He's a Pirate

Austin, September 30th

In school was nothing interesting today, maybe exept for the Theater class, so I will skip it today.

(In Theater we play pantomie again, and the play of my group is quite funny, but somehow it matches perfectly the picture of many of the students I know better than just from class. I will write about it when we perform it)

Some football players, at least high school football players and sure college players, too, 'decorate' their helmets with little stickers. In Vista ridge every thursday some of the players are 'hardheads' (or hardhats?) of the week. I think if you are really good in practice or at the last game... you get this 'title'. They sign some white helmets and get such a sticker.

Today got not just these hardheads a sticker, but all players with just B's or A's, too.

Like I wrote the first six-week period is over, so we got today our report cards.

And guess what, I got a sticker! Now I have a little skull at the back of my helmet.

After school we drive to the Cedar Park Highschool. The Ranger JV never beat them before, but now they have two lucky charms. Steffen and me. Since we are playing, we never lost a game!

And so we beat them today. 

Unfortunately the new players didn't play very much. I was about 3 times at the field, and I think Steffen didn't play today. Again we made one touchdown to less. Everytime the coach say Steffen get the next field goal, we don't score anymore...

  

Indy

Austin, September 29th

Wednesday, how can I always forget the Ranger time? Luckily was there an announcement before I could run to the gym.

I still think it's a waste of time, but it's just about 29 minutes, before I have nothing to talk anymore, the time is over.

In football class they trained the special teams again... That means for me: standing around.

I talked a bit to the players, especially one of the JV black quarterbacks. It's always good to be friend with the quarterbacks. This are the guys who throw the ball to you, or not, if they don't like you.

PJ, that's the quarterbacks nickname, really wants me to get a touchdown, and guess what, I want this too!

In the practice I get better and better. I catch most of the balls.

Even a 9 route I caught today.

I really like it better, when just the quarterback, the receiver and a safety, at least I think it was  a safety. I don't care much about the defense, I just know: this guys did a great job the last weeks!

But what the last weeks was doesn't count, tomorrow we play against Cedar Park, I've heard this will be the hardest oppenent so far.

I'm really looking forward to that game.

Football practice was short today, I as standing outside and waited for my hostdad at 5:55. Usually we practice until 6 o'clock.

But it was a good practice. We started with hiting dummies. First run to them, then run until you almost touch them, not easy as it sound, and then punch and run again.

Then the coach worked with other players. We had nothing to do, so we grabed JP and practiced routes.

Later we practices plays. We splitted in two 'huddles', and somehow was I the only X-receiver in my huddle. So I had to take part in every play, instead of play 3, someone else plays 3, (if there are more they play 3), you play 3 again. It was hot, I don't know what we would do without the watergirls.

And at last we made one big huddle at one side of the field, and an other one at the other side. Or they did something else, I don't know, aand I had no time to watch them. Now we were 3 X'es, so I had a break sometimes.

The school was boring, in Algebra 2 we did nothing new. At least not for me, and in US history we had a test. Multiple choice, no problem. Everytime you don't know the answer you cross answer 'b'.

I think I've heard of a research about multiple choice tests, and most of the answers are 'b'.

Or I just imagine it, in this case I will somewhen start a research and proof my theory.

I think I got a 94. Not bad, huh?

In English a cousellor visited us. She talked something about ACEs and SATs or something like that, I don't care, I don't need that college preperation stuff. I don't even have to know what projects and stuff the students will have to do in the Senior year, then I wont be here anymore.

After that we wrote a test. I think it was a test, we will have time to finish it next class, that's a bit weird.

After dinner Gary and I looked in his coin glass for quarter dollar coins with special backs. I have now 47 different coins. 46 from the states and one from Northern Mariane Islands, whatever that might be.

Then we watched Raider of the lost ark. I LOVE INDIANA JONES MOVIES! Harrison Ford is such a great actor. And i must say, the bad, bad Germans spoke very good German. Maybe they were real Germans, at least one of them spoke a bit informal German (Sach e mal, was machst du denn da oben?). I translated the German parts for Gary, it's an old VHS casette, and it has no subtitles with an English translation.

Big game tomorrow, I will go to bed early.

Good night everyone, or good morning there over the Atlantic...

Hey, I just remember, the test in Englih had two texts, one of them about the 'Crystal night' (Kristallnacht, war das nicht die Reichsprogromsnacht?) and in Indiana Jones there were the Nazis again. (No I don't want to say anything with that, I just remembered that)

Contacts and football

Austin, September 28th

I finally got my contact lenses in, in less then 10 minutes!

In football practice the special teams practiced most of the time, but at least I could exactly see, what they were doing.

I have so bad eyes, it's terrible...

But football practice was good.

Again the special teams practiced, but they didn't need the whole field, so 'my' quarterback and some of us wide receiver practiced some routes. It's good when nobody say you what you have to run, exept for your quarterback. Or you tell him. Or I (the outside receiver) and a inside receiver decide together what routes we do.

I think 0, 5 and 3 are my best routes.

In Spanish we have a new seating plan. I sit now across from my old seat. But i have new guys on my table.

One of the girls in my Spanish class seems to like my, in the last days I saw she sometimes on my way from the gym to the class, and she always smiles at me. And today she sometimes turned around and smiled to my again.

In multimedia I started a new picture. Its with many colors, close to each other. Little scuares or circles.

