Let's raise the roof!

So Thursday I didn't do anything special. We had class 'till 12:20 and after that Hannah and I pretty much just sat in the sun and read books. Which was relaxing and fun. Friday, however was an entirely different story. Not that it wasn't fun, it just wasn't as tranquil as Thursday. After our classes had ended, we decided to see if we could get into "The Rooftop Lounge". We didn't have very high hopes, since you have to be 21 to get into most clubs. Nonetheless, we did succeed, due to the fact that some guys here at EF had made a deal with a promoter. (This means that the promoter will get you into the club, for a certain price, and in exchange you tell all your friends about this amazing club. Pretty smart, ey). So we managed to get a taxi (it wasn't easy because almost everyone on campus wanted to go) and drove to Manhattan. That might sound easy, but apparently it isn't when you're a Hispanic taxi driver. The guy didn't even know where Manhattan was. Luckily Natalia was with us and she could speak Spanish with him. Eventually we arrived at the club and we got in! They didn't even give my ID a second glance, even though I'm only eighteen. The party was awesome, so much better than parties in Doetinchem (sorry 22-24). It indeed was a Rooftop lounge, because we were in a f-ing penthouse. How cool is that. We had free drinks and the music was great. The view was amazing, because you could see the tall buildings of New York. It's funny how there weren't any stars, because of all the light from the city. We had arrived at the lounge around midnight and stayed until a quarter to four. That was when we started to get hungry (our dinner was at 17:30). Thus we set out to find some food. Of course, being party goers we couldn't settle for anything other than burgers. There I was, eating a cheeseburger, in Manhattan, at 4:15. We finished our meals (and immediately regretted it) and went to find our taxi again. Charles, Nicolas and Lucky decided it was a good idea to play American football on the sidewalk in the middle of NYC and Nicolas almost died, because the ball rolled onto the street. *sigh* boys will be boys. We found our way back to the club and for some reason we weren't surprised when our taxi-driver was nowhere to be seen. After an angry phone-call from Natalia, our taxi came rolling around the corner. We all got in and immediately fell asleep. We arrived on campus at six in the morning and fell flat on our beds (not easy when you're in the top bed). The following morning, as can be expected, we were zombies. We decided to stay home and just do mind numbing tasks. Therefor I went to do my laundry. It was quite the experience, but luckily everything turned out O.K. On Sunday we went to Soho and I was pleasantly surprised when they spelled my name right at Starbucks. We just walked around for a bit and went on a quest for jeans for Hannah. We failed miserably, because Hannah is tall and very thin. Eventually I bought a new bag, because my new one was broken (screw you century 21!) and a shirt. By that time we were hungry (that's my secret, I'm always hungry) and went in search for food. We ate at the Rockefeller center and went to Central Park. We managed to sit there for half an hour, before we freaked out because of the staggering amount of rats that were walking around. Seriously, brr. Today I had my first new SPIN classes. The first one was Drama and it was quite O.K. The second class was American Youth in film and it was AMAZING! I saw world's most awesome movie ever. For those of you that want to know what movie I'm talking about: it was "Primal Fear". It's about a teenage guy that is accused of murdering the Archbishop of Chicago. There is a lot of hard evidence against him (he's was caught flying the crime scene covered in blood and his prints are all over the place). Lawyer Martin Vail loves publicity and decides to take the case. Aaron (the alleged murderer) turns out to be a sweet and utterly innocent looking guy. He even has a stutter! Normally Vail doesn't care about whether his clients are innocent or not, but this time he is convinced that Aaron is innocent. Therefore he decides to plead not guilty. Eventually Vail finds out that Aaron is suffering from DID (disassociative identity disorder) which results in a split personality. However Vail cannot plea "not guilty for reason of insanity" because you can't change your plea mid-trail. Vail tries everything and eventually wins the case. It might sound like I spoiled the movie, but I didn't because the best part is the very last scene. Of course I'm not going to tell you about it, because you should see it for yourself. Wow, this was a long post. Hope you enjoyed it.

Yours truly,