2012... #38

I need a day off from life. Just one day. I wish my head would stop thinking about working out, art history and roller derby.

Things to do tomorrow:

• work out
• clean the litter box
• clean the turtle tank
• steam clean the back room
• homework
• read books for classes
• dishes
• laundry
• clean garage
• work on cleaning the spare room
• call my mom
• roller derby practice

I wonder what things I will actually get to accomplish.

And I'm leaning on a broken fence between Past and Present tense///

Every day when I wake up, I do a usual routine: I feed the cats (Beasley has my wake up time at about 7am everyday), make some coffee for me and Paul, check on my plants in the garden, finish cleaning from last night and then I head to the computer and begin with my job hunt (and the occasional facebook stalking of my friends). Beasley and Poppy keep me entertained for the most part. Usually, Poppy spends most of the day sleeping on the couch while Beasley constantly jumps on to my desk then to the window ledge to look outside and "talks" to me the way a cat only knows how. Sometimes Poppy joins in which sucks cause there are lots of papers on my desk. I listen to music (either my itunes, Pandora or my mp3 player) and I like to sing from time to time. Today, Poppy did something I have never seen: when I would sing a song (I am currently in love with the new Muse album The Resistance, especially the song "United States of Eurasia" mostly because Matthew Bellamy has the voice of an angel), she would come to me and sit while I sing to her. Her ears would perk up when a high note is hit. I know I am not the best singer in the world, I only sing when no one is home or in my car (Paul likes it when I do that). Poppy is usually acts like a diva at home but I think it is so awesome that she responds to my singing like that.

I have the best cats in the world.

painter day 3

Another night of painting the room. Worked on the trim of the room for about an hour and a half. Painted most (like 70%) of it during that time. I need to do another coat of the red on the walls too. Took a walk with Paul down the street to 7-11 to get an ice cream for all the hard work I have been doing in the room. Walked home and it started to rain. It was nice to be out on a cool "summer" day wearing short and a t-shirt, eating an ice cream when it sprinkles. I wish everyday could be like that. Dare to dream.

Time to head off to bed and read a little more of 'Breaking Dawn'

painter.

Another day of painting... Taped off the walls to paint the trim in a dark gray color. Blue tape is everywhere. Hard job but someone has to do it. I like painting the room. The colors are going to look great. Dark red with white doors and a gray blue trim and black furniture. I just wish the paint wasn't $30+ for one gallon. This is becoming an expensive project.

Sleepy time.

Thru this new frame of mind... A thousand flowers could bloom///

Song of the Day:: Portishead> Glory Box


On the agenda today?

Breakfast at Noah's Bagels. Lox and bagel. Our favotire. And maybe a coffee. Then off the Home Depot to get a gallon of red paint ('Apple Polish' is the name) to paint the bedroom. Work on the garden. Crochet some more. BBQ something good.

RIP Grandma...

My Mom called me
and told me that
Grandma passed away @ 930 this morning.


What a wonderful way to
start the weekend.


I miss her so much.
fuck.
More info as it comes in.


-Amanda

How does your garden grow...

A quick photo update:


We went to the Farmers Market on Saturday morning.


My crafting knows no bounds...



It was a good excuse to try out my crocheted plastic-bag bag to see how much weight it can withstand.



What we ended up with after 20 minutes: spinach, green onions, parsley, 8 carrots, asparagus, 5 Yukon Gold potatoes, 2 yellow onions, 1 clove of garlic and...


one basil plant to add to my garden in the back patio!


And to think that all of those things fit in to my little bag. I am finishing up another one (its white and yellow) and I am hoping to start selling them sometime soon on etsy. Wish me luck.


Here is one of the photos of my Dad from Friday night in West Sacramento. I need to brush up on my photography skills. I am the "Designated Photographer" of the band now... I don't know how I managed to get that gig?!

