Olives!

I am lucky to be here fall semester! Not only have we gotten to be here for lots of holidays (especially Jewish ones), but it is OLIVE SEASON! We have olive trees on the JC grounds and over the past week we have been able to pick the olives from the trees and then crush them and make olive oil!

Last Thursday I participated in the olive picking. It was a party.

Pickin' those olives.

Some people got really into climbing the trees and everything. Forget ladders!

Olive CRUSHER. We did this for a long while and it sure makes you tired. Yes we're buff.

Then we pressed the olives. This squishes the olives so the juice runs out. The juice gathers and then the lame unimportant stuff will go to the bottom and the oil will float because it is lighter. Then the oil is skimmed off the top and collected! This is how it was done in the olden days...

It was definitely a cool experience to participate in. And none of the other semesters get to do it because they aren't cool enough to come during OLIVE SEASON. Just kidding, I'm just lucky I guess...

Sometimes me and Ann decide to switch out t-shirt because we are bored of our clothes. It was funny though because its the Lakers colors hahaha.

Olives are fun!