Saturday, November 27, 2010

From My Eyes to Yours


 Looking into Lebanon
 
Cliffs of Arbell
 
Akko (Mediterrean Sea)
 
Bunker looking over Syria used in the 6 day War (Andrew and Jake)
 
The Jordan River
 
My new Favorite Flower, next to 2) The sun Flower and 3) the Lily
 
The Hills of Upper Galilee
 
Sunset at Akko
 
Looking over the Galilee (Cliffs of Arbell)
 
The Sea of Galilee

Saturday, October 30, 2010

To blog or not to blog

Oh life, you know the more I think about life the more I don't understand it. Today I said to myself I should blog, and then another voice in my head said, why? You have nothing to blog about. And then my voice came in and said really? Really? I'm living in Jerusalem and I have nothing to write about. If I can't write about something here then I shouldn't ever write.


I got 7 new facebook friends! I'm very excited, they are all girls, (sorry Chanel) they are all Muslims and they live in the West Bank. While I was in Bethlehem I had this great desire to ask a Palestinian what they think of the Isralie Palistinian conflict. (For those who remember, I often get strong desires to ask people I don't know questions I shouldn't ask. like the one time I asked the prostitute what she was looking for in life). Back to my story, while I was at Bethlehem University I found seven girls sitting together so I went up and said I don't know what I'm allowed to say to you but can I ask you a question. Long story short I found myself saying, so do you girls want to be my friends on facebook, they all laughed and then I whipped out my book and got new friends.

What else did I do this week? Um... I went to the place they believe the last supper was held, I wrote a 14 page paper on Islam.

Oh yes, I also made olive oil, I enjoyed every minute in those trees. people were commenting on how I looked like a natural, so Naturally I put on my Farm boy Jake look and worked even harder, by the time I convinced myself I was amazing I decided to get down from the tree. I don't know what happened but two feet off the ground I fell and landed on my back. I put farm boy Jake back into my pocket and walked home as just jake.

Saturday, October 16, 2010

Leech me Alone!!

I went through Hezekiah's tunnel last week. (That is the tunnel that was built under the city of David to protect the water). I pranced through the tunnel and eventually found myself swimming and dipping my body under the water. I pretended I was an alligator, acting like a fourteen year old (minus the menace to others i.e. splashing people, pushing people in). Anyway I swam for a while and then realized that the water wasn't as clean as I thought. I got out and started drying off when I saw a creature that looked leechy on the ground. I said to myself, boy that looks like a leech, I should take a picture with it pretending that I have a leech on me. I tried to take a picture to no avail. Later I realized leechy thing was truly a leech. How did I find that out? Well the epiphany came when I pulled up my pant leg and saw one trying to suck off my leg. (If you don't have a visual then pretend walking in on lane kissing his girl friend, minus the girlfriend and adding my leg). I got it off and in my frustration I yelled at it, as though it understood. After I yelled at it I did the routine body check starting with places I've had leeches before and ending on places that I didn't care so much about. After the body check I heard a male senior couple whisper to his wife, "serves him right". You know what, I guess in many ways it did serve me right; I'm not even mad, why? Because I got a leech in Jerusalem. When was the last time you met someone that got leeches in Jerusalem!!!! Touché Jake (the crowed comments)

Sunday, October 3, 2010

The coolest family in the world
                                            On top of the World!
Oh, Sinai
Me. A mustache and 4 old triangles