Bones, starved of flesh surround your aching heart full of love///

Song of the Day: Editors> Bones

In the end all you can hope for
Is the love you felt to equal the pain you've gone through
Are your eyes showing off for mine?
Your face in my hands is everything I need

What a beautiful line. I skipped school today. I bet I missed something important tonight in my Renaissance art history class. Part of me felt bad that I decided to not go but the pain I was in would not have helped me concentrate at all. I felt nauseated, dizzy and had the worst headache in a long time. I don't know what happened today between lunch and 4pm today but it was bad. Lets hope that Thursday will be much more pleasant then today. I can only imagine what I would do...

Ugh. Yep, ugh.

Ugh. I think that is the official word of the day.

The day is over. boutfuckingtime. A recap, since its almost time to get some sleep (unfortunately, another day is a few short hours away).



-Work was actually fine. Nothing out of the ordinary. (which is a good thing) I wish I could go outside more. Today was the most beautiful day all year. Dare to dream.

-Started my English Comp. class today. The teacher was a little dull (a typical English Prof.) but he warmed up a little more towards the end of the night. I have my first reading assignment that's due on Thursday but my 'effing book still hasn't come in from half.com that I ordered over a week ago.

-Wished my younger brother, Matt, a happy 23rd birthday. Makes me feel old knowing that my younger brother is now 23 and my youngest one will be 20 at the end of the year. Ugh, I am such an old lady for being only 25.

-Stupid Ikea computer chair broke on me... while I was sitting in it. Grrr. I fell on the hardwood floor on my knees and hands. Now I get to waste money and buy a new one. Joy. Using one of the dining room chairs is not the most glamorous thing. My right arm hurts now. Seriously.

-Poppy, my girl cat who isn't the brightest crayon in the box, is now following the laser pointer. Beasley loves it. He chases it all over the house and now, Poppy is getting the hang of it too. I am happy. I was beginning to think that I was the owner of a ditzy cat.

-Selling more things off my half.com account. I just want to get rid of this crap more then anything. Plus, making about $50 extra every 2 weeks is a nice thing.

-Planning on selling my crocheted plastic bags. I just need to finish them and not let my cats eat a hole in them. Good luck on that. But who would actually buy something made by me?

Are you coming? Are you going? Are you leaving? Are you staying?///

Song of the day: MIA> Jimmy




The irony... And I only say that because I went there with Paul this morning for a white mocha... It's been too long.



We visited the Blue Light Gallery in Roseville (mainly because its part of my Arth 300 final project for the semester) and saw The Art of Dr. Seuss exhibit. I have seen his work in San Francisco a few years ago with Paul. It was nice to see these wonderful pieces of work again. I love the "Star Belly Friends" but I also loved the "SawFish" sculpture.

I wonder why I'm so caught off guard when we kiss... I'd rather live my life in regret then do this///

Song of the day: Jimmy Eat World> Disintegration


I have thought long a hard what to write about my latest movie experience yesterday afternoon. I am lucky to have seen a lot of really good movies this year (Be Kind Rewind, Burn After Reading, Cloverfield, Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, Iron Man, Kung Fu Panda, Tropic Thunder, Pineapple Express, The Dark Knight, Role Models). It helps that I have a great boyfriend who has good taste in music and movies. There have been some movies that I weren't too sure about which I ended up loving so much (like Burn After Reading), but still, the movies haven't been any lower then I expected. That was until yesterday.

I admit that I saw Twilight yesterday. The only reason why I got into the book was because of my co-worker, Sara. I love her to death. When she started to read the Twilight books (technically, I have only read book 1 and I am currently on New Moon, book 2), she told me how good they were and that I should give them a read sometime. Being that I was going to school with 2 hard classes at the time, I didn't have too much time to add another reading material to my ever growing list of books. I put it on the back burner of my world till about a month ago. I ended up dropping a real hard math class and had some time free to finally get to that book. I started it earlier this month and I managed to finish the book the day before the movie came out. Paul had promised me that he would see the movie with me if I had finished the book before the movie movie came out. I did win the bet, but I came to the conclusion that he wouldn't like to be stuck in a teenage movie for about 2 hours. I decided to go at it alone and have a day out to myself at the matinée showing. I figured that if I didn't like the movie, it would be better to spend $7 as apposed to $10 and having Paul not be into the movie as well.

