{"id":66,"date":"2002-09-26T14:48:01","date_gmt":"2002-09-26T12:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.2jk.org\/praxis\/?p=66"},"modified":"2002-09-26T14:48:01","modified_gmt":"2002-09-26T12:48:01","slug":"gan-shula-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2jk.org\/praxis\/?p=66","title":{"rendered":"Gan Shula Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi Guy<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;<br \/>\nI would like to begin this week's newsletter to thank the guy that made it all possible, Mr. Guy Schwartz, that without his infatuation to the holy green ($$$ &#8211; not the other thing) we would not have a NordLead II for the jam sessions we held on Sunday and Tuesday. Guy you are a good person and i wish you all the best! we shall hopefully see you soon back in israel.<\/p>\n<p>Pearl Jam<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br \/>\nWe started Jamming on sunday, only oran and I. then Arnon came; for me it was an experience, i believe that most of you would have gotten bored from it, but this was my mental therapy of this year. Sitting near a pool, with my guitar and friends, playing and letting my soul out. I think every one of us should have his own 'place' to do so. I need to find mine.<\/p>\n<p>No Woman, No Cry<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>\nFound out some things this week that got the better of me. Our cat died, and for the first time in a year i cried. and then i understood. it seems that in the last year there were no situations that i could not handle, until this one. maybe it makes me more human, maybe not &#8211; but i really feel bad about it and nothing i do can ease my mind.<\/p>\n<p>Cable Guy<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br \/>\nAfter 2 months of trying to un-subscribe from the cables, it seems that now we're closer than ever! the _kind_ people of 'Arutzey Zahav' have finally agreed to disconnect us from their system so we can stop paying them around 200 Shequels per month. not that i expect any answers, but IS IT WORTH IT? gazing at a telescreen (1984) for money? so i decided to re-balance my resources and use the money for more satisfying activities.<\/p>\n<p>Amsterdam?<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>\nWell, 400$ and i can be there for a weekend. I _do_ have the money, and i do have the will, but should i? why should i run from a reality to an alternate one. I don't need running &#8211; i need a reality. I thought about it seriously, and the only reason i have to go to amsterdam is to have a different weekend than in israel, a one that i force myself to have 'fun' and am i really having fun if i'm not doing it here? maybe the 400$ can be spent on Clothes\/Food\/Alcohol\/Music\/Movies\/Parties. and then<br \/>\ncame my new idea:<\/p>\n<p>Introducing The&#8230;..<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<br \/>\nAmazing &quot;Jonathan J. Klinger Do Something Contest&quot;<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<br \/>\nWell, I have 400$, that's around 2000 shequels to _SPEND_; and I invite each and every one of you to suggest what to do with a 1000 Nis, and to join me (make note &#8211; i am not assuring that i give you a 1000 Nis per each idea, I am suggesting that if there is a good idea of what to do with the money, and i do it with you i will pay for it.) I excluded the following activities from the contest:<br \/>\n(1) Buying Drugs<br \/>\n(2) All you can drink night<br \/>\n(3) Skydiving<br \/>\n(4) Renting a Porsche and driving 400 Km\/h on ayalon while banging into cars only because its a rental and i don't care<br \/>\n(5) Buying _any_ electrical equipment<br \/>\n(6) Going to _any_ party<br \/>\nYou have until next week to send your suggestion &#8211; and again &#8211; there are no certain winners, and you must participate in the activity with me to get the remuneration.<\/p>\n<p>Show me the way&#8230;.<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>\nI sat and had a drink with maya the other week, and she told me that she took an alcoholism test with 13 question and _aced_ it with a 9! so i decided to write our own alcoholism test just to make sure that none of us are alcoholics and that we can all be healthy until we are 120.<br \/>\nTechnical point: Beer is not considered alcohol for this test.<\/p>\n<p>Answer the following questions by Yes\/No<br \/>\n(1) Do you drink alcoholic beverages from the bottle?<br \/>\n(2) Do you feel a need for a drink when you wake up?<br \/>\n(3) Do you need alcohol to find the people of the other sex more attractive?<br \/>\n(4) Have you ever had intercourse without intoxicating the other party first?<br \/>\n(5) Have you woken up in a bed, not knowing where, why and who is next to you?<br \/>\n(6) Do you believe that alcohol improves your conception of reality?<br \/>\n(7) Have you sold any possessions (including rectal virginity) in order to obtain alcohol?<br \/>\n(8) Do you buy alcohol by the bulk? (not once in a while, i mean having a real order card at an alcohol retailer)<br \/>\n(9) Do you spend more than 10% of your monthly income in pubs\/bars\/whore houses?<br \/>\n(10) Are you an alcoholic?<\/p>\n<p>Well the grading goes something like this,<br \/>\nYou count the 'yes's and add them to a number, if the number is bigger than 5 multiply it by 3, if it is less than 5 multiply it by 5. then take the number of 'no's and subtract it from the last number. power the<br \/>\nnumber by 27 and then comes the last part:<br \/>\nlook at the last question and see whether you answered yes or no.<\/p>\n<p>not funny, but it's worth the while<\/p>\n<p>Every Good Thing Must Come To An End<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br \/>\nAnd so is this newsletter; after me concluding and adding my assessment of the last weeks, stating the improvement\/decay of my mental state. The last two weeks were kind of easy since i didn't have to go to school, however, the free time makes you nervous. i understood that by keeping myself constantly busy i can make myself forget the sorrow of life i live. maybe all i need to do is to get a life. I know that i treated most of the people close to me really bad in the last two weeks, but it was without malice, i only had a minor crisis to overcome. I hope that you can forget it. Sorry for not returning any calls\/not answering the phone\/not coming to important events\/not willing to participate in group sex\/not being able to be there for you guys. i needed my rest. and i am sure that it would come soon. Freedom is just a mouse click away&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Personal Notes?<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br \/>\nI Don't think that there are any this week.<\/p>\n<p>Love you guys, keep up the good work<br \/>\n&#8212;<br \/>\nJonathan J. 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