Have a Seat, Dad

I get my good looks from...

...my mom and dad.

Tainach English Week

ESL. I am allowed to comment because my GSL is just as awesome as the following board:

I don't watch any movie.

Mr. Bean socks.
Mr. Bean hang his socks.
I was hear music.
Yesterday I made a listening music.
Yesterday I gave Esther a paper!
Wiener Schnitzel + Yesterday I ate.
I went to go to bed at 02:00am.
Yesterday I was swimming.

Then we worked on it a bit... added some, crossed some out, took a picture as a keepsake.

About 13 students in my class (depending what day of the camp it was -- started with 9... then 10... you get the picture). Classroom to ourselves for 3 hours every morning. Can you imagine what kind of fun was had?!

But the camp had a total of 70 kids and 7 teachers.
Now can you imagine what kind of fun we had?!

We learned some English.
We face-painted which led to...body-paint!
We played musical chairs.
We had a scavenger hunt while playing musical chairs.
We represented the continents of the world.
We climbed trees.
We went on a hike.
They tried to get me to speak German. I tried to get them to speak English.
We played lots of soccer.
We went swimming all the time.
We made a sketch titled "The Queen visits McDonalds".
I always had sweets in my pocket.
We felt like we were on vacation.
We had a midnight swim.
We didn't talk about boys.
They wore short shorts.
**We wished on falling stars.**
(I hope mine comes true... all 13 of them...)
We swam in the Drau River.
We played with glitter.
We always had a great view.
We ate yummy food.
We celebrated some birthdays.
We tried interpretive dance.
We got lost.
We went shopping.
We didn't sleep much.
We managed 20 min of chapel a night.
We learned origami.
We made friends.
We got scared.
We picked some corn.
We ate the raw corn we picked.
We were always late.
We ate ice-cream.
We made up a water-volleyball-hop.
We drummed.
We had a vuvuzela choir.
Did you know that the caps on plastic bottles make a vuvuzela sound when you blow on them?!
We discoed like there was no tomorrow.
We hated getting up in the morning.
We tried to go running more than once... fail
We drank free juice and ate free fruit.
We found a pony.
We ate apples off a tree.
We made fun of each other.
We learned some tongue twisters.
I GOT PRANKED.


Best. Camp. Ever.

A Sincere Compliment

My privilege to live 3 months with these ladies: Jenny and Breanna.

The first night was a bit of a shock:

"Ya, I'm from Provo."
"Really, Provo? Like you are actually from Provo?"
"Ya, I'm from Provo."
"Oh, ok."
...
x2
...

Jenny, aka Mrs. Smith, is one tumble* after the other. Her Dang-lish* will have you rolling on the floor for days! In the kitchen she'll make a crepe-stack that can actually kill you if consumed {so delicious}. Her handwriting is CuTiE-BaBoOtIe* and she is a writer on this hilarious blog: stuff BYU people like. And just as a + for all you who know and don't know her: she will have the best wedding ever this September. According to her fiance, roller coasters and Austrian flowers are the least you can expect at this Party of the Century. I'm pretty super excited, despite her not being 100% sure on the colors (I still vote navy, grey, white).

Breanna will single-handedly start any fashion trend, anywhere in the world, at any time. Snarky*1! She's the next Mrs. Obama with regard to style. Get this: in 3 months she has cat-walked a darling red jacket with a bow and ruffle lapel, sported colorful tights/not so colorful tights, done the skinny jeans and stilettos , even discovered Vienna's-Secret-Asian-Shoe-Market*. Although defeating the intent of her talent, HIRE her to take stalker pictures of you. They are gorgeous and good and will someday be worth millions: photographic curiosity. Breanna is Class to a T*. Proof 1: she has a page dedicated to chocolate and their labels in her journal!! Proof 2: she loves shoes!! Proof 3: she does poetry!! Her traveling mantra is one to be adopted: travel like you are only ever going to do it once. Oh, and she kindly woke me up in the morning, inviting me to join her morning jogs (which I have stopped doing since she left...)

These 2 girls are my friends. I love them. I miss them. I wish them the best. On our last night, I found a little love note from them, cut-flowers*, and sheet music from Mozart on my table. This was among the top 5 most sincere compliments I have ever received -- the fact that we had become friends.