My goodness. I wanted to like the movie so much and so badly. I couldn't do it. I figured that it wouldn't be as I imagined it because of its PG-13 rating... But it was just so bad on so many levels.

Things I hated/ were appalled by:

• The cutting of important scenes and parts from the book. There was one part in which Edward tells Bella why he has been avoiding her, which happened over the course of few weeks and in the movie, it was like 2 days. The other scene I was upset about was at the end in which Edward takes Bella to the prom. In the book, Alice helps Bella get ready by doing her hair, letting her borrow her dress and heels... Oh yeah, that part was missing including her heel (she had a walking cast on her other foot) which was replaced by a freaking Converse Chuck Taylor.

• Carlisle's history was completely left out!!!

• The families history was left out too! Seriously.

• The "animal" attacks never happened in the book (I think I would remember such an event as people being killed randomly) & totally threw me off track.

• The acting was horrid. Oh my goodness, I know that the characters are young adults, but they could have put more feeling into their performance. Bella was so dry and dull, nothing like the book portrays her. Edward was too full of himself, which I understand is partly done to keep Bella away from him. The dad (Charlie Swan) was entertaining. He was a dull character too but he played a Dad who hasn't been in his child's life and the performance seemed to fit that ideal.

• The soundtrack sucked. Of all the songs in the whole world, the list they presented the world was pathetic. I could come up with something better then what came out. I am so influenced by music, and there are others that could have been added that would have made a better impact then what actually was.

• They spliced scenes and put them in different orders. In the book, Edward meets Bella's dad before he takes her to meet his family... In the movie, Edward takes her to meet the family first and then he meets Charlie.

• The "special effects" were bad. Like painfully bad. The part with Edward running was funny for the wrong reasons. & the 'Meadow Scene' was a joke when Edward was 'glistening & sparkling'.

• The following scenes lacked important info :La Push, The Cullen House, The Prom, The Hotel, The Airport, The Meadow, The Hospital.

• One of the most important lines in the book was missing completely: When Alice says the following to Bella when James is coming after her:

It’s been almost a century that Edward’s been alone. Now he’s found you. You can’t see the changes that we see, we who have been with him for so long. Do you think any of us want to look into his eyes for the next hundred years if he loses you?"

Anyways, Other then that, I gave it a 2 of 5 "stars". It could have been so much better


In other news, I got my eyebrows waxed again @ Macy's, new nail polish @ Hot Topic (which I went in to see Nancy & bitch to her about the movie too) and new mascara (red) @ Ulta. I need to work on the speech for tomorrow. I know I will suck when I present it.

There is something I see in you... It might kill me; I want it to be true///

Song of the day: Paramore> Decode


So, I think I will see the movie by myself. I haven't been to a movie alone in such a long time. I think it will be good to get out of the house and let Paul do his own thing and me to do my own as well.

3 weeks to the day before I turn 25. I feel like such a child sometimes tho. *sigh*

The same place animals go when they die///

Song of the day: Arcade Fire> Keep The Car Running


Saturday:
-Saw the movie "Role Models" with Paul. I loved it.
-Had the most awesome nachos at Dos Coyotes.
-Dad's 49th birthday... We got him a new sheet music journal (to write music in) and a mini flask.
-Heard way too much information about my brothers.

