אני יודא שומ דבר באנגלית

let's see... first off, i'm really excited that i got into the screenprinting class. it was full when i asked the secretary of fine arts but i found out that it's better to go ask the teacher first rather than "officially" registering for classes. the teacher is hilarious. he's an ex-pat from england and tries to make art organic and toxic-free, which is quite a feat. he concocted a recipe for the paint thickener? out of flour, sugar, honey, and lemon salt. he calls it his "ארוחת בקר" meaning breakfast food because it looks like porridge. and he even tasted it in class. afterwards, i had a laboratory tutorial workshop class because i figured i need to learn how to use the lab here since they have a b&w, color and slide processing. however, my mouth turned sour when the teacher asked the class if he could teach the class in english. first of all, i understand that by being here, hebrew will be a constant thing. however, it was unnecessary for the 10 minute discussion of how they don't understand english, which is bullshit because they need to know a good amount of it to get into bezalel. whatever. i asked the teacher if i can take the class as "independent" study and he said it would be alright. cool.

today i had my shabbat class: the sea, the mountain, and the in-between. we met in מודיעין city which is half way between tel-aviv and jerusalem. it's a city that continually grows with new development projects and what not. so our project for the semester would be to find a subject matter in the city and stick with it throughout. my group decided to photograph from high-rises and rooftops of the apartments down into the city. the buildings there look very cookie cutter and like legos. so taking an aerial p.o.v would be really cool especially if we can use a tilt-shift lens or perhaps use a rc helicopter with an attached camera. oh the possibilities!

sarah held a dinner party at her apartment and the food was glorious. we ate and talked politics, philosophy and ate some more and talked about classes and ate some more and talked about movies. the israeli cheesecake is really different. it's really light and fluffy, unlike the american cheesecake. i kind of like it. oh, the kumquats are amazing. yum. next we had tea and sat around talking. it was really fun to get to know people from many parts of the world. and one even busted out a dictionary so she can learn more english. haha.

the weather is getting better... well at least for the weekend. i'm exhausted so sorry for the boring update but it is what it is!