jacquesdemolay

Been in a really good mood lately, although I couldn't say why exactly. I mean, I'm not confused that I'm in a good mood, things have generally been going well, I'm just saying it's not really any one thing.

It's been raining for the better part of week here in Tel Aviv, which is something I haven't seen in many months. I kind of like...
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Been back in Israel for a couple days now and I am not dealing well with the jetlag. My visit to Cleveland went well on the whole. I've learned that I need to look at my time there as a vacation and not see myself as still trying to lead a life there. It was good to see everybody and to visit all of those...
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So, it turns out I've been living in the city too long. I'm in Cleveland for a two week visit and I'm having a difficult time sleeping at my parent's house because it's too quiet.

Other than that everything is great so far. I only just got in yesterday but I've seen a few people already. I guess I'll write more when I've had some...
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Been a little while since I updated this, but then, not much has really been going on. Had the day off yesterday and spent it hanging out with a bunch of friends, turned out to be a really pleasent time.

I'm going on a trip back to the US in a couple weeks. I haven't seen my family in about a year and a half,...
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Wrote this last night but couldn't connect to the internet, so it's getting posted 12 hours late:

It's about midnight here in Antalya, Turkey, and I'm sitting in a hotel room listening to country music. The whiskey was finished some time ago and I've moved on to the local beer, which is pretty aweful. No matter, they're giving it out for free about 100 meters...
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My name was spelled wrong on my ticket to Turkey, not a great sign. That's ok, I'm still determined to relax and have a good time while I'm there. Very randomly ran into fishtotem and noahzark last night, and did some drinking. Not much else going on really. I'm starting to think about my next visit to the US. Have to figure it all out,...
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Damn it's hot in this city. Had a cookout yesterday for the 4th, only about half of us were American, but everybody still had a good time. Lots of Australians for some reason, don't know why. Had a really strange experience recently. I met this girl, a friend of friend, had the normal conversation with her that you have when you meet other forigners, where...
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3am, can't sleep. Been drinking beer and listening to Blind Willie Johnson. Such good music. Leadbelly gets a lot of attention for this period of blues, and while I'm not saying he shouldn't, Johnson will always be what the blues should be to me. Everything we have of his was recorded between 1927 and 1930, and there is only one known photograph of him. He...
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So, my new job is going well. Aparently I'm doing everything right too, which is good. They're sending me to Turkey at the end of next month, which is very cool. I've never been and it will give me a chance to see my friend ner, who's been bugging me to come visit him for about a year.

I had a long weekend of other...
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Strange couple of weeks. I lost my job at the casino two weeks ago, which would have been bad were it not for the fact that I was getting to hate it there. I got a new job in just a few days at another casino. I had thought it was just going to be a slightly better version of my last job, but it...
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