I'm not so far that it hurts the eyes when you watch it. But the picture of the girl next to me is awesome. I can't look at it for more then a few seconds. She can't anymore too, I hope she is ready with that.

In theater class we watched a movie about the medieval. That, and especially the theater at this time, is our topic now. Later we read a play from this time. Everyman. I think it's the only play from this time, but I'm not sure, I didn't really listen.

So now I want to got to the gym. 

Second 6 weeks

Austin, September 27th

Today started the second six-week period. Actually we had just five weeks school. And this six-week period are again just 5 weeks.

I tired to get my contact lenses on before school, but after ten minutes I stopped. I wanted to try it again before football class. But there I couln'd get them in too. I should practice it tonight.

Especially because Jessica and Carolin laughed about than. Carolin don't even need a mirror to get them in.

It needs practice they said, okay I will wear them tomorrow!

In Algebra we solved equations. Like the last weeks. It's easy, but it started to get boring.

Football practice was cold. We wore just shorts and shirts. And the helmet, but this doesn't keep you warm.

It starts to get colder. And so most of us freeze. But I liked it. In Germany I had this temperature every morning.

Later we ware in the weight room. And YEAH! I finally can do the squads with 90 (!!) pounds + two chains + the stick! I'm so proud of myself.

In US history we have a new seat plan. Great, I sit somewhere in the back, with two other guys on 6 desks...

In English we worked again at our poem and a photo story for this poem. Boooring.

We worked on computers and I sat with two other football player at one desk. From behind my some girls wanted me to sit with them, from the front some wanted me to go to them, so I decides to stay where I am.

And -crap- I sat at the only computer that didn't work...

The computer by the girls behind was already used, and they said I'm not their best friend anymore (I don't know if I should laugh or cry). But when i wanted to go to the girls at the front, the teacher made me to sit on a computer a the very back of the room.

After school it was warmer, so I sweat when i had football practice. But it was a good practice. I learned some new things, caught many balls. And that still withour lenses.

When I arrived at home the first thing I did was put in the lenses. I needed almost 10 minutes. Why it's now so difficult? At the eye care it was absolutely no problem...

So now I go with Loran to the gym. I have to think about what I can workout today... Arms I did the last time and in school we did... I think almost everything. Maybe chest and legs.

A day in two parts

Austin, September 26th

After we almost fell asleep in the sauna of the gym we drove to a donuts shop. DOOOONUTS. I love DOONUTS (or doughnuts? i don't care, donut is donut, no matter how it's written)

But it was closed. we were 51 minutes to late...

Ha, the drive thru is open until 1am. So we have 10 minutes to buy them!

A perfect start in the day.

So we drove home, drunk milk and ate DOOOONUTS. Okay, now it's even for myself annoying to write donuts in capital letters with many o's.

In the TV was titanic. Boring. I ate my donuts and started to write my blog. So now it's 2:19. I had the best breakfast someone can have. My right eye hurts because I wore the contacts way too long.

I go to bed now. I want to go to church later and I think it's not good to sleep in a church. In a school yes, in the cinema, wast of money, but yes, but in a church I try to be a good boy.

But when I talked to Colleen yesterday I remembered many stories, where I was not a good boy... Hmm nice memories.

So but now really enough, I write later again. Good nite.
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So, I slep a couple of hours and we went to church. It was the first time for Gary in that church.
We took his car and the navi sent us... I have no idea. Somewhen we drove this direction, then we turned and drove the same way back... But finally we arrived at the church.
I think for the future we should chose one way to church and take this everytime. Not every time an other route.

I met Sharon, Sonja and Adrian there. Sonja and Adrian had a playday yesterday (for those who are to lazy to read Sonjas blog, a playday is a horseback riding competition). And they made 4th (Sonja) and 7th place (Adrian). Congratulation guys!
I remember when I had riding lessons, I could hardly keep the horse under control, I'm pretty sure I will never be able to go to a competition.

With Adrian I talked about football. What a wonder....

At the way back we first had planned to stop at a Whataburger. (was that a good burger or a bad one, I can't remember, I ate so many burgers in the last weeks..)
Then Gary wanted to go home and eat there.
But finally we stopped at Freddy's. Steakburger... I prefer real hamburger. And why do they have so thin fries. I guess they get their stuff from the same merchant like Steack & Shake. The burger look the same and the fries are pretty sure the same brand. Small and thin....

At home I chatted with some girls from my school. Later we watched Football Bloopers. Its a stupid movie, they try to be funny all the time and after some minutes it's just annoying.

The dinner was much better than lunch. Gary made the same meat like you get at Rudy's, just a bit better.
At Rudy's you get a whole mountain of meat, cut in thin slices. And somehow special cooked.

After dinner we watched the Waterboy. This was for sure not the best movie of Adam Sandler, but sometimes funny, though.
It's a bit weird when he plays with a grimaces the whole time and changed his voice.
Same as in this devil movie. Little Nicki or Satan Junior or whatever it's called. I hope Big Dddy is better... I think I saw it yet. I'm not sure.
And I'm really looking forward to see Indiana Jones in English. George Lucas and Harrison Ford, a dream team.
Oh I totally forgot: Loran bought some old movies, like the Waterboy, Big Daddy, the first Indiana Jones... and so I have to watch many movies the next week.