Började dagen med TOEFL där hela lektionen gick ut på att alla skulle sitta och berätta en kort historia för sig själva på samma gång rakt ut i klassrummet. Hyfsat svårt att hålla koll på sina egna tankar när 12 andra personer sitter och pratar. Tydligen kommer taldelen av TOEFL-testet gå ut på att sitta i ett eget litet bås och prata in i en mikrofon mot en vägg, inte till en person. Vettigt.

 

Efter det hade jag en halv evighets håltimme och lyckades plugga in alla glosor vi ska kunna till imorgon. Starbuckskaffe sätter igång hjärnan som attan ska ni veta. 

 

Sista lektionen var Application Workshop. Fick veta vilka olika typer av college/universitet vi kommer ha möjlighet att söka till efter denna utbildningen och vad för krav som kommer ställas på oss. Blev galet jävla sugen på en Bacherlor's Degree, 2 års utbildning där jag tydligen kan välja mina två huvudämnen biologi och kriminologi och sen bara fylla resten av tiden med vilka kurser jag vill. Lät hyfsat asnice! Under tiden jag är här kommer det komma olika folk som är ansvariga för college applications på riktiga colleges så man kan ställa frågor och se om man är intresserad av deras skola.

 

Nu på kvällen bestämde jag mig för att vara hurtig och dra ut och springa för första gången på länge. (jävlar vad långt bort den där milen känns i nuläget va fy fan) Snörade på löpardojorna och sprang bort från skolan, hamnade på ett långt kolsvart löpspår längsmed en sjö. Lyckades hitta tillbaka till stora vägen men det var tydligen helt fel väg, hamnade i ett asfancy villaområde och en massa korsningar och ännu fler kolsvarta vägar och insåg att jag var rätt så jättevilse. Bestämde mig för den enda vägen som var upplyst och kom tillslut ner till grannstaden Sleepy Hollow. sjukt creepy stad. Ska tydligen vara amazing på Halloween. Lyckades iaf ta mig hem utan att dö på vägen så all in all får man väl säga att det var en lyckad löprunda. Nästa gång ger jag mig nog iofs ut när solen är framme. Känns mest safe så.

Tjolahopp, vet att en del där hemma är galet nyfikna på vad jag gör så nu jäklar ska jag försöka få ordning på bloggandet. Första veckan har swishat förbi fort som fan men herreguuuuuud vad man hunnit klämma in mycket grejer på denna korta tiden!

 

För att summera första skolveckan kan jag väl säga det att engelskan är relativt enkel, har en jäkla massa läxor hela tiden men dom är hanterbara. Sjukt mycket glosor ska man lära sig varje vecka dock. Matten däremot... Den nämner vi fan inte ens för den är fruktansvärd. Jag har glömt ALLT. "Ursäkta mig fröken, skulle du kunna börja om någonstans från 5-klassarnas mattebok för jag har glömt allt annat. Bratackhej."

 

Har inte så värst många olika ämnen jag pluggar. Målet med de allihop är att jag ska ta SAT-testet och TOEFL-testet. Båda behöver man för att söka till college. Ämnena jag pluggar är iaf SAT Verbal, SAT Math, TOEFL skills, Writing Fundamentals, Application Workshop och Grammar and Pronunciation. 

Alla dom låter asflummiga, I know, men det är typ som att plugga till högskoleprovet skulle jag tro.

 

Vidare till det roliga!

Redan första kvällen på skolan hittade jag världens bästa team. Svenskar allihop men fy fan vilka kanonpinglor dom är va. Under denna korta vecka har vi hunnit spendera alldeles för mycket pengar, druckit galet mycket öl, ätit på restauranger, snurrat runt på Times Square mitt i natten, promenerat i Tarrytowns satans backar, ätit varenda jäkla måltid ihop för vem vill sitta ensam liksom, shoppat som bara den, åkt en jävla massa taxi och så himla mycket andra grejer att det inte går att rabbla upp allt. Trivs som satan! Vi borde hitta lite ickesvenskar att umgås med men vafan det är ett senare problem.

 

Jag delar rum med två tjejer i typ samma ålder som mig själv, den ena är från Danmark den andra från Frankrike. Vi pratar inte mycket men dom är snälla och trevliga! Jag bor i det mest nybyggda huset på campus och det är superfräscht, duscharna är fräscha, toaletterna är fräscha, rummen är fräscha, ja, allt är liksom bara fräscht.

Jag bor alltså på campus, mitt på skolområdet, går jag utanför dörren ser jag skolbyggnaderna typ 20 meter framför mig. Sjukt praktiskt!

 

Hmm.. Nu kommer jag bannemej inte på något mer att uppdatera om. 

Får se om det går en vecka till innan jag uppdaterar eller om jag blir bättre!