Sunday:
-Watched some football with Paul
-Had a nice little lunch at The Bread Store.
-Went to the labyrinth for my paper that I have to write in my Art History class.
-Saw Murray and Inky at Paul's Uncle/Aunts house.
-Met Paul's Uncle Glenn while looking at his other uncles house that's being remodeled.
-The San Diego Chargers won today...
-& so did the Sacramento Kings (it's about gd time!)
-Beasley bit me today... He is too cute to be mad at tho.
-I think I found the newest classes I am going to take this semester.

• Art History 308 - Renaissance Tradition in Art; Wed 7-10:05pm @ ARC
• Art History 300 - Intro to Art; Tu/Th 6-9:10pm @ Natomas (1st 8 weeks)
• English Writing 301 -College Compostition and Literature; Tu/Th 6-9:10pm @ Natomas (2nd 8 weeks)

I am trying to work on my Art History paper and get that out of the way so I can spend the rest of my time working on my latest speech that is due next Monday. I think its much easier to write the Art paper then the Speech one... I call it procrastination.

Oh yea, I have an A in my Speech class... 98.43%. I wish I knew what I got on my midterm in my Art class.


Oooooo, Kill Bill Vol. 2 is on! Score. Manda = 1; World = 0

Team Obama FTW!




I found out at 8pm last night as I was leaving my Art History class for the night. I am proud to have voted for this amazing person and also that my youngest brother at the age of 19 took part in the most important election of our lives.

Horray for a day off!

Manda = happy!

Never gonna give you up... Never gonna let you down... Never gonna run around & desert you///

Song of the day: Rick Astley> Never Gonna Give You Up

All is not quiet on this Western front... Life is something else right now. I wish I knew what it was.


I voted this morning. I got the okay from my boss to take some extra time to go and vote since I work from 8am to 5pm and then go to class from 6pm to 9pm. I couldn't find time to vote, so I did it this morning. The place I go to usually is on the low key side. Very quiet. It's at a Fire Station about a block away from my apartment. I went in and voted. When I was done, I gave my ballot to one of the volunteers and we put it thru the scanner thing... It said I was the 52nd person to vote since 7am. I said something to the volunteer and he told me that the last election (which was about 5 months ago in June) that only 38 people voted all day... Paul and I were 2 of those 38 people... Sad. Today, I wear my sticker proudly and will have a spot on my computer monitor when I get home tonight.

Work has been okay. It's gonna be a busy day because Dr is taking tomorrow off to recuperate after this long and hard campaign and election season. It has been a trying time for everybody. I am glad that it is finally winding down and will soon be over. I pray that Obama wins and that history will be made, but if McCain wins, things might be interesting in a bad way I think.

When I got home for lunch, I parked my car and noticed there were some Kevin Johnson canvassers in the area trying to get into my apartment complex. I went in another gate and when they saw me, they asked if I could let them in. I told them that they needed to go to the front office if they needed to get in. I turned around to walk up the stairs and the lady asked me "Is your name 'Lupe'?" and I turned around and told her that was the most rude thing I have ever been called... She said that she didn't mean it that way, but she was looking for someone named 'Lupe'. I yelled at her again and told her to go to the office. They left but I was so livid when Paul got home to meet me for lunch.

So, only 3 more hours till I get to go home... Well, go to school and take my midterm in Art History. I just want to get my free coffee at Starbucks, free ice cream at Big Spoon and free chicken sandwich at Chick-Fil-A. If all else fails, I have a frozen pizza in the freezer with my name on it!

Why can't this day move faster!!!

Feliz...

its Orion's 19th birthday & also Dia Del Los Muerto



Manda = happy

I want to sleep if you are awake... Still making believe that you aren't at all crazy///

Song of the day: Deftones> Battle Axe


OMG. What a day for me. I bet I should explain what happened today (well, technically I suppose it would be what had happened in the last 24 hours):

-Played video games from 11pm-ish till about 1am. I cant help it that I have become addicted to playing Grand Theft Auto for the PS3. It is so much fun, tho.

