Quick Map of Israel.

Right now, that's just exactly what I am doing- drawing a quick map, for personal reference, of Israel. Just because i'm reading this cookbook, focusing on modern foods and cuisine in that lovely country (The foods of Israel Today, By Joan Nathan) and the book,is a cookbook, like I said, but also.. a story/history book, with alot of interviews and bits of cool and useful information and random paragraphs about it works over yonder.

It's cool though so far, a common theme in the first 20 pages has been just explaining that over the last 60 so years, the country it self, is new, but also, after ww2 and other problems, Jews from all over were flocking to their homeland, and there isn't really a consistent cuisine to say, of the sort.

Which is cool, I'm all into learning about a country discovering/re-discovering new bits of his or her self.

I also got a Lebanese and Turkish cookbook. Both look promising. Actually, in the Lebanese one, there was this milk pudding recipe, using rose and orange blossom water as flavorings, "Mouhallabia", and cardamom coffee, served sweet, and both just remind me of Montreal, and billeting, and sitting outside when it was sunny, enjoying the goodlife, either it be on the back porch, instantly remembering the typical back alley ways, or in the park, during lunch hour at work. Both good times. That week actually, while I was enjoying this, I also saw Corinne Bailey Rae. Shit man.

Could really use a chai right now

Didn't see my brother today, in fact have not seen him since... friday?

In class my prof made a comment about Van Gogh at MoMA and me and this other girl just sat there grinning our pants off. You realize its six days now? And I still have no way of getting to the airport that morning.

In other great and exciting news I am a little brain dead from staying out late last night. Went to the Men Over the Harbour's house and talked about oral sex, made waffles shaped like hearts and smothered in sauce au jack daniels et chocolat, fell asleep in front of Doctor Strangelove in a tangle of limbs on the couch. Nothing like atomic warfare to cap off a nice Valentine's Day. I wish I had been able to keep my eyes open though, everyone kept making fun of me for getting the plot mixed up. Apparently being a arts student has something to do with it. People don't seem to realize that History is a big part of Art History. So does language, literature, design, politics, philosophy, religion, anthropology, mythology, ideology, and masochism. Just sayin'

I have this extra free ticket to a Plants and Animals show on Saturday, which is awesome except I don't have anyone to bring with me. Also I'm not so fond of their newer album.