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September 16th, 2009 @ 4:55 pm Because I've been missing... [ ] [ mood | bored ] [ music | Leave Out All The Rest - Linkin Park ] ...I promise I'll be back soon to make a real update about this semester and the how the summer went. In the meantime, I've had this epic song stuck in my head all day.  It makes me think of Fullmetal Alchemist, Death Note, Harry Potter, and Code Geass all at once. ( Leave Out All The Rest by Linkin Park ) Yeah.... real post later! 3 Reply Comment Memories? Edit?

May 13th, 2009 @ 12:17 am I'm alive, I swear. [ ] [ mood | pissed off ] [ music | If You Only Knew by Shinedown ] I'm just not having so great a time right now.  I'll be back for a real update soon.  In the meantime, get to know me. ( Get to Know Me ) Enjoy. Comment Memories? Edit?

April 24th, 2009 @ 10:32 am ugh. [ ] [ mood | sick ] I'm at work, and I'm starting to get a bit pissed off.  Mariana has work to do, yet when Ruth comes in with something, she takes it.  I have nothing to do and am starting to get a bit bored, but feel like I should at least be doing something since I'm leaving early today.  It doesn't make sense.  Argh. About yesterday.  I gave blood for the very first time!  And I've decided that I think I'll keep all of my blood for myself from now on.  I've always been really nervous about it (read: I don't like pain).  I didn't watch her, though, and the needle going in didn't hurt too badly.  The after part was the worst.  It was kind of warm in the van (or I was just warmer than most because I wore two shirts because it was cold when I went to class), and when I sat up to have a drink, I started getting dizzy.  It was okay at first, and then I suddenly got really, really dizzy and told Jonathan that I needed to lie down.  Then my vision started fading in and out, and I got up to go to a seat, made it about two steps and thought I was walking with Jonathan to work, and then there was a nurse in my face, ahahaha. It was a pretty spectacular black-out, but the nurse caught me so I didn't hit my head or anything.  Yay! So I felt pretty good after the black-out, and then later last night I just started feeling awful.  Then, I woke up feeling awful.  Then, I was walking up the hill to the bus stop and thought I was going to throw up and then pass out.  Hooray doing my good deed for humanity. 1 Reply Comment Memories? Edit?

April 24th, 2009 @ 12:23 am like ow. [ ] [ mood | sore ] [ music | Wizard Rock Heart Throb - The Whomping Willows ] like, omgz, my arm hurtz. Haha, okay.  Out of preteen female talk.  But for real, my arm really hurts.  Yay giving blood? More later. Comment Memories? Edit?

April 11th, 2009 @ 6:01 pm FML. [ ] [ mood | stressed ] [ music | Blood on the Ground - Incubus ] I'm currently trying to write a paper and am failing quite miserably.  For one thing, it's a paper that takes 3 themes throughout Jason and the Golden Fleece and explains how they fit into Greek culture.  I'm a header, title, introduction paragraph, and one theme down, and I'm not even halfway through a single page, single-spaced.  It needs to be five pages double-spaced (two and a half single).  I'm slowly working on it, trying to get more themes to incorporate into it, but it's tough.  I could do the easier paper, but I like challenges and I want to write this one. The only thing keeping me is the rest of my life.  On Monday, this paper is due.  On Tuesday, I have a PSYCH 305 exam AND a Vergil paper due for my 410 class.  Haha...and I can't do it Monday evening because I have work till 5 and then lab until 9.  I could possibly skip work, I suppose, but I don't particularly want to.  Life generally requires money. So I'm going to stay up as long as it takes to finish this paper, and then tomorrow I'll go to the library to work on the Vergil paper.  I'll stay up as long as it takes for that one, too. Monday night, I just won't sleep.  I'll stay up and study (the exam is at 9:30 anyway), and then if my paper absolutely is not completed, then I'll work on it until time for Vergil.  I'll sleep after that.  Yay sleep...... 11 Reply Comment Memories? Edit?

March 23rd, 2009 @ 1:18 am Home. [ ] [ mood | exhausted ] [ music | Leave Out All the Rest - Linkin Park ] I like being home and all; I miss seeing my family.  The downside is the fact that my homework always suffers terribly.  Tomorrow night I have a paper due at 7.  This has been my weekend. Came home Saturday morning, family wanted to shop, came home around 8 (completely and utterly exhausted) and fell asleep around 11.  Woke up at 2 to turn TV off. Spent Sunday morning with parents (mainly dad since I did not see him the day before), then went to see grandmother because I was requested, then came home and saw aunt (same reason), sister came home requested hang out, and then dad came home and same. Now it is 1:30, I have the title page, top of intro section, reference page, and pledge page done, but I have yet to do the actual paper part.  And I'm too tired to get into it now.  :S  I think I will charge up my laptop tonight and take it in the car tomorrow and work on the paper on the way to Charlottesville.  That'll be time with nothing really to do, and if the battery dies, that'll be break time.  Fun fun fun. Sleep now, I have an early morning. 1 Reply Comment Memories? Edit?

