I am imaging my mom’s face right now- what did he buy now?
Well nothing actually – I had just things to get done for my date with Alla
Yes alla is a girl and not just a god.
Lots of things happened this week- this will probably be a long one
It is close to midnight and I jot got back from a scavenger hunt- but lets go back to last week
I was given a phone number of a physical therapist’s sister-so a very late match making attempt- I was sure this would happen a lot sooner, so Alla is a native of Moscow- did alia at the age of 7 to nazarath ilit- and moved at the age of 15 to Cleveland with her family- so we spoke for 2 hours on the phone- in English- though she understand and speaks some Hebrew- she is a student of pharmacy and we work with pharmacists.
and had a very nice full of laughs kind of date on Friday- and at the end- she says she is unsure- lets be friends- but emails me the next day- so I don’t understand- I watched ‘what woman want’- twice – and I still don’t have a clue.
The problem is she studies 1.5 hours from here and she’s has tests – so I wait…
Any way – my match maker invited me for july 4th- some kind of holiday here, to meet and mingle and said---they have a very cute daughter- so we’ll see.
So I met niki this week- also jewish –and married- but it was not a date- don’t worry- those things are not my style- niki’s job is to bring the local jewish community closer by mingling them- both socially and business- both are good for me- so well see what happens next.
So than came jet skiing with nina- just so youl know- 55 degrees is cold- and though I did shower once in a glacier lake- which was very cold- 55 is still cold. There is a group called my personally water craft- my personal water craft is a water bottle- but these people have jet skis and other equipment – and they talk like- did you know that this engine is a 2.3 point bla with that part and all that crap- I don’t care- I just want it to go fast.
So I went to a jet ski meeting- which is not a skiing printer (laser jet printer)- like some one on this list asked me.
And no one came but me and nina- apparently not all jet skis are the same- hers was not powerful enough for 2- but we went for a ride-10 fun minutes- she’s with a wet suit and I am with a sharwal and long shirt (improvised cold water gear). Nina works for the department of defense- and wants to go to the FBI since it is boring in the DOD- the FB has more action- crazy people – she actually bought a 100 year old house and is renovating it-and she tells about it in details- I was impressed (she has a dirt bike, a jet ski, 3 cars (SUV, fire bird and a mustang) and has wakeboarding equipment)- so we spoke for an hour later and she went back to removing the old paint job and I went home- tomorrow there is another jet ski meet up- well see.
Later that day I went to a riboff- which is a rib cook off festival- the American fat society is concern that Americans don’t eat enough meet- so they arrange these events- a 4 day rib eating extravaganza – so I had to try
- I will send photos tomorrow- the cable is not here
The ribs were good but not something worh doing a festival for- but who cares- so Sether were playing- they are something of a hot new band here- don’t know why- just rockers tiling their her and singing 1 cord over and over – only the name of the song changes- and another local communist group by name of red- also up and coming- never heard the names before- don’t plan too- but free concerts so I can’t complain (actually this was Sunday and not Saturday) it was a week ago I am confusing dates and events.
But that Saturday was swing night- and if you think salsa is hard- think again- so we went to a bohemian hall- a check institute with parquet floors- heads of deer on the walls and a live band- so they start with a swing lesson- a very happy peppy instructor- but the crowed was older at most- there must have been over a 100 people there in the lesson and they keep rotating so you dance with a lot- but in the lesson I only danced with much older woman- so next time I should know to be in the other side of the hall- so the lesson ended and the live swing band began to play- and I danced almost all night- with the younger girls on the other side. I am a lot more active here than I ever was- and my shyness will be gone soon… but the girls just sit and it is kind of funny- they keep their faces down so not to make eye contact- but lift their eyes hoping to get asked- so they are kind of begging without begging to dance- so we danced- strange at first the swing- but I slowly got the rhythm and got some good moves. I like Chinese- these Chinese girls are so skinny and light – it’s so easy twirling them, rotating- and turning- but after few hours of swing- I was so tired- and had a cramp in my leg- and barely made it till midnight- they warned me about it- they were right- I felt my muscles aching for a week.
So next morning I went to the market (this was before the jet ski and the rib festival)- they have a special market which is – a market – very surprising – so I got some good fruits finally – grapes, bananas, apricots, mishmash- I don’t know what they call mishmash here and pineapple. They had a large Mediterranean section with a lot of stuff I didn’t know existed in the middle east- but I got some needed spices for mu chili. And they had a live band outside- I really enjoy all of this free music- so I just set there listening to very good local band which I haven’t heard before- than I bought there CD, bought some meet pie ( I love meat pie- my Australian main Corse).
