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Posting Hiatus
Posted by Talmudist in Scatterbrained Posts on April 21st, 2009
Yes, I know, I have not posted nor commented on the blogs of others in a while. I think that this is due to a perfect storm of reasons, which I will call the ‘Funk.’
Elaboration of said Funk:
A. Pesach got in the way, y’know?
B. I got really sick on the last day of Pesach – at a hotel, no less. I’m still recouping.
C. I think I have reached something of a crossroads w/r/t what this blog is all about. I have finished a couple stories that I am allowed to keep up -of the unfinished ones, one is in indefinitive limbo, and the other (The Kollel Guy) is, well, it’s at the end of Season One so to say (Season Two will soon arrive, with a couple twists on its horizon). But my first nonfiction serial posting (In a Previous Life) really does display to me that the blog is heading in more of a direction that I’m going to be more comfortable with on the whole (assuming that I can keep blogging).
The Limbo of it all *
Posted by Talmudist in D'var Torah, Scatterbrained Posts, Sports, Uncategorized on April 11th, 2009
So I’m supposed to be working on an article for a more ‘choshuv‘ publication than the ones that I have already been featured in, but it’s an uphill climb – for me. There are so many ways to view just what it is that I’m (supposed to be?) writing about w/r/t the particular subject matter at hand - so many seemingly conflicting ambiguities are involved (just how is it possible to have a truly objective POV on just about, well, just about anything…that is, at least when writing a piece of investigative journalism?), and seemingly unending fact-checking responsibilities float around the project’s background…
The calender has not been much of a friend in my endeavors either, what with ‘no-work’ Pesach days cramming up prime workweek real estate. But there’s nothing one can do but keep pushing.
The option of throwing in the towel does not exist. ‘Shevah yee’pol tzaddik v’kom;’ my friend. (”Get busy living or get busy dying,” etc.).
I heard an interview recently between Terry Gross and the comedian Russell Brand which is, I think, pretty ‘on point’ (no intention for punnery was latent there, seriously).
Hodge-Podge Post
Posted by Talmudist in Scatterbrained Posts on March 18th, 2009
A. Okay, so I just received word from Columbia’s journalism school that I have been neither accepted nor rejected – I have been placed on their waiting list. I’m a little peeved, as it keeps me in a severe state of doubt re: whether or not they will let me in; I was expecting to get a firm letter of rejection, or possibly – but much less likely – a note of admittance. The idea of being wait-listed (and thereby remaining in limbo [in so many ways]) had never before entered my mind. It’s a pretty unnerving state to be in. In any case, I hope to use any positive attributes inherent in at least being wait-listed to fuel me further/farther along my life journey…
Some General Stuff
Posted by Talmudist in Scatterbrained Posts on March 14th, 2009
My apologies to those who were expecting a Vort tonight.
A. The market went up (big time) over the Purim period, and I wonder why. Naw, it couldn’t have been because all of my brethren were getting drunk as opposed to futzin’ up Wall Street – I’m sure that it instead has everything to do with some vague reports of Citi’s recent profits…
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