March 22nd, 2009 @ 12:11 am Guh. [ ] [ mood | stressed ] [ music | In This City - Iglu & Hartly ] dear life, get your shit together already.  kthanx. love, amber Comment Memories? Edit?

February 26th, 2009 @ 1:32 pm Midterms = Failure. [ ] [ mood | drained ] [ music | kids - mgmt ] So my Vergil midterm is done. My translations were really good, but there was one that I was not expecting to actually see on the midterm since my professor himself said that it was completely incomprehensible and not really translatable.  Oh well.  I think I got the main idea down. Now, I am awaiting my Pliny midterm.  Even though this class is a 300-level, whereas Vergil is a 400-level, I think it will be a more difficult midterm.  Pliny is a hateful bitch.  Haha.  Prof. Woodman can be really nice about this midterm or he can be really mean.  I hope he decides to be really nice. p. s. It's really nice outside today.  Go enjoy it. Comment Memories? Edit?

February 24th, 2009 @ 1:51 am Also... [ ] [ mood | exhausted ] [ music | Indigo - Yiruma ] ...my hair is getting fairly long again. Spring break is in 4 days. Pliny's Letters make me hate Latin, and that is sad.  =( Vergil renews that love though. <3 *studystudystudystudy* Comment Memories? Edit?

February 23rd, 2009 @ 2:53 pm Papers, Midterms, Work, Home? Sleep? [ ] [ mood | tired ] [ music | In This City - Iglu & Hartly ] It's been a while since I've been here; life got a bit busy this semester.  This is what my semester looks like: Monday 11-11:50 CLAS 204 - Greek Mythology 12-12:30 - Lunch 1-5 - Work 7-8:50 PSYCH 305 - Research Lab Tuesday/Thursday 9:30-10:45 PSYCH 305 - Research and Data Method Analysis 11-1:30 - Lunch 2-3:15 LATI 314 - Pliny's Letters 3:30-4:45 LATI 410 - Vergil's Eclogues Friday 9-9:50 CLAS 204 - Greek Myth Discussion 10-5 - Work w/some lunch thrown in This week kind of sucks.  Tonight I have a paper due in my lab that is not so good; I just got bored with it.  Tomorrow I have a midterm in LATI 410 so it'll be tons of translating and grammar questions.  Then, Wednesday I have class, work, and then more studying for my LATI 314 midterm on Thursday.  And I have to table Thursday night with Sara at Newcomb.  Hooray harassing people to take a survey?  I've already done it at O-Hill, and it was a pain.  People are either belligerent, indifferent, or nice about taking the little slips of paper.  It's not like I'm doing this for fun.  It's not so difficult to reach out and take a little slip of paper from me as you walk past.  I don't care what you do with it, just take it.  Please. Anyway, I'm tired, burnt out, and need to do some reading before lab tonight.  Blaaaah.  How's everyone else doing? Comment Memories? Edit?

January 6th, 2009 @ 1:51 am x_x [ ] [ mood | sick ] dear body, pull yourself together already.  i'm tired of your shenanigans. love, amber  p.s.  don't think i won't beat you into submission. <3 Comment Memories? Edit?

December 30th, 2008 @ 11:50 pm *sigh* [ ] [ mood | aggravated ] Whatever.   I feel like shit, in all aspects of health and well-being. 1 Reply Comment Memories? Edit?

December 18th, 2008 @ 7:29 pm Christmas, Anime, and Books [ ] [ mood | enthralled ] [ music | Kids - mgmt ] I'm finally home for Christmas.  Finally.  Uma and I had to do a shit-ton of cleaning Tuesday, which was really unfair.  We mostly cleaned up Raty's stuff...like dishes, clothes, towels, books, trash, etc.  And then, after picking up after her, we had to scrub down the apartment by ourselves (until my mom came and helped).  Like, really?  There are four of us living there; therefore, there should have been four of us cleaning, but it's whatever.  Uma and I decided that we're going to have a "coming to Jesus" meeting when we get back to lay it all out. I've been re-watching Kyou Kara Maou lately.  (Thank you, Jonathan, for getting me back into it.)  I had forgotten how funny and ridiculously good it is, despite having a lot of silly episodes and moments and characters.  *hugs it*  And Yuuri's such a good king... Also, I started re-reading The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss.  It's making me cry all over again.  I had forgotten about how amazing the writing is and the tone and the story itself.  Amazing.  It takes a story of magic in an academical setting like Harry Potter, but takes it to such a higher level.  I won't say too much, because I don't want to spoil the entire plot, but you should read it.  It's worth every minute and it's incredibly hard to put down.  My paperback is getting ratty, so I will be buying the hardback eventually. Here's one of my favorite passages.  It's from Chapter 34: Yet to Learn. "And that is how Kvothe spent his last night before he came to the University, with his cloak as both his blanket and his bed.  As he lay down, behind him was a circle of fire, and before him lay shadow like a mantle, gathered.  His eyes were open, that much is certain, but who among us can say they know what he was seeing? "Look behind him instead, to the circle of light that the fire has made, and leave Kvothe to himself for now.  Everyone deserves a moment or two alone when they desire it.  And if by chance there were tears, let us forgive him.  He was just a child, after all, and had yet to learn what sorrow really was." So go out and buy The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss and enjoy.  2 Reply Comment Memories? Edit?