 

ADIOS

 

Oh-my-god.
American 14-year olds are the most stupid creatures ever.
Yes, I can honestly say that even cows are smarter.
The girls in my choir could not figure out which letter in the alphabet that comes before E.
They had to think for a few minutes before figuring it out.
I wanted to smack them in the face so bad.
Also, one of the girls asked me if I'd dyed my hair.
I've been walking around like this for a week?

No wonder people think americans are stupid.
Because well.. they are.

Aaaaanyways,
went to Horses Haven today after school.
Got to take Wilbur out for a walk (miniature pig),
fix the hay cubes,
give the horses new water,
feed the horses,
take Pete out for a walk and then sweep the floors.
It's actually much more fun than it seems.
These horses actually are grateful for what you do for them.
Not so much like spoiled horses like the ones back home.
I seriously want to give some of the horses here a bath though cause they all look like shit.

So, this Friday we went to the Homecoming game.
Eagles lost their first game this year.
Soooooo typical that they lost on Spirit Week ^^
Wasn't a very fun game, was homesick most of the day so..

Saturday morning we went out riding at Kensington.
It was nice! My butt hurt though.
Royale bucked some with me too.
Started getting ready for the dance at 3,
my hair did not do what I wanted it too.
The dance started at 7.30.
Everyone was dressed up from head to toes, I also saw my dreamdress and got jealous.
Since I'm not much of a dancer, the dance sucked.
Met Rachel and spent most of the evening with her, which was fun.
The best thing though was the playing of Basshunter!
They seriously played Basshunter - Jag sitter har i venten.
It was hilarious. They even played the Swedish version.
I sang along and people thought it was cool that I knew the lyrics.
I hope Prom will be more fun.

Thank you for cheering me up!
I know time will blow by just like that,
and it's already been a month!
I'll probably survive 9 more of them.

Karin, the jewelry and scarves and all that stuff is pretty much exactly the same as back home. :)
I can wear all my swedish stuff and not be out of place.

Feel free to ask me questions about anything,
I promise you that my answers will be exceptional!

Today was Decade Day!
It seriously felt like I went back in time!
Some people really went all out, some from the 80s (I think) even built a Yellow Submarine and dressed up as Beatles!
I swear to god, John Lennon is alive and he goes to our school.

So, tomorrow is School Spirit Day.
I think pretty much everyone will be super dressed up.
I'll see if I can bring my camera to school and maybe you'll see what people look like ^^

So, this week is Spirit Week :D
For those of you who don't know what it is;
it's the week when homecoming takes place and we have different themes for every day.

Monday - Pyjamas day
Tuesday - Hat day
Wednesday - Western day
Thursday - Different decades day
Friday - Class t-shirts day

On friday there's also a homecoming game ^^
Got my school-id (yes, we have id's. don't know why though), and my class t-shirt today!

Nothing out of the ordinary to report other than this,
school is pretty much the same every day so..

So, I volunteered at Horse's Haven today! :D
It felt very much like the stable at home, though the horses here are quite different.

Got there at 4 and met Kim who's my "teamleader" and she was really nice!
Then we had to prepare grain and hay for all the 55 horses ^^
or.. she prepared and I watched. But still!
Got to feed my darling George who was looking dashing as usual.
Then we went outside and fed all those horses.
(george can't be outside cause he walks straight trough the fences)
They actually let me walk into the pastures with the horses which they normally don't let people do their first time.
I guess they thought I did a good job then!

I really enjoyed it! Got home at like 8.30.
Felt really good to do some actual body-work, which I haven't in a while.

Here are some pictures of two of the newest horses, Angel and Cloud, and what progress they've made.

Went to my very first american footballgame today!
It was AWESOME!
It is sooooo much like it is in the movies,
with the cheerleaders, mascot, marching band and all the big buff footballplayers!
I just had the most awesome time.
It was Hartland Eagles vs. Brighton Bulldogs.
Our team even won! 37-17 wohooo!
It seriously was the first real feeling of "hey i'm in america" i've had so far.
Got some short videos from the game but since I don't have the wirething to plug the camera into the computer,
I can't show them to you.

Mom, I need the wire for my camera! It's probably by the computer. It's black. ^^

When we drove home we came to this carcrash-scene.

There were firetrucks, policecars and ambulances everywhere!

The whole back of the car was gone so I guess they had to cut some people out!

Some of the people looked quite young so they might go to my school.

It was kinda weird though cause like next to the firetrucks stood a shirtless dude drinking beer. (?)

Don't really know what he was doing there. Just there for the comic relief I guess.

The people I sit with at lunch are Christian.
Like super-christian!
This girl came to our table today and started handing out Bibles and stuff and I'm like heheheh ehm I'm not religious. She's like take one anyway! And she gave me one. What am I supposed to do with it? :O

Then when I got home Taylor started pushing me into the Christian-thing and said that she'll be sad if I'm not one of them when I go home. I don't want to believe in God and Jesus and djavulen och hans moster. Why? Eh, because evolution happened and we stopped being monkeys. That's the way it is. There's proof goddammit!!1

Kinda fed up with this christianity. Only nine more months Amanda, nine more months. Inhale - Exhale.

