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Jobs (not counting learning)
Oct. 24th, 2011 05:55 pmQ. What is your job?
A. I am the Jerusalem Area Chief Inspector for accuracy of information in graffiti. This is an stressful charge considering that one ubiquitous Jerusalem artist draws nothing but maps of various chemical compounds. However, my average workload consists of writing the suffix "phobia" on various walls and surfaces about five times a month. This is because of my archnemesis, the author of endless "homo=ill" graffiti.
Judging by where I see this phrase and how densely, it appears that this person lives in my area and generally frequents the same places I do, which is a very disturbing thought. The person is also religious; I am of a divided opinion on whether or not he speaks English.
Anyway I used to deal with this by altering the word "ill," at first to "illin'" until I realised that few these days speak old school hip hop. Then I would cross out "ill" and write "magniv" (literally "worthy of shoplifting" = approximate equivalent of "dope fresh"). But that was not a very elegant solution. Finally I began adding the proper suffix so that the incorrect statement "homo=ill" now read "homophobia=ill."
Today I encountered an evolution in what passes for this person's thinking, where he had written somewhere on the route to my yeshiva, "Homo=antisemitism." Once I had corrected it as usual ("Homophobia=antisemitism"), I was stunned at how much more accurate it was. In fact it was such a true statement that I'm now considering writing it actively instead of responsively. So much of the rhetoric overlaps in antisemitic and homophobic screeds, not to mention the fact that homophobia damages the Jewish state and actual Jews.
( exhibit a )
Other than this I am a half-time secretary for a congregation of conservative rabbis, which is really horrible, and a freelance editor. Technically I can also scribe/repair holy texts and dance on stilts but in these two respects I am currently unemployed.
A. I am the Jerusalem Area Chief Inspector for accuracy of information in graffiti. This is an stressful charge considering that one ubiquitous Jerusalem artist draws nothing but maps of various chemical compounds. However, my average workload consists of writing the suffix "phobia" on various walls and surfaces about five times a month. This is because of my archnemesis, the author of endless "homo=ill" graffiti.
Judging by where I see this phrase and how densely, it appears that this person lives in my area and generally frequents the same places I do, which is a very disturbing thought. The person is also religious; I am of a divided opinion on whether or not he speaks English.
Anyway I used to deal with this by altering the word "ill," at first to "illin'" until I realised that few these days speak old school hip hop. Then I would cross out "ill" and write "magniv" (literally "worthy of shoplifting" = approximate equivalent of "dope fresh"). But that was not a very elegant solution. Finally I began adding the proper suffix so that the incorrect statement "homo=ill" now read "homophobia=ill."
Today I encountered an evolution in what passes for this person's thinking, where he had written somewhere on the route to my yeshiva, "Homo=antisemitism." Once I had corrected it as usual ("Homophobia=antisemitism"), I was stunned at how much more accurate it was. In fact it was such a true statement that I'm now considering writing it actively instead of responsively. So much of the rhetoric overlaps in antisemitic and homophobic screeds, not to mention the fact that homophobia damages the Jewish state and actual Jews.
( exhibit a )
Other than this I am a half-time secretary for a congregation of conservative rabbis, which is really horrible, and a freelance editor. Technically I can also scribe/repair holy texts and dance on stilts but in these two respects I am currently unemployed.
