Hi!

[quiara]

➤ NAME: Q or Quiara. If you know me from Twitch, I'm Squid.
➤ AGE: 41

➤ INTERESTS & HOBBIES: Fibre arts, sci-fi, the Sims video games, animal crossing, queer culture, etc. I knit, spin, weave, do cross-stitch of a cheeky sort, love British television, fountain pens, bullet journals, planners, notebooks, all kinds of things. Also very into tech, but decidedly an apple person personally. Don't care what others use, but I like my apple ecosystem. Oh, as a side note, I am converting to Judaism (reform) and that comes up in posts. Mostly weird things I read in the Talmud, like not bringing goats into the bathroom in case they turn into demons and it's rude to summon demons in the bathroom. I also have a cat I am prone to crying over the absolute perfection of at the drop of a hat.

I'm nonbinary and my pronouns are they/them and if you have a joke about pronouns, please make sure it's original at least. Bigots so far only have the one.

➤ LOOKING FOR: LJ-days nostalgia, like most of us. I love reading lives and commenting and meeting new people through shared interaction.

➤ ANYTHING ELSE?: I'm generally easygoing but I do believe my journal is like my living room and if I invite you in, I'd appreciate it if you not poop on my couch. Right now, my entries are access locked, but I do have a public post with some information and in future, I think I'll be doing more unlocked posts. <3

Comments

[polyfrazzlemented]

+1 for "Jewish-ish"! I'm 1/4 Jewish, have a very Jewish name but am not halachically Jewish by anyone's standards, but people (both Jews and antisemites) assume I am. It's a weird liminal place to be.

I'm interested in converting but feel like I don't deserve to talk to a rabbi about it.

[sonofgodzilla]

I'm interested in converting but feel like I don't deserve to talk to a rabbi about it.

Oh, I get that, I get that. I kind of feel that I've had enough shit from people throughout my life for being Jewish to qualify as Jewish, even if it doesn't sit well with the hassidim, so, you know, fuck it. What's that David Ben Gurion quote? [paraphrasing] "I accept anyone as Jewish who is stupid enough to want to be Jewish."

[quiara]

Oh, please do talk to one. There's a myth they'll turn you away three times. What they do is light up and give you some homework. Also, reform has some different standards, so depending on where that 1/4 falls, you might be. We accept patrilineal jews. But hey, if you wanna talk out some of the angst, lemme know. I was there. It took me years to talk to a rabbi bc I'm not Jewish at all historically. I was a liberal Christian minister. Seriously, if you ever wanna chat, just hit me up. <3

[polyfrazzlemented]

It was my paternal grandfather that was Jewish. My dad and I were both raised Christian. So I'd have to convert any way you looked at it.

Added you.

[quiara]

You have as much right as anyone. There's a Mishnah passage, I think, that says the souls of all Jews were present at Sinai -- including those wanting to convert on day because they weren't born into technically Jewish families -- and that we're not less Jewish than Jews born to Jewish families.

[polyfrazzlemented]

Yeah, I'm aware. But I was raised to be ashamed of that part of my heritage, so it's not easy for me.

[quiara]

That's sad and terrible and I'm so sorry. I hope you find what you're looking for.

[polyfrazzlemented]

Thank you.