And went home- to go back to the jet ski later.
Last week was memorial day- so I thought I would work Monday to replace with some other holiday – like the upcoming weeks holiday- so I worked half a day and went again to the rib off-for a free KC and the sun shine band (that’s the way ah ha I like it, shake that booty) concert- it is strange how the crowds change- nothing but white in the crowed for KC even though all his bands are black or Latino- and very nice dancers- photos soon.
I almost forgot about Indiana Jones- I guess there was a reason to forget- but the kitchi vegas movie was good for a kitchi movie that is.
Memorial day here is strange- it is a happy holiday- they have boxing events- live concerts- and KC ended the show with his version of the national anthem- which had a nice touch to it. And also my very quiet neighbors at the cemetery are all soldiers- so the entire cemetery was filled with American flags- a very impressive site- but sad to know they all died for oil.
This week went by fast- with another Spanish meetup- slow progress, another hike on wedensday- we ddi the same hike as last time- but added another 3-2 k section later- so that was very nice and I went for dinner with folks from work – a very high quality Mexican place- which I am never going again- since that place is just bad- if you see Abouelos- don’t go in.
Oh I forgot about the tierd shopping thing- so before my date- 3 pages above- I went to get a hair cut- you remember I cut it short and wait till it is too long….- no change here- but it was to messed up- and I wanted to look pretty… so I went to my closest barber shop- now understand- I leave less than 2 k from work in Beachwood- but in another city- the border is the cemetery and my area is more colorful and so is the barber shop
I am used to going in- 10 minutes quick buzz and out- that place is a completely social experience-the clients don’t come for a hair cut but for the conversation- a barber was grooming this kid for an hour- and he left with the same length of hair. They use the N word- but only once- and then came my turn- he used a machine and took him an hour – I timed it to give me a bad hair cut- very deep into details- but I actually felt a sleep in the chair for a few moments- I can’t sit still that long- but I went since I was tired to object and was suppose to meet alla an hour later. Have I told you about alla? It is not short for Alexandra or anything- simply alla
So the weekend arrived with some activities
Friday was comedy improve night- a local group did something similar to whose line – a show I liked- and us in the crowed calling suggestions- and that was funny- from there we moved on to kareoki- and my stagefobia began- I took me an hour to write the song I wanted to sing- a song which eluded me for some time and took several years to track (since I didn’t know, the song name, band or lyrics- till amit helped….) so I posted my song and waited 2 hours for it to come- getting more nervous from second to second- so my turn came and the song has a line ‘I don’t mine faking…’ which is what I did and sister golden hair is screaming in her grave now- and I apologize to America (the band) for my performance- I will sing it in the car again.
Today was all about homework- took me half a day for it- and then it was time for the highlight of the week (alla was the week before)
The scavenger hunt.
Oh sorry- the week’s highlight is eilon moore- age 7 days – my nephew (from my brother yaron )- I will see him next week in denver.
So the scavenger hunt is a race for stuff- I got there and this meetup was mostly older crowds which felt strange- since I figured it want be fun- oh how I was wrong
I will wait with this story – need the photos- let just say my relationship with French fries has changed. And did you know I was rapping on stage tonight??!!!
So 1:15 now time to go to sleep- another marketing homework tomorrow
Jet skiing again and probably something else later
Good night
Oh I can’t leave without my usual cursing of the gods- it was a warm day today- and all of a sudden it was purring rain with strong hale- hale!!!! This is the last day of may- what the F is going on in heaven?
Oh and one more thing- after my family reunion 2 weeks ago I did some searching – and asked around
My grandma comes from a little village of chernovinchi – now in Ukraine- but than it was Romania- so I asked victor about his family and what a small world- my grandma knows his!!! My grandma at 89 remembers victors great grandfather as a very known person and head of the local socialist party- and says that thousands came to his funeral- apparently he was very well liked and respected- so we had my grand ma- 89 call victors grand ma- a youngster at 87 talk – and later I spoke with her and she sounded so much more energetic- than I remember in a long time- small world indeed.
So I probably forgot other stuff from last week- but I will share if I remember…
Gil Even
p.s happy birthday noomi (or neomi, naomi- please decide on a single spelling)
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