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hatam_soferet) wrote2005-03-25 02:13 pm
hatam_soferet) wrote2005-03-25 02:13 pm
niiice purim!
It's common in my circle to have sermon-lets on frequent occasions - five or ten minutes relevant to something seasonal with a profound* (or wannabe profound) conclusion. I have always avoided giving these, on the grounds that they are usually lame and I don't want to perpetuate this. It follows that I have never really said anything profound to a large audience. But last night I was being guest speaker to a congregation that was using one of my megillas, and they wanted profound, so I did! I composed and said something profound to 400 people!
And then in the morning I was reading at Drisha, and they wanted me to talk too, so I utilised the first part of the evening's speech, the amusing general-knowledge part, and people enjoyed it. They even clapped. And I collected lots and lots and lots of compliments. This doesn't usually happen to me, so it was a very nice change.
And we went to a couple of nice parties, and it was fun. Will went as a bride; I knew that veil would come in handy for something. I went in subfusc. Academic gear is useful like that, sufficiently outlandish that you can look dressed-up without having to be at all creative. Useful when you don't have time to cook up something better.
* in my cynical mode, "profound" = "cheesy." It depends who you ask.
And then in the morning I was reading at Drisha, and they wanted me to talk too, so I utilised the first part of the evening's speech, the amusing general-knowledge part, and people enjoyed it. They even clapped. And I collected lots and lots and lots of compliments. This doesn't usually happen to me, so it was a very nice change.
And we went to a couple of nice parties, and it was fun. Will went as a bride; I knew that veil would come in handy for something. I went in subfusc. Academic gear is useful like that, sufficiently outlandish that you can look dressed-up without having to be at all creative. Useful when you don't have time to cook up something better.
* in my cynical mode, "profound" = "cheesy." It depends who you ask.
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