August 2013 – Page 5 – Sam's Online Journal

August 17, 2013

That Time I Wore a Yarmulke

I wore a yarmulke once, but it wasn’t mine. It belonged to a Jewish temple somewhere on the outskirts of Philadelphia. I arrived there on a trolley that had seen better days, but it was just my method of transportation. I was dressed to the nines in full black suit with vertical stripes, the consummate … Continue reading That Time I Wore a Yarmulke

August 16, 2013

Friday Top 5: Questions I Get Asked

Well, Friday’s here again, and along with it another installment of the Friday Top 5! It’s funny, but I can almost always predict in new situations and with new people what variation of five questions they will ask me. That’s because for most of my adult life I have gotten the same questions so often … Continue reading Friday Top 5: Questions I Get Asked

August 15, 2013June 4, 2018

I Did What?: My Sordid Job History, Volume 1

When I was a kid, I remember seeing people do odd jobs and wondering to myself, “Does anyone really say they want to be a garbage collector for a career? How do they get into these jobs?” Or when I was at the mall, I asked myself what people it took to decide to be … Continue reading I Did What?: My Sordid Job History, Volume 1

August 14, 2013August 14, 2013

Friends Forever

Remember your high school yearbook where everyone, even the people you hardly ever talked to, just had to write in it and tell you how absolutely amazing it was being your “friend” in school? And you were so excited because even though they hadn’t really been your friend, you knew you would be able to … Continue reading Friends Forever

August 13, 2013August 13, 2013

The Watcher

I’m a people watcher. I always have been, since I was yoing and I would give my mother fits when we went out in public. Because not only did I watch people back then, but I also gave them names and loudly called them by their “names.” Before you think that I took pleasure in … Continue reading The Watcher

August 12, 2013August 12, 2013

I Wanted to Be Harry Potter

I remember when I first discovered the wizarding world created by JK Rowling, sometime after the release of The Goblet of Fire and before The Order of the Phoenix, and I wondered what all the fuss was about. There had been series before, and there would be series after, so I didn’t pay much attention to the one stirring up such a hornet’s nest (that one’s part of a favorite series too) at that time. I knew it had been banned, and I knew it had to do with witchcraft, but I had no idea how important it would come to be in my life. Not then.

You see, at the time I was going through an enormous move, a life-altering event that involved trust, faith, and maybe even a little bit of fear. Okay, definitely a lot of fear. For the first time in my life I was going out on a limb for what I felt deep down in my soul was love, something worth believing in so much that I was willing to uproot myself for it, and looking back on it, I’m oh so glad I did. But at the time it was all I could do to stop from getting hives (I got them anyway) during the process. The last thing on my mind was getting into a new series. Continue reading “I Wanted to Be Harry Potter”

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