March 11, 2006
Saturday
Saturday seems to be the day I buy a bunch of songs on iTunes and every time I do, I realize I am nothing if not eclectic. Today I purchased "King Without a Crown" by Matisyahu; "The Bucket" by Kings of Leon; "Why" by Jason Aldeen; "My Savior, My God" by Aaron Shust and one of the Passion Band* albums. Well, maybe that's not so eclectic - there does seem to be a bit of a theme there.
This morning Mary Lee and I went to Body Works at LA Fitness before eating way too much pizza at the Brookwood Mellow Mushroom. Our only lunch requirement was that the place had to have a patio, which isn't a difficult requirement to fill in Atlanta. Atlantans love their patios! It was 80 degrees today and it felt so good to wear a tank top and flip flops and sit outside and marvel at how green everything is. Although, just because it's warm doesn't mean it's okay to bust our your white skirts and tiny shorts. It may feel like spring, but it's not technically here yet. Be patient.
Then I went to my beloved Nail South for my first pedicure of the season and I'm so happy it's almost spring and I can justify bimonthly pedis. By chance I got a woman I've had many times before and she asked, "Where is that other friend that always comes with you?" I said, "The really tall one?" And she said yes and I told her that Allison lives in L'ville now and she replied, "Oh, that's too far." Hee. Gwinnett Cty strikes again!
Tonight I have a fourth date** with a really great guy I met through work (but not at work), and even though I'm exhausted and want to sit in my dark house and do nothing, I will rally, slip into my strappiest heels and go be charming date Hannah.
*Passion is an organization based out of Atlanta and is led by Louie Giglio (who is speaking tomorrow at church) whose mission is to spread the love of Christ to college students in a meaningful way. From their website: "Passion exists to glorify God-uniting students in worship and prayer for spiritual awakening in this generation."
**Technically it's our 4th date, but it's really kind of only our second, because we went out twice before Christmas but I stopped seeing him because I was seeing someone else, and bless his heart, he kept calling. So it's really our second date, take two.
Posted by hannah at 05:04 PM
I love love love Matisyahu. He's like a walking mashup: Hasidic Dancehall Reggae Guy! This is such the year of Cool Jewish Things: Munich, Matisyahu, Bar Mitzvah Disco...
Religious music isn't really my thing, so I'm not what you could call knowledgeable about the genre, but the one nugged I can pass along is Mogwai's version of My Father, My King (a translation from the Hebrew: Avinu Malkeinu). It's all instrumental, but it's really good. I'll dig up a translation of the Hebrew words shortly.
Posted by Sophie on March 12, 2006 04:34 PMOkay, digging done. Lyric transliteration is:
Lyrics tranlisterated:
Avinu malkeinu khaneinu va'aneynu sh'ayn banu ma'asim.
Ase imanu tzedakah va'khesed v'hoshe'eynu.
And the translation is:
Our Father, our King,
Be gracious unto us and answer us
For we are unworthy.
Deal with us in charity and loving-kindness
And save us.
From here: http://www.beliefnet.com/story/43/story_4306_1.html
The tune is almost dirge-like and pretty hypnotic. It's totally stuck in my head right now, actually, and we're nowhere close to Yom Kippur (in fact, tomorrow evening beings Purim, which is about as far away in tone from YK as you can get). Enjoy!
Posted by Sophie on March 12, 2006 04:43 PMIt is awesome to me that they remember me at Nail South. I haven't been there in at least two years. Even better is that when you were getting a pedicure there, I was finally braving a new place up here for a manicure. It wasn't the same, but it was almost as good. Nails Now II!
Posted by Al on March 12, 2006 07:52 PMSophie, awesome! Thanks!
Al, good for you! I will still drive for Nail South, but since I was already in Buckhead, it wasn't far.
Posted by Hannah on March 12, 2006 09:44 PM
