news

the good: i am still alive.  that is very good.

the less good: i am still sick (going to see a doctor soon, a big deal for me cause i generally refuse to go unless i'm dying).  and my sister and 2 nephews have mild ear infections, and my baby nephew...  has bronchitis.

migraine setting in, it's a beautiful day...  maybe tomorrow i'll get out again.  i was actually social yesterday for about 5 hours, went to har menuchot, walked from the tachana merkazit to town for pizza and fro-yo...  started off with coffee on emek for breakfast.  all told, a good day.  and i got to see bayla!  and jj!  and kim!  what fun.

if you do such things, send healthy vibes my way so i can fly back on monday.  and yes, bronk, in a few months i'll look back on this trip and laugh.

hi all

israel's great.  i, unfortunately, am missing most of it.  i am, hopefully, going to see daniel in oliver on tuesday.  yay!  i'll be back in a week and a day or so, and i have a lot i'd like to get done before then.  thanks for the messages..  it's great to here from everyone.  all i've bought so far is a present for a friend...  wish i had money.  : )  i have some entries that i'll add when i can that i've written by hand while i've been here.  anyhow, i'm off.  tata...

ahhhhhhhhhh

ok, do you know what pain is? if not, you may want to jump in here and check out my throat.
israel's cool, i miss some people though... my voice is kinda gone, but it conveniently pops back in when i need to be polite.
i'm hoping that tomorrow morning i can get some sort of a tan. if not, then no tan for dani. : ( and then back to yerushalayim and all kinds of fun things.
in the mean time, i can't type because it feels like my body is about to rip off. actually, it feels like my shoulder is attempting to disengage from my neck. can't say i blame it... off to a big old moroccan dinner (always great for a sore throat, right?)
and mushnicks - i miss you. hi orly! i got your email!!!!! i'll write back soon.......

keeping up

here's my calendar of events, as near as i can tell...

i remember now that i'm leaving in an hour that my sister told me when we were young that if you go the bathroom on an airplane, the toilet can accidentally flush and suction out your internal organs. those were painful flights, let me tell you.

this is it

i'm leaving today. that means the blog will most likely be pretty quiet (if not untouched) until january 5th or so. if you want to be notified when i update, you can put your email address in the mailing list thing-y on the side, and you'll get an email, otherwise... check back in 3-4 weeks.

it really pains me to say that. : (

i'll miss you guys, a lot. i'll be staying at lev, so if you're in israel (and a friend of mine, not a total stranger), come look me up. i'd love to get together. i'm V V sad to be leaving, but pretty excited about going. does that make sense?

have a great chanuka

the minor PS

i filed a complaint with consumer affiars.  i realize this story would make more sense if i were somewhat coherent, but i'm not, and i apologize.  it's been a long day.

i was in and out of NY today, although i got to met a friend for lunch, which was nice.  i have no other thoughts.  mut to sleep.

saga X 2

6:08 i place a call.
6:32 i hang up in frustration while waiting for some supervisor to answer the phone.

my mother says "get names from everyone". i decide to log the calls as well.

6:34 Mark Dubreau. haha! wrong place, he works in the net server group. the what you ask? the i don't know, i tell you. he connects me to the pavilion notebook group
6:37 Andre. how are you dear? let me patch you through to a technician.

(i must add - each of these people made me give them all kinds of information over and over, highly annoying)

6:38 Sylvain, who transferred me to his supervisor,
6:39 Billy Curtis. who said "woah, that area code is in the US. we're in Canada. let me transfer you."
6:41 Jack, who didn't sem to have a last name, not that i understood half of what he said. yay and joyness. Jack takes all myinfo. interspersed with each sentecnce i reiterate "i'd like to talk to a supervisor now". jack says "let me see if i can find my superwizer".
6:47 Jack goes to speak with his supervisor.
6:51 jack tells me that "I'm trying to speak to my supervisor', and that the supervisor will call me back in 10. should have gotten supervisor's name before i terminated the call. dammit.

7:01 i place another call.
7:03 Veani. she has no last name, she tells me. I guess HP is now outsourcing to countries so poor they can't afford two names? (not funny, i know. sorry) I ask for her supervisor's name. she doesn't know. she tells me ive reached compaq, and she must now transfer me to pavilion. bbye!
7:06 transferring call.
7:10 Ashaf (Ashraf?) finally, someone smart with a sense of humor. i ask him for his name. he tells me. asks me for mine. we had a moment! we laughed. ok, he takes my info, tells me they can't help.
7:16 I'm getting transferred to a supervisor.
7:27 Ashraf comes back to check on me and tell me to hang in there.
7:40 I get to Eric Hendley. sounds suspiciously like the eric of yesternight. evil!!

stone-walled again.