Δαφνη Ευτυχια Αρθουρος

"For me, never again is not just never again for Jews, which means since we had the Holocaust, we'll never have any Holocaust for Jews, none whatsoever. So let's have the thickest walls around us and the deepest shelter around us, and whatever it is, never again for Jews.

"For me, never again means never again to anybody who needs me. I, who was the victim, the eternal victim of history, I must do my utmost to prevent any victimization of anybody wherever he or she are. And that's my vision. This is what it means to me to be a modern Jew. I am responsible or one of those who are responsible for the suffering of others. Something happens in Darfur, it is my responsibility because I was a victim. Something wrong is happening in the inner city somewhere, it is my responsibility to be a better human being."

-- Avram Burg (b. 1955-01-19), interviewed by Charlie Rose on the PBS television program, Charlie Rose, 2009-04-01 (link includes video and transcript)

To my friends celebrating it (though I'm probably too late for most in my time zone to have time to see this today -- it's not yet sundown but I imagine folks are kinda busy): May you have a blessed Passover.

*pout* I'm not at rehearsal. Okay, yeah, I figured this was kinda likely just because it's how the past several weeks have gone, but despite that I was still hoping to feel well enough to make it tonight. I think I could play okay sitting down, despite really not feeling well ... but I don't feel un-dizzy enough for handling eight hundred kiloJoules of kinetic energy around others to seem like a responsible course of action. Meds helped with the pain a bit (still hurt a lot but I could hold up for a little while for something important enough, and tonight counts), and a hot shower helped with the stiffness and even helped the dizziness a little, but not enough, and the effect didn't last long.

*grumble*

I'm feeling a little better than last weekend, but not by a whole lot, and it's been kinda up and down. This is frustrating.

Huh. Maybe doing even less well than I thought when I started writing this, given that I didn't notice a bunch of time slip by just now, between paragraphs.