Weekend was good. Saturday Chicklet stopped by on her east coast college tour. We went to Shabbat services, where unfortunately we didn't mingle with anyone. (Despite their being a bat mitzvah that weekend, there weren't many people our age.) Even the kids didn't want to talk to us.
Attempted to play mini-golf--failed. Attempted to connect my Treo to my Prius--failed. Attempted to play Scrabble, eat Chipotle, and have dessert at Cold Stone--succeeded. Saturday night I watched Prisoner of Azkaban, which my roommate just acquired.
Sunday started with a trip to my parents--I gave them computer help in exchange for some clothes. Then to Jen's where coworkers and sig oths had a tasty brunch (including challah-style french toast). Then we went to see the movie Sideways. I left the theatre depressed, as the film was an essay on human nature and humans don't always come off so well. Basically the movie was a grown-up version of Swingers. Also, the purpose of the entire 2-hour flick could be summarized by one scene from the movie Clerks. Other people in the group enjoyed Sideways, so judge for yourself.
Left coworkers to join the West Wing spin-off "philosophy book club." This week's book: The G-d Gene by Dean Hamer. I was the only one that read all the way through. Basically, Hamer says he found a gene that makes people more spiritual. First of all, this gene accounts for 1% of variance so it's hardly The G-d Gene. Second, the brain mechanism he presents for why the gene affects spirituality is unconvincing. I will acknowledge that Hamer proves that spirituality is hereditary. We had an interesting discussion; I tried my best not to dominate it.
From the book club I headed downtown to a Chanukah bash. I met two nice people whom I'm bowling with tonight. Unfortunately, there were no dreidels at the party. Lots of booze, but no dreidels...sigh, I liked the kids version better.
Monday I worked on grad school apps. My GRE scores have been sent (thankfully they were good enough so I don't have to retake them), and all my letters of rec are in progress. My personal statement is a bit lacking at the moment though.
Oh! And my Treo now mysteriously links to the Prius at non-deterministic points of time. It's disturbing and frustrating; I can only hope for a patch soon.
No dreidels? I bet there weren't any of Levin's potato latkes either. You'd have to have one heck of a Hanukkah bash to beat last year's though. (gosh I miss the Gov)
Awwwww, I hadn't thought of that. You're absolutely right, last year's was going to be impossible to top. The Gov doing Hebrew prayers! sigh. At least he gave a great speech yesterday; even the JK people at my office liked it.
I'm making potato latkes for the holiday party on Saturday. I'll let you know how it goes.