why.
Dear Face, I hate you. Why am I cursed with such incurable acne? And ankle - you're on my bad list too.
classes
Hmmmm. So pretty much...I'm never going to graduate.
This is my schedule for next semester:
CS 2200 - Systems and Networks
MATH 3012 - Applied Cominatorics
CS 4400 - Intro to Database Systems
LCC 3401 - Technical Writing
MATH 3770 - Statistics and Applications
Also, I will be working at INPO on Mondays and Wednesdays from 7am to 5pm, and maybe on Fridays from 7am to 12pm. It's quite ugly.
I'm really excited to get back to class though.
I'm sleepy. Why am I not sleeping right now.
American Gangster
Wellll. It's been awhile. Sorry about that.
David, Spenser, Adrian, Mitch, and I all went to see American Gangster last night. The initial plan was to go to the drive-in and see it, but having to eat dinner and chairs not fitting in Mitch's car kinda ruined that idea. It was a good movie, not my favorite thing ever. I wanted to fall asleep in the beginning, but it got better. I usually really like Denzel Washington, especially in Man on Fire (first movie I ever cried at), but I think I only like him when he's the good guy.
That's all I really feel like talking about now.
I'm going to California on Thursday.
procrastinating
I am sleepy.
And I am trying to pack for California. What does one bring to California?
In other news, I got into the creative writing class that I wanted!!! I'm so excited; I wasn't sure if I would get in because I'm a CS major trying to take an LCC class that's filled up. But my professor gave me permission. *happy*
According to, well, everyone, I need to drop a class. Most probably Prob. Stat.
Status meeting got canceled today. Muwahaha.
I am seriously excited about California. My uncle is getting married. I'm wicked excited about seeing my Mom's side of the family. They make me say things like 'wicked.' (Massachusetts.)
Also, I need to be taking more pictures.
Oh yes. I am so thankful for one of my girl friends today.
Also, I realized that people get comfortable with me a lot faster than I get comfortable with them. They do things like consider asking me to go to a baking class with them.
WHAT a random post. Then end.
on wine tasting
So California is fun. We're in Sonoma, which is in the northern part of the state and sitting in wine country. Or wine valley. Or whatever it's called.
This picture was taken at Kunde Winery. All the land out is here is so gorgeous. I can't tell you how many pictures I've taken of grape vines.
Yesterday, after a family reunion over breakfast at the classiest of restaurants called Black Bear, I went wine tasting with part of my family. It was really very interesting watching people swirl around their wine in their glasses and sniff it. It always gets me when they sniff it. I learned a lot. Really I only wanted to go because I know absolutely nothing about wine; I probably could skip the tasting part and be perfectly happy. I usually only like one out of four wines that I taste anyway. We actually went to two wineries, and I liked the second one better because our guy was awesome. He was so into it, you could tell that he had a genuine interest in wine. He knew a billion things. The first one that we went to, I swear the girl helping us had done a little too much wine tasting herself; she was weird, and I was kind of bored.
Anyway though, I have a headache, and I have to go get ready to find a shawl or something for my dress so that I don't freeze at the wedding tonight, because apparently it's in a wine cellar.
today, tomorrow, and the next day
Ew. I just paid my credit card bill. October was an expensive month.
I've been unpacking and cleaning today, things I didn't do Sunday because we didn't get home until a quarter to midnight. And yesterday I was with my boy. Cleaning always makes me feel better about life.
Anyway though, today was BORING. I had a bunch of small things to work on, which I hate. I'd rather have one big project. Unless it's called WANO PI.
Tomorrow will most likely suck too. Everyone will be gone, including my two bosses, and I don't have any assignments waiting for me after I finish up this one thing. It'll be boring. But at least I'll have Whitney!!! : ) And my CS 2200 textbook.
In other news, I am looking forward to 4:45pm tomorrow. I get to spend time with David. Then he's coming over for Turkey Day, and Friday we're doing the Black Friday thing. Saturday I'm going to the Georgia/Georgia Tech game with Glen, Darren, and Nick. Wooooo. I'm excited. I haven't been to a game yet this year.
Also, the best news ever is that housing assignments for next semester came out, and I'll be living in NAS 213D. With Alicia, a nice and tidy girl. And two other girls who I don't know. (Also, hopefully no stalkers are deciphering this information.)
Friday marks the beginning of Christmas cards, gingerbread-house-making parties, and Hanson - Snowed In. I'm way excited.
old stuff
Once upon a time, I won a computer in tenth grade. Several years later, it got zapped by lightning.
I gave said computer to my dad a couple of weeks ago so he could determine if the files on my hard drive were salvageable. It turns out that my hard drive was still in tact! The motherboard however, has been sadly sacraficed. So we suspect.
Anyway though, my primary concern was getting my old pictures and old journal entries back. These are the oldest pictures I could find:
Tee hee. How fun. Sooooo young. I know that the image quality is crappy, but that's the kind of technology I had to deal with back in the day. Anyway. I think I was sixteen in these photos.
ALSO, I was looking at my old journal entries. Apparently when I was sixteen, I was 5'7" and I weighed 125 pounds. WOULDN'T THAT BE NICE THESE DAYS.
