Internal dialogue while bringing cereal back to my desk.
ME: I already have a spoon at my desk! Thank G-d I remembered to leave it there before.
ME (smarmy): You know, it really isn't G-d's fault. You kinda got that one on your own.
ME: Yeah, but people are always blaming G-d for stupid things when they go down, and it isn't really G-d's fault at all; it's their own. So why not thank G-d for something that isn't necessarily G-d's direct doing for a change?
ME: Ah, but G-d created the universe and everything in it, and therefore, nothing that happens is an accident. So one way or another, G-d really manipulated you to leave a clean spoon at your desk earlier...right?
ME (undeterred): Thank G-d there was soy milk in the refrigerator. I hate it when they're all out.
THE END.
(Well, the end of the dialogue. The beginning of my very late breakfast.)
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
G-d Dialogue
Labels: food, free food, god, thinking too much
Posted by matthue at 3:48 PM 2 comments
Friday, September 28, 2012
Joshua: The Movie
A while ago, I helped produce this series of movie adaptations of the Torah with G-dcast.
Our plan at the time was to hit the Prophets and Writings and just not stop. "No sleep till Malachi" was the actual phrase used, I believe.
It's taken a little while, but today G-dcast launched the next book. Here's the three-part series "Joshua," which I wrote, which Sarah Lefton directed, Richard O'Connor animated, and Matt Ryd wrote the theme song to.
...originally I was trying to convince them to let me play shofar for it, too, but that didn't really happen.
This is Part II:
And Part III:
Next up is Judges, but don't ask about that yet -- apparently it's a lot faster to write words than it is to draw a few thousand animated icons. Who knew?
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
grad school confidential
a new question from the FAQ desk. weirdly, three people asked me this today. so here is what i said, more or less.
Why are you going back to grad school?
if i could do anything with my time, i'd do a degree in physics or math. that, i think, is where real religion flourishes. it's the actual fulfillment of the biblical commandment to "know g*d and know g*d's work." but life is the way it is, and i need (a) constant practice writing and challenging myself, (b) connections in the literary world, and (c) willing people to read my work on a mass scale, and this program is being very generous with all of them.
Labels: bible, faq, god, grad school, mitzvos
Posted by matthue at 4:33 PM 3 comments
Monday, August 27, 2012
The Kafkaesque Mess that is LAX
Oh, man. I hate complaining, but sometimes in life it's either (a) really therapeutic or (b) really necessary. This might be both, but hopefully it's also entertaining. Yesterday, we were stuck at the airport for hours. I tweeted:
Because ofAnd they very nicely (if obliquely) replied:@americanair, my kids have been stuck in an airport all day. twitpic.com/ao2u1s
— Matthue Roth (@matthue) August 26, 2012
So this is what I wrote back. (Start reading from the bottom, if you're curious.)@matthue Sorry for the delay Matt. What is the flight number?
— American Airlines (@AmericanAir) August 26, 2012
Or come back tomorrow? I promise I'll have something more fun.
Labels: kvetcher, public transport, travel
Posted by matthue at 3:17 PM 0 comments