this is what happens when i stay inside too long.

dilemma: (this is going to sound like old news) but i figure i might as well tell you why i don't post as often as i would like.
my computer doesn't like my camera. 
sounds juvenile right?
i told them to work it out... but so far, neither one is yielding.
so picture-posting here will probably end up being stolen for my compatriots here with me in jerusalem until i can get my own pictures uploaded! 


we just got done with midterms... WOOHOO!
[you were under the impression that this was a vacation weren't you???]
nope. i actually have to study. boo.
but since we couldn't really leave the center for the past two days, i regressed back to surfing the web. and blog stalking. (my favorite!)
not that this is anywhere in the near future, but i think that this is super cute!
how many of you (hopefully this is limited to just you girls!!!) had american dolls growing up? i did. i'm pretty sure i read all of their stories, and knew all about their lives. i had an even split between those and the hardy boys... (my dad had to have a hand in my literature choices as well). what did your doll say about you? mine made me laugh. i had one of the dolls that looked like you, but if i'd have had my choice, i would have gotten molly. (it had something to do with an obsession with world war two...)
being in israel, i find this blog particularly funny. i'm on a hunt for cookbooks. (because the food here is amazing!) but i'm thinking falafel fridays when i get back to the states is going to be a very good tradition. a very tasty tradition at that...


on another note, we started a volleyball tournament last night!
my team is the hyksos. you miss a lot when you don't hear us cheer. it is pretty incredible. we lost the first game, won the second, and i stayed to watch the other teams play the last game. now i just need to get my basketball kick for the week and i'll be happy!

i dream of genies!

do you remember back in elementary school when you got to go on field trips?

i remember in first grade, when we got to go to a dairy farm. we spent about a week learning about the different kinds of cows we would see there... and i only remember seeing black and white ones.

i have to say, these field trips are just a little bit better. (only a teensy tiny bit...)

ariel and i at tel arad

this is located in the yeshimon wilderness...

they have two kinds of wilderness here:

the fertile kind, and the desert kind.

(i had no idea that there was a difference before i came!) 

why do i always have to be the sacrifice?

;) 

this would have been the holy of holies in an ancient temple (at tel arad) do you see the two pillars in the very back?

they represent diety...

a slight problem for an israelite temple, (which is the reason why this temple was shut down)

 

i'm diggin the sunglasses guys.

:)

that's one lucky guy there...

it looks like fenton is starting his own harem. 

best. roomies. ever. 

dad, this one is for you.

just so you know i've got my own posse of arab-ninja-protectors watching over me.

creepy men of the city beware! 

best view of the entire city!

see the tiny gold dome?

it's kind of like finding waldo...

we got there right before it closed... so we didn't have to deal with the usual crowds...

(the guys weren't really happy we kept taking pictures, but i didn't know when i would get pictures this good again!)

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do you know what i love more than anything?

playing volleyball for 3 hours straight.

and kicking butt.

:)

and the best purchase ever?

genie pants.

gotta get some...

so you can be cool like us!