Sammi's gfc blog

Tonight, I am going to see THIS IS IT and I’m soooooo excited! i have been waiting for this movie for a long time! I stayed up untill midnight on September 30 to buy tickets. i will be sure to write an article when I get back.

Max Friedman is my best friend. He is always there for me, whether I need him or not. I cannot believe that something like this could happen to him. His dad, Mark passed away this weekend. I am in shock. I cant sleep, talk or do anything. I can’t immagine the kind of pain they must be going through. but I know that this family is SOOOO strong and they will get through this together with the help of family and friends. But I hurt so much for Max and his family. They are the nicest people, and I am so thankful that I know them. I have so many amazing memories with Ma and his family. I don’t know his sister very well but she is really nice. Rest in Peace Mr. Friedman, and thank you so much for Max. I don’t know who I would be without him. I love you all so much.

So my friend Sally wants me to write about how we spent our time before everyone got  to the temple. So the staff took us to a room and in that room were drinks, apples and a HUGE plate/tray of chick-fil-a chicken nuggets. We hadn’t had food for hours so we were pretty hungry. We took the tray of chicken into the teen lounge and ate. We ate and ate and ate. Before we knew it, the 7 of us had the whole tray. there was like, 200 nuggets I think! Later we found out that those were the appetizers for everyone….oh well

I just got back from fall conclave in Houston, TX and I had a blast! When we (OKATYites) got to Temple Emanuel, we were there about three hours before everyone got there. Thank goodness that  the Emanuel teen lounge had a HUGE sofa, so the seven of us Okies got to rest and eat before everyone got there. When my friends got there, obviously there was a hugggggggggggge hugging fest and we all got a chance to catch up with each other. The first person that i saw from camp is my friend Jacob. Shortly after came Alyssa, Isabel and Joanna. Others came in slowly but by the time it was about 6:00 pm, we were all there. We had tons of programs and we got to do a lot of fun stuff. There wasn’t as much drama as I thought there would be, but I guess thats a good thing. The activities and programs and parties were over at around 11 or 11:30 pm, and then it was off to Joanna’s house. Me and Isabel and Joanna and Alyssa made our friend Rachael, who couldnt make it to the conclave, a 20 minute video on Facebook. we sang her songs and we talked about all the things she missed. We got to sleep at about 2:30 or 3:00 am, but we had to wake up at 7:00. Needless to say, we were all exhausted. But that day was fun. For free time, we went to Josh and Alyssa’s homecoming game and we got to see more people and I got to meet Alyssa and Josh’s friends. We had fun! But then we went to the mall and guess what? We saw more people!  We saw the Klein twins and we saw an Israeli that works at our camp. That night at the temple, we had dinner and we saw a Rick Recht concert. I must say that the most excited to see Rick perform were Brandon and Eli. Big shocker. They screamed like little babies durring the concert. During the concert I got to chill with my friends Max Evan and Jeff. We had fun. after the concert, we all got to take pictures with RR and of course, Eli looked the most excited. After the concert, there was the party. Max Isabel and I did karaoke for a few hours, then we just walked around. The next morning, we watched the video of the weekend and had a friendship circle. The sad thing is that OKATY had to leave early to catch the plane. so when we left all our friends stood up and the goodbyes took abut 20 minutes. then we went out to the lobby to wait for the car to take us to the airport but guess what? It didn’t show until the frinedship circle was over. We got to say goodbye again.

I get closer to each of these people evry time I see them. I miss them so much and I wish I were will there with all of them. But hey, I’ll be in Houston in December and January for more visits and conclaves! I love everyone in NFTY and esp. my closest friends. xoxo!

My love and condolences are with the Fisher family and all those in the reformed community. Tracy ment a lot to a lot of people, and she will be missed. xoxo shfty

Well Carly has been my best friend for about 7 years. I can still remember our first convo-

We were at camp, my second year, here third. We both had top bunks and there was one bed between us. She said ” You’re so far away!”

And that is the story. Ever since then, we have grown together, laughed cried and made memories together.

