Comments on: Yannai to Stuff: I’m Sorry.

By: Aaron Leibowitz

Aaron Leibowitz — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 15:19:09 +0000

Dear guitar,
Ok, this is hard.
I cant count how many times I have promised to use you every day, and bring my skills to a level worthy of your potential.
All you have enjoyed this past year is a few moments of glory in the hands of Bradley Fish who announced you sufficient for learning, but ultimately not the guitar I want.
Yes, I admit it, I have been cheating on you, playing Brad’s guitars while you sit at home and gather dust.
I could pretend that it isn’t so, but you deserve better than that.
Remember the time I took you out for a few tunes after havdala, and nadiv put his toy guitar in your case? maybe you were hoping to be out for good. Well, nadiv does use his guitar daily, and maybe that means there is hope for you yet when he gets a bit larger than his three year old size.
I am sorry.
Come to think of it, maybe I will start to practice again. But you know better than to get your hopes up, dont you…
Aaron

By: Yannai

Yannai — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 10:36:51 +0000

Way to be strong, dude. You’re helping to build a better future.

I’d like to encourage everyone to follow in Naftali’s courageous example.

Here’s to appreciating stuff!

Yannai

By: Naftali Abramson

Naftali Abramson — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:34:33 +0000

Dear Sweatshirts,
im sorry that i don’t wear you all that much. you’re just sitting in my bottom drawer and well, just sitting there. folded nicely. and i have a bunch of you and you’re all the same but all a bit different. different colors, different sizes, different designs. the truth is, each of you, represent a different memory of mine, a different summer expirience that i’ve had over the last 5-6 years. im happy that you’re still in my life and im happy that i can take you out whenever i want. i wish i used you more often. maybe i would make shifts and everyday wear a different one of you. i dont know. im just happy that you’re here for me whenever i want and i hope we come in contact more often in the future. i know that this relationship depends on me so im going to try and put more of an effort into it. i love you guys a lot! keep warm!! hehe.

By: Yannai

Yannai — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:08:28 +0000

Hi Seth!

Stuff’s one of those great words that can mean all sorts of, well, stuff.

Great hypothesis on doing stuff. You never know…

Thanks for the comment, pal.

Good to hear from you,

Yannai

By: Seth Salpeter

Seth Salpeter — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 01:28:10 +0000

This post really brought back memories of the famous Yannai philosophy of “doing stuff”. I wonder if there is any connection between this current idea of social responsibility to stuff we don’t use and the once great idea he propogated under the quote “doing stuff”. Perhaps we can suggest that the idea of doing stuff was his great ambition to make use of all stuff at all times and in a sense, assign all stuff a value in the same way he is now asking us to do. Yannai scholars must all consider this possibility and continue with their deep analysis of the issue.