So, har en fin tur Zoë og Max!!! :)
Ok, so Im sorry that I didn't post yesterday, but I didn't get home until about 10:30, and I will tell you why, but I will tell my week in order... like always. Maybe someday I'll tell it backwards... that would be funny yeah?
Tuesday was sooo long ago... I can't remember what happened... sorry. I do remember a little bit about wednesday, I went to eat pancakes with Dina and Yngvild and Maine Maple Syrup was dissed! They said CANADIAN maple syrup was better! Im sorry for any Canadians reading this blog, Most of us Mainers are asked if Maine is part of Canada, but of course we have to have some rivalry! And Maple Syrup seems like an okay one. But they dissed MY MAINE MAPLE SYRUP!!! Yeah, Yngvild, If you thought I had let it go then you are very very wrong! I hold a grudge pretty well!
But it was fun anyway! :)
On Thursday, Weronica was in school for the first time this week (that I was aware) and she didn't look like she was completely well, but it was nice to see her all the same! I got a few comments on my hat that I got from G for christmas, but otherwise it was apretty un-interesting day.
Friday we disected fish. Well, in my last class we did. But in my first class I had History, and since Weronica didn't show up Morten (sang a swedish song about gold shoes and is the president of the class and is quite funny and a typical Norwegian guy otherwise) sat in the seat beside me. as such I was invited to work with him and the guys... it was odd, but I decidedI should try to get to know the rest of my class a little better. And, I actually got along with the guys better than I ould probably get along with the other girls in my class... but as most of you know, I tend to get along well with guys, I act like one a lot of the time. :)
In sosiology Jostein and I debated... a lot. I apologize to that class again... we are both rather vocal people, he more than I because hedoesn't understand the concept of and "indoor voice" so I am sorry for that!
Then I sat and read quotes while Jostein and Ingvild (2nd grade, and a different person from Yngvild, but their names sound the same) debated something, that I never quite got, but there was something about religion soo...
Then there was bio. My "sudden" ability with Norwegian seems to continously shock my classmates, but they are much more willing to talk to me because of it. I actually had a conversation while leaving the classroom! that never happens with that class!!!
But, friday was the day that we managed to stink out the whole wing. we had 6 cod fish deliverd to us so we could see how their teeth were positioned, cut it open from anus to gills and remove it's enternal organs. I sudden wished that I hadn't eaten my whole lunch! I felt so sorry for cutting up the poor fish. then I got the organs out and I was good! The liver looks so much like a human liver, which is what helped me get through the whole "im cutting a poor defenceless animal!!!" I think that a lot of people will find it odd, but I have a more of a problem mentaly cutting up animals (and babies/children because for some reason I associate them with animals to some extent) than I do with humans...
with the help on a couple others in my group we managed to get the liver, intestines, stomach, gallbladder, and male organs (im not sure what to call them in a fish, but they were larger than all the other organs combined) in one go! then we tried to cut off the gallbladder and accidentaly tore it. We did getitoffeventually though, then we cut off the reproductive organ, the liver and the little red organ that we never did get a name for... We untangled the long intestine and it was almost a yard long! The liver was quite like the human liver I handled in Tama, FL, but not plastisised. :D (Body Works is one of the most amazing things I've ever seen!). The we cut out the eyes, and smashed our way to the brain, which was even smaller than the heart, or the gallbladder, or the unidentified red organ.
But it was really fun! that was my first time disecting a real animal, and not a owl pellet. and not online!!!
After class I went downstairs to wait for Karin my host mother to pick Brynjar and me up so we could eat together! Brynjar was the cook, and he made asian food! It was so yummy! and the first food that I have eaten with chop-sticks since I have arrived!!! om nom nom! to tell the truth I was worried that Brynjar's cooking would be like Mum's has been on occasion so I was suprised when it was really good! (Not that Mum's can't, it's justthatIstill remember such meals as the fish soaked in wine... or was it beer... I honestly can't remember, but it tasted HORRIBLE! it was infact poison.).
I spent the night with my contact family and watched the Titanic, both parts, and looked at pictures of my contact brothers from a couple of years ago... THEY WERE SOOOO CUTE!!! I also saw some pics of a younger Jostein... hehehe I couldn't help giggling... a lot. Eventually it was about 10, so I decided to stop annoying them so Brynjar drove me home (with Karin in the front seat, he's not old enough to have a drivers lisence yet) I passed the glass shop where im hoping to find Ms Teller's and Paul's Wedding gift (mostly Ms Teller's though. Sorry Paul. :) Oh god, I just realized I can't remember your last name! dang, im going to have to remember that so I wont call Ms Teller, Ms Teller after the 19th of Feb... :D dont worry, Im on it!)
I got home and eventually got to bed. and woke up late today! I meandered down stairs to boil some noodles! much like the Ramen Noodles that I love and eat for all occasions, but slightly smaller and called YumYum which is as it's name suggests! I ate it with my chopsticks I got for Christmas from Karro and in one of the bowls that I bought at the giant bazaar/gym held yard sale that was held a few months ago at Karro's school! YAY FOR USAGE!!!
The rest ofthe day I spent looking frantically on the internet for a chicken pot pie recipe and a way to make pie crust (can i please get a copy of the secret family recipe Dad, it might help me when trying to make a pie crust for a pie that is supposed to be sweet). I eventually gave into the fact that vegtable shortning doesn't exist in norway, or at least Harstad, and looked to see if butter or something can be subbstatuted. it can if your wondering.
Then we went to buy ingrediants and I began the task of trying my hand at pie making... lets just say that I am considering changing my post title to:
And That, Kids, Is Why You REMEMBER That Celcius and Farenheit ARE NOT The Same...
Just saying... it was edible... or everything under the top layer of crust was edible, but 300 degrees celcius is not equal to 300 degrees farenheit, thus it doesn't take 30+ min to cook... I luckly rememebered this fact BREFORE I set the oven on fire, and before the whole pie was unsaveable... I removed the top crust and we were all set! and for my first time trying to make a pie i think it's good that at least the middle and bottom were edible...
Im now watching the Norwegian approximation of the Oscars and I really like the trophys they are given... sooo pretty!
alright, im going to go apply chapstick for the upteeth time today and hope that this time my lips regaine some moisture instead of feeling like sand-paper wanna-be's... I will be going snowboarding tomorrow and I will take my camera so I can try to get some good pics on Flikr for the first time in months.
and because I feel like it, If anybody has any questions and wants to know more about what I am doing here just comment! I check to see if people leave comments on a daily basis and I always sigh when nobody does so... just saying.
VI SNAKKES!!!
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