Good news day!

I'm going to Vegas, baby! And since the Norwegian government isn't too keen on gambling, e.g. using my credit cards in casinos, so I've cashed out a few  Jacksons (I've always wanted to say something like that!).  50 Jacksons to be exact, you do the math.

One of my partners in crime going to Vegas

And why not have some fun with the Jacksons before I gamble it all away? By the way, I withdrew the cash from a drive-thru ATM. How freakishly weird is that? And cool, because you don't have to get out of your car. Unless the person driving (hint, she's blond and is going to Vegas) stops just far enough away so I have to hang out the window with half my body to do the deed. I'll figure out a revenge one day. One day.

Now... The plan was to shop for a dress or two today to use while staying in Vegas, but Grand Forks really isn't THE place to be when it comes to shopping... oyh.. Let's hope I find something in Vegas. On Thanksgiving day. When most shops are closed. Probability = 30% or less.

Good news number 2, the 3 big tests we were supposed to have next week have been postponed to after new year :D Which means I can enjoy sin city without boring paragraph reading (it would most likely be panic reading) at the hotel. Crisis averted.

Aaaaaaand good news numero tres! I've booked tickets home for the Christmas holiday! My feet are touching Norwegian soil December 19th and leaving January 2th (typo, but I'm too lazy to fix it) next year. Sweet! I only had to sit at a total of 40 minutes on the waiting line for KLM's support center, due to a minor technical problem, for a problem that they fixed in less than a minute.

Also, I've become slightly more geek than before. I've been in ATS (if you don't know this acronym, I suggest you go back to an earlier entry, this one. In the bottom.). While playing Microsoft Flight Simulator in multiplayer with 5 others from the class, one of them wondered about a command, and I answered "just press SHIFT + Charlie". I mean... Charlie? Really? I could just say 'C'.

And no, playing MFS in multiplayer isn't geeky. It's called practicing. We had a tower and everything! ... fine. I give in. It's geeky.

Current mood:

(I think I've become a GIF junkie)

Song of the Day: Carpark North - Just Human

Winter's here!

TEMPERATURE OF THE DAY:

-12 degrees

Yeah... It's not summer anymore. *sigh*

And with winter came the new experience with year-round car tires... We kept wondering why lots of cars had bodily damages here, and when snow came, we figured it out. Dude! You have no grip with these tires! You'd think that a place with such a cold winter would learn to use good winter tires, but apparently not. But so far so good. Luckily we have a minimum of hills here are non-existent.

By the way, here's a picture of a picture!

It's the picture one of my roomies bought at Minneapolis. When in America, you do everything BIG ^^ And I must admit that it's nice to have something on the walls.

In other news: I gave a guy a haircut this weekend! I must admit that I'm pretty good while drunk. But I should probably get a look at the results when sober before I make that my final statement... I woke up the day after, thinking that was the best party so far over here, until 3 seconds later when I remembered that I kinda tried to pole-dance at a club... I seriously doubt it looked sexy, though. Oyh...

So! We only have 3 days of school this week due to thanksgiving! So we have 5 days off! :D What to do when you have a few days off you say? Why, go to VEGAS, baby! I have to withdraw money from the ATMs here before I go, though. Norway isn't too keen on us Norwegians spending money in casinos. So how much should I bring? (I'm staying at Caesar's Palace btw :D)

But there's a but... we learned today that we're going to have 3 major tests/exams next week. Seriously? Tell us this late? That's just low... They could at least give a heads up earlier... We've already paid for the trip. Guess it'll be an all-out effort at the airports and in-between gambling.