December 4th, 2008 @ 5:43 pm Guuuh... [ ] [ mood | busy busy ] [ music | Bottle It Up - Sara Bareilles ] Okay, quick update on my week so far. I took my PSYCH 230 quiz Tuesday, and it was not very fun.  I honestly don't know exactly how I did, but it's not going to be good.  But it's over.  I've been working every day this week in the office at O-hill organizing forms and contracts, etc., and it's been a lot of fun.  I like organizing stuff in general, so this has been a breeze.  The lady I'm doing it for is hilarious and keeps calling me her goddess and/or queen.  I also got to work with Sara on it yesterday so hooray!  Today I was putting the files in their folders and setting up new folders in the cabinets for the second half of October and all of November, so it's pretty mindless work.  But it pays and I like it.  Tomorrow I think I'll finish up November and then go back through September and October to put the files all in the same order.  They were doing it in a different order the last time and it bothers me when all of the files don't match, haha.  I also feel that it will make finding the files they need a lot easier.  And it'll push a 30 minute job out to 2 hours, haha.  Like my mom says, I have to milk it for all it's worth. Anyway, I'm in the Stacks in Thornton right now waiting on my lab at 6:30 (grr html people filling up Small...).  I'm really hoping this lab won't take the entire 75 minutes.  I need to read another chapter in biopsych and a bunch of stuff for CS and a bunch of Catullus' poems.  Looks like it's going to be another coffee night... Last night I had almost an entire pot of coffee by myself and read through two loooong chapters of biopsych and some Catullus.  I might stay up all night tonight, if I have to.  Go test at Gilmer at 10, go back to the apartment and read more Catullus, test at Cabell at 1, go to Olsson and test at 2.  Then go to O-hill and work till 5.  Then Runk dinner with Uma, Sameera, and possibly Lauren afterwards.  And then nothing, finally.  Oh, and pick up my PSYCH 230 quiz at some point in Gilmer. This weekend I need to read a lot of ARTH because I have that final Monday morning at 9.  Luckily, Professor Ehnbom said he's going to make the final the same length as the midterm, so it should take about 75-90 minutes.  It also looks like I'm going to be here till the 16th.  I have my PSYCH 230 final on the 12th from 2-5, and then my PSYCH 220 final on the 16th from 9-10:30.  And then an ortho appointment on the 17th.  Haha, fun fun.  At least the free days mean more chances for work, so more monies.  Monies = good. Guh, I'm tired.  And hungry.  I've only had half a bowl of ramen today and I won't get home till around 8.  Comment Memories? Edit?

December 1st, 2008 @ 3:13 pm Quick Update [ ] [ mood | tired ] [ music | Rapid Hope Loss - Dashboard Confessional ] Okay.  I'm going to make a quick update before I actually start real work and kill myself. Plans for this week: Monday: - Work on CS homework - Study for my PSYCH 230 quiz (which isn't really a quiz since it's 13 pages long). Tuesday: - PSYCH 230 quiz - Work - Work on CS homework, if not done - Read for PSYCH 220 Wednesday: - Work, maybe - Study/Read for PSYCH 220 - Study/Read for CS - Study/Re-translate Catullus' poems - Turn in CS homework by 10 Thursday: - Work, maybe - Lab - Lighting of the Lawn - Study/Read for PSYCH 220 - Study/Read for CS - Study/Re-translate Catullus' poems Friday: - PSYCH 220 test #4 at 10 am - LATI 202 Final Exam at 1 pm - CS 101 test #3 at 2 pm -Work, maybe? -Sleep?  Please? x_x I'm going to need a strong drink and lots of sleep/food this weekend. 1 Reply Comment Memories? Edit?

November 29th, 2008 @ 4:03 pm Have Fun [ ] [ mood | frustrated ] [ music | Here's To The Night - Eve 6 ] Okay, I've done this before on my old journal.  But I'm going to do it again because I need a random break from my sister.   ( Soundtrack of Your Life ) 1 Reply Comment Memories? Edit?