-Had to get up early to meet with Ivory from my Communications class and work on our 'Professional Presentation' speech that is due on Monday. It went well, I think. We worked from 10am till about 1pm getting our PowerPoint presentation finished and I worked on the outline while I could. We ended up getting a lot done but now we have to meet again with Travis to go over the thing as a whole group. Tomorrow = Starbucks on Folsom & 65th @ noon. Ugh.

-There was an Obama rally at the State Capitol today that started at 1pm today. I was kinda bummed that I didn't get to be there when it started. Another ugh.

-Drove down to see the Obama rally anyways even tho I was supposed to meet Paul at his Aunt and Uncles house in North Sacramento. I didn't really get to see anything from my car tho, so I headed to see Paul anyway. We went to have lunch at Subway and talked about politics and what not.

-We decided to head to the Obama rally anyways. When we had gotten there at about 2pm (yes, one hour later), there wasn't a lot of people like I had hopped. There were lots of people hanging out and relaxing on the West steps of the Capitol, but nothing else. Paul and I walked and talked around the Capital and decided to drive to Old Sacramento to visit Evangeline's but the traffic into Old Sac was nuts, and we headed back to the apartment.

-Before we made it home, we went to this restaurant supply store that I have always wanted to go into but never had the time. It was awesome in there. Interesting gadgets and supplies... If you owned a restaurant. I wish I had the money for that store.

-Headed home to relax and then headed back out to his Aunt and Uncles house to see their dog, Murry and hang out. We went on a long walk around the neighborhood, got complemented on my Obama shirt that I got last week and found some random guys social security card on the ground.

-Went to this sushi place called Crazy Sushi that is near us on Fulton Ave and really liked it a lot. I think we are going to head over to this place often. There was a couple who were doing lots of shots of sake with the sushi chef and being retarded and drunk.

-Watched Hell Boy, Game 3 of the World Series (boo Phillies) and SNL.

-When we ended up heading home to our house, there were lots of cops by the AM/PM on Watt and Auburn. I looked over because there were about 10 to 15 cop cars. All I saw was 1 white car near the pumps with the passenger doors open and a white sheet over something... There was dead body there, I swear!

-Found out that my interest rate in my savings account went from 2.716% to 2.75 making my total in savings currently $1,676.00

-Bought a shirt from shirt.woot.com. Gotta love them pirates!

-That stupid Zone Ball is tonight. Lame!


Time to watch The Soup and head off to bed. Damn, I wrote a lot today. What a first.

I submit my incentive is romance... I watched the pole dance of the stars///

Song of the day: Interpol> Slow Hands


What a day... In a nutshell:



We went to Half Moon Bay for the Pumpkin Festival...





Then drove to Stanford in Palo Alto to visit the University...




And then came home.

If you don't like my lyrics you can press fast forward///

Song of the day: Jay-Z> 99 Problems

I have a lot of things on my mind... I am seriously debating on whether or not to write them in here. I know that this is my on blog, this is a place where I can freely write my thoughts and to know that they are my opinions at this moment. But I cant help to wonder if what I am thinking/ writing/ saying will be used against me. Deep down, I know that my words will be used against me... Its only a matter of when and where.

Never mind... I'll keep it to myself... Next topic?



I cant wait for the elections to be over. I am tired of the following words too:

1. Maverick
2. Change
3. Reform
4. Hockey Mom
5. Ronald Reagan
   

Got to be good-looking 'cause he's so hard to see///

Song of the day: The Beatles> Come Together


Ugh. People in this world are mean and crazy.

Things done today:
-Woke up, hooked up the new dvr and showered.
-Drove to Roseville for lunch @ Islands.
-Went to Fry's to get an ipod touch case for Paul...
-Took it back 5 minutes later because it didn't fit his.
-Went to Best Buy but they were just as useless as Fry's.
-Found new stores in Roseville across the street from the mall... One was the store Paul's dad works for in So. Cal & the other was a furniture place that we get catalogs to called West Elm and had gelato at this nifty store near by!