YOU BETTER COME STAY WITH ME WHEN YOU COME BACK TO VIENNA

* Tumble: Sporadic outburst of laughter on accident and worth recording (pic, movie, journal).
*Dang-lish: The language all us American ex-pats speak when we attempt Deutsch. Some speak more DANG some more LISH. Main thing to remember - it's a language.
*CuTiE-BaBoOtIe: Super adorable, ideal for scrapbooking, looks like a computer typed it.
*Snarky: 1. substitute for 'dang!' 2. A brown-nose, I'm better than you attitude (Breanna, correct me if I'm wrong!)
*Vienna's-Seceret-Asian-Shoe-Market: not actually a market, rather a collection of the best and most affordable shoes, found in small shops around Vienna, always owned by an Asian.
*Class to a T: I have never understood why anything is to a T, but I think it means 'perfectly' or 'in its fullest'.
*Cut-flowers: Make sure you vote!!!

2 Truths and 1 Lie

Questions:
1. What's most on your mind these days?
2. What do you think is your greatest weakness?
3. What do you fear the most?

My Answers:
1. Living Situation
2. Inability to Commit
3. Not Becoming Successful

{2 are true. 1 is a lie.}

What are your answers?

Austria's Turn

"Hey, America!! If you are all snap, crackle, pop: Beat This!" -- Austria

Austria doesn't require anyone to own a car, at any time in their life.
America asks how you get yourself to work in job interviews.
Austria is Picture-Perfect.
America is 100 yrs old, tops.
Austria doesn't set off the *Am I as fat as that?!* alarm every time you are in public.
America breeds anorexia.
Austria is paying for my education (and other people's too).
America adds a bonus class to your upper-level education: Debt 101.
Austria is travel-central! (Tops 1 hour and 20 Euros to 3 new countries!)
America road trips from point A to point A. (Oops, I mean Las Vegas to Los Angeles.)
Austria raises the world's standard of living, by being top 3, every year.
America is modern.
Austria has the most clever advertising for shoes. {see above}
America wears sneakers.
Austria gives you this little blue e-card that lets you go to the doc/dent for free!
America gives you McDonald coupons.
Austria has the cheapest, best ever, cell phone plans.
America does free nights and weekends.
Austria values speaking English the way America values tying its shoes.
America doesn't do crossword puzzles.

I heart my 3 passports.

Muted

Look at these FruitLoops:

Wrong?

Yeah! Where did the red, orange, blue ones go?!?! ToucanSam... slacker.

Muted is actually a good way to describe a lot of things over here. America has a snappy, crack, pop feel too it; Austria just keeps doing what is has always been doing...

I miss American-Pizazz!


America has that 'go Big or go Home' attitude!
Austria does not have water-fountains in every building.
American yards look awesome! (they all match!)
Austria has a million little grocery stores, little pharmacies, little kebap stands.
America has Costco and Walmart!
Austria has a lot of old people that ride the public bus system.
America is more willing to serve, smile, and be friendly!
Austria uses trains as a common mode of transportation.
America is cleaner (people included)!
Austria smokes. *cough *cough
America has more better looking guys and cars!
Austria is slower (not talking about traffic).
America has more and better parties! (open house policy)
Austria is formal and frugal.
America makes less of a deal about money!
Austria only has 3 colors of FruitLoops. (Not even FruitLoops. How about LameLoops,)
America has Root Beer and Peanut Butter M&Ms!
Austria doesn't eat much fast food.
America flaunts trends! (organic, running, clothes, music, etc.)

It is my personal duty to bring a little more !! into this .-society.

You Can Call me Audrey

Do you remember Audrey Hepburn wearing a little tiara in most her pictures? Didn't pick up on that til last night, when I dressed-up as her Look-a-Like. Yes, tiara and all!

All it really takes to look like Audrey is a half bottle of hairspray, pearls, a little black dress, and some YouTube Tutorials. Oh -- in the stead of the classy cigarette, I opted for a classy paintbrush. Worked wonders in the Look-a-Like photoshoot I had.

YouTube's links:

Make-Up -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHVTYay--3E

Hair -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1uWTLN4Kok


What do you think? Can I pull it off? The night was perfect. Totally worth it. On my way home I thought, "Going to a ball is totally worth it if you are the best looking one." (or at least feel that you are!)