#rinielelrandir

[evilwickedme]

Hi yes I am answering the call for cat pics. Have some of my most beloved son, Don Juan.

What a dapper man! And clearly a very accomplished one at that. Give him one million kisses

[evilwickedme]

I saw your tag on a post that you need to read Mary Oliver and yes! She is one of my all time favorite poets; her poetry is so evocative and brings me so much joy. I attend a shabbat havurah that uses a lot of her poetry in place of traditional liturgy and it's so lovely.

I bought one of her books on Kindle a while back but I can never seem to get to it. Tbf I'm not reading for pleasure much these days

[evilwickedme]

I'm going to preface this with you absolutely don't have to answer if you don't want to/don't have the emotional energy - but I was wondering if you had sources for JVP being "not really Jewish"? I ask because as someone who usually says I'm Jewish for simplicity's sake despite my conversion being still in progress, I've definitely been told I'm "not really Jewish" (I recognize that halachically I'm not til I immerse in the mikveh, that isn't what I mean here, I hope it makes sense.) I also have a lot of friends who have been told they "aren't really Jewish" by other Jews because they converted or are patrilineal Jews or follow a different observance level or even because they're anti-Zionists. And since I happen to have a lot of friends and local community members who I know are JVP members and I also know are Jewish, I'm always really confused when I see claims the organization isn't Jewish - bc the folks I know in it are. Like, I personally know 5 members of their rabbinical council, one of the members is even my advising rabbi for my conversion. So I'm trying to determine if my local JVP is just *vastly* different from the rest of the org or if I'm right to immediately be on edge by "not really Jewish" claims and wonder if the person making them will start questioning the sincerity of my desire to convert (or once complete, validity of my conversion) next.

I hope that all makes sense? I'm operating on very little sleep this morning so I apologize if anything isn't clear or something. (Also, I would be happy to talk about my experience with my local JVP, which is rather limited beyond knowing they exist and knowing a lot of members, but I do have some knowledge of the work beyond JVP folks in this area who are members are doing.)

They're not Jewish cause they're run by goyim lmao

Here's a doc on their antisemitic history which has lots and lots of sources in it for every claim

Also, this:

A quick search for jvp or Jewish voices for peace in my blog should come up with half a dozen other sources

I feel like I've been pretty clear in my pro-convert stance, and that I think converts are real Jews (I once made a post making fun of that saying "reblog if you think born Jews are real Jews" that unfortunately didn't land or gain traction, but I maintain hilarity). That doesn't mean that everyone who claims to be Jewish is in fact Jewish or that every org that claims to represent Jewish people does in fact represent Jewish people. Jvp is about as Jewish as messianics are - there's certainly some real Jews working with them, but nobody in charge seems to be, and overall they do lots of antisemitic shit.

[evilwickedme]

I may have just gone through your blog and reblogged things like it was my dash when I should have been getting ready for work, so have a picture of my cat sleeping like a doofus the other day. I hope you're doing as alright as you can be, all things considered, and that you and your loved ones continue to stay safe. (Also, if and when you can, you should get yourself a little treat, I'm a big fan of the little treat method of coping with awful things. And what you're dealing with right now is awful beyond all belief, so you deserve a little treat.)

Yeah I stopped omw home today and got myself some candy (and also milk but that's unrelated)

Thank you all for all the cat photos I love them dearly!!! I actually just got my cat buffy back, like 15-20 minutes before an alarm forced both of us to the basement to take shelter. She did NOT like going back in the car carrier, lemme tell ya

[wilwheaton]

Wil, my last name is McMaster. I don't know if I'm related to the guy basically working for the angry cheeto, but given the size of Irish families the chances of us being somehow distantly related are actually pretty high. How do I reconcile this with the fact that I am literally repulsed by everything Trump stands for?

To quote Office Space, “Why should I change my name? He’s the one who sucks.”

[bumbleboa]

Answer collections

I really liked the many answers to this post and wanted to collect them here. Because it feels a little less lonely to know I am not the only one struggling.

rinielelrandir said: When I took Spanish in high school, I had a teacher tell me that this was common for people who are multilingual. I never managed to successfully learn another language, but my teacher was multilingual and said when she was commonly using both languages she had this problem a lot and had a hard time switching back and forth, that it took years and years of practice to get it stop. She was in her late 30s or early 40s at that point and still sometimes had trouble.

sleepypuppy said: This is just too real. Greek is my native language but at this point my greek friends often tell me i sound like google translate, i always brush it off by saying that it’s because i no longer live in greece, but the truth is even having moved to germany i still speak English more than i do any other language. It’s frustrating to not be able to feel at ease with a language youve spoken from birth and i honestly dont know what to do about it.

nodancer said: h a r d same. i feel bad because i genuinely enjoy german a lot on a linguistic level, it’s so flexible and fun to play with in a way that just isn’t possible with english. i used to want to become a writer as a kid specifically because i enjoyed playing around with the language a lot. i really lost that when i switched to english as my main language, now writing and speaking german is just frustrating cause i feel like i don’t have the same access to it anymore.

zahachi-eithne said: I know the struggle! In Dutch I used to just use random English words in my language and I now try to avoid that. I’ve recently moved to Germany bc of my German partner, but bc I’m Dutch we speak English to one another. Ironically enough that has caused me paying proper attention to which language I’m using again. For me having seperate language'spaces’ has really helped against jumbling up my languages!(Helps of course that I have an active English space too) Goodluck! Also (Sorry much to say!) It really doesn’t help that Germany doesn’t really offer a platform for using English on an active basis. English for me feels like a normal part of Dutch life because of stuff like subtitles and all that. I notice that I hardly get exposed to English in Germany, which must make it extra difficult for you to deal with the mumbojumbo of languages!! I’m still tempted to start an anti-dubbing campaign :’)

urob said: Same, I’ve also noticed that whenever I speak to my siblings who will understand me in either language I stumble over german words a lot more and stutter until i just give up and use the english word my brain supplied to me for the situation.

[lukadarkwater]

rinielelrandir replied to your post “My moon fever is in full effect, there is a layer of ice covering...”

Don't do it, stay until tomorrow, the roads are too dangerous. Like literally Columbia PD and MoDot are both advising to stay off the roads unless you absolutely have to.

I honestly think it’s just going to get worse though. It’s supposed to snow tonight and fall into the teens by tomorrow. I think this is my one shot or I’m stuck till monday 

I’m going to be super carful, don’t worry about that. I’ve also been watching the modot maps like a hawk and it looks like all the highways from here to Jeff are clear so once I get out of town, it should be okay 

[undiagnosedautismfeels]

In regards to the anon who asked why so many people are self-dx and said it isn't fair, how is it unfair? Self-dx Autistics use no services, receive no disability benefits, and are given no accommodations (all with regard to autism, they may for a different condition). Self-dx takes nothing away from people who are professionally diagnosed and helps those people who can't access that feel more comfortable with and accepting of themselves. And it is endorsed by most self-advocacy groups.

Exactly! What’s unfair is that people don’t know how to recognize autism outside of an extremely narrow stereotype!