Checking in and Kicking Ass

I've been in the mother country for 10 days now and after a stretch touring around the homeland, I've plopped myself down in Jerusalem. I'm living in the German Colony, (Jerusalem has an insane amount of neighborhoods that are marked by other countries = Russian Compound, Greek Colony, French Hill, American compound, etc ...) which is a nice area and only about 15 minutes from my school. Someone called it the Park Slope of Jerusalem, I hope that doesn't mean there will be a ton of strollers.

My apartment is rather nice, I live on the 3rd floor of a building and am sharing it with, at least for the summer, a girl named Allison who is from someplace in Jersey. After the summer I will either 1. Absorb her rent and live alone, 2. Move out, 3. Find another roommate. I'm hoping for #3, but probably will not start the roommate search until August.

I have not yet started school, tonight I'll meet most of my classmates for the first time -- we'll see.

In other news ....

I have decided that my first major purchases will be a basketball and a grill. I need hangers and soap as well, but they'll come second.

As this blog is named after the greatest Israeli basketball player ever I feel that a basketball is essential, how else am I going to find Doron. The average Israeli plays a rather ugly form of basketball, lots of chucking and traveling, a good deal of hacking and an ability to whine about every call or non-call. To their credit -- professionally they are much better -- but the when you live on the street, you play ball on the street. (don't know what that really means)

I do have a balcony, not a huge one to host major parties or moving screenings, but one big enough to deem a grill necessary. This no doubt will add a nice feel to the apartment.

Thank you for checking in, I'll try and post more often.