You know you've been to the Jerusalem Center when...
1. You get bored in church because the only thing to look at is the speaker and the bishopric. –Katie Robison
2. You think it's strange when you haven't seen your professors in their pjs. –Suzy Butler
3. You miss watching the little cars move around at the far-away intersection during sacrament meeting. –Scott
4. Bible jokes are funny. -Cortney
5. Someone says "problematic" or "reductionist" and you can't help but smile and crave some chocolate... –Kaleb
6. You don't like your new professors because they're not Huntsman, Harper or Ludlow. –Tyler
7. You see Hebrew subtitles pop up on a YouTube video in class and you involuntarily exclaim “HEBREW!!!” Like it's the coolest thing you've seen all day =) –Amy
8. You prefer to walk places over driving. –Kara
9. You know EVERY lyric of (that certain song by that certain artist...) :) –Kaleb
10. Musical numbers by normal people are painful to listen to (no joke, we had the most talented group in the world!) –April
11. You're picky about pita, like chocolate spread on everything, have an opinion on falafel or shwarma, and you're writing to international companies asking why their product isn't in the US. –JRowdy
12. You have odd, involuntary reactions to anything that reminds you of Jerusalem. It's a really strange feeling to realize that you're grinning from ear to ear because someone just said "Israeli-Palestinian conflict." –AnnaLeah
13. You assume everyone should refer (and perhaps bow) to your superior knowledge in all educational questions Jewish, Muslim, or just all around, general, Middle Eastern related. –Robin
14. Someone quotes a BYU professor like Andrew Skinner and you have to restrain yourself from yelling, "Oh my gosh, I know him!" –Adam Farnes
15. You can identify random National Geographic photos of Jerusalem with their street name and whose shops are best on that street. –Adam Farnes
16. You hear someone say that all Muslims are anti-American extremists and you laugh at them for knowing nothing about the Middle East but pretending to. –Alyse
17. You're in situations like Alyse just described and you have the urge to call someone a reductionist –Katie Robison
18. Regular DOUGHNUTS just don't cut it anymore. –AnnaLeah
19. It's strange not having to wait in a line 40 people long to use a women's restroom. –Danielle
20. Your laptop says it's New Years 9 hours before everyone else's. –AnnaLeah
21. Someone mentions "imagining" the Holy Land in church and you smile to yourself and think "Yep, Yes I can imagine the Holy Land, quite vividly in fact." Followed by feeling really really lucky to have lived there. -Jared Maxfield
22. Someone mentions the Olive Garden and you think of an olive garden instead of a restaurant. :) –Tiffany
23. You question everything anyone tells you about the Bible or Church Doctrine including your religion professor. –Nicole
24. You are driving in Idaho and think you see a camel. –Tiffany
25. You get hungry whenever you hear the name Achmed. –Junior
26. You are in your D&C class and they keep quoting Br. Harper... which makes you feel special! –Kate
27. You want to honk at the car in front of you just because. –Junior
28. You get super excited when you see someone in an old school royal blue BYU t-shirt on campus. –Michael-Sean
29. Your friend has to study for his New Testament class and instead of actually studying, he goes to you for questions on things like, the Essenes and the Decapolis, and you can expertly explain it all with little personal anecdotes. –Natalie
30. You thank the heavens for American public restrooms. even porta-potties in fact. –Cortney
31. You get really excited to see someone on campus with a Jerusalem backpack… And then you realize they are a complete stranger. –Kara
32. You see an unattended backpack in a bathroom and get unnaturally concerned for your own safety. –AnnaLeah
33. You start giggling inwardly (or outwardly) when someone uses the phrase vis-a-vis. –Nicole
34. You pick out words like problematic in research articles you have to read. :) –Kara
35. You meet someone named George George and aren't that phased by it. –Maddy
36. You realize that you feel really homesick for Jerusalem, shawarma, the Dead Sea, and camels. –Jared Maxfield
37. You have Chaco tan lines in the middle of winter. –Tiffany
38. You're disappointed that your organist during church isn't world renowned. –Daniel
39. You have lots of GREAT slides and notes to find information from for a Sacrament Meeting talk. –Suzy
40. They hand out Holy Land maps in Sunday School and you just pass them on because you "already know everything." And then you proceed to explain to your dad, on HIS map that you were too good for, exactly where it was that you snorkelled. -Jessica
Perhaps more to come/I'm too lazy to do more right now. I hope you enjoyed! :)
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