Cat Fact 1948

Cats are everywhere and angry for the most part. I'm starting to go through squirrel withdrawal. Post coming soon.

Slow Start

I have to say, jet lag has got me beat. I thought I would have been up and running earlier but my body had other plans. I went out with some people Tuesday night to the cheap student restaurant across the street, King George, 10% for students and a big portion for only 30 shekel (less than $10). I went to the Ramat Aviv mall on Wednesday and was blown away. It's beautiful and although its only 2 floors, I could be mistaken, jet lag..., it seems to stretch on forever. I just needed some sheets a pillow and toiletries and after wandering around for a while I got them. I dropped off my things in my room, the pillow basically took up all the space in my 60L backpack, took a little nap and went out again for groceries. This is pretty much all I've been able to do so far, besides sleeping every 6 hours, feels like I'm sleeping in 2 different time zones. I should be up and running in a few more days. Cat facts will resume momentarily.

Now or Never

I choose now (in terms of writing the first post). I somewhat recently arrived at my dorm in Tel Aviv University, and I have to say, they are very good at taking pictures and making the dorms look bigger than they actually are. My flight and airport experience were what I would consider normal. I breezed through security and customs on both ends, must be my innocent looking face. The gate was full of elderly Asian women and chasidim. I got a salad before going on the plane and of course I shared it.

Nothing out of the ordinary really happened on the plane ride, it was full of chasidim like pretty much every plane to and from Israel, and the occasional screaming baby/child. I selected the ovo-lactovegetarian meal and luckily because of that I was one of the first people to receive their meal, not sure if that works on every airline but I was quite pleased. I don't think I slept. I'm unsure because there were definitely some lapses in consciousness but I don't remember having the sensation of waking up. I got my luggage from the carousel in what must be record time, got a taxi, the driver barely spoke English and seemed to dislike Americans who go to Israel for school. Whenever she said something I couldn't understand she would just say lo chashuv (not important) in such a charming and kind manner (sarcasm). So now I'm just resting and digesting in my dorm, fighting off jet lag and hoping to be able to start my long to do list tomorrow. 

The one time penguins can fly

Pre-flight Guinness with my buddy

Finally get to experience an $8.70 bottle of Guinness at an airport bar

Happy Birthday Rosasharn

I see you have gotten this far, but can you decrypt the ancient greek character and find the national treasure? Ω

Stuff I want to see

Might be kinda disturbing

• A Richard Simmons workout video entitled: Exercising Caution
• Pop a cherry bubble gum
• Head and Shoulders come out with a dandruff shampoo for beards called Head to Shoulders
• Spray on beard paint/ beard in a can
• Hipster bible quotes
• High fructose cancer syrup
• Porn star or politician name game (Dick Cheney, Jon Dough, Michael Steele)

About Me

• I don't like the name stan, it's only one letter away from satan
• I'm a bread dealer and I only deal sour d (ough)
• I do like naan, it's only one letter away from natan
• I love pretending to be cookie monster when I eat at the dining halls with my friends
• When I have time to kill I like eating cereal, with chopsticks
• I'm a size large... kids large
• Inches are too mainstream for me so I measure in cubits