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[cellio]

Someday I will figure out how one properly decorates a sukkah; the only decorated ones I've seen have been done up with stuff made by the kids in the family/congregation. If I decorate, I want adult decorations. Whatever those would be. But at least the strands of small white lights (bought on December 26 one year :-) ) are pretty. And, more importantly, provide ample light to see dinner by.

So far it's a one-splinter year for the sukkah. That's pretty good for me. :-)

For bizarre reasons, yesterday I found myself needing to know how to say "purple dinosaur" in Hebrew. My dictionary was of no help on "dinosaur", so I ended up settling for "reptile". Not the same thing, but good enough in context.

I found out recently that my parents have never, in their entire lives, eaten Indian food. Wow. Chinese food was a novelty for me when I was growing up, but I thought that was just due to the local restaurant options. No, my parents just haven't explored a lot of unusual foods. So we're going to take them to an Indian restaurant in a couple weeks. (And no, I haven't asked them about sushi yet.)

I've been getting a lot of spam lately for Vicadin, whatever that is. From googling it appears to be either a painkiller or a psychadelic, but I'm not sure which. (I suppose the latter is a type of the former, for some people.) Did it just come onto the market or something?

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Re: Sukkah Decorations

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

Use real fruit, pull a piece down after each meal, and eat it for desert. Replace with fresh fruit every couple of days. That's what my parents do, anyway. Decorative, and convenient!

The other theory on sukkah decorations is, "Damnit, if my neighbors are going to have something that tacky for Christmas, I'm going to get my revenge on Sukkot" -- six-foot tall light-up plastic ushpizin and the like, strobing lights along the posts and top, and so forth.

As far as I know, nobody MAKES six-foot tall light-up plastic ushpizin, but I'd really consider buying them if they did.

Re: Sukkah Decorations

[cellio]

The other theory on sukkah decorations is, "Damnit, if my neighbors are going to have something that tacky for Christmas, I'm going to get my revenge on Sukkot" -- six-foot tall light-up plastic ushpizin and the like, strobing lights along the posts and top, and so forth.

:-)

Y'know, currently my sukkah isn't really visible to the neibhbors (fenced back yard), but something like that could motivate me to move it! :-) (I was thinking of rebuilding anyway; currently I'm using the fence as an anchor and for one of the walls, but I'd like more flexibility.)