When you're even starting to miss Vasttrafik you know it's bad.

I just have to tell you how much your comments to my blog means,
it doesn't matter how much or what you write,
just the fact that you actually wrote something means a lot.

I don't have much contact with home so every little thing matters.
Just a little something about how the weather is at home right now or what you wore today means something.

KTNXBYE

Dyed my hair black today ^^ I just couldn't help myself!
I feel more comfortable with dark hair.
Missed a spot in the back though which oddly enough turned white (?)

School was as usual, no changes there.
Went out riding with Taylor and Natalie after school,
I rode Apache and he started paceing (?) with me, it felt so weird.
I like him though, Royale needs to gain some weight before I can ride him more I think.. He's gotten quite skinny.

Went to Taylors hockeygame today and it was cold.
This girl on her team had the coolest lastname e-v-e-r.
Slaughter.
How brutal is that?
I wanna change my lastname to that soooooo bad.
Amanda Slaughter. It looks cool!

Then we had a STS-meet and greet and I got to meet other exchange-students.
There were one German girl, one Italian girl and one Chinese girl.
It was so funny cuz all of them were such stereotypes for their own country!
The Italian girl was loud, emotional and talked about pizza a lot.
The German girl and I talked mostly about WW2 (LOL)
The Chinese girl was so quiet and extreeeeeemely concerned about school.
She's going to take the SAT-test and some other test like next week.
And apparently in China, they go to school from 7AM to 9PM. (?!?!?!)
They have a 4 hour break though in the middle of the day were they get to sleep.. In their chairs.
That sure sounds comfy.

I really liked the German girl though!
Will probably go to Niagra Falls in October with the other exchange students.

Went homecoming-dress-shopping today!
It rained like crazzzzzyyyyyyy.
But I got this really nice black one that's kinda greekish.
I'm gonna buy greek sandal-like high heels so I'll get the whole Greek Godess-look.
Think it's gonna look good.

In the evening we had dinner-guests.
It was fun! Felt kinda old though. All the other kids were like freshmans.
But we had a blast anyways!

Some American Info for ya:
x Root Beer tastes like toothpaste. I kid you not. I seriously couldn't even drink it.
x The teenagers act like SMS is like the most high-tech, supercool thing you can get.
x They think their horses are like the smartest animals ever. For example, if the horse doesn't wanna go down a hill or through a waterpuddle they think it's because the horse knooooows that there's something wrong!
I mean, come on? The horse is just being stubborn or just doesn't wanna get his/her feet wet.

School today was awesome!
Talked to Mr Merrill before class and he's really nice,
had a test too and it went well.

At lunch I saw this girl I talk to sometimes in family living and I asked her if I could sit with her.
(I'm so proud of myself I could die)
Sat with her and her friends and they were really nice!

At concert choir I chatted with Melody and Rachel most of the time and I absolutely adoooooore them.
Melody is kinda weird though.
Rachel and I decided to go shopping at Hot Topic some time.

Seems like everything is turning around just fine!
I actually look forward to school now.

Had a moment of silence today at 8.46,
the time the first plane hit

Met Ms Day at lunch and she's going to change my schedule so that I can have my lunch with the other exchange students, right now I'm the only one with A lunch.

Will definitly join the Green Team because Rachel is aaaaaaawesome.
I hate the fact that she's a freshman.. She doesn't act like one though.
Ah well..

I'll probably watch Harry Potter now and maybe go out and ride in the sunset later :)
Btw, they don't wear helmets here and I loooove it!
The wind in your hair when you're riding feels good.

Almost 50 people read my blogg yesterday!
Woho, I'm Mr. Popular!

Getting annoyed by my American History-teacher, she talks All-The-Time.
She even talks to herself when no one else wants to listen.
Some people actually want it to be quiet when we study.

Had this breakfast-thingy with other transfer students at our school today.
I suckeddddddd.
I thought this was gonna be an opportunity for us to get to know each other but no sir-ee.
Got split up into different groups and did some "games".
I'm disappointed.

I didn't sit alone at lunch anyways. Some girls from this morning asked me to sit with them.
They all introduced themselves and then.. nothing.
Had to sit by myself but with people.
I don't want boring people to come up to me.
To be honest, I'd rather be alone all year than be paired up with some megadorks who I don't like.
I want the fun people to come up to me.
This one girl in Choir, Rachel, is cool though.
She says Dude a lot and I love it! She also has this sort of "I don't care about anything" attitude too.
Might join the Green Team just to spend more time with her.

Btw, If any of you guys have seen That's so Raven, that Raven-girl totally is in my Choir-class.

If that's not her then it sure is her unknown twin.

Have to buy myself a homecomingdress soon!
I just love these dresses.. Probably wont find them in any stores though.
Some girls from concert choir want me to go with them but I don't know.
Maybe I'll be the coolest kid in town and go ALONE!
Doubt that's gonna happen.

I wanna buy some new shoes. :)