More About Avital
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Occupation:
law student
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Hobbies and Interests:
reading, cooking, eating, music, arguing about politics, sitting on my porch
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Favorite Books:
Middlemarch, Infinite Jest, Mason & Dixon, anything by Alice Munro, Tom Stoppard, Empire Falls, the Sportswriter, the Water-Method Man, Mating
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Favorite Movies:
A Room with a View, She's All That, Irma Vep, the Taste of Others, more recently, Capturing the Friedmans, Nowhere in Africa. I liked Eternal Sunshine, but think Charlie Kaufman needs help with his endings.
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Favorite Music:
bjork, radiohead, aimee mann, shuggie otis, modest mouse, prince, built to spill, beck, flaming lips, serge gainsbourg, missy elliott, dr. octagon, whatever kcrw tells me to listen to.
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Favorite TV Shows:
six feet under, west wing, anything on food tv, the office, smallville, queer eye for the straight guy, home movies, aqua teen hunger force
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Zodiac Sign:
Leo
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Testimonials and Comments for Avital
pronounced, or, rather, is from time to
time pronouncing, on the life of Avital
is certainly a very complicated one.
That she is an acute critic of the
current administration, a subtle
humorist, a master of policy, a
universal observer and a devoted
friend--all this is part of her
established reputation. That she is,
besides this, a culinary innovator of
great force and originality would, if we
took as the test the most widely
published criticism on Chowhound.com, be
also established. But is this all? Does
not everyone who reads generalizations
like these involuntarily say to himself,
this is nothing? To say of a friend like
Avital that she is distinguishable by
this or that abstract quality is very
much like trying to revive the effect
produced upon our imaginations by a
great symphony by describing the melodic
theme, the rhythm and meter, the
phrasing and dynamics. I can hardly
believe it's true, but Avital and I
shared four weeks on a farmhouse in
England in 1992, and I shall never
forget the effect that she had on the
townspeople. To begin with, the men
thought her bewitching when she was on
horseback. We were there on a Latin
scholarship program, and while the
tutorials and farm labor left little
time for diversions, riding was an
indulgence which Avital allowed herself
from time to time; she felt that she
enjoyed it in a pagan sensuous way, and
she always looked forward to renouncing
it. Within a fortnight of our arrival,
she had written her final examinations
to the satisfaction of the headmaster,
seduced him, and organized a strike
among the cheesemakers' apprentices, who
succeeded in negotiating hazard pay for
exposure to virulent airborne cultures.
have made friends with the kid who ate
his boogars in 2nd grade. That kid
would be in the corner, all alone,
chowing down on boogars, and Avital
would walk up to that kid and be
like "Hey, wanna play 4 square?" And
that kid would be like "Yeah, okay."
And then Avital's other friends would
be like "You can't talk to that
kid...he eats his boogars!" And Avital
would be like "I don't care, he's my
friend, and you can all go to hell."
Then the boogar eating kid would grow
up to be rich and, remembering Avital's
kindness, would give Avital millions of
dollars, which Avital would promptly
hand over to Amnesty International.
That story pretty much sums up why
Avital is awesome.
brilliant on the dance floor (that ass!
That wiggle!), kind, adventurous,
funny...the total package. Plus the
easiest person to buy presents for in
the entire universe. Plus the best
present-giver in the universe. Plus my
favorite person to look in little
shoppies with. Plus I owe her my
undying gratitude for not giving up on
me freshman year of college, when it
seemed I might never stop being shy. I
love this woman and long for the day
when we live close enough to one
another to meet for coffee, wine, tea--
a variety of beverages.
server to capture all the good things I
can say about Avital. Brilliant beyond
words (she can discuss Derrida at one
moment, string theory or cold fusion
the next), captivatingly gorgeous
(sparkling eyes and a smile that could
make Mr. Burns' start to kvell), and a
heart of gold (this much is clear if
you know her politics...or the number
of people who call her a friend),
Avital is the best kind of best
friend. Basically, she is my partner
in crime and I wouldn't have it any
other way. I'm sure you could live
without Avital as your friend, but why
would anyone choose to?
committed, relaxed, confident enough to
be goofy when she wants, insouciant
enough to fall asleep in the student
lounge at law school. She was so
adorable there, at the crack of dawn,
CivPro tome open on her lap, dreaming
what I am sure were crazy, technicolor
dreams. I am thrilled to have made her
acquaintance and am proud to call her my
friend.