9 Tishrei/ 27 September 2009
Sep. 27th, 2009 11:17 pmThis morning I went to visit my grandparents and to a farmer’s market nearby. They live about half an hour away, but over a toll bridge, and we go visit them every two weeks. On a way I heard one of the most fun things on the radio. They started with a classic Russian song, on the accordion, which after a verse transitioned into a modern hip-hop commentary on the song, the singer and the lyrics. It was very amusing and clever. A good combination of musical genres that did not feel tacky.
Bear came over in the afternoon and we went to a zoo. It was raining all morning, pouring really, and I was feeling very lethargic and didn’t particularly wanted to go outside but we overcame the inertia and went on a date we were planning. This is a very local zoo but one that boasts a big reptile house with pythons and all kinds of rattlesnakes and turtles. I learned more about snakes then I ever knew. They even had an example of snake heart and the how it beats. They also had a small tropical wing with spider monkeys, which looked at people just as much as people looked at them, bats, tarantulas, and lots of marmosets. I’ve never seen marmosets before and they were very cute creatures that looked like small balding old men. The zoo had Geoffrey’s marmoset. They are a type of primate, small in size and very fuzzy. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-headed_Marmoset In the small African wing there were two leopards. One was pacing back and forth waiting for its dinner; it was making me a bit nervous. The zookeeper said they eat a pound of special cat food, calibrated to their weight.
After the zoo we went to a Halloween store to look at costumes and scary props. They had really nice party goblets that were black and said “poison” on them.
Genesis WTF moment of the day: The last five chapters of the Genesis are mainly about the death of Jacob. Nothing too crazy is going on. But the “blessings” Jacob bestows on his sons are a bit frelled up since some are not exactly positive. Jacob still resented the fact that his oldest son Reuben slept with an equivalent of his step-mother, since Reuben seduced one of the servants who bore Jacob children. So Jacob told him that for all his excellence, Reuben will “no longer excel” because he “defiled” his father’s bed. Simeon and Levi who murdered all men from the tribe of a guy who raped their sister, got the “blessing” of being dispersed and scattered. (Jacob is referring to future tribes here, since the twelve sons are the founders of the tribes of Israel. Israel is a name given to Jacob by God after they fought one night in a very HoYay way) Some sons like Judah and Joseph receive blessings in the traditional sense, they are the favorites along with Benjamin. There are certainly preferences of Jacob, he favors some sons over others which can be seen in his blessings. This is it for Genesis. I will take a short break from the Bible and start on Exodus on October 1. I’m on Bible overload. But I finished Genesis!
Bear came over in the afternoon and we went to a zoo. It was raining all morning, pouring really, and I was feeling very lethargic and didn’t particularly wanted to go outside but we overcame the inertia and went on a date we were planning. This is a very local zoo but one that boasts a big reptile house with pythons and all kinds of rattlesnakes and turtles. I learned more about snakes then I ever knew. They even had an example of snake heart and the how it beats. They also had a small tropical wing with spider monkeys, which looked at people just as much as people looked at them, bats, tarantulas, and lots of marmosets. I’ve never seen marmosets before and they were very cute creatures that looked like small balding old men. The zoo had Geoffrey’s marmoset. They are a type of primate, small in size and very fuzzy. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-headed_Marmoset In the small African wing there were two leopards. One was pacing back and forth waiting for its dinner; it was making me a bit nervous. The zookeeper said they eat a pound of special cat food, calibrated to their weight.
After the zoo we went to a Halloween store to look at costumes and scary props. They had really nice party goblets that were black and said “poison” on them.
Genesis WTF moment of the day: The last five chapters of the Genesis are mainly about the death of Jacob. Nothing too crazy is going on. But the “blessings” Jacob bestows on his sons are a bit frelled up since some are not exactly positive. Jacob still resented the fact that his oldest son Reuben slept with an equivalent of his step-mother, since Reuben seduced one of the servants who bore Jacob children. So Jacob told him that for all his excellence, Reuben will “no longer excel” because he “defiled” his father’s bed. Simeon and Levi who murdered all men from the tribe of a guy who raped their sister, got the “blessing” of being dispersed and scattered. (Jacob is referring to future tribes here, since the twelve sons are the founders of the tribes of Israel. Israel is a name given to Jacob by God after they fought one night in a very HoYay way) Some sons like Judah and Joseph receive blessings in the traditional sense, they are the favorites along with Benjamin. There are certainly preferences of Jacob, he favors some sons over others which can be seen in his blessings. This is it for Genesis. I will take a short break from the Bible and start on Exodus on October 1. I’m on Bible overload. But I finished Genesis!