Anyway though, it's so much fun to go through old photos and old journals. :)
I spent the whole weekend with David, and I had a lot of fun. We did random stuff. We went to see Bee Movie, a horrific film and a disgrace to Dreamworks which I do not recommend. Where's the cleverness, people? Bad job, Jerry Seinfeld. I never liked your show anyway.
In other news, I have an insatiable craving to watch all seven seasons of Gilmore Girls.
head. ache.
That's it. I give up.
I wrote a really verbose and lengthy wall post on facebook to someone, and it got deleted before I could post it.
I just spent a billion hours writing the html for this post which was going to incorporate a billion pictures, initally. I forgot to save it before I posted it...the html is gone, and I don't feel like rewriting it.
I have a headache, and I wanna go to sleep. Or paint a picture.
In other news, I'm in the process of creating my Christmas list for my mom. You should go see it. And make one for yourself, I love looking at other peoples' wish lists. :)
peppermint bark and people-watching
A long time ago, a friend once told me that I'm a people-watcher.
I realized something about myself today: that I'm a people-watcher. I suppose I've denied it up until this point because it was always used as an excuse for my "quietness." Ever since kindergarten I've been called quiet, and it's a term in life that I've come to loathe. I absolutely can't stand it when someone tells me I'm quiet. Or shy. Because being quiet and shy has a different connotation than being selective and cautious.
Anyway though, I realized that when someone is talking to me (not directly; say they're talking to a large group which includes me), I tend not to listen to what they're saying a large part of the time; I'm more interested in psychoanalyzing them. Unless I'm one-on-one with someone, in which case I try my hardest to listen intently. People fascinate me.
But I'm just saying. I'd rather sit there and think about what kind of life Dianne has built for herself, how she got there, if others see her as I do, and what makes her like she is...rather than listen to her talk about process improvement.
In other news, now that it's past Thanksgiving, I can make Christmas desserts and no one can get mad. :)
christmas list
I need to go to a thrift store. But I'm too afraid to go alone. And too selfish to go with someone.
Even though tomorrow is my AWS day off, I get to go in and work overtime. MONIES.
Christmas list:
November 02, 2007 :: Friday
Dear Face, I hate you. Why am I cursed with such incurable acne? And ankle - you're on my bad list too.
Posted by Amanda at 11:56 am in life
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classes
November 07, 2007 :: Wednesday
Hmmmm. So pretty much...I'm never going to graduate.
This is my schedule for next semester:
CS 2200 - Systems and Networks
MATH 3012 - Applied Cominatorics
CS 4400 - Intro to Database Systems
LCC 3401 - Technical Writing
MATH 3770 - Statistics and Applications
Also, I will be working at INPO on Mondays and Wednesdays from 7am to 5pm, and maybe on Fridays from 7am to 12pm. It's quite ugly.
I'm really excited to get back to class though.
I'm sleepy. Why am I not sleeping right now.
Posted by Amanda at 9:46 pm in school
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American Gangster
November 11, 2007 :: Sunday
Wellll. It's been awhile. Sorry about that.
David, Spenser, Adrian, Mitch, and I all went to see American Gangster last night. The initial plan was to go to the drive-in and see it, but having to eat dinner and chairs not fitting in Mitch's car kinda ruined that idea. It was a good movie, not my favorite thing ever. I wanted to fall asleep in the beginning, but it got better. I usually really like Denzel Washington, especially in Man on Fire (first movie I ever cried at), but I think I only like him when he's the good guy.
That's all I really feel like talking about now.
I'm going to California on Thursday.
Posted by Amanda at 6:35 pm in movies
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procrastinating
November 14, 2007 :: Wednesday
I am sleepy.
And I am trying to pack for California. What does one bring to California?
In other news, I got into the creative writing class that I wanted!!! I'm so excited; I wasn't sure if I would get in because I'm a CS major trying to take an LCC class that's filled up. But my professor gave me permission. *happy*
According to, well, everyone, I need to drop a class. Most probably Prob. Stat.
Status meeting got canceled today. Muwahaha.
I am seriously excited about California. My uncle is getting married. I'm wicked excited about seeing my Mom's side of the family. They make me say things like 'wicked.' (Massachusetts.)
Also, I need to be taking more pictures.
Oh yes. I am so thankful for one of my girl friends today.
Also, I realized that people get comfortable with me a lot faster than I get comfortable with them. They do things like consider asking me to go to a baking class with them.
WHAT a random post. Then end.
Posted by Amanda at 7:49 pm in life
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on wine tasting
November 17, 2007 :: Saturday
So California is fun. We're in Sonoma, which is in the northern part of the state and sitting in wine country. Or wine valley. Or whatever it's called.
This picture was taken at Kunde Winery. All the land out is here is so gorgeous. I can't tell you how many pictures I've taken of grape vines.
