One big family

Austin, November 5th

Another week is over. Where is my time?

Even the time in school is running. I don't know why the American school day is so quick over, compared with the German day. Maybe it's because we have more breaks and more classes in Germany.

In football class we were in the weight room, in history we have a seat plan. I don't have new neighbors. on of them sat next to me the last some weeks and the other guy sat next to me the weeks before.

In english class we rated some posters of other students. Some were about the witch trials of Samem, other about the pilgrims and some abou other events or people of the American history.And the rest of the time we read books or magazines. I read something about Star Wars Episode 1. I think the next time, we have this SSR / reading time, I will continuine with that book. It looks interesting.

Later today, Daphanie brought me to the football game. It started good, but then it got boring. The endscore was 61:7 for the Rangers. I cheered the first some touchdowns, but then I didn watch the game anymore, but talked to Sivonna and Erika. And I got know Kerri, the last drum major. First she wasn't very happy about meeting me. Someone told her about the kidnapping and the roof, so she was scared that I would do something to her, too. Actually, I have some nice ideas what i could do with her, but for one thing I would need a boat and for the other a airplane. And I have to get her on the boat or plane. Would probable not work, so I have to think about something else. Or she is just the lucky one, and I don't do anything to her.

After the game I talked to some guys from the JV teams and waited for Miranda. I watched her tidying up the band stuff and met some other band guys.

Some of them call me dad! And Miranda is mom. And abou a half dozen of them hugged me. Some of them, most of them, I've never seen before. But okay, I'm a nice guy, if they want to hug their 'dad', why not? 

And one person, I think his name is Paul, want me to call him. He is one of the guys I've never met before so I think I wont call him. And I don't have his number, so even if i want to call, I couldn't. Someone else told me how he likes his pancakes. Very important to know, isn't it?

The laundromat robber

November 4th

Loran left today for a cruise. He will be away until monday morning.

In Spanish we wrote the second part of our test. I think it's the first time, that I wrote one test on two different days. 

Theater class was great. The best thing today, since I have no game. We should write in groups Lazzis. Thats like a little script that says you who you are and what happens, or what kind of person you are, but the rest you have to improv. We wrote about Dracula. We organized props, a sword as cross and a huge gun, and had some good ideas what to play. But later in the auditorium the teacher told us, that we olay the Lazzis of other groups. Mrs Dye said something about partners, I wasn't really listening, so I looked for a partner. Or better the partner looked for me, Tishya wanted me to be her partner. But the Lazzi we got was for 4 people. Jessiaca joined us and the 4th person we skipped. 

Tishya and I were in a laudromat. I think it was called like that. Thate's were you can go, to wash your clothes, if you don't can do the laundry at home.

And Jessica was a robber. The probably worst robber I've ever seen. I ahven't seen much real robber, so she IS the worst one. She wanted to steal the Quarter coins of the machines, but when she shot to open those machines, the bullet flew back and killed her. Shit happens. But a good opportunity for Tishya and me to take the coins and disappear.

That was pretty much my day, not very exciting.

The last battle

Austin, October 3rd

Today was a half day in school. I don't know why, someone said something about a teacher meeting, but I don't really care. School ended at 1 o'clock. And for my last football game I had to be back in school at 4:30. Enough time to go home, eat some chili and watched a movie.

According to my team mates is it very cold. Actually, it's like it have been every morning in the German early summer. Just the rain and especially the rain was annoying.

For the game I wore a red shirt with long sleeves. Fits good to the black jersey. 

It was the third time Rangers versus Cavaliers. And the second time that the Cavaliers won. And both times in our stadium. Luckily we won the first game, I'm very positive, that we are still district champ.

It was the last game in this season. I will miss it. Hopefully the varsity team will stay long in the play offs, so I can at least watch them. Today i bought a play-Off-Shirt. I love the sentence on the back: Going where no Ranger Football team has gone before.

I guess thats everything tht happened to me today. It's just one thing left:

Happy Birthday Dad!

 

It's cold. Outside.

Austin, November 2nd

I wonder, if I can implement parts of songs if the title. Like for today it would be the sentence 'It's cold outside'. Hmm... I don't know the title of the song... But that's exactly what I want to hear now.