FML

End of week 7

Man! Time moves fast over here. I've been here 2 months already (7 weeks at school, 8 weeks total. 1 month = 4 weeks). Had the weekly test today (or yesterday... depends on who you are and where you are) and scored 92%... that"s 23 right out of 25 questions. Last week I got 96%, 24/25. It might not have been the best idea to go to the Harry Potter premiere at midnight the evening/night before a test, but to be honest, I had read as much as I could. And I read for 4 hours before school, mmmkay? (I now consider my defense against motherly and sisterly attacks about studying strong enough)

Did I tell you that we've begun in the simulators? If you've read between the lines at one of the entries you'd know. Aaaaanywho.... We've been in the simulators for 2 weeks now, and it's so much fun! And slightly scary at times since you're being evaluated. I won't tell you guys too much about it, because there's probably only one reader who knows what I'm talking about (hint: she mixed southeast and southwest one time. And she controls aircrafts).

There's not much else to tell, really. Mostly because I HAVE NO LIFE! Seriously! Except for the weekends, we more or less spend time at school, or studying at home (with the frequent breaks to check out facebook. And transport tycoon.) But I think I'm supposed to party this weekend, so hopefully it'll be a nice break from school.

In other news, after 2 months here, I found out that I only know 3 things about our kitchen.

1. Where the coffee maker is
2. Where the noodles are
3. Where I can fill water into the coffee maker and pot for the noodles (the sink)

Cut to scene:


Me:                      Uhm... Where's the frying pan?
Roommate:       In the cupboard in the corner
Me:                      We have a cupboard in the corner?!

*Opens said cupboard*


Me:                 Wow! We have a lot of pans and stuff!



What can I say? You can live a long time on noodles and Subway. In my defense, the other roommate didn't know about the cupboard either. But she only lives on coke and chips, so she's not that familiar with the kitchen either.

Song of the day:  Placebo - Every You Every Me

I have a problem....

A classmate gave me an internet address... And now I'm fucked. Anyone remember the great game that is

TRANSPORT TYCOON?

(click the link and play!)

Well, I remember it as a cherished childhood memory. And it's highly addictive! Hopefully it won't take too much time from the studying I have to do, but boy is this game fun to play!

I'm off to playland! Cya!

Definition of Fail

When you go to a pizzeria and order a pizza, but they are out of pizza bottoms. Since the guy who makes them isn't working that day.

Seriously? There's only one guy who knows how to make the pizza dough? But the best part was the comment from one of my classmates:

Cut to scene:


Waitress:          I'm sorry... We're out of pizza bottoms.
Classmate:        Do you have flour, water, salt and yeast?


Best. Comment. Ever. Times infinity.

Aaaaaanywho... I'm going to bed.

Song of the day: Gomez - Little Pieces

Want

Just realized that the my favorite band at the time is touring in the US! But unfortunately I can't go, because it's too far away, and they're all sold out! Boo!

I would soooo contemplate on skipping school to see these guys. And maybe lose my chance at becoming an air traffic controller.



*drool*


I can't get enough of their music. And I found loads of extra songs I didn't know about!

Youtube = <3 <3 <3 <3

 Okokokokokokok. I'll stop talking about stuff you probably don't care about, and onto something else that you probably don't care about. My new shoes!

Aren't they the most awesome thing ever? A classmate and I went to the store in our lunchtime and bought them. And we ended up wearing them throughout the rest of the school day. We were told "No GUM, DRINKS, FOOD or TOBACCO in the simulator!" Nobody said weird shoes that are surprisingly comfortable.

The name could be planned better though. The Vibram FiveFingers. It kinda sounds like something you can find at an adult store. Which my classmate painstakingly found out when he wrote on facebook;

"Love my new Vibram FiveFingers!"

Milestone week and stuff

Phew! Why are there only 24 hours in a day? Last week contained of;

• Getting up
• Making coffee
• Sit down and read for the milestone test we had on Friday
• Go to school and remember you didn't eat breakfast
• Sit at school and study
• Go home and sit down to study
• Go to bed and remember you didn't eat dinner

And no, getting up didn't mean at 2 PM! I know 99% of you guys are thinking that. It was 12 PM. (did I mention we had the late shift?) But guess what! I aced the test ^^ 100%! Stuff like that makes me happy.

After school last Friday 11 of us jumped into 3 cars and set course for Minneapolis! I was lucky enough to drive the whole way there, about 4-5 hours. The destination? A sleazy, cheap motel.

