i leave tomorrow morning (tonight?) for amsterdam at 6am. i guess this means that i'm technically leaving at 3:30 from my home. or the bar. i haven't decided how i'm going to do this yet. hell, i haven't even packed yet. the only thing i've done is take out my passports and the papers i'm going to need with me.
i've managed to contact danny and yisrael (a couple of friends who left israel a while ago) and told them i was going to be in their general area. since they live in germany, not too far from asmterdam, we are going to try and get together at least once during my stay. it's about a three hour train ride, so i'm thinking i'd rather have them come see me instead of vice versa. they've also invited me (amber and ruthie, too) to stay with them... but again, they are not in amsterdam - which is where we want to be. other than that, there is ronen whom already knows i'm coming. in addition, my sister has recommended a few things that we can do. not to mention that it's going to be queensday, which should make our visit even more interesting =)
sometime today i have to go home to meet the plumber cuz my water heater has decided to die. and although it's later in the day, i do believe that i will be coming back to work for at least an hour or two afterwards.
right now, though, i think i'm going to pass out from hunger.
today marks four days in a row that i've been hanging out with the 'subloom' people.
last night was ran's (the mojos') show at the sublime. while their music isn't quite my style, i have to admit that i was rather impressed and really enjoyed it. after that i stayed there for a bit before hopping into a cab with the part of the staff that was done, and going over to the bloom. the bloom was packed with lots of people that were previously at the sublime, and just packed in general. it was pretty much a blast. got to hang out with the same awesome group of people and even see nik, whom has been MIA (much like me) these past few months. i think i left at 4:30am.
today, after not enough sleep, i woke up to try and figure out how the hell i was going to get over to the subloom-starsky (subloomsky? lol, ok i know i'm exaggerating, but it wasn't my idea =P) independence day BBQ. it was decided that i should go on over to hilla's and go from there. i got to her house in time to wake her and yoni (and a guest) up, get ready and go out. i think we all started arriving at about 3pm. for something that was planned literally at the last minute - i have to admit that it was pretty kickin'. there was lots of food, plenty of beer/drinks, music and a hell of a good mood.
i have pictures from the last few days also. however, i'm too tired/lazy to do anything with them now. i will try to get them up before i leave for amsterdam on friday.
anyway, while i feel that i definitely drank enough in the last four days, i still intend on going to hang out at the bloom for a bit tonight. i've taken a nap and i really think i aught to get out.
so last night's plans didn't turn out. instead, yonatan (aka 'new friend') and i headed over to hila's house for more 'subloom' fun. i have no energy for details. i'll just leave you with photos...
here are the pictures from saturday @ the beach and here are the pictures from hila's house on sunday night =)
enjoy!!
ps - my right arm is killing me from a little too much air hocky =P
yesterday was a lot of fun. i was originally going to go up north with a few friends, but decided to stick around tel-aviv and join the bloom/sublime (subloom?) picnic.
liad and i got there at about 12:30, a half an hour after the time they were set to start. we knew no one would actually be there that early, but we figured that people wouldn't start gathering much later than 13:00. we were wrong. she and i sat on the rocks on the side of the beach that we were supposed to meet at for quite a while. slowly, people started showing up. but not the ones with the food and drinks. in the mean time we decided that sand was a lesser choice that grass, and we moved ourselves over to the other side of the dophinarium. the food/drinks people only made an appearance after 15:00 (lol). but they did show up with teh goods. they even had some watermellon soaked on vodka. mmm... by the end of the day, we were all wasted and very happy.
i came home and immediately passed out, only to be woken up by ofer. who was coming to visit for the only reason he ever has anything to do with me (not that i'm conplaining). after he left, it was time to pass out again.
i slept ten hours. i'm still tired.
pictures will be up soon.
tonight i was supposed to see teh ofer again. but i know him. there is no way he's going to come through two days in a row. so i'm making other plans. other plans that involve a new friend =)
for those of you who know me, i'm sure you realize that this is not a real question. once i start asking things of this nature, it is usually only a matter of (relatively little) time until i do the deed.
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music: nothing mood: the beginning of the end (again)
i know this feeling. the one that makes me restless. i've had it before. twice. i don't know anything that will stop it. the most i can hope for is a temporary pacifier. perhaps a weekend trip up north or in some other corner of this country. or the amsterdam trip i have planned for next week. this is what i get for having zero interest in movement earlier on in life. now it hits me. hard. perhaps a patner would distract me. but i know myself. my life. the partner thing is not likely to happen. gonna try to hold on to the status quo for a little longer. i like where i am. i'm just never really satisfied.
the entire day i was walking around thinking i should call my dad. he is a holocaust survivor. was only a kid back then. his stories are unbelievable. yet i cannot find the correct words to say to him on this day. when i lived in the states i sometimes did not even know when this day was (not too good at keeping track of any holiday or event without being reminded. that includes your birthday, too) and my parents would call to say hi. when they did this, i was able to slip a 'how are you holding up?' into the conversation. here, in this country, one cannot simply forget this day. on this day (and a couple of others) the entire country stops for two minutes of silence. everyone. people in cars, on trains, at work, on the phone, etc. however, somehow, today i cannot seem to find the words for my dad.
i will call him in the morning to tell him i love him.
when i fall asleep early, it's almost a guarantee that i'll be up at the crack of dawn. now, usually this means that i'd be taking my bike out for about an hour. but sometimes, like today - when it looks all overcast etc, i'm not really in the mood for the whole production.
instead, i get a chance to sit here and talk to my nyc friends who have yet to go to sleep for the night.
i just chopped about 5-6 centimeters off of my hair. maybe more. gotta get rid of that horrid red/brown thing i've got going on. soon enough (i hope) i will be left with only my natural color. it will be the first time in about fourteen (14) years. yow!
second session. this time only one hour. last time it was an hour and a half. the whole thing should have been done in one session. looks like it's going to be either three or four. i simply cannot take getting tattooed on my ribs. not even with emla.
i really just have to state that customer service in this country blows huge monkey balls.
it would be nice if there were someone that was in charge of all of the customer service people in all of the companies in israel that i could complain to or sue the pants off of. i'd like to do that for the amount of time consumed and frustration inflicted on people like me who are just trying to get their jobs done.
i don't understand how it's possible that in this whole country, not a single person undertstands the concept of actually helping the customer as apposed to giving him all the shit possible so that he will want to jump out of the nearest window. or shoot someone.
there's that, and the fact that people who make a stupid little salary can't grasp the concept behind actually doing their job. i think they only get paid to show up and not actually get anything done. i mean seriously, are they really that stupid? can they really not understand how to pick up a phone and assist the person on the other end of the line?
yes, i would like to eliminate stupidity from the world by inventing something that kills you by the time you are 12 if your IQ isn't above a certain level. that would end this.
never, have i seen something so counter-productive in my life.
although today's fun was curtesy of fedex, i have to state this this was not the first time (nor the second, etc) that this happened to me and the people i work with.
i want to go to the park and run around on the grass. or go to the beach and throw a frisbee around. or ride my bike to places i've never been to. or hop in a car and go hiking somewhere up north. i wanna do ANYTHING but be indoors.
does this happen to everyone? i mean, as often as it happens to me?
i have decided that my current favorite place to ride is in the (yarkon) park. and while i enjoy riding around the streets of tel-aviv a lot, too - the beauty of the park is just something i enjoy much more. so for the next foreseeable time, i think i will be taking a direct route to the park. the mornings there are exceptionally quiet. there is no one there aside from a few people taking morning walks, bike riders and park-maintenance people. this morning i was almost tempted to get off of my bike and sit on one of the benches, to watch the canoe-ers go by (yes, there is a river, too). but then i remembered that i actually have to get home to get ready for work.
i think i'll go riding tonight, too. i keep on thinking i should get into this a little more seriously. and then i remember that i like riding alone and not having a predetermined path to take... we shall see.
oh, and next time i hope i will remember to take my camera along. i simply must take some pictures.
fell asleep at 9pm last night. big surprise. i mean, considering that i was running around all day yesterday coupled with the fact that i can't find a single interesting place to go in the evenings, sleep was the best choice anyway.
yesterday i managed to ride my bike for an hour, go to work for three hours, meet up with rona and hang out for a while (food, shopping, visiting the studio, etc), have orit and noni over for a bit, then head back to the office to do something i had forgotten to do earlier, and do a little food shopping (it's rare, but i do it sometimes). yes, i'd say that was enough for one day. so after a little bit of tv, i climbed up the stairs and fell into bed.
of course that results in me being up at 7:30am today. the obvious thing for me to do is get ready and take my bike out. which is what i will probably do in a few minutes. i would also like to hang a medicine cabinet i bought last week for my bathroom. however, since i have already returned the drill and have yet to check and see if any of my neighbors have one. i guess that will be a project for later. oh, and i think i'll be going out tonight - to ofer's birthday celebration. not sure i'll really be in the mood for a bar later, but it's a nice walk there and back - and wishing happy birthday in person is always nice.
ps - it's eerily quiet outside my apartment right now. not sure why. it's never quiet on alenbi street.
all of my weekends are free. well, most of them are.
i've so lost interest in bars and clubs. instead, i wanna be out and about. i wanna do something with my spare time. something that doesn't include sitting in front of the tv all day. i've done plenty of that.
had a whole entry prepared. then my boss called me and yelled for no reason. the man is on vacation, he calls to ask something and when he thinks he's getting an answer he doesn't like. he yells. not even waiting to see if he heard what i said correctly or not. which of course, he didn't.
seriously, i love my job. and i do enjoy working for this man. but come on!
wtf?
it's a good thing my mood is decent today. otherwise i'd be really annoyed right now. heh.
i've started a new tattoo. it's not huge and it has nothing to do with anything that's around it. somehow i'll make it blend in. i have to. anyway, it's on my ribs. on friday, when i was at my first session for this piece, i was sure i'd be able to finish all at once. boy was i wrong. since i've never been tattooed on my ribs (at least not on the side/front), i overestimated my staying power. i lasted an hour and a half when i had to tell snir i couldn't take it anymore. i hope we'll be able to finish it in a couple of weeks.
other than that, i'll be heading over to my parents house later for tonight's 'seder.' this is something i have not done in years. literally. and while i adore my parents, being out there (they live out in the middle of nowhere - where i grew up) is not something i'm sure how i feel about. i love seeing them, and as often as possible, too. but i do believe that i much prefer meeting them in the city. oh well, i supposed it should be interesting at the very least.
is it time for my amsterdam trip yet? i can't wait for my vacation!