Mind the bumps

Hooters baby!

One of the decorations in the restaurant:



Friday night was the time for visiting a famous historical American institution:
Hooters!

For those of you who haven`t heard of this all-american awesome concept, it is a restaurant/bar chain, where all servers are female (with hooters) wearing shorts
(borderline panties based on size) and tight tops.
Now, what more can a Norwegian girl ask for on a friday night?
Beats me!

In order to preserve my confidence I decided that all the beautiful girls working there for sure are stupid. It helped.
Anyway, here I am, in my burka with my two hooter-hotties :



PS. There is a small chance my good friend Lloyd might have enjoyed this visit too.

Smack that!

I just remembered that I have to share with you the special feeling of Akon`s "smack that" played by a school band! It truly is a beautiful song..deep lyrics to.

So I`ll let you enjoy that:


Apart from that I`ve spent the entire day like a high school student,
or, almost anyway. I`ve been the shadow of a 14year old boy through his day,
and it was quite interesting. Observation 1) they say the pledge of allegiance to the flag every morning. Observation 2) their days are from 08.10-15.16. Observation 3) they can choose cool subjects like "3D graphic design" from 9th grade (when they`re 14!). Observation 4) some 14 year old boys are really polite and mature, chivalry is not dead in the US!

More basketball!

So, me and Lloyd went to another basketball game, and this time we won!

We also discovered the fact that those who get there first get the best student seats, it isn`t related to numbers where you are placed..so this time, we sat almost courtside baby! I think that`s why the team did so well..they could feel our good energy! I take full credit!

And I also re-discovered the pleasure in popcorn, it`s so nice to grab into my box of popcorn, pull up a fist full, aim it where I think my mouth might be (I`m not sure as I`m still watching the game with full concentration) push the hand against my face, open my mouth and hope that at least a few popcorns find their way.
Then I look down at my sweater and realize that 90% of the popcorn ended up in my hair..man, I feel like a woman! :)

"Pedagogue"

I learn new words over here every day, and today I am proud to bring you the accurate definition of the word "pedagogue": a teacher, especially one who is dull and narrow-minded.

It seems being dull and narrow-minded is something deeply embedded in all teachers.

I was making a vocabulary quiz for my students today, and I felt extremely funny when I wrote:
"Please fill in the right word.
Miss Vasset is about to start teaching and we hope that she isn`t a typical __________"

I think I`m hilarious, but I just realized that the fact that I feel this was very funny might in fact confirm that I am dull?

Well, what can I do? keep laughing at my own jokes.

Martin, Barack and Tupac

So, two big days in the US are coming up:

Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday the 19th of January,
where we celebrate the birthday of MLK (which was the 15th of Jan. but is always celebrated on the third Monday in January), for his Civil Rights efforts and protests about racial discrimination...



and what better way to celebrate than to inaugurate Barack Obama as the first black President in the US on Tuesday the 20th of January, both for Democrats and Republicans?



Tupac was wrong! ("and though it seems heaven sent, we ain`t ready to see a black president")

Happy MLK day and happy inauguration day! :)

US address

So, I keep throwing my US contact information at you,
take it or leave it, here`s my address:

(didn`t get myself a US name yet, so the name is still the same)
301C Garban Hall, White Course, University Park
Weston Community Center
Pennsylvania 16802
USA

I`m adding a picture that shows how serious me and Lloyd are about fitting in over here..we walk around in our Penn State sweaters trying to be just like the locals:

US cellphone

Hi all!

I finally got an american number:
001 814-206-4869 :)

My Norwegian phone does not want to charge, so I am not able to receive or send any sms from it sadly. So if I`m not answering it`s not cause I`m being rude

Today me and Lloyd went to WalMart..it`s HUGE (like everything else).
But we have both unanimously agreed that it`s too cold right now..forecasts say that it`s between -11 and -15. Wow.
I guess I`m not a viking after all ..she said (and climbed under a truckload of blankets:))