There will be feasting and dancing in Jerusalem next year

[sovay]

It is the first night of Hanukkah.

I move out of my apartment tomorrow.

I feel like the Babylonian Exile.

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[schreibergasse.livejournal.com]

Yeah, well, a lot of us feel that way sometimes...

Nostrum est interim mentem erigere
et totis patriam votis appetere
et ad Iherusalem a Babylonia
post longa regredi tandem exilia.

Apologies for the Abelard--it's what popped into my head.
Hanukkah's insanely late this year...

[schreibergasse.livejournal.com]

But yeah. sucks especially to be you.

Ah well. You may appreciate this, which features a fried of friends.

[tithenai.livejournal.com]

Happy Hanukkah, and best of luck with your move! I hope it goes smoothly.

[strange-selkie.livejournal.com]

Moving back North? I am sorry that I did not get to sleep on your futon.

[seajules]

Happy Hanukkah!

Heckuva time to be moving.

[setsuled.livejournal.com]

Happy Hanukkah. Why are you moving?

I watched The Tailor of Panama last night. It was good. I liked the dialogue. I liked how the tailor concept was played with for Geoffrey Rush's character. I loved the scene where he starts yelling at Brendan Gleeson, Mark Margolis, and Martin Ferrero about pride in tailoring.

I wasn't quite a hundred percent on the movie, though. It sort of bothered me that those last three actors I named were clearly an Irishman and two Americans meant to be Panamanians. Jon Polito (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0689237/) stuck out like a sore thumb, too. It seemed sort of like a throwback to Anthony Quinn and Alec Guinness in Lawrence of Arabia, which sort of makes sense because John Boorman seems like he's heavily influenced by David Lean.

Pierce Brosnan was good, and it was interesting hearing him with more of a cockney accent. It seemed to me he wasn't playing utterly against James Bond, but playing a bit of a tweaked Bond. Which was kind of nice.

As I was watching, I remembered another movie I'd seen Brosnan in, Death Train (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106689/), a movie I think he and many of its other stars would like to forget. It predates Goldeneye and is sort of cheap, dull cheese, though it was fun seeing Brosnan attempting a Kentucky accent, if you can believe it. There's a moment where another character refers to him as a stupid redneck or something and it's a little amusing in a way I’m sure wasn’t intended.

Anyway, thanks for recommending The Tailor of Panama. I couldn't find The Matador for some reason. Maybe I'm just looking in the wrong section . . .

[muchabstracted.livejournal.com]

Good luck moving! And here's hoping the new place works better.

[stillsostrange.livejournal.com]

So sending something to the old address would be poorly timed. Or are you having mail forwarded?

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

Happy Hanukkah!

Are you moving far, or only within the vicinity?

I hope the move goes well, in any event.

And that you cease feeling exiled soon. (Would it be helpful to wish for the defeat of the Assyrians?)

[papersky.livejournal.com]

Happy Hannukah, hope the words move with you!

[cucumberseed.livejournal.com]

Good Moving.

[greyselke.livejournal.com]

Happy Hannukah!

May your books feel as light as feathers when you move them. Perhaps this might help (not that the books need to be invisible)? (http://www.amazon.com/Invisibility-Levitation-Guide-Personal-Performance/dp/0938294369

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

I have a quick question for you, but I can't seem to find your e-dress anywhere. Can you please drop me a line at the edress on my User Info Profile page?

Happy Hanukkah!
- Ellen