November 24th, 2008 @ 3:30 pm Thanksgiving Break [ ] [ mood | sick ] [ music | Last Train Home - Lostprophets ] Right now, I should probably be doing my CS lab, but I'm having trouble getting it started, and I'd like to have my textbook to work on it in any case.  So maybe I'll use my textbook tonight in my apartment and write out in pencil and paper what I'd like to do and then type it up when I get home.  Before Thursday.  Maybe Wednesday when everyone's at work or school and I'll have peace and quiet.  I don't know.  We'll see. While I'm at home, I'd also like to create a new layout for my journal.  Nothing too fancy since I don't have the image editing tools on the desktop that I had on my laptop, but something new.  I don't know.  I think it's time.  I'm thinking that I might use lyrics from Love Me Dead by Ludo or Love You Madly by Cake because I've had both of those stuck in my head for a while now, and it'll fit. It's hard to think that this semester is almost over.  It feels strange, like something's wrong.  Or it could just be because next week is going to suck.  Horribly.  Tuesday, Jonathan and I have our PSYCH 230 quiz, which I think will be annoying.  The TAs apparently grade your quiz based on whether you have the one or two words they want in your answers.  So your answers can be entirely correct, but if you don't have that word, then you get points deducted.  I think it's a poor way of grading the quizzes. Anyway, that Wednesday I have my last CS homework assignment due, thankfully.  On Friday, I have a test in all three of my classes that day.  In PSYCH 220, I have my final test before our final; in Latin, I actually have our final.  In CS, we have our final test. So, I need to be able to study for four tests, and then write a CS program.  The Latin final should be okay; it's just a pain to have to go back and study 20+ poems.  I honestly think PSYCH 220 and CS will be the hardest tests.  PSYCH 220 because it's just hard subject matter, CS because I have a good grasp on the theories, but can't actually code it.  Who knows.  I'll figure something out. In other news, hooray for Thanksgiving break!  My mom's coming up tomorrow afternoon to pick up Richard and me, and then I will go home and eat and eat and eat.  I finally got over my little flu issue (it's now just a really annoying head cold), and it kind of sucks that it had to happen last week because I'm supposed to get the vaccine on Wednesday from my dad.  Yay great timing right? Anyway,  I guess I better get to work.  Or something.  I feel awful. Comment Memories? Edit?

November 21st, 2008 @ 7:56 pm Guh. [ ] [ mood | tired ] [ music | Nine In The Afternoon - Panic! At the Disco ] It has been an insane week.  Last Friday, I interviewed with my friend's boss at O-hill for a position as a dining educator and was hired.  I make $9.50 an hour talking to people and passing things out at a table in the dining halls.  Hooray for easy jobs!  And hooray for Sara for actually getting me the interview and vouching for me in the first place.  It'll help out a lot this year, and I have a nice boss, so it's all worked out nicely. This week I've done CS homework with Jonathan, translated 100 lines of one of Catullus' epic poems, and caught the flu in less than three hours.  I think that the last bit must be some sort of record. Sameera took me to student health yesterday, and she, Jonathan, and Tiff have been checking up on me to make sure that I'm not getting a fever again and that I'm getting somewhat better.   I've also been sleeping a lot, so that's making me feel much better. The good news of this week is that Jonathan and I have finally found a place to live.  It's really cute and really nice, so I'm excited.  Overall, Job + Living + Medicine - flu - CS = pretty good week. But I got shafted in class scheduling again and will have to stalk ISIS for a while to get classes I want.  Hooray for battling. 5 Reply Comment Memories? Edit?

November 5th, 2008 @ 8:47 am Ah ha. [ ] [ mood | pissed off ] [ music | Il Est Temps - KYO ] Well, as if I wasn't tired of being here for other reasons. This is kind of annoying.  How do you know that someone has had the same routine since day one and then go and break that routine and throw everything off? What the fuck? EDIT: Because I was late after all of this, I missed my first bus, had to wait for the second late bus, found out that that bus was broken down, had to walk all the way across campus in 10 minutes, was 5-10 minutes late for class so I had a horrible seat on top of missing the opening of lecture, and had to deal with election stuff all morning. I should have stayed in bed today. Comment Memories? Edit?

November 1st, 2008 @ 7:11 pm Miscommunication. [ ] [ mood | hurt ] [ music | The Missing Frame - AFI ] It happens, and then someone's feelings get hurt. It happens a lot, and, as humans, we don't recgonize these instances as easily as we should.  It happens, and then we feel bad.  And through it all, it's difficult to apologize, because it's hurt you, too.  And you don't want to apologize because it hurts too much and brought back too many memories and too many feelings of guilt and self-blame.   In the end, you curl up inside of yourself and run away again.  Because that's all you think you can do.  Even then you have to come out and face the one you hurt and who hurt you. You can't keep running away. Comment Memories? Edit?

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