Mmmm... We doubt they washed some of the sheets properly... But what doesn't kill you, makes you stronger. Or we'll be in a House episode next week with some weird disease.

Now... What is the first thing we do after getting a mediocre nights sleep? (We arrived at 1 AM) Go to IKEA and eat Swedish meatballs! It wasn't fried or covered with cheese! Sweet salvation of food. The other girls went kinda berserk at IKEA. You've seen the pictures of our car? Let me jolt your memory:

4 people in this car, not so much space to begin with. But the best buy was a picture/canvas, measuring 2 meters wide :D And it actually fit in the car! I didn't, though. But I volunteered to drive with the guys in the OLDSMOBILE! Remember that beauty? Let me jolt your memory:

The seats are made from heaven, and the car flows on the road while you're listening to the silence that is the motor. I've said this before you say? Like 10 times? I can't say it often enough! Okay? I'll give you guys a picture of the ridiculously big canvas when/if we get it up.

IKEA wasn't really the biggest event this day. That was Mall of America, the biggest mall in North America. It's huge... Too huge... You need days to get through it. And it has a bloody amusement park in the middle of the mall! (Yes, I took a roller-coaster. And no, I didn't scream. That much. *ahem*)

You can always count on Americans to go one step further than anyone else

I managed to find close to nothing while walking around there! I did buy a pair of shorts and a sports bra, but I managed to forget them at the motel when we left... We went back after a while, but they didn't have it. Probably went in the trash. So not only did I spend 65 dollars on clothes I'll never see again, I owe one of the guys a new bathing shorts since he had his in my plastic bag. FML.

After a tiresome day at a too big mall with too many people, we went to relax at a water park right next door. Do you know what's not fun in a water park? Not getting any water on you until it's been 40 mins.

First thing 4 of us did, was to line up in a queue to do one of the bigger rides. When we're almost at the top, we're told that they have to have a 10 minute break for some reason. So we decide to just skip the ride, and go swim in one of the pools. But once we're down, we realize the 10 minute break meant the whole god damn water park! But it was all good when we finally got to play in the water =)


We spent the evening in downtown Minneapolis, which made us realize that Grand Forks really isn't that grand. At all. After a good dinner at an Indian restaurant we went out in the cold streets to find a pub of some sort.

I was smart enough to not have any ID with me, since I couldn't find my wallet that evening (don't worry, mom. I found it the day after.) And the Americans are pretty nazi when it comes to seeing an ID that shows you're over 21 years old. Which brings me to;

Definition of Irony

We found a pub, but everybody needed to show an ID before going in. One of the girls gave me one of her IDs, and I gave it a go. And it worked! I got in!

The irony, the ID showed that I was younger than I am. Have I misunderstood the use of a fake ID? I think not! I'm getting too old!



Sunday was the real reason we went to Minneapolis. a NFL game, Vikings versus Cardinals. Yes. American football.

My understanding of football before the game:       0/10
My understanding of football after the game:          3/10

Things I learned:

- There are 4 rounds, each are 15 minutes
- but 15 minutes in American sports means approx 45 minutes due to a whooooole lot of breaks
- When your team is playing bad (I was told they were playing bad. I didn't know), the game is really boring.
- After 2 hours and 20 minutes you're ready to quit this bitch,
- But then the Vikings suddenly picked up the pace and created an extremely exiting game at the end!
- I might have become a supporter.

Another fun part of NFL. We showed up at 0930 to find a place to park, but the game didn't start until 12 PM. What to do? Go to a pub nearby and get a coffee! With Bailey's! At 10 AM!

And since it was my birthday, I got to drive the whole way back to Grand Forks with the Oldsmobile ^^ I actually asked the guys if I could, and they just grinned from ear to ear and went to buy a bunch of beers.

Now, now. Before you ask, I drank that coffee 6 hours before I sat down behind a steering wheel. A cup of coffee and Bailey's is long gone before that time.