my heart's a stereo.

yes, hello everyone.

we're still here and still alive,

just like we've always been. (alive, that is).

we've got some fun things planned

for this place, but obviously

we can't carry out said plans until school

starts, because blogging is a waste of

time unless it's being used to waste time.

see you soon. merry christmas.

walking through the forest.

hello all.
we're still in jerusalem.

we just got back from a week in jordan,
and it was a really neat experience.
the jordanian people are some of the nicest,
if not the nicest, that we've encountered
here in our travels around the middle east.
amman, the jordanian capitol,
is large, clean, and has a hoppin' night life.
wednesday night, we had the opportunity
to enjoy a little dining american-style,
and enjoyed some live music.
lots of creed, hinder, and nickelback covers.
and the surrounding locals loved to hear
about our non-smoking/non-drinking ways.
they were happy to hear that as muslims,
the weren't the only ones.

we also ran into out friend from high school.
what the?
what are the chances?
well, the chances don't really matter,
because what happened, happened.
and it happened.

we've got some finals and essays and
field trips over the next couple weeks,
and then we head out to galilee for 2 weeks.
and.....we only have 47 days to go.
what the?!

even though israel doesn't really celebrate
the cool american holidays, like halloween,
thanksgiving, and christmas,
you don't have to worry about us.
obviously we'll be taking matters into our
own hands.
except, we don't really like halloween,
and probably won't do anything about that one.
except maybe eat.
so, basically, nothing different from
any other day.

but we've heard some rumors about a mean
thanksgiving feast that mahmud is cookin' up
for us american losers.
maybe even with freshly-caught turkey.
and...cranberry sauce?
we'll keep you posted.

'tis the season.
(you know how we are
about the season.)

---taylor & taylor.

what the what?

here in ISREL (that's short for israel),

we've had midterms.

midterms from...HLL, even.

we've been studying like CRZY all week,

and with one more PPR to go,

victory is near.

...

"victory was near.

but the ring of power, could not be undone.

it was in this moment when

isildur, son of the king,

took up his father's sword.

sauron, the enemy of the free

peoples of middle earth was defeated."

the moral of the story is,

we have this one chance to destroy evil.

but our hearts are easily corrupted.

and MYBE we've been itching to

watch lord of the rings for WKS now.

and maybe taylor b. typed that scene out

from her own MMRY.

impressed?

well, don't be.

you SHLDN'T expect anything less.

home can be anywhere.

wake up, everyone.

september is over!

okay, bad joke.

actually, not even really a joke.

what's a joke, though,

is that we've been here for 34 days.

it's october 3rd.

taylor b. got a halloween card in

the mail this evening.

it was 100 degrees in the negev desert today.

we saw some more ancient dirt,

but not together,

because we're never together here.

except for right now.

and a lot of other times.

we accidentally stayed up until 1:40am

last night, which may not sound late,

but it is here.

only the couples "studying" in the

bomb shelter stay up that late.

we're practically a couple, though,

so no big deal.

p.o.

peace out.

friends, lovers or something.

we've been in turkey the past week.

what the heck?

is this real life?

it was a really cool experience,

but we were on different buses,

so we were apart for much of the time.

how unfortunate for us.

but we're back together now,

so don't worry too much.

we're not roommates, here,

as you may know,

which is terribly sad.

we have to make up for the lack

of pillow-talks, by spending every

possible waking moment together.

we've taken kindly to the unlimited

pitas and hot chocolate here,

but whether or not they've taken

kindly to us is yet to be decided.

the food in turkey, left something

to be desired.

mostly there was just nothing

desirable about it.

now we're home.

"home" being israel.

how weird is that?

it's a different level of weirdness

depending on where you're standing.

whatever that means.

hope you're all enjoying life back

in the united states, and on facebook.

we're sure not.

remember to email taylor b.

if you'd like more regular updates.

i can't lie, you're on my mind.

hello. hi.

we're flying to turkey tomorrow

for 7 days. nbd.

like, no big deal.

okay, it's kind of a big deal.

we've had too much fun here,

and have already met some really

amazing people.

even though we're rockin' the floor-length

skirts, and baggy pants & t-shirts,

we wouldn't have it any other way.

why? because it's our way.

and jerusalem's way.

and our teachers keep telling us that

we're locals, not tourists.

i'd say by the looks of that picture

that that's a fair assessment.

marhaba.

(that's "hello" in arabic.

there's no need to say "goodbye."

we're not going anywhere.)

(no title).

yes, hello.

we're in the holy land.

there is so much to see,

and too much to blog about.

we'll keep you updated as

often as possible,

but for now, if you'd like

regular updates,

send an email to:

taylorberhow@gmail.com

she'll hook a human up.

off we go,

to where? don't know.

cheers.

---taylor & taylor.