This morning I got my phone back. For that I was first in the main office, so Loran could sign in as visitor, then in the attendance office to get the phone. And later in Spanish class I got a note that I have to go to the guidance office. But not because the phone, I had to sign something, that I go back to Germany after this year, so I don't have to do the TAKS. As if I had a choice, my visa isn't valid for a second year. 

In football class the special teams had practice. So I had to take a knee, somewhere at the field to mark the position of the opponent. And it was cold. As long as you move it's okay, at least for me. I'm used to such temperatures, for the poor americans it was much worse. And the shower was cold. 

In multimedia I colored greyscale picture. I have no access to my email account and now not even SchuelerVZ anymore, so I can't upload my pictures.

My multimedia teacher plays Call of Duty, can you belive that? She said, that some in her CoD team are from Germany, so she wanted me to show her, from what part of Germany I am. 

With my football coach I talked about the German school system. It's nice, that so many people are interested in the differences of the US and germany. One football player asked me on what side the cars in Germany drive. Actually he asked me twice. And Steffen at least once.

And some other player lookes shocked, when I told them, that for me the weather is a great November weather.

But after school the weather was really bad. It was cold, windy and it started to rain. We stopped practice at about ten after five. So I had to wait almost an hour until someone picked me up. I should ask some guys if they life close to Avery Ranch, but most of them life in a other dirrection. It really sucks, that I can't reach nothing without a car. And if both of my hostparents work, I can't to anything.

found and lost again: My cellphone

Austin, November 1st

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESSI-SCHATZ

It's my sisters 19th birthday. And I'm not in Germany to celebrate with her. Probalbly I wouldn't celebrate if I would be ther either. But I hope she had a great day with her friends or family.

Yesterday I lost my phone. Luckily just in Mirandas car. She gave it back to me before Algebra class. Actually I wanted to meet her in front of the band hall. But she waited at an different entrance than me. Great job we two. 

I wrote loran a text message that I have my phoneback. He answered. And I wanted to answer him... I just sent a short message to Miranda during lunch period and wanted to write Loran, that it's probably not a good idea to text me when I'm in school, when suddenly a teacher appeared behind me. "Did we wrote a nice text?" "Yes, Sir." "Follow me please". And again was my phone away. Crap. Isn't it ironically, that they took my phone, just when I wanted to wrote someone, that I shouldn't text during school? I should have followed my own advice, and shouldn't have texted. But, really, what's the problem with texting during lunch? It's not like I miss any class!

People who know me know, I hate talking while I eat. So even if i wouldn't text during lunch, I would not talk more.

Whatever, I don't really need the phone, actually i just have it on, so I can wait for a text message. That keeps me from fall asleep in school. 

But today I was so tired, it wouldn't have made a real difference.

Annoying was, that I had to wait for about 30 minutes, after football practice. It ended very early, but Loran of course couldn't know that.

And it was kind of stupid, that I had to be online to chat with people, just sending a SMS is way easier. Then I can be whereever I want and do whatever I want to do. Enough about cellphones.

Football practice wasn't very good. I caught after the warm up just about 3 balls. One of my contacts was broken, so I couldn't see very well, and I forgot my gloves at home. And it was hot! But I still had fun. Maybe I should become something like a cornerback. Just run against other people.

Of course the day wasn't completely bad. I had fun in English class. The best thing about A-days. We watched a movie about the witch trials in Salem. Terrible story. 150 people were innocent in jail, 3 peolpe died there. And 20 people were executed.

Later the teacher read statements, and we had to decide if it's a 'always a sin', 'sometimes' or 'never'. Like, not voting is in my opinion never a sin. If the people don't care by whom they are governed, it's their own business. Murder is always a sin. And some more statements like that.

When we walked back, Saige slaped my butt. Ali said, she can't do that, because I have a girlfriend. I slapeded Alis butt and told her, that I think my girlfriend don't care so much about that. I hope.

Hmm, is slap the right word there? Or should I use clap or hit?

I guess I will change it sometimes. But not now, it's late, I go to bed now.

Good night America, good morning germany, hello rest of the world!