Historie og Filosofi Klasse

So Im in Historie and Philosophy class right now and we havent had a teacher the last 2 weeks, so we kinda sit and do nothing. So right now Im very bored. Pretty much dying of boredom. Ive spent 2 class periods writing a norwegian poem for tristan that 'rhymed' that was his one requirement... and lets just say my norwegian poem writing skills are... awful. and this period in just sitting on facebook and texting with friends. so productive in school today. Well, yesterday I got my hair cut. Its very european. And I just realized how strange the word got it. just look at it, its very wierd.(wared,for tristan) And I jsut realized that another button is falling off of my jacket. Well, tristan will gladly sew that one back on as well. GAHHHHHHHHHHH! IM SOOOO BORED!! JEG KJEDER MED I HJÆRNE! Well, Im gonna go check movie times... maybe Ill see hairspray today or tomorrow or something.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Yesterday was my halloween party... BØ! It was pretty fun, definately not long enough though... thats what happens when you get a bunch of teenagers in a room together for a period of time. Well, today Tristans coming over to study for english, cause, of course, I am the best person to study english with, because, well, Im just amazingly fluent in it. WOOHOO! unfortunately Im not completely fluent in norwegian yet... psssh. its sooo hard to keep going, cause it gets sooo frustrating to keep asking and making mistakes, but hey, thats how Ill learn, even if it sucks. well, gotta go translate an essay on the downfalls of American government.

Tristan and I (well, the devil and me in 50 years with glow in the dark hair)

Jesus and, WHAAA?

Uke 10 og litt 11

Last week was a crazy week at school. We had school Monday and on Tuesday we had a presentasion on Palestine, Wednesday I spent the day editing a video for media class and walking around school painting cardboard buildings for displays of palestine. On Thursday, Tristan and I worked packaging cleaning towels for Norwex instead of going to school. Each student was to find a job and make 300 Kr to send to a school in palestine. And Friday we had normal school again. The weekend has also been crazy. Friday night Trine came over and slept over. Saturday we went to Jessheim and shopped all day and I got my ears pierced again =). We then came home and went through our whole dress up collection, cause I'm having a halloween party next weekend. We then had guests come over to carve pumpkins. Mine was a spider. Then we proceded to play a lot of Wii. Then this morning I've done pretty much nothing. which is a really nice change, but later on Im going to help at some kind of tv auction at the elementary school. Wooo Hooo. Well, off to other things.

Tristan and I after he painted all over my face on Palestine day

Me in Tristans uberly cool jacket

Uke 9 og litt 10

Week 10. wow time goes by super fast here! except when I'm in pointless classes in school... such as today where I spent 3 class periods of sosiologi planning a way to sneak out of the class. Nevertheless, that didnt happen, only long bathroom breaks, and then I come back, say something to the teacher in norwegian and she says 'you have great norwegian' but in norwegian of course, and then I go back to reading norwegian childrens books. It becomes very boring. I always have the breaks to look forward to though, where I get to see my friends, well mostly Tristan, I won't lie. So whats a 'normal' day for me?
Wake up at 6:30, use massive amounts of time on my hair, and lots of hairspray...(hair is a very important thing here in norway, very BIG, literally, but its fun)
7:15 Breakfast(frukost) with my family, except for pappa who already has gone to catch the train to oslo for work.
7:40 Kjører til skolen (drive to school) at least part way, then we walk the rest of the way
8:25-15:30 sometimes 13:45- kjeder meg (I'm bored during this time, known as school) I sit and read norwegian books, and try to participate in discussions, but they talk to fast sometimes. I can understand it all, just not talk about the topics.
After school- gjøre lekser (do homework), spise middag (eat dinner), være sammen med venner (be together with my friends), se noen ting på tv (watch something on tv), norsk ting (do norwegian things)
On saturday Anders came over and we watched the 40 year old virgin (in norwegian jomfru) and that movie is so much funnier after drinking tons of soda and eating junk food and dancing to nysnc and backstreet boys, and crazy norwegian bands. classic marissa, to say the least. kjempe morsomt!
Well today after school I'm going to Trines to film a video on human rights for Media class. All day wednesday were editing these videos. Thursday we have a day off of school to work in the community to earn money for palestine. I really like that about norwegian schools. We have random whole days to focus on a project, instead of 45 minutes a day on one subject and then move on... and we have days where we dont have to even come to school, and they say, go find somewhere to work to raise money for a suffering country. I think its really smart. And I find that I learn a lot more from days like these than sitting in a class room, having the same thing every day. Variety makes it more memorable and productive.
Well, I have to go, I have to get my scarf back from Tristan by the end of the day...(he really enjoys taking my clothing... especially scarves and jackets, and wearing them for extended periods of time in public. silly boy)
Miss everyone, but Im having the time of my life =)

In Henningsvær (Nord-Norge)

On top of a mountain in Svolvær (also Nord-Norge)

uke åtte (8)

This past week I spent in Lofoten... A group of islands in northern norway, above the arctic circle. It was suprisingly warm, about 6 or 7 degrees (c of course) and we had great weather. The first day we flew to a city called bodø and then took a ferry for six hours from bodø to svolvær, where we spent the majority of our trip. In Svolvær, we played concerts at a church, a mall, and at a few schools. The second day that we were on our trip, we climbed a mountain in Svolvær, one of the smaller ones, but still, it took over 2 hours to go up, and over 2 hours to go down. The views from the top were absolutely beautiful, the most stunning i have ever seen in my entire life. Clear blue skies, enless islands, small towns, more mountains. AMAZING! I have some pictures that I'll post up sometime, but not until my computer is working again. Anyways, the third day we played with the local cultural school in a concert and at mall. It was pretty fun, except for the homesickness that came that day, which was accompanied by horrible headaches and stomachaches. but that has passed now, at least mostly. The final day we woke up at 5:15 to take a 6 hour speedboat ride from Svolvær to Bodø. Unfortunately, the sea was reallllly rough that day, so everyone but me and 2 others from the group were seasick, the whole time. I nearly died, because I cannot stand people throwing up. But Ieveryone survived and now the world continues on, all happy. And now Im back at home for the rest of høst ferie (fall break), although i have to work at a farm tomorrow and friday... goodie. =) And only a few more days until I get to see my friends again when they get back from their vacations!!! (Tristan and others, specifically) Well, jeg skal dusje nå. =)