

OK, this is just too cool.

Right here. I know this blog is a sad story, but I had to...