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Name: Amanda
Location: Appleton, Wisconsin, United States
Birthday: 3/12/1986
Gender: Female
Interests: manga, anime, music, reading, poetry, ramen noodles and ting
Expertise: me, an expert at anything other than procrastination? the day that happens the world better be prepared to watch chinchillas fly...that'd actually be kinda cool...flying fluff balls!
Occupation: Student
Industry: Other
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AIM:  HiiChan015
Member Since:
8/25/2003
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| Got my problem wisdom tooth out yesterday. I still have to get the other 3 out, so that'll be interesting in like 2 weeks. At least now I know what I'm in for. Granted, the one I got out was the one they had to remove bone with as well, so it's the most painful part, I'm hoping. They gave me Penicillin for the infection, a medicated mouth rinse, and Vicodin for the pain. After the numbness wore off on the ride back down to Madison, OMG it was horrible! I'd already taken a Vicodin in advance so that when the numbness wore off it WOULDN'T hurt, but that obviously hadn't worked, so the dental office advised me to take Advil, too, to help with the swelling and pain. I wound up sleeping for 13 hours, and that was good. Now I'm puffed up and have to make sure that the swelling doesn't get any harder in feeling that it is right now, because then it'd be a huge problem.
Classes are shaky right now; I swear I have an allergy to them, haha. So far it's the hardest semester I've had, but, like everything else, I'll keep on keeping on and get over it. I decided on which study abroad program to apply to for the fall - Seoul, South Korea! The application is due at the beginning of March; I've got to find a previous TA or professor to be an academic reference for me, which is hard since I never actually got to know any of them well enough for them to remember me. I've got one professor who is willing, and who claims to remember me, but I've got to dig out my old exams/course materials for her to look at for her to write any sort of recommendation.
I found a bunch of really old letters at a rummage sale in the fall, including some from WWII and even one from 1917! It was really odd to read about a girl my age describing going for 'automobile rides' as a treat and having tea in the afternoon with friends. I've got the urge to write actual letters to people as a result...maybe it'd just be more meaningful than IMing is, and it'd be something to hang on to and keep. Also, it'd be better than always getting nothing but bills in the mail, haha.
My dad is finally back in the States after being in Sicily for like 4 years. He's on a 2 week visit, and so far it's been much better than I'd thought it'd be. He even let me drive his rental car...and not once did he yell at me, which has got to be some kind of record for him, I swear. He took my sister and I to see Wicked at the PAC; wasn't as good as I thought it would be...more dramatic and childish that what I'd gathered from reviews and stuff. In the end, I felt sort of bad that dad paid as much as he did for the tickets...it was a total rip off for the quality of the show and the writing, I thought.
So next weekend I'm heading back up to Appleton to say goodbye to dad and look at some more house stuff with mom and my sis. Ryan was supposed to come to Madison to visit, and have a belated birthday celebration for him. But that's out of the cards now, since I'm coming up to Appleton, not to mention the fact that with the meds from the wisdom tooth, I can't drink anyways. I'm figuring maybe seeing Coraline or something to make up for ruining the plans. I just hope it's a decent movie and not totally lame. And on that note, I'm off to find more soft food to try and eat ^_^
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| So I have a job now; I'll be a clerk-typist for the Emergency Management Dept. here. I don't know what the whole job description entails yet, but so far as I know it's basically just filing, some database work/data entry, memo typing/drafting, and being the dept's answering system. The only part of that description I dislike is the answering system; I am SO not a phone person. I get nervous on the phone for some reason...don't know why but I've never liked having to make or take job-related calls. I'm sure I'll deal.
My dad knows everyone I'll be working with, so that's an added stress. He's so domineering and such a perfectionist that the second I make a stupid, beginner mistake (lets be honest, I know nothing of military protocol or their systems etc...at least not yet, and 8 weeks is NOT much time to learn), I know what will happen - he'll harp my ass into another dimension and make me feel like a total moron for doing anything wrong, all because it will embarrass HIM, and god forbid he should lose face over some silly college girl from the states. Yep.
Not only that, but he intimidates everyone around him, so I already know I won't make any friends; as the person directly under him was introducing me around the other day, some of the guys looked interested, and were eyeing me a bit, but the second they heard who I was, who my dad is, it was all 'oh yes, ma'am, how are you this afternoon, fine lovely weather isn't it, how are you finding the base, ma'am, pleasure to meet you ma'am'. I've never been 'ma'am'ed so much in my life. It made me want to bang my head against the wall and be like, look, I'm 22....I'm no ma'am! I'm SOOOOOO not going to make friends with people my own age *sighs*.
