What I've been up to this summer
August 07, 2009 :: Friday
This summer has been CRAZY. It's been jam-packed full of school, meeting new people, and hanging out with friends and family. A fine summer, if I do say so myself. Here are some of the things I did:
My friends and I went to see "Legally Blonde The Musical" at the Fox a few weeks ago, and it was so effing good. It just made me happy the whole time I was watching it because everything was just so freaking upbeat and pink. It was so good. Definitely worth my money. It was so funny.
Spenser and I definitely went to the midnight showing of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" when it came out. :) :) :) LOVE.
I've been consuming a tall Java Chip Frappuccino from Starbucks nearly every day this summer. Like seriously, almost every day. Mmm. Speaking of which, I need one right now. Haha.
Among my newest obsessions in Atlanta dining is a sandwich/bakery/coffee place called West Egg. Glen so kindly introduced me to this place for one of our Thursday lunches early in the summer, and I instantly fell in love (as he knew I would) with its quirky charm and delicious food. And they have the best cupcakes in Atlanta. Like seriously. I've eaten a lot of cupcakes in my day, and these are by far the best. Sorry, Mom! Zomg my mouth is watering.
I've recently been able to pick Odin Sphere back up now that classes are over and done with. This is probably the third time I restarted the game, but I'm bound and determined to get past the first character this time.
Also, since I've moved back home, I've been playing Animal Crossing City Folk with my brother and sister. I love playing video games with them.
Spenser has made it a personal responsibility of his to make sure I see all of the best movies of all time. Because apparently I haven't seen any of them. (I can't help it if I like romantic comedies and fantasy stories that don't seem to make this "list"!). Anyway, among those that we've watched this summer include: Edward Scissorhands, Vanilla Sky, Labyrinth, and Pulp Fiction. I've loved them all.
So that's that. That's kind of what I've been up to this summer. It was a good balance of school and non-school. These are some of the things I would have blogged about if I were actually able to at the time. I'm currently in the middle of a two-week break between classes and my fifth co-op semester which will start August 17th. I'm pretty much just doing web stuff and playing video games. :) Love!
Posted by Amanda at 1:26 pm in life
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So many things
July 25, 2009 :: Saturday
Now that I've got my issues with my hosting company squared away, I can actually make some posts. I've had so many things I wanted to blog about in the past couple of weeks, but I couldn't log in to my admin panel to access my entries database.
The summer semester is almost over! I have four finals next week: CS 2340 - Objects and Design, BIOL 1510 - Intro to Biology, CS 3240 - Compilers and Interpreters, PSYC 2240 - Personality Theory. I'll be done with finals on Wednesday, then I'm moving back home on Thursday.
I did the most exciting thing last week: BOUGHT/BUILT A NEW COMPUTER. Zomg, it's so good, I'll have to post details about it later. I freaking love it. I can't wait until finals are over so I can do some serious web design/development.
Well it's getting late, so Spenser and I are going to watch "The Notebook" and get some sleep. Night. : )
Posted by Amanda at 11:37 pm in life
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I still love you, LPP
June 14, 2009 :: Sunday
My Dear Blog,
Yeah, hi. As you may or may not have noticed, I haven't updated in, well, a long time. We're gonna go ahead and blame that on a combination of the fact that you were loaded with viruses for a few months there and the fact that you need a new layout. My bad.
Anyway. I just wanted to stop by and tell you I'm still alive and having the favorite summer anyone could have. Classes keep me happily busy, and my friends are just amazing.
So get on the lookout for a makeover. I seriously owe.
Love,
Amanda
Posted by Amanda at 10:40 am in life
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Foundations of Digital Games 2009
May 04, 2009 :: Monday
Let me just start out by saying that the conference was AWESOME. Omg, it was amazing to be constantly surrounded by intelligent discussions about games. On a cruise ship. It was my favorite thing, really.
Today marks the beginning of my last week of work for the semester. Most of the summer semester co-ops returned today, so we have about twice as many of us in the co-op room as usual. It's insane. That's like, fourteen of us. Quite distracting.
Tomorrow I'll have my end-of-semester performance review, Wednesday my boss will take me, Tyler, and Alex out for the end-of-semester co-op lunch at Maggiano's, Thursday Emily comes home (!!!), and Friday is just Friday. Saturday I'll be packing for Sunday, which is when I'll be moving back to campus. Classes start on Monday. I can't wait for a change of pace.
Posted by Amanda at 5:38 pm in IOS research
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Happy Easter!
April 12, 2009 :: Sunday
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You're lovely
April 11, 2009 :: Saturday
"Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened." It was mutual. And that's all I'm going to say. :)
I have like, infinitely more free time these days. I have been:
- Writing a petition to the CoC faculty
- Reading books (finished the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)
- Freelancing
- Doing a billion philanthropy for AΩE (Tech Beautification Day, Relay for Life)
- Registering for summer classes
- Preparing for my cruise/conference
- Not blogging
Um...this is, like, the best Firefox theme I've ever seen. I saw one of my AΩE sisters with it last night. Authored by this artistic individual. THE SCROLL BARS ARE PIPES. What else could you want?
Also, my new favorite picture:
We climbed up Stone Mountain for our Spring sisterhood retreat. :)
Posted by Amanda at 5:02 pm in life
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Shouldn't I be having more free time right now?
March 17, 2009 :: Tuesday
Ah, yes. It's been awhile. I've been so busy. I have no idea where all my time went for the last week!
Last weekend was packed with fun and exciting things.
Friday night, David and I went on a date (!!) to an amazing sushi restaurant called Silk where we ate beer-battered sea bass, a bagel roll, and a ninja roll. SO GOOD. After that we zoomed over to the movie theater to watch Slumdog Millionaire, which was SO GOOD by the way. It was a really solid film. After the movie, we proceeded to Haagen-Dazs where I got mocha chip (or some such flavor) ice cream, David got triple chocolate (or some such flavor) + chocolate chip, and a cute three-year old was copying every move that I was making and then she would check to see if I was watching. SHE WAS SO CUTE.
Saturday we tried to go to Momocon, Georgia Tech's anime convention. By "tried" I mean we went there, the line was a billion people long to get to the shops, so we looked at some costumes then went to Popeye's. I had never been to Popeye's before, and I must say that it was tasty.
Sunday was the busiest day, in which I drove up to my dad's house to have lunch with my other family in celebration of his birthday. We hung out for about two hours at Jason's Deli, then I came back home to pick up my mom at which point we went shopping for a dress for my formal (!!). After that was finished, we came home and Mom prepared our traditional St. Patrick's Day dinner: corned beef + cabbage (and potatoes and carrots and bread). I am part Irish and part French. And some Scottish. Anyway. David and Spenser came over for that, so that was fun.
Then yesterday was Monday, and somehow my work day flew by, and I felt like I hadn't accomplished anything. Came home, worked on my client's site.
Now it's Tuesday, and this marks the first day of my "Nuclear Fundamentals for Non-Nuclear Personnel" three-day training course at work. I love being a (co-op) applications developer at INPO, but now that I'm a good four semesters into my co-op, I'm so excited to have the opportunity to learn more about the industry that I'm helping. And next week...I GET TO VISIT A PLANT - BELLEFONTE! I'm so excited. I can't wait.
On Thursday, David, Tyler, and I will be venturing on a road trip to DISNEY WORLD to visit EMILY, and I'm just so excited. I love road trips, and I love Emily, and I also love David and Tyler, and we can all just go ahead and assume that I love Disney World too.
Is it Thursday yet?
Also, and this is mostly for David, Yoshi has recently taken to sleeping like a person. I seriously did not help him do this:
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Posted by Amanda at 7:09 pm in life
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