sneak peak

I sent an email to the marketing firm, asking if I am still under consideration for the internship. We shall see if I hear back. I have yet to submit my application for a Hebrew University (in Jerusalem) internship program because this involves an $80 application fee (because it's a "class" that I would receive class credit for, as opposed to "internship credit" which isn't actually real), and I want to save myself the $80, if possible.

I'm debating meeting with my major advisor, to discuss an idea for grad school research. This would mean that I would probably get a PhD in anthropology. Of course, I have lots of ideas like this, so who knows what will happen. However, I've discussed my research ideas (to be announced at a later date) to a few people, and they think it is an interesting project. I still need to talk to both my major advisor and my rabbi (yes, it is related to Judaism, surprise surprise), but for now I will say that my project would theoretically involve several years of anthropological fieldwork in other countries.

In other news, I have a Bible take-home midterm due Wednesday and two Talmud papers (one for my Columbia class and one for my JTS class) due Thursday. On Friday I'm going home to celebrate Pesach (Passover) with my family! It is very important for me to be home for Pesach because this time of year, things have a way of going south. So being together with my family basically says that sure, we're a screwed up bunch of people, but we're a family and we love each other and dammit, we're going to get through every single obstacle in our path. It's not so much a sentimentality about the religion as it is about my family.

This all makes sense because studies/surveys have shown that Pesach is the most family-oriented holiday in the Jewish religion. Case in point: bringing a Significant Other to the seder (service/meal) typically means that things are "serious". My parents announced their engagement to my Dad's family at their seder when my dad started in on the Four Questions, saying "Why is this night different from all other nights? We're engaged!" (I think this is the most adorable thing, ever, though nowhere near as hilarious as the way my dad proposed to my mom...) I will avoid this sort of thing by never getting married and instead living in a house with many adorable pugs. (This is code for "Sarah does not see the point in contemplating bringing a boyfriend to a seder because this requires having a boyfriend", though it should be noted that more stress is currently being devoted to the papers I have due this week than to my single status. This is because the papers are due this week and I have the rest of my life to bemoan being single. I like to prioritize.)

In conclusion: procrastinating is superduperfun!