On the upside, I saw Indiana Jones the other day. I wasn't overjoyed with it; there were some parts that were down-right corny, even for Indiana Jones. That and I thought they'd give Shia LeBeouf a more leading role - like let Harrison Ford back out of the leading role gracefully and set the stage for his son to take over or something...after all, he's no spring chicken, and the idea that he's doing THAT much running around and bashing in of Commie skulls is a tad far-fetched. But I still thought it was a good movie...I'm too much of a sucker for the franchise not to like it  , even if I preferred the older movies. I know I sound like a goofy kid, but I can't wait to see Kung Fu Panda; it looks really cute and funny and, hey....it's a roley poley panda.
Till the next installment, later!
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| So the trip was good...dad and I hit Munich for 4 days, Prague for 4 days, Berchtesgaden for 2 days, and Garmisch for 1 day (last 2 are in Germany btw). I got lots of cool things, including a small bottle each of Absinth and Canabis Vodka  . If customs doesn't take them when I come home, I'll use them for my apt. warming.
There's a lot of stresses though...Just finished working out the 'being eligible for work' stress, and have now entered the 'waiting to be placed for a job stress'. I'm still dealing with the financial stress for fall semester, as my FAFSA has apparently STILL not been successfully submitted, which I am wringing my hands over; we started the submission process in Feb. to make sure we had things in in a timely manner this year. Instead, I'll be lucky to get anything at all what with the setbacks with submission and state budget shortages. Looks like I'll have to take out a bigger personal loan than planned (the first one I'll have had to do ever). The catch is that to apply to take out the loan I have to have submitted a FAFSA and have gotten my financial aid quote from the University, so they can say how much they'll cover. Basically i'm trudging muck. Dad of course is another stress....I'm with him 24/7, and a lot of the time I'd like to wring his neck. But I knew I would going in, so I'm dealing with it.
So far that's about it...I'm psyched about getting in shape this summer; the base here has a free, and pretty decent fitness center so even though I'm not working yet I come with dad to the base every day to work out and use internet, etc.
I'm off for now, more to come later!
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| Recently, I've been an apple in a banana world. Everyone else is completing what they set out to do, and I feel a bit left behind. So far I have about 7 projects for various classes that are now past due, and it feels like nothing I'm doing is getting me out of the deep end of the pool  .
Tomorrow I'm getting people together to hit a club, The Inferno. It'll be me, Alex Fernandez (whoever Alex may bring), maybe Jerry, and my newer friend David (as well as whoever he brings). I'm hoping it'll be a good time; it's been a really long time since I've been to a good dance club, and this one is like, 3 stories, at least 2 bars and has live music as well as dj's. I can not wait to lose myself to the rhythm; just let the music take hold of my soul and refuse to let go until my muscles scream for reprieve. I just want to let everything go...
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| Being caught up in the ever busy world of college really messes with things that you had firmly established...such as the habitual updating of a Xanga site.
Much has happened since I last visited Xanga, and it's too much to really get into, but suffice to say my life has changed a lot. Grades are up, I'm single for the first time in nearly 4 years, I've solidly decided on my major, and very nearly on a minor, I've made new friends, been to places/functions I'd never been to, and loved nearly every minute of it all .
Currently I'm figuring out a job for the summer, as my usual internship at TWC was cut due to budget issues. So my options are:
A) Go home for the summer and try to find a decent job around the area (my least favorite prospect at this point)
B) Stay in Madison for the summer and try to find a job, as it'd be higher paying than what I'd find in Madison (problem with this option is that for 2 weeks I'd be homeless, as my current least is up 2 weeks before my new one begins)
C) When I go to visit my dad for 2 weeks in May, I could stay by him for the summer and work on the base (up side is that I'd get to travel with him on the weekends, down side would be having almost no social life, as well as the fact that employment isn't guaranteed at this point)
Staying by my dad would be awesome since this is the last time I'll be able to go over and visit him as he'll be coming back to the states for good soon.
As of now, I just can't wait for the summer. My spring semester isn't going as well as my fall one did, but I'm enjoying the classes anyways, and learning a lot of extremely relevant things, things I never knew before, etc. I suppose that's the whole point of college, right?...It's partially about furthering your future career potential, but more so about learning as much as you can. Before this year, I can honestly say that Madison, while being a great school, didn't really teach me much; I can't express how much better I feel now knowing that it's not all pointless  .
So I suppose for now that's all. I'm in a haiku writing mood thanks to a new friend, so I'm going to dust off my inner poet and put some thoughts on paper. Later!
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