The Times They Have A-Changed

Just as a preface, I forgot to mention the sex talk that was given to us the other day (wednesday?) about what constitutes rape and so on, and everyone has been making fun of their rules saying that you'll get raped if you're with a guy and the door is closed. Things like that.

Today was a strange day. Very two-sided. At first, we volunteered at an Israeli kindergarten and helped them cut fruit and plant flowers. I couldn't really communicate with them, realizing how bad my hebrew truly is. But very sadly, we later learned that someone in our group had lost their father, and that he had just left to return home. I didn't know the kid that well, but my deepest sympathies go out to him and his family. It created a very somber atmosphere, something that urkes me a bit and makes me uncomfortable, as I'm not sure what to say to the people that were especially affected by it. Later, with our ample amount of free time, I played a grueling game of ultimate frisbee, coming to the conclusion that I suck at sports. It was fun and exciting though, and we won too. Services were very sad, almost seeming to push it in our faces more, with special prayers and such regarding death and mourning. But after that, I watched freaks and geeks with some people, and there was also a great dance party with about 30 people in one room, but we got busted for being too loud. I stayed in the room with a few others and played catchphrase, then we left to watch the first half of The Big Lebowski, ending it early as everyone was very tired. And now im typing this with my aching knee, sustained from collisions during ultiamte frisbee.

But if things are going this direction right now, things are looking way up. WAY UP. Aside from the massive amounts of homework, everything is going great socially, save a few things like my relationships with certain people and so on. People are actually showing that they think of me as a friend, which I hadn't seen before. Maybe my prayers have been answered. It kind of hurts to continue typing, so I will cease as of now.