the first post of the year was supposed to be something profound about the new possibilities of the year or something. but I’ve got something better to write:
yesterday I got to fight with sticks and I learned how to break someone’s thumb.

how cool is that?!
the classes I signed up for started last week, but since Aimee was in California I was too big of a wuss to go to the class which teaches us Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do Concepts. when we arrived there yesterday I was happy for that.
first of all we were about five minutes late, finding the right building took a little while, and when we came through the door we were met with a group of big dudes doing push ups. a second later they were jogging in one place again. we were stunned and the only girls in this class. could we be more out of place?
we waved a quick hello to the instructor and found our spot on the floor. me and Aimee looked at the very muscular, tattooed guys and at each other. what the heck were we doing here?
when the instructor told us to do 20 push ups I went down on the floor and did five (?) and asked her just that. I also told her to never ever ever leave me alone in that room.
once the warm up was over and we signed in the real stuff began. we got the pads and started to learn different boxing (in lack of a better word) combinations, they threw in ducking and kicking as we went along.
even though it took me a while to get some of the combinations it was surprisingly fun, partly because we would break into fits of giggling while trying to look tough and like we wanted to kill the other person (the fact that I started to sing a long to Hey Jude didn't really help the situation).
I don't think anyone was annoyed with us, though. the instructors made a comment about how that was the fun corner, but they were really sweet to us and came over to show us how it was supposed to look.
after a small break we started using sticks. we each grabbed two bamboo sticks each, and again it was all about different combinations. the instructors were pretty smart - they sent one guy over to us and he stayed in our corner for the whole second hour. we obviously had no clue what we were doing. he was great. he helped us get it right and didn't get mad when I messed up five times in a row. we learned how to counteract an attack and this is when
*drum roll*
they showed how you easily can break someone's thumb - just make sure the person in question is holding a bamboo stick first :)

it was a long time since I had so much fun and the class I dreaded the most has easily become my favourite part of the week. once I get back home I'm going to find another class like this and go. anybody who wants to come with me?

a new year is almost here and some things will change and others won't.

I will stay in Seattle for a while longer that I originally thought. I've sent in papers for a 6 month extention ~ I'll probably go home in late June, so don't worry it's not gonna be that long :)
this means that I will take some classes at Belleue Community College which will be interesting.

one thing that I will need to work on this year is cleaning up the mess I created at home studywize. I'm not really looking forward to that, but isn't there an old saying about an unmade bed which would fit that situation?

looks like this will be an interesting year and hopefully, for once, I'll manage to complete my goals.
I'll keep you posted

I'm sooo sick of all the girl drama!
what's with people? are we 12 again? if someone is pissed they should just say so and why instead of being all pissy about it. what - we can't have different plans for the weekend and still be friends? noooo. I get that now. wish someone would have told me before.
and now it will bug me the rest of the day. thank you very much for that.
I'm annoyed. can you tell?
can't wait to go home and get away from this.

let move on to soemething good.
in about a week I'll get my papers from Au Pair In America and I'll know what date I'll come home. I talked to my councellor and she said the likely dates are October 19th or April 2nd.
the agency only pays for the flight from NY - little bit strange, I know - so my optionas are to pay 320 $ to fly from Seattle to Copenhagen or 200 $ from Seattle to NY to Copenhagen. I would have gone with the seecond option since I need the money for shipping stuff home. but thanks to my great parents, who are paying for it, I can do the first, and waay less stressfull, option number one.

let you know when I have the dates :)

Obama won. yay!
looks like we have hope after all. and now his daughters can finally get the puppy they've been dreaming off. voila everybody's happy :) I really liked this election, especially since it was over about two hours before all the votes were counted. me likey why do I like Obama so much? in his candidate statement he has a lot of good things to say *crosses fingers that he will keep them* such as: "men and women receive equal pay for equal work" "all Americans have access to quality, affordable health care" "make college affordable for anyone who wants to go" and the big one that will affect those not living in the US: "end the war in Iraq responsibly" and lock down loose nuclear weapons"

like I said me likey :)
apparently F wants me to report all the changes and sure, I will but it may take a while since Obama wont become president for another two months. but once he does I'm sure the grass will become greener and the sun will shine brighter.
just kidding.

kinda...

today is Election day. it's finally here.
there are signs everywhere that says "VOTE!" abc family and all the other TV channels which are directed towards the younger population tells you to "VOTE!" Ellen had an how to guide in her show yesterday and gave the Americans some good pointers ~ don’t ask the person in the booth next to you who they’re voting for ~
it kinda makes me feel guilty for not being able to vote. If they only knew how badly I want to do it.
it feels like most people in Washington state roots for Obama, I even saw a license plate that said 4OBAMA. now that’s what I call a true democrat.
I’m going to cross my fingers, and hope for the best. apart from that I’m pretty powerless in this situation and I don’t like it one bit.

I want to vote, can I pleeeeeaaaase?
I’ll give you cookies