We talk in the Bruce voice, eat blueberry scones and talk about everything together. I don’t even know how to describe this girl to anyone. But I am so happy and blessed that I know this gurr! (rotem)

wait one second. I am on the phone with Carly as I am typing and she made up a song about ice cream men that has a long story behind it but for the sake of her embarrassment and my dignity for this blog, I wont tell the story.

“He knows when you are sleeping, he knows when your awake, he knows if youve been bad or good so be good for goodness sake, HEY! ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh youuuuuuu betteah not shout, you bettah not cryyyayayayaya you better not pout I’m tellin you whyiaiiiiiiii, cuz the ice cream man is commin (sing it)  the ice cream man is commin(amen!) that big fat ice cream man is comingggggg…..togetyou……

Carly is my jewish friend and for some strange reason, she makes up songs that are really scary and weird and puts them with jolly carols. what’s up with that Carly?

LOVEEE YOU CARLAYYY from,

forest, samay, samm butt, the punisher ))))

January

January 2-11:00a.m.-1:00 p.m.- TBI college youth brunch

January 8- 6:00 p.m. Shar’raei Shabbat

January 10- 2:00-3:00 p.m. senior class seminar “Chatting with the Rabster”

January 13-6:00-7:00 NFTY in Israel information meeting

january 16- 1:00-4:00 volunteering at the Oklahoma Regional Food Bank

January 17- OKATY meeting/TBI MLK program (as OKATY event)

January 29-31- NFTY-TOR Winter Conclave at Beth Israel, Houston

February

February 5- TBI honors Teachers at Shabbat 6:00p.m. Dinner, 7:30 services

February 7- TBI Brotherhood Super bowl party

February 12- 6:00 p.m. Sha’raei Shabbat

February 14- 2:00-3:00 p.m. Senior class seminar “chatting with the Rabster”

February 19-22- L’Taken Seminar at the RAC in Washington DC (seniors)

February 27- 6:00-8:00 p.m. OKATY Purim party

March

March 9- 6:00 p.m. Israel Pilgrimage Dinner

March 12-14- NFTY-TOR JR JYG event at GFC

March 27- OKATY basketball tournament

March 28-  12:00 OKATY Meeting (lunch and bowling)

April

April 9- 6:00 p.m. TBI senior send off Sha’raei Shabbat (chai & Goodbye)

April 11- OKATY lunch and Federation Yom HaShoah Ceremony

April 16-18- NFTY-TOR Spring Kallah at GFC

April 25- 12:00 p.m. OKATY Elections & lunch in the lounge

April 30- OKATY Shabbat & new officer Installation

May

May 1- Lag B’Omer Live TBI 7:00 p.m.

May 14- TBI confirmation

May 16- OKATY car wash & last meeting for the year-6:00 p.m. anual dinner

June

June 6- OKATY board retreat

June 10- 7:00-8:00 p.m. Israel trip meeting

June 11- 6:00 p.m. Sha’raei Shabbat Farewell to Israel and Camp kids

still in progress-

Spring community service event

Thunder Game Night

October

October 9- sha’arei Shabbat and Jack’s bar mitzvah

October 11-2:00-3:00 senior class seminar-”chatting with the Rabster”

October 16-18 -NFTY-TOR Fall conclave Emanu El- Houston

October 24- 1:00-4:00 volunteering at the Oklahoma Regional Food Bank

October 25- OKATY meeting/ Federation Mitzvah Day (OKATY Participants)

November

4-8 – URJ biennial, Toronto Canada

November 13- 6:00 p.m. sha’arei Shabbat-JR OKATY leads services (OKATY to assist)

November 14- 6:00-98:00 p.m. OKATY regressive dinner

November 22-2:00-3:00 p.m. senior class seminar “chatting with the Rabster”

November 24- 7:00 p.m. Brotherhood Turkey Bowl

December

December 4-6- NFTY-TOR NVN at GFC

December 11- 6:00 Sha’reai Shabbat( i will be chanting a few verses from the Torah )

December 12- 6:00-8:00 p.m.- OKATY Chanukah party

December 13-2:00-3:00 p.m.- senior class seminar “Chatting with the Rabster”

December 19-9:00-11:00 a.m.- OKATY volunteer at infant crisis services

So I have decided to post some songs in chord form that are from camp.

In the Jungle(henai matov)

D     G     D     A

(repeat)

 Redemption song -Bob Marley (micha mocha)

-|———————-|——————-|
B-|———————-|——————-|
G-|———————-|——————-|
D-|————–1/2-0—|——-0———–|
A-|—-0-2—2/3——-2-|—-0-2—2-3-2-0–|
E-|-3——3————-|-3—————-3|G                      Em Em7
E     Old Pirates, yes, they rob I.
     C        G/B      Am
Sold I to the merchant ships
G                  Em      C         G/B        Am
minutes after they took I   from the bottomless pit.
       G            Em Em7
But my hand was made strong
C      G/B           Am
By the hand of the Almighty.
   G                   Em    C   Am7    D
We forward in this generation triumphantly.D)                G    C       D        G
Won’t you help to sing    these songs of freedom?
      C     D        Em   C  D       G      C
Cause all I ever had,      redemption songs,
  D       G      C D 
redemption songs.D)   G                           Em Em7
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery,
            C          G/B          Am
None but ourselves can free our minds.
G                        Em
Have no fear for atomic energy,
              C        G/B         D
Cause none of them can stop the time.
    G                        Em Em7
How long shall they kill our prophets
         C      G/B         Am
While we stand aside and look?
          G              Em
Ooh, some say it’s just a part of it.
      C         Am7         D
We’ve got to fulfill the book.D)                G    C       D        G
Won’t you help to sing    these songs of freedom?
      C     D        Em   C  D       G      C
Cause all I ever had,      redemption songs,
  D       G      C  D       G      C D
redemption songs, redemption songs.Em  C  D  (4x)D)   G                           Em Em7
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery,
           C           G/B          Am
None but ourselves can free our minds.
             G                Em
Woh, Have no fear for atomic energy,
              C              G/B            D
Cause none of them-ah can-ah stop-ah the time.
    G                        Em Em7
How long shall they kill our prophets
         C      G/B         Am
While we stand aside and look?
          G              Em
Yes, some say it’s just a part of it.
      C         Am7         D
We’ve got to fulfill the book.D)                G    C       D        G
Won’t you help to sing    these songs of freedom?
       C     D        Em   C  D       G      
Cause all I ever had,      redemption songs,
C     D        Em   C  D       Em     C
All I ever had,      redemption songs,
       D        G      C  D        G
These songs of freedom,  songs of freedomC  Em  Am  D(II)

this next song is for Josh

POPROCKS & COKE-Green Day
          A                               D
Wherever you go you’ll know I’ll be there
A                             D
If you go far you’ll know I’ll be there
           D
I’ll go anywhere
         A
So I’ll see you thereF#m              E
I don’t care if you don’t mind
D    A   E                D
I’ll be there not far behind
D   A  E
I will then keep in mind
                   A
I’ll be there for youA    E

You pace the name you know I’ll be there
You name the time you know I’ll be there
I’ll go anywhere
So I’ll see you there

(Chorus)
          

When there’s a truth you know I’ll be there
I’m most alive you know I’ll be there
I’ll go anywhere
So I’ll see you thereF#m   A    D   A
  F#m   A    D   E

(Chorus)

If you should fall you know I’ll be there
To catch your call you know I’ll be there
I’ll go anywhere
So I’ll see you thereA
I’ll be there for you

(Chorus)

Alright, so as all the NFTYites know, there is only 4 DAYS LEFT UNTIL FALL CONCLAVE! I am reallllllly excited to see my friends again. There will be drama, no doubt, but we’ll see what happens. Drama can make things exciting

There will be unsolved problems that hopefully everyone can sort out. But I think that no matter what problems we have, we will still all love each other dearly.

I hope that everyone from GFC can go to at least on event this year.