Tuesday night we played the top team in our flag league........ And we killed them. The score was 26-12, but the score isn't indicative of how badly we beat them. They scored on a fluke catch on fourth down, and their other touchdown came with 40 seconds left. Our last two games we've had 7 players, which has made a world of difference. It's 6 on 6, so everyone is playing more, getting comfortable, and having more fun. Things are really clicking; as of now we're probably the favorites to win the league.

I've been doing really well here. Classes are in full swing from the break. Today I went to a museum in Tel Aviv and listened to a classic New York jewish guy talk tell his story of how 60 years ago, him and a dozen others picked up 1500 holocaust survivors on a boat and sailed them to Palestine. It took place at a Jabotinsky museum, so we also watched a few exhibits about him. Jabotinsky assembled the first Jewish army, who rallied with the British Army in WW 1 against the Ottoman Empire, who then controlled Palestine.

I really enjoy my Zionism class. Learning about the history of Israel, as well as the Zionism field trips that correspond every week are my favorite part of school.

I just finished my college essay to the University of Oregon. I wrote on the topic of an article that my mom sent me by a family friend named Matthew Dennis. It was concerning, what else, Israel and Gaza. I wrote the essay, and then looked at my last two blog postings and was shocked. I completely took a 180 turn in my convictions. I wrote in my blog and remember saying to my mom that Peace wasn't an option. I don't even know how those words left my mouth looking back. In retrospect, I haven't read or watched many pieces promoting peace. But ultimately, it's the only real answer.

I just finished my last class for the week. I'm going to go to the gym and shoot around outside for a bit. At around 8 tonight, when most of my friends get back from volunteering for the army ( packaging food and whatnot), we'll take a bus to Tiberias up north. Tomorrow, 12 of us are going to take a bicycle ride around the Kinneret, the largest freshwater lake in Israel. A group of guys went last week, and not all of them finished (it certainly wasn't AVI and BENNY). It should be a lot of fun. Saturday we're just going to hang out in Tiberias and enjoy the nice weather up there. Most of my other friends, Mike Jeremy Benny and Avi are all going with Tania to stay in Bat Yam/ Holon and go to a big party tonight in Tel Aviv.

I was happy to hear all my gifts arrived safe and sound to Eugene from Amsterdam and Paris. I was getting kind of nervous about if they'd ever get there. Although I've been doing progressively worse and worse with my blog, I've been doing much better with keeping in touch with my friends as of late. Gotta take the good with the bad I guess. I probably won't have internet access over the weekend, so I'll make sure to write a post on Sunday.

jakey g