dog day afternoon

i woke up pleasantly enough, talked to the cousins (found out that it's not a good weekend to go to the kibbutz), ran laundry, listened to great music, and arbed.

around 4pm i began a slow walk through to central tel aviv (hungry and indecisive, i was contemplating buying breakfast of a hamster - or rat - from a pet store i passed), and joined spot at a coffee shop. we sat over coffee, i had an enormous salad for second breakfast. first breakfast was a bag of bamba that i'd eaten on the way - an israeli peanut-butter fling-type snack that i've only recently begun to enjoy (it's because i'm used to such terrible food in the army, i'm sure of it).

we walked back to his place, where his mother began harrassing me about helping him out with employment - turned out afterwards she misunderstood me completely, but whatever. then we parted company and i walked through to a friend's place, a tiny apartment very near the beach. we sat outside and talked crap for about 4 hours before spot joined us (i think he was in herzelia), and after a bit we went to a nice bar close by.

i drank a bit much. i felt it. i missioned off for cigarettes, and just before i arrived at the store somebody tossed a glass bottle out their window and it landed in the street - everybody in the area froze and began staring, but we couldn't find the culprit.

i got smokes and a bag of chips (the alcohol's effect made me realize i hadn't eaten anything, so i went for a healthy dinner), and walked back to the bar with my eyes to the sky.

i hadn't finished my chips, so i stood reading billboards - i had to read everything twice, and in general the second reading was worse than the first. so fuzzy! i was feeling very relaxed. so relaxed that i didn't notice that while the bouncer was checking me, i tipped over his glass. he picked me out for it afterwards, but left me alone... i assume he realized i'd closed in on my limit.

after the bar, spot and i got some iced-coffee (i had to take advantage of the half-price special for tel aviv residents), and discussed general foreign exchange mechanisms and operating system development. it was an incredibly loopy conversation. loopy. i said it. aaaargh!

i took a taxi back, and walked around all the dodgy neighbourhood kids. i'm in no state for a fight right now. it was a good decision too - they're all excitable, and there was an incident while i was at the cafe getting smokes. so i'm back home, still not in the most useful frame of mind, feeling good, and about to sleep the sleep of kings.