Le'Chaim
I am sure I would be hard pressed to find anyone who has not heard this term. In the event that you have never walked into a temple the term translates simply to "TO LIFE" I can not find a more opportune time to use this term until now. I have yet another friend of mine who had decided that their life did not seem to be worth living anymore. I was under the illusion that Ms. Matson was not all that sad. Oh sure she was angry, had her battles with the bottle and is one of the few people who owns as many books by Virginia Wolf as I do. With the way things are going with the environment, the war as well as our political situation I can't exactly say that I blame her. It just always seems so final and I am not sure if I would really want to leave this realm knowing those smug bastards in the executive branch of our government was still there.
All vomit inducing situations of the state of the world aside, I have spent many a year barely peeking over the rim of the bell Jar. I always managed to look on the brighter side. (White people are stupid enough to listen to crappy hip hop too.) Well that isn't too cheerful but I think we get the point. Life is pretty horrible but it really is not that bad. At least for those of us who live in one of the wealthiest countries in the world where we are the few people left who can really choose our own destinies or get our siblings to fix an election for us?
Kristin has had an interesting effect on many people in the bay area as a fellow cynic should. Hell we have quite a few things in common not only do we share hair color (I am a natural Blonde by the way.) We also share a Birthday and the intelligence to make sure it is not mixed up with any other holiday (On December 25th I become Jewish and she becomes agnostic and we both go to Midnight mass after the hub for our free wine and cracker Le' Chaim indeed) To be honest with you that is what I find so puzzling the woman had such a lust for life I can not fathom her actually taking it away. The world will definitely be a little dimmer without her and the hub will have a tab bit more liquor and I will have one less person to drive everyone batty with political discourse and the world will continue its spiral downward with one less siren telling us that we are going the wrong way.
A very wise woman once said "Although the world is full of suffering it is also full of the overcoming it" Helen Keller was always somewhat of a chatterbox. Well wherever you are I hope you and Whitney are happy. Our Birthday won't be the same without you.
Le Chiam
Jerry