Yesterday, after a family reunion over breakfast at the classiest of restaurants called Black Bear, I went wine tasting with part of my family. It was really very interesting watching people swirl around their wine in their glasses and sniff it. It always gets me when they sniff it. I learned a lot. Really I only wanted to go because I know absolutely nothing about wine; I probably could skip the tasting part and be perfectly happy. I usually only like one out of four wines that I taste anyway. We actually went to two wineries, and I liked the second one better because our guy was awesome. He was so into it, you could tell that he had a genuine interest in wine. He knew a billion things. The first one that we went to, I swear the girl helping us had done a little too much wine tasting herself; she was weird, and I was kind of bored.
Anyway though, I have a headache, and I have to go get ready to find a shawl or something for my dress so that I don't freeze at the wedding tonight, because apparently it's in a wine cellar.
Posted by Amanda at 1:32 pm in life
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today, tomorrow, and the next day
November 20, 2007 :: Tuesday
Ew. I just paid my credit card bill. October was an expensive month.
I've been unpacking and cleaning today, things I didn't do Sunday because we didn't get home until a quarter to midnight. And yesterday I was with my boy. Cleaning always makes me feel better about life.
Anyway though, today was BORING. I had a bunch of small things to work on, which I hate. I'd rather have one big project. Unless it's called WANO PI.
Tomorrow will most likely suck too. Everyone will be gone, including my two bosses, and I don't have any assignments waiting for me after I finish up this one thing. It'll be boring. But at least I'll have Whitney!!! : ) And my CS 2200 textbook.
In other news, I am looking forward to 4:45pm tomorrow. I get to spend time with David. Then he's coming over for Turkey Day, and Friday we're doing the Black Friday thing. Saturday I'm going to the Georgia/Georgia Tech game with Glen, Darren, and Nick. Wooooo. I'm excited. I haven't been to a game yet this year.
Also, the best news ever is that housing assignments for next semester came out, and I'll be living in NAS 213D. With Alicia, a nice and tidy girl. And two other girls who I don't know. (Also, hopefully no stalkers are deciphering this information.)
Friday marks the beginning of Christmas cards, gingerbread-house-making parties, and Hanson - Snowed In. I'm way excited.
Posted by Amanda at 9:10 pm in life
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old stuff
November 25, 2007 :: Sunday
Once upon a time, I won a computer in tenth grade. Several years later, it got zapped by lightning.
I gave said computer to my dad a couple of weeks ago so he could determine if the files on my hard drive were salvageable. It turns out that my hard drive was still in tact! The motherboard however, has been sadly sacraficed. So we suspect.
Anyway though, my primary concern was getting my old pictures and old journal entries back. These are the oldest pictures I could find:
Tee hee. How fun. Sooooo young. I know that the image quality is crappy, but that's the kind of technology I had to deal with back in the day. Anyway. I think I was sixteen in these photos.
ALSO, I was looking at my old journal entries. Apparently when I was sixteen, I was 5'7" and I weighed 125 pounds. WOULDN'T THAT BE NICE THESE DAYS.
Anyway though, it's so much fun to go through old photos and old journals. :)
I spent the whole weekend with David, and I had a lot of fun. We did random stuff. We went to see Bee Movie, a horrific film and a disgrace to Dreamworks which I do not recommend. Where's the cleverness, people? Bad job, Jerry Seinfeld. I never liked your show anyway.
In other news, I have an insatiable craving to watch all seven seasons of Gilmore Girls.
Posted by Amanda at 4:50 pm in life
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head. ache.
November 27, 2007 :: Tuesday
That's it. I give up.
I wrote a really verbose and lengthy wall post on facebook to someone, and it got deleted before I could post it.
I just spent a billion hours writing the html for this post which was going to incorporate a billion pictures, initally. I forgot to save it before I posted it...the html is gone, and I don't feel like rewriting it.
I have a headache, and I wanna go to sleep. Or paint a picture.
In other news, I'm in the process of creating my Christmas list for my mom. You should go see it. And make one for yourself, I love looking at other peoples' wish lists. :)
Posted by Amanda at 9:08 pm in life
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peppermint bark and people-watching
November 28, 2007 :: Wednesday
A long time ago, a friend once told me that I'm a people-watcher.
I realized something about myself today: that I'm a people-watcher. I suppose I've denied it up until this point because it was always used as an excuse for my "quietness." Ever since kindergarten I've been called quiet, and it's a term in life that I've come to loathe. I absolutely can't stand it when someone tells me I'm quiet. Or shy. Because being quiet and shy has a different connotation than being selective and cautious.
Anyway though, I realized that when someone is talking to me (not directly; say they're talking to a large group which includes me), I tend not to listen to what they're saying a large part of the time; I'm more interested in psychoanalyzing them. Unless I'm one-on-one with someone, in which case I try my hardest to listen intently. People fascinate me.
But I'm just saying. I'd rather sit there and think about what kind of life Dianne has built for herself, how she got there, if others see her as I do, and what makes her like she is...rather than listen to her talk about process improvement.
In other news, now that it's past Thanksgiving, I can make Christmas desserts and no one can get mad. :)
Posted by Amanda at 9:16 pm in life
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christmas list
November 29, 2007 :: Thursday
I need to go to a thrift store. But I'm too afraid to go alone. And too selfish to go with someone.
Even though tomorrow is my AWS day off, I get to go in and work overtime. MONIES.
Christmas list:
Posted by Amanda at 8:06 pm in life
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