You Call me Crazy; I call myself Jake!

Sadly this week was a week for school and ping pong tournaments (oh and volley ball). I got organized and caught up on the things I need to and now I’m preparing for next week’s midterms. Don’t be fooled even though I’m trying to study, this semester won’t turn out like any semester before. To be honest shooting for average seems more my style anyway.

I went out into the city a few times; once I went to the western Wall for a Bar Mitzvah. What did I learn there? Well while I was there a friend pointed out that all 12-15 year old boys are the same. They were poking each other, laughing at girls, playing pranks, and making fun of tourists. After I went to the Bar Mitzvah I went to the Dome of the Rock. (Kind of a big deal). It was pretty amazing, I wish I would have enjoyed it more than I did, but I found myself trying to figure out how to get inside. (I’ll never get inside because I found a talk yesterday from 1989 from my good man Elder Holland about resecting Jerusalem, my heart has been changed). Later on in the week we went to the Western Wall for the last day of Sukkot called Hoshana Rabbah. There were thousands of Jews beating a bundle of five willow branches on the ground praying to God to bless the upcoming raining season.

We also went to the city and went to an Armenian Church service in the old city; it was a beautiful building, and nice people.

That’s what happened this week! I’ve loved it. I need to get out more, I need to be more effective on my homework, but I guess if we’re going to sit around wishing for things then I wish for the ability to have ultimate balance. You might think I’m stupid for writing that but imagine what you could do with ultimate balance, oh wait you can’t imagine it because the possibilities are endless.

Also there is a rumor going around about me being engaged. Well… instead of easing the minds of the few who really care I decided to be like Carley Simon and make you pay to find out the true answer. She Got $30,000 from an ESPN producer to find out who the song “you’re so vain” is about. I can’t imagine getting 30,000 but I was hoping mom would give me 10 bucks!!

Start the bidding at $1!!!

I don't feel there's enough in this blog to get mom to write me and tell me to grow up so to dispel the rumor of maturing Jake I have to say one thing. My body just got on a bathroom schedule. It sounds like a great thing but I’m not sold on the idea. I don't know what's better, knowing that WW3 is coming every morning or enjoying the element of surprise. Oh Jerusalem, I'm starting to understanding the conflict; I never realized how personal it was.