Trying to Actually Blog

Truthfully, the only reason I have a blogging account is to stalk other people. But..since I have a little too much free time on my hands I'll donate some of that time to blogging. (also because it looks kind of fun!).

Anyway during my winter break I went to Israel again (where I grew up) to see my dad and my brother Rafi (the most awesome big brother in the world). I stayed in Tel-Aviv with my dad and his wife. My brother is living there temporarily until he finds a job and an apartment(I think he found one, not sure). But it's really hard finding a job or apartment in Tel-Aviv, so I wish him luck :0.

I'm back in my dorm at SAIC (school of the art institute of Chicago). Weird seeing snow everywhere. Everyone in Tel-Aviv were wearing huge puffy coats even though I could walk around with a T-shirt.

Got a TV (finally). It's small, but at least it's HD. Tax on it was like $40 which is RIDICULOUS.
"do you want a blu-ray player as well?"
"does it come free?.."
"I wish.."

I hate blog posts with all text and no pictures, so here you go:





The Pictures above are from Acre, and the rest are from Tel-Aviv.
going to Acre is pretty dangerous for Israelis, especially because of the war in Gaza and growing tension between Israelis and Palestinians/Arabs. Sooo... my bro and I pretended to be American tourists. We thought we would have awesome disguises since we could speak fluently in English(as well as hebrew) but it was a FAIL. My brother and I looked too relaxed for Americans traveling though Iffy territory and my brother looked too Israeli(which is probably the main reason). We would talk in english, and everyone would answer back in hebrew :-/ . Are we that obvious?
Good we went when we did. Israel got attacked from the north not long after. :0 good my brother probably won't get drafted. Or at least so far.