Girly manicure kvelling, or, Hevel hevalim

(Because sometimes often it's the little things in life...)

My nails are all the same length! This is rare because that's usually the signal for them all to start breaking off, one by one. But I had to file them all down this morning because the length was getting unmanageable (I noticed yesterday that, at least on the left index finger, I was typing with the nail because the fingerpad was just not making contact with the key. And that can't be good). So now they all match.

While I'm at Mom's in CA, we're going to go get our nails done together. Fingers *and* toes, I hope. The nominal excuse (mine, that is; Mom goes regularly anyway) is Sierra's wedding the following weekend :-) This is something I always think idly about wanting, and never have the money or time to commit to an appointment; but in this case it's not only self-indulgent, it's a fun mother-daughter activity. Bonus!

So now I'm slathering on the strengthening basecoat, in hopes of sustaining this pleasing uniformity for the intervening 2 weeks.

Coolness for fellow linguists-and-clarinet-fans

Excerpted from our shul e-mail list:

"Ray Jackendoff's CD, Romanian Music for Clarinet and Piano, has been issued by Albany Records and can be ordered from their website (http://www.albanyrecords.com). It is hoped to get some copies in Tower Records in Cambridge. This recording was made in Bucharest by Ray along with Valentina Sandu-Dediu, piano, and contains five engaging works by four 20th century Romanian composers who you never heard of: Martian Negrea, Stefan Niculescu, Dan Dediu, and Constantin Silvestri. One of the pieces was written expressly for the performers by Dan Dediu, the pianist's husband and one of the hot young composers in Romania. Check it out!"

Must go harass Tower Records for this! I love Ray; I had a crush on him for some time when I studied with him at Brandeis :-) More recently, it's been great having him around shul since he and his wife joined. They're both lovely people.