We’ve had an exciting week. I think probably the highlight was Thursday night, so let’s start with that.
There’s this guy named Matt who, for the past few years, has been traveling the world, filming himself dancing badly in interesting places, and then combining all the footage for the year into a single fun video. He’s become a celebrity on the internet doing this, and you can see the 2005 and 2006 videos at his website: www.wherethehellismatt.com.
Matt came to dance in Tel Aviv Thursday, and he wanted as many people as possible to go join him. We certainly weren’t going to pass up an opportunity to be famous on the interweb - so we piled a few friends in the car and went to check it out. We had a blast, and you can see how much fun we had by watching the video on youtube, or if you are a facebook user, there is a higher quality version here.
But that’s not all! After “dancing” with Matt, nine of us went to the first ever monster truck rally in Israel. WHOOAH! MONSTER TRUCKS! YEAH! It was entertaining, but there weren’t enough opportunities to yell our lungs out so I didn’t get a chance to lose my voice (which I think is the REAL goal of these events). I’ll put pictures in the gallery soon.
Well, that was Thursday, but other highlights from the week include:
- a long conversation with our neighbor who is perpetually angry and unhappy. Yes, this is the neighbor who poisoned one of the trees in our parking lot because it was dropping leaves on the sidewalk in front of his house. This conversation’s topics were: his trip to Romania (from his description, don’t ever go there), our other neighbor asking way to much to sell his house, and the oppressive heat (it HAS been unbelievably hot here lately). I love my angry neighbor, because he can turn anything into a cause for great fury.
- a new house boy. Laura Gail (who works with us at the Embassy) had a visiting boyfriend in need of a home, and he fits nicely in our guest bedroom.
- a broken down car. That’s right, our extremely trusty and dependable Ford Focus gave up the ghost in the German Colony yesterday on the way home. We called the towing company, and they didn’t have us registered - which is a problem only our insurance agency can fix - our insurance agency, which is not open Fridays or Saturdays. Fortunately we were on a hill, so Franklin was able to roll the car backwards down a few streets into a legal parking spot.
a new diet. We’re trying to eat healthy and get in shape, and we’re doing it the South Beach way. We’re now almost done with Phase 1 (thank the Lord), so soon we will be eating more than just tons and tons of vegetables and lean meat. I spend a huge portion of every day in the kitchen cooking, which is more fun than I would have guessed. Actually, many many of our friends here are also doing the SB diet, so we have a lot of support.
Well, that’s the news from Lake Wo…er…from Jerusalem, where all the men are small, the women carry guns, and the children are wildly spoiled.
We also went to the wedding of our friends Ryan and Ana yesterday. It was lovely, and of course it was great to spend time with friends. You know, we’re a good looking bunch when we’re all dressed up (I must say though, “skirt don’